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Margaret Peoples Woolsey

Birth
Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
Death
9 Oct 1880 (aged 79)
Ten Mile, Meigs County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
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Margaret Woolsey, age 77 in Apr 1870, widow of Fethias Woolsey, alias Matthias Woolsey, gives her address as Ten Mile Stand, Meigs County, Tenn. She states that Fethias was a fifer in the War of Creek Indians in 1812; that he volunteered in 1814, served six months, and was discharged in Jul 1814; that he was ___ when he enlisted in Greene County, Tenn., where he was a farmer; that she was married to Fethias at Horse Creek, Sullivan County, Tenn., 1 Apr 1824. Richard Murrill as Margaret Bauchman; that she was formerly married to Samuel Bauchman, who died in Sullivan County, Tenn., 23 Jul 1823; that Fethias was formerly md to Elizabeth Crouch, who died in Clinton Co., KY in Jul 1823; that Fethias died 30 Jan 1835 in Roane County, Tenn.

Fethias and family were listed in the Greene County Tennessee census in 1830. John Peoples Woolsey was born Dec. 2, 1830 in Ten Mile, Tenn., showing that Fethias' move to Woolsey Hollow near Ten Mile, (then Roane County), Tennessee, was during the year of 1830.

Children of FETHIAS WOOLSEY and MARGARET PEOPLES are:

1, Isaac Woolsey, b. June 09, 1825, TN - Greene County.

2, Israel Woolsey, b. June 09, 1825, TN - Greene County; m. UNKNOWN PEOPLES.

3, Elizabeth Woolsey, b. June 18, 1826, TN - Greene County; d. 1896, AL - Jackson; m. (1) WILLIAM B REED, October 14, 1847, TN - Roane County; b. 1825, TN; m., (2) WINCE BROWN.

4, Samuel James Woolsey, b. October 16, 1827, TN - Horse Creek, Greene; d. October 08, 1890, TN - Harriman, Roane; m. HARRIET REED, October 14, 1847; b. April 13, 1831, TN; d. November 26, 1907, TN - Harriman, Roane.

5, Crissy Woolsey, b. June 25, 1829, TN - Green County; d. July 20, 1909.

6, John Peoples Woolsey, Union Army, Private
Company C, 4th Regiment, Infantry, Captain Newton Hooker, Commander Col Stover
born December 02, 1830, TN - Ten Mile,(now Meigs); died June 25, 1863, TN - Nashville; m. (1) MARY EDGEMON, November 11, 1852, TN - McMinn County; b. Abt. 1832, TN; d. Abt. June 1859, TN; m. (2) MARGARET ANGELINE ELLIS, August 15, 1859, TN - Athens, McMinn; b. January 05, 1837, TN - Athens, McMinn; d. September 13, 1905, MO - Aurora.

7, Fethias Woolsey, b. May 14, 1832, TN - Ten Mile, Meigs; m. MARGARET HORNSBY, June 19, 1856, TN - Roane County; b. 1833; d. June 1880, TN - Roane County.

8, Oliver Woolsey, b. February 11, 1834, TN - Ten Mile, Roane; d. February 22, 1834.

9, Sarah Woolsey, b. January 05, 1835, TN - Ten Mile Stand, Roane; d. June 11, 1887.

Source for most of this information is
Wilford Whitaker and Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~woolsey/resources/descends/woolgen/wlfethias1796_1835.html
Margaret Woolsey, age 77 in Apr 1870, widow of Fethias Woolsey, alias Matthias Woolsey, gives her address as Ten Mile Stand, Meigs County, Tenn. She states that Fethias was a fifer in the War of Creek Indians in 1812; that he volunteered in 1814, served six months, and was discharged in Jul 1814; that he was ___ when he enlisted in Greene County, Tenn., where he was a farmer; that she was married to Fethias at Horse Creek, Sullivan County, Tenn., 1 Apr 1824. Richard Murrill as Margaret Bauchman; that she was formerly married to Samuel Bauchman, who died in Sullivan County, Tenn., 23 Jul 1823; that Fethias was formerly md to Elizabeth Crouch, who died in Clinton Co., KY in Jul 1823; that Fethias died 30 Jan 1835 in Roane County, Tenn.

Fethias and family were listed in the Greene County Tennessee census in 1830. John Peoples Woolsey was born Dec. 2, 1830 in Ten Mile, Tenn., showing that Fethias' move to Woolsey Hollow near Ten Mile, (then Roane County), Tennessee, was during the year of 1830.

Children of FETHIAS WOOLSEY and MARGARET PEOPLES are:

1, Isaac Woolsey, b. June 09, 1825, TN - Greene County.

2, Israel Woolsey, b. June 09, 1825, TN - Greene County; m. UNKNOWN PEOPLES.

3, Elizabeth Woolsey, b. June 18, 1826, TN - Greene County; d. 1896, AL - Jackson; m. (1) WILLIAM B REED, October 14, 1847, TN - Roane County; b. 1825, TN; m., (2) WINCE BROWN.

4, Samuel James Woolsey, b. October 16, 1827, TN - Horse Creek, Greene; d. October 08, 1890, TN - Harriman, Roane; m. HARRIET REED, October 14, 1847; b. April 13, 1831, TN; d. November 26, 1907, TN - Harriman, Roane.

5, Crissy Woolsey, b. June 25, 1829, TN - Green County; d. July 20, 1909.

6, John Peoples Woolsey, Union Army, Private
Company C, 4th Regiment, Infantry, Captain Newton Hooker, Commander Col Stover
born December 02, 1830, TN - Ten Mile,(now Meigs); died June 25, 1863, TN - Nashville; m. (1) MARY EDGEMON, November 11, 1852, TN - McMinn County; b. Abt. 1832, TN; d. Abt. June 1859, TN; m. (2) MARGARET ANGELINE ELLIS, August 15, 1859, TN - Athens, McMinn; b. January 05, 1837, TN - Athens, McMinn; d. September 13, 1905, MO - Aurora.

7, Fethias Woolsey, b. May 14, 1832, TN - Ten Mile, Meigs; m. MARGARET HORNSBY, June 19, 1856, TN - Roane County; b. 1833; d. June 1880, TN - Roane County.

8, Oliver Woolsey, b. February 11, 1834, TN - Ten Mile, Roane; d. February 22, 1834.

9, Sarah Woolsey, b. January 05, 1835, TN - Ten Mile Stand, Roane; d. June 11, 1887.

Source for most of this information is
Wilford Whitaker and Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~woolsey/resources/descends/woolgen/wlfethias1796_1835.html


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