Donna, Wilford and list members: I've worked the morning on something I've come across in regards to Donna's request for information concerning John Thomas Woolsey and also Wilford's reply. Victoria Zora Belle This is what I found the morning that was interesting. John Thomas Woolsey's son William Isaac: Descendants of William Isaac Woolsey 1 William Isaac Woolsey b: April 09, 1857 in Iowa d: March 31, 1897 in Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas . +Rachel Oakley b: August 25, 1857 in St Johns, Auglaise, Ohio d: January 03, 1941 in Collinsville, Grayson, Texas ..... 2 William B Woolsey b: July 19, 1877 in Ohio d: April 11, 1885 ..... 2 Ernest Eugene Wolsey b: March 21, 1879 in Tabor, Fremont, Iowa d: October 24, 1954 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri ......... +Millie May Burnett b: December 15, 1880 in Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas m: January 13, 1901 d: March 19, 1965 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri **. 2 Victoria Zora Belle Woolsey b: November 23, 1883 in Ohio d: October 15, 1928 ......... +William Hicks d: Unknown ..... 2 Minor J Woolsey b: September 16, 1888 in Ohio d: September 27, 1969 in Collinsville, Texas Then the following Descendants of Aaron T Woolsey son of George and Jane Hall Woolsey 1 Aaron T Woolsey b: 1819 in Kentucky d: Unknown in Pulaski County, Kentucky . +Catherine Elizabeth Copenhaver b: Abt 1830 m: January 15, 1845 d: Unknown ..... 2 Thomas Woolsey d: Unknown ......... +Sally Barnes m: Abt April 04, 1812 in Pulask County, Kentucky d: Unknown ..... 2 Mary C Woolsey d: Unknown ..... 2 Enoch Woolsey d: Unknown *2nd Wife of Aaron T Woolsey: . +Ersulah Jane Gilliland b: 1833 in Pulaski County, Kentucky m: September 14, 1859 in Wayne County, Kentucky d: 1898 in Pulaski County, Kentucky **... 2 Victoria Woolsey b: May 30, 1865 in Pulaski County, Kentucky d: August 16, 1900 in Pulaski County, Kentucky ......... +Oscar R Hubble b: March 1867 in Pulaski County, Kentucky m: January 09, 1889 in Pulaski County, Kentucky d: Unknown **..... 2 Bellzora Woolsey b: 1867 in Pulaski County, Kentucky d: Unknown ......... +William Wallace b: 1869 in Pulaski County, Kentucky m: May 08, 1894 in Pulaski County, Kentucky ..... 2 Agnes Elizabeth Woolsey b: April 21, 1871 in Pulaski County, Kentucky d: February 27, 1944 in Pulaski County, Kentucky ......... +Doc Bobbitt b: March 13, 1872 in Dabney, Pulaski, Kentucky m: October 09, 1895 in Pulaski County, Kentucky d: August 05, 1966 in Somerset, Kentucky ..... 2 Eleanora Woolsey d: Unknown ......... +John Rainey d: Unknown I know that this is a long shot but George and Jane had children and grandchildren that went through Ohio, across Iowa and on to California - so it's worth looking for a possible connection. Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson E-mail: carolynw46@juno.com Home Website: http://homestead.juno.com/carolynw46/ Rootsweb Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bagel On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:11:03 -0600 "Marcia Whitaker" <mwdiet@home.com> writes: > To Chuck Taylor, Donna Briggs & other interested researchers: > > I have been aware of John Thomas Woolsey for some time -I have been > unable to fit him into any of the Tennessee Woolsey families. > > After re-reading your recent post, I have decided to look closely at > the Ohio Woolseys, which I have not checked for John Thomas > Woolsey. > > It will take me some time to do this, so I will get back to the > Woolsey list with what I find. I do have the following, which > please notice one census says he was born in Tenn, and another > census says Ohio. I am inclined to believe the Ohio birthplace is > more correct. > !RESEARCH: FHL Automated Resources Center. Auglaize County, Ohio. > John T. Wolsey md Sarah Ann Constant 18 Jun 1848. > > !ON-LINE: Woolsey-L@rootsweb.com sent by Carolyn Wilkerson 9 Aug > 1999 of data that had been sent to her by Kay Craft, 5889 Irish Pat > Murphy Drive, Parker, Colo., 80134. Descendants of John Thomas > Woolsey (as listed on this family group sheet.) > > !ON-LINE: Woolsey-L@rootsweb.com sent by Carolyn Wilkerson > (<honey@texasol.com> from <Drsanddms@aol.com> 21 Jan 2000. "Good > morning. I have read the Woolsey names listed by Steve Alsip....some > are very familiar. My husband's mother was born Woolsey. I have been > trying to find the parents of John Thomas Woolsey b 1823 d 1891 md > to Sarah Ann Constant in Auglaize Co, OHio in 1848. Children born to > them were Isaac (William), Emaline, Amanda (Ella), George, John, > Charles and Minnie Revina. The son John Wesley md Nellie Mae Smith > and had children named Roy, John, Clara, Forrest and Stella > Beatrice. Stella Betrice md Ernest Shook Stover and they had > Virginia, Ernest Eugene, Victor, Delmar and David. David is my > husband. Lots of names listed here .... I am at a los in finding the > parents of John Thomas Woolsey b 1823. Any help would be > appreciated. Email address is <Drsanddms@aol.com> Thank You." > > !0N-LINE: IBID sent by Kerry Fleming - for Delores Stover - 23 Feb > 2000. > > !HIST: History of Fremont County, Iowa. Iowa Hist. Society. 1983. > 977.777 H2h. p. 610. The Church of Christ was organized on the > third Sun in Sep 1863. J. T. Woolsey was an original member. > > !CHURCH: EARLY MEMBERS of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of > Latter-day Saints. Susan Easton Black. BYU. 1993. FHL# 973 K2bs. > Vol. VI:366. "Buried Leek's Cemetery, Fremont Co., Iowa. John T. > Wolsey was bapt a member of RLDS in 1872. He resided at Fremont Co, > IA for 26 years. He was Presiding Priest of the Plum Creek Iowa > branch at the time of his death from heart disease. Source: Saints > Herald Obituaries 1891, p. 367. Plum Creek, Iowa. RLDS records. > > p. 393. Woolsey, Isabella b 5 Oct 1824 Sumner Co., Tennessee. Early > RLDS Minutes 1772-1905. Book G. > > Woolsey, Noah E. b 14 Nov 1841 Greenville, Greene, TN. " " " " " > > !CENSUS: 1860 census - Ross Twp. - Fremont Co., Iowa. FHL# 803321 - > p. 850. 124-104. 6 June > > John T. Wolsey 37 m Farmer $800 $250 Tenn. > > Sarah A. 30 f Ohio > > Isaac W. 8 m " > > Emiline 3 f Iowa > > Amanda 2/12 (April) " > > !CENSUS: 1870 Census - Hamburg P. O., Hamburg Twp, Fremont Co., > Iowa. FHL# 545891 p. 513. > > 161-161. Woolsey, John 47 m Farmer $3500 $1850 OH > > Sarah 44 f kh TN > > Isaac 18 m ah OH > > Emilene 13 f " OH > > Amanda 10 f " Iowa > > George 7 m " " > > John 4 m " " > > Charles 1 m " " > > I find it interesting that John T. Woolsey family in Iowa were > members of the RLDS church. > > Sincerely, > > Wilford W. Whitaker > > >

