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Lindsey Robert Colyer[1, 2, 3, 4] 1821 - 1901

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• Nickname	Linzy
  Birth	27 Apr 1821  [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jan 1901  [2, 3, 4, 6]
  Buried	Soule's Chapel Cemetery, Somerset Pulaski County Ky
  Person ID	I1171	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	12 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

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Jane Richardson,   b. 1829,   d. 1871
  Married	30 Jul 1844	Pulaski Co., Kentucky   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Lucy Colyer   2. Robert Colyer,   b. 8 Apr 1863, Somerset KY ,   d. 29 Dec 1940, Somerset, KY > 3. Lydia Margaret Colyer,   b. 1846,   d. 1870 > 4. Elizabeth Colyer,   b. 1847 > 5. Paulina Jane Colyer,   b. 1850   6. Mary Belle Colyer,   b. 1853,   d. Apr 1946, Grundy, Pulaski County KY   7. Sophia Colyer,   b. 1854 > 8. John Perry Colyer,   b. 1857,   d. 1936   9. Virginia (Jennie) Colyer,   b. 15 May 1860,   d. 28 Oct 1941   10. Nancy Ellen Colyer,   b. 1859,   d. 18 Sep 1861, Pulaski County Ky   11. Samuel A. Colyer,   b. 1865,   d. 29 Mar 1874, Pulaski County Ky   12. Alice Colyer,   b. 1870 > 13. Lucinda Colyer,   b. 1868   14. Margaret Colyer,   b. BET. 1844 - 1865 > 15. Lucinda Colyer,   b. 1852   16. Lucy Colyer,   b. BET. 1844 - 1865   17. Alice Colyer,   b. BET. 1844 - 1865
  Family ID	F048	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mahala Meece,   b. 1826,   d. 30 Jul 1901, Somerset, ky
  Last Modified	07 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F8166	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Lindsay R. Colyer house remains 2025
  		Lindsay R. Colyer house remains 2025 #2
  		Lindsay R. Colyer house remains 2025 #3
  		Lindsey Robert Colyer photo see document section for full photo of Lindsey's evident association with 1st National Bank of Somerset. Bank was formed in 1887 and its president was Lindsey's brother-in-law and business partner, John Richardson. John Quincy Adams Richardson married Lindsey's sister, Minerva Colyer. Lindsey, married John QA Richardson's sister, Nancy.
  		Lindsey Robert Colyer newspaper photo Son of John W Colyer who was born 1781
  		Lindsey Robert Colyer newspaper photo cropped
  		Lindsey Robert Colyer at Somerset M.E. Church South Somerset KY This is believed to be Lindsey. Church was on South Main Street. From First Methodist website "The congregation erected its first church building on South Main Street in 1846 and it was called the Main Street Methodist Church. The lot was donated by Mr. John Curd. In 1866, the minister serving at that time felt that the church should be divided. So the Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern Church), erected a church on East Mt. Vernon Street on the lot where the Virginia Theatre now stands and this was used until about 1918. This congregation; however, eventually became re-affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, thus coming full circle. The South Main Street Church (Methodist Episcopal Church South) continued to grow, and in 1917 under the leadership of Rev. W. L. Clark, a new and larger building of brick, in the neo-classic style, popular at the time, was erected on a lot, at the corner of East Mt. Vernon Street and Central Avenue. "
  		Lindsey Robert Colyer crop M.E. Church South Somerset KY

  
  

