Elder Joel Colley (1776-1851) - Find a Grave Memorial

Elder Joel Colley

Birth

11 Dec 1776

Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Death

11 Oct 1851 (aged 74)

Newton County, Georgia, USA

Burial

Colley-Hight Cemetery

Newton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map

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Joel Colley was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. According to a family bible, his mother was named "Sarah" but his father is unknown. His grandparents were Edward and Mary (Strong) Colley of Mecklenberg County, Virginia. He emigrated to Georgia in 1799 and was ordained a Primitive Baptist minister in 1815. Married Mary "Polly" Tillery in 1804, daughter of Joshua and Susannah (Ziegler) Tillery. They lived in Oglethorpe County, Morgan County (1820 census), and Newton County by 1822. He was elected elder for 28 yrs and helped to establish the Yellow River Baptist Association. Joel and Mary "Polly" Colley had 9 children.

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Sacred to the memory of Elder Joel Colley
Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
December 11, 1776
Emigrated to Georgia in 1799.
joined the Primitive Baptist Church at Salem
in Oglethorpe County, Georgia February 1801.
Ordained as a Minister of the Gospel at Bethlehem
Church in the same county July 5th 1815.
was elected the first Moderator of the
Yellow River Baptist Association in 1824,
which appointment he held by
re-election for twenty-eight consecutive years,
and died October 11th 1851.