1. Rebecca Hedges, m. Samuel McCray, 1795, Bourbon County, KY ....2. Sarah McCray, b. 1798, m. Abner Peyton, 1835, ................Bourbon County, KY ........3. Rebecca Peyton, m. Edward Nelson, 1847 ............4. Sarah Belle Nelson, m George Wood Woolsey, 1870 ................5. Richard Woolsey, m. Ellen Gossage ................5. Hester Woolsey, m. Grant L. Brewer, 1897 ....................6. Gladys Brewer, m. Harold Ferguson Lindley ....................6. Gene Brewer ....2. John McCray, b. 1800 ....2. Mary (Polly) McCray, b. 1802 ....2. Levi McCray, b. 1804 ....2. Jemima McCray, b. 1806 ....2. Henry McCray, b. 1808 ....2. James McCray, b. 1810, m. Susan Judy, 1849, Clark County, KY ........3. William Stewart McCray, m. Arrabell Robertson, ...................1879, Bath Co., KY) ............4. John ThomasMcCray, m. Bertie Prescott Davis, .......................1904, Clark Co. KY ................5. William Roy McCray, Sr., m. Ethel Marie Yount, ............................1939, Fayette Co, KY ....................6. William Roy McCray, Jr. (me) ....2. Fleming McCray, b. 1812 ....2. Fanny McCray, b. 1814 ....2. William McCray, b. 1818 I am at level 6 under "2. James McCray", so I have lots of info on him and his descendants. I'm trying to make contact with anyone having info on any of his siblings and their families. Bill McCray Lexington, KY