  Documents		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 Lindsey Colyer 500 acres Land Grant under the Kentucky 1835 land grant Act by county in the Jugornot region of Pulaski County
  		1886 Ruth Ky Warren Store ledger WARNING large 60 meg file: requires high speed: This ledger of the general store at what is now known as Ruth Ky was found in ceiling of old log home renovation 2012. The log house built by Henry Wagner in 1805, purchased by John Colyer 1842, then purchased by Andrew Warren 1865. Andrew's son, Mathew(born 1859), evidently ran store across the road from the house. The store later became in 1888 the first post office in the community at current day hwy 192 at Pitman Creek in Somerset Ky. The first post office in 1888 known as Juno....later became the post office/store was reopened by Rufe Ashurst in 1896 and he named it for his daughter Ruth Ky. Many area family names in ledger: Colyer, Warren, Richardson, Meece, Botkin, Allen, Sword. The first record I have found of Rufe Ashurst in the Pitman creek area was in 1893, he purchases the Alexander Colyer coal mine on Clay Hill Road from Alex's estate auction in 1893.
  		1874 Pulaski County Kentucky Property tax records Various Colyer; Shows Jehu G (Granade) Colyer next to Meece whom he his wife bought property from and Cyrenius Waite Colyer.
  		1874 Pulaski County Kentucky Property tax Lindsey Colyer Not sure if this is Lindsey Randall or Lindsey Robert Colyer
  		1875 Pulaski County Kentucky property tax Colyers shows James "Alexander" Colyer with property next to James Allen and Andrew Warren (the old John Colyer property per deed on this website) and Lindsey Colyer (evidently Lindsey Robert Colyer since next to in law Richardson)
  		1874 Pulaski County Death records Shows Sawl Colyer 9 years old son of Lindsey Robert Colyer and also shows William Colyer 3 years old son of Charles Richard Colyer
  		1861 Pulaski County Ky deaths Shows Nancy E Colyer death child: tomb stone shows 2 years old, but his death record shows 4 years old. Also Shows death of 1 year old Black Slave child
  		1853 deed St. Clair Colyer to Lindsey Colyer St. Clair transfers his interest in father's estate, John Colyer, to brother Lindsey Colyer. This is the Lindsey Colyer who was major financier of Soule's Chapel church building.
  		1869 Kentucky Court Appeals case land dispute Involves Cyrenius Waite, Lindsey Colyer, Samuel Black. This appears to be property inherited from John Colyer, the father of Lindsey Colyer and Samuel Black's wife, Harriett (based on 1/17th undivided interests) At some point Cyrenius Waite has come to lay claim to the sold 1/17th interests. This appears to be the 200 acre of coal lands John Colyer Sr. had on Cumberland River at Buck Creek. This shows both Samuel Black and Lindsey Colyer had sold their 1/17th undivided interest in the apparent coal lands to Darlin and Clark. See 1865 deed under John Colyer, where heirs all sell their 1/17th interest in farm at Pitman Creek to Andrew Warren. Cyrenius Waite, appears to have again intervened in Colyer land as he did for Bluford Colyer...see deeds under Bluford Colyer. See 1851 tax records under John Colyer b.1781 where shows land on cumberland river and deed from Purvis in 1851 for 50 acres Buck Creek.
  		1851 Masonic lodge minutes Linzy Colyer, St. Clair Colyer, Cyrenius Colyer, Epharim Meece
  		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
  		1860 census Lydia Colyer with son Lindsey R Colyer, presumably on Cherry Grove Rd
  		Soule's Chapel Methodist Church newspaper clippings 1900s
  		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.
  		1859 deed Lindsey Colyer sells 4/17 of half interest in coal lands on Cumberland River owned by John Colyer estate Evidently Lindsey purchased 4 of his brother's 1/17 interest in Coal lands on Cumberland owned by John Colyer Sr. at his death and here transfers to former John Colyer Sr. coal partner in lands Cornelius Doolin.
  		1859 Stephen Colyer estate assets sale purchasers are Lindsey Colyer, Martin Colyer and Samuel Black
  		1860 John Colyer Jr. land and inherited land interests sold Purchasers Cornelius Doolin, who I suspect got the coal lands, possibly those inherited from John Colyer Sr, and Lindsey Colyer and Samuel Black also listed. Lindsey and Samuel likely only purchased the inherited interest from John Colyer Sr in the Ruth Ky farm by Lindsey and Samuel Black purchased the Blaze Valley farm interest he lived on.
  		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.
  		1859-1860 John Colyer Sr estate: Lindsey Colyer appointed receiver of funds from land and slave sale. Part of lawsuit between John Colyer Sr heirs and Cyrenius Wait. I suspect this was all over the coal lands at Buck Creek/Cumberland River that Cyrenius Wait wanted.
  		1855 pulaski deed James Perry Colyer to Lindsey Colyer JP sells his inheritance from father John Colyer to brother Lindsey.
  		1853 Pulaski deed: Cyreinus Wait to Lindsey Colyer Cyrenius sells all the interests he has acquired from children of John Colyer in their inheritance to Lindsey Colyer (but not the coal land). Reference is made to the farm that was on Pitman creek and slaves.
  		1857 Pulaski County deed: Lindsey R Colyer house lot Main Street Seminary Street
  		1856 foreclosure deed Grundy store Here, the store purchased by James Perry Colyer and likely his brother, John W. Colyer is foreclosed on and shows that another brother, Lindsey Colyer evidently financially was drawn into the brothers store venture.
