Balthasar (Balser) Isley[1]

Male Abt 1753 - Abt 1839  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Balthasar (Balser) Isley 
    Birth Abt 1753  Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1839  Guilford, Orange, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3002  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2018 

    Father Ludwig Isley (Iseley),   b. 1729, Rosenfeld, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1788, Alamance County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Sommer,   b. 1729, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catharine Fox,   b. Abt 1757, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1849, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1780  Orange County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jacob Isley,   b. 10 Jun 1784, Orange or Guilfrd Cty, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1845, Cain, Fountain, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Hannah Isley,   b. 9 Apr 1797, Guilford, Orange, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1872, Fountain County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1753 - Guilford County, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1780 - Orange County, NC Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • due to the court papers filed under the general notes of Hannah Isely the data that was here is not valid GLD 2013

      Balser Isley, Sr. - Estate Records
      "From the Greensborough Patriot 24 Sept 1839"
      The Guilford Genealogist, Spring 1995, Vol. 22, No. 3, Number 69, p. 134]

      State of North Carolina, Guilford County

      Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, August Term, 1839,

      Catharine Isely vs.
      The heirs at law of Balser Isely decd.

      It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court the four of the defendants
      Jacob Isely, David Isely, Adam Trolinger and wife Hannah, Jacob Cline
      and wife Catharine, are not inhabitants of the State, it is ordered...that
      publication be made in the Greensborough Patriot for six weeks of
      the pendency of this suit..., John M. Logan, C.C.C.

      Cathrine Isely - Widow's Dower Petition

      Transcribed by Peggy Reece Bruckner, January 6, 2001
      from North Carolina State Archives Copy
      Guilford County Original Estate, North Carolina 1778-1942 CR.046.508.130
      Balser Iseley 1839
      Added comments in brackets [] [on front fold]

      Cathrine Isely
      vs.
      Peter Isely & others

      Petition for Dower
      a copy for
      John M. Logan, ccc,

      Sum Ackd~


      40-
      Guilford

      [inside]

      State of North Carolina} Court of Pleas & Quarter
      Guilford County} Sessions
      August Term 1839
      To the worshipful justices of Guilford County,
      The petition of Cathrine Isely,
      vs.
      Peter Isely, Christian Isely, Jacob Isely, Balser
      Isely, David, Isely, Philip [aka Phillip] Isely, Jacob Cline &
      Wife Cathrine, Adam Trollinger & Wife Hannah,
      Danl Kockelreece & Wife Philipena [aka Phillipena, Phebe], Henry Whitsell
      & Wife Molly, John Cordon [aka Carden/Cardin] & Wife Polly, Cathrine
      Whitt, Patsy Whitt, John Whitt, Edward Whitt,
      Saml Whitt & Susan Whitt, by their Guardian Wm
      M. Gogan Pendenteth [?], for the last five.

      Humbly, Complaining Sheweth into your worship that Balser
      Isely [aka Isley, Iseley] late of this County died intestate in February 1839,
      leaving your petitioner his widow & relict him
      surviving -- that he was signer and possessed of the tract of
      land on which he resided at the time of his death
      containing about Two Hundred Acres adjoining Wm.
      Cobb, Benjamin Ross, Conrad Shepherd & others, Which
      land decended to the following Children and Grandchildren
      his heirs at law ~ To Wit ~
      1 his Son Peter Isely
      2 " " Christian Isely
      3 " " Balser Isely
      4 " " Phillip Isely
      5 " Daughter Phillipena Married to Danl Kockelreece [aka Kachelriess, Cocklereece, Reece], Orange
      6 " Daughter Molly Married to Henry Whitsell [aka Whitesell], Orange
      7 " " Betseys Children, She having married Wm
      Whitt [aka Witt]& died before the intestate leaving the following
      Children & heirs, To Wit, Polly, married John
      Cordon, Cathrine Whitt, Patsey Whitt, John
      Whitt, Edward Whitt, Saml Whitt & Susan Whitt
      the last five of them are under age and reside
      in this County. ~ His Sons - Jacob Isely
      David Isely ~ Daughters Hannah Married to
      Adam Trollinger, & Cathrine Married to Jacob Cline [aka Klein] ~
      The last Four Children reside beyond the limits
      of this State. She prays that She may have Dower
      assigned to her according to law & that all proper
      process issue & order & decree be made that shall be deemed
      just & right and She will ever pray~

      J. M. Morchenn [?]
      attorney

  • Sources 
    1. [S348] Power Attorney Hannah Isley.

    2. [S231] Power of Attorney, Jacob Isley and Hannah Drolling.