Brad Crabb sent me some land patent listings. For those who are interested,
you can look at the actual patent at
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Here are some census index listings:
1830 AIS-Coale
William Coale Clay Co, p 265 (not clear which William this is, but think
ours.)
1840 AIS-Clay Co, Cole
1840 COLE CHARLES Clay CountyIN 337Posey TownshipFederal Population ScheduleIN
1840 COLE JAMES Clay CountyIN 351Hanson TownshipFederal Population
ScheduleIN
None listed for Owen in 1840
1850 Clay Co
Charles B Cole posey Twp, p 250-- VA Family
William Cole Harrison Twp, p 257--NC Family
John Coal Lewis Twp p 263--NC Family
Richard Coal Posey Twp p 243--
1850 Owen Co
COLE, ARCHIBLE C. p 71 Clay Township
COLE C. H. p 057Jennings Township
COLE ELIZABETH p 14Wayne Township
COLE JAMES p 133 Jefferson Township --NC Family
COLE JOHN p 144 Marion Township
COLE MATHEW Owen CountyIN 134 Marion Township--NC Family
COLE THOMAS N.Owen CountyIN 071Clay Township
Do some of these Coles belong to the VA family or do we have a completely
different line of Coles here? I believe I saw a reference to Thomas Cole in
the early Clay Co land records.
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The NC Cole Family
1. William COLE1 was born between 1770 and 1780 in North Carolina. His
parents were Stephen and Sarah Cole.
Stephen was b 1759 and died 1798. (Bev Carman). There is an article about
Stephen in "The Heritage of Randolph County,
North Carolina, vol. 1" It mentions that Stephen was on the 1779 tax list
for Randolph County. Stephen Cole, was listed in
the 1790 census for Randolph County, North Carolina. His will was probated
in May, 1798. Perhaps this was a death bed
will, because he only mentioned 3 children, while the census indicates there
were more. Those mentioned were Martha,
William and Stephen. William was left two lots of land in Lumberton, Robeson
County, NC. There is no evidence that he
ever lived there, it would be interesting to know how Stephen came by those
two lots. By 1800, Stephen's widow, Sarah is
listed as the head of household. (00110/01101).
It has always seemed logical that William came from the same area as Nancy's
family, since the ages of their children
suggest they were married before Christian Luther and the rest of his family
left for Indiana. All the children said they were
born in Tennessee, but so far no clue has been found as to where in
Tennessee, perhaps in part because there are no census
records for Tennessee in 1810 and few in 1820.
He appeared on the census in 1830 in Clay County, Indiana. They are listed
as follows:021100001/ 00010001. The head of
this household is age 60-70. The wife is age 50-60, born 1770-1780. It is
barely possible that Nancy could have been this
old. Remember that all of the ages for Christian's children are estimated.
If this is William Cole in 1830, that would mean
that three of the girls who are listed for the family were married by that
time. The four boys are still at home.
He resided , when he patented land, on 3 Mar 1830 in Clay County, Indiana.
The land was located as the East 1/2 of the
South East 1/4, Section 9, T 10 N, R6 W, containing 20 acres.
He resided , when he patented land, on 8 Dec 1831 in Clay County, Indiana.
The land was 80 acres, W 1/2 NW 1/4 Sec 10,
T 10 N R 6 W. Andrew Jackson was president at that time.
On 18 April 1835, William and Nancy Cole of Clay County sold land to Allen
Comer, $50, West 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 10,
Township 10 North, Range 6 West, A.D. acres. Witnesses were Eli Melton and
William Comer. The wife, Nancy, was
interviewed separately by Pearce Jones, on same day. Was this a fractional
part? James and Zelphia Cole and Allen and
Mary Comer appeared to sell this same land, except for a small piece of the
tract, to John Long. I didn't find any mention of
how James Cole and Zelphia had an interest in this land.
He died after 18 Apr 1835 in Harrison Twp, Clay County, Indiana. He was
still living when he sold his land in Sec 10, T10
N, R 6 W.
Although the estate records for Clay County were destroyed, all of William's
children are named as they transferred their
interest in their father's land to their brother, Matthew, recorded in the
land records.The land in question was that which
William patented in 1830. Children listed were:
--Allen Comer and wife Mary and John Cole, dated 24 December 1842, recorded
18 February 1843, Book E page 432.
--James and Zilpha Cole, dated 15 September 1841, recorded 13 Sep 1842, Book
E p 327.
--Robert and Sarah Thorlton, dated 13 Aug 1842, recorded 13 Sep 1842 Book E p
239.
--William and Elizabeth Cole, dated 15 Sep 1841, recorded 14 Sep 1842, Book E
p 330.
--Elizabeth Kitchen formerly Walker of Morgan Co, IN, dated 30 Aug 1850, rec
6 Sep 1850, Book H p 472. since her husband is not named, was he also dead?
--Samuel and Rachel Lewis, dated 1 Jun 1844, rec 17 Oct 1844, Book F p 159.
They were living in Independence Co, AR.
He was married to Nancy LUTHER (daughter of Christian LUTHER and Allie
SEWELL ) about 1808 in North Carolina.
Nancy LUTHER was born about 1782 in Frederick County, Maryland. Christian
and Allie Luther appear to have stayed in
Maryland until the late 1780's. Remember this is an estimated date. I suspect
she was actually not quite this old. She died
in 1836 in Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana. William COLE and Nancy
LUTHER had the following children:
+2 i. James W. COLE.
+3 ii. Mary COLE.
+4 iii. William Simpson COLE.
+5 iv. Rachel COLE.
+6 v. Elizabeth COLE.
+7 vi. Sarah COLE.
+8 vii. John COLE.
+9 viii. Matthew Ralphard COLE.