  		1895 John Perry JP Colyer purchase deed 1/10th Lindsey Robert Colyer farm inherited interest of LR Colyer farm believed to be located on current day Cherry Grove Rd.
  		1896 deed LR Colyer daughter Elizabeth to John Perry JP Colyer sale of future inheritance from Lindsey Robert Colyer of Cherry Grove RD farm. 170 acre per prior deeds.
  		1896 deed from sister to John Perry JP Colyer future inherited interest of Lindsey Robert Colyer farm Cherry Grove RD farm 170 acre.
  		1846 Pulaski KY marriage record Elizabeth Colyer Shows that Bluford and wife Rebecca, adopted a girl named Elizabeth; also shows Bluford marriage and Lindsey Robert Colyer marriage to Richardson and John Colyer Jr.
  		Photos and Map Lindsey Robert Colyer home farm shows Lindsey Robert Colyer farm/home that was inherited by John Perry Colyer. Shows photos and map. Thanks to Rebecca Bobbitt Rich for these photos from her ancestry site Rebecca's house of cards tree.
  		Betty Bobbitt Doss family tree Betty information was the source of photos of the Lindsey Robert Colyer farm house on Grundy Rd. The farm house was inherited by son John Perry Colyer.
  		about 1900 newspaper photo of Lindsey R. Colyer
  		1870 census Lindsey Robert Colyer
  		1853 Cyrenius Wait sells John Colyer estate to Lindsey Colyer Cyrenius Wait sells the children of John Colyer estate interests he has purchased from several children to Lindsey Colyer, Estate administrator. Lindsey will later sell the Ruth KY farm to Andrew Warren in 1865. Note that the price is $200, which is cost or less since he purchased the interest of Charles Granade Colyer for $100, plus other children. But, then again, this sale does not include the coal lands included in the children interests.
  		1853 deed St. Clair Colyer to Lindsey Colyer St. Clair sells his interest in their father, John Colyer's estate to Lindsey Colyer who is also administrator of the estate.
  		1853 James P. Colyer deed to Lindsey Colyer James sells his interest in their father's estate to Lindsey, except for 2 slaves that have previously been sold to Lindsey named Amanda and her daughter Sarah.
  		1855 deed Lindsey Colyer to James Washington Richardson Lindsey and wife Nancy Jane Richardson Colyer sell to Nancy Jane's brother their interest in 160 acres inherited from their mother. The mother, Martha, got the 160 acres as a dower interest from her deceased husband Chelton Richardson. Note that it says it is separate from the interest retained by Nancy Jane and husband Lindsey Colyer. So, since there are no deeds found to Lindsey where he purchases the farm at the current day location of hwy 192 at hwy 692, it appears he got the farm by wife's inheritance. Also note that a dower interest by the mother of 160 acres shows that Chelton (Shelton) Richardson had quite a bit of land since the dower interest was about 1/10th. Chelton was a child of Jesse Richardson a large land holder.
  		1855 crop mortgage to Lindsey Colyer Mr. Ashley a tenant farmer mortgages the crop to Lindsey that is growing on Lindsey Colyer farm. If this is the Grundy Road hwy 192 at hwy 692 farm, it shows that Lindsey has the farm at that time, likely inherited by his wife, Nancy Jane, indirectly from Jesse Richardson via her father, Chilton Richardson.
  		1856 mortgage John W. Colyer to Lindsey Colyer and John Q.A. Richardson This is one of several documents that shows that Lindsey R. Colyer was in business with his brother in law, John Quincy Adams Richardson. John QA Richardson was married to Minerva sister of Lindsey, so here we have brothers/sisters married to brothers/sisters. The mortgage from Lindsey's brother John W. Colyer. It is related to a store in Grundy that John W and his brother James Perry Colyer operated. It later failed. This John W. Colyer after the civil war moved to Georgia. James Perry remained in Jugornot and is buried there in Colyer cemetery at modern Ponderosa drive.
  		1857 mortgage from John W and James P. Colyer to Lindsey mortgage related to store operated by John W and James Perry Colyer, to brother Lindsey R. Colyer and John Q.A. Richardson(brother in law). Mortgages 2 slaves inherited from estate of father John W. Colyer Sr. named Matilda and Allen.
  		1859 foreclosure deed to Lindsey Colyer John Q.A. Richardson shows Lindsey Colyer and his brother in law John Quincy Adams Richardson are in business together.
  		1860 bk 18 Pulaski County KY deed to Lindsey Colyer This may be the large farm at corner of current day hwy 192 and hwy 692 where Lindsey R Colyer lived. This purchase of an inherited part interest in the estate of David Richardson. 316 acres.
  		1870 census Lindsey R Colyer daughter Paulina Colyer Paulina married William Chrisman. Their daughter, Mattie, married Roscoe James.
  		1898 Pulaski County KY marriage Roscoe James/Mattie Chrisman Mattie was granddaughter of Lindsey R. Colyer
  		About 1895 photo Lindsey R. Colyer, 1st National Bank Somerset
  		1842-1844 Pulaski KY marriage: Lucinda Richardson, Nancy Jane Richardson

  
  

• Notes

  On of the principal financiers of the building of Soule's Chapel 1857 in Somerset Ky. per Commonwealth Journal, Somerset Newspaper article cited elsewhere under John Colyer Sr. 1860 Slave Schedule NARA Film M653, Roll 405 Lindsey Colyer 35 F (B) 16 M (B) 15 M (B) 03 F (B) 02 M (B) named Cy according to 1861 death record this website




• 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 [S20212] Wesley Colyer [wcolyer@cinci.rr.com]. [S01711] Kate Smith Collier file # 4 - Walter W. Smith Collection. [S01737] Richard Curtis files.