Lydia Memes Purvis b. 26 MAY 1798 North Carolina d. 25 DEC 1874 Pulaski county, KY: Curtis / Colyer family of Somerset Kentucky

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Birth	26 May 1798	North Carolina [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Died	25 Dec 1874	Pulaski county, KY [2, 3]
Buried	Soule's Chapel Church Cemetery, Somerset, Ky
Person ID	I0826	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

Father	James Purvis, b. 1763, Martin County, North Carolina , d. 1837, Pulaski county, KY last year found on property tax
Mother	Rhoda Roberts, b. 1763, North Carolina , d. 13 Jan 1852, Pulaski county, KY
Family ID	F257	Group Sheet

Family John Colyer, b. 20 Aug 1781, Henry County, VA , d. 18 Aug 1851, Ruth, Ky (reported somewhere from Typhoid fever)

Married 6 Jan 1818 [1, 2, 3]

Children

>	1. Harriet Colyer, b. 27 Sep 1818, Virginia , d. 23 Apr 1901
>	2. Elizabeth Colyer, b. 15 Nov 1822, d. 1898
>	3. Cyrenius W. Colyer, Esq., b. 23 Jun 1824, d. 1898
>	4. James Perry Colyer, b. 6 Dec 1828, Pulaski Co., Kentucky , d. 1910, Pulaski Co., Kentucky
	5. Martin T. Colyer, b. 19 Aug 1830, Pulaski Co., Kentucky , d. 1901
>	6. Charles Granade Colyer, b. 8 Aug 1832, Pulaski Co., Kentucky , d. 11 Apr 1910, Somerset, Ky
>	7. Stephen Colyer, b. 28 Jul 1836, d. 1855
>	8. Samuel Black Colyer, b. 1838, d. Oct 10 1890, Storey County NV
	9. Nathaniel Colyer, b. 1840
>	10. Lindsey Robert Colyer, b. 27 Apr 1821, d. 14 Jan 1901
>	11. Manerva Colyer, b. 1825
>	12. St. Clair Colyer, b. 15 Dec 1819, d. Sep 1904
	13. Jehu Colyer, b. 24 Feb 1827, d. 1850, Obit of Dr. Jehu R. Colyer reports one son of john died small pox...jehu or stephen
>	14. John Wesley Colyer, b. 8 may1834, d. 08 Jun 1908

Last Modified 07 Nov 2007

Family ID F051 Group Sheet

Photos		Lydia Colyer tombstone Tombstone of Lyida Memes Colyer in Soule's Chapel cemetery Somerset Ky
Photos		Lydia Purvis Colyer last will and testament As transcribed in court records of Pulaski County Ky

Documents		The Life and Travels of the Rev. William Landrum Book by circuit riding Methodist preacher who had the Somerset KY circuit 1830. Preached at Gragg's Chapel (predecessor to Soule's Chapel) Somerset KY. Large 10meg PDF.....do search of somerset, gragg's , collier, richardson. See page 52 for reference to Collier. Note William Sears land grant near Buck Creek: 815.) Patent #: 13437 Grantee: Sears, William Grant Book & Pg: 26 432 Acreage: 100 County: Pulaski WaterCourse: Buck Cr. Survey Name: Sears, William Survey Date: 05/10/1848 Grant Date: 07/03/1849
		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.
		1870 census: Lydia Colyer Living with daughter, Harriet Black and husband Samuel on Grundy Rd area
		1860 census Lydia Colyer with son Lindsey R Colyer, presumably on Cherry Grove Rd
		1853 Pulaski County, KY deaths index selection Shows death of slave girl to Lydia Purvis Colyer, who was named Clara
		1850 Pulaski County KY census John Colyer PAGE2 Show mother in law, Rhoda Purvis, living with them.
		1786 Marriage license James Purvis and Rhodea Roberts
		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.
		1853 John Colyer estate dower to wife Lydia Pulaski Will bk 4 , wife gets 9 acres of coal lands on Cumberland River plus 1/3 of the timber as dower rights to intestate husband John Colyer
		1869 Lydia Purvis Colyer, widow of John Colyer, dower inheritance established by Pulaski County KY court. Includes about 2 acres reaching from one side of the Cumberland River to the other. Based on John Colyer grants, this is likely in the area a little north of where Buck Creek empties into the Cumberland River.
		1818 Marriage record Pulaski County KY Lydia Purvis/John Colyer
		1881 Pulaski court: Cyrenius Wait Colyer Esq, executor Lydia Colyer, sued. Here Cyrenius' brother Charles Granade Colyer on behalf of heirs, sues his brother who is executor of their mother's (Lydia) estate to say that Cyrenius owes the estate for 2 notes where he borrowed money from Lydia. Court agrees and says beneficiaries need to be determined to see who gets the money.
		1856 deed from Lydia Purvis Colyer to St. Clair Colyer(son) inherited land from father James Purvis being 1/9th interests are sold to Lydia's son St. Clair Colyer
		1852 Pulaski County Ky court: James P. Colyer applies for dower mother James P Colyer, applies for his mother, Lydia, to get her dower interest in her deceased husband's land set apart for her.
		1858 Pulaski County Ky road order: Alexander Colyer, current Clay Hill Rd Here Alexander Colyer, along with neighbors Moses Keeney and James Allen get order to lay out new road to Jesse Sears Coal bank. This is believed to be modern Clay Hill Rd leaving Pitman Creek up the hill toward modern day Colo. The road is to end at current day Hwy 192 at Widow of John Colyer, Lydia Colyer's.