To Chuck Taylor, Donna Briggs & other interested researchers: I have been aware of John Thomas Woolsey for some time -I have been unable to fit him into any of the Tennessee Woolsey families. After re-reading your recent post, I have decided to look closely at the Ohio Woolseys, which I have not checked for John Thomas Woolsey. It will take me some time to do this, so I will get back to the Woolsey list with what I find. I do have the following, which please notice one census says he was born in Tenn, and another census says Ohio. I am inclined to believe the Ohio birthplace is more correct. !RESEARCH: FHL Automated Resources Center. Auglaize County, Ohio. John T. Wolsey md Sarah Ann Constant 18 Jun 1848. !ON-LINE: Woolsey-L@rootsweb.com sent by Carolyn Wilkerson 9 Aug 1999 of data that had been sent to her by Kay Craft, 5889 Irish Pat Murphy Drive, Parker, Colo., 80134. Descendants of John Thomas Woolsey (as listed on this family group sheet.) !ON-LINE: Woolsey-L@rootsweb.com sent by Carolyn Wilkerson (<honey@texasol.com> from <Drsanddms@aol.com> 21 Jan 2000. "Good morning. I have read the Woolsey names listed by Steve Alsip....some are very familiar. My husband's mother was born Woolsey. I have been trying to find the parents of John Thomas Woolsey b 1823 d 1891 md to Sarah Ann Constant in Auglaize Co, OHio in 1848. Children born to them were Isaac (William), Emaline, Amanda (Ella), George, John, Charles and Minnie Revina. The son John Wesley md Nellie Mae Smith and had children named Roy, John, Clara, Forrest and Stella Beatrice. Stella Betrice md Ernest Shook Stover and they had Virginia, Ernest Eugene, Victor, Delmar and David. David is my husband. Lots of names listed here .... I am at a los in finding the parents of John Thomas Woolsey b 1823. Any help would be appreciated. Email address is <Drsanddms@aol.com> Thank You." !0N-LINE: IBID sent by Kerry Fleming - for Delores Stover - 23 Feb 2000. !HIST: History of Fremont County, Iowa. Iowa Hist. Society. 1983. 977.777 H2h. p. 610. The Church of Christ was organized on the third Sun in Sep 1863. J. T. Woolsey was an original member. !CHURCH: EARLY MEMBERS of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Susan Easton Black. BYU. 1993. FHL# 973 K2bs. Vol. VI:366. "Buried Leek's Cemetery, Fremont Co., Iowa. John T. Wolsey was bapt a member of RLDS in 1872. He resided at Fremont Co, IA for 26 years. He was Presiding Priest of the Plum Creek Iowa branch at the time of his death from heart disease. Source: Saints Herald Obituaries 1891, p. 367. Plum Creek, Iowa. RLDS records. p. 393. Woolsey, Isabella b 5 Oct 1824 Sumner Co., Tennessee. Early RLDS Minutes 1772-1905. Book G. Woolsey, Noah E. b 14 Nov 1841 Greenville, Greene, TN. " " " " " !CENSUS: 1860 census - Ross Twp. - Fremont Co., Iowa. FHL# 803321 - p. 850. 124-104. 6 June John T. Wolsey 37 m Farmer $800 $250 Tenn. Sarah A. 30 f Ohio Isaac W. 8 m " Emiline 3 f Iowa Amanda 2/12 (April) " !CENSUS: 1870 Census - Hamburg P. O., Hamburg Twp, Fremont Co., Iowa. FHL# 545891 p. 513. 161-161. Woolsey, John 47 m Farmer $3500 $1850 OH Sarah 44 f kh TN Isaac 18 m ah OH Emilene 13 f " OH Amanda 10 f " Iowa George 7 m " " John 4 m " " Charles 1 m " " I find it interesting that John T. Woolsey family in Iowa were members of the RLDS church. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

This was sent to me by Donna BRIGGS. Can anyone help her? The names that I'm searching for are William Isaac (Isaac William) Woolsey/Wolsey. Ernest Eugene Wolsey (my grandfather), Victoria Belle "Zora" Woolsey. J Minor Woolsey/Wolsey. I believe that they were all born in Tabor, Fremont Co., Iowa. The grandfathers name was John Thomas Woolsey/Wolsey born in Tennessee? married to Sarah Ann Constant Auglaize Co., Ohio jun 18 1848. children of John Thomas were: William Isaac b Apr 7 1857, Emaline b Mar 9 1858-59, Amanda Elia b Apr 22 1860, George b Mar 20 1863, John Wesley b Nov 1865, Charles T b 1869, Minnie Revina b Feb 8 1873. That's all I've got. Hope is jogs someones memory Thanks, Chuck Taylor Austin, TX

