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Birth | 17 Jan 1809 | Virginia ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Died | 29 Sep 1878 [2, 3, 6] | |
Person ID | I0917 | John Colyer family of Somerset Ky |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2021 |
Father | John Colyer, b. 20 Aug 1781, Henry County, VA ![]() ![]() | |
Relationship | birth | |
Mother | Polly (Sinclair) St. Clair, b. Abt 1780, d. Abt 1815 | |
Relationship | birth | |
Married | Abt 1807 | |
Family ID | F8017 | Group Sheet |
Family | Rebecca Kirtley, b. 26 Jun 1829, d. 6 Jan 1901 | |||||||||||||
Married | 7 Dec 1842 [2, 3, 6, 7, 8] | |||||||||||||
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Family ID | F041 | Group Sheet |
Photos | ![]() | Bluford Kirtley Colyer grave stone This is grave stone found off hiway 769 Somerset KY in Jugornot area in woods off gravel drive right before Omega Park Road. Buford was son of Bluford Colyer, eldest son of John Colyer of 1781 Status: Located |
Documents | ![]() | Bluford Colyer --Cyrenius Wait deed (There is a deed to land in the Jugornot area of Pulaski County concerning Bluford Colyer—son of John Colyer---that references a Cyrenius Wait as a man that apparently helped Bluford Colyer concerning Bluford’s land seized by the court. The Wait-Bluford Colyer deed references land near Beaver Creek. Status: Located |
![]() | Bluford and Rebecca Colyer mortgage to Cyrenius Wait This indicates that the John Colyer family while living in the Jugornot area of Pulaski County had family friend named Cyrenius Wait that may be reason a child named after him.) Bluford and Rebecca Colyer mortgage to Cyrenius Wait 1853. Status: Located | |
![]() | Bluford and Rebecca Colyer mortgage to Cyrenius Wait This indicates that the John Colyer family while living in the Jugornot area of Pulaski County had family friend named Cyrenius Wait that may be reason a child named after him.) Bluford and Rebecca Colyer mortgage to Cyrenius Wait 1853. Status: Located | |
![]() | Bluford Colyer's wife Rebecca land deed Rebecca Colyer, wife of Bluford, gets land via courthouse auction of her husband Bluford (he got from father John Colyer on Cumberland River) seized and sold in 1858 as a result of judgement against husband Bluford in 1853. Status: Located | |
![]() | Bluford and Rebecca Colyer to John S. Edwards Deed of 1856 Bluford and Rebecca Colyer to John S. Edwards of land on Buck Creek Status: Located | |
![]() | 1834 ancient map Cumberland River You must download and install the special Deju browser plug in from here to read this . The Wait-Bluford Colyer deed references land near Beaver Creek. From looking at ancient map of 1834 (djvu format) , it appears that current day Buck Creek used to be called Beaver Creek. Renaming it to Buck Creek appears to have possibly cleared confusion resulting from many nearby creeks emptying into Cumberland River being designated at Beaver Creek as can be seen from the 1834 map referenced above. This indicates that the John Colyer family while living in the Jugornot area of Pulaski County had family friend named Cyrenius Waite that may be reason a child named after him.) See Cyreinus Waite page where History of Pulaski County Book shows Cyrenius Waite owned coal mines at mouth of Buck Creek on Cumberland River. Status: Located | |
![]() | Jugornot area of Pulaski County TOPO map You must download and install the special Deju browser plug in from here to read this . Jugornot area of Pulaski County concerning Bluford Colyer—son of John Colyer Status: Located | |
![]() | Rebecca Colyer to Jugornot school Rebecca Colyer (Wife of Bluford) deed to Jugornot School. Status: Located | |
![]() | Bluford Colyer - John Colyer deed John Colyer sold about 200 acres on the Cumberland River (thought to be near Buck Creek ) that had been patented to him 1809-1831 to his son Bluford Colyer. Status: Located | |
![]() | Somerset Ky 1929 Topo map (warning 5meg file size) Shows Ruth Ky John Colyer house, Charles Granade Colyer house, Clay Hill Baptist Church and cemetery, Beech Grove School, Soules' Chapel Church, Jugornot Hollow, Pisgah School. See alternative annotated pdf file. | |
