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John J Wells^1,2

• Father*: Francis Wells^1,2 b. 8 May 1733, d. 1812
• Mother*: Elizabeth Lewis^1,2 b. 1750, d. 8 Jan 1825

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: circa 1790; Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1805; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Elizabeth Hill^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 20 February 1847; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

Courtney Wells^1,2

• Father*: Francis Wells^1,2 b. 8 May 1733, d. 1812
• Mother*: Elizabeth Lewis^1,2 b. 1750, d. 8 Jan 1825

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1773; Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 20 February 1813; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 3 May 1855^1,2

• Married Name: 20 February 1813; Mrs. Hill (Wells)

Josiah Wells^1,2

• Father*: Francis Wells^1,2 b. 8 May 1733, d. 1812
• Mother*: Elizabeth Lewis^1,2 b. 1750, d. 8 Jan 1825

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1769; Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 31 October 1789; Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA; Bride=Firibe Bass^1,2
• Death*: 1821; Clarke Co., Alabama, USA; Son of Francis Wells, Sr. and his wife Anna.
  
  His last name was alternatively spelled as 'Wills.'
  
  He married 31 Oct 1789, Franklin Co., NC to Fereby Bass, daughter of Jacob Bass, Sr.
  
  1790 - Josiah isn't listed as a head-of-household in North Carolina, but he and Fereby seem to have still been living there, as their daughter Nancy reported on the 1850 census that she was born about 1790 in North Carolina. Josiah and Fereby were probably living with his parents, as Francis Wells Sr. had an extra young man and woman in his household in 1790.
  
  Sep 1792 - Josiah was summoned to court in Franklin Co., NC to help settle his deceased father-in-law's estate:
  
  1792 – Franklin Co., NC
  From Bradley, Franklin Co., NC, Loose Estate Papers, Vol. 1, 1777-1810, p. 1f [original pp. 6f]:
  Jacob Bass -Sept Ct. 1792 - Summons to John Hoof, Archibald Davis, John Edwards, Samuel Dukes & Josiah Wills [Wells] to appear about the will of Jacob Bass, decd.
  Mar Ct 1793 - Summons to John Williford, Mary Jones, John Wills [Wells], Elizabeth Wills [Wells] & Theophilus Moss.
  
  1795 - 5 Feb 1795 - Receipt from JOSIAH HILL [Wills] to same [Theophilus Bass, son of Jacob Bass, Sr., dec;d] for the full part of his father's estate.
  
  1800 - Josiah wasn't listed as a head-of-household in Franklin Co., NC, so likely he had already moved his family to Sumner Co., TN along with several of his Bass in-laws.
  
  1805 Oct - It was Josiah's brother Wyatt who gave bond when Josiah and Fereby's daughter Nancy married Abraham Rutledge in Sumner Co., TN in Oct 1805.
  
  1806 - By 1806, Josiah was a Captain, probably in the local county militia.
  
  That Josiah and Fereby had a daughter "Polly" is indicated by someone of that name charging to Josiah's account at the local general store in Gallatin, Sumner Co., TN:
  
  Gallatin Merchant's Journal
  People who bought on credit at the general store in Gallatin, Sumner Co., TN:
  22 Aug 1806 - Josiah Wells bought on credit
  9 Sep 1806 - "Miss Polly" charged on Capt Josiah Wells' account.
  10 Oct 1806 - Capt Josiah Wells
  22 Dec 1806 - Josiah Wells
  3 May 1807 - "Miss Polly" charges to Capt Josiah Wells' account.
  
  He was not the Josiah Wells who was granted land in the Georgia land lottery in 1805, as this Josiah was listed on the 1850 census in Georgia.
  
  1806 - their probable daughter Mariah married in Dec 1806 at or near the home of her grandfather, Frances Wells, Sr., in Muhlenberg Co., KY, to Simon Wall. Simon was also from Sumner Co., TN. Mariah did go by the nickname of Polly, but if she is the Polly who charged to Josiah's account in Sumner Co., TN in May 1807, she either returned to TN after her marriage in Dec 1806 in KY or possibly her marriage first took place in TN and was then later recorded again in KY.
  
  1809 Mar - Their daughter Cynthia married in Mar 1809, Sumner Co., TN to Samuel Potter with Zacheus Wilson giving bond. This Zacheus Wilson's sister later married Simon Wall's brother, Hugh.
  
