He was born in Orange Co., NC and died in Parke Co., Indiana. He was married Sept. 10, 1805 at Greenville, TN to Mary Polly Long. He was known as Joseph Finney, Jr., but he was really the III. He served in the War of 1812 with the 2nd Surry (NC) Regiment. He left Surry County, NC in 1816/17 to settle in St. Lawrence County, Indiana. In 1826, he moved to Parke Co.
He was the son of Joseph Finney, Sr. and Rachel Barkley.
Mother 123083989
Father 123082617

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Joseph Finney
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Aug 1805
Marriage Place: Greene
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Long
Joseph Finney

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original Data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: Joseph Finney
Company: 7 REG'T (PEARSON'S) NORTH CAROLINA MIL.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 71
Microfilm Publication: M602
Source Information:

Direct Data Capture, comp. War of 1812 Service Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original Data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.

Joseph Finney born September 18, 1784, and died in Parke county in 1867. He came to Lawrence county, Indiana, in 1813, and to Parke county in 1826. He served in the war of 1812 under Gen. Jackson. His wife was Polley Long, a native of Virginia, and died in Parke county in about 1873. Source: History of Virgo and Parke Counties by Beckwith, pages 287-288.

Parke Co. Probate Records, Box 35







35
15
6 Jun 1867
Finney, Joseph
Widow - Polly Finney. Heirs - Fanny Kayl/Rayl, Mary A. Weaver, Polly Ephlin, Elizabeth Mater, Wesley Finney, Hawkins Finney, Cahterine Bradford, heirs of Robert Finney, heirs of Joseph Finney, heirs of Nancy Wade, heirs of Rachel Jones, John Finney
Andrew Tenbrook

See: https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/24461/N/Finney_House_Parke_CO_Nom.pdf
for information about his house which has been put on the Historical Register

Joseph Finney, Jr., born Sept 18, 1784, Orange County, NC, died Mar 8, 1867, Parke Co., IN., near Annapolis. Fought in War of 1812 in Capt. James Martin's Company of Inf., 7th Regiment, NC Militia, and in 2nd Surry regiment, Surry County. Married in 1805 in Greene County, TN, to Mary (Polly) Long. They lived first in Greene Co., TN, later in Surry County, NC and about 1816 went to Indiana, finally settling for rest of lives in 1826 in Parke County, IN, near town of Annapolis. Their old log house, two stories and large, in which church community meetings were held in hall on second floor in frontier days. is still standing and occupied. Both buried in Linebarger cemetery, S.W. of Annapolis. Their issue, 12 children in all.