Joseph Ralph TINSLEY
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Sep 3, 1851 - Transylvania County, NC
Christening:
Death: Jul 28, 1929 - Tramsylvania County, North Carolina; buried Oak Grove Cemetery
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Elvira "Coot" OSTEEN (Feb 14, 1853 - Jun 25, 1946)
Marriage: Nov 23, 1873
Status:
Children:
1. John Calvin TINSLEY (1874-1964)
2. Sarah Ellen TINSLEY (1876-1966)
3. Percilla Lila TINSLEY (1878-1959)
4. Rebecca Jane TINSLEY (1880- )
5. Louise TINSLEY (1882- )
6. Thomas Waddie TINSLEY (1884-1957)
7. Emma Elizabeth TINSLEY (1888- )
8. Joseph Henry TINSLEY (1889- )
9. William Oliver TINSLEY (1891- )
10. Abraham Elliott TINSLEY (1895- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Elvira "Coot" OSTEEN)
[Eugenia Lindsey Osteen.FTW]
News article taken from the Transylvania Time newspaper; Brevard, NC, 11 March 1976.
Jim Bob Tinsley, Brevard native, who resides in Florida where he is a well known author, has written a history of the Tinsley family which he calls "From Totopotomoy to Transylvania."
Obviously the result of years of research, the work goes back to 1638 when Thomas Tinsley arrived in Virgina and settled on Totopotomoy Creek, then traces the linage on to Transylvania.
Tinsleys' American History Began On Creek In Virginia
The following is the prologue from the book.
PROLOGUE
Thomas Tinsley, the first of the name in America, arrived in the Virginia Colony in 1638. He received a land grant totaling 300 acres on what became Totopotomoy Creek, on the west side of the Chickahominy River in James City County. Thomas Tinsley married Elizabeth Randolph. His Tidewater plantation, in what is now Hanover County, Virginia, was called "Totomoi," and is still owned by descendants.
Eight direct male descendants of Thomas Tinsley moved to the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War period and settled in what became Abbeville County. Some took part in the Revolutionary War period and settled in what became Abbeville County. Some took part in the Revolution filing pension claims in both Virginia and South Carolina.
James Tinsley, one of the Early Abbeville residents purchased large tracts of land in the South Carolina up-country and in the mountains of western Noth Carolina. Deed records show that he bought land in 1827 in what is now Transylvania County, North Carolina. His will, dated 1844, mentions that he owned 300 acres on Reasonover's Creek, James Tinsley had twelve children by his first wife Sarah Vernon and ten children by his second wife Elizabeth Bracken.
Richard Tinsley, son of James Tinsley and Sarah Vernon, was the first Tinsley to live in Transylvania. He migrated to the Cathey's Creek section prior to 1826, because census records show that his first son was born in North Carolina in that year. Richard Tinsley married Elizabeth Hefner and was a bookmaker by trade. Three of his sons, George Tinsley, Samuel Tinsley, and Frank Tinsley raised large families in Transylvania.
George Tinsley and Samuel Tinsley both served in the Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment during the Civil War along with other Transylvanian.
George Tinsley and the former Malinda Lamance were the parents of Jeff Tinsley, Columbus (Lum) Tinsley, Mary Wilson and "Aunt Emma" Fenwick. Jeff was a blacksmith and a woodworker in the town of Brevard and Lum dealt with livestock. The family lived on the headwaters of Long Branch, now known as Tinsley Creek.
The only member of the Jeff Tinsley family to remain in Transylvania was Brance Tinsley. He married Sally Bryson, daughter of Joseph A. Bryson and "Camey" Duckworth. They had three sons, Van Tinsley, Joe Tinsley, and Jim Bob Tinsley. Their only grandson, Lt. Col. William T. Tinsley, son of Van Tinsley, was born in Transylvania.
Descendants in Transylvania of Lum Tinsley and his wife, the former Celina Walters of Macon, Georgia, included Clarence Tinsley well-known stockman, and a grandson, Volney Loalia (Kid) Tinsley, son of Elzie Tinsley.
The only member of the Samuel Tinsley family to stay in the county was the beloved centenarian Mary Tinsley Hamlin. Although "Aunt Mary" always maintained that she was two years younger than she really was, U. S. Census records and the Bible of her father both show that she was born in 1857. She died in 1966 at the age of 109.
Two sons Frank Tinsley, Pierce Tinsley and Alfred Tinsley, remained in Transylvania and raised large families.
Another branch of the James Tinsley family figured in the settlement of Transylvania. His third son, Alanson Tinsley, died at an early age in 1838, in South Carolina, leaving eight children. One of these, William Tinsley, moved to Flat Rock, North Carolina, in 1855. Two sons of his, Alanson Tinsley, and Joseph Tinsley, moved to Transylvania in the early 1870's. Alanson settled in what is now known as the Tinsley Fields, just above Lookinglass Falls in Pisgah National Forest. A part of his family eventually moved to Lewis County, Washington.
