Robert married Nancy Miller 1818 in Tennessee.
For information in regards to Robert's mother and father, see http://owslfl.tripod.com/identifying-the-children-of-john-owsley.html
12 May 1823, Robert was appointed overseer of the road. (2nd class road from Hodges old Ferry to the dividing Ridge)
Robert Ousley was serving yet another term as road overseer when he was replaced by William Ousley on 19 Mar 1827
In 1827 Robert purchased a tract of land in Claiborne. County from William Carey for $100 (Claiborne Deeds H-247). This is the only instance of land ownership by Robert in Claiborne County. There is no record of
the disposition of this land.
His final term as a road overseer ended 17 Mar 1828 when he was replaced by John Sharp (ibid. p. 213).
This is the last record of Robert in Claiborne County.
Within the next year or two, Robert had settled in Putnam County, IN where he was recorded in the 1830 census. Three children were born there in 1830, 1832 and 1834. by 1838, the family had moved to the Wisconsin Territory in what is now Iowa and by 1840 had moved to Morgan County, Missouri, where Robert and Nancy acquired land.
After Robert's death, about 1858, Nancy remained on the family land for several years, perhaps resided for awhile with her children in Putnam County, and subsequently made her final home with her son Emmanuel and his family in Hickory County, Missouri where she died in 1887.
Some info from Chris at [email protected]:
Robert was taken out of the family bible because his parents were of the Primitive Baptist Religion which believed that dancing was a sin. Robert had gone to a neighbors home to ask him a question or to talk to him
about something and at that time there was a dance being held there.
Someone saw Robert at this home where the dance was being held and the parents disowned him and took his name out of the family Bible.
From Sheila Robbins:
Hi, Robert's father was, indeed, John Owsley who is buried in Pleasant Point Cem. in Sharp's Chapel, TN, with a Rev. War marker. His mother definitely was not Charity (Barton) Owsley. Robert was one of 4 children John Owsley had with a woman who lived on Indian Ridge in Grainger Co., TN. The story about Robert's and his brother Joseph's being left out of the Bible was speculation by descendants. It wasn't an original family Bible record which we all had thought. It was a Bible page torn out out of the family Bible after John Owsley died. His wife Charity had someone who could write enter the names of her children with John on this Bible
page to send to DC to get John's Rev War pension as his widow. The person began the list of Charity's children--out of order. So that list was scratched out and another list entered below with names of children in birth order. Joseph and Robert and their two sisters were not entered for Charity on her Bible page as they were not her children. Charity was denied the widow's pension because clerks in DC could tell page she submitted was not done as children were born. Merle Sundwall's sister-in-law, Margaret Owsley, is a member of the Owsley Family Historical Society (as were two of Merle's brothers). Bible page and documentation for above were published in OFHS Newsletters--available on cd from the Society. Website: ofhs.org
For information in regards to Robert's mother and father, see http://owslfl.tripod.com/identifying-the-children-of-john-owsley.html
12 May 1823, Robert was appointed overseer of the road. (2nd class road from Hodges old Ferry to the dividing Ridge)
Robert Ousley was serving yet another term as road overseer when he was replaced by William Ousley on 19 Mar 1827
In 1827 Robert purchased a tract of land in Claiborne. County from William Carey for $100 (Claiborne Deeds H-247). This is the only instance of land ownership by Robert in Claiborne County. There is no record of
the disposition of this land.
His final term as a road overseer ended 17 Mar 1828 when he was replaced by John Sharp (ibid. p. 213).
This is the last record of Robert in Claiborne County.
Within the next year or two, Robert had settled in Putnam County, IN where he was recorded in the 1830 census. Three children were born there in 1830, 1832 and 1834. by 1838, the family had moved to the Wisconsin Territory in what is now Iowa and by 1840 had moved to Morgan County, Missouri, where Robert and Nancy acquired land.
After Robert's death, about 1858, Nancy remained on the family land for several years, perhaps resided for awhile with her children in Putnam County, and subsequently made her final home with her son Emmanuel and his family in Hickory County, Missouri where she died in 1887.
Some info from Chris at [email protected]:
Robert was taken out of the family bible because his parents were of the Primitive Baptist Religion which believed that dancing was a sin. Robert had gone to a neighbors home to ask him a question or to talk to him
about something and at that time there was a dance being held there.
Someone saw Robert at this home where the dance was being held and the parents disowned him and took his name out of the family Bible.
From Sheila Robbins:
Hi, Robert's father was, indeed, John Owsley who is buried in Pleasant Point Cem. in Sharp's Chapel, TN, with a Rev. War marker. His mother definitely was not Charity (Barton) Owsley. Robert was one of 4 children John Owsley had with a woman who lived on Indian Ridge in Grainger Co., TN. The story about Robert's and his brother Joseph's being left out of the Bible was speculation by descendants. It wasn't an original family Bible record which we all had thought. It was a Bible page torn out out of the family Bible after John Owsley died. His wife Charity had someone who could write enter the names of her children with John on this Bible
page to send to DC to get John's Rev War pension as his widow. The person began the list of Charity's children--out of order. So that list was scratched out and another list entered below with names of children in birth order. Joseph and Robert and their two sisters were not entered for Charity on her Bible page as they were not her children. Charity was denied the widow's pension because clerks in DC could tell page she submitted was not done as children were born. Merle Sundwall's sister-in-law, Margaret Owsley, is a member of the Owsley Family Historical Society (as were two of Merle's brothers). Bible page and documentation for above were published in OFHS Newsletters--available on cd from the Society. Website: ofhs.org
Robert married Nancy Miller 1818 in Tennessee.
