Jesse Richard Cole

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Birth:
James Cole was the Grandfather of Frank and Jesse James by courtesy of their mother Zerelda Cole James.

James married Sarah 'Sallie' Lindsay. Sarah (daughter of Anthony Lindsay, III and Ailsey [Alice] Cole) was born 15 Apr 1803, Scott County, Kentucky; died 12 Oct 1851, Clay County, Missouri; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Clay County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

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Sallie remarried after James Cole died in a horse accident.

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Owner of the famous Black Horse Tavern and great grandfather of Frank and Jesse James.

Note: Only the stones of Richard Cole Sr. and Ann Hubbard Cole remain, there is an old cemetery photo and more info at www.tsgraves.com (Cole's Bad Inn)

Name:
Richard Cole Jr. purchased the Tavern called Lee's Tavern, 12 Dec 1812 and renamed the Tavern, Blackhorse Inn. He was probably born in Culpepper Co., VA where his relatives are found.

Richard married Sarah 'Sallie' Yates/Yeatts. Sarah was born 1 Oct 1765; died 8 Nov 1836; was buried , Cole Family Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Anthony married Ailsey [Alice] Cole. Ailsey (daughter of Burgess Richard Cole and Ann Hubbard) was born 20 Jun 1769, Culpeper Co., VA; died 7 Jul 1848, Scott Co., KY. [Group Sheet]

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Ailsey Cole Lindsay is the great grandmother of Alexander Franklin James, Robert R. James, Jesse Woodson James, and Susan Lavenia James.

Ailsey Cole Lindsay was the daughter of Richard Cole and Ann Hubbard. Richard Cole was born in Pennsylvania and became one of the early settlers of Fayette County, Ky. in 1786.

Ailsey Cole married Anthony Lindsay in Woodford County, Kentucky in 1788 and settled what was know as Lindsay's Station, which is marked by the Kentucky Historical Society with a bronze plaque.

Ailsey and Anthony were the parents of eleven children.
Jesse Cole Lindsay 1789, William Lindsay 1791, Lucy Lindsay 1793, Richard Cole Lindsay 1795, Greenbury Lindsay 1797, Ann Lindsay 1800, Sallie Lindsay 1803, Elizabeth Lindsay 1805, John Cole Lindsay 1808, James Madison Lindsay 1810, Polly Lindsay 1813.

Sallie was the grandmother of Frank, Jesse, Robert and Susan James.

Portions of this information taken from Richard Orr Sebree's May 15, 1967 book on the Lindsay's

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While nothing is known about Richard Cole's education, it is recorded in Dorman (Orange County Will Book #2 (1744-1778) that Richard Cole, schoolmaster, was paid for the schooling of the orphans of John Plunkett, deceased.

Richard married Ann Hubbard Abt 1760, Pennsylvania. Ann was born 1730, Woodford County, Kentucky; died 21 Nov 1814, Woodford County, Kentucky; was buried , Cole Family Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentrucky. [Group Sheet]