Joseph Tinsley married Mary Osteen, daughter of Transylvania pioneer Luke Osteen, and lived on the headwaters of Davidson River. They left a large progeny including John Tinsley, Ellen Justus, Lila English, Rebecca Johnson, Lou Scruggs, Waddie Tinsley, Emma Owens, Joe H. Tinsley, Oliver Tinsley, and Elliott Tinsley.
One other son of James Tinsley moved to Transylvania County for a brief time during its early years. J.S. Tinsley lived in the Gloucester section during the Civil War but moved before 1870 to Sevier County, Tennessee.
[Eugenia Lindsey.FTW]
News article taken from the Transylvania Time newspaper; Brevard, NC, 11 March 1976.
Jim Bob Tinsley, Brevard native, who resides in Florida where he is a well known author, has written a history of the Tinsley family which he calls "From Totopotomoy to Transylvania."
Obviously the result of years of research, the work goes back to 1638 when Thomas Tinsley arrived in Virgina and settled on Totopotomoy Creek, then traces the linage on to Transylvania.
Tinsleys' American History Began On Creek In Virginia
The following is the prologue from the book.
PROLOGUE
Thomas Tinsley, the first of the name in America, arrived in the Virginia Colony in 1638. He received a land grant totaling 300 acres on what became Totopotomoy Creek, on the west side of the Chickahominy River in James City County. Thomas Tinsley married Elizabeth Randolph. His Tidewater plantation, in what is now Hanover County, Virginia, was called "Totomoi," and is still owned by descendants.
Eight direct male descendants of Thomas Tinsley moved to the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War period and settled in what became Abbeville County. Some took part in the Revolutionary War period and settled in what became Abbeville County. Some took part in the Revolution filing pension claims in both Virginia and South Carolina.
James Tinsley, one of the Early Abbeville residents purchased large tracts of land in the South Carolina up-country and in the mountains of western Noth Carolina. Deed records show that he bought land in 1827 in what is now Transylvania County, North Carolina. His will, dated 1844, mentions that he owned 300 acres on Reasonover's Creek, James Tinsley had twelve children by his first wife Sarah Vernon and ten children by his second wife Elizabeth Bracken.
Richard Tinsley, son of James Tinsley and Sarah Vernon, was the first Tinsley to live in Transylvania. He migrated to the Cathey's Creek section prior to 1826, because census records show that his first son was born in North Carolina in that year. Richard Tinsley married Elizabeth Hefner and was a bookmaker by trade. Three of his sons, George Tinsley, Samuel Tinsley, and Frank Tinsley raised large families in Transylvania.
George Tinsley and Samuel Tinsley both served in the Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment during the Civil War along with other Transylvanian.
George Tinsley and the former Malinda Lamance were the parents of Jeff Tinsley, Columbus (Lum) Tinsley, Mary Wilson and "Aunt Emma" Fenwick. Jeff was a blacksmith and a woodworker in the town of Brevard and Lum dealt with livestock. The family lived on the headwaters of Long Branch, now known as Tinsley Creek.
The only member of the Jeff Tinsley family to remain in Transylvania was Brance Tinsley. He married Sally Bryson, daughter of Joseph A. Bryson and "Camey" Duckworth. They had three sons, Van Tinsley, Joe Tinsley, and Jim Bob Tinsley. Their only grandson, Lt. Col. William T. Tinsley, son of Van Tinsley, was born in Transylvania.
Descendants in Transylvania of Lum Tinsley and his wife, the former Celina Walters of Macon, Georgia, included Clarence Tinsley well-known stockman, and a grandson, Volney Loalia (Kid) Tinsley, son of Elzie Tinsley.
The only member of the Samuel Tinsley family to stay in the county was the beloved centenarian Mary Tinsley Hamlin. Although "Aunt Mary" always maintained that she was two years younger than she really was, U. S. Census records and the Bible of her father both show that she was born in 1857. She died in 1966 at the age of 109.
Two sons Frank Tinsley, Pierce Tinsley and Alfred Tinsley, remained in Transylvania and raised large families.
Another branch of the James Tinsley family figured in the settlement of Transylvania. His third son, Alanson Tinsley, died at an early age in 1838, in South Carolina, leaving eight children. One of these, William Tinsley, moved to Flat Rock, North Carolina, in 1855. Two sons of his, Alanson Tinsley, and Joseph Tinsley, moved to Transylvania in the early 1870's. Alanson settled in what is now known as the Tinsley Fields, just above Lookinglass Falls in Pisgah National Forest. A part of his family eventually moved to Lewis County, Washington.
Joseph Tinsley married Mary Osteen, daughter of Transylvania pioneer Luke Osteen, and lived on the headwaters of Davidson River. They left a large progeny including John Tinsley, Ellen Justus, Lila English, Rebecca Johnson, Lou Scruggs, Waddie Tinsley, Emma Owens, Joe H. Tinsley, Oliver Tinsley, and Elliott Tinsley.
One other son of James Tinsley moved to Transylvania County for a brief time during its early years. J.S. Tinsley lived in the Gloucester section during the Civil War but moved before 1870 to Sevier County, Tennessee.