Levi Wooley

 Levi Wooley

Birth: 23 Mar 1789 Ohio County, KY 

Death: 1850 Cape Fair, Stone County, MO.

LEVI WOOLEY was born 23 March 1789 in Ohio County, KY, and died 1850 in Cape Fair, Stone Co, MO. He married (1) Margaret Turnbaugh abt 1807 in Hartford, Ohio Co, KY. Margaret was born 1787 in Ohio County, KY, the daughter of John Andrew Turnbaugh, Jr. and Barbara Ann Robinson; Margaret died abt. 1812 (some researchers say she died abt. 1867). He married (2) Sophia Campbell in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky 1 Aug 1814. She was born June 04, 1793 in Sullivan, New Hampshire, and died 1885 in Taney County, MO.

Children of LEVI WOOLEY and MARGARET TURNBAUGH are:

          JACOB L WOOLEY, b. Oct 25, 1807.

          DICEY WOOLEY, b. 1809, Ohio County KY; married Charles Franklin Wallace, Nov 05, 1829, Ohio County, KY.

          RICHARD WOOLEY, b. Abt. 1811; married Sarah Diana Leach         (1816-1858); Richard died 22 Nov 1860, Lawrence County, Arkansas.

          In February 1814 for the sum of $1,000 Levi indentured or sold his small children out in apprenticeship until they became of majority age.


Children of LEVI WOOLEY and SOPHIA CAMPBELL are:

          LEVI WOOLEY, JR., born 1819, KY.

          WILLIAM C. WOOLEY, born December 12, 1820, KY.

          ELIJAH MYERS WOOLEY, born October 20, 1822, KY. 

          JAMES WOOLEY, born 1824

          FELIX B. WOOLEY, born 1826, Kent, IL.

         ANDREW C. WOOLEY, born b. October 20, 1827, Kent, IL; d. April 03, 1875, Carroll, Ark; m. Emaline Margaret Richardson, May 24, 1865, Stone CO, MO; b. 1818, Royalton, Niagara, NY; d. April 06, 1913, Canadian, Hemphill, TX

         CARROLL CHARLES WOOLEY, born abt. 1829, M0; d. Jan 26, 1864, Springfield, MO; m. Nancy Jane House, Abt. 1847; b. Dec 27, 1829, MO; d. May 07, 1915, Verona, Lawrence Co, MO.

         ROBERT PATTERSON WOOLEY, born March 1832, Stone County, MO, son of Levi, and died March 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Obit in Salt Lake Tribune 10 Mar 1932

         DAVID MILLER WOOLEY, born1835

         CHRISTINE WOOLEY, born 1836, Taney County, MO and died 1853, MO.

"Kit" Carson & Ohio County

           Christopher Houston Carson, better known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and news articles, and exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. Born: December 24, 1809, Richmond, KY;  Died: May 23, 1868, Fort Lyon, CO.  Kit Carson had relatives that lived in Ohio County, KY.  These relatives are mentioned below on pages 50, 51, 54, 55, and 56.

John Bennett

             John Bennett was born in 1753 in St. Field, County Down, Ireland. He married Sarah Petty and they had six children. He married Mary Isyphena Plummer (1758-1829) in 1786. They had nine children. He died 28 Aug 1828 in Ohio County, Kentucky. "Governor" was a nickname he was given. 

          John was called "Governor" probably because he had so many children and grandchildren. He served in the American Revolution, but no official documentation has been found. He and his family moved from Baltimore, Maryland to Ohio County, Kentucky in 1798.

          His first wife was a Miss (Sarah) Petty by whom he had six children John, Jeffries, Nellie, Nancy, Reuben, and James; and his second wife was Mary Icypheny Plummer whom he married April 29, 1786 according to a list of Frederick County, Maryland, marriage licenses. They had nine children: Samuel, Hannah, Joseph, Asa, Titus, twins Elizabeth and Mary, Obed, and George Plummer. 

          John received the first deed made in Ohio County. It was for a tract of land containing 1,102 acres on the North and Northwest side of Ohio County and on the waters of No Creek and adjoining a two thousand acre survey in the name or Robert Barnett. This tract lay between Rough River and No Creek and extended from the mouth of No Creek almost to the Hartford-Owensboro Road [Highway 231]. 

          He was the first settler on No Creek and established his home about the center of this splendid tract of land, That portion is now owned by H. H. Lindley's heirs [written in 1952, Lindley's heir still own the property in 2009], also his descendants. He also owned land North of No Creek. He showed good judgment in selecting his new home as no finer body of land could be found in Ohio County. He had sufficient land to give each of his children a farm and most of them reared their families and spent their entire lives on the farms given them. Some of this land has not been out of the family since it was settled. This land includes the farms of R. D. and M. G. Sanderfur. [The majority of the above information came from The History of No Creek, Ohio County, Kentucky, by Harry D. Tinsley published privately in 1953.] 

