William H. Owsley
Bef 1775 - Bef 1830 (~ 55 years)-
Name William H. Owsley Born bef. 1775 [1] Gender Male Residence 1790 Greene County, Georgia 
[2, 3] Greene was created on 3 Feb 1786 from Washington County. It is probable that this location eventually became Hancock County when it was created on 17 Dec 1793. Residence 1796 Hancock County, Georgia [4] Probate 10 Apr 1797 Hancock County, Georgia Newdigate Owsley's will wass produced in court for probate. William is the first child beneficiary. 
Newday Owsley Last Will and Testament
Beneficiaries: Mary Ann (wife); Penny Connell; Robert; Anna; Sarah and Chloe Owsley (children). Slaves: Bob, Gellay, Nan, Cynthia, Priscilla; and Bett. Witnesses: Will Dent; Zacharias Middleton; and Samuel Dent.Residence 1817 Putnam County, Georgia [5] William appears on the county tax roll for Captain Otho Beall's District. Murder Creek is identified as the water course. His son-in-law David Baldwin is the listing which follows. (Baldwin endorsed Pleasant Owsley's Jones County guardianship petition for the children of Lucy Owsley.) Residence 1820 Putnam County, Georgia [1, 7] Captain Eli Buckner's District. - The children of William Owsley are conjectured based on temporal and geographical proximity. Owsley was in Putnam County, Georgia by 1814. An index for the 1820 U.S. census for Putnam County then reports the Owsley (or Ousley) households as follows:
-Jesse C.;
-John; and
-William.
These are contiguous listings in Capt. Eli Buckner's District. (By birth years, Jesse and John the probable sons of William.) Other contemporaneous Owsley records for Putnam County include:
-the 1813 marriage of Sally Owsley to Henry Smith;
-an 1817 tax listing for David Baldwin (married to Elizabeth Owsley in 1804 in Greene County);
-the 1820 marriage of Delphia Owlsey to Thomas Ferrill; and
-an 1824 tax listing for Jesse C. Owsley (Captain John M Clark's District).
The Baldwins were in Jones County by 1830. In 1831, Baldwin endorsed the petition of Pleasant Owsley to act as guardian of his siblings, all illegitimate children of Lucy Owsley.
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Died bef. 1830 Putnam County, Georgia - Probable location. The last appearance in the record for William Owsley is a deed of sale and a listing in the tax rolls, both in Putnam County for 1820. He does not appear in the 1830 U.S. census.
Person ID I0086 Dickinson Last Modified 9 May 2017
Father Newday Owsley, b. ca. 1738, Fairfax County, Virginia , d. 21 Jan 1797, Hancock County, Georgia (Age ~ 59 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mary Ann, b. ca. 1741, Virginia , d. Hancock County, Georgia Relationship Birth Family ID F0503 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca Clark, b. bef. 1775 Children + 1. Lucy Owsley, b. ca. 1780, Georgia , d. ca. 1870, Muscogee County, Georgia (Age ~ 90 years) [Birth]2. Sarah Owsley [Birth] + 3. Elizabeth Owsley, b. ca. 1790, Greene County, Georgia , d. bef. 1870, Arkansas (Age ~ 79 years) [Birth]4. Jesse Clark Owsley, b. ca. 1794, Hancock County, Georgia [Birth]+ 5. John M. Owsley, b. ca. 1800, Georgia , d. 21 Jun 1870, Macon County, Alabama (Age ~ 70 years) [Birth]6. Delphia Owsley, b. ca. 1800, Georgia [Birth]+ 7. William B. Owsley, b. ca. 1803, Greene County, Georgia , d. ca. 1880, Columbia County, Arkansas (Age ~ 77 years) [Birth]8. Rebecca Owsley, b. 1805, Putnam County, Georgia , d. 12 Jan 1878, Pleasant Hill, Talbot, Georgia (Age 73 years) [Birth]Last Modified 11 Dec 2014 Family ID F0504 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The children of William Owsley are conjectured based on temporal and geographical proximity. Owsley was in Putnam County, Georgia by 1814. An index for the 1820 U.S. census for Putnam County then reports the Owsley (or Ousley) households as follows:
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Residence - Greene was created on 3 Feb 1786 from Washington County. It is probable that this location eventually became Hancock County when it was created on 17 Dec 1793. - 1790 - Greene County, Georgia 
Residence - 1796 - Hancock County, Georgia Probate - Newdigate Owsley's will wass produced in court for probate. William is the first child beneficiary. - 10 Apr 1797 - Hancock County, Georgia 
Residence - William appears on the county tax roll for Captain Otho Beall's District. Murder Creek is identified as the water course. His son-in-law David Baldwin is the listing which follows. (Baldwin endorsed Pleasant Owsley's Jones County guardianship petition for the children of Lucy Owsley.) - 1817 - Putnam County, Georgia Residence - Captain Eli Buckner's District. - 1820 - Putnam County, Georgia Died - bef. 1830 - Putnam County, Georgia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S336402] 1820 United States Federal Census, (Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.), Census Place: Capt Eli Buckners District, Putnam, Georgia; Page: 101; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 170.
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 (1809-1820)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 (1805-1810)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 (1802-1804)
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 (-1775)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 3
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 3
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 8
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 10
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 19 - [S29] Telamon Cuyler Collection, Manuscript #1170, (Hargrett Library, University of Georgia), Box 42, Folder 5; Page Number: 12; Family No: 13., Call Number: Box 40A, Folder 43; Page Number: 1; Family Number: 137.
Name on memorial, 1789-93 [no date], to Gov. Telfair from citizens in Lower or 2nd Battalion in Greene Co. complaining of appointments by a board of officers. - [S84] Georgia Research: A Handbook for Genealogists, Historians, Archivists, Lawyers, Librarians and Other Researchers, Second Edition, Robert S. Davis and Ted O. Brooks, (Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Genealogical Society, 2012), 201, 205.
- [S85] Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799, Alice Jeffery, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998).
- [S036369] Georgia Tax Digest, 1789-1799, (Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives), Putnam County (1817), no original pagination, author's p. 133.
- [S73] Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project, (The USGenWeb Archives Project), http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm., http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/putnam/census/1820/index/harr-rey.txt.
Abstracted by Lorraine H. Robinson from public records. - [S036369] Georgia Tax Digest, 1789-1799, (Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives), Putnam County (1820), no pagination, author's p. 29.
- [S336402] 1820 United States Federal Census, (Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.), Census Place: Capt Eli Buckners District, Putnam, Georgia; Page: 101; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 170.