Wife of James Coley and daughter of George Needham Whitley and Rebecca Louisa Cagle.

Mary Polly Whitley; wIfe of James Coley
Born August 8, 1812, Died 1891 Stanly County, North Carolina
Mary Polly Whitley's father was George Needham Whitley, born December 28, 1787, Montgomery County; North Carolina died in Cherokee County, Georgia, on June 23, 1858. George Whitley was married to Rebecca Louisa Cagle, born April 5, 1791, Moore County, North Carolina Died June 15, 1873, Stanly County, North Carolina.
George Whitley was a signer for the formation of Stanly County, NC, in 1838. The 1838 petition of inhabitants seeking to divide Montgomery County, North Carolina, into Stanly County, North Carolina.

As found in the North Carolina State General Assembly Session Record November 1838 - January 1839
George left Rebecca and his 14 children in North Carolina and moved to Cherokee Co., Georgia, about 1842 with Mary Harvell Owen. This date was established by divorce records in Stanley Co., NC. and US census records in Cherokee Co., Georgia. George Whitley's father, George Whitley II, was a Baptist minister. He and his father, George Whitley I, were Patriots in the American Revolution and recognized by the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Likewise, Rebecca Louisa Cagle Whitley's father, George Cagle, was also a patriot in the American Revolution and recognized by the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

WHITLEY, GEORGE / DAR Ancestor #: A205150
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: ANTE 1736 Death: POST-1790 MONTGOMERY CO - LIV NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: PRUITT, ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRIES, ANSON CO, NC 1778-1795, P 65 Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, ANSON CO, 1779

CAGLE, GEORGE / DAR Ancestor #: A207347 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: ANTE 1745 Death: 11-6-1825 MONTGOMERY CO-BUR NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS VOL V, PART IV, P 4 Service Description: 1) PAID FOR SERVICES RENDERED