Ed Cearley Home Page
Updated April 26, 2005
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I am researching the Cearley family. Some branches of the family spell it Carley, Kerley, or Cierley. My line came from Virginia and/or North Carolina to Smith County, Tennessee before 1811. In the 1820's they moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee. During the mid-1800's several members of the family moved to Arkansas and Texas. Our family's first known ancestor is William Carley (or Kerley) who was born about 1770, probably in Virginia or North Carolina. He died in Hardeman County, Tennessee in 1842. You may see a list of his descendants by clicking on the report below. There is another line of Cearleys who have traced their ancestry to Bartholomew Kerley who was born in Massachusetts in the 1600's. His son William was granted land in Virginia and eventually moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina where he died in 1796. Some of his descendants spell the name Cearley and eventually moved to Union County, Georgia and Arkansas.
So far, I have been unable to tie these two lines of Cearleys together. Any help you could provide would be appreciated.
Also, my great-great grandfather, Andrew Jacob Cearley served in the Arkansas 9th Regiment during the Civil War, but never returned from it. If any of my cousins have heard what happened to him, please send me a note.
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Most of the research contained in these reports was done by Mr. Luther Greene of Camden, Arkansas and William Carley, Sr. of San Angelo, Texas. The information on Luke Cearley's descendants was provided by Donna Harberson. Karen Meredith provided the information about the Jessie Cearley(born 1886)descendants. I am very thankful for their hard work and willingness to share their findings.
William Carley's research was published in 1945 in a book titled "Information On The Kerley, Cearley, and Carley Families of The South". This book may be obtained at Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Salem MA 01970. Their phone number is 978-745-7170 and their website is www.higginsonbooks.com . The book is 128 pages and is listed on their website under "Kerley".
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John Edward (Ed) Cearley
118 Jefferson Drive
Hendersonville, TN 37075
United States
EDCEARLEY@COMCAST.NET
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- Ed, Adam, & John Cearley at Jesse Carley gravesite (53 KB)
Photograph of me and my sons taken about 1998 at Jesse's gravesite. Jesse Carley was my great-great-great grandfather.
- Charlie Cearley (1887-1962) (39 KB)
This is a photograph of my grandfather, taken about 1905.
- Andrew Jacob Cearley and Elizabeth Maberry Cearley (24 KB)
Andrew and Elizabeth were married about 1852 and are my great-great grandparents. They had four children: Jake, Tom, Henry and Belle. Andrew never returned from the Civil War. Photograph was taken between 1852-1864.
- Jesse Carley (1791-1871) Tombstone (28 KB)
Jesse Carley's tombstone is located in Hardeman County, Tn. It says "Jessey Karley Born May 5, 1791 Died Jan 3, 1871 His body rests beneath the sod His spirit winged its flight to God." The gravesite is about 20 yards east of old highway 18 just after new highway 18 curves off to the left. This is north of Bolivar and south of McClendon Road, in what was once called the Caddell Cemetary. It is now grown up with trees and borders a field. Jesse built the first cotton gin and grist mill in the County. It was said his home was the largest two story log house in the state of Tennessee. Jesse Carley was my great-great-great grandfather.
- Children of Andrew Jacob and Elizabeth M. Cearley (48 KB)
(left to right) Willie Ramick, Jacob Andrew Cearley, John Thomas Cearley, Henry Yell Cearley, Rebecca Isabella Cearley. Willie is the son of Elizabeth and her second husband John Samuel Ramick. Jacob Andrew Cearley was my great-grandfather. Photograph taken about 1902.
- Charlie M. Cearley and Nedgie Goodman Cearley-1993 (35 KB)
This is a picture of my parents on their 50th wedding anniversary.
- William Carley 1826 Ordinary (Inn) Keeper Bond (382 KB)
This is the bond William Carley posted to obtain a license to operate an "ordinary" or inn at his home in Hardeman County, Tennessee. The document is signed by Thomas J. Hardeman who the county is named for. The bond requires that William "not permit gaming in his house nor on the Sabbath day suffer any person to tipple or drink more than is necessary." Note the seals after their signatures and that William made his mark between his first and last name which were written by someone else. William Carley was my great-great-great-great grandfather.
- William Carley Ordinary Keeper Bond-Back Side (279 KB)
This is a picture of the back side of the bond.
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