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William Colyer^{[1, 2, 3]}
1774 - 1843

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• Birth	1774	Fauquier Co., Virginia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1843	Harrison Co., Kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I0373	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	08 Jul 2007

  
  

  Father	John Colyer (Colyar), Jr.,   b. 1744, Bellehaven, Virginia ,   d. 31 Mar 1836, Rockcastle Co., Kentucky
  Mother	Grizelda Taylor,   b. 1754, Bellehaven, Virginia ,   d. 15 Sep 1846, Lincoln Co., Kentucky
  Married	1772
  Family ID	F075	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha Adams
  Married	27 Oct 1807	Lincoln Co., Kentucky   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F070	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  1810 Rockcastle county Kentucky census Colyer, Colyar, Collier, Colliar. Charles Coyer Sr. not on 1810 census. He apparently was still in Pulaski County KY not going to Rockcastle county until after he lost court case in 1810-1811 with future U.S. President Andrew Jackson over 1900 acre land.

  
  

• Notes

  From Jean Colyer Grumbling website: William accompanied his parents to Kentucky about 1795. In the spring of 1807 his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Adams arrived in Lincoln co., Ky. with their children, en route from Virginia to Missouri for the purpose of buying land and developing a farm. They spent the summer in Kentucky with Mrs. Colyer, sister to Mrs. Adams. In the Adams family was a daughter, Martha Adams, known as Patsy. An attachment developed between this young girl and her cousin, William Colyer. They were married in Lincoln co., Ky., October 27, 1807. and later moved to Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Ky. Fought in the War of 1812. He was mustered in September 19, 1814, in Capt. Forrest's Co., Kentucky Volunteer Militia, under Col. Porter as a private. Some years after Martha and he married, they moved to a farm near Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Ky. where his nephew, William Graves Collier, visited him in 1848. He was still living then, but his name does not appear in the census of 1850 for Harrison Co. source--Kansas City Library, Richard Callaway Family. Family bible of Elizabeth Colyer, cousin to Stella Colyer.




• 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 [S01735] Parker Smith Renaud - 4/96, personal genealogy files. Parker Smith Renaud - 4/96. [S01695] Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1187, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1996. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1187, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1996.