Good morning List Members, Am forwarding the following I received from the Roane County, TN, list. Thought you might enjoy the information as much as I did. For those who are interested in learning more about the Wagon Train Migration. http://www.rootsweb.com/~orbenton/ Wagon Train data: http://www.peak.org/~mransom/pioneers.html http://www.peak.org/~mransom/a2m.html http://www.over-land.com/trore.html Hudson Bay Company: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/index.html Tracing Mormon Pioneers http://www.vii.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm#top Other related sites: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/west.html http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/west.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumntenn.htm WPA Histories: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpastate.html Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson

Here's something that could help us all... my Hubs showed this to me and it is very cool... it allows you to share an application...like a genealogy program... without the other person having it on their computer. (they can also take control of your program if you wish but you should trust them first!) During this you can talk to them with the microphone . it is called netmeeting. to get net meeting you go to searc.com, type "netmeeting" into the search frame at the bottom of the page. scroll through until you find "microsoft netmeeting" download and install it. then after you are connected to the internet you start this program. you find out your IP number (use the start button at the bottom left then run winipcfg and it will give you that number. It will be different each time you are on the net.) You find out the other person's IP number and you can connect up and actually talk about your genealogy by showing your program to the other person while you verbally (or chat dialogue box) talk. photos and everything show up. will be great for trying to figure out connections. Kerry Fleming

Good Day to all WOOLSEY Researchers: Name here is HOLLIS DON WOOLSEY. It has been several months scenes I posted a note on the list. That post listed the family of William A. and Caroline WOOLSEY of Jackson Co. Ill. 1840 to 1869. I made my first post around the first of this year, looking for info on my great grand parents, John Johnson WOOLSEY and wife Armildia. At that time, Whit graciously did a search in Ill. for any matches for a John. He found none, but very quietly suggested that I look at the above William A. family. Now I do not know if Whit knew something special or just wanted to teach me to play this game of "find the lost stick "(branch)! At any rate, I got into the game pretty well and did a fair job of researching them. I will not repeat that listing now, but would like to add to it. I lost trace of the William A./ Caroline Woolsey family in Ill. at 1869 and with no John there. I have not yet been able to do a line by line search of the 1860 Census in Ill, but could not find anything on the Web for that one. 1870 Census Lynn Twp Cedar Co. Mo. Page 49 #354-354 WOOLSEY Richard 25 m Day Labor Ill b: abt 1844/45 Mary 30 f Tn b: abt 1840 Albert 3 m Ill b: abt 1867 William A 6/12 m Mo b: abt 1870 Note: This would show a movement from Ill. to Mo. between 1867 and the first of 1870. Page 50 # 369-369 WOOLSEY William A. 21 m Farmer Ill b: abt 1849 Sarah 22 f Ky b: abt 1848 CAROLINE 50 f Tn b: abt 1818/20 JOHN 16 m Ill b: abt 1853/54 VOUGHT Edward 8 m Ill b: abt 1862 Note: William A. SR died around the first of 1865. Caroline would seem to be the Mother and John a brother. The Edward VOUGHT is the son of Caroline's daughter, Sarah VOUGHT, who died in 1868 Jackson Co. Ill. And Sarah's husband Francis Marion VOUGHT died Feb 6 1862 in the Civil War. 1880 Census Denton Co. Tx. ED/100 Page 32 Dist. 3 # 296-296 WOOLSEY Richard S. 36 m Ill Tn Tn b: abt 1844 Mary A. 37 f Tn Nc Nc b: abt 1843 Albert C. 13 m Ill Ill Tn b: abt 1867 With a Health Note Charles 8 m Mo Ill Tn b: abt 1872 Etta C. 7 f Mo Ill Tn b: abt 1873 1890 Vet's Census Denton Co. Tx ED/56 WOOLSEY Richard Pvt Co.H 27th Ill Inf En: Aug 10 1861 Dis: May 101865 Length of Service 2 yrs 8 Months This last entry about Richard is the key that ties the above WOOLSEY family to the one in Jackson Co. Ill. But, the Names, Ages, State of births, and other relative Names are EXACT. Now, to my John Johnson WOOLSEY. Born: March 6 1853 Ill. Married: Sept 8 1873 Lynn Twp Cedar Co. Mo. To: Armildia RUTH 1874 to 1880 Two Sons born Cedar Co. Mo. and maybe a third that died at birth and we cannot get the correct date 1877 or1887. 1883 to 1894 Five or six children born Denton Co. Tx. 1900 Census Comanche Co. Tx. 1910 Census Comanche Co. Tx. 1912 John Johnson WOOLSEY died Comanche Co. Tx. Note: In each location; Lynn, Cedar Co. Mo. Denton Co. Tx, and Comanche Co. Tx. I also find Armildia's family RUTHs. If I were playing poker, here is where I would increase the money in the pot. FOUR names found in the William A. WOOLSEY family from Jackson Co. Ill are repeated in my John J WOOLSEY family. William, Milton, Caroline, and Lockey. This last name Lockey is very unusual and I do not see it but three times in any of my searches anywhere. The other time I see Lockey is in the family that might be Caroline's parents. That is another story to be worked out. OK group, here is where each of you can put your 2 cents into the $ 64 million question. Is the JOHN in the Mo. family my JOHN? Would like to receive as many thoughts on this as possible, and what more would it take to solidify the connection? Thanks for putting up with such a long post. Hollis D Woolsey

