Good Day, Here is a report of what I have found in Jackson Co. Ill on the William and Caroline Woolsey family. This is just what I could find on the inter net, and have not yet worked the LDS local History Center or the NAR in Fort Worth, Tx WILLIAM WOOLSEY 1840 Census Jackson Co. Ill. Sheet # 20, 2nd Half William Woolsey 1 M 20-30 Yrs 1 F 20-30 Yrs 2 F < 5 Yrs 1850 Census Jackson Co. Ill. South Dist. William Woolsey 36 M Ill. $275 b: abt. 1814 Caroline 32 F Tn. b: abt 1818 Milton 15 M Ill. b: abt 1835 Angelina 13 F Ill. b: abt 1837 Amanda 11 F Ill. b: abt 1839 Sarah J. 10 F Ill. b: abt 1840 Elizabeth 8 F Ill. b: abt 1842 Richard 7 M Ill. b: abt 1843 Lockey 5 F Ill. b: abt 1845 Nancy 3 F Ill. b: abt 1847 William 1 M Ill. b: abt 1849 1856 BLM Records William A Woolsey 39.88 A Blx 23/ TWP #10-S Range 3-W 3rd Prime Meridian 119.64 A Blx 23/ TWP #10-S Range 3-W 3rd Prime Meridian This is in Jackson Co. Ill And as Wilford suggested about William’s death, 1865 Probate Jackson Co. Ill., from the IRAD database William Woolsey Caroline Woolsey 67 2489 Mar 25 1865 But also a second one (?), Fredrick Walters Caroline Woolsey 64 2420 Mar 25 1865 1868 Probate Jackson Co. Ill. from the IRAD database Sarah Vought Caroline Woolsey 62 2345 May 18 1868 This is the last thing I find in Jackson Co. Ill. for William and Caroline Woolsey. Notes of Woolsey with like names of the above and in Jackson Co. Ill. 1866 Nancy Woolsey to Samuel G Stevenson s/o William Stevenson Richard Woolsey Co H 27 Ill Inf Rec from Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. Co G 9 Ill Inf Pvt Consolidated from 27 Ill Inf 10 Aug 1862 Temp to 79 Ill Inf Richard Woolsey d: 1876 served in Co H 27 Ill Inf Civil War Buried in Clyde Osborn Farm Cem Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. William Woolsey d: 1866 served in Civil War Buried in Clyde Osborn Farm Cen Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. BUT the William Woolsey above appeared to have died in 1865. Names found in both the William Woolsey family and the John Johnson Woolsey family. >From the 1850 Census above for William Woolsey family, and John Johnson Woolsey,s sons: William Everett Marvin Milton dau: Noley Caroline and also one of John’s grand daughters is named Locky / Lockey I do not know how much to make of this! Other Woolsey in Jackson Co. Ill 1818 Census Jackson Co. Ill. Jacob Woolsey 1 M > 21 Yrs 10 others white 1850 Census Jackson Co. Ill., North Dist. Joshua Woolsey 7 M Ill. b: abt 1843 In the Household of Benjamin J Holliday 23 M Tn b: abt 1827 This Joshua Woolsey is the same age as Richard Woolsey and served in the same military units with Richard. I find no other Joshua Woolsey here. J C Woolsey d: 1906 served in Co H 27 Ill inf Civil War Buried in City Cem Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. Could this be Joshua ? James Woolsey to Angeline Goodwin Dec 13 1850 Frank Woolsey 23 Yrs s/o James Woolsey and Ann Goodwin to Ida Belle Mathis 17 Yrs d/o Henry Mathis and Mary Lance April 25 1887 I shall cut it short here. I have about ten or twelve others, but they are not yet connected to this William Woolsey. Will see you alter, and still digging bones. Hollis Don Woolsey