For information in regards to Robert's mother and father, see http://owslfl.tripod.com/identifying-the-children-of-john-owsley.html
12 May 1823, Robert was appointed overseer of the road. (2nd class road from Hodges old Ferry to the dividing Ridge)
Robert Ousley was serving yet another term as road overseer when he was replaced by William Ousley on 19 Mar 1827
In 1827 Robert purchased a tract of land in Claiborne. County from William Carey for $100 (Claiborne Deeds H-247). This is the only instance of land ownership by Robert in Claiborne County. There is no record of
the disposition of this land.
His final term as a road overseer ended 17 Mar 1828 when he was replaced by John Sharp (ibid. p. 213).
This is the last record of Robert in Claiborne County.
Within the next year or two, Robert had settled in Putnam County, IN where he was recorded in the 1830 census. Three children were born there in 1830, 1832 and 1834. by 1838, the family had moved to the Wisconsin Territory in what is now Iowa and by 1840 had moved to Morgan County, Missouri, where Robert and Nancy acquired land.
After Robert's death, about 1858, Nancy remained on the family land for several years, perhaps resided for awhile with her children in Putnam County, and subsequently made her final home with her son Emmanuel and his family in Hickory County, Missouri where she died in 1887.
Some info from Chris at [email protected]:
Robert was taken out of the family bible because his parents were of the Primitive Baptist Religion which believed that dancing was a sin. Robert had gone to a neighbors home to ask him a question or to talk to him
about something and at that time there was a dance being held there.
Someone saw Robert at this home where the dance was being held and the parents disowned him and took his name out of the family Bible.
From Sheila Robbins:
Hi, Robert's father was, indeed, John Owsley who is buried in Pleasant Point Cem. in Sharp's Chapel, TN, with a Rev. War marker. His mother definitely was not Charity (Barton) Owsley. Robert was one of 4 children John Owsley had with a woman who lived on Indian Ridge in Grainger Co., TN. The story about Robert's and his brother Joseph's being left out of the Bible was speculation by descendants. It wasn't an original family Bible record which we all had thought. It was a Bible page torn out out of the family Bible after John Owsley died. His wife Charity had someone who could write enter the names of her children with John on this Bible
page to send to DC to get John's Rev War pension as his widow. The person began the list of Charity's children--out of order. So that list was scratched out and another list entered below with names of children in birth order. Joseph and Robert and their two sisters were not entered for Charity on her Bible page as they were not her children. Charity was denied the widow's pension because clerks in DC could tell page she submitted was not done as children were born. Merle Sundwall's sister-in-law, Margaret Owsley, is a member of the Owsley Family Historical Society (as were two of Merle's brothers). Bible page and documentation for above were published in OFHS Newsletters--available on cd from the Society. Website: ofhs.org
For information in regards to Robert's mother and father, see http://owslfl.tripod.com/identifying-the-children-of-john-owsley.html
12 May 1823, Robert was appointed overseer of the road. (2nd class road from Hodges old Ferry to the dividing Ridge)
Robert Ousley was serving yet another term as road overseer when he was replaced by William Ousley on 19 Mar 1827
In 1827 Robert purchased a tract of land in Claiborne. County from William Carey for $100 (Claiborne Deeds H-247). This is the only instance of land ownership by Robert in Claiborne County. There is no record of
the disposition of this land.
His final term as a road overseer ended 17 Mar 1828 when he was replaced by John Sharp (ibid. p. 213).
This is the last record of Robert in Claiborne County.
Within the next year or two, Robert had settled in Putnam County, IN where he was recorded in the 1830 census. Three children were born there in 1830, 1832 and 1834. by 1838, the family had moved to the Wisconsin Territory in what is now Iowa and by 1840 had moved to Morgan County, Missouri, where Robert and Nancy acquired land.
After Robert's death, about 1858, Nancy remained on the family land for several years, perhaps resided for awhile with her children in Putnam County, and subsequently made her final home with her son Emmanuel and his family in Hickory County, Missouri where she died in 1887.
Some info from Chris at [email protected]:
Robert was taken out of the family bible because his parents were of the Primitive Baptist Religion which believed that dancing was a sin. Robert had gone to a neighbors home to ask him a question or to talk to him
about something and at that time there was a dance being held there.
Someone saw Robert at this home where the dance was being held and the parents disowned him and took his name out of the family Bible.
From Sheila Robbins:
Hi, Robert's father was, indeed, John Owsley who is buried in Pleasant Point Cem. in Sharp's Chapel, TN, with a Rev. War marker. His mother definitely was not Charity (Barton) Owsley. Robert was one of 4 children John Owsley had with a woman who lived on Indian Ridge in Grainger Co., TN. The story about Robert's and his brother Joseph's being left out of the Bible was speculation by descendants. It wasn't an original family Bible record which we all had thought. It was a Bible page torn out out of the family Bible after John Owsley died. His wife Charity had someone who could write enter the names of her children with John on this Bible
page to send to DC to get John's Rev War pension as his widow. The person began the list of Charity's children--out of order. So that list was scratched out and another list entered below with names of children in birth order. Joseph and Robert and their two sisters were not entered for Charity on her Bible page as they were not her children. Charity was denied the widow's pension because clerks in DC could tell page she submitted was not done as children were born. Merle Sundwall's sister-in-law, Margaret Owsley, is a member of the Owsley Family Historical Society (as were two of Merle's brothers). Bible page and documentation for above were published in OFHS Newsletters--available on cd from the Society. Website: ofhs.org
Gravesite Details
This Robert Noble Owsley is not buried in Preston, Hickory Co. He died in Morgan Co in 1858 and his widow, Nancy Miller Owsley, moved to Hickory Co with her son, Emmanuel, and family around 1861. Note by: Merle Owsley Sundwall
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