I believe it was Ann who put this out? Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 04:10:13 -0800 From: Wesley E. Johnson<chipper@mlode.com > To: Handley-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <34703415.72E2@mlode.com> Subject: Handley History Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit AT the request of a few I am printing out some more history. This from a paper by Bertha Lewis Clark. I will preface this by stating I do not know how many of these fact are true and how many are just family stories. My intrest was because of the story about Nancy. My grandmother Alfreda Handley (Covey) Ritchison/Richardson Wood. Daughter of Hattie Bernice Handley of Nebraska City, Nebraska; told me this story in part as she remembered it as a child told to her by ber grandfather. Handley, an old English name, is found given to parishes and hamlets in Checheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire under various spellings; Hanley, Handly, Handley; and where before the 15th century, the family bore arms in the County of Nottingham. In Ireland as bearer of arms between the 11th and 15th Century, the name appears in Connaught and Roscommon, with the Celtic profix of O'; O'Hanly, O'Hanley. the record books of Pennsylvania and Maryland show the name eeequally popular in early America under the old English spelling ---Hanley, Hamdly, Handley.( I found this intresting , I thought, with out any substance , that they landed in Virginia or maybe New York) The founders of the family in Greenbrier and Monroe counties were John and William Handley, Who came with the Scotch-Irish emigration to Augusta County, Virginia, from Pennsylvania"late from Ireland" , between 1740-1750. John settled on the Cowpasture and his sons John, Jr. and William became residents of Greenbrier Co. in 1790. William (the pioneer) settled in what is now Botetourt( the printing here is hard to read ; spelling could be Betetourt) county on the Staunton River(now the Roanoke River) in 1746, and his sins became residents of Bototourt, and what is now Monroe county, where their namesa appear prior to 1772. William died in 1756, according to family records. his wife's name was probley Margaret, but the date of her death is not known. Their son Samuel Handley stated(Draper MSS.) that there were four children : John, Margaret, Nancy, and Samuel (himself); However family tradition is that there were four older sons, these being Archibald, William Jr., James and Alexander. AS records of Botetourt show the bears of these names closely associated with each other, and as names carry down in the family, the tradition is belived to be correct. So, the line has been constructed as follows for the children of William, pioneer: 1. Archibald(b. ; d. 1796) he owned land with John on Indian Creek, now Monroe County, 1774, record of surveys in Botetourt prove; he is listed with John , and James under Greenbrier, in the First U.S. Census 1782=85; was a member of grand jury and surveyor, 1781, and road inspector, 1782, in Monroe when it was still a part of Greenbrier. He died 1796; his wife's name was Jean. their children wereSarah (m.Wm. Shanks, 1780); Grisedda; Ann; Maryn Miller, 1803; James, (b 1760;m Isabel.) Archibalds's will was witnessed by John handley and Michael Erskine; estate settled by John Hnadley and Samuel Clark--All of Monroe. Will recorded at Lewisburg. 2. William, Jr.--Many records appear in Botetourt( I think this is now right spelling. Looks like the typest cleaned her letters.) and Mmontgomrty Counties under his Name until 1785 and later; he served in the Revelution. No record of marriage found. 3. James Handley, (called here James, Sr. as there laterJames's) Botetourt and Monroe (under Greenbrier records) show his close association with Archibald and John. (see Archibalds's sketch above); became also a prominent man of monroe; processioned lands in his district with Jno. Handley and John Byrnside 1795; was a justice of Maonroe, and helped in the formation of Maonroe from Greenbrier, 1799. No record of marriage found. to be continued: all dates are the work of Berta Lewis Clark Date of this article is not known and is offered here because of the stories it holds which will come soon. I did not want to take anything out of context. Ann ============================================================ Wlliam and Margaret HANDLEY branches: Samuel Handly born ca. 17 Sep 1751-1752 in Virginia; died 4 Aug 1840 in Belvidere, Franklin Co. TN; married 1. Mary Adams 2 Susanna Cowan on 4 Feb 1782 in South Carolina. Parents of Samuel were: William Handley born in VA and Margaret. Known children: by second marriage: Sarah "Sallie" Handley born in 1783 in TN John Handley born 22 Feb 1786 Robert Cowan Handly born 6 July 1792 Washington Co, TN William Claiborn Handly born 25 July 1803 Samuel Handly, Jr. Betsy Handly Mary Handly John and Grizel HANDLEY branches: There was another Handley connection to East Tennessee, John Handley born ca 1752 in Augusta County , Va who married Sarah Campbell had a daughter Mary "Polly" Handley that married Fountain Livesay, son of Thomas Livesay and Margaret Walton. Fountain Livesay would have been cousin to all the Livesay's later found in Hawkins and Hancock County Tenn. Continued in the book; "The Overmountain Men, Battle of King's Mountain, Cumberland Decade, State of Franklin, Southwest Territory" by Pat Alderman, The Overmountain Press, Johnston City, Tennessee Reprinted 1986. In 1784, Sullivan, Greene, and Washington counties formed a provisional State of Franklin in a move to secede from North Carolina. In 1785, Caswell, Sevier, Spencer and Wayne counties were created by the State of Franklin, in addition to Sullivan, Greene, and Washington. In 1788, Caswell, Sevier, Spencer, and Wayne counties were abolished. The area reverted to Hawkins, Sullivan, Greene, and Washington counties. In 1790, North Carolina ceded the Western Region (as immediately above, and it was organized as the Territory South of the Ohio River. Tennessee frontier falls after the start of American Revolution. The Tennessee Valley Frontier is an extention of Va frontier. Shennandoah Valley frontier belongs to later times. Washington district frontier differed from Maryland frontier. Four counties in NE Tn that make up Washington District Mero District is middle TN near Nashville. Seven Counties of the Southwest District. 