He is listed in Pulaki County 1810 Kentucky census as Jno Coliar as is aBuford Coliar. Also listed are Richard and Charles Colliar. Interestingto see name spelling closer to the Tennessee roots of father WilliamColyar. It is also found a possible father of William Colyar Henrycounty VA listed as John Colliar.

From Gedcom workup of Dean Hunter
JOHN COLYER AND LYDIA PURVIS COLYER

JOHN COLYER. of Greenbriar County, Virginia (W. Va. now), born August20, 1781, married in Virginia Martha Minus, daughter of Buford Minus,they had the following children: William, Buford, Alexander, Nancy,and John. Martha Minus Colyer died about 1816. He married a secondtime in about 1817, to LYDIA PURVIS. daughter of James Purvis.Their children were: Harriet, St. Clair, Lindsay, Elizabeth, Cyrenius,Minerva. Jehu, James Perry, Martin, GRENADE, Wesley, Stephen,Samuel, and Nathaniel. JOHN COLYER and his family settled in PulaskiCounty1 Kentucky, where he and his wife died.
From Dean Hunter :Newspaper obituary of Charles Granade Colyer April1910 :

JOHN COLYER, who lived and reared a large family of 19 sons anddaughters, and died on the old homestead now known as the Warren farm atthe bridge of pitman creek on the Sublimity road. about six and one halfmiles from this town, and his mother was LYDIA PURVIS who was theold gentleman's second wife and the mother of fourteen of his childrenand his first wife was a Miss Sinclair, who was mother of five of theolder children.
I first became intimately. acquainted with the family 0f JOHN COLYER Sr.In 1856, when my father removed to the farm adjoining theirs on theopposite side of Pitman creek now the Allen farm, and from the firstmoment was convinced that there never was a more gallant, neighborly orhospitable family in the world. To the young man's mind their home was amodel place to get good treatment and have a good time. It was betterthan a circus to be with those old big boys at the corn huskings orhoeing; threshings or stacking; the log cuttings or rollings, and to haveto do hard and heavy work, when four or five of them were on hand andhelping at the labor, it was the best kind of entertainment, and we wantto tell you that no laddie was ever imposed upon in that good company,for they stood over those in need of a defender on every occasion.

The 1850 Pulaski County Census lists JOHN COLYER, age 69, farmer, bornTennessee, LIDIA, 42, born Ky., GRANADE 18, Wesley 16, Stephen 14,Samuel 12, Nathan 10 (all born in Kentucky) and RHODA PURVIS, 86, bornin North Carolina.

The 1870 Pulaski County Census list LYDIA COLYER, 72, born N.C. , andTherisia, 10.

Souls Chapel Cemetery Pulaski County, Kentucky, JOHN COLYER
born 1781, died 18~ ; LYDIA COLYER, May 26, 1798 - Dec 25,
1874. (very difficult to read)

The Colyers of Pulaski County, (In the files of the Kentucky HistoricalSocieth, Frankfort, Kr.)
2 From Obituary of CHARLES GRANAID COLYER printed In Somerset, Ky.newspaper, April 1910.

IN REGARDS TO SOUL'S CHAPEL:

Excerpts from the Interior Journal

Interior Journal
Pulaski Column
Edited By Will. C. Curd
Somerset, Ky., Dec. 27, 1873

Soul's Chapel, four miles East of Somerset, was also discovered to be onfire
Monday last. The flames were just breaking through the roof and getting
under good headway when a gentleman passing by saved the church bytearing a
few shingles from the roof. The fire caught from a defective flue andpipe.

Rev. J.N. Current preached several days at Soul's Chapel during this andlast
week.

From Jean Colyer Grumbling:
the following is a transcription of a weekly column published (dateunknown) in the
Commonwealth Journal 110-112 E. Mt. Vernon Street, Somerset, Kentucky42501

From Our Past
A REGULAR TUESDAY FEATURE BY JACK NORTON

From Our Past appears one day late because of space limitations inTuesday's Commonwealth Journal. today's column is written by Mrs. HerbertR. Ledford, 201 May Street, Somerset. she is a native of the Grundycommunity of Pulaski County.

About four miles from Somerset, nestled in a valley just off Ky. 80 and ashort distance from the foot of Sugar Hill, stands an abandoned Methodistchurch. The white frame church, whose windows have long been boarded andwhose doors are locked, is called Soules Chapel church. It was named forBishop Soule, head of the local Methodist Church when this particularbuilding was erected.