          John Bennett immigrated to America from Ireland as a young man with two of his brothers or possibly his father and an uncle. 

          On 15 May 1776, during the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned a Captain of the Upper District of Frederick County Maryland belonging to the 34th Battalion. 

          In 1798, "Governor" Bennett (the origin of the title is unknown as he was never a governor) walked from Baltimore, Maryland to Ohio County, Kentucky with his second wife, Icypheny (Plummer) Bennett and family; their belongings carried in an oxcart. 

          There he claimed the first land grant registered in the county in the area known as No Creek and containing more than a thousand acres. Much of the area is still owned by his descendants. 

          His estate was settled in Ohio County in August, 1828. 

Family Members 

          Spouses

                   Sarah Petty Bennett 1755–1785 (m. 1773)

                   Mary Icypheny Plummer Bennett 1758–1829 (m. 1786) 

          Children

John Bennett 1774–1845

Jeffries Bennett 1775 – unknown

Nancy Ann Bennett Ford 1780–1844

Reuben Bennett 1782 – unknown

James Bennett  1784–1815

Samuel Bennett  1784–1837

Hannah Mariah Bennett Stevens  1788–1855

Joseph Bennett  1792–1863

Asa Bennett  1797–1855

Elizabeth Bennett Sandefur  1800–1877

George Plummer Bennett  1807–1855

Old Mill Cemetery

My source for this post is some nice people, undoubtedly heirs of John Bennett, that created a wonderful tribute to John Bennett on Findagrave.com. I hope they don't mind me sharing this with all of you.  

Cities, towns and communities of Ohio County

 Cities, towns and communities of Ohio County

A few books have been written about some of these smaller communities in Ohio County, such as “The History of No Creek,” by Harry D. Tinsley. 

FamilySearch.org has a list of all of the cities and communities in Ohio County, as shown below.  From time-to-time we come across a community name in an old obituary or news article.  Some of those are not on the following list – such as Brownsgrove and Buckhorn (both mentioned in a Gazetteer published in 1856) and Graves Ferry (mentioned in a Gazetteer published in 1874).  Also, Taylor Mine community isn't listed. Wouldn’t it be fun to know the history of all of these places?

Here is the list from Familysearch.org (which I assume are current places):  

 

Cities
·                    Beaver Dam ·                    Centertown	·                    Fordsville ·                    Hartford (county seat)	·                    McHenry ·                    Rockport
Unincorporated communities
·                    Adaburg ·                    Aetnaville ·                    Arnold ·                    Askin ·                    Baizetown ·                    Beda ·                    Bells Run ·                    Buford ·                    Ceralvo ·                    Coffman ·                    Combs Ford ·                    Cool Springs ·                    Cromwell ·                    Deanefield ·                    Dogwalk ·                    Dukehurst ·                    Dundee ·                    Echols ·                    Ellmitch ·                    Equality	·                    Flint Springs ·                    Haynesville ·                    Heflin ·                    Herbert ·                    Highview ·                    Horse Branch ·                    Horton ·                    Jingo ·                    Ken Wye ·                    Kirtley ·                    Magan ·                    Matanzas ·                    Mt. Pleasant ·                    Narrows ·                    Nineteen ·                    No Creek ·                    Oak Grove ·                    Olaton ·                    Pleasant Ridge	·                    Point Pleasant ·                    Prentiss ·                    Ralph ·                    Renfrow ·                    Reynolds Station ·                    Rob Roy ·                    Sandefur Crossing ·                    Scottown ·                    Select ·                    Shreve ·                    Shultztown ·                    Simmons ·                    Smallhous ·                    Sulphur Springs ·                    Sunnydale ·                    Taffy ·                    White Run ·                    Windy Hill ·                    Wysox
Census-designated places
·                    Rosine

 

The 1876 Gazetteer has the following:

George Hoover & Mary Magdalina (Hoover) Shoemaker

 

Tracing the Children of Jacob Hoover

By Kris Hocker · Modified: 27 Dec 2013

            Jacob² Hoover (Andrew¹) and his wife Anna Maria (___) both died in German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Jacob died sometime between 13 Aug 1798 when he sold 126 acres of land to John Lance and 8 Sep 1800 when his will was proved—most likely in late August or early September 1800. ^{1, 2} His will named his wife as his executor and the following beneficiaries: wife, Mary, sons and daughters, George Hoover, Elizabeth Simes [Shinn], Cathrine Shoemaker, Margaret Smith, Mary Choffin [Chafin], Magdalina Shoemaker, Rosanna Hoover, Barbra Bakert [Bacus], Rachail Hoover, Jemimah Hoover, Hanna Hoover. The witnesses were Abraham Stuart, James Wilson and Michael Cox.