To any interested Woolsey researcher: I have been having trouble with our e-mail server so we decided to change e-mail and internet provider services and go with the faster cable net. My new e-mail address is: mwdiet@home.com My home address and telephone number remain the same Wilford W. Whitaker 6094 Glenoaks Murray, Utah 84107-7661 801 263 0432 Please re-post if after today, Thursday, 27 Jul 2000. Ginny, I got your last post. Thank you all for your help and interest. Thank you for your patience. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To interested Woolsey researchers: In some of my very earliest postings, I referenced the baptisms of the children of our Immigrant Ancestors George Woolsey and Rebecca Cornell and suggested that there were at least two congregations in New Amsterdam, the Dutch Reformed and the English Protestant, probably the Congregationists. Later on, the English Episcopal Church struggled to get a foot hold and it was in the Jamaica area that the first Churches were started. I have been researching the early ministers of that area and am particularly interested in the Rev. Poyer because he preached the sermon at the funeral of Rebecca Cornell Woolsey. Some of his sermons have been preserved and I am attempting to locate them, but so far without success. Following is my incomplete research on the early Ministers of Long Island. There was an on-going controversy in Jamaica between the traditionalists and the new Episcopalians over the ownership of the Church at Jamaica. George Woolsey, Jr. (son of our Immigrants) was right in the middle of it and his son the Reverend Benjamin Woolsey (I wonder if this man was the one the early researchers mistakenly ascribed as Rev Benj Woolsey, supposedly the father of our Immigrant Ancestor, which is not correct.)was also involved, through his wife, the daughter of Abigail Taylor, widow of the Rev. Urquart. And speaking of George Woolsey Jr, I ordered a microfilm of an account book of his in which he kept accounts of a "general" store in Jamaica before 1700. Very interesting but not much family data. And now the MINISTERS OF LONG ISLAND: MINISTERS OF LONG ISLAND 1657 17 July Mr. Robbert fordim 1657 25 July Mr. dentons ministrie 1676 19 June Certificate from Jemaica to treat with Mr. John Prudden to be their minister 1678 24 June Rev. Mr. John Prudden "... minister of Jemaica in Queens County..." 1681 Rev. Mr. Hubbart in 1686 said he had been there "allmost five years since..." 1683 26 Apr Mr. Jeremiah hubbart [Hubbard] of Jamaica 1686 9 Dec Peticon of the Rev. Mr. Hubbart to Gov. Col. Thomas Dongan 1688 "Humble Petition of John prudden quondam minister of Jemaica in Queens" 1691 3 July Revd Mr HubbardŽs Petition to Col Henry Sloughter, Gov. (to be paid) 1693/4 1 Jan John Oweke, Richard Oldfield, Samuel Denton & Daniell Smith shall gather the sumes promised to the minister and pay 1/4 each. 1702 Rev. Patrick Gordon came to the Church at Jamaica from England, but died before he could be inducted. . . Letters of the Clergy relating to Rev. Thos Poyer and the Church at Jamaica 1704 Mr. Vesey, minister of this place . . . 1704 15 Apr. Revd. Ja: Honyman - for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. . 1704 4 July Rev Mr. John Hubbard - ordered to vacate the Parsonage House. 1704 4 July Mr. William Urquhart to receive Parsonage 1704 28 Aug Reverend Mr. Urquahart (to be paid) 1704 Memorial of the Inhabitants of Jamaica 1705 4 July Will: Urquhart Minr Jamaica to the Society for Propagating the Gospel 1705 4 July John Thomas Minr Hamstead to the Society for Propagating the Gospel 1705/6 4 Jan Revd Mr. GoodhueŽsCommission as Presbyterian Minister of Jamaica,L.I. 1707 1 Dec Revd Mr. Bartow to the Secretary of the Society - Riot prevails - 1709 30 Oct Revd Mr. Bartow, on the death of Revd Brother Mr. Urquhart of Jamaica. 1709 24 Nov Reverend Brethern Mr. Muirson and Mr. Urquhart - present difficulties 1709 Aug Rev. Mr. Urquhart died - 1710 11 Apr SamŽl Clowes to the President of the Council concerning a riot. 1710 11 Apr Memorial of Clergy to Secretary of Society. 1710 13 Apr Order of Council on SamŽl ClowesŽ representation of a riot on 11 April. To take into his Custody Hugh Carpenter George Woolsey Jonas Wood Richard Olfield Samuel Mills & Jarimiah Smith 1710 19 Apr "A Letter from ye Justice of ye Peace for Queens County." We underwritten Justices of the peace of our Sovereigne Lady the Queen for Queens County . . . have Inquired upon oath into the matter of the Disturbance in the Church of Jamaica & doe find that mr. Justice Read has proceeded therein according to Law & that the record that he has made is a true Representation thereof. Tho: Willet John Marston Jon Jackson Tho: Jones John Tredwell Wi: Cornell SamŽll Moore Tho: Whitehead. 1710 20 Apr " . . . a Record made thereof by Robt Read Esqr etc . . Upon Consideration of this matter The Board is of opinion that the Law being open they ought not to Encourage or Discourage the said Prosecution. 1710 19 May Petition of Geo. Woolsey and others to Honble Coll Gerardus Beekman 1710 23 May In Council. Mr Regnier council for George Woolsey and others Petitioners on the Petition read at this Board the 19th Inst and Mr. Bickley Council for the Queen and the Justices of the Peace of Queens County appearing at this Board and being Severally heard. 1710 5 Oct Revd Mr. Thos. Poyer - Jamaica on Lg Island 5 Oct 1710 - to the Secretary: 1710 27 Oct Suit against the Church Wardens of Jamaica for the Ministers Salary - 1711 3 May` Revd Mr. Poyer to the Secretary of the Society, etc. 1711 13 June B. Robinson and Thos Reynolds to the Secretary of the Society, etc. 1711 Coll. Morris to the Secretary re: problems at Jamaica To be continued: I had extensive footnotes and endnotes, but I guess they didn't get carried over. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To Nancy Kent Thoben and interested Woolsey researchers: One never knows what one will turn up when digging around. I found this interesting story on James Woolsey and thought it may be the brother of my ancestor, Sarah Woolsey. I have since decided that this is James Bradshaw Woolsey and I have a great picture of him. !HIST: The Smithsonian Magazine. January 1998. (ON-LINE: www.smithsonianmag.si.edu) "The Lure of Gold" Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg, et al. "The nugget he had pulled from the mine near Sierraville, (Sierra County), California, weighed a whopping eight pounds, so JAMES WOOLSEY did what came naturally during the gold rush: he had his "likeness" taken to commemorate the event. For three or four dollars, a forty-niner could walk into a daguerreotype studio - located in the tent city that had sprung up in San Francisco, or in one of the portable wagon-studios that plied the mining camps - and have a cased image made to send to loved ones back home. Business was especially brisk when a steam was about to leave for the East. In his advertising broadside, photographer William Shew advised: " ... it is for your advantage to call soon after the steamer leaves, and you will have a much better chance to get good pictures." The picture isn't with the above but is in the Time-Life Series "The West" and its special 49'ers. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