The church replaced an old log structure called Gragg's Chapel. In 1857John P. Ridings bought the old church, dismantled it and used some of thelogs to construct a barn on his farm, which is located near the site ofSoules Chapel. Construction of the present building was started in theautumn of 1857 and completed the same season a year later. It is thoughtthe land was donated by Allen Cox.

Ridings directed the construction of the new church, which has a stonefoundation and underpinnings of hand-hewn logs. He, along with JohnRichardson and *** L. R. (Collier) Colyer, helped most in furnishingmaterials and money for the new structure. All the lumber used forframing was whip-sawed by Bill Calhoun and Peter Baker. The lumber forthe church pews was sawed at a watermill some distance away.

At one time Soules Chapel had a membership of more than 200 people andthe second-best organized Sunday School in the Danville District. It wasthe Mother Church to the First Methodist Church of Somerset. However, atthe time of the Civil War, a tremendous uprising came in the church and,as a result, the membership split. Those with sympathies for the Northleft the church and formed Bradley's Chapel - Northern Methodist Church,located about two miles south of Soules Chapel. Soules Chapel was thenknown as Soules Chapel Southern Methodist Church.

It is impossible to find a list of the real charter members, but from theearliest church records are found the names of Collier, Richardson, Graggand Ridings.

In 1940 Rev. Charles Marshal Cavit, a circuit preacher, compiled much ofthe church's history and listed the following membership:
Alton F. Bates, Evelyn M. Bates, Clarence G. Bryant, Della V. Bryant,Luther Bullock, Bessie Williams Camble, Alice Cundiff, Charles Cundiff,Maude Gibson, and Mrs. Cora Gilmore.
Eugene Gilmore, Sarah A. Greer, Mrs. Mary Hall, Addie B. Mills, Mary B.Mills, Zeda B. Mills, Mrs. Allie Richardson, Craig Ridings, Henry S.Ridings, and Stella Ridings.
Willie Ridings, C. M. Simpson, Jewel Simpson, Mary Simpson, Mrs. ZellaStruck, Irene Whitaker, Jennie Whitaker, Dessie Williams, Glydas Williamsand Clara Yahnig.

With the advent of the automobile and modern transportation, SoulesChapel began to die a slow death. Better transportation meant anopportunity to travel to Somerset to attend church and avoid the narrowroad which leads to Soules Chapel from Ky. 80.
Now the church sits alone and empty under the shade trees, at the end ofa gutted, washboard road that runs alongside a stream and is onlypassable during part of the year.
Although all the cemetery was cleaned off at this time last year, nowonly a third of the graves have not been choked by horseweeds, ragweedsand Queen Anne's Lace. (Article courtesy of Donald Fox Fletcher)

Pulaski County Kentucky
1850 Slave Schedule
NARA Film M432, Roll 227

This film shows the name of the slave owner and the age/sex/color of eachslave.

John Colyer
23 F (B)
23 F (B)
19 M (B)
14 M (B)
14 F (B)
08 M (B)
07 M (B)
06 M (B)
1/12 M (B)

Richard Curtis note:
JOHN COLYER: SUMMARY-----

A 1839 power of attorney was found in the Pulaski County KYcourthouse wherein Alexander Colyer of Winchester TN Franklin County hassent and appointed his eldest son, George Thompson Colyer to come andclaim Alexander's portion of any estate left behind by his Father Williamand mother Nancy Ann. This power of attorney being filed in 1839brings to this author's mind two points of conjecture....that Nancy Annlikely died around this 1839 date and thus is why Alexander sends his sonat this time to the courthouse to file claim. William , John'sfather died some years earlier which is evidenced by deeds and willsprobated in Washington county TN. The power of attorney filed byAlexander states that William and Nancy Ann had lived in Pulaski Countyin their late years until they died.

