Stephen Colyer b. 28 JUL 1836 d. 1855 : Curtis / Colyer family of Somerset Kentucky

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Birth	28 Jul 1836 [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Died	1855 [2, 5]
Buried	1855	Soule's chapel cemetery, Somerset, KY
Person ID	I0851	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

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

Documents		1850 Pulaski County KY census John Colyer Shows John Colyer, wife Lydia (27 years younger) and children including Charles Granade Colyer. Interesting to see that land value totaled $1400. IF this was solely the 200 acre farm at Pitman Creek and hwy 192, it is interesting to see the dire effects of the civil war such that by 1865 when family sells the farm, it only brings $750 per deed on this website. But see lawsuit appeals case decided after John Colyer death in 1859 on this site under Cyrenius Wait, that refers to 150 acre tract and 50 acre tract. See also above under John Colyer 1781 where one month before death , John purchases from father in law estate 50 acres on Buck Creek.
		1854 or 1855 death records Pulaski County Kentucky Shows death of Stephen Colyer at age 18 son of John and Lydia Colyer
		1856 Deaths Pulaski County Ky Shows Rebecca Colyer, daughter of Stephen and Niagara Colyer 19 months
		Stephen Colyer estate settlement 1865 Evidently, young Stephen died without will intestate, court appointed admin takes 10 years to settle estate since it is largely tied up with the inheritance from father John Colyer, whose estate took 16 years to settle. It appears John Colyer slaves were rented up to about 1862 or so from the evidence of John Colyer estate accountings and diary of Charles Granade Colyer, then court appointed administrator of John Colyer sells. Also note that this settlement of Stephen is the only place found where sale proceeds of 250 acres of coal land is referenced. This does not appear in John Colyer settlements that could be found.
		1859 Stephen Colyer estate assets sale purchasers are Lindsey Colyer, Martin Colyer and Samuel Black
		1858 Stephen Colyer assigned interest to Cyrenius Wait et al This Pulaski Circuit Court case hints that Stephen Colyer, like his older brother Charles Granade Colyer had assigned sold his 1/17 interest inherited from his father's death in 1851 to Cyrenius Wait. It appears here that Cyrenius et al had further assigned to another party. See lawsuit between heirs of John Colyer Sr and Cyrenius Wait to sell property.
		1856 Stephen Colyer estate interest in land/slaves inherited from father John Colyer ordered sold Lindsey Colyer, older brother/estate admin here gets Pulaski Circuit Court to order sale of deceased Stephen's undivided 1/17 interest in slaves and land inherited from Stephen's father, John Colyer Sr. in 1851.
		1856 Stephen Colyer estate, court case answer of Mrs. Eastham--sister
		1856 Stephen Colyer estate circuit court case answer by William Colyer, out of state brother.
		1855 Stephen Colyer estate accounting
		1855 Stephen Colyer estate accounting slaves by administrator Linsey Colyer, shows lands and slaves inherited from father John Colyer.
		1865 Stephen Colyer estate accounting

Notes

VITAL STATS: 1855 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

1855 Deaths; page 2

S/M/C = Sex/Marital Status/Color*
*[in 1855, the color was not actually recorded. B or Black was written in at a later time. Sometimes the Clerk wrote 'colored' next to the person's name.]
PC = Pulaski County, KY
(**SCROLL TO THE RIGHT for additional info**)

1855, p 4: "Commonwealth of Kentucky Sct: I William M. Fox, clerk of the county court, for the county
of Pulaski, do certify that the foregoing lists of Births, Marriages & Deaths were truly and correctly
copied from the several returns of the Assessor said county and of his assistants - June 24th 1856.
Will M. Fox Clk"

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

Stephen Collyer -/-/- 18 John & Lydia Collyer 19 Apr Tyfoid fever Grundy Grundy Pittman Cr.

Buried next to Lydia Colyer his mother in Soule's Chapel cemetery per personal observation of Richard Curtis 04/22/05

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
[S01712] Kate Smith Collier file # 5 - Walter W. Smith Collection.
KSC 5 - Walter W. Smith Collection.
[S01737] Richard Curtis files.

Stephen Colyer[1, 2] 1836 - 1855

Stephen Colyer^{[1, 2]}
1836 - 1855