PATRIOT Burgess Richard Cole^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1729 - 1814  (85 years)

• Name	Richard Cole
  Title	PATRIOT
  Prefix	Burgess
  Born	23 Apr 1729	Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Nov 1814	Woodford Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Cole Family Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky
  Person ID	I11971	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	John Cole,   b. Abt 1700, Northumberland - Essex, Virginia Colony ,   d. Abt 1757, Culpepper Co., Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Susanna Goodwin,   b. Abt 1685, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 16 Sep 1761, St. Mark's Parish, Culpepper Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Bef 1729
  Family ID	F3712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Hubbard,   b. 1730, Woodford County, Kentucky ,   d. 21 Nov 1814, Woodford County, Kentucky  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1760	Pennsylvania
  Children	1. John Cole,   b. Abt 1761   2. James Cole,   b. Est 1765 + 3. Richard James Cole, Jr.,   b. 23 Apr 1763, Culpeper Co., VA ,   d. 9 Jul 1839, Kentucky  (Age 76 years)   4. Jesse Cole,   b. 1769,   d. 1857, Kentucky  (Age 88 years) + 5. Ailsey [Alice] Cole,   b. 20 Jun 1769, Culpeper Co., VA ,   d. 7 Jul 1848, Scott Co., KY  (Age 79 years)   6. Sarah "Sallie" Cole,   b. 1765, Culpepper Co., VA ,   d. 11 Feb 1795, Woodford Co., KY  (Age 30 years)
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F518495446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emsey Margaret James,   b. Est 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Jul 1795	Woodford Co., KY
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F518495447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Document Culpepper Will Bk A Cover.jpg Culpepper Co., VA Will Book A Cover
  		Document Culpepper Will Bk A - John Cole pg 35.jpg Will of John Cole

  
  

  Headstones

  Richard James Cole

  
  

  Histories

  History Descendants of John and Susanna Cole of Culpepper Co., Virginia history_of_the_descendants_of_john_and_susanna_cole_of_culpepper_county_virginia_verision_2.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source. Richard Cole served in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment in the American Revolution. He was 45 years of age when the war started. This was the beginning of old age in those days. The family left Pennsylvania and was living in Virginia as early as 1751 as he voted in a Burgess election in King George County that year. (DB3/467,10 Jan 1751) [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11063276. Spouse: Anthony Lindsay (1767 - 1831) Children of Ailsey Cole and Anthony Lindsay: Jesse Cole Lindsay (1789 - 1875) William Lindsay (1791 - 1834) Lucille Lindsay Scruggs (1793 - 1834) Richard Cole Lindsay (1795 - 1882) Greenberry Lindsay (1797 - 1814 Sarah Lindsay Cole -Thomason (1803 - 1851) Elizabeth Lindsay Calvert (1805 -1878) John Cole Lindsay (1808 - 1875) James Madison Lindsay (1810 - 1846) [S40] Will, Richard Cole, Sr. Woodford Co., KY 1805. Will of Richard Cole Sr. Woodford County, KY - 1805 Woodford will Book D, page 275 Sept. ye first day 1805 I make this my last will and testament. I give to my son Richard Cole Six Shillings Cash to remember me and to Johnathan Crapper one dollar and George. To my son Jesse Cole and Grace to Alce Lindsey and Dave (crossed out) (Hester instead of Dave) for Jesse Cole or Anthony Lindsey to give to my wife Emma Cole Twenty dollars a year, as long as she remains a widow and the rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst the rest of my children that shall be then alive. Written my own hand Richd. Cole. N.B. Emsey is to have her bed and a horse and saddle and after her death Dave is to be sold and the money is to be divided between Alce Lindsey and Jesse Cole Richd. Cole Woodford County Sct December County Court 1814 The foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of Richard Cole decd. was produced in court and proven to be wholly in his own hand writing (except for theinterlineation of words 'Hester instead of Dave' and ordered to be certified. At a county court began and held as aforesaid on the 6 th day of February 1815. The said will was farther and fully proven by the oath of James Twyman who stated to the best of his knowledge & belief that said will was written entirely by said Richard Cole decd. and the same was ordered to be recorded. Tests John Mc Kinney Jr. Clerk for Woodford County, KY [S100] Internet Source, http://tsgraves.com/genealogies/marshas_graves_generation_1_genealogy. Richard Cole Sr. was born 23 April 1729 in Pennsylvania. He married Ann Hubbard Born 1730. Richard Cole Sr. was a Revolutionary Soldier and early settler of Woodford County. He started the infamous Cole Tavern at his farm on the Leestown Pike and Elkhorn Creek. The early settlement was known as Sodom and later Fishers Mill. The tavern burned in the winter of 1811. Ann Hubbard Cole died in February 1795. After the death of his wife Richard married Emsey Margaret James. Richard Sr. died 21 November 1814. Richard, Ann and many of the family are buried in the Cole Family Cemetery on the hilltop next to where the tavern once stood. A 1922 census of the cemetery showed the following headstones: Ann Cole wife of R. Cole died Feb. 11, 1795 age 65 years. Richard Cole died Nov 21, 1814, Susan Palmer born 1778 died 1823, William Y. Cole Born Sept 16, 1788 Died June 19, 1823, Amos Cole Born Feb. 1798, Died May 12, 1827, James Cole Born Sept. 8, 1804, Died Feb. 27, 1827. Jesse Cole Born May 21, 1793, Died Aug. 3, 1833, Julia Austin, wife of James M. Austin, Died July 11, 1835, age 18, Mrs. Sally Cole Born Oct 1, 1765, Died Nov 8, 1836, Richard Cole Born April 23, 1763, Died July 9, 1839, Greenberry Moore Born Oct 31, 1815, Died Mar. 21, 1852, Jesse R., daughter of G & S.F. Moore Born Aug. 25, 1851, Died May 9, 1852. Today there is only one lone headstone standing, Ann Hubbard Cole. [S107] Family Histories, http://reynoldspatova.org/histories/history_of_the_descendants_of_john_and_susanna_cole_of_culpepper_county_virginia_verision_2.pdf.