From evaluating things like why William and Nancy went to live withonly son believed to be in Pulaski County area at time of their death(William died in 1819) and by looking at the list of slaves John Colyerowned in 1850 above.......it is concluded that John Colyer was likely themost properous of the William Colyer children. It is known that JohnColyer brother William Jr. stayed in Jonesborough TN area as a Justice ofthe Peace. It is known that Alexander Colyar's home on the Nolichuckyriver near Jonesboro TN burned down and they moved to Winchester TN wherehis wife's family had settled, but that he was not a significantlandowner....but for several years a sharecropper. It appears thatJohn Colyer had followed in his father's footsteps and become an explorerof sorts obtaining land grant/patents along the Cumberland river inPulaski County Ky as early as 1809 , which at this time was a westernfrontier much like the East Tennessee area from where they had come wasthe western frontier at the time of his father William settling there in1780. The area of John Colyer land patents and accumulated acreage wasin an area along Buck Creek at the Cumberland River. This area laterbecame known as Jugornot. According to the University Press of Kentuckyin a book called Kentucky Place Names by Robert Rennick the Jugornot namewas coined from its relationship to moonshine whiskey. It is a hollowextending about 3 miles between a point south of Meece post office andthe Cumberland River 7 miles southeast of Somerset. At one point,according to one tradition, people did a thriving business producing andselling moonshine whiskey. They would charge one price if the customersbrought their own containers, and more if they did not. So when someonewould come to buy, they would be asked "jug or not". Another traditionrefers to the common practice of rewarding voters with whiskey. Youwould be asked if you wanted your jug or not and if you voted the rightway you got your jug and not otherwise. Over time the area became knownas Jugornot. Joe Creason once reported a variant, about a problem thatarose when know one thought to bring whiskey to the local voting place.When someone stated that the election could not be held since there wasno jug, the Sheriff ruled "we'll have the election jug or not".

John Colyer sold his land he had obtained by patents over the years1809-1827 to his eldest son, Bluford, in 1846 after John had apparentlymoved to Ruth Ky on Pittman Creek. John purchased farm of 200 acres onPittman Creek at Ruth Ky in 1842. From an examination of deeds in thearea of Pulaski County where John Colyer had original land grants (Jugornot hollow area around Buck Creek) it appears that after John'sfirst wife died, he married a Jugornot area family girl named LydiaPurvis. The Purvis family also had land in the Jugornot area ofPulaski County.

per Wesley Colyer 2004, John EMil lives in Eubank, Ky

This may be the John Collyer that is found in White's Abstracts of Rev.War Pension files vol I as follows: "Collyer, John or John Colyer,S16728, NC & VA Line, appl 11 Nov 1833 Franklin Cty IN aged 76, sol enlin Pittsylvania Cty VA & later moved to Wilkes Cty NC & also enl there &after the war sol moved to Pendleton Cty SC for 4 yrs then moved back toWilkes Cty NC for 2 yrs then moved to the Holston in Washington Cty TNfor 2 yrs then moved to the Clinch River in Russel Cty VA for 13 yrs thenmoved to Floyd Cty KY for 4 yrs then moved back to Russel Cty VA for 3yrs the moved back to Morgan Cty KY for 8 yrs then moved to Franklin CtyIN, sol was b 1757 in Cumberland Cty VA, on 26 Jun 1845 sol was a res ofMercer Cty MO to be near his children who had 'generally moved there' "

Alternatively could be one in White's as: "John, Grizzy, W8624, VA Line& also srv in the Northwest Indian War of 1790 to 1795 & his pension wasbased on the latter srv, sol apply 4 Sep 1791 because of disabilityincurred in srv, in 1821 sol was a res of Lincoln Cty KY, sol d 31 March1826 in Rockcastle Cty KY, sol and wid had m in 1772 or 1773, wid appl 4Nov 1843 Rockcastle Cty KY based on sol's Rev War srv & she was aged 90,sol & wife raised a large family of children but only William who was theoldest was named & at the time wid made her appl she referred to awidowed daughter (not named), the following were mentioned but norelationship to sol's family was stated, towit; in 1843 Richard Colyer aminister mad aff'dt in Rockcaslte Cty KY aged over 64, in 1843 oneStephen M. Collyer a res of Rockcastle Cty KY stated that he had movedfrom VA at the same time as sol & his wife, said Stephen M. was b 10 Apr1775 & was also a minister".

Looks like this is the John of RockCastle....see A.E. Hart book ofCalloway Family that details this man.

Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1898, Rockcastle Co

Henry Catron ????? Tate and G.S. Griffin are in Somerset attending the
trial of John P. Colyer charged with the murder of A.J. Catron

ky-footsteps-digest Thursday, August 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 453

James Colyer son of Judge Colyer while working on the road near town
Tuesday afternoon set off a blast. In reaching for the powder can tocarry
it away from some cause it exploded, dangerously burning his hands, legs
and face and setting his clothing on fire. Lee Kinnard ran to his rescue
and removed his burning garments. In the meantime the blast exploded,
throwing stones in every direction. One large boulder was seen falling
over colyer; the companion dragged him away and the stone fell on theexact
spot where Colyer had been lying two seconds before. The injured youn man
is resting as well as could be expected with such serious burns. He is a
popular young man and we will be glad to see his speedy recovery

Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1899, Rockcastle Co
Judge and Mrs P.D. Colyer spent Sunday and Monday with Mr and Mrs Logan
McKinney in southern part of county

Hi everyone,

My Grand Pa WESLEY ARTHUR COLYER b. Jan 14,1891 and Great Grand Pa MARTIN
T. COLYER b. July 14, 1866 were Born in Somerset KY. so I am interested
in finding out more info on the COLYERS.

I was looking in Ancestry.com at Civil War COLYERS and came across a JOHN
WESLEY COLYER Bn. 5-8-1834 (Source: Confederate Military History Vol. VII
p.573). It was noted that his parents were John Colyer and his mother
Lydia PURVIS.
I have John and his 1st wife Martha MINUS as having John COLYER II Bn.
4-15-1815. (and his son being John Wesley COLYER)

Is it possible that there was 2 born and named John from the same
father? Can someone help me out !

It was said also that he rode with John H. Morgan's Raiders and was
wounded / captured near Cincinnati, Ohio 7-19-1863 and sent to Johnson's
Island , Lake Erie until 6-1865.

When released he went to Fort Valley, Georgia. What made JOHN WESLEY
move there?

In 1868 he married Mary C. Lowman, had a son and to daughters. Does
anyone have their names?

Another account said that Charles Granada COLYER also rode with Morgan's
Raiders but got away when a Union horse would not jump a fallen tree in
pursuit.

The Ancestry.com database has JOHN WESLEY COLYER, DANIEL COLYER , WILLIS
COLYER, JAMES G. COLYER, RICHARD COLYER, LOGAN COLYER, SAMUEL COLYER,
MARTIN T. COLYER enlisting in 1862 from Somerset, KY into C Company 6th
Cavalry Reg. KY. (are these brothers and cousins)

I have a MARTIN COLYER b. Aug. 19, 1830 to JOHN COLYER and LYDIA PURVIS
in my family tree database, could my MARTIN and this C Company MARTIN T.
be the same? ( John Wesley and Martin T. were brothers?!?!)

I was Emailed that my Martin T. b.1866 was the son of CHARLES RICHARD and
Suzannah Richardson. Is this correct?

Alot of questions at one time. I tried to make it short but
understandable

Wesley-photo@@juno.com
photos_by_wesley@@yahoo.com
cincinnatiphoto@@photographer.net

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 THE PDF FILES SECTION OF WEBSITE FOR IMAGE OF THIS BOOK REFERENCEhttp://www.curtisit.com/curtis/colyer

resides in Osgood , Indiana

Lance Colyer, the 16 year old boy who died of tuberculosis died and wasburied in Somerset.

Lillith was murdered by her husband, William Decker, on the front porchof her home in Newcastle, Indiana.

On of the principal financiers of the building of Soule's Chapel 1857 inSomerset Ky. per Commonwealth Journal, Somerset Newspaper article citedelsewhere under John Colyer Sr.

Buried in Soul's Chapel Cemetery on Soul's Chapel Rd. Somerset Ky. perhttp://www.ericjames.org/html/fam/fam05441.htm

June Avera thinks that it may have been Luvina who married and moved toCalifornia. Never much contact with family. Believes that Luvina haddaughter that married mexican who was son of vice president of Mexico.Mentioned that Dean Hunter , research of colyer line, went to Mexico andmet her at large house and interviewed her.

The Colyer Family of Pulaski, Co. Ky (from Janis Ragar) said this LydiaColyer , lately living in Los Angeles Calif.

BOOK 19 PG 134 details per notes transfer of a slave named Peter that hadbeen owned by Martin's grandfather, William. Says that Martin if firstlegal heir of William Jr.

http://www.kiva.net/~jeskewic/brighthopeintro.html 01/01/06
Bright Hope Furnace Ledger
Furnace Creek, Greene County Tennessee
1835-1836
Introduction
Editor's Family Names
Other Persons of Note

Introduction
The Bright Hope Iron Furnace was located on Furnace Branch in westernGreene
County, Tennessee. The Bright Hope Ledger is the daily ledger of thecompany
store at the furnace for part of the years of 1835 and 1836. The spine of
the volume bears the name: Brown, Roberts & Co. 1835.