  1808-1810 - Sumner Co., TN - Josiah was sued by William Rentfro:
  
  Digitized images of Sumner County TN Court Minutes, Summary of Cases.
  "These are refered to as Enrollments but they appear to be case summaries by the clerk. The time period is 1808 to 1810. There are 353 pages with an original index. Images are in .jpg format."
  "William Rentfro, platff vs Josiah Wells, deft Detin? Judg att having issued in the above suit and levied by the sheriff on a sorrell horse of the defendants, whereupon the said defendant comes into court and with him James Cryer and James McKain and the said Cryer and McKain undertake as special bail for said defendant viz that they will stand to abide and perform the sentence Judgment and drew of the court in the said above cause or surrender the said defendant into our prison in discharge of their bailship wherefor it is considered by this court that the property attached be thereby replevied."
  
  By 1813, Josiah had moved the family to Clarke Co., Alabama. It's not known when or where Feraby died, but at some point after 1810, he remarried to the widow Frances "Franky" Littlepage. She was daughter of Robert Anderson and married Benjamin Littlepage on 20 Dec 1797 in Campbell Co., VA. Their son Robert Littlepage was born 6 Oct 1808, Muhlenberg Co., KY, where Josiah's parents had settled and whose neighbors they appear to have been. Josiah may have met her on a visit there, or perhaps through friends or relatives. The distance from Gallatin, Sumner Co., TN to Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., KY was only about eighty miles, so visits back and forth wouldn't have been out of the question.
  
  1813 - Taxable Property of Clarke County, Alabama for the Year 1813
  BASS, Alexander
  WELLS, Josias
  WELLS, Josiah
  
  1813 - Joshua Wells bought land in Clarke Co., AL twice.
  
  1815 - Joshua Wells bought land in Clarke Co., AL.
  
  1815 -
  From "The Territorial Papers of the United States" Volume VI, The Territory of Mississippi, 1809-1817
  PETITION TO CONGRESS BY PURCHASERS OF PUBLIC LANDS EAST OF PEARL RIVER
  [No date, 1815]
  To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress Assembled: the humble petition of certain purchasers of public lands east of Pearl River Respectfully Showeth.
  That when your petitioners made purchase of public lands,-they did believe that they purchased them under the simple condition of paying for them in certain instalments, and under the expectation that if they failed to make payment on the day appointed,-they would be liable, as in all similar contracts, to pay the interest on their instalments from the time they became due.
  Experience has sadly convinced your petitioners that the receivers of public monies, insist, on the part of the United States, not only upon the ordinary, simple, legal interest upon instalments not paid on the day,-but on a certain forfeiture or penalty, under the name of "back interest", founded on the principle that on the failure of payment at the period appointed,-the government becomes entitled not only to interest from that time, but to interest from the very day of purchase;-thus raising a charge against the unfortunate purchaser,-not only of simple interest, but in some cases of even double or treble compound interest. Your petitioners can scarcely believe that this was ever the intention of the just and paternal government of the United States:-and they have a firm hope that the statement of the existing evil is alone sufficient to insure a remedy.
  Some of your petitioners had, perhaps, peculiar reason to deem the existing practice a severe one. They had purchased land, before they removed to the territory; and during the state of indian hostility it was impossible for an inhabitant of Georgia or Carolina to reach the land office in St Stephens with the instalment due:-and had they reached it; they would havefound the doors of the office shut, and all kinds of civil business utterly suspended.
  Your petitioners therefore humbly hope that a law will pass for refunding what is called back interest, & forbidding its collection in future: and your petitioners as in duty bound &c
  [among many signatures]
  Josiah Wills
  
  1816 Jan - Clarke Co., AL, Josiah and Feraby's daughter Feraby Jr. married.
  Clarke County Alabama Marriages, 1814-1834
  16 January 1816 James Reed and Pheariba Wills , Pg.18
  
  1816 - Joshua Wells bought land in Clarke Co., AL three times.
  
  The 1816 Clarke Co., AL (at that time still Mississippi Territory) shows that Josiah still had four sons and a daughter living at home, along with his wife who by this time was probably Frances "Franky." His sons-in-law Abraham Rutledge and James Reed were listed nearby. As Abraham had drowned in the Salitpa River in late 1819, this must have been daughter Nancy Rutledge's household.
  