Videos		Soule's Chapel Cemetery John Colyer tombstone video of John Colyer and wife Lydis Purvis tombstones in Soule's Chapel cemetery 2010
Videos		Video of Soule's Chapel Cemetery Soule's Chapel Cemetery Somerset Ky Aug 2010

Notes

John
Colyer/Collier was born 1n Greenbrier,Va. which today is known as West Va.
Married Lydia Purvis 1818, she was from Johnston Co., North Carolina.
They then moved to Pulaski Co., Ky. and are buried in Souls Chapel Cem.
There may have been a brother, cousin, uncle, or William also which went
to Ky. also.
The name was misspelled around the Civil War.
Wesley M. Colyer
Wesley Colyer [wcolyer@cinci.rr.com]

VITAL STATS: 1853 Deaths, p 2 - Pulaski County, Kentucky
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Transcribed & Submitted by Valerie J. Davis, vdavis@blarg.net
Date: 15 May 1999

From Kentucky State Archives Film #994053: KY Birth, Marriage, and Death Records (1852-1910);
Powell-Rowan Counties; Filmed Jan 1981 by The Division of Archives & Records, Frankfort, KY;
Pulaski Co: 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Family Index is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/pulaski/vitals.html

1853 Deaths; page 2

S/M/C = Sex/Marital Status/Color*
*[in 1853, the color was not actually recorded. B or Black was written in at a later time.]
PC = Pulaski County, KY
(**SCROLL TO THE RIGHT for additional info**)

1853, p 3: "A Copy Att J.D. Allcorn Clk"
This shows death of a slave named Clara

Decedant S/M/C Age Parents/Owner Death Date Cause of Death Death Place Residence Birth Place Occupation

Clara -/-/B 16 Lydia Colyer 11 Dec PC PC TN
Will of Lydia Purvis Colyer reads:

As life is uncertain and death is certain, I deem it prudent wilst in the enjoyment of sound mind and discretion to dispose of my worldly effects and wish to do so in the following manner to wit: I sold to Manerva Richardson several years ago a (pop?) that I never bequeath to her my (sadale?) and a white counterpaine. I give to Harriet Black for services rendered one bed quilt, to Martin Colyer my beds and their clothing and my furniture I will sold to the highest bidder. I wish after my debts are collected, my burial expenses and other debts paid, the remainder be equally divided between my children, Manerva Richardson, excepted as I have given her all I wish her to have. I wish my son, C. W. Colyer to act as executor to this my last will and testament and to afixed my name and seal this 8 day of April, 1874. Done at C. G. Colyer's in Pulaski, State of Ky.

Signed: Lydia Colyer
source believed to be John Parsons

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

Lydia Memes Purvis[1, 2, 3] 1798 - 1874

Lydia Memes Purvis^{[1, 2, 3]}
1798 - 1874