OUR FINLEY/FINDLEY/FENDLY FAMILY James Finley, Sr. was born about 1767 in Virginia, his parents are unknown at this time. He married before 1792 Margaret, although her last name is not proven, there has been oral family history that it was pronounced "Icen" or "Ison". They had 11 children all born in South Carolina: Hezekiah married Elizabeth Satterfield John married Nancy Freeman Sarah married William Stribling Ellender married Wesley Freeman Moses married Catherine Stribling Mary "Polly" married Allen Braswell Elizabeth "Bettie" Aaron married Matilda Hester Alexander "Sanders" married Hulda Hester Martha married James E. Smith James Lee married 1. unknown; 2. Elizabeth Graham James and his family had moved from South Carolina to the Cherokee County area of Georgia by 1840 with several of his children living in nearby counties. James had died by the time the 1850 census was taken and wife Margaret is found living in the household of her daughter Martha and son-in-law James E. Smith. It is believed that Margaret died about 1852. Moses Finley, the son of James and Margaret Finley, was born about 1805 in South Carolina, he married Catherine Stribling before 1833 in South Carolina. Their children are: Drayton Jasper Milton, b. abt 1833 South Carolina Hilliard Green, b. abt 1835 in Walhalla, South Carolina Leander, b. abt 1837 Georgia Aaron Finley, the son of James and Margaret Finley, was born 4 Jul 1810 in Greenville County, South Carolina and died 25 Oct 1859 in Cherokee County, Georgia. He married Matilda Hester about 1833 in Greenville County, South Carolina. Their children are: M. Frances, married Bill Freeman James Malinda E., married David Collins Roberts Sarah M. Finley, b. 1843 Georgia Melvina Lucinda, b. abt 1850 Georgia Susan Florence, b. 15 Dec 1857 Georgia M. Frances Finley, the daughter of Aaron and Matilda Hester Finley, was born in South Carolina. She married Bill Freeman, their children are: Lou Alice Jay Nannie Malinda E. Finley, the daughter of Aaron and Matilda Hester Finley, was born 29 May 1840 in Georgia and died 10 Mar 1873 in Randolph County, Arkansas. She married David Collins Roberts about 1857 in Cherokee County, Georgia. Their children are: Mary M., b. abt 1858 GA married Ezkiel Hurn Sarah Regina, b. abt 1860 GA married William McQuay Martha A., b. 31 Aug 1864 GA Leander A., b. 2 Sep 1866 Stephen Columbus, b. 18 Feb 1872 married Emily Jane Ulmer John Waddy, b. 19 Feb 1873 AR married Emily Jane Benentt Stephen Columbus Roberts, the son of Malinda E. Finley and David Collins Roberts, was born 18 Feb 1872 in McLean County, Kentucky and died 19 May 1954 in Randolph County, Arkansas. He married Emily Jane Ulmer 26 Jul 1896 in Randolph County, Arkansas. Their children are: Melvin Luther Bulla Idell Mammie Novella William Thurman Glenburn Fredrick Reva Grace Eunice Malinda Alexander "Sanders" Finley, the son of James and Margaret Finley, was born about 1812 in South Carolina. He married Hulda Hester before 1836 in South Carolina, their children are: Liza Lizzie Mance Nathan Martha Finley, the daughter of James and Margaret Finley, was born about 1814 in south Carolina. She married James E. Smith before 1833 and their children are: Elizabeth M., b. abt 1833 GA Ellender E., b. abt 1834 GA James H., b. abt 1840 GA John M., b. abt 1842 GA William A., b. abt 1846 GA James Lee Finley, the son of James and Margaret Finley, was born about 1818 in South Carolina, his first's wife name is not known to this researcher, but believe that they married about 1844, possibly in the Cherokee County area of Georgia. They had at least one child: James David married Mary Elizabeth Law James Lee married 2nd Elizabeth Graham, who was born abt 1830 in GA, on 9 October 1851 in Cherokee County, Georgia. Their children are: Rudolph Winship Alice Felix S. William Francis Thomas L. James Milford Lucinda married Larkin Hobgood John Luna I. James Lee and Elizabeth both died in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, where several other of the Finley/Findley families had moved. James died 18 Jun 1900 and Elizabeth died 11 Jun 1911. James David Finley, the son of James Lee Finley and his first wife, was born in November 1844 in Cass County, Georgia, according to his pension application. He married 12 Sep 1872 in Bartow County, GA Mary Elizabeth Law, born March 1844 in Virginia, the daughter of William H. and