Hi Woolseys, My spouse and I are speaking in Church this Sunday. Our topic is pioneers, so I am looking for a few good pioneer stories to share about our ancestors. Do you have any? Carolyn Gibbons

Hello all, I recieved this mail from a subscriber to another mailing list. Although I can't link up to any of these folks (yet, but who knows?), I thought maybe some of you folks may find the info useful! Kind regards John Woolsey (Sheffield UK). johnwoolsey@lineone.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mommac303@aol.com> To: <johnwoolsey@lineone.net> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 12:43 PM Subject: Woolsey John, I have no problem with you posting my Woolsey's on the Woolsey web site here are a few of my Woolsey I have. I have recieved these from other sources. I have not personally documented them. Thomas Woolsey: Son of Thomas: Benjamin Woolsey Benjamin Woolsey: Son of Benjamin: George Joris Woolsey George Joris Woolsey married Rebecaa Cornell abt. 1667 Son of George and Rebecca: George Woolsey George Woolsey married Hannah Son of George and Hannah: Benjamin Woolsey Benjamin Woolsey married Abigail Taylor Son of Benjamin and Abigail: Melancton Taylor Woolsey Melancthon Taylor Woolsey b. 1714 d. 1758 married Rebecca Lloyd Son of Melancthon and Rebecca: Gen. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey Gen. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey married Alida Livingston Son of Melancthon and Alida: James Lloyd Woolsey b. 1788 in NY USA d. 1870 James Lloyd Woolsey married Roxelane Ackerman Daughter of James and Roxelane: Susan Roxelane Woolsey b. 1836 NY USA d. 1916 Michigan USA Susan Roxelane Woolsey married Greenlief Brown I do have more information from Gen. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey. Thank-you Nancy Carpenter

