George Whitsell Jr
George
Whitsell Jr. was born in 1796 in Oglethorpe County, GA.
George
married Elizabeth Lester, daughter of Lewis Lester and Rhoda
Russell. Elizabeth was born in 1797
in Oglethorpe County, GA. They had seven children: William George, Jonathan
L., Pleasant W., Nancy Susan (Sidney), Jacob, James L., and Andrew I..
Research
Notes: Re: Reynolds/Oglethorpe Co/1790's-1800
Author: Norma L. Gaskey Date: 22 Aug 2001
8:16 PM GMT
Classification: Query:
Actually,
George Whitsell, the son was my gggrandfather; he and first wife Elizabeth
"Betsy" Lester moved to Western KY around 1830; his son Prior was my
ggrandfather. There is quite a lot of information on this family because they
held a lot of land in Hopkins and Webster Co. George married 3 times after
Betsy; but I have no idea what happened to her. There are records on the other
3. What is your connection to the Whitsell’s?
Re:
Reynolds/Oglethorpe Co/1790's-1800
Author: Norma L.
Gaskey Date: 14 Aug 2001 3:26 PM
I do know that George, James' brother, immigrated to KY around
1830 and this is the line I am descended from. James was already in KY at that
time. They settled in Hopkins Co. and George had large land holdings in the
area, which later became Webster Co. around Slaughters. I don't have much on
the GA period or where they originally came from, except that father George in
GA seems to have been granted land after the Revolution and his will mentions
slaves given to various of his children.
George
and first wife Elizabeth came to Kentucky in 1830 from Oglethorpe Co., GA. In 1860 Census:
Real
Estate
Personal
Estate
1821 Land
Lottery GA
Whitsell
George (Orps) Oglethorpe 226th 197/8 Henry
Whitsell
George Oglethorpe 226th Dist. 193/14 Dooly