The Bright Hope Ledger is hardbound and it is 10 1/4 by 16 3/4-inches
and 3-inches thick. It originally consisted of about 319 pages ofrecorded
transactions for the period 26 January 1835 through 25 July 1836.
Each page is numbered and bears the name Bright Hope with day of theweek,
date, month and year.

There was apparently a double entry system of bookkeeping at the Bright
Hope Furnace consisting of a daily ledger and an individual accountledger.
Each person has an account number that was probably the number of their
page in an individual account ledger.

Line entries were recorded in both British Shillings and Pence and United
States Dollars and Cents. This suggests the monetary system was still in
a state of transition some 60-years after the Declaration of Independence
and 20-years after the War of 1812. Line and page totals were allrecorded
in Dollars and Cents, however.

Several pages have been removed from the Ledger. The 243 pages remaining
are numbered 1 and 2, 23 and 24, 77 through 118 and 123 through 319.

There are two pages in the back of the Ledger containing unrelated data.
One lists the names and births of the Andrew R. Kiecher family entered
after 1893 and the other contains the name J.P. Shields with an 1881 date.

Bright Hope Furnace was located in western Greene County, Tennessee.
A Historical Marker at the junction of U.S. Highway 321 and the county
road to the Bright Hope area states (1988):

"Bright Hope Industries - North about one mi. on Furnace Creek
was the Bright Hope Iron Works, built about 1830. Mining and
smelting of iron ore and manufacturing of cast and wrought iron
products were joined by a paper mill, pottery works, and several
other establishments in an early industrial complex. Theindustries
are believed to have failed as a result of the Panic of 1837,but
their operations are still recalled in the place names of nearby
Furnace Creek and Ore Bank."

Harry B. Roberts in his Olden Times in Greene County, Vol. Two, private
publication 1985, reports a Special Act of the Tennessee Legislature of
25 October 1813 incorporating an Iron Factory Company by owners named
Easterly, Shields, Stephens and Gregg from Greene & Cocke County.
These are family names of long standing in the area.

Roberts reported that a Forge was established on the Nolichucky River
by John G. Brown just before or about 1830 and that John G. Brown owned
the forge in the 1840's.

The Iron Manufacturer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills
in the United States by J.P. Lesley, John Wiley, 1859, lists the furnaces
and forges of 1856. Under Charcoal Furnaces in East Tennessee is (page75):

"271. Bright Hope Charcoal Furnace, originally owned by JohnShields,
is situated about eighteen miles west of Cleek's Forge in Greene
county Tennessee, was built about 1807, and ruined by a flood
previous to 1837. A cupola furnace still in use marks the spot."

Under Bloomary Forges in Eastern Tennessee is (page 201):

"376. Brown's Bloomary Forge, situated twenty-one miles west of
Click's Forge on Nolichucky river, Greene county East Tennessee,
was built about 1827 and abandoned soon afterwards and is now in
ruins."

Lesley stated as follows about the facilities using brown hematite ores
in his report of 1856:

"Greene county furnace H 271 (Bright Hope) is abandoned, butClick's,
Alexander's, Mountain, Camp creek, Snapp's and Paint Creekforges
all use Cove creek bank and Greenridge bank ores - - -.Kelly's,
Allens's, Canada's, and Brown's forges are deserted."

Lesley's is the only report that Bright Hope Furnace was "ruined by aflood
previous to 1837. - - -". The site on Furnace Branch does not seem floodprone.
Perhaps this was the fate of the nearby Brown's Forge on the NolichuckyRiver.

The following from the records of the Greene County Court of Pleas givean
insight into other activities in the Bright Hope community of GreeneCounty
Tennessee during the period of the Ledger:

"Tuesday 6 June 1836 - - -

10. William P. Johnson is appointed Overseer of the public road in
said County from Henry Dyches to Rhineharts field and the following hands
are appointed to work on Said road, to wit. Jesse Bowls, DanielHardbarger,
Benjamin Radledge, Asberry Radledge, Thomas Radledge, John Henegar,
Benton Henegar, Jacob Clowers, William Clowers, James Clowers, and James
Shaw. Court adjourned until Court in Course

M. Lincoln James Lotspeich Charles Gass
James Robinson John Walker Jacob ? Brooks
Casper Easterly Daniel Delany" Bk. 17a page 118

The names of John and Benton Henegar were lined through in the Record.