Margaret B. Mitchell Law. James David and Mary Elizabeth had 4 children: Dice Alice married Lucius Guyton William Francis married Flora Ann Malinda Elizabeth Clark Mary Lou married Albert Lynch James Marion married several times James David and Mary Elizabeth died within a year of one another, she on the 22 Jul 1912 and he in 1913, both are buried in the Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Dice Alice Findley, the daughter of James David and Mary Elizabeth Law Findley, was born 30 Sep 1874 in Bartow County, she died the 2 March 1962. She married Lucius Guyton on 16 Jun 1894 in Bartow County, their children are: Walter Hill Maude Lorine Edna Elizabeth Mary Loudell Georgia D. Belle Ida Kate Ruby Lee Ransom Stewart James Edward Dixie May William Francis Findley, the son of James David and Mary Elizabeth Law Findley, was born 26 September 1875 in Bartow County, Georgia, he married 8 January 1899, Flora Ann Malinda Elizabeth Clark, born 14 Jun 1878, the daughter of Joseph H. and Martha Matilda Land Clark. They had 9 children: Bessie married Luther Deems Jessie Eugene Mattie Lula married Albert Allen Boone Harlie Lee married Pearl Odessa Williams Willie Leonard married Annie Mae Ellison Luther Landrum married Retha Jeanette Rast Everett James "Bill" married Ellen Thelma Selma William Francis died 4 May 1946 in Creola, Mobile County, Alabama, and was buried next to Flora Ann Malinda Elizabeth, who had died on 11 May 1935 in Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia. Both are buried at Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Harlie Lee Fendley, the son of William Francis and Flora Ann Clark, was born 7 May 1906 in Bartow County, Georgia. He married 10 Sep 1926 in Polk County, Pearl Odessa Williams, born 4 Sep 1908, daughter of William M. and Elizabeth Anna Hudson Williams. They had 5 children, all born in Georgia Doris Virginia married 1. David F. Osburn; 2. Lewis Edward Johnston Ruby Lee Elizabeth Eliene married Homer Glenn Baker James Harold Shirley Ruth married 1. James Jeffries; 2. David Batson Harlie died 25 March 1972 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia and Pearl died 28 April 1989 in Riverdale, Clayton County, Georgia, both are buried at The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery in Rex, Clayton County, Georgia. Doris Virginia Fendley, the daughter of Harlie and Pearl Williams Fendley, married David Franklin Osburn and their only child is James Franklin married Sherry Jane Crabtree James Franklin Osburn, the son of Doris Virginia Fendley and David Franklin Osburn, married Sherry Jane Crabtree, the daughter of Robert Lee Lester and Amy Vera Galloway Crabtree at the home of his Grandparents, Harlie and Pearl Fendley, in Rex, Clayton County, Georgia. His great grandfather, William M. Williams, a Baptist Minister, performed the ceremony. They have 4 children: James Franklin, Jr."Frank" married Christine Kay Fuller Robert Lee Jonathan Edward married Lynda S. Hammond Christopher Andrew Frank and Christine have one son: Raven Kenneth James Johnny and Lynda have one daughter: Carrie Lynn William F. Findley Flora Ann Malinda Elizabeth Clark Findley Mary Lou Findley, the daughter of James David and Mary Elizabeth Law Findley was born April 1877 in Bartow County, Georgia and married Albert Lynch, 9 Jul 1903 in Craighead County, Arkansas. (Had she gone to visit her grandparents and fell in love and decided to stay?) They had at least two children: Lewis Laura James Marion Findley, the son of James David and Mary Elizabeth Law Findley, was born September 1879 in Bartow county, Georgia and we know he was married several times but have not found marriage records that we can definitely state belong to him. He also moved to the Craighead County area of Arkansas and according to his family there, his name was John Marion, not James. He had at least two sons: Thomas Alton married Ethel Flora Brewer Henry Links to other sites on the Web Finley/Findley/Fendley Family Census Records Finley/Findley/Fendley Family Deeds Finley/Findley/Fendley Family Military Records Sherry's Genealogy Home Page This work is a result of personal research and other researchers who have shared their work with me. If you have information or corrections on these families please write to Sherry Osburn Copyright 1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 by Sherry Osburn