TOLLE
Generation Five - The George Tolle Branch
Compiled by Thoren Tolle Meyers
Generation Five
JOHN TOLLE5 (George4; Roger3; Tobias2; Roger1)
John Tolle, son of Susannah (?) and George Tolle Sr, was born 1 Oct 1775 in Fauquier County, Virginia. His name first appeared on the personal tax lists of Fauquier County, Virginia for the years 1792-1796 with his father, and then for himself in 1793-1799. He was married in Fauquier County, Virginia on 7 Nov 1799 to Elizabeth Debell. The bond was dated 6 Nove1799, and they were married by John Monroe. Elizabeth was born 9 May 1780 in Fauquier County, Virginia, the daughter of William Debell.
In the Fall of 1800, John and Elizabeth (Debell) Tolle and her brother and his wife, Lewis and Elizabeth (Priest) Debell, got together and sailed down the Ohio River on a flatboat from Pittsburg to Limestone (Now Maysville, Kentucky). From there, they went to a piece of land that had been given to them by his father-in-law. This land was in the Southwest corner of Lewis County. They settled there and that is where they spent the rest of their lives.
John was on the Mason County, Kentucky tax list 1802-1806, and then the Lewis County list 1807-1862. (Lewis County was formed from Mason County in 1807). He witnessed a deed for Stephen Lee in 1815, and the will of Lewis Debell in 1818. On 15 Dec 1819 he pruchased land from Gerrard and Maria Spurrier for $375, consisting of 62 1/2 acres in Mason County, on the waters of Phillips Creek. John was the administrator of his father's estate in 1821. He appeared on all of the census records of Lewis County from 1820 through 1860, including the slave schedules. The 1850 schedule showed that he owned one black female age 14. Over the years his name appeared on many other deed transactions. He is briefly mentioned in the History of Lewis County several times. He may have been the Col. John Tolle mentioned there, but there was another John Tolle in the area at that time, (son of his cousin William) and it isn't always easy to distinguish between them in the records.
John Tolle died 19 Jul 1862 in Lewis County, Kentucky, at the age 86 years and 9 months. His will was dated 13 Jul 1861. He named his son Ambrose D. Tolle as his executor, and he also listed his wife and all his children by name. Elizabeth died 13 Jun 1864. It is probably a fair guess that he and Elizabeth are buried in the Tolle cemetery on Route 1237, but no tombstones are available for them today.
The children of Elizabeth (Debell) and John Tolle were:
STEPHEN TOLLE5 (George4; Roger3; Tobias2; Roger1)
Stephen Tolle, son of Susannah (?) and George Tolle Sr, was born 14 Aug 1778 in Fauquier County, Virginia. His name first appeared on the personal tax list of Fauquier County with his father in 1797-1800, and then for himself 1801-1802. He married Mary Dyson in Fauquier County on 15 Jun 1804.
He moved to Mason County, Kentucky, where he can be found in many records from 1810 through 1869, the census, the tax lists, and the deed books, and he is mentioned in a Court Order Book in 1820. In some of the records prior to 1830 it is difficult to distinguish between him and his cousin Stephen.
Stephen was bondsman for marriages of several members of his family. He acted as attorney for his son George in the settlement of te estate of Samuel Staggs in 1843, and as administrator of the estate of his son Eli A. Tolle, and as witness to a deed between Lewis B. Wallingford and Harriet Tolle in 1842. He was a slave owner as early as 1830, and the 1850 schedules showed him with one female age 47, one male age 32, and one male age 9. Births and deaths of some of them can be found in the records.
Stephen died 4 May 1869 in Mason County, Kentucky at the age of 90 years. He was buried in the Tolle cemetery on Route 1237 in Lewis County, Kentucky. His will was dated 27 Apr 1863 and probated 10 may 1869. He mentioned his son George and daughter Julia A.D. Tolle, grandchildren Charles S. Lyon and Presh E. Lyon, and the children of his son Thomas N. Tolle, deceased.
The children of Mary (Dyson) and Stephen Tolle were:
GEORGE TOLLE Jr5 (George4; Roger3; Tobias2; Roger1)
George Tolle Jr, son of Susannah (?) and George Tolle Sr, was born about 1782 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He first appeared on the personal tax list of Fauquier County, Virginia for the years 1790-1803.
There was a marriage on 1 Dec 1903 in Loudoun County, Virginia of a George Tolle to Sarah Crupper. I wonder if this might have been a first marriage for him because he is the only George that I can place there at that time.
George and Cloe Culverhouse were married on 20 Jan 1807 in Fauquier County, Virginia. James Culverhouse made oath that she was over 21 and that she was the daughter of William Culverhouse, deceased. The marriage bond was for the sum of $150 and it was signed by George Tolle and James Culverhouse.
By 1820, his parents and siblings had all gone to Kentucky and he seemed to be the last of his family to remain in Virginia. On December 1820 he gave his Power of Attorney to his brother Matthias, to look after his interests in the estate of his father, who had recently died in Lewis County, Kentucky.
On 11 Apr 1822 he was involved in some kind of a court action with Griffin Finch. This was apparently appealed on 19 Apr 1823. George is listed on the census records of Fauquier County, Virginia for 1810 through 1830.
Then, sometime between August 1837 and April 1838 he moved to Marian County, Missouri. All of his adult children made the move with him, with the exception of one daughter. There is a Bill of Sale to Bud Griffith dated 4 may 1838 in Lewis County, Missouri. It appears that he may have put up collateral for a debt. The property named was "six feather beds, bedsteads of futiture now in my tavern house, each bed furnished with a full compliment of furniture" and that he was to pay the sum of 113.89 by 1 Jan 1838.
He was dead the following year, and on 11 Oct 1839 his probate was entered in the court. Cloe testified that George died without a will, and that he left a widow and nine children, which she listed by name. Cloe was still living in 1860 at the age of eighty one. We don't know how soon after that she died, or where she and George are buried.
The children of Cloe (Culverhouse) and George Tolle
were:
MATTHIAS TOLLE5 (George4; Roger3; Tobias2; Roger1)
Matthias Tolle, son of Susannah (?) and George
Tolle Sr,
was born 11 Jun 1784 in Fauquier County, Virginia. His name first appeared on the personal property lists of Fauquier County, Virginia for 1802-1803, and then on the Lewis County, Kentucky lists for 1811-1860. He served in the War of 1812 as a Sergeant in the 16th Regiment (Porters) Kentucky Militia. Matthias was married 7 Mar 1812 to Prudence Davis in Lewis County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Matthias Davis and Rachel Maynard. On 23 Dec 1820, Matthias was given Power of Attorney by his brother George Jr, who was still living in Virginia. It authorized him to look after George's interests in their father's estate. He was on the bill of sale for his father's property in 1821, purchasing 1 negro boy for $200 dollars. In 1824, Matthias purchased 160 acres of land on Crooked Creek, and added another 62/17 acres in 1832. His name was found many times in the deed books over the years. His name was on all of the census rolls of Lewis County, Kentucky from 1820 through 1850. He was a farmer and a slave owner. On the 1850 slave schedule he is shown owning one female age 27 and four children ages one through eight.He appearred to be an active citizen of Lewis County. He was appointed overseer of the road a couple of times and Constable for District 2 in 1832. Matthias died 29 Mar 1860 in Lewis County. He was buried in the Davis Cemetery there. Apparently it took five or six years to settle his estate, and it covers many pages in the deed books. The children of Prudence (Davis) and Matthias Tolle were:
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