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James Hartley, Jr.

James Hartley, Jr.

Male 1814 - 1867  (52 years)

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  • Name James Hartley  [1, 2
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 9 Oct 1814  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1820  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    James Hartly [Hartley] household
    2 males under 10 [James, Jr, abt 6; Willis, abt 2]
    1 male 26-45 [James Hartley, Sr., abt 41]
    2 females under 10 [Luvina, abt 9; Mary E., abt 7]
    1 female 26-45 [Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley, abt 30]
    1 female over 45 [??]
    1 foreigner not naturalized [unidentified woman, over 45]
    1 person engaged in agriculture
    0 slaves  
    Missing Census 1830 
    The James Hartley family has not been located in the 1830 census. 
    Deed 24 Feb 1836  [Tatom to Hartley Jr], Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    On this date Richard Tatum sold 47 1/2 acres for $200 to his brother-in-law, James Hartley, Jr. Acknowledged/proved and filed on the same date. 
    • ". . . in the county of Bond . . . and described as a part of the north west quarter of Section No. twenty two Township six north in Range three west and bounded as follows [:] Beginning at the north west corner of said Section and Runing 'six] East 80 pees Thence south 80 poles Thence west 80 poles to the section line Thence west 24 poles to a small creek Thence up the meanders of said creek upwards of 80 poles to a willow tree thence East to poles the Beginning containing forty seven acres & a half."
    Residence 1831-1837  Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    The James Hartley family moved from Dickson County, Tennessee, to Bond County, Illinois, about 1831. In 1837, following the death of Elizabeth Hartley in 1835, James moved with his children to Polk County, Missouri. 
    Census 1840  Polk County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    James "Hartley", Jr., household
    2 males under 5 [John W. abt 2; James W., infant]
    2 males 20-30 [James Hartley, Jr., abt 26; and Willis Hartley, abt 22?]
    1 female under 5 [Mary E., abt 4]
    1 female 20-30 [Jane Wyley (Carson) Hartley, abt 22]
    6 total
    1 engaged in agriculture

    [enumerated next to Richard and Lavinia (Hartley) Tatum, and one household before his father, James Hartley, Sr.] 
    Residence Bef 3 August 1848  Dade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    James Hartley, Jr.'s land patent names him as "James Hartley, Junior, of Dade County." Dade County was created from non-county areas of Missouri and from a portion of Polk County. In 1845 Cedar County was created from a northern portion of Dade County. It is possible that James Hartley, Jr., lived in the same place which was three different counties in rapid succession. 
    Land Entry 3 Aug 1848  Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    James Hartley, Jr., patented 80 acres in Cedar County, located in T33N, R25W, the W1/2 NW1/4 of S10.
    The same day that his father filed a patent. 
    Census 24 Sep 1850  District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • 1. Hartley, James [James Hartley, Jr.], 35, male, farmer, real estate value $600, Tennessee
      2. _____, Jane W., 30, female, Kentucky
      3. _____, Mary E. Hartley, 14, female, Illinois, attending school
      4. _____, John W., 12, male, Missouri, attending school
      5. _____, James W., 10, male, Missouri, attending school
      6. _____, Solomon, 8, male, Missouri, attending school
      7. _____, Andrew [I.?], 6, male, Missouri, attending school
      8. _____, Channey A., 4, female, Missouri
      9. _____, Sally, 1, female, Missouri
    Census 19 Sep 1860  Stockton, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    1. Hartley, Jas. [James], 46, male, farmer, real estate value $7800, personal $4523, Tennessee
    2. _____, Jane W., 42, female, Kentucky
    3. _____, John, 22, male, farm laborer, Missouri
    4. _____, James, 20, male, farm laborer, Missouri
    5. _____, Solomon, 18, male, farm laborer, Missouri, attending school
    6. _____, Andrew J., 16, male, farm laborer, Missouri, attending school
    7. _____, Chany A, 14, female, Missouri, attending school
    8. _____, Sally, 11, female, Missouri, attending school
    9. _____, Nancy E., 7, female, Missouri, attending school
    10. _____, Cyrenda, 5, female, Missouri
    11. _____, Henry [K.?], 1, male, Missouri 
    Died 3 Oct 1867  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried Hartley Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I1074  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2013 

    Father James Hartley,   b. Abt 1779, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Walker,   b. Abt 1790,   d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married Abt 1810  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13
    Family ID F288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Wyley Carson,   b. 7 Apr 1818, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1895, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 12 May 1835  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Probably married in Bond Co IL, since Elizabeth died there in 1835.
    Children 
     1. Mary E. Hartley,   b. 22 Apr 1836, Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1925, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. John W. Hartley,   b. 24 Jun 1838, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1861  (Age 23 years)
    +3. James W. "Wild Jim" Hartley,   b. 24 Mar 1840, Polk County (present-day Cedar County), Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1927  (Age 87 years)
     4. Solomon Hartley,   b. 2 Apr 1842, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1862, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     5. Andrew J. Hartley,   b. Abt 1844, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888  (Age ~ 44 years)
     6. Chaney A. Hartley,   b. 6 Aug 1846, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1861, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
    +7. Sarah "Sally" Hartley,   b. 26 Feb 1849, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1882, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     8. Nancy C. Hartley,   b. 5 Jan 1853, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1863, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     9. Cyrinda Hartley,   b. 15 Jun 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1862, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     10. Henry K. Hartley,   b. 2 Jan 1859, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1862, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     11. Nathaniel S. Hartley,   b. 7 Oct 1861, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1862, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    James Hartley and wife Elizabeth Walker, 1820 Dickson County, Tennessee, census
    James Hartley and wife Elizabeth Walker, 1820 Dickson County, Tennessee, census
    1820 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 12 (stamped, lower right), line 7, James Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123.
    James Hartley, Jr., 1850 Polk County, Missouri, census
    James Hartley, Jr., 1850 Polk County, Missouri, census
    1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 318-319 (penned), p. 159B-160A (stamped), dwelling 465, family 465, James Hartley [James Hartley, Jr.] household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
    James Hartley, Jr., 1840 Polk County, Missouri, census
    James Hartley, Jr., 1840 Polk County, Missouri, census
    1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, [no township stated], p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 4, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Jr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
    James Hartley, Jr., 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    James Hartley, Jr., 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Madison township, p. 125 (penned), dwelling 874, family 874, Jas [James] Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
    Deed from Richard Tatom to his brother-in-law James Hartley, Jr., 47 1/2a, 1836, Bond County, Illinois
    Deed from Richard Tatom to his brother-in-law James Hartley, Jr., 47 1/2a, 1836, Bond County, Illinois
    Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, D: 51, Richard Tatom to James Hartley, Jr. (1836); FHL film no. 1,315,968.

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Hartley - e-mail (Dianne Erwin, 1999), (Dianne Erwin to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 2 June 1999).

    2. [S1340] Hartley Family Bible, digital images, supplied by Hartley descendant Diane Erwin in the late 1990’s. The title page is included, but there is no publication data and the precise provenance is unknown. .

    3. [S148] Hartley- e-mail Billie Denny (14 July 1999), (Billie Denney (Wichita, KS) to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), e-mail, 14 July 1999).

    4. [S1517] “Directory of the Hartley Cemetery including Genealogy Information,” posted by Geraldene "Jerrie" Dixon Lynch, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 11 September 2011), entry for James Hartley, Jr. (1814-1867), row D. No sources cited, but data is consistent with the known facts of his life (date and place of birth, military service).

    5. [S1491] 1820 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 12 (stamped, lower right), line 7, James Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123. .

    6. [S2123] Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, D: 51, Richard Tatom to James Hartley, Jr. (1836); FHL film no. 1,315,968.

    7. [S1360] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.

    8. [S1519] 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, [no township stated], p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 4, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Jr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.

    9. [S2952] James Hartley, Junior, (Cedar County, Missouri), homestead patent no. 7421 (3 August 1848); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 25 December 2012).

    10. [S1518] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 318-319 (penned), p. 159B-160A (stamped), dwelling 465, family 465, James Hartley [James Hartley, Jr.] household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.

    11. [S1520] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Madison township, p. 125 (penned), dwelling 874, family 874, Jas [James] Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.

    12. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    13. [S2956] History of Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 739-740, for John E. Hartley, Stockton, Missouri.