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Willis Hartley

Willis Hartley

Male 1818 - 1896  (77 years)

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  • Name Willis Hartley 
    Born 14 Dec 1818  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1820  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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 1830 census. 
    Residence 1831-1837  Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    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  [4] 
    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

    [No male of the right age to be Willis Hartley appears in the 1840 enumeration of James Hartley, Sr. It is likely that Willis is the second male age 20-30 in this household of his older married brother, James Hartley, Jr.] 
    Census 13 Sep 1850  District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    1. Hartley, Willis, 32, male, farmer, real estate value $100, Tennessee
    2. _____, Sarah A., 30, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. _____, James A., 7, male, Missouri, attending school
    4. _____, John R., 6, male, Missouri, attending school
    5. _____, Marth H., 4, female, Missouri
    6. _____, Samuel B., 2, male, Missouri
    7. _____, [not named], 4 months, male, Missouri 
    Land 2 Oct 1854  Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Willis was assigned the military land warrant of Isaac Hedges for eighty acres under the Scrip Warrant Act of 1850: SW¼ of the SW¼ Section 3 and SE¼ of the SE¼, Section 4; both in Township 33N, Range 25W.  
    Land 15 May 1857  Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Land patent for 80 acres: E½ of the SW¼ Section 3, Township 33N, Range 25W, Cedar County. 
    Land 30 Oct 1857  Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Willis patented 80 additional acres: NE¼ of the SE¼ and SW¼ of the SE¼ in Section 4, Township 33N, Range 25W, Cedar County. 
    Census 22 Sep 1860  Bear Creek, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    1. Hartley, Willis, 40, male, farmer, real estate $2500, personal $1280, Tennessee
    2. _____, Sarah, 38, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. _____, James M., 18, male, farm laborer, Missouri, attending school
    4. _____, John R., 16, male, farm laborer, Missouri, attending school
    5. _____, Martha J., 15, female, Missouri, attending school
    6. _____, Samuel B., 12, male, Missouri, attending school
    7. _____, Mary [A.?], 8, female, Missouri, attending school
    8. _____, Sarah E., 3, female, Missouri
    9. _____, Infant, 9 months, Missouri 
    Census 13 Jul 1870  Stockton, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    1. Hartly [Hartley], Willis, 53, male, white, farmer, real estate $300, personal $1000, Tennessee
    2. _____, Sallie, 51, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. _____, Martha, 24, female, white, Missouri
    4. _____, Samuel, 22, male, white, farm laborer, Missouri
    5. Holmes, George, 12, male, farm laborer, Missouri 
    Census 9 Jun 1880  Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    1. Hartley, Willis, white, male, 62, married, farmer, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee
    2. _____, Sarah A., white, female, 59, wife, married, keeping house, cannot write, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee
    3. _____, Martha J., white, female, 34,daughter, single, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
    4. _____, Holmes, George, white, male, 23, laborer, single, laborer, cannot read or write, Missouri, [father's bp not stated], Tennessee 
    Died 8 Aug 1896  Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Buried Aft 8 Aug 1896  Hartley Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1079  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2011 

    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  [14, 15] 
    Family ID F288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Akins,   b. Abt 1821, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1841  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 16] 
    Children 
     1. James M. Hartley,   b. Abt 1842, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John Riley Hartley,   b. 28 Apr 1844, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1925, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Martha J. Hartley,   b. 24 May 1846, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1927, Madison township, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Samuel B. Hartley,   b. 4 Feb 1847, Cedar County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1927, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     5. Mary A. Hartley,   b. Abt 1852, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Sarah E. Hartley,   b. Abt 1857, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Infant Hartley,   b. Abt 1860, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2011 
    Family ID F462  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.
    Willis Hartley, 1850 Cedar County, Missouri, census    		Willis Hartley, 1850 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17], p.. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 467, family 467, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
    Willis Hartley, 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census    		Willis Hartley, 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Bear Creek, Madison township, p. 135 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 946, family 946, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
    Willis Hartley, 1870 Cedar County, Missouri, census    		Willis Hartley, 1870 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    1870 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Madison township, p. 22 (penned), p. 101 (stamped, verso), dwelling 155, family 144, Willis Hartly [Hartley] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 768.
    Willis Hartley, 1880 Cedar County, Missouri, census    		Willis Hartley, 1880 Cedar County, Missouri, census
    1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Madison township, enumeration district (ED) 253, p. 12 (penned), p. 357 (stamped, verso), dwelling 102, family 103, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 680; FHL film…
    John Riley Hartley, death certificate, 1925, Cedar County, Missouri; naming his parents as Willis Hartley and Sarah Akins.    		John Riley Hartley, death certificate, 1925, Cedar County, Missouri; naming his parents as Willis Hartley and Sarah Akins.
    Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 14 Sept 2011), for John Riley Hartley, certificate no. 3911a, Cedar County (1925).
    Samuel B. Hartley, death certificate, 1927, Jasper County, Missouri; naming his parents as Willis Hartley and 'Sally' Akins.    		Samuel B. Hartley, death certificate, 1927, Jasper County, Missouri; naming his parents as Willis Hartley and "Sally" Akins.
    Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 14 Sept 2011), for Samuel B. Hartley, certificate no. 15440, Jasper County (1927).
    Martha Jane Hartley, death certificate, 1927, Cedar County, Missouri    		Martha Jane Hartley, death certificate, 1927, Cedar County, Missouri
    Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http:///archives : accessed 15 Sept 2011), for Martha J. Hartley, certificate no. 36267, Cedar County (1927).

  • Sources 
    1. [S1390] John E. Hartley Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, translated out of The Original Greek. . . (stereotyped by E. White, New York [n.p.], [n.d.]), privately held by Debra Seaton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2000; digital copies from Hartley descendant Diana Erwin, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (2011). Family data from 1811-1876. In addition to entries on family data pages of the Bible it held several loose sheets of data written in different inks and hands. The earliest data includes the birthdates of children of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley.

    2. [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.

    3. [S1389] 1820 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Dickson County, Tennessee, p. 11, line 7, James Hartley household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123. .

    4. [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.

    5. [S1523] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17], p.. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 467, family 467, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.

    6. [S1532] Willis Hartley (Cedar County, Missouri), assignment of military warrant no. 1343 granted to Isaac Hedges; “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 14 September 2011).

    7. [S1533] Willis Hartley (Cedar County, Missouri), homestead patent no. 20262 (May 1857); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 14 September 2011). .

    8. [S1534] Willis Hartley (Cedar County, Missouri), homestead patent no. 21139 (October 1857); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 14 September 2011).

    9. [S1525] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Bear Creek, Madison township, p. 135 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 946, family 946, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.

    10. [S1526] 1870 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Madison township, p. 22 (penned), p. 101 (stamped, verso), dwelling 155, family 144, Willis Hartly [Hartley] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 768.

    11. [S1527] 1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Madison township, enumeration district (ED) 253, p. 12 (penned), p. 357 (stamped, verso), dwelling 102, family 103, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 680; FHL film no. 1,254,680. .

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

    13. [S1524] “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)., for Willis Hartley.

    14. [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.

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

    16. [S1523] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17], p.. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 467, family 467, Willis Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
      Eldest son born about 1842. Willis was probably the second man between 20 and 30 found in the household of his older, married brother in 1840.


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