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Lindsey Robert (some say Randall) Colyer^{[1, 2]}
1843 - 1930

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• Nickname	Lin
  Birth	1843  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1930
  Buried	Clay Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Somerset Ky
  Person ID	I0724	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	James Alexander Colyer,   b. 1809, census records indicate born 1810 ,   d. 1888
  Mother	Lydia Sears,   b. 26 May 1812,   d. 1889
  Married	17 Mar 1834	Pulaski Co., Kentucky
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lucinda Randall Stogsdell,   b. 1855,   d. 1913
  Married	24 Apr 1883
  	Married: 24 APR 1883 in Pulaski Co., KY Marriage Bk III, pg. 6
  Children	1. Virgil M. Colyer,   b. 1887 > 2. Neal Colyer,   b. 1888,   d. 14 Jan 1978   3. Payton R. Colyer,   b. 1892,   d. Jun 1945   4. Beula M. Colyer,   b. 1894,   d. 21 Apr 1985 > 5. Add N. Colyer,   b. 7 Apr 1897, Ruth Pulaski County Ky ,   d. 7 Jan 1961   6. Harry C. Colyer,   b. 1887 > 7. Robert Colyer,   b. Mar 5 1886, Somerset KY ,   d. Jul 17 1972, Raton, New Mexico
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann Warren,   b. 12 Feb 1849, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 1 May 1876, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
  Married	1866	home of Andrew Warren which is now located at highway 192 at pittman creek
  Notes	[Archfam[2].FTW] 1880 Pulaski County Census, District 87, town of Somerset, shows: L. R. Collier, Head of household, age 35, born KY, both parents born KY Catherine, Wife, age 21, born KY, both parents born KY James, Son, age 12, born Ky, both parents born KY Andrew, Son, age 10, born KY, both parents born KY Cordelia, Daughter, age 6, born KY, both parents born KY John, Son, age 5, born KY, both parents born KY Charlie, Son, age 2, born KY, both parents born KY M. T. Collier, Uncle, age 50, born KY, both parents born TN
  Children	1. James Wesley Colyer,   b. 26 Dec 1866, Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 23 May 1948, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky   2. Andrew Alexander Colyer,   b. 19 Nov 1868, Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 29 Apr 1950, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana   3. Cordelia Alice Colyer,   b. 22 Dec 1873, Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 29 Dec 1947, Kansas   4. John Wesley (some say Perry) Colyer,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 1 Jun 1937, Pulaski County, Kentucky
  Last Modified	06 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F267	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Amanda Catherine Bray,   b. 1857,   d. 1880
  Married	15 Apr 1877  [3]
  	15 APR 1877 in Pulaski Co., KY Marriage Bk III, pg. 60 Description: in the home of John Bray.
  Children	> 1. Charles (Charlie) B. Colyer,   b. 16 Apr 1877   2. Nannie Colyer,   b. 1880
  Last Modified	04 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F7917	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	Maria Dykes Cook,   b. 1867
  Married	18 Mar 1917	Grundy, Pulaski County KY
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2026
  Family ID	F8161	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Henry and Samantha Warren; RS Keeney; history of Clay Hill Baptist Church Ruth KY See here https://curtisamerica.com/documents/LouisaColyerpension.pdf where R.S. Keeney files affidavit in support of Lousia Jane Meece Colyer confederate pension application. She was wife of Charles Granade Colyer. James Wesley Colyer was long time pastor at Clay Hill Baptist Church. His father, Lindsey Robert Colyer, was named in the will of James Hayden Girdler as one of the trustees to build a church near Keeney cemetery on Pitman Creek. James Hayden Girdler's 2nd wife was Sarah Colyer, who was daughter of James Alexander Colyer. Lindsey and Sarah were brother/sister. See the 1896 document deed from R.S. Keeney where he transfers the land upon which to build the church. the 1896 deed is linked to Lindsey Colyer, James Wesley Colyer, Joel Hayden Girdler, Sarah Colyer etc.