"Monday 6 June 1836 - - -

4. William Johnson, Overseer from Bright Hope Furnace to PeterBrowns,
and John Walker & Henry Dyche, Esq. are appointed to assign alist
of hands to work under him.

5. John Bowls, Overseer from Bright Hope Furnace the fork of theroad
near Henry Dyches, on the road leading to Warrensburg and John
Walker and Henry Dyche, Esqr. are appointed to assign a listof
hands to work on said road."
Bk 17a page 120

"Monday 4 July 1836 - - -

8. John Bowls Overseer from Bright Hope Furnace to Browns forge and
ordered that John Walker and Henry Dyche, Esqr. assign a listof
hands to work on said road and report to 3d Term of this Court.

9. Isaac Thompkins Overseer from Peter Browns to Neilsons Ferry and
ordered that John Walker and Henry Dyche, Esq.r assign a listof
hands to work on said road and report thereof to 3rd Term ofthis
Court.- - -" Bk 17a page 130

"Monday 2 Jan 1837 - - -

3. Andrew Smith Overseer from Henry Dyches by Jacob Rhineharts to
Bright Hope Furnace and ordered that he have the followinghands
to work thereon to wit. William Clowers, Jacob Clowers, JohnDyche,
James Bracket, Timothy Pitman and Jesse Bowls and in case ofthe
removal of any of the above hands, said Overseer is to havethe
liberty of making up the number from the furnace hands."
Bk 17a page 181

This indicates there might have been some workers at the Bright HopeFurnace
who were referred to as "furnace hands".

"State of Tennessee

The County Court continued and held for the County of Greene at the
Court House in Greeneville on the first Monday (being the 3 Cday)
of July, 1837, were present the worshipful Charles Gass, ThomasJones,
Daniel Delaney, Mordecai Lincoln, Joseph Brown, Joseph Johnsonand
Casper Easterly, Esqs, Justices CC

The following persons are appointed Overseers of the following
public roads in Greene County, to wit. - - -

5. Samuel Stinson, Overseer from Bright Hope Furnace to Browns
forge and ordered that he have the following hands to work
thereon, viz. Samuel Stinson, William Stinson, Isaac Johnson,
Jesse Boles, Jacob Boles, Joseph Hughes, William Saul,
Claiborn Boyd, John Lutrell, William Johnson, A. Smyth,
Sol. Steel, Joseph Rose, John Whittenburg, David Boles,
George Boles and Daniel Boles - - -" Bk 17a pages 317 and 319

It is interesting to note here the spelling of Bowls in the 1836 actions
and Boles in the 1837 Court action.

It is interesting to note that Mordecai Lincoln was a member of theCounty
Court that appointed members of the community road crew in 1837. Mordecai
was the great uncle of President Abraham Lincoln. His brother Abraham was
President Lincoln's grandfather. Mordecai had moved into Greenevilleabout
1819 after a visit to his other uncle Isaac in nearby Carter County,
Tennessee, from his home in Virginia. Mordecai was a tanner, harnessmaker
and shoemaker.

It seems probable that some of the Bright Hope iron works continued in
operation after the panic of 1837. Several were recorded as working inthe
industries in the Censuses of 1840 and later. Daniel Boles was recordedas
a foundry hand there in the Census of 1870. They may have been working in
the cupola furnace that was reported still in use at the site by Lesleyin
his 1856 report. Several of the Boles-Hogan-Ferguson family members who
moved to Missouri cited Bright Hope Furnace as their place of origin intheir
biographies in A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Goodspeed &Co.,
Chicago, 1894, as if some of the iron industry was still operational when
they left the area in 1871.

Place names on the USGS Topographic Map of the 1930's of the area include
Bright Hope, Bright Hope School, Furnace Branch, Ore Bank School, HoganPond,
Whittenburg Church, Pine Grove Church, Timber Ridge Church, LuttrellSpring
and Cochran Bend and Evans Island on the Nolichucky River.

The current County Road Map (1991) identifies roads serving the area as
Bright Hope Rd., Hogan Rd., Orebank Rd., and Whittenburg Rd.