To all interested Woolsey researchers: I hope this is the last address change for a long time! Thank you for your patience and help. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

Wilford, I can sure understand how you feel. That moving around can be very stressful. <smile> Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson E-mail: carolynw46@juno.com Home Website: http://homestead.juno.com/carolynw46/ Rootsweb Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bagel On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:40:25 GMT <wwwhit@integrity.com> writes: > > To all interested Woolsey researchers: > > I hope this is the last address change for a long time! > > Thank you for your patience and help. > > Sincerely, > > Wilford W. Whitaker > > > Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson E-mail: carolynw46@juno.com Home Website: http://homestead.juno.com/carolynw46/ Rootsweb Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bagel

-----Original Message----- From: gail-h@mindspring.com <gail-h@mindspring.com> To: WOOLSEY-L@rootsweb.com <WOOLSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 8:05 PM >Wilford: >In previous message: one of the Antioch Baptist Church committee members is >W. R. Whitaker. Any connection to you? Also, I think the C. R. Woolsey is >Charles Reagan Woolsey, son of Isaac G. >Gail >

Hi Wilford: This is one of the messages I tried to send you earlier. The Memorium for John Snead identifies the father of Snead's second wife (Nancy Marietta Woolsey) as John C. Snead of Kentucky. Isaac Gray Woolsey baptized Snead several years before he and Nancy were married. If Isaac and John C. Woolsey were brothers(there was also a sister Agnes - this would make 3 of Zephaniah's 4 children), as you have speculated, then Isaac could very well have taken in Nancy and her sister Agnes (named after her aunt?) when the girls were orphaned and introduced Nancy to Snead. Another point of interest: Isaac lived in Locust Grove, Ga approximately 1865 - 1875. Snead and Nancy (according to her grandaughter, my mother) lived there also for a while. Their first child, John Woolsey Snead, was born in Woolsey, Ga 1889. So it would appear Nancy was connected to Isaac, probably his niece. Apparently in Biographical Sketches of Prominent Baptist, which I am trying to locate, Isaac is reported as the youngest of 4 children of Zephaniah and Anna Crouch Woolsey. Would be interested in your thoughts. More to follow. Gail -----Original Message----- From: TrtFisher@aol.com <TrtFisher@aol.com> To: jrbco@erols.com <jrbco@erols.com>; gail-h@mindspring.com <gail-h@mindspring.com> Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 4:12 PM Subject: John (Adams) Snead Info. >Hi Gail and Michael, > >I was doing some research at the Georgia Archives in Atlanta on Saturday and >ran across some information about John (Adams) SNEAD that you might not have >seen before. It comes from the Antioch Baptist Church Minutes. I found two >entries, one recorded in Aug. 1881 at the time he joined the church and one >recorded in Feb 1894 shortly after he had died. I had seen most of the >information from other sources but it does show a different date of birth. >Thought you both might be interested since you are in his line. > > >Ken Snead > > > >"Antioch Baptist Church Minutes 1829-1917 (Fayette County)" (Georgia >Archives; Dwr 10, Box 84; p82; extracted 6/15/2000 by NKS) >February 1894 - In Memoriam. > Brother John Snead was born in North Carolina Feb. 15th, 1837 and died >Nov. 27th, 1893. He entered the confederate service in the 44th Ga. Regiment >Infantry in 1862 and continued in the service of his country till the close >of the war. He was in the battle of seven Pines and in most of the battles >in which his command took part. He was the Representative of the Co. of >Fayette in the lower branch of the Georgia Legislature during the years 1888 >& 1889. > He joined the Baptist Church at Antioch in August 1881* and was baptized >by Dr. I. G. Woolsey who was pastor and was a faithful member till his death. > His first wife was a daughter of William Walls by whom he had four sons two >living, his second wife was a daughter of John C. Woolsey of Kentucky by whom >he had two children a son and a daughter, both small. > Bro. Snead was confined for nearly three months. He bore his afflictions >with Christian fortitude and resignation and died in the triumph of Christian >faith. He was faithful in all the relations of life as husband, father, son, >and Brother and was especially kind to the poor and those who needed help and >will be much missed by them. > The Church at Antioch entered their warmest sympathies to all the bereaved >family. > W. R. Whitaker, W. C. Head, C. R. >Woolsey (Committee) > > *August 1881 Record: Wednesday (Aug 9) came forward John Snead and was >received by reference.