  
  

  Documents		Home place of Lindsey Randall Colyer According to Harold Colyer, grandson, this is approximate location of where Lindsey Randall Colyer's home stood. Harold told Richard Curtis that he used some of the remaining stone to make his patio in the home Harold built nearby on Rush Branch Rd in the 1990's.
  		Granade Colyer 1860 diary Class role showing Linsey Colyer
  		Granade Colyer 1861 diary teacher class role showing Lindsey Colyer
  		Granade Colyer 1861 diary teachers class students lessons. Lindsey Colyer to speak on Temperance
  		Lindsey R. Colyer Mine and Quarry Report 1897 Shows that Lindsey Randall Colyer evidently owned and operated the coal rights in Juno Ky(what later became known as Ruth Ky). There once was a coal tipple hauling coal down to the Ruth Ky store up through the mid 1950s to the Ruth Ky general store at Pitman Creek and current Hwy 192.
  		1874 Pulaski County Property Tax Shows Linsey R Colyer and Cyrenius Waite Colyer
  		1874 Pulaski County Property Tax Colyers Various Colyer property East Pulaski County Pitman Creek etc . Notice that Bluford(Buford) and Rebecca Colyer are next to the Haynes property that likely is current day Haynes Cemetery in Jugornot area of Pulaski County in Jugornot Hollow. Notice that on this 1874 list, it shows Charles Colyer (same as 1873 showing as John G Colyer which encourages my guess that his full name was Charles John Granade Colyer). Also note Alexander Colyer with about 500 acres that I guess is land currently all woods that is owned next to old Colyer/Warren Farm on Pitman Creek) later records shows next to Warren and Allen farm(current at Pitman creek and hwy 192) and next to Keeny property reflected on Civil War Map of Burnside this website.
  		1874 Pulaski County Kentucky Property tax Lindsey Colyer Not sure if this is Lindsey Randall or Lindsey Robert Colyer
  		1875 Pulaski County Ky property tax records shows Charles Richard Colyer, Lindsey Colyer, Cyrenius Waite Colyer, Mary Silver Colyer.
  		1893 James Alexander Colyer estate land dispute Ky Court of Appeals Heirs of Alexander Colyer in court of disposition of inherited land with John Hyden (married to Alex daughter Louisa Jane Colyer) party to suit against grandson James Walter Colyer and Alex Colyer son, Lindsey Colyer et al.
  		1880 census, Henry & Samantha Warren; Andrew Warren, Mathew Warren 20 yrs old; John W Colyer the grandson; Lindsey Robert Colyer family
  		1900 deed Linsey R Colyer to Moses Warren, sounds like more of the wooded land west of current hwy 192 down Pitman Creek Note that Neal Colyer, Linsey's son, acts as witness. This property evidently ended up in the Murphy family hands not long thereafter, where it resides today. Pulaski County Ky deeds 83-23
  		John Colyer Jr, born 1875 death certificate shows father was Linsey R Colyer even though this John Colyer went by "Jr."
  		Beulah Mae Colyer Hunt death certificate Shows father's name as Lindsey "Robert" Colyer. Same as his uncle Lindsey Robert Colyer who was born 1821.
  		Payton Colyer 1915 Massachusetts marriage license Shows father's name as Linsey "Robert" Colyer, not Randall
  		1910 census Lindsey Colyer Shows children Neal, Beula, Virgil, Add
  		Ruth KY: research notes from author Renner on book Kentucky Place Names Stella Colyer, Ruth Botkin, Ruth Ashurst, Eugene Allen, Henry Warren, A.M. Salyer, Pearl Allen, RS Keeney, JC Mounce, L.R. Colyer
  		1866 Lindsey R Colyer and Elizabeth Warren Marriage cert. At the home of Andrew Warren, which was purchased from John Colyer estate in 1865. This house at current day hwy 192 and Pitman creek.
  		1886 last will of Joel Hayden Girdler This document reveals he left up to $200 to build a church near Keeney Cemetery on current day Clay Hill Rd in Somerset. This evidently is what resulted in Clay Hill Baptist Church. Joel Girdler's 2nd wife was Sarah Jane Colyer, daughter of James Alexander Colyer, who lived in little cabin at mill on current day Strawberry Rd.
  		1896 deed from Richmond Sharp Keeney to Clay Hill Church Here R.S. Keeney transfers the original land for Clay Hill Church. This combined with the Henry and Samantha Warren photo document gives some of the origins of Clay Hill Church. And the Joel Hayden Girdler lastwill that gave money to build the church. The will appointed Joel Girdler's oldest sons along with Lindsey Robert Colyer and Walter Reynolds (Colyer) as trustees to build the church. Walter Reynolds was son of Mary Polly Colyer(daughter of James Alexander Colyer). Mary Polly Colyer was sister to Lindsey Robert Colyer.
  		1917 Lindsey R Colyer marriage cert Maria Dykes Cook
  		1962 Charlie B Colyer death certificate shows father was Lindsey R Colyer and mother was Catherine Bray
  		1877 Marriage cert Amanda C Bray and Lindsey R Colyer
  		1866 marriage cert of Lindsey R Colyer and Eliza Warren Married at home of Andrew Warren
  		1883 marriage cert of Lindsey R Colyer and Lucinda Stogsdill notice that signing the bond with Lindsey Colyer is apparent friend/neighbor Samuel Tate. This appears to be the son of Elder John Tate and grandson of Maj. Samuel Tate (namesake of Tateville). A son of the signing Samuel Tate named Moses, is buried nearby at Alcalde.
  		1985 Rena Hughes Lewis remembers Thanks to Mitch Hughes for this historical write up of the families and surrounding area of Ruth KY found in the papers of his grandmother, Verda Mae Hughes. She mentions Lindsey Colyer, Matilda Richardson Meece, Jesse Richardson, Ephraim Meece, Louisa Meece Colyer, Moses Keeney, John Sharpe (Doc) Keeney, Lewis family, Hughes family. Also mentioned is Sloans Valley, Indian Creek coal.

  
  

  Headstones

  Lindsey Robert Colyer grave Clay Hill Baptist Church cemetery Somerset KY

  
  

• Notes

  Per rootsweb/ancestry.com dwindancer@yahoo.com 1880 Pulaski County Census, District 87, town of Somerset, shows: L. R. Collier, Head of household, age 35, born KY, both parents born KY Catherine, Wife, age 21, born KY, both parents born KY James, Son, age 12, born Ky, both parents born KY Andrew, Son, age 10, born KY, both parents born KY Cordelia, Daughter, age 6, born KY, both parents born KY John, Son, age 5, born KY, both parents born KY Charlie, Son, age 2, born KY, both parents born KY M. T. Collier, Uncle, age 50, born KY, both parents born TN According to grandson, Harold Andrew Colyer in 2013 who lives on Rush Branch Road Somerset KY and attends Clay Hill Baptist Church, his Grandfather went by the name of "Lin". Went to school at Beech Grove School on Mayfield Hollow road in Ruth KY and was taught by Charles Granade Colyer as evidenced by school roll diary belonging to Charles Granade Colyer found on this website curtisamerica.com colyeramerica.com Colyer v. Hyden, &c. COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY 94 Ky. 180; 21 S.W. 868; 1893 Ky. LEXIS 24 March 16, 1893, Decided PRIOR HISTORY: [***1] APPEAL FROM PULASKI CIRCUIT COURT. DISPOSITION: Judgment reversed, with directions. COUNSEL: WILL C. CURD FOR APPELLANT. There was a sufficient delivery of the deeds. (Bell v. Farmers' Bank, 11 Bush 39; 5 Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, p. 448, note 4.) O. H. WADDLE FOR APPELLEES. The deeds were properly set aside. They were procured by undue influence, were never delivered, and were without consideration to uphold them. JUDGES: JUDGE HAZELRIGG. OPINION BY: HAZELRIGG OPINION [**868] [*180] JUDGE HAZELRIGG DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT. A few weeks before his death, Alex. Colyer, who was quite old and decrepit, executed three deeds for certain lands of which he was the owner, in two of which the appellant, who was his grandson, was alone the designated grantee; in the other the appellant, jointly with Susannah Colyer, his step-daughter, and L. R. Colyer, a son, were the grantees named. The validity of these conveyances was assailed by the other children of the deceased--the appellees here-- [*181] by reason of the mental inability of the grantor, the exercise of undue influence over him, and because the alleged conveyances were never delivered to the grantees in the life-time of the [***2] grantor. The lower court upheld one of the deeds--that to the appellant for the home place of some seventy acres--and set aside the other two. We think there can be no question of the correctness of the judgment sustaining the first-named deed. The old man had contracted in writing with his grandson some time in 1888 to the effect that he would give him the home place, provided he would come home from the West and live with him, and care for him and his wife. They were both old and feeble, and needed his help. The grandson did so, and shortly before his death the grantor had the deputy clerk to prepare the deed, which he executed in pursuance of the original contract, and delivered to the draftsman, who proves he delivered it to the appellant in a few days thereafter. There appears to have been no lack of capacity to make the deeds, and no evidence of the exercise of undue influence in their procurement. We think, too, that there was a legal delivery of the deed for the twenty-five acre tract to the appellant. It was signed and acknowledged by the old man and his wife, and delivered to the draftsman, the deputy clerk, for the grantee, and delivered to and accepted by him in some [***3] three or four weeks thereafter, though after the death of the grantor. It is now fully settled that a deed may be delivered to a third person for the grantee, and if subsequently [*182] assented to by the grantee it will be as good a delivery as if it had been made directly to him. (Fonda v. Van Horne, 15 Wend. 633.) With respect to the joint deed for the two hundred acre tract, the state of case is different. After its preparation and acknowledgment, the grantor handed it to his wife, and told her to put it away, or to take care of it. There was no delivery of it to any of the grantees, or to any one for them, until after the grantor's death, when his wife gave it to the husband of one of the grantees. We think there was no delivery of this deed so as to pass the estate. It seems to have been the intention of the grantor to keep control over the instrument until fully determined whether ultimately to deliver it. It may be inferred that because he had retained a life estate in the property, he thought its immediate delivery would be of no service to the grantees, and that his intention is clear that they should have the property at his death. And yet, the fact [***4] remains, he did not deliver it, or authorize or direct its delivery, and can not, therefore, be said to have divested himself of the title to the estate. In Maynard v. Maynard, 10 Mass. 456, the deed was executed with the usual formalities and recorded, and "the grantor requested the witness to keep the deed until it was called for." The grantee died; the grantor called for and cancelled it. The court said it was clear that no title passed. "The only reason why it did not pass," said the court, "was that the deed was not delivered as the deed of the grantor for the use of the grantee." [*183] There appears to have been no error in setting off the appellant's claim against the estate by the one-half of his [**869] note. The result reached by the chancellor seems just and proper. Because of the error indicated the judgment is reversed, with directions to proceed as herein determined. Name: John Parsons research reports this Lindsey Randall Colyer who married Eliza Warren to be the son of James Alexander Colyer rather than Lindsey Robert Colyer. According to grandson, Harold Andrew Colyer in 2013 who lives on Rush Branch Road Somerset KY and attends Clay Hill Baptist Church, his Grandfather went by the name of "Lin". According to Beech Grove School roll of Charles Granade Colyer --teacher--on this website under Charles Granade Colyer, the first name was spelled "Linsey" , not "Lindsey". Beech Grove School was on Mayfield Hollow Road on Pitman Creek.




• Sources

  [S14494] Alice Colyer Gala. Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998 [S27813] ColyerV2.FTW. Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998 [S28007] Jean Grumbling http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jcgrumbling4.