Real estate transactions of the Boles and their kin of the 1830's to1870's
were in the very near vicinity of the Bright Hope works. A briefexamination
of the area in October 1988 and April 1989 indicated the road from theworks
to Brown's Forge and to the boat landing below the treacherous waters of
Evans Island for shipment to Knoxville via the Nolichucky and FrenchBroad
Rivers went by or through the Hogan and Boles farms. Some of the oldroute
is now closed.

Some place names in the Bright Hope Ledger with page number are:

Greeneville 287 Col. Neilsons 299
Knoxville 95 & 270 Embries 264
Parrotsville 312 English's (?) 306
Ross's Landing 294 hendersons 23
Whites Creek Peter Davis's 312
to the south 286 Wists 230

Brighthope Furnace & Cupola 299 Emerye's Boat 86
Coaling Ground 100 at Boat 295
Furnace 89 Bent of River 160
Ore bank 251 bent River 169
Pot House 245 Boating 305
Whittenburgs Mill 90 on the River 287
Mouth of River 306

The nature of the transactions provides a brief window into individual
and community life of 1835-36. We see the prices for food and clothing
for the time in comparison with earnings.

Clothing materials and supplies were frequent entries and include muslin,
lace, silk, shirting, Irish, flax and toe linen, calico, cotton flannel,
bed ticking, broad cloth, jain (jean), linsy, needles, thimbles, thread,
ribbon, yarn, knitting pins, indigo, patterns and buttons.

Medicines named are castor oil, Godfry's cordial, Bateman's drots,camphor,
paregoric and opedeldock.

The community was quite literate. Books included the Bible, hymnals,spelling
books, almanac, and Hail's United States History, Pilgrim's Progress.Some
bought paper by the quire (24-sheets) at frequent intervals. Some paidfor
"schooling" for their children. They bought trumpets and Jews-harps formusic.

The menfolks liked their cider in season and whiskey when it wasavailable.
They bought flintlock rifles, flints and powder, especially in the winter
hunting season.

How one would like to see the coat that future-President Andrew Johnsonmade
for David Boles (May 29, 1835 entry), the coat he made for John Luttrell
(September 9, 1839 entry), the fine shoes of John Luttrell and fine hatsof
Jessee and Mrs Boles for July 4, 1835 and the fur hat that Betsy Bolesbought
for her son David on December 19, 1835. One would also like to have thethree
Jews-harps that Betsy bought for David on August 22, 1835.

How one would like to have the "rifle gun and pouch" that Jessee Bowles
purchased for $14.00 on 6 July 1835.

A contrast in lifestyles is evident between the bachelor John Luttrell
and the single mother Sarah "Sally" Ann BOLES Hogan with her four young
children and the widow Elizabeth "Betsy" CLOWERS Boles and her remaining
minor children.

John Luttrell purchased vanity clothing and shoes (with taps), tobacco
and whiskey and Betsy CLOWERS Boles purchased sewing supplies andmaterial,
clothing, and food. Betsy rented out her minor children (David andDaniel)
to work for others as was the practice in those days. Sally Ann BOLESHogan
did sewing and washing for others (December 18, 1835 and April 21, 1836).

The transactions name many items manufactured at Bright Hope. Ironproducts
were pig iron, Franklin stoves, Carolina ovens, skillets, fish pans,kettles,
pots, flat irons, grid irons, horseshoes, plows, sets of iron for wagonboxes,
fan wheels, cranks, bark mills, water mill parts, mandrels, cornshellers,
hinges, nails and screws.

The operation required much charcoal which was produced by residentcolliers
from locally cut cordwood. There is quite a listing of lumber products inthe
entry for Andrew Smyth and William Reece of June 24, 1836. The entriesfor
May through July of 1836 indicate a major change in ownership oroperation
was underway. Some of the buildings and machinery are identified in the
transactions.

The ledger entries have been transcribed in an effort to maintain the
spelling and form of the original. Spelling has been retained in this
transcription as recorded in the Ledger as much as possible. Somespelling
of names and items differ according to the scribe making the entry andthe
variances have been retained in most instances.

Several entries have not been interpreted and they are identified with a
(?) symbol. Errors exist and perhaps they can now be identified and
corrected.