            Anna Maria (___) Hoover died sometime between 2 Dec 1808 and 20 Dec 1808. She named George and Joseph Hoover as her executors. Her beneficiaries were: son George, Jacob Hoover son of George; daughters: Hannah Hoover, Rachel Gray, Elizabeth Shines [Shinn], Catherine Shoemaker, Madelina Shoemaker, Margaret Smith, Mary Chafin, Barbary Barcus [Bacus], Rozannah Hoover, Jemima Bowman; granddaughter Milly Shines [Shinn], Elizabeth daughter of Hannah Hoover.³ The witnesses were George Vance and Samuel Gordon.

            Based on these documents, Jacob and Anna Maria (___) Hoover had children:

1. Catharine³ Hoover married John Schumacher/Shoemaker.
2. George Hoover married Elizabeth Garrison.
3. Mary Magdalina Hoover married Johann Adam Schumacher/Shoemaker.
4. Elizabeth Hoover married George Shinn, perhaps the brother of Nicholas Shinn who owned property adjacent to her father’s.⁴
5. Margaret Hoover married Unknown Smith, likely Godfrey Smith of Redstone, Pennsylvania.
6. Mary Hoover married Unknown Chafin.
7. Rosanna Hoover
8. Barbara Hoover married Peter Baccus.
9. Hannah Hoover, baptized on 11 Sep 1783 at Jacob’s Lutheran and Reformed Church in German Township, married circa 1800 Joseph Hoover, perhaps the son of one of her uncles, John or Andrew Hoover Jr.⁵
10. Rachel Hoover married James Gray.
11. Jemima Hoover married Unknown Bowman.

So, what happened to these children?

Catharine (Hoover) Shoemaker

            John Shoemaker is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.⁶ The household had 1 male (>16), 4 males (<16), and 1 female. John Shoemaker is also found in the township in 1800: 1 male (45+), 2 males (16-25), 2 males (10-15), 1 female (26-44), and 1 female (10-15).⁷ By 1810, John Shoemaker and family had moved to Breckinridge County, Kentucky.⁸

George Hoover

            George Hoover is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.⁹ The household had 1 male (>16), 1 male (<16), and 1 female. He is no longer listed there in 1800. However, he is listed in tax lists for Ohio County by 10 Sep 1800.¹⁰ In 1810, George Hoover is found in Ohio County, Kentucky.¹¹ The family had in the household: 1 male (45+), 2 males (16-25), 1 male (10-15), 2 males (<10), 1 female (26-44), 2 females (10-15), and 2 females (<10).  [Note: One researcher says George Hoover died in 1830; and that George & Elizabeth had a daughter named Mildred Millie Hoover (1802-1841) who married Aaron Atherton.] [Note: Another researcher says George Garrison Hoover was born in Ohio County in 1807 and died 1870, and that he married Sarah “Sally” Byers.] [A third researcher says George and Elizabeth had ten children: Jacob, Leonard, Mary Polly Jane, Mildred Millie, Jonathan, George garrison, Elizabeth James, Sally Ann, John Cicero, and Susan A. – all children born between 1790 and 1814.]

Mary Magdalina (Hoover) Shoemaker

            Adam Shoemaker is found in the 1810 U.S. census for Ohio County, Kentucky. ¹² The household contained 1 male (45+) and one female (45+).  [Note:  This couple does not show up in later census records for Ohio County.  I did find a Mary M. Shoemaker in the 1860 census, age 86, so born about 1774 in PA, living in Fulton County, PA with her adult son, David, but there is no certainty this is the same person. Also, a Mary Shoemaker, a widow, died in PA May 1850 & she was born in PA about 1770]

Elizabeth (Hoover) Shinn

            George Shinn and family are found in the 1800 U.S. census for Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. ¹³ The household included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (10-15), 1 female (16-25), 1 female (10-15). In 1810, the family was enumerated in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.¹⁴ In the household were 2 males (45+), 1 male (16-25), and 1 female (10-15). Elizabeth died prior to 6 Jan 1817, and may have likely died prior to the 1810 census enumeration.¹⁵

Margaret (Hoover) Smith

            Godfrey Smith is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.¹⁶ The household had 1 male (>16), 1 male (<16), and 2 females. Godfrey’s daughter Emily “Milly” married Jacob Bacus, son of Peter Bacus, on 27 Jan 1816 in Scioto County, Ohio.¹⁷ By 1819, Godfrey was living in Greenup County, Kentucky.¹⁸ They are found in this county in the 1820 U.S. census enumeration.¹⁹ The household included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (16-26), 1 male (16-18), 1 male (10-16), 1 female (45+), 1 female (16-26), 1 female (10-16), 1 female (<10). The family is still in Greenup County in 1830.²⁰

Barbara (Hoover) Baccus

            Peter Bacus and family were in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio by 1820 and may have been there even earlier.²¹ The family included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (16-26), 3 males (<10), 1 female (45+), and 2 females (10-16). The family is still there in 1830: 1 male (60-70), 1 male (15-20), 2 males (10-15), 1 female (60-70), and 1 female (20-30).²²

Hannah (Hoover) Hoover

            Joseph Hoover is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1800 U.S. census.²³ The household consisted of 1 male (16-25) and 1 female (16-25). The family is also there in 1810.²⁴ The household consisted of: 1 male (26-44), 1 male (10-15), 1 male (<5), 1 female (16-25), 1 female (10-15), and 1 female (<5). Joseph Hoover is listed in township tax records from 1800 through 1816 when he and wife Hannah sold the 75 acres they inherited from Mary Hoover to Hugh Gilmore.²⁵

Rachel (Hoover) Gray

            In 1808, James Gray was living in German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on a portion of the Hoover’s property. Mary Hoover gave this part of the property to her daughter Rachel in her will.²⁶ I did not find James Gray in the Fayette County census records. However, there is a James Gray living adjacent Godfrey and Jacob Smith in Greenup County, Kentucky in 1820.²⁷ The household includes: 1 male (26-45), 1 male (16-26), 4 males (<10), 1 female (45+), 1 female (16-26), and 2 females (<10). This could be the James and Rachel (Hoover) Gray family.

Footnotes

1.         Toothman, Rick, Monongalia County, West Virginia Deedbook 1784—1810 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books Inc., 1994), page 70, “13 Aug 1798, Jacob & Mary Hoover, Fayette Co. PA to John Lantz of Greene Co. PA 126A near the PA line on the North side of Dunker Creek, adjoining Nicholas Shins. No Wits. Recorded OS 1:521.” 

 

2.         Jacob Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 50, written 24 Aug 1797, probated 8 Sep 1800 

 

3.         Mary Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 124, written 2 Dec 1808, probated 20 Dec 1808 

 

4.         Zinn, Monongalia County (West) Virginia Court Records; George Shinn is identified as the son-in-law of Jacob Hoover 

 

5.         Ruff, Paul Miller, Jacobs Lutheran and Reformed Church, German Township, Fayette County (Greensburg, PA: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society, 1998) 

 

6.         John Shoemaker household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 37; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8. 

 

7.         John Shoemaker household, 1800 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 540; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 38. 

 

8.         John Shoemaker Sr. household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, page 322; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 5 

 

9.         George Hoover household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 34; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8.

 

10.       Hoover, Luella Schaumburg, “Some Descendants of Andrew Hoover” (typescript; State Library, Pennsylvania), page 23 

 

11.       George Hoover household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Ohio County, Kentucky, Ohio Township, page 74; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 8. 

 

12.       Adam Shoemaker household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Ohio County, Kentucky, Ohio Township, page 96; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 8. 

 

13.       George Shins household, 1800 United States Census, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Whiteley Township, page 23; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 40 

 

14.       George Shins Sr. household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Wayne Township, page 32; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 49 

 

15.       George Shintz will (#359), Green County Will Book 1: n/a 

 

16.       Godfrey Smith household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 37; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8. 

 

17.       Shoemaker, Caryn R. and Rudity, Betty J. Sisler, Scioto County, Ohio Marriages (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987) 

 

18.       Godfrey Smith Revolutionary War pension file (#S37426), transcription 

 

19.       Godfrey Smith household, 1820 United States Census, Greenup County, Kentucky (not stated), page 184; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 21. 

 

20.       Godfrey Smith household, 1830 United States census, Greenup County, Kentucky, not stated, page 62; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 37.

 

21.       Peter Bachus household, 1820 United States Census, Scioto County, Ohio, Green Township, page 135; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 95. 

 

22.       Peter Bachus household, 1830 United States Census, Scioto County, Ohio, Green Township, page 91; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 140. 

 

23.       Joseph Hoover household, 1800 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (German Township), page 536; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 38.

 

24.       Joseph Hoover household, 1810 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (German Township), page 712; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 54. 

 

25.       Joseph Hoover to Hugh Gilmore (1816), Fayette County Deed Book L:40.

 

26.       Mary Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 124, written 2 Dec 1808, probated 20 Dec 1808.

 

27.       James Gray household, 1820 United States Census, Greenup County, Kentucky(not stated), page 184; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 21.