John Wesley Colyer b. 8 may1834 d. 08 Jun 1908 : Curtis / Colyer family of Somerset Kentucky

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Nickname	Wesley
Birth	8 may1834 [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Died	08 Jun 1908 [4]
Buried	Oaklawn Cemetery, Peach GA
Person ID	I2349	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
Last Modified	22 Feb 2015

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 Mary C. Lowman [4]

Married 13 Feb 1868 [5]

Children

	1. John Wesley Colyer, b. 27 Jul 1869, Fort Valley, GA , d. 15 Dec 1884, Fort Valley, GA
	2. William Colyer, b. 1872, Fort Valley, GA

Last Modified 06 Feb 2009

Family ID F307 Group Sheet

Family 2 Malvina Smith

Married Before 1860

Children

>	1. Mallie R. Colyer, b. 1860, Kentucky
	2. Hiram Colyer
	3. Minerva Colyer

Last Modified 07 Feb 2009

Family ID F485 Group Sheet

Documents		John Wesley Colyer in Confederate Military History As possible evidence of William Colyar being a soldier in the Revolutionary War, see the write up of his grandson, John Wesley Colyer of Pulaski County Ky, in the 1987 edition of "Confederate Military History". John Wesley Colyer was the son of John Colyer born 1781 who was son of William Colyar. The Confederate Military History says that John Colyer born 1781 and was of Revolutionary ancestry. John Colyer born 1781’s mother was Angus Nancy St. Clair, daughter of Charles St. Clair. Since Charles St. Clair died in 1768, it was not him that had Revolutionary War connection. So it could be John’s father, William Colyar born 1754, died 1819. Status: Located
		John Wesley Colyer of 1834 pension application John Wesley Colyer of 1834 pension application made by his wife Mary Lowman Colyer 1910 Status: Located
		John Wesley Colyer pension affidavit John Wesley Colyer pension affidavit Made by John May of Somerset Kentucky in support of his widow, Mary Lowman Colyer, Pension application for Civil War service Status: Located
		History of the Salt Works Road Pulaski County Kentucky Historical society pub on history of Grundy and the Salt Works Road----see page 4----John Colyer log house was on the Whitley Road (hwy 192)
		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.
		1873 Pulaski County Ky Property Tax Record Colyers in east Somerset area
		1875 Pulaski County Kentucy property tax: Granade shows Charles Granade Colyer consistent with prior years about 75-80 acres next to Meece on Pitman Creek; Also shows John Wesley Colyer and C Richard Colyer?
		Confederate Veteran publication 1910 Daughter of Confederacy Write up on John Wesley Colyer, son of John Colyer of 1781. Says that John Colyer 1781 was of Revolutionary ancestry. That could be his father, William Colyar since John Colyer 1781's mother would not have been in Revolution and her father was dead before Revolution. It is possible the reference was to John Wesley Colyer's mother ancestry...since Lydia Purvis father was documented revolutionary pensioner.
		John Wesley Colyer Jr. bio Confederate Veteran Organized the 6th Kentucky Calvary Confederate army, road many years with John Hunt Morgan
		Ky Adjutant General report Civil War Confederates: John Wesley Colyer
		John Hunt Morgan historic journal article shows history of his command and some components as the 6th Kentucky Calvary and what they did.
		1855 pulaski county ky deed JP and JW Colyer brothers purchase property for store on Saltworks Rd (current hwy 692 Grundy Rd).
		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.
		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.
		1865 Pulaski Court order: infant children of J Wesley Colyer Samuel Black motion for Mr Elliot to be guardian of children of J. Wesley Colyer and out of state resident.

Notes

Served Kentucky Commission C Co. 6th Cav Reg. KY
John Wesley Colyer, of Perry, Houston county, a veteran of
Morgan's cavalry, was born near Somerset, Ky., May 8, 1834. His
parents were John Colyer, a Virginian of Revolutionary ancestry,
and Lydia, daughter of John Purvis, of South Carolina, a soldier
of the Revolution. Mr. Colyer, a resident of Kentucky when the
war began, and engaged in mercantile business, joined the famous
cavalryman, John H. Morgan, when the latter was in command of a
squadron in 1861, and served with him for nearly a year in
Kentucky and Tennessee, participating in the daring exploits in
middle Tennessee that first made the name of Morgan
familiar throughout the country.

In the summer of 1862 he took part in Morgan's first great
Kentucky raid, from Knoxville, Tenn., and was in battle at
Tomkinsville, Lebanon, and Cynthiana, where he was wounded July
17, 1862. After his native State was occupied by the armies of
Bragg and Kirby Smith he organized a company of cavalry, of which
he was elected first lieutenant, and M. B. Perkins captain.

This was made Company C of the Sixth Kentucky cavalry, under the
command of Col. J. Warren Grigsby. On the return to Kentucky he
served about Murfreesboro under General Buford, and took part in
the battle of December 31st and the raid to Lavergne. Joining
Morgan again, he participated in the battles of Milton, Snow's
Hill and others, early in 1863, and in June set out on the
memorable raid through Ohio.

Before reaching the Ohio river he was in battle at Green river
bridge and Lebanon, and after riding through Indiana and Ohio,
around Cincinnati, he took part in the fight near Buffington's
Island, on the Ohio river, July 19, 1863, where the greater part
of Morgan's command was captured. Here he was wounded and made
a prisoner. After some time in hospital at Covington, Ky., he
was held at Camp Chase three months and subsequently at Johnson's
island, Lake Erie, until June, 1865.

During this imprisonment of nearly two years he had frequent
opportunities to gain his liberty by swearing allegiance to the
United States, but this he steadfastly refused to do as long as
the Confederate government was yet maintained. Lieutenant Colyer
came to Georgia in December, 1865, and made his home at Fort
Valley, where he engaged in farming and merchandising.

He served two terms as alderman of Fort Valley, and in 1883 was
elected sheriff of Houston county. He was retained in this
office six years, and since then he has made his home at Perry,
busying himself with farming. Recently he assumed the management
of the Wells Hotel, a popular hostelry. Mr. Colyer was married
in 1868 to Mary C. Lowman, and they have a son and two daughters.

Source: Confederate Military History Vol. VII p. 573
See Confederate Veteran publication this page of site document that states that John Wesley Colyer organized the 6th Ky Confederate Calvary in 1862 and that he moved to Perry Georgia in December of 1865.

Sources

[S05088] Collierj.ftw--Tim Jeffries, Cincinnati OH, Tim Jeffries, Cincinnatti OH.
Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998
Tim Jeffries, Cincinnatti OH, Collierj.ftw--Tim Jeffries, Cincinnati OH, Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998. Added 'John' to first name in front of Wesley based on email research of Wesley M Colyer wesley-photo@juno.com 3/12/2000 as cited from ancestry.com (Source: Confederate Military History Vol. VII
p.573)
[S27813] ColyerV2.FTW.
Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998
[S14494] Alice Colyer Gala.
Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998
[S31974] Shelley Strangeland-Miller.
[S31975] Civil War Pension applicaton Mary Lowman Colyer wife of John Wesley Colyer.

John Wesley Colyer[1, 2, 3] 1834 - 1908

John Wesley Colyer^{[1, 2, 3]}
1834 - 1908