The Owsley Family Historical Society Newsletter
Contents of Recent Issues

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Volume XXXVI, Number 1, March 2004: Family of George Washington Owsley and Mary Ann Shoffner (by Floyd Owsley) + The Will of George Washington Owsley (1860-1924) + Inquiry - Owsley McKnight + Harry Vaughn and the Ousley Sisters (by Ronny O. Bodine & Lucille Vaughn Michael) + Images of Relatives Associated with the Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz - Jean II & Jean III de Dreux, Ducs de Bretagne (by David S. Raese) + While Visiting Springfield + Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet + 2003 Necrology - Housley, Ousley, Owsley (compiled by Ronny O. Bodine).

Volume XXXVI, Number 2, June 2004: "Stupor Mundi" (by Sheila Patterson) + Letter from Frederick II to Henry III of England, 1229 + Some London Street Amusements by Henry Pugh, 1902 + Henry Owsley (1755-1811) - An analysis of the details provided by HBO compared to the historical record (by Ronny O. Bodine) + The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Rev. John Owsley, Part 51, Generation 16, Part IX (by Ronny O. Bodine).

Volume XXXVI, Number 3, September 2004: 2004 Annual Meeting (by Ronny O. Bodine) + Health and Disease in the Southern Colonies (by Donna Kearley) + Barmaids + While Researching ! Featured Websites (by Milancie Hill Adams) + 2003 Necrology Additions (compiled by Ronny O. Bodine).

Volume XXXVI, Number 4, December 2004: Christmas During the Civil War - A Saga of Three Families (by Milancie Hill Adams) + What Really Happened to Pleasant Owsley? (by Larry & Dot Owsley) + A Horse Named Owsley + Harry Bryan Owsley, Jr. (by Ronny O. Bodine) + The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission + Hey Ronny, are we related to...? Adam Housley of Fox News Channel (by Ronny O. Bodine) + Owsley Alumni 1824 - 1890 of Centre College (1824-1890) and Caldwell College (1861-1913) + While Researching! (by Milancie Hill Adams).

Volume XXXVII, Number 1, March 2005: James Housley, 95, Came to Nebraska as an Orphan at age 12; Has 97 Great Grandchildren Living (by Harpst II) + James Housley and Sarah Beeler (by Floyd L. Owsley) + Bullfights and Bathing Suits: Our Royal Spanish and Portugese Ancestors, Part 1 (by Sheila Patterson) + Old Family Letters + 2004 Housley, Ousley, Owsley Necrology (compiled by Ronny O. Bodine) + A Whole Family Poisoned (NY Times, 4 June 1888) + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project, Participants 1-8 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley).

Volume XXXVII, Number 2, June 2005: Orange Barber Heaton (by Milancie Hill Adams) + Early Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants in Kentucky County, Virginia, Part 1 + The Truth About David A. Owsley (1844-1915) (by Ronny O. Bodine) + Revolutionary War Service of Owsleys and Related Families (by Marion Baumgarten) + Bullfights and Bathing Suits: Our Royal Spanish and Portugese Ancestors, Part 2 (by Sheila Patterson) + Kingdom of Heaven, A Review by Peter Wilson.

Volume XXXVII, Number 3, September 2005: 2005 Annual Meeting + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project - II, Participants 9-11 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + The Owsley Cyber Cemetery Project (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + Kentucky Land Patents - County Court Orders + Bullfights and Bathing Suits: Part 3 (by Sheila Patterson).

Volume XXXVII, Number 4, December 2005: Support the Governor William Owsley House Foundation + What's Doug Owsley up to Now? 2005 in Retrospect (by Ronny O. Bodine) + Harry Vaughn and the Ousley Sisters - II (by Ronny O. Bodine and Gretchen Flynn) + The Exile of Nancy Cave and Her Sister Matilda Hunter Owsley + Land Patents + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project - III, Participants 12-19 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + 2005 Necrology - I (by Ronny O. Bodine) + The Owsley Cyber Cemetery Project - II (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + Pataha Valley (Oliphant, Owsley) Cemetery.

Volume XXXVIII, Number 1, March 2006: Martha Jane Ousley (by Dave Smeds) + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project - IV, Participants 20-22 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley)+ Program for the OFHS Annual Meeting 2006 + The Owsley Cyber Cemetery Project - III (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + 2005 Necrology - II (by Ronny O. Bodine)+ Odds and Ends.

Volume XXXVIII, Number 2, June 2006: Travels of HBO, Heaton and Their Families (by Milancie Hill Adams) + Tales Old Newspapers Tell + The Impact of the Owsley DNA Project on Robert Owsley (1759-c1839) of Sullivan and Jefferson County, Tennessee (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + The Assignment of Surnames (by Peter Wilson) + George Washington Ousley (1861-1935) + Glooston Church News (by Brian Kearvell-White) + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project - V, Participant 23 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + Revised Death Date for Thomas Middleton, Jr. (1707-17--) and Ann Bayne Middleton (ca. 1712-17--) + The Owsley Cyber Cemetery Project - IV (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + A Death Record of John Housley, son of Joseph and Phoebe Owsley.

