Person:Joseph Colville (1)

About Joseph Colville

ADVISORY NOTE: Some sources claim that Joseph Colville was a son of Andrew Colville, brother of Samuel Colville, but herein lies the confusion:

Joseph Colville's father Samuel died in 1780 (probably in Revolutionary War). After the death of his father, he chose Andrew Colville (his Uncle and brother of Samuel) as his guardian. So Joseph was RAISED by Andrew, but Samuel was his father.

This is also confirmed in "Colville of Tennessee" http://mhrising.com/Ozarks%20Families/colville_of_tennessee.htm

COLVILLE of Tennessee

Joseph Colville was b. 6 July 1764 in Frederick Co. (or Washington) Virginia and d. 1834 loc. not stated. Joseph was the son of Samuel Colville and his wife Elizabeth Young.

Lusk Colville was living in Warren Co. Tennessee in the 1820s.

Joseph Colville m. (1) 9 May 1786 Sarah (Katharine) Lusk (2) 21 December 1802 in Blount Co. Tennessee Martha Cheek Smartt.

Records in Tennessee

1796-1800: Joseph Colville served as Sheriff of Blount County, Tennessee. Tennessee Genealogy.com

Notes

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lised&id=I260

Name: JOSEPH COLVILLE SR. Surname: COLVILLE Given Name: JOSEPH Suffix: SR. Prefix: Capt. Sex: M Birth: 6 Jul 1764 in Washington Co,Virginia 1 Death: 7 Jan 1834 in McMinnville,Warren County,Tennessee 1 Burial: Jan 1834 McMinnville,Warren County,Tennessee

Event: deed grantee 1790 Greene County,Tennessee 2 Event: captain in militia Military Service 1796 Blount County,Tenness Residence: from 1796 to 1804 Blount County,Tennessee 4 5 Event: deed grantee 1809 Warren County,Tennessee 2 Event: deed grantee 1810 Warren County,Tennessee 2 Event: deed grantee 1813 Warren County,Tennessee 2 Event: deed grantee 1827 Warren County,Tennessee 2 Note: He received North Carolina grant No. 829, on April 15, 1790, for 400 acres of land in Green e Co., Tenn. on Crooked Creek, including the land he had already settled. That year he als o had grant #925 for 400 acres.The county boundaries may have changed, since in 1795 when Blo unt County Court first met, a permit for a mill was granted to Joseph Colville on Crooked Cre ek. In 1797 he headed a militia company. He had 430 acres in Blount Co., Tn. In 1799 he was a captain in the milita. He was sheriff of Blount County from 1796-1800, and from 1802-1804. Blount County was create d out of Knox County in 1795. Knox County was created in 1792 from Green and Hawkins Countie s. In 1801 he was taxed on 430 acres. His name is spelled Colvill in the 1802 marriage record. Gideon Blackburn was the bondsman . Relatives of his are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in McMinnville, and at the Liberty Church Cemetery nearby. The north east corner of the original town site of McMinnville was from his lands, including the Rebel Hill area and extending along Sparta Road to the vicinity of Collins River. In 1809 he had grant #1558 for 200 acres in MTN district in Wayne Co. The next year he got 1 000 acres in G district from grant #2487. He also got another 1000 acres in MTN district tha t year by grant # 2488. He was granted 200 acres in 1810 by grants 2487 and 2488. In May 1811 the McMinnville post office was established with Joseph Colville as the first postmaster, with weekly mail delivery. He served until Dec. 31, 1817. In 1813 he was granted 400 acres in grant 4653. On Nov. 22, 1809, he became a trustee of the Quincy Academy (probably a high school), located on the corner of South Spring and Colville Sts. He was also the first clerk of the county court. His term was from 1808 to 1834. In 1827 he was granted 100 acres by grant 5952. The Jan. 7 death date is on his tombstone. In the Bible it says June 18. Calendar was changed during his lifetime.

Buried in the old cemetery in town. 6 Change Date: 20 May 2005 at 18:18:00

Father: SAMUEL COLVILLE Mother: Living YOUNG

Marriage 1 SARAH LUSK b: 15 Jun 1765 Married: 9 May 1786 in Washington County,Virginia 7 Children Margaret COLVILLE b: 25 Mar 1787 Samuel COLVILLE I b: 8 Feb 1789 Maj. Lusk COLVILLE b: 27 May 1791 Living COLVILLE Living COLVILLE JOSEPH COLVILLE JR. b: 15 Jun 1797 in Blount County,Tennessee Living COLVILLE Living COLVILLE

Marriage 2 Martha CHEEK Married: 21 Dec 1802 in Blount County,Tennessee 8 Children Living COLVILLE Living COLVILLE Silas Cheek COLVILLE b: 2 Jan 1804 in Tennessee

Sources: Title: Tennessee Bible Records & Marriage Bonds Author: Acklen, comp Repository: Name: Tx. State Genealogy Library

Title: Tennessee Land Grants, Vol. 1, A-K Author: Sistler, Barbara, Byron and Samuel Publication: Nashville, Tn., 1998 Title: "Early East Tennessee Taxpapers, II Blount County " in East Tennessee Historical Society's Pu blications Vol. 24 Author: Pollyanna Creekmore Publication: p. 125-154, 1952 Note: p. 149 Page: Vol. 24, p. 149 Note: footnote Title: "Early East Tennessee Taxpapers, II Blount County " in East Tennessee Historical Society's Pu blications Vol. 24 Author: Pollyanna Creekmore Publication: p. 125-154, 1952 Note: p. 149 Title: East Tennessee History (Reprinted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee) Author: Sam McDowell Publication: 1978 Page: p. B31 Title: McMinnville at a Millestone, 1810-1960 Author: Walter Womack Publication: 1960 Title: Washington County Virginia Marriages Repository: Name: Tx. State Genealogy Library

Title: Marriages of Blount County, Tennessee 1795-1859 Author: Edythe Rucker Whitley Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 1982 Page: p. 14

From Rootsweb.com post:

From: Chuck Gibson <cathal@@flash.net> Subject: [COWAN-L] Cowan, Colville, Woods and Walker Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:31:33 -0600

Hello All!

What follows is a reply to a post on the Wigton-Walker list. Thought someone might have a connection or information on these lines. This is my line also.

Wasn't there a William Cowan b. 1701 married to a Elizabeth Woods and parents of William b. 1750 and Samuel?

Also, you'll find the Colville family that the grandson of William and Elizabeth, James Walker Cowan, married into was also in this same area.

Joseph Colville, father of Catherine and father in law of James Walker Cowan was b. 1764 in Washington Co VA and died 1834 in Warren Co Tn. Josephs parents were Andrew and Mary Craig Colville. Joseph had another dau. Elizabeth who married Robert Cowan 1808 in McMinn Co Tn.

Here's part of a DAR record for Andrew:

Joseph Colville and Katherine Lusk, (snip) of Andrew Colville and Mary Craig, his wife. Andrew Colville (1739-97) gave valiant service and led his company at the battle of King's Mountain under Col. William Campbell. He was born in Frederick County; died in Wythe County, Va.

I keep thinking I saw Broad Meadows in the McClung book, I'm digging now.

Chuck Gibson

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 15, Ed. 1. (Release date: November 20, 1997)
   Tree #1999.

   Date of Import: Aug 7, 1998

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 .

   Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3304, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1996

3.   Acklen, Jeanette. Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts
   pg. 144.

   Joseph Colville, born in Washington County, VA, July 6, 1764 - Jan. 7, 1834.
   Samuel Colville, son of Joseph Colville and wife, Sarah Lusk, Feb. 8, 1789-June 1813.