Joseph Torreyson was born in 1800. Joseph Torreyson married Mary Duncan in Wheeling, West Virginia. [1]
1830 Joseph Tarrison lived in Brooke County, Virginia. [2]
1832 Joseph Torreyson of Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia purchased part of lot 155 from the Pennington family on April 9. [3]
1832 Joseph Torreyson and wife Isabella of Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia were indebted and mortgaged part of lot 155 on April 9. [4]
1835 Joseph Torreyson and wife Isabella of Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia sold part of lot 155 to William Ray on April 30. [5]
1835 Isabella Torreyson relinquished her right of administration of the estate of Joseph Torreyson deceased at the Brooke County, Virginia court on October 6. [6]
1836 The estate of Joseph Torreyson was settled on July 25. [7]
1838 The inventory of the estate of Joseph Torreyson was recorded in the May term of probate court in Brooke County, Virginia. [8]
1850 William D Torreyson (age 28, born in Virginia) lived in District 4, Brooke County, Virginia, in a household with George Carmichael (30), Nancy Carmichael (22), James Carmichael (10), Catharin Carmichael (8), Mary Carmichael (6), Mary Carmichael (4), Nancy Carmichael (3), Solomon Keith (77), Abbert Carmichael (1), Statira Torreyson (22), Porcilla Brown (28), Louisa Tonyson (15), Isabella Tonyson (41), David Nichol (20), George Jonts (22), and Pluning Coxen (17). William D Torreyson was a blacksmith. [9]
1894 William D. Torreyson, spouse of Statira Catherine Torreyson, died on December 6 in Carson City, Nevada. He was born in 1822 in Bath County, Virginia. [10]
Research Notes:
Was Mary Dawson also known as Isabella, or was Isabella a second wife of Joseph Torreyson? Isabella Torreyson was listed with son William in the 1850 census record.
[1] The Torrey Families in America, [AncestryImage].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Brooke. Deed Books 1826–1833, image 565, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] Brooke. Deed Books 1826–1833, image 566, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Brooke. Deed Books 1833–1835, image 404, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] Brooke. Court Records 1831–1844, 1810–1829, 1860–1871, 1829–1831, 1844–1860, image 191, [FamilySearchImage].
[7] Brooke. Probate Records 1823–1848, image 357, [FamilySearchImage].
[8] Brooke. Probate Records 1823–1848, image 358, [FamilySearchImage].
[9] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].