  1816 Clark County, Mississippi Territory Census
  compiled by: Lisa R. Franklin RN
  KEY: a,b,c,d where a=white males over 21, b=white males under 21, c-white females over 21, and d=white females under 21.
  Dukes, Hardiman - 1,3,1,1
  Reed, Elias - 1,1,1,3
  Reed, James - 1,0,1,0 new bride is Ferabe Wells
  Rutledge, Abram - 1,2,1,2 wife is Nancy Wells
  Wills, John - 1,2,1,0
  Wills, Josiah - 3,2,1,1 & 7 slaves
  
  1816, Clarke Co., AL
  Josiah Wills
  Three white males age 21 and over [Josiah, Josias, William]
  Two white males age 0-20
  One white female age 21 and over [Feraby or Frances]
  One white female age 0-20
  Seven slaves
  
  1817 changed from Clarke Co., MS Territory to Clarke Co., AL
  
  1817 – Clarke Co., AL
  "To the Honorable the congress of the United States, the humble petition of the undersigned inhabitats of the Alabama Territory residing near the waters of the Mobile,--respectfully showeth ,
  That your petitioners have heard with the most serious alarm that applications are about to b e made to your honorable body by the new state of the Mississippi for an extension of the boundaries of the said state so as to include at least the whole of the settlements on the western side of the Mobile & Tombigby rivers:
  Your petitioners view this proposed transfer of freeman, like the vassals of European potentats, from one sovereignty to another, as so repugnant to justice & so completely hostile to the priciples of republican America; that they persuade themselves it will receive from the representatives of the people of the United States, a prompt & indignant rejection." [continues with lengthy petition]
  [signatues – among many others]
  John Calloway John George J Green
  L Hammond Benj King M Hammond
  Josiah Wills S Hammond William B Wills
  J Hammond James Reed Westbrooks
  William Jolley Wiley Huckly Jams Barran
  
  Josiah built the first cotton mill in the area around Coffeeville, Clarke Co., AL.
  
  A Glance into the Great Southeast, or, Clarke County Alabama and it's surroundings from 1540 to 1877, 1877, by T. H. Ball
  – p. 315
  Daniel Noble, who came into this country in 1818 with his father was born in 1800…He remembers others in that neighborhood, in 1817 and 1818, Josiah Wells, Benjamin DeLoach, W. Webb, John Loftin, the Rutledge and Cox families.
  p. 316
  This bear thicket, evidently the one mentioned by Squire Doyle, was near Satilpa Creek and on the fork formed by the union of Patt's Creek with Wells Creek.
  The first gin in this neighborhood, according to the same recollections, was owned by Josiah Wells."
  
  History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography - Google Books Result
  Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Thomas McAdory Owen - 1921 - History - 716 pages
  COFFEEVILLE. Interior village and post office in Clarke County, located in Sec. 9, T. 9 N., R. I. W., on the east bank of Tombigbee River, 22 miles west of Grove Hill, and 85 miles north of Mobile. Population: 1912—220. It is on the old stagecoach road from Mobile to Greensboro, where this road crosses the Tombigbee. The town was named for Gen. John Coffee. ln 1808, William Murrell settled here. The first settlers who followed were the Major Thomas Figures, James, Robert, Hugh and Charles Cassity, Nathaniel Malone, Deas and Thornton families. The first preacher was a a Methodist, Rev. Matthew Sturdivant, who preached here in 1808. ln 1816 a Baptist church, was built two miles north of the town, and is in use at this date. Cotton was shipped by barge to Mobile, and on the return trip, these pole-propelled boats went up the river as far as Tuscaloosa. The first cotton gin for this region was built by Josiah Wells. Within a few miles of the village are Turkey and Mitchell Indian Reservations.
  Reference.—Ball, Clarke County (1882), pp. 187, 236, 315, 328, 528-9.
  
  Aug 1819 - Josiah was appointed guardian of his daughter Nancy's children in Aug 1819 after her husband Abraham Rutledge drowned in the Salitpa River.
  
