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James Perry Colyer^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1828 - 1910

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• Nickname	Perry (JP)
  Birth	6 Dec 1828	Pulaski Co., Kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1910	Pulaski Co., Kentucky   [4]
  Buried	B.K. Colyer Cemetery aka Colyer-Stewart Cemetery Meece Ky hwy 769
  Person ID	I0827	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	04 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	John Colyer,   b. 20 Aug 1781, Henry County, VA ,   d. 18 Aug 1851, Ruth, Ky (reported somewhere from Typhoid fever)
  Mother	Lydia Memes Purvis,   b. 26 May 1798, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Dec 1874, Pulaski county, KY
  Married	6 Jan 1818
  Family ID	F051	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Silver,   b. 1841,   d. 1920
  Children	1. Lydia Elizabeth Colyer,   b. 1874   2. Susie E. Colyer,   b. 1884   3. Thomas J. Colyer,   b. 1868   4. Mary Jane Colyer,   b. 1863   5. Mattie Colyer,   b. 1881   6. Robert St. Clair Colyer,   b. 1877   7. Stephen Moody Colyer,   b. 1872 > 8. Ursula Colyer,   b. 8 Feb 1866 > 9. Bluford Wesley Colyer,   b. 29 Jan 1860,   d. 5 Aug 1934
  Family ID	F272	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Susan Silvers,   b. 1 Jan 1841,   d. 1920
  Married	14 Sep 1858	Pulaski Co., Kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Rena Colyer,   b. BET. 1858 - 1875 > 2. Bluford Wesley Colyer,   b. 29 Jan 1860,   d. 5 Aug 1934   3. Mary Jane Colyer,   b. 1863 > 4. Ursula Colyer,   b. 8 Feb 1866   5. Thomas J. Colyer,   b. 1868   6. Stephen Moody Colyer,   b. 1872   7. Robert St. Clair Colyer,   b. 1877   8. Mattie Colyer,   b. 1881   9. Jennie Colyer,   b. BET. 1858 - 1875   10. Mattie Colyer,   b. BET. 1858 - 1875   11. Susan Colyer,   b. BET. 1858 - 1875   12. Lydia Elizabeth Colyer,   b. 1874   13. Susie E. Colyer,   b. 1884   14. Lydia Colyer,   b. BET. 1858 - 1875
  Family ID	F037	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		Charles Granade Colyer April 15, 1910 Obituary Obituary for Charles Granade Colyer April 15, 1910 in Republican Somerset Ky newspaper. This is entire newspaper to show context and obituary is on page 2. You can use the magnification tool in your adobe acrobat pdf viewer to enlarge it to readable form. The Republican newspaper obit was written by "W.B.H" My guess is that this was James William "Bucky" Hargis, who was born 1836 and a documented Union soldier in the civil war. He and his family may have lived in Allen Farm as renters when a child. Or, the Hargis family may have owned the Allen farm before the Allens bought first per deed search in 1853. Current property records shows the Hargis family still own 175 acres across Pitman Creek at the back of the old Colyer Farm on Pitman Creek. Later we find he and his wife on 1910 census in Jugornot area of eastern Pulaski County. All his family is buried at White Lily cemetery a couple miles past the old John Colyer Farm and Clay Hill cemetery where Granade is buried. In regards to the Allen farm mentioned herein: phone interview with area resident 08/18/16 Lyman Alexander, whose grandfather was George Allen, said that the Allen farm was on both sides of current hwy 192 and went from the old Beech Grove Schoolhouse to Pitman Creek where Clay Hill Church is currently located. He stated his grandfather's house was on same side of hwy 192 as beech grove school off current Mayfield Hollow Rd and there was a barn on the opposite side of current hwy 192. Status: Located
  		1880 census James Perry JP Colyer
  		James Perry (JP) Colyer confederate pension papers
  		JP Colyer 1896 delegate to political convention KY Louisville Courier Journal 5/31/1896
  		History of the Salt Works Road Pulaski County Kentucky Historical society pub on history of Grundy and the Salt Works Road----see page 4----John Colyer log house on the Salt Works Road
  		1859 Lindsey R Colyer with John Owens purchase at court foreclosure auction, the 1/17 undivided interest of James Perry Colyer in his father's estate (John Colyer) homeplace 200 acres Pitman creek. See other deed whereby Lindsey and John Owens sell this with others to Andrew Warren 1865. It appears that James Perry Colyer and what I guess to be nephew John Colyer Jr are in business as merchants and get in debt trouble with foreclosure. I believe this John Colyer merchant may have operated store at Grundy.
  		1855 pulaski deed James Perry Colyer to Lindsey Colyer JP sells his inheritance from father John Colyer to brother Lindsey.
  		1855 pulaski county ky deed JP and JW Colyer brothers purchase property for store on Saltworks Rd (current hwy 692 Grundy Rd).