Some symbols differ due to keyboard limitations. They are as follows:

1. Ÿ is used as the symbol for a shilling, a British monetary unit.
Thus 1 shilling = $.16«, 2 shilling = $.33«, 3 shilling =$.50,
6 shilling = $1.00, 7 shilling = $1.25, and 9 shilling =$1.50.

2. a as a superscript is used in the Ledger as the symbol for a
pence, another British monetary unit: Thus 1 pence = $.01375,4«
pence = $.06¬, 6 pence = $.08«, 9 pence = $.12«, etc.

3. ~ is used for the weight of 1-pound in the Ledger. # is usedin
the transcription.

4. B and B. are used in the Ledger for bushel.

5. The Ÿs for a double-s was often used in the Ledger in such as
JeŸsee for Jessee, ManeŸs for Maness, RuŸsell for Russell,
aŸsum.d for assumed, and BraŸs for Brass. The modern double-sis
used in the transcription.

6. "do" is used in the Ledger as the ditto mark would be used to
indicate repeat of part of the previous entry.

Collier(Colyer)
Martin 23 (97) 248 (296)
Martin, Campbell 177
Martin per Able 24 (97)

Bright Hope Thirsday 1st Oct. 1835 199

97 Martin Coylar « B dried Apples 4/6 2/3 .37 1/2

192 Bright Hope Monday 21st Sept 1835
97 Martin Colyar 4 Mould board 7/6 5.00

210 Bright Hope Monday 19th Oct. 1835
97 Martin Colyar 19¬# Bacon 9a 2.40«› 7# Salt 3› 21› 2.61 1/2

Bright Hope Tuesday 20th October 1835 213
97 To Martin Colyar for his part of his & Jas
Dyche's ore 7 2060/2240# Tons ore @@ 9Ÿ 11.87 1/2
his own ore 2 1120/2240# tons do 9Ÿ 3.75
1« Load Wash ore @@ 1/6 .37 1/2 16.00
$1405.56 3/4
Bright Hope Saturday 24th Oct. 1835 215
97 Martin Colyar So much 1/6 .25
$2.311/4

Bright Hope Tuesday 1st Sept. 1835 177
97 Martin Colyar, Campbell, 16«# Bacon 9a 12/4« 2.06 1/4

180 Bright Hope Thirdsay 3rd Sept. 1835
97 Martin Colyar, Jas Dyche, 1# Tobaco @@ 1/6
«# Coffee 1/6 9a .37 1/2

HI LIST,

I have my Great Grandfather's date of birth but I don't know his deathdate.

I've looked in Pulaski Co., Ky court house, but maybe I've missed arecord some where.

Is there any way to find this out?? Or, is there some one that can lookit up for me??

His name is Martin Thomas Colyer, Born July 16, 1866. He died at home onthe other side of the mountain from his daughter Ethie May (COLYER) Jonesin Pumpkin Hollow, near Elihu, Ky. (Cabin Hollow Road)

His wife Sarah Emma Haynes was buried in the Haynes Cemetery May 19, 1913so it was after 1913 but most possibly before 1926. His second wife wasJenny Lynch from Indiana.

Martin's death date is a brick wall for many of the family.

Thank you
Wes

Wesley Colyer

----- Original Message -----
From: REINKER331@@aol.com
To: wcolyer@@cinci.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GOFF] Martin T. COLYER death date

Wesley,

In the index of deaths for the State of Kentucky, there is noMartin T. Colyer listed, but there is a Martin F. Colyer, who died inPulaski County, KY on June 4, 1923. Since the place and the time fittedyour information, I looked up the death record on a microfilm.

In the death record the name is Martin T. Colyer. The informant,who provided the information is a Wesley Colyer of Northfield, KY. Thedeath record says that Martin T. Colyer was a widower at the time of hisdeath on June 4, 1923. The cause of his death is given as nephritis. Hisdate of birth is given as July 1866. No day is given for his birth. Theplace of his birth is given as Pulaski County. It indicates that Martinwas a farmer and that he was attended by a S.G. Cain, M.D. for 5 months.The doctor last saw him on June 3, 1923.

His father's name if given as Chas. Colyer and his mother is givenas Francis Haynes. Both parents were born in Pulaski County, KY.

The date of his burial is given as June 5, 1923, and the place ofhis burial is given as Haynes Cemetery.

The number of his death certificate is given as Certificate number19396 in the year 1923.

I also found the death record of his wife, Sarah Emma Colyer. Iwill send you the information in that record a little later.