Volume XXXVIII, Number 3, September 2006: 2006 Annual Meeting + Glooston Notes July 2006 (by Brian Kearvell-White) + The Owsley Family Historical Society's DNA Project - VI, Participants 24 and 25 (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + 2006 Necrology - I (by Ronny O. Bodine) + The William Housley Family (by Floyd L. Owsley) + Tales Old Newspapers Tell + Our Cherokee Heritage - I (by Sheila Patterson).

Volume XXXVIII, Number 4, December 2006: 2007 English Heritage Tour 14-26 August + Making Sense Our of Confusion - A Tale of Two William Owsleys (by Ronny O. Bodine) + The Woeful Tale of Ball's Bluff Cemetery + Old Owsley + Our Cherokee Heritage - II (by Sheila Patterson) + The Owsley Cyber Cemetery Project - V (by Ronny O. Bodine and Floyd L. Owsley) + 2006 Necrology - II (by Ronny O. Bodine) + Glooston Notes (by Brian Kearvell-White).

This collaborative work covers a previously unpublished line of Maj. Thomas Owsley down to the threshold of the 20th century.

Part One introduces the Virginia families associated with and descended from Jane Owsley and her husband James Gregg. Part Two follows the families through selected descendants down through the sixth generation. Part Three is an eclectic collection of documents, anecdotes, and historical accounts. Also included are four appendices that address various researches into the Peake family. The 340 page book has nearly 80 photographs, maps and illustrations throughout, as well as an every-name index.

The price is $20.00 plus $3.50 for shipping. This is being published by the Owsley Family Historical Society. Make check out to: OFHS and mail to: Bill Schumm, 1006 James Madison Circle, Falmouth, Virginia 22405.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 1, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of William Owsley (1749-1819), of Lincoln County, Kentucky, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Due to the enormous scope of the planned history of the Owsley family, the account of the family will first be issued in softbound installments each dedicated to selected branches of the family. Each individual account is being scrutinized for accuracy and every effort has been made to provide information as complete as possible utilizing the latest resources in indexed census records from 1790 to 1930 as well as scores of original court records. It is hoped that the availability of these individual accounts will stimulate interest in additional research and will encourage the submission of information that may be missing or incorrect. Submissions of new and corrected data will then be incorporated in the hardbound final edition.

Part 1 addresses the Owsley descendants of William Owsley, eldest son of Thomas and Mary (Middleton) Owsley. This account presently identifies 451 descendants in 6 generations. Only the Owsley (and variants) name bearing descendants are traced down, but the names and birth dates of all known children of Owsley daughters are included. Each entry includes birth-marriage-death dates and locations, as well as places of burial and other biographical details when known. Document citations are included. June 2002, 66 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 2, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Thomas Owsley (1731/2-1796), of Madison County, Kentucky and his son Daniel Owsley (1765-1835) of Lincoln County, Kentucky and of the Families of his daughters Ann Bayne Owsley Chilton Williams, Chloe Owsley Williams, Verlinda Owsley Hutchison, Mary Owsley Bryant, Patience Owsley Bledsoe Crow, Elizabeth Owsley Gooch Burdett, and son Jonathan Owsley (1759-1803), now of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Part 2 continues with a detailed examination of Thomas Owsley III who founded the Kentucky branch of the family and of all six of his daughters and two youngest sons, Jonathan and Daniel Owsley. This accound identifies 93 descendants of Thomas Owsley III. Whereas the descendants of Daniel Owsley are traced to the present in 5 generations, there are no descendants of Jonathan Owsley, and only the issue of the six daughters is discussed in detail. Each entry includes birth-marriage-death dates and locations, as well as places of burial and other biographical details when known. Document citations are included. October 2002, 42 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $10.00 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 3, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Thomas Owsley (1752-1825), of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Commonly known among his descendants as Thomas Owsley IV, this account identifies 623 descendants spanning 7 generations. It is interesting to note that of his eight children, five moved to Indiana, one each to Missouri and Illinois, and the ultimate fate of daughter Betsy remains to be determined. The majority of his descendants bearing the family name ultimately settled in California, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Oregon and Texas, with some locating briefly in Iowa, Utah and Washington. The most prominent among those descendants noted herein is Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888-1967), who served as America's ambassador to Rumania, the Irish Free State and Denmark, successively from 1933-1939. February 2003, 84 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 4, 2nd Edition, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of John Owsley (1757-1845), of Claiborne County, Tennessee, and of his son John Owsley (1783-1811), also of Claiborne County, Tennessee and of his Daughters Tabitha Owsley Drummond and Anna Owsley Keck, by Ronny O. Bodine.

This account identifies 190 descendants bearing the name Owsley in 6 generations as well as all known children of Owsley daughters, and will reveal for the first time in print the family and descendants of Noble Owsley (c1805-c1876). This completely revised edition includes photographs of the graves of John and Charity Owsley and of the Owsley family Bible record and a transcription of its entries. April 2004, 50 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $10.00 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 5, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Matthew Owsley (1789-1862), of Union County, Tennessee, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Matthew Owsley was a son of John and Charity (Barton) Owsley, of Claiborne County. This account identifies 472 descendants in 7 generations who bore the name Ousley and 414 descendants who were the children of Ousley daughters. October 2003, 86 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 6, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Isaac Owsley (1785-1840/50), of Claiborne and Monroe County, Tennessee and William Owsley (1796-1875), of Johnson County, Missouri, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Isaac and William Owsley were sons of John and Charity (Barton) Owsley, of Claiborne County. This account identifies 380 descendants in 6 generations of Isaac Owsley who bore the name Housley and 145 descendants of William Owsley who bore the name Owsley, as well as all known children of Owsley and Housley daughters. March 2004, 86 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 7, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Henry Owsley (1755-1811), of Lincoln County, Kentucky, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Henry Owsley was the son of Thomas III and Mary (Middleton) Owsley. This account identifies 519 descendants in 7 generations who bore the name Ousley and Owsley, as well as all known children of Owsley and Ousley daughters. June 2004, 107 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $13.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 8, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Stephen Owsley (1787-1881), of Claiborne County, Tennessee, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Stephen Owsley was the son of John and Charity (Barton) Owsley. This account identifies 258 descendants bearing the name Owsley in 7 generations, as well as all known children of Owsley daughters. Sept. 2004, 50 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $10.00 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 9, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Weldon Owsley (c1749-1815/20), of Hancock County, Georgia, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Weldon Owsley was the son of Thomas Owsley II and his wife Ann and migrated to Georgia where he served as a Minuteman in the Revolutionary War. This account identifies 396 descendants bearing the name Ousley and Housley in 7 generations, as well as all known children of Ousley and Housley daughters. Also includes a 3-page Supplement insert with 19 more family members. June 2005, 67 pages total, indexed, staple bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 10, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Lucy Ousley (1780-1870/80), last of Muscogee County, Georgia, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Lucy Ousley was the daughter of William H. Owsley and granddaughter of Newdigate Owsley who migrated to Georgia from Virginia. Never married, Lucy Ousley bore 8 illegitimate children. This account identifies 475 descendants named Ousley and Owsley spanning 7 generations and include the well known Southern historian Dr. Frank Lawrence Owsley. May 2006, 85 pages total, indexed, staple bound, $11.50 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 11, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Anthony Owsley (1757-1824), of Lincoln County, Kentucky, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Anthony Owsley was the son of Thomas III and Mary (Middleton) Owsley. This account identifies 135 descendants in 6 generations who bore the name Owsley. November 2006, 35 pages, indexed, staple-bound, $9.00 postpaid. Order from and make payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

Coming Spring 2007 : A Genealogical History of the Owsley Family, Part 12, Being a Preliminary Account of the Descendants of Robert Owsley (c1802-c1858), of Morgan County, Missouri, by Ronny O. Bodine.

Robert Owsley was the son of John and Charity (Barton) Owsley, of Claiborne County, Tennessee. This account presently identifies 683 descendants in 6 generations who bore the name Owsley.

Compact Disk of OFHS Newsletters March 2000 to March 2005, plus dozens of supporting documents and photographs, compiled by Milancie Hill Adams. $25, postpaid, payable to the OFHS. Order from Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

OFHS Newsletter Subject Index 1978-1999, 28 pages, soft covers, staple binding, $6.50. Order from and payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz, by Sir John MacLean, Exeter, 1886, reprinted by Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1983. 309 pages, hardbound, indexed, illustrations and charts. A detailed account of the Poyntz family in England over a period of 800 years, including Dorothea Poyntz, wife of Rev. John Owsley. $40.00, payable to the OFHS, order from Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

The Owsleys of Somersetshire, England, by Ronny O. Bodine, 19 pages, soft covers, staple binding, $8.00. The entire account of the Owsley's English ancestry in one handy booklet, including 5 full will transcripts. Order from and payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.

The Priory Church of St. Andrew, Stogursey, by Richard Ballard, 2nd Edition 1992. A history of the Priory Church of St. Andrew, in Stogursey, Somersetshire from about 1100 to the present. John Owsley served as vicar from 1652 to 1658 and subsequently assumed the rectorship of Glooston Church. Softbound, illustrations, 55 pages, $8.00, postpaid, payable to the OFHS. Unavailable until further notice.

The Owsley Family in England and America 1635-1890, by Harry Bryan Owsley. Originally published 1890, reprinted 1977. Softbound, 164 pages, $15.00, postpaid, payable to Richard P. Owsley. Order from Richard P. Owsley, 989 Highland Avenue, Salem, OH 44460.

Glooston Church Greeting Cards. A pack of 10 greeting cards bearing the photographic image of Glooston Church in a sepia tone, with white envelopes. All proceeds towards the purchase of these greeting cards will benefit Glooston Church. $11,00, postpaid. Order from and payable to Ronny O. Bodine, 916 N. Ridge Drive, Columbus, GA 31904.