  
  

• Notes

  The Colyer Family of Pulaski County TN shows this as John Perry Colyer vs. James Perry. According to recent deed searches by Chris Colyer (Rush branch rd Somerset Ky). James P Colyer owned land adjoining current day Colyer Cemetery on Rush Branch Rd up the hill. James P Colyer is listed in Confederate military records as having signed up the same day as his brother Charles J. Granade Colyer in 1863. Both their brother, John Wesley Colyer Jr. was 2nd in command of the 6th Ky Calvary as 1st Lt. Members of 6th Kentucky Confederate Calvary 6th Kentucky Confederate Calvary from http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymil/cw/conf/sixth_kentucky_cavalry.html M.B. Perkins C Captain Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. J. Wesley Collier C 1st Lieutenant Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Later moved after war to Perry Georgia Virgil P. Moore C 2nd Lieutenant Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Supposed to be prisoner John S. May C 2nd Lieutenant Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Supposed to be prisoner Alfred L. Alcorn C 2nd Lieutenant Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Killed while being transferred from Johnson's Island to Fort Delaware; prisoner of war. S. J. Brown C 2nd Lieutenant Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Wounded in Lebanon, Ky. July 5, 1863 Alfred L. Alcorn C 1st Sgt. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Promoted to 2nd. Lt. Stephen J. Brown C 2nd Sgt. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Promoted to 2nd. Lt. Joseph Lane C 3rd Sgt. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Samuel Gover C 4th Sqt. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Lafayette Moore C 1st Corp. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 17, 1862 Milford Lee C 2nd Corp. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Robert Phelps C 3rd Corp. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Daniel Colyer C 4th Corp. Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Hardin Alexander C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. John Brown C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 16, 1862 Jonas Brown C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Benjamin Brown C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 15, 1862 James Birch C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. William H. Ballew C Private Oct. 2, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 15, 1862 William Ballew C Private Oct. 2, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Iradell Bray C Private Oct. 2, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Milford Bralton C Private Oct. 2, 1862 Somerset, Ky. William Burton C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 14, 1862 d. 1928 bur. Pleasant Point, Lincoln Co., KY Willis Colyer C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Charles W. Colyer C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. James G. Colyer C Private Sept. 17, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Richard Colyer C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. George Callahan C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. William C. Curd C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. William Colyer C Private Oct. 8, 1862 Somerset, Ky. buried Colyer cemetery highway 769 (Rush Branch Rd) Logan Colyer C Private Nov. 1, 1862 Knoxville, Tn. James P. Colyer C Private Jan. 24, 1863 Beech Grove, Tn. C.J. Colyer C Private Jan. 24, 1863 Beech Grove, Tn. (This is Granade Colyer) Lewis P. Cowan C Private Oct. 14, 1862 Lancaster, Tn. By transfer from Capt. Shanks' Co. in Jan, 1863 Martin T. Colyer C Private Dec. 1, 1862 Mufreesboro, Tn. By transfer from Capt. Shanks' Co. in Jan, 1863 Samuel B. Colyer C Private Jan. 4, 1862 Monticello, Ky. By transfer from Capt. B.E. Roberts' Co. in Jan, 1863 Thomas Dans C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Elijah Denny C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Doctor Denny C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Elijah