To Charles H. Woolsey and all interested Woolsey descendants: I will post some of the results of my search in the LDS Family History Library. You probably have most of this, but it helped bring these families into my focus. Perry County, Illinois, MARRIAGES Newton Woolsey = Mollie Glenn 26 Oct 1885 B:223 S. J. Woolsey = S. A. Robinson 27 Dec 1857 2:80 Solomon Woolsey = Sally Bowlin 25 Jun 1835 1:60 John Wolsey = Jane Davis 01 Sep 1836 1:71 John Wolsey = Elizabeth Burklow 02 Apr 1845 1:241 Amanda Woolsey = Charles Campbell 12 Aug 1835 1:61 Ann Eliza Woolsey = George W. Shaw 07 Feb 1875 B:27 Barbara Woolsey = Albert Adkins 16 Mar 1867 4:457 Lucy Woolsey = Alfred Asbury 24 Dec 1880 B:30 Mrs. Margaret Woolsey = Oliver Watkins 9 Apr 1874 B:23 Duretta Wolsey = John Hogg 10 Dec 1844 1:232 Mary Ann Wolsey = Isaac Campbell 12 May 1842 1:165 1850 Census Perry County, Illinois 615-619 John Hog 28 m Farmer TN Duretha 28 f IL Susan 9 f IL James T. 5 m IL Malissa E. 3 f IL Shelby County, Illinois, DEEDS I checked the GRANTOR and GRANTEE indexes from 1828 to 1884, but found nothing. Shelby County, Illinois, PROBATE I checked indexes and Will records but found nothing. There are dozens of books in the library for Shelby County. I checked each one's index but the only indication of any Woolseys living here was a mention of a Mrs. Wolsey in 1889. That is all I found. Shannon County, Missouri MARRIAGES John Woolsey of Spring Valley = Mary Walker of Spring Valley 26 Jan 1882 - p. 2 John Woolsey = Delilah Lynch 16 Jun 1886 p. 12 Sterling P. Woolsey = Prudence F. Boyd 16 Oct 1887 p. 15 1860 Census Shannon County, Missouri p. 8 #110 Woolsey, John 45 m KY Elizabeth 36 f KY Solomon 20 m IL Charles 16 m IL Permissa 14 f IL William 10 m IL Susan 6 f IL Mary 5 f IL 1870 Census Shannon County, Missouri p. 66b. #11-11 Wolsey, Elizabeth 46 f keeping house $700 $225 KY William 21 m works on farm IL Ann 16 f IL Mary 14 f IOWA Martha 9? f MO Sterling 6 m ARK Ballard, John 13 m ARK Harler, Virginia 25 f domestic servant VA p. 68b #34-33 Keeth, Thomas 32 m Farmer $400 $450 Ohio Purnesey 45 (41?) f keeping house IL Wolsey, John 12 m MO Josephine 10 f MO Miller, Eloid 26 m Farm laborer MO Smith, Mishua 19 m Farm laborer MO I checked the INDEX to Probate Records 1869-1911 for Shannon County, Missouri, but found nothing. Have you found John & Elizabeth in the 1850 Census? I'll close for now. Sincerely yours, Wilford W. Whitaker