ID: I26820367
Name: John Henry CORLEY
Sex: M
Birth: 20 AUG 1857 in , Taylor Co., GA
Death: 13 OCT 1894 in Powderly, Lamar Co., TX
Note: REFN3674 [] Some have Place of Birth as, Taylor Co., Georgia; others have, Place of Birth as, Lamar Co., Texas. Some have Marriage in Georgia; others have Marrige in Larmar Co., Texas. Some have Date of Death as 13 Oct 1894; others have Date of Death as 18 Oct 1894. After the death of his wife, Nancy Rebekah (Salles) Corley; John moved his family to Larmar Co., Texas; where his parents; Isaiah Corley and Nancy G.T. (Bates) Corley raised the family. John Henry Corley, was a Circuit Riding; 'Hardshell' Baptist Preacher; he was murdered at Powderly, Larmar Co., Texas, on 13 Oct 1894. He bore a resemblance to one of the parties involved in a fued; from a distance, riding his mule on Sunday morning; his killer lined down him with a rifle and killed him. (Submitted by James Leonard Frayser,II - grandson).
Father: Isaiah CORLEY b: 7 JUN 1829 in , Talbot Co., GA
Mother: Nancy G. T. BATES b: ABT. 1839 in , Co., GA
Marriage 1
Nancy Rebekah SALLAS b: 28 JAN 1857 in , Co., GA
- Married:
19 NOV 1878
in , Co., GA
- Note: REFN2907
Children
Eldora Victoria CORLEY b: 19 SEP 1879 in , Taylor Co., GA Nathaniel Charles CORLEY b: 21 JAN 1884 in Antioch, Houston Co., TX John Thomas CORLEY b: 30 NOV 1886 in Antioch, Houston Co., TX Nancy Elizabeth CORLEY b: 18 JUL 1889 in , Houston Co., TX Mary Rebecca CORLEY b: 9 FEB 1892 in Antioch, Houston Co., TX | |