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The information about the TANKERSLEY family was given to me by my gaunt Odell Cole. It was copied from: GENEALOGY OF THE TANKERSLEY FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES By CHARLES W. TANKERSLEY.

The following information is what is not include on the previous lineage page.


The TANKERSLEY family in the United States is decended from an old English faamily of that name in Tankersley Parish, Yorkshire. The earliesst known record of the family, found in the Brittish Museum, begins with DOLPHYN DE TANKERSLEY, who lived A.D. 1200 and ends with HENRY, JOHANNA and ALICE TANKERSLEY, born in the sixteenth century and who were the children of Sir RICHARD TANKERSLEY and his wife SARAH THORNHILL.(Harlien mes.4630 p. 615, Herald's Visitation of Yorkshire


The names casually appear to indicate French extraction, but it is Anglo-Saxon or Norman= Saxon in its dirivatioon. History informs us that the Normans, after thier conquest in France, adopted the language and the customs of the French and after thier conquest in England, thier superior manners, customs and civilization were imitated by the Anglo-Saxon nobles and barons, and that, until about the time of the succession of the Tudors, the prefix of the word "De" in the family names was affected as one of the popular eccentricities of the times, to indicate some sort of political preferment or social distiction. The family arms are without crest or motto, and antedate the establishment of the College of Arms in London, where a record of them may be found and a copy obtained. They are described as"

"Arms, Argent, on a bend gules, three scallops, or."

They may be found described in Burke's "Record of Arms" or "General Armory". This coat of arms was allowed to Sir GEORGE SAVILL, as a quartering, at the visitation of York in 1585. When and to whom the first grant was made is not recorded, but it is said by well informed persons that it was at the time when the use of crest and mottoes was unknown, and that the pictorial legend and figures in the coat of arms of the TANKERSLEY family carry its orign back to the crusades.

RICHARD TANKERSLEY and GEORGE TANKERSLEY, two decendents of this faamily, and the sons of REUBEN TANKERSLEY and SARAH ANN BEVERLY, his wife, came to America during the reign of QUEEN ANNE and settled in King George County, Virginia about A.D. 1700, where they aquired large landed estates by grant from the Crown and by marriage or purchase. From these two ancestors the members of the TANKERSLEY family in the United States decended and, as far as they have been now discovered, thier names and the several branches to which they belong are her given.

GEORGE TANKERSLY m. MARY LONGLEY
The two sons GEORGE and John were made executors of thier mothers will after her death.(Note: In the TANKERSLEY history are given the wills of both this GEORGE, who was the immigrant, and his widow, MARY: as well as the date of probate, ect.)

The only other item not included in the lineage is in refrence to JOHN TANKERSLEY b. 1780 m. FRANCES MUSE. He served in both the Army and Navy of the United States during the Revelutionary War: first on board the ship Tarter and Tempest off the capes Henry and Charles from October 1778 to October 1779: afterwards in the Army three terms of three months each in 1780 to 1781, the last term in place of his brother GEORGE. He was pensioned by the goverment until his death and after his death his wife was pensioned until her death.



OTHER BITS OF INFORMATION



Reuben Tankersley, son of George Tankersley and Mary Longley, was lost at sea, in a wreck of his own vessel which he commanded in a trading journey to the West Indies (Genealogy of the Tankersley Family in the United States, by Charles W Tankersley, 1895, NY, NY, p15)



King George Co, VA: The following were the names of vestrymen between the years 1723 and 1779:-John Grimsley, Joseph Murdock, Joseph Jones, George Tankersley, Thomas Jett, Thomas Hodges, George Marshall . . . etc. Whether all these belonged to Hanover parish I think doubtful. ("Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia" by Bishop Meade Article LXIII - Parishes in King George County p 186)



George Tankersly is included in a list of voters in 1752. (p.7) Military Appointments for County Officers 1752 George Takersly - Captain of a Company of Foot (the list of officers was taken from Court Order Book #3, pp. 64, 96, 116, 126)(p.8) Public Service Claims, King George County - Reg. C5558 October 12, 1781 Among many listed is Tankersley, George (p.159) (King George Co, Virginia 1720-1990 by Nancy E. Harris. 1990, printed for Clearfleid Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc Baltimore, MD, 1994.)



George Tankersley operated the ferry over Rappahannock River, succeeding William Taliaferro at The Mount, above present Rappahannock Academy in Caroline County. The ferry cross to land of Joseph Berry near Dogue Creek in King George County. Taliaferro had been a magistrate of Caroline in 1735. Tankersley was a vertryman (1723-57) of Hanover Parish, King George, and tabacco inspector at John Moore's tobacco warehouse opposite Port Royal. Tankersley's will was proved in King George in 1758. (“The Diary of Robert Rose - A View of Virginia by a Scottish Colonial Parson - 1746-1751”, Edited & Annotated by Ralph Emmett Fall, Port Royal, Virginia, 1977.p. 174 note #222)



King George Geo. 1758 will (“Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800” compiled by Clayton Torrence. 193-, reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995 p. 413)


JOHN TANKERSLEY
LINCOLN COUNTY
MARINE
SHIP "TARTER"
$70.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$210.00 AMOUNT RECIEVED
JANUARY 13 1834 PENSION STARTED


WILLIAM TANKERSLEY
BLOUNT COUNTY
PRIVATE
3RD REGIMENT INFANTRY
$48.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
240.00 AMOUNT RECIEVED
FEBUARY 4 1817 PENSION STARTED
DIED OCTOBER 1814
HEIRS: JOHN TANKERSLEY
WASHINGTON TANKERSLEY
LUCINDA TANKERSLEY


King George County Virginia Marriages.
Marriage licenses issued in King George County Va. copied from Fee-books kept by the county clerk.

1769 October Joseph Murdock and Mary Tankersley


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