  7 Apr 1820, Clarke Co., AL -
  Clerks Bond. Bound to Gov. WM. W. BIBB $10,000 on 1820. JOSEPH MOTT, BAZZEL GRAY, JOSIAH WILLS. Rec. 4/7/20/
  
  1 & 3 May 1820, Clarke Co., AL court records - Josiah was either the tax collector or more likely putting up money for the bond. Either way, he was doing well financially:
  p.240
  "James C. Adams, principal, John Bishop and Josiah Will. Bond to government for tax collector of Clarke Co."
  
  1st Feb 1821 - Son-in-law Abraham Rutledge's estate appraised by Jesse Summers and William Barron.
  
  Josiah Well/Wills died 1821 and his estate was recorded 14 Sep 1821. His widow Frances Wells/Wills and widowed daughter Nancy Rutledge were appointed to administer the estate.
  
  In March 1822, the total of the estate sale was $1630.70, and his son William B. Wells at some point sued the estate.
  There was apparently a will, but it has since been lost.
  
  1830 - Frances was listed as a head-of-house in Clarke Co., AL:
  
  1830 Clarke Co., AL census, p. 43
  [only Wells in county]
  FRANCIS WELLS-00001 F0000001
  1 female 40-50 [Frances]
  1 male 20-30, b. 1800-1810 [Robert Littlepage]
  
  Robert Littlepage married 4 Nov 1839, Pushmataha, Choctaw Co., AL to Mary Graham.
  
  1840 – Frances was not listed in Clarke Co., AL as a head-of-household. She was likely living with her son Robert in Sumter Co., AL.
  
  1850 - Frances was living in Choctaw Co., AL with her son Robert Littlepage and his family. Robert owned seventy slaves:
  
  1850 Choctaw Co., AL, 179B
  Robert Littlepage, 42, planter, KY
  Mary W., 29, SC
  Francis G. [female], 9, AL
  Robert A., 7, AL
  Benjamin G., 5, AL
  Jas E., 2, AL
  Francis Wells (female), 68, VA
  Geo Warren, 35, NC
  Seventy slaves
  
  Frances's son Robert died on 1 Feb 1857 and was buried in the Littlepage Cemetery, Pushmataha, Choctaw Co., AL. Frances, who had been born 10 Nov 1782, died 26 Jan 1860 and was buried in the Littlepage cemetery near Robert.
  
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  Josiah Wells and Fereby Bass's children (there may have been others):
  
  1. Nancy Ann Wells, b.c. 1790, Franklin Co., NC; m. 1st 16 Oct 1805, Castalian Spring, Sumner Co., TN to Abraham Rutledge [b. 18 Sep 1777, Kershaw Co., SC; d. 1819, Clarke Co., AL; jury in Nov 1819 concluded he drowned in the Salitpa River; son of John Rutledge and Hannah Chew]; she m. 2nd 12 Aug 1822, Clarke Co., AL to Jules Nichols [d. 1822-1830, Clarke Co., AL]; she d.c. 1855, Wilcox Co., AL.
  
  She and her husband moved by 1806 to Clarke Co., AL. Her parents later joined them there.
  
  1821 - Nancy Rutledge along with her stepmother Frances Wells were administers of Josiah Wells' estate in 1821, Clarke Co., AL.
  
  1830 census, Clarke Co., AL
  Nancy Nichols was a head of household
  
  1850 census Wilcox County, Alabama.
  Molechi Ryser, 23, AL
  Susannah, 19, AL
  John I. Stuart, 20, AL
  James Stuart, 18, AL
  Nancy Nichols, 60, NC
  
  Nancy Ann Wells' children:
  
  1) Penelope Rutledge, b. 7 Nov 1806, Clarke Co., AL; m. 1st? to David F. Hudson? ; m. 2nd to James S. Rowland [d. by 1850]; she d. after 1850 in TX.
  
  2) Isaac Rutledge, b.c. 1811, Clarke Co., AL; m. 2 Sep 1841, Greene Co., AL to Elizabeth Jane Speed [b. 1820]; he d. 22 Oct 1857, Pleasant Ridge, Greene Co., AL; buried Pleasant Ridge, Greene Co., AL. According to a family story, Isaac was killed by a slave.
  
  3) Josiah Rutledge, b. 1812, Clarke Co., AL; m. 1st 28 Jun 1841, Clarke Co., AL to Martha Pierce [d. 1842]; m. 2nd
  13 Mar 1843, Clarke Co., AL to Catherine Pierce [b. 1820]; he d. 16 Aug 1881, Brookville, Hernando Co. FL.
  
