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. -------------------------- 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.