To all interested Woolsey researchers: I went away on a vacation and while I was gone, my internet provider made changes and didn't notify me. If you sent me any messages in the past month or so, please repost them, as I didn't receive any. Also, if you posted to the Woolsey list, and haven't heard from me, that is the reason. Please repost any Woolsey List messages that you think I should have received. I don't have my new address yet, but can be reached here. Thank you. Wilford W. Whitaker

Hi Marjorie: Found this reference to Isaac G. Woolsey while going through my database. I believe the John C. Woolsey mentioned here is the father of my gggrandmother, Nancy Marietta Woolsey who married John Adams Snead (think I sent you his memorium - Antioch Baptist Church, Fayette Co, Woolsey Ga which names John C. Snead as the father of John Snead's second wife, Nancy M. Woolsey). This is the closest I have come in confirming (loosely!) a family connection to Isaac. Nancy had a sister, Agnes. She and the girls were ophaned at some point. The 1870 Clinton Co Kentucky census shows a John C. Woolsey 51, Nancy M. , Agnes, Elizabeth . I speculate John C. Woolsey and Elizabeth(I assume this is another daugher of John C.) probably died before the 1880 census. Also, Nancy M. and John Snead lived in Locust Grove, Ga for a time (as did Isaac). Isaac baptized John Snead in 1881, and Nancy M. and John Snead's son, John C. Woolsey was born in Woolsey, Ga (June 1, 1889). Hope this isn't too overwhelming and I appologize for any repetition of information. Sincerely, Gail -----Original Message----- From: Wilford W. Whitaker <wwwhit@integrityonline3.com> To: gail-h@mindspring.com <gail-h@mindspring.com> Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 9:07 AM Subject: John C. Woolsey >Hi, Gail: > >Thank you for posting your Woolsey data. This is an area in which we need >much more information. Right now, it is mostly speculation, so I'm happy >to work with you on this. > >I have a John C. Woolsey, b abt 1819 who md Nancy Light in 1844 in Roane >Co, Tennessee. He has a sister Agnes Woolsey, b abt 1824 and at least one >brother named Isaac Gray Woolsey. At least I am speculating that they are >brothers and Sisters. > >Isaac Gray Woolsey was b 14 Oct 1828 in Greene Co., Tennessee and died in >Georgia. I don't know if he md or not. > >I haven't checked the census records for Clayton Co., KY so if you have >any, would you please post them to me for Clayton Co. or other areas for >your family. > >If the children were orphans, they may have been children of Isaac Gray >Woolsey, and living with their aunt and uncle, but right now that is all >speculation. > >I don't worry too much about age descrepancies, especially in the KY census. > >By all of us working together, we will be able to sort out these KY, TN and >GA Woolseys. One reason I'm particularly interested in the GA Woolseys is >that there is a King Woolsey who was a noted Indian fighter in Arizona, who >was born in GA. > >I'm looking forward to hearing from you. > >Sincerely, > >Wilford W. Whitaker

Dear Listers, I have just joined and hope that someone will be able to please assist me with my extremely elusive WOOLSEYs. I am particularly looking for information on the parents, grandparents and siblings of my great grandmother Amy Maud PANNELL, born 25 Oct 1888 in St Paul Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. She died in Vereeniging, South Africa on 12 Mar 1962. She emigrated to South Africa as an adult and worked as a nurse, when soon after she married my great grandfather Elijah John Henry TURNER in Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa on abt. 1905. They had 4 children. Amy Maud PANNELL's father was George Ernest PANNELL, born abt. 1851 in Marlybone, Middlesex, and her mother was Harriet WOOLSEY, born abt. 1855, Kent, London. The 1881 census reveals the following about the PANNELL family: Dwelling: 43 Masbro Rd Census Place: Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England Source: FHL Film 1341013 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0059 Folio 7 Page 9 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George PANNELL M 30 M Marylebone, Middlesex, England Rel: Head Occ: Bootmaker Harriett PANNELL M 26 F Kent, England Rel: Wife Albert PANNELL 5 M Nottinghill, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Flora PANNELL 7 F Hammersmith, Middlesex, England Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Amy PANNELL 5 m F Hammersmith, Middlesex, England Rel: Daur THis is all I know about Harriet WOOLSEY, but would greatly appreciate any assistance. Thank you and regards Isaac van Rensburg Also researching: BARNARD, HARMSE, HODGES, LESAR (LEZAR, LEESAAR, LEEZAAR), NAUDE, NEL, PANELL, RUTHVEN, SCHUTTE, SERFONTEIN, STRYDOM, TURNER, VAN ECK, VAN RENSBURG, JANSE(N) VAN RENSBURG, WINTERBACH, WOOLSEY.

Good morning all, If you do not have A Barrel of Genealogy Links in your favorites you may be missing something: http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html While browsing through some of John's links I found "The History Place - The Past into the Future". What a wealth of information and listed is a new link "Irish Potato Famine Complete eight-part history with period illustrations.": http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/index.html Have a Great Weekend Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson