John Worley Jr.

Other Events:

• Note: 1735, Henrico County, Virginia; Servant/Overseer? on John James Florinoir estate
• Land Patent: 30 Jan 1741, Goochland County, VA; John Jr patented 250 acres in Goochland Co. on the branches of Skin Quarter Creek on Henrico Co. line, adjoining Tho. Lockett. Skinquarter Creek is currently part of the boundary between Powhatan (which was Goochland) & Chesterfield ( which was Henrico)
• Court Case: Mar 1743, Goochland County, VA; John Worley Jr sued Alexander Warren, William Worley was a witness for John. Info from The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47)
• Land Sale: 20 Jun 1743, Goochland County, VA; John Worley sold to William Bass 250 acres on Skin Quarter Creek. Source: The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47)
• Assembly: 20 Jun 1757, Cumberland County, Virginia; At a court for "draughting" soldiers "in pursuance of an Act of Assembly entitled An Act for Granting Aid to His Majesty, for better protection of this colony," the following persons were "adjudged to be soldiers." (More)
• Oath: 19 Jul 1777, Powhatan Co, VA; John & William Worley took the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of VA, renouncing allegiance to King George. Likely John Jr, since John III was "of Buckingham" in 1778 Robert Y. Clay, "Powhatan Co, Virginia Oaths of Allegiance, 1777", page 190-192

Notes:

Note:
In 1735, John Worley appeared on the titheable list of King William Parish, in the household of John James Florinoir, along with 3 slaves. (Overseer or Servant?)

King William Parish was created by King William in 1700 with a grant of 10,000 acres to be settled by French Huguenots, who were escaping religious persecution in France. The first titheable list that exists is dated 1710. John Worley appears for the first time on the list of 1735, but that appears to be the only year when the names of the servants/overseers and slaves were listed.

In 1736 John James Florinoir was still there but his household, as for other households, just shows a number of tithes, not the names. So we cannot tell in how many years before or after 1735 John was present. The main town in King William Parish was the town of Manakin, which is about 10 miles from Flat Rock (the current community where John Worley's 1749 land on Swift Creek was located). How far did the parish extend?


Not sure if this was John Worley Senior or Junior.

John Jr was an adult and had saved up enough money to buy land in 1741, he was 17 or 18 in 1735 and old enough to be working. He son, John III also works as an overseer/servant on a plantation so it's possible he followed in his father's footsteps.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Assembly: 20 Jun 1757, Cumberland County, Virginia; Act of Assembly entitled An Act for Granting Aid to His Majesty, for better protection of this colony
• Tax List: 1764, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; 1764 - John Worley was listed for personal property taxes in the household of John Douglas, along with 5 slaves. (Overseer for John Douglas?)1773 & 1774 -John Worley was listed for personal property taxes in the household of John Benning, along with Joel Bondurant. Total tithes in 1773 were 9 and total in 1774 were 10 (the rest probably being slaves) Worley and Bondurant being in the employment of John Benning.
• Tax List: 1773, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; 1773 and 1774 1764 - John Worley was listed for personal property taxes in the household of John Douglas, along with 5 slaves. (Overseer for John Douglas?)1773 & 1774 -John Worley was listed for personal property taxes in the household of John Benning, along with Joel Bondurant. Total tithes in 1773 were 9 and total in 1774 were 10 (the rest probably being slaves) Worley and Bondurant being in the employment of John Benning.
• Land Sale: 16 Apr 1778, Powhatan Co, VA; John Worley of Buckingham County sold to John Moseley 100 acres lying between Moseley and Trent. (Believed to be the land John III inherited in his grandfather's will that his father had rights to live on. Deed Book 1, page 21
• Tax List: 1786, Campbell County, Virginia, USA; John Worley was listed for personal property taxes from 1786 to 1790 in Campbell County. The film began in 1784, when there were no Worleys listed. He did not appear after 1790. In 1790 Moses Worley, age 16-21, was listed with him.
• Witness: 31 Mar 1786, Campbell County, Virginia, USA; A deed from John Dawn to Josias Bullock was witnessed by John Worley and William Dawn. The land sold was 335 acres on the head of Dutchman's Branch, E. side Falling River adjoining William Jones and William Harris. From Campbell Co Deed Book 2, page 401
• Witness: 15 May 1786, Campbell County, Virginia, USA; John & Dorothy Worley witness will of John Dawn. It left everything to his wife Margaret, to be divided among his children, not named, after her death. The will was also witnessed by a John Reynolds. J. Dawn will May 15, 1786, proven Oct 4 1787
• Deed: 7 Sep 1795, Franklin County, Virginia, USA; On 7 September 1795, at Franklin County, VA,, John Worly of Franklin County bought from David Barton (DB 3 p 289) 155 acres on a branch of Auter (Otter) Creek adjoining Ferguson and Barton. In 1798, Barton sold 50 acres to John Radford (DB 3 p 565) which was described as being on the east side of Turkey Branch between John Worly and William Cannaday. Also mentioned was the dividing ridge between Otter and R. Bad Creeks. On the same day he also sold some land to George Staton Jr (DB 3 p 575), described as "on the head of a branch of the south fork of Otter Creek, adj George Staton Sr and John Worley."
• Deed: 7 Feb 1803, Franklin County, Virginia, USA; John Worley sold to William Worley 155 acres on a branch of Auter beginning at a mouth of a branch at [unreadable] thence crossing Otter Branch. Adjoined Ferguson and Barton. DB 4, page 535

Notes:

Birth:
Parent relationship proven by father's will John Worley Sr. Will (Written March 22, 1757, proven in court March 27, 1758)

Name:
What leads me to believe that John is the father of Jane is the fact that he was a bond on her marriage to William Newberry. And at that time in Campbell, there (1786-1790) is was the only Worley listed in the tax record. And in the 1790 tax record, son Moses appears living with him, placing this John as the John who died in Tennessee in 1815.

The problem I have against John being her father is that in 1815 when he died, his will did not list any of Jane's children (Jane had died by that time) in his will, yet he mentioned a grandchild of each of his other children. There could be any number of reasons for that however, so I continue to lean toward John being Jane's father.

Assembly:
At a court for "draughting" soldiers "in pursuance of an Act of Assembly entitled An Act for Granting Aid to His Majesty, for better protection of this colony," the following persons were "adjudged to be soldiers." List of 15 names, including John Worley (sp) Jr, John Whorley (sp) III and Joseph Whorley (sp). They were to be "apprehended" and brought into court in one week. At the follow-up court on June 28, 1757, John Whorley, Jr. and 4 others were dismissed and the others were to be "delivered up to Capt. Poindexter Mosby." (This act probably required each county to supply a number of soldiers) Time frame suggests French and Indian War.

Tax List:
Basing the assumption that this is John Worley III because in 1778 John Worley III of Buckingham Co. sold the land in Powhatan County (formerly Cumberland) that was left to him in John Sr's will (providing that John Jr. be allowed to live out the rest of his life there.) So this sale would have been made after John Jr's death. So John III did, indeed, live in Buckingham Co.

Died:
Records of White County, Tennessee: Inventories and Wills Will Book A, page 34.John Worley III left a will on 11 March 1815 at White County, TN. The Nuncupative Will of John Woosley, Senr, Decd. who departed this life on the third day of March in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred and fifteen, spoken in the presence of William Kirby, Nancy Kirby and James Woosley shortley before his death committed to writing on the eleventh day of the same month. Towit: The said John Worley, Senr. said in the presence of the said William Kirby about corn gathering time "that he intended to give to James Worley oldest daughter Polly, the feather bed on which her Aunt Polly formerly lay, that he did not wish his son William to have any further benefit of his property, he having devoured what he (the said decedent) had formerly given him, he did not wish him to devour any more. The said John Worley, Senr. Decd. said in the presence of Nancy Kirby on day before his death "that he wished James Worley's oldest daughter Polly to have the feather bed on which his daughter Polly formerly lay and that after James Worley had made himself whole for his care and trouble with him he wished to have the rest of his property equally divided amonst his oldest grand daughters in the several branches of his family". The said John Worley Snr Decd. said in the presence of James Worley that he wished what property he had at his deceased to be equally divided among the two oldest daughters of him, the said James, Elijah Worley's oldest daughter Elizabeth, William Worley's daughter Louise, Moses Worley's daughter Nancy, Joseph Worley's oldest daughter Agnes, Sarah Underwood's oldest daughter Lotta and Finch Worley's daughter Milly - witness our hands and seals this 11th day of March A.D. 1815 William Kirby, Nancy Kirby (their marks), James Worley

John married Dorothy in 1759 in Buckingham County, Virginia?. Dorothy was born in 1742 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Reynaud Renny Worley on 10 Feb 1787 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
She was in the 1810 census, and William remarried in 1813, so she died 1811/12

Jane married John Taylor in 1782 in Campbell County, Virginia. John was born in 1864 in Virginia; died in 1784 in Campbell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married William Newberry on 8 Aug 1785 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA. William was born in 1765 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA; died in 1823 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Worley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Elizabeth Boyd on 05 Jan 1808 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Boyd and Sarah Hill) was born in 1788 in North Carolina; died between 1850 and 1860 in Barren County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Boyd, Jr. on 23 Mar 1805 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1820: 1820, Franklin, Virginia, USA; William isn't found in the 1820 census of Franklin, however in the household of Thomas Newberry, there is a white male over the age of 45 living with them. This is probably William, as when William goes away for murder and writes out his will, he includes that Thomas be permitted to live on his land rent free. Indicating that Thomas was already living there and that they were all probably making their home together. Margaret, William's second wife is probably deceased by this time, as she isn't listed in the 1820 census nor is she mentioned in William's will of 1822.
• Witness: 1822, Franklin County, Virginia; Witnesses the will of his father in Law, John Via. Another witness is Thomas Hale.
• Census 1830: 1830, Franklin, Virginia, USA; The female 20-29 is probably Sarah, but her age if off here.
• Deed: 1838, Franklin County, Virginia; Deeds recorded in 1838 mark the sale of Thomas's father, William Newberry's property to Samuel James. The heirs named are: Levi Newberry of Barren Co. Ky; Thomas Newberry and his wife Sarah and their children; John, Sarah and Peter Cochran, Nancy, (Givey (Jincy), Audrey and Vina.
• Census 1840: 1840, Franklin, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Sarah Jane Vier on 17 Dec 1810 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of John B. Via Sr. and Sarah Wright) was born in 1794 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA; died in 1852 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]