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Agnus "Nancy" Ann St. Clair^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Abt 1760 - Abt 1839

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• Birth	ABT. 1760	Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Died	ABT. 1839	Pulaski county kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I1030	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	08 Jul 2007

  
  

  Father	Charles (Sinclair) St. Clair,   b. 1725,   d. 1768, St Clair's Bottom Virginia
  Mother	Ann St. Clair,   d. 1789, Montgomery County VA
  Married	1746
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Colyar,   b. 1754, Greenbriar Co., Virginia ,   d. 1819, Pulaski county kentucky
  Married	30 Aug 1777	Henry Co., Virginia   [1, 2, 3, 10, 11]
  Children	> 1. John Colyer,   b. 20 Aug 1781, Henry County, VA ,   d. 18 Aug 1851, Ruth, Ky (reported somewhere from Typhoid fever)   2. Arthur St.Clair Colyer,   b. 1789   3. Nancy Colyer,   b. 1782 > 4. Dorcas (Colyar, Collyar) Colyer,   b. 20 Mar 1785, Washington Co., Tennessee ,   d. 1 Jun 1843, Cooper Co., Missouri > 5. Ursula Colyer,   b. ABT. 1785,   d. 1843 > 6. William Colyar,   b. 24 Feb 1780, per Janis Ragar of Sedalia MO 7/29/1998 ,   d. 17 Apr 1850 > 7. Alexander Colyar,   b. ABT. 1790, Tennessee ,   d. 1856, Franklin Co., Tennessee
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		deed of land Agnus Sinclair 1794 Thanks to Mrs. Alice Collier Gala of Louisville Kentucky for forwarding this copy of a transfer deed of land found in Washington County VA Abingdon VA where Agnus Sinclair and William Colyar (husband) whereby they sell land in Sinclair bottoms Virginia Nancy Ann Agnus Colyar inherited from her father Charles Sinclair. Deed shows name as "Sinclair" although other spelling found of her name was St. Clair as evidenced by their son and grandson named Arthur St. Clair Colyar. Status: Located
  		John Colyer 1830 Pulaski County census (djvu format) I had searched for gravesite of William Colyar and his wife, Nancy Ann in east Tennessee. It is reported that he died in 1819. However, a power of attorney made by Alexander Colyar of Winchester TN (Father of Arthur St. Claire Colyer) appointing his son, George Thompson Colyer, as power of attorney recorded in Pulaski County Ky, shows that William and his wife Nancy lived in Pulaski County KY at the time of their death The power of attorney in 1839 (year of Nancy Agnes Ann’s death) was to collect Alexander’s share of estate. Since only son I know of in Pulaski County Ky is John Colyer, I suppose that William and Nancy, must have moved to live with John Colyer of Pulaski County Ky so John could care for them in their elder years. This is supported by the 1830 U.S. Census that shows a female age 60-70 years old living with John. John’s mother Agnes Nancy Ann St. Clair Colyar would have been 70 years old in 1830. His father, William, died in 1819 but his mother did not die until 1839. The elderly lady living in the household would not be John mother-in-law, Mrs. Purvis, as both of John’s parents-in-law were living at the time with Old Mr. Purvis not dying until 1840 or so and Old Mrs. Purvis not until 1852. This indicates that perhaps John Colyer was the closest son capable of financially being able to care for his parents in later years. The power of attorney indicates that both William and Nancy Colyar died in Pulaski County KY. My guess is that they may be buried in some of the unmarked graves in the Jugornot region of Pulaski County as this is where John Colyer had property at Buck Creek on the Cumberland River before moving to the Pittman Creek property in Ruth Kentucky area in 1842. Status: Located
  		Charles St. Clair , father to William Colyar wife Information from book "History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870" by Lewis Preston Summers (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966): talking about Charles Sinclair, the father of Agnus Nancy Ann St. Clair Colyar who was married to William Colyar. Note reference to the Col. Christian campaign in this document and also the Scottish Virginia settlements document below mentioning a William Collier. Charles St. Clair (Sinclair) reportedly was part of a major exploration of the Mississippi along with a man named Johan Peter Saling---a neighbor. These men were gone on a three year trip starting in about 1742, captured by the French near New Orleans. Status: Located
  		Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian, Thomas Preston 1900 Book by great grandson of earliest founder of Virginia Augusta County wherein is detailed the services of Charles St. Clair (Sinclair) a long hunter, to lead the exploration party of Col. Patton in 1748 to the discovery and naming of the Cumberland Gap and Cumberland river. This was 2 years before what most history books record as Cumberland discovery by Dr. Thomas Walker. Note Walker was in the party also in 1748, but not its leader.
  		Shawnee and Other Indian marriages to Whites 1700's Make claim that Charles St. Clair's (Sinclair) wife, Ann was either 100% or 50% native american indian
  		William Colyar related Power Attorney Alexander Colyar I had searched for gravesite of William Colyar and his wife, Nancy Ann in east Tennessee. It is reported that he died in 1819. However, a power of attorney made by Alexander Colyar of Winchester TN (Father of Arthur St. Claire Colyer) appointing his son, George Thompson Colyer, as power of attorney recorded in Pulaski County Ky, (here in faster loading djvu format) shows that William and his wife Nancy lived in Pulaski County KY at the time of their death The power of attorney in 1839 (year of Nancy Agnes Ann’s death) was to collect Alexander’s share of estate. Since only son I know of in Pulaski County Ky is John Colyer, I suppose that William and Nancy, must have moved to live with John Colyer of Pulaski County Ky so John could care for them in their elder years. This is supported by the 1830 U.S. Census that shows a female age 60-70 years old living with John. John’s mother Agnes Nancy Ann St. Clair Colyar would have been 70 years old in 1830. His father, William, died in 1819 but his mother did not die until 1839. The elderly lady living in the household would not be John mother-in-law, Mrs. Purvis, as both of John’s parents-in-law were living at the time with Old Mr. Purvis not dying until 1840 or so and Old Mrs. Purvis not until 1852. This indicates that perhaps John Colyer was the closest son capable of financially being able to care for his parents in later years. The power of attorney indicates that both William and Nancy Colyar died in Pulaski County KY. My guess is that they may be buried in some of the unmarked graves in the Jugornot region of Pulaski County as this is where John Colyer had property at Buck Creek on the Cumberland River before moving to the Pittman Creek property in Ruth Kentucky area in 1842. Status: Located
  		1830 Pulaski County KY census extract Shows John Collier. The pulaski county census only shows 2 colliers there in 1830, John and Charles. John had large household. See book on site of circuit rider methodist preacher Landrum, who says stayed at Collier's after preaching at William Sears, who lived near the Hails (see 1830 sears census) , my guess across cumberland river from John Collier. Also shows aged female(presumed mother of John Colyer) living in household.

  
  

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  [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 [S20227] ebare@chipshot.net. [S31970] StClaire.FTW. Date of Import: Nov 22, 2000 Leroy Collier of Bowling Green Kentucky. [S19942] Power of Attorney on file Pulaski Cty Ky by Alexander Colyar. [S01736] Richard Callaway Family by Mrs. A.E. Hart, 1935. Richard Callaway Family by Mrs. A.E. Hart, 1935. Brenda Schwall of Chattanooga TN- 3/96. [S01694] Brenda Schwall - 3/96, correspondence.