  4) Fereby Rutledge, b. 1815, Clarke Co., AL; m. 16 Jan 1834, Clarke Co., AL to William Hayes [b. 1804]; she d. after 1850, when living in Clarke Co., AL.
  
  5) John Rutledge, b. 1817, Clarke Co., AL; m. 28 Apr 1843, Clarke Co., AL to Sarah Ann Kelly [b. Dec 1827, Wilcox Co., AL; d. after 1880]; he d. 30 Sep 1890, Maregno Co., AL.
  
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  [Mariah seems to have been Josiah and Fereby's daughter, but it hasn't been proven. They do seem to have had a daughter Polly.]
  
  2. Mariah "Polly" Wells, b.c. 1790, NC; m. 15 Dec 1806, Muhlenberg Co., KY (at or near the residence of her probable father Josiah's parents) to Simon Walls [b.c. 1780; d. 1828, Lonedell, Franklin Co., MO; son of Pierce Wall]; she d. 1848, Lonedell, Franklin Co., MO.
  
  Mariah's husband, Simon Wall or Walls, was the son of Pierce Wall who died 1798 in Sumner Co., TN. His marriage in Muhlenberg Co., KY is the first record of his leaving TN.
  
  Mariah and Simon's marriage ceremony was performed by Charles Lewis, Esq., whose widow Josiah's father Francis Wells Sr. would marry a few years later.
  
  Mariah used the nickname Polly in many of her legal records in Missouri.
  
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  [Temperance, like Mariah, married in Muhlenberg Co., KY and lived near their probable grandfather, Francis Wells, Sr. She doesn't seem to fit into the family anywhere but as a daughter of Josiah. She named a son Francis, probably after her grandfather.]
  
  3. Temperance Wells, b. 1792, Franklin Co., NC; m.c. 1804 Franklin Co., NC or Muhlenberg Co., KY to Miles Cary, Jr. [b. 1775, Charles City, VA; d. 1843, Muhlenberg Co., KY; son of Miles Cary Sr. and Rachel Lamb]; she d. 1860-1870, Muhlenberg Co., KY; probably buried in Cary Cemetery with son Francis L. Cary.
  
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  4. Josias Wells, b.c. 1792-1795, Franklin Co., NC or Sumner Co., TN.
  
  1813 Taxable Property of Clarke County
  Wells, Josiah
  Wells, Josias
  
  1816 - He was one of two boys listed with Josiah on the 1816 Clarke Co., AL/MS census aged over 21 and living at home.
  
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  [A possible son of Josiah and Fereby due to the fact that he settled just across the river from Josiah's extended family who settled in Muhlenberg Co., KY, and also due to the similarity of names. It's even possible that he is the same as Josiah's son Josias.]
  
  5. Joel C. Wells, b. 26 Nov 1794; m. Mary __ [b. 1799, NC; d. 1858, Christian Co., KY]; he d. 1 Oct 1844, Christian Co., KY; buried Wells Cemetery.
  
  1850 census, Christian Co., KY
  Mary Wells F 50 North Carolina
  Betsy Wells F 26 Kentucky
  Martha Wells F 23 Kentucky
  Jane Wells F 20 Kentucky
  Thomas N Wells M 18 Kentucky
  
  Joel C. Wells' children:
  
  1) Elizabeth Wells, b. 1823, KY; she d. 1864
  
  2) Nancy Wells, b. 1825, KY; m. __ Reed; she d. 1871
  
  3) Martha Wells, b. 1827, KY; she d. 1857
  
  4) Mary Catherine Wells, b. 1836, KY; she d. 1848
  
  5) Jane Wells, b. 1840, KY
  
  6) Thomas N. Wells, b. 1842, KY
  
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  [A possible daughter of Josiah and Fereby]
  
  6. Cynthia Wells?, b.c. 1793; m. 15 Mar 1809, Sumner Co., TN to Samuel Potter [b. 20 Aug 1787, VA; d. 19 Mar 1825, Cooper Co., MO; son of George Bher Potter and Hannah Fitzhugh]; she d. 2 Jun 1825, Cooper Co., MO.
  
  Cynthia was a then uncommon name that was frequently used in Fereby Bass's family, and the Zacheus Wilson who gave bond for her marriage would shortly afterwards become the brother-in-law of Mariah "