Posted on: Washington Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Washington/10249 Surname: Tully, Toncray ------------------------- Meredith, Thanks for the new information about my family history. Abingdon is in Washington Co. VA (not MD). Way over near the southwest tip. I've been corresponding with Jim Toncray, too, and most of the info I've found to date comes from him. You've added to that substantially! The following is a little summary I wrote for my family. Jim says that Dorcas was John Toncray's son, whom he thinks was a son of Nicholas. Was Nicholas Daniel's brother? -------- James Tully (my gggrandmother Sarah Tully’s father) was married to Dorcas Toncray March 20, 1818 by Stephen Bovell, minister of Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church in Abingdon, VA. Unfortunately, births were seldom recorded in those days, so there are no records to confirm that Sarah was Dorcas’ child, but there also are no death records to indicate that Dorcas died before Sarah’s birth, so, unless I learn otherwise, I’m going to assume that Dorcas Toncray was Sarah Tully’s mother. Census records show five children born to the Tullys 1820-1830 in Abindon, and Sarah was born in 1835. They weren't listed in the 1840 census, and were in California by 1850. There was a James Tully listed among members of a wagon train from Michigan that departed St. Joseph MO April 24, 1849. We found records of three sisters in El Dorado Co., CA, where the Tullys settled. I can't trace her mother or father. Dorcas was the daughter of John and Mary (?) Toncray. The 1810 VA census shows they had 4 boys and 2 girls. John was probably born in New York. He was probably the son of Nicholas Toncray, who came to Virginia before the Revolution. According to Places in Time, Vol. II, by Nanci C. King, 1994, p. 9, article 12: John Toncray/Martin Hagy House Site Ÿ John Toncray lived on this lot in 1813 in a 2-story, 24 foot square log house with a log kitchen and a frame shop building. Listed as a wheelwright in 1801, Toncray had a quantity of “waggon maker’s tools” in 1828 that would indicate he probably had additional workers in his shop. Sometime after 1828 he left Abingdon for the Iowa Territory and conveyed the property to his son, Jackson Toncray, a carpenter who moved to Carter County, TN in the mid-1840s. The house was used at the time for the publishing office of the Jacksonian newspaper. Jackson Toncray sold the property in 1873 to Martin Hagy, who built a 2-story frame house. Sometime before the 1840s, John and Mary were in Lee Co., Iowa. This corresponds to the time the Tullys left Abingdon, so they might have moved with the Toncrays. Perhaps James was one of John’s workers and lost his income when John left Abingdon. ------- That's about all I know about James Tully & Dorcas Toncray. If you find any additional information, please pass it on. Thanks, Roberta