1791 Hawkins Sullivan, Greene and Washigton. The Washington district was settled 10 years earlier than Mero District. The Wilderness Road was main source of travel for Washington district. River travel was main source for Mero District. ============================================================ Two of his daughters, Margaret & Nancy were taken prisoner by Indian and helt for 5 yrs. Margaret young 2 yrs old (son) child was killed by the Indians right aft capture. Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 20:39:05 -0800 From: Wesley E. Johnson<chipper@mlode.com > To: Handley-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <348390DB.65BE@mlode.com> Subject: Handley History Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bertha Lewis Clarks papers continued: Records of Capt. Samuel Handley, Jr. from"Calendar of the Tennessee & Kings Mountian Papers" from the draper Collection of manuscripts at the State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconson.-Calendarseries,vol3,pub 1929,by Hist. Soc. Handley ref. p.81 {Draper , Lyman C.- Interview with Capt. Samuel 1842,July 8 {Handley Jr. His father 's sister Margaret Married 5XX44 {John polly, who with their two-year old son was killed in 1774 -------ate was 1779,BLC by Indians; Mrs Polly taken prisoner by indians and held in captivity for five years; later married Michael Erskine... Nancy Handley also taken prisoner in 1774 and held in captivity for five years. Handley ref p. 82 {Draper, LymanC. Notes on Nath. Taylor, Robert and 1842-45,July 8th- {Jesse bean, Capt. Handley. Taylor a lieutenant Under Jan 8th.5XX1-42 {Handley in 1793. .......Wiliman Cowan, an Uncle of Capt. Handley , and Samuel Garland Mentioned: Captivity and torture of Handley by Indians; Military services of Handley under Evan shelby, Wm. Campbell & ------Christian; His heroism during the Indian war of 1778..... Handley Ref. p.326 {Handley Jr.- Samuel. Statement concerning British 1842. JUly {and American method of firing in Battle of King's 4DD37 {Mountian, His father was a private in Col. {Campbell's regiment. Note: In the Handly family sketch immediatley preceeing this page --- informatin on Samuel Handley(page 1 Paragraph 2) , son William the Pioneer, was supplied by Mrs Victoria Thornburg Vickers, of 925 fifth Ave, Huntington,W. VA. - in 1937, from a photostat copy(on Samuel Handley, she being the descendant) of the DraperMss., sent her by the sstate Historical Library, Madison Wisconson. There seems to be a slight discrepancy between this item and the items given above from the "CAlender of the Tennessee and the King's Mountian Papers" The explaination is that there are two Samuel Handleys , father and son. Both served in the Virginia Militia, Revolutinary WAr, though Capt. Samuel Handley, Jr. was the most prominent due to his indian warfare and captivity- and the exact age of neither is known. Taking into consideration the fact that statements by different people rarely agree, and that the constant repetition of family Given names, a typical habit of our ancestors, causes endless confusion to research on families, this is certainly the most natural conclusion to draw--. in view of fanily papers, court records and other documents. the complier (B.L C.) 1842,July 4DD37 - ------------------------------ End of HANDLEY-D Digest V97 Issue #44 ************************************* (Source of factual information: McClung Collection of Early History pertaining to the country around Knoxville, and the Draper Manuscripts, both from the Lawson-McGee Library, Knoxville) William Handly, of Ireland - Emigrant John Margaret Nancy Samuel (direct ancestor of Oscar Handly, Knoxville, Tennessee); born in Virginia, September 17, 1751. In 1774, he left home to fight the Indians under the command of either Colonel William Fleming or of Captain Evan Shelby, in a battle at the junction of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. He was a sergeant in the Battle of the Cow Pens under Colonel Morgan. He was a private in the Battle of Kings Mountain under Colonel William Campbell. In 1781, he joined the regiment of Colonel Sevier. After the close of the war of the Revolution, he married Susannah Cowan, a daughter of a Whig named Robert Cowan, who lived in South Carolina. He had met Susannah one night during the war when his company had been chasing Tories and spent a night in Mr. Cowan’s home. They settled in East Tennessee (North Carolina at that time). In 1797, he moved to Little River, probably in Sevier County, and settled at Baker’s Creek. In 1809 they moved to Franklin County. (He always tried to stay on the frontier.) Margaret, Samuel’s sister, married John Polly in 1774. Polly and their infant son were killed by Indians and Margaret was held captive by the Indians for five years, when she escaped. She later married Michael Erskine, in the Greenbriar section. Her son Alex Erskine moved to Huntsville, Alabama. (Sister Nancy was taken captive by Indians in 1774 and held for five years.) In 1792 Samuel was captured by the Indians at Crab Orchard and held for several months. Susannah Cowan Handly, wife of Samuel, died in Franklin County in 1834. The Draper Manuscripts report that Captain Handly was the man who stabbed the Indian with whom Alexander Moore was struggling, but this has been disputed. This happened under the command of (truncated—end of file) NOTE to file: The following was transcribed by Mary Foster Ludvigsen from a file attached to an e-mail message dated 21 Feb 1999: