Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Vineyard Coley Lineage

Polly A Vineyard married William E Coley Oct 25th 1860 (almost 151 years ago this year 2011) and just about 8 months after her father death. Polly Vineyard owned/inherited 15 acres on Red Hill and brought the Coleys to Red Hill in 1860. Polly Vineyard and William E Coley had several children. One of their children was James Lawrence b. 1866 d. 1940 and married Katherine Reed. James and Katherine had 10 children (one was Issac Coley) and they lived on the hill above the Issac Grady home or by the Coley cemetery.
George Vineyard Sr
George Vineyard Sr (son of Christopher Vineyard b. 1733 in Germany and died in 1807 in Virginia) was born 1759, married Mary Campbell in 1790 and died 1852. He is buried on Red Hill in Gate City, VA. They had 5 Children, one was George Vineyard Jr who was born in 1793 and married Hannah Hart (born 1802) in 1829. George Vineyard Jr and Hannah Hart had 7 children, one was Polly A Vineyard who was born Nov 13, 1829 (who married William E Coley b. 1837). George Vineyard Jr died March 20 1860.