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Thomas ATCHLEY

Thomas ATCHLEY[1, 2]

Male 1796 -

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  • Name Thomas ATCHLEY 
    Born 19 Apr 1796  , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 19 Apr 1796; Sevier Co., TN -> Atchley Family Profile website
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1820  , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Owner and Operator of a Distillery 
    • Note: this may be his father Thomas
    Will 25 Mar 1835  McMinn County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    witnessed the will of George Long, Sr. 
    Residence 1837  , likely Bradley, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • He was not listed on the 1837 Tax List for Sevier County, which means he had likely moved out of the county by that time. Since we know he was in Bradley County in 1840, it makes sense that he was also there in 1837.
    Census 1840  , Bradley, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Thomas Atchley appeared on the 1840 census in Bradley County, Tennessee as head of household. The household included one male 5-10, two males 10-15, one male 20-30, one male 40-50 (likely Thomas, 44), one female 5-10, and one female 40-50 (likely Polly).

      Thomas and Polly's daughter, Mary Polly, appears one household up with Martin Langston.
    Died
    • Y
    Notes 
    • Name:
      Thomas Atchley -> 1840 census
      Thomas Atchley, Jr. -> Atchley Family Profile

      Connection to parents:
      Named as the 4th son of Thomas & Lydia (Richards) Atchley -> Atchley Family Profile
    Person ID I1635  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2014 

    Father Thomas ATCHLEY,   b. 3 May 1755, , Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1836, , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lydia RICHARDS,   b. 18 Aug 1762, , Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1850, , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Abt 1780  , Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah or Polly WIFE OF THOMAS ATCHLEY 
    Married , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Welcome ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1815
     2. Jack ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1816
     3. Thomas ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1817
    +4. Mary ATCHLEY,   b. 11 Jan 1817, , Sevier, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1894, , Bradley, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. George ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1820
     6. Daniel ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1825
     7. Unknown ATCHLEY,   b. Abt 1826
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] 1840 Census. Tennessee. Bradley County, Roll 517, p. 38, line 18, Thomas Atchley (Reliability: 3).
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2978233&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t3721570_p-1690726487_g32768

    2. [S480] Atchley Family Profile 1980 website, accessed; 19 August 2012; Fourth Generation! page; citing The Atchley Family, with related Long, Maples, Scoggin, and Griffith Familes, by Maud (Long) Horn, First Ed. (Reliability: 2).
      1937, Reprint by Chandler Printers, Knoxville, TN. in 1965, by Dr. Paul L. Atchley and Mary Ann (Morris) Thompson, p. 170

    3. [S480] Atchley Family Profile 1980 website, accessed; 19 August 2012; Third Generation! page; citing the 1820 Census of Manufactures for Sevier Co., TN (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S588] Wills and Estate Records of McMinn County, Tennessee 1820-1870 by Reba Bayless Boyer, 97 (Reliability: 3).


    5. [S480] Atchley Family Profile 1980 website, accessed; 19 August 2012; Third Generation! page; citing the 1837 Sevier County tax list (Reliability: 2).