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Hedied in 1795. leaving at least three chi ldren. William. Elizabeth and Sarah. \Villiam lived in the same neighborhood on an estate called Whiteball. He died in 1824. Hi s wife's name was Elizabeth. and his children were John. \Villiam, Elizabeth, the wife of Peter \Vhite, Catharine , the wife of James Minor , Samuel W., Ann, the wife of Thomas Staples, Edmund , Robert and James. Samuel was a physician, and. practised in the vicinity of Earlys\'iIle, and afterwanis near Scottsv ille. H e married Sarah, daughter of George Gilmer, and his children were Elizabeth, the wi fe of J. Schuyler Moon, Jane. G eorge , Junius , Samuel, Martha, Charles, Lucy and Catharine. James married Sara h, daughter of Dabney Minor, and his children were \Villiam D., Jam es E., and Eliza, the wife of Johu L. Coleman. William D. and James E . were for many years well known commissi on merchants in Richmond. James E. married Frances, daughter of John H. Coleman. TOOL I路;V.
In 1741 Jam es Tooley obtained a patent for four hundred a cre s on T otier Creek, and two years later John took out one for two hundred a nd fi fty in the sa me vicinity. They were most probably brothers. John died ill 1750. and James in 17 81. The name of Jam es's wife was Judith, ana hi s child ren were J ohn, J ames, Sarah, the wife of Edmund New, Ann , the wi fe of John Martin, Charles, William , Arthur, Eli zabeth, Ma ry, the wife of John Gilliam, and Judith , the wife of Archelaus Gilliam. William died about 1830. His children were Mary, \Villiam, John , Charles, Nancy, Eliza路 beth, th e wife of Jam es Gentry, and Arthur. In 1815 John, the son of William, married Mary Gilmore, and hi s children were James and Jo s hua. The most of this family seem to have removed t o l\'Ionroe County, Kentucky. Totier was so meti mes ca lled Tooley's Creek, and it is so designated on some of the maps of Virginia. At the beginning of the century, an e mine nce all the o ld Iri s h Road, where it was intersected by a road from Cocke's Mill, went by the name of Tooley's H ill.