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- The Beginning: In so far as is known teh name "Coy" is an oldenglishsurname and is of Scotch ancestory. In tracing the old recordsit isfound that many variant spellings have been used creating a greatdeal ofconfusion. However, the name "COY", as presently spelled, isfound in theLincolnshire area of England and in Wales. It is beleivedthat thisfamily of "COYS" migrated to America from Wales. The earlies known member of the Coy line included in this familyhistoryis John Coy, Sr. The Revolutionary War Records place John Coy,Sr. andJohnCoy, Jr. in Washington County Maryland the March 16, 1778.In thePatriots' Oaths of Fidelity and Support, in 1778, underworshipful SamuelBarrits' Returns,John Coy, Sr. was listed as No. 83and John Coy, Jr. asNo. 97. John Coy, Sr.and members of his family moved westward from Maryland,bythe way of the Wilderness Road, down the Appalachian ValleythroughVirginia to Cumberland Gap, then northwest to Harrodsburg toBardston,Kentucky. The first permanent settlement in Kentucky was established on the siteofpresent day Harrodsburg in 1774.In 1776 settlers from Virginia,throughthe Virginia Legislature created the area in Kentucky as acounty inVirginia. As early as 1784 Kentuckians to consider theestablishment ofKentuckyas an independant state. In the spring of 1792delegates met inDanville to frame a state constitution and on June 1,1792 Kentucky wasadmitted to the Union. In 1781 Virginia passed a law for the releif of certain persons livingonthe Western Frontier who had been made poor by themove to Kentucky.Arecord in Jefferson County, Virginia, dated December 3, 1781,declaredJohn Coy was entitled to 400 acres of land. The land was alongtheRollingFork of the Salt River near where the town of Lyons Stationis nowlocated. John Coy is named as being granted 400 acres on the south side oftheRolling Fork in the Original Survey Grant No. 1026 dated January19,1786. The survey stated the land was granted by the county courtiJefferson County, Commonwealth of Kentucky. Originally this areaofKentucky was a part of Jefferson County, Virginia and at a laterdate,after Kentucky became a state, Nelson County was formed. In thebeginningNelson County included the land on both sides ofthe RollingFork butlater the land on the south side of the Rolling Fork becameHardin countyand later part of Hardin County formed LaRue County. Near John Coy's land was the Original Survey Grant No. 903, made outtoJohn Davis, dated December 28, 1782, was land along the RollingFork,River. Later John and Comfort Coy, John Coy, Sr. son Johnanddaughter-in-law Comfort, pruchased 400 acres near the Plantationsof JOhnand John Davis. The land of Mark Marshall waslocated adjacentto JohnCoy and John Davis. In 1785, John Coy, Sr., John Coy, Jr. were found on teh listsofTithables in Nelson county, Kentucky. A son, Daniel Coy, was on thesamelist under the name of John Coy, Sr.
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1731 - 1793 (62 years)