![]() | Somerset Pulaski County Ky 1929 Topo Map: Warning EXTREMELY LARGE 34 meg. Shows John Colyer house, Charles Granade Colyer house, Where Charles Granade taught school at Beech Grove, Where Charles Granade buried at Clay Hill Baptist, Where John Colyer buried at Soules Chapel, Where Bluford Colyer eldest son of John Colyer gave land for Jugornot school | |
![]() | Map showing Jugornot Hollow Showing approximate location of old long destroyed Jugornot school, whose land was donated by Becky Kirtley Colyer, wife of Bluford Colyer, son of John Colyer of 1781. Also shows likely grave site of William Colyar etc. | |
![]() | 1835 Kentucky Land Grant law: deligated to county courts This act appears to be a land free-for-all act, as it does not require settlement on land, but rather a payment for previously unappropriated land to County Court. The money had to be used by County for roads. | |
![]() | 1840's Land Grant to Bluford Colyer Under the KY 1835 land grant act by County in Jugornot region of Pulaski County | |
![]() | 1840's 2nd land grant Bluford Colyer In the Jugornot region of Pulaski County | |
![]() | 1840's 3rd land grant to Bluford Colyer Under the KY 1835 land grant Act by County, in the Jugornot region of Pulaski County | |
![]() | Bluford Colyer 1810 Pulaski County Prop tax records Shows that eldest son of John Colyer(born 1781) was named BLUFORD, not BUFORD. Wonder if this is another Bluford, since indications are that Bluford son of John was only born in 1807. Bluford son of John, had a son named Bluford Kirtley Colyer.....Ms. Bray in area in 2005 also knew of "Blufie" Colyer. Also shows Charles Colyer, brother to William Colyar, on Brush Creek. Also may show William Colyar at bottom. | |
![]() | 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. | |
![]() | 1804-1810 Pulaski County Tax Records Shows Samuel Blevins in 1804, on Buck Creek Pulaski County KY, believed to be father of Polly Blevins, who Pulaski County Court records in 1806 show married a John Colyer. This file is evidence that the John Colyer that Polly Blevins married in 1806 (reported father Samuel Blevins) is the John Colyer born 1781. HOWEVER, ALL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS AND ASSUMED. FURTHER INFO ON THIS SITE PROVIDED BY BLEVINS FAMILY RESEARCHERS SHOWS THAT "MARY" BLEVINS , DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL BLEVINS, DIED IN LOUISVILLE KY IN 1855 AND THAT CENSUS OF 1850 SHOWS MARRIED TO A JOHN COLYEAR. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THIS JOHN COLYEAR(COLYER) WAS, BUT EVIDENTLY NO RELATION TO JOHN COLYER BORN 1781 OF PULASKI COUNTY. The other John Colyer on tax records and later designated as "Junior", is beleived to be John Colyer Jr. born 1744, whom most of his life believed to live near Charles Colyer, baby brother, who bailed John out of court in Jonesboro TN prior to 1805 when Charles moved to Pulaski County Ky. He shows up in tax records here near Charles and later in Rockcastle County KY where Charles later moved. Without death record of Mary Colyer from Jefferson County KY in 1855 it would have been easy to Conclude that John Colyer born 1781 married Polly Blevins , since we know from pension records on John Colyer Jr. born 1744, he was long married to Grizelda Taylor in 1806. We have information that John Colyer Jr 1744 had son named John, but that he died in Rockcastle County ky in 1833 so not the Jefferson County Ky John Colyear. Further, we have information on a John Collier from Randolph Cty NC who moved to Greene County Tn but died there as did his son John...died in Greene County TN. So mystery continues as to who the Louisville John Colyear was descended from. Could he be descended from John Colyear in Franklin Cty IN who had Revolutionary pension file ? The 1810 tax records shows Bluford Colyer, so he may have been born before 1809 | |
![]() | Bluford Colyer inherited interest in John Colyer homeplace deed to Andrew Warren The children of John Colyer sold their interest in home place in Ruth Ky to Andrew Warren in 1865-1866. Evidently, the eldest son's inherited part had been foreclosed upon and the purchaser at auction here transfers to Andrew Warren purchaser in 1866. | |
![]() | Kentucky Land Grants price and history discusses particulars of various Ky land grants |
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