Dikes C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Deserted Dec. 20, 1862 S. Wesley Earp C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. W. Madison Earp C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. John Eastham C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. James Eastham C Private Oct. 23, 1862 New Market, Tn. Perry Elliott C Private Sept. 6, 1862 Danville, Ky. By transfer from Capt. Lemmon's Co., Jan. 7, 1863 E.T. Elliott C Private Feb. 1, 1863 Beech Grove, Tn. Walter J. Fields C Private Transferred to Capt. Shanks' Co., Sept. 1, 1862 Chrisley Gastinew, Sr. C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Chrisley Gastinew, Jr. C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Martin Gregg C Private Oct. 8, 1862 Somerset, Ky. James Gilmore C Private Oct. 8, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Washington Herrin C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Edward Herrin C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Levi Hubble C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. last name spelled Hubbel on Ags report, by transfer from Capt. Shanks' Co., Nov., 17 1862 Joseph A. Hardwick C Private Transferred to Capt. B.E. Roberts' Co., January 1863 Thomas Hargis C Private Died Feb. 10, 1863 Thomas Jasper C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Martin Keeney C Private Nov. 6, 1862 New Market, Tn. James Luytrell, Sr. C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. James Luytrell, Jr. C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Wesley Long C Private Deserted Dec. 20, 1862 Archibald Marshall C Private Oct. 8, 1862 Somerset, Ky. James Moonyham C Private Somerset, Ky. Jacob Miller C Private Somerset, Ky. Moses Murphy C Private Beech Grove, Tn. William Murphy C Private Lancaster, Ky. By transfer from Capt. Shanks' Co. in Jan, 1863 Simeon E. Owens C Private Somerset, Ky. Died Feb. 3, 1863 George Pence C Private Somerset, Ky. T.K. Phelps C Private Somerset, Ky. Henry Powell C Private Beech Grove, Tn. Jesse L. Reynolds C Private Somerset, Ky. Moses Reynolds C Private Somerset, Ky. Robert W. Reynolds C Private Somerset, Ky. Buried in Liberty Baptist Church Cem., Pulaski Co., Ky. Was last surviving Confederate soldier in Lincoln Co., Ky. Alexander Randall C Private Josiah Smith C Private Somerset, Ky. James C. Smith C Private Somerset, Ky. Willis J. Stogsdell C Private Sept., 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Quarles Simpson C Private Oct. 11, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct.14, 1862 John J. Smiley C Private Oct.8, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Cornelius Simpson C Private Nov. 16, 1862 Sweet Water, Tn. William Thompson, Sr. C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct.14, 1862 William Thompson, Jr. C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct.16, 1862 James R. Turner C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Joseph C. Vanhook C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Andrew Vanhook C Private Died Feb. 13, 1863 George Wheeldon C Private Sept. 13, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 21, 1862 Robert Warren C Private Sept. 12, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 14, 1862 William Woodcock C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. G.A. Warren C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 16, 1862 John W. Williams C Private Oct. 2, 1862 Somerset, Ky. Missing Oct. 16, 1862 David Warren C Private Sept. 15, 1862 Somerset, Ky. W.W. Cleaver D Captain June




• Sources

  [S05088] Collierj.ftw--Tim Jeffries, Cincinnati OH, Tim Jeffries, Cincinnatti OH. Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998 [S14494] Alice Colyer Gala. Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998 [S27813] ColyerV2.FTW. Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998 [S31995] Somerset Republican newspaper. KSC 5 - Walter W. Smith Collection. [S01732] Marriage Records - CD#2 - marriage records of Illinois, Indiana,Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee. CD #2.