Display Patriot - P-158281 - James FINLEY

James FINLEY

SAR Patriot #: P-158281

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service / Private
DAR #: A040814

Birth: 04 Feb 1725 / County Armagh / Ireland
Death: 06 Jan 1795 Rostraver Twp / Westmoreland / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Special Agent for the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of PA
  2. Political figure and executed many secret missions for Benjamin Franklin and the Committe for Safety in the west
  3. The original draft of the Declaration of Independence was made in his Philadelphia home
  4. Ranger on Frontier Westmoreland Co. PA

Additional References:
  1. PA Archives, 3rd Series
    • Volume 1, pg 236
    • Volume 23, pg 324,334
  2. PA Arch, Colonial Rec, Vol 13, pg 481, 617
  3. DAR Patriot Index, pg 236
  4. DAR Lineage Book Vol 59, pg 88

Spouse: Hannah Evans
Children: Ebenezer; Margaret; William; Michael; Joseph; John; Samuel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-02-02 AL Unassigned Clyde Porter Loranz (80452)   
1977-02-23 AL Unassigned Thomas Stanley Hand (111624) Ebenezer   
1983-02-28 DA Unassigned Moody Robert Finley (121769) Ebenezer   
1987-05-07 IL 225456 Robert Scott Finley (129397) Ebenezer   
1991-02-05 OH 216726 James Philip Allen (136380) Ebenezer   
1991-06-21 TX 215315 Daniel Edwards Jenkins III (137235) Ebenezer   
1998-03-25 OH 647 David Wendell Litt (150113) Ebenezer   
1998-03-25 OH 648 Gordon Finley Litt (150110) Ebenzer   
1998-12-21 PA 2306 Paul Philip Corbett (145101) Margaret   
1999-11-29 MO 5185 Robert Porter Corbett (131007) Margaret   
2003-04-28 GA 16033 Allen Ray Finley (160266) Ebenezer   
2003-04-28 GA 16034 Bradley Allen Finley (160267) Ebenezer   
2015-04-03 TN 63155 Duane Eugene Finley (194153) Ebenezer   
2016-12-08 FRA 72264 Liam Patrick O'Connor (200676) Ebenezer   
2019-05-17 GA 86459 Garrett Bradley Finley (211580) Ebenezer   
2019-06-14 GA 86819 Ray Moses Finley (211863) Ebenezer   
Location:
Belle Vernon / Fayette / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:

Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
Marker Type:
horizontal vault
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
1974

Comments:

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