Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John Joseph WORLEY
1. JOHN WORLEY was born 1754 in Frederick Co. , Virginia. He married NANCY HENDRY 1772 in Frederick Co. Va, daughter of GEORGE HENDRY and DEBORAH BORDEN. She was born 1756 in Westchester, Frederick Co. Virigina, and died 1875 in Hamblen Co. Tennessee. Notes for JOHN WORLEY: Worley Mill was located 5 miles from what today is known as Highway 11. Going south on Highway 11, toward Winchester, Virginia. The current location of Highway 11 was once used as the main road by Union and Confederawte soldeirs in the Civil War. It was therefore not a path in earlier times, but actually a road. Land and Property - Family of John and Nancy Henry Worley John Worley (Carter Co., Tenn) to Michael Carriger and wife Elizabeth Worley Carriger; also mentions one daughter Mary; deed land on Watauga River in Washington County, Tennessee; dated Feb 19, 1799 John Worley to James I Tipton; transfer of land in 1806. Joseph Worley, Witness John Worley and wife Nancy, together with: Abraham Hendry, brother of Nancy, her sister Mary (Polly) Humphries and husband Jessee Humphries; and others; came from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (now Frederick Co., Virginia) to Washingotn County North Carolina (Now Carter Co. Tennessee) soon after the Revolution; and settled near Elizabethton, Tennessee in a section known as Turkeytown; later they moved to Sullivan county Tennessee; and their descendents emigrated from that county. Notes for NANCY HENDRY: John Worley and wife Nancy Hendry, together with Abraham Hendry, her brother; her sister Mary (Polly) Hendry Humphries wife of Jesse Humphries; and others; came from the Shenandoah Valley (now Frederick Co. Virgina) to Washington County North Carolina (now Carter County, Tennessee) soon after the Revolution; and settled near Elizabethton, Tennessee, in a section known as Turkeytown; later they moved to Sullivan County Tennessee; and their descendents emigrated from that county. Children of JOHN WORLEY and NANCY HENDRY are: i. NATHAN22 WORLEY, b. 1773, Washington Co. (Now Carter Tenn) North Carolina. 2. ii. ELIZABETH WORLEY, b. February 20, 1777, Elizabethton, Carter Co. Tennessee; d. January 1860. 3. iii. MARY WORLEY, b. February 11, 1779, Elizabethton, Carter Co. Tennessee. iv. GEORGE WORLEY, b. June 11, 1781, Turkeytown, Tennessee; m. HANNAH DAVIS, 1802, Green Co. Tennessee. v. WILLIAM H. WORLEY, b. June 21, 1783; d. March 14, 1831; m. NANCY WALING. vi. ISAAC WORLEY, b. January 01, 1786; m. MARGARET CROW, 1808, Carter Co. Tennessee. 4. vii. FRANCIS WORLEY, b. February 03, 1788, Carter Co., Tennessee; d. 1851, Owens Crossroads, Madison Co., Alabama. viii. HIRAM WORLEY, b. December 25, 1789; m. BETHNEY SMALLING, May 01, 1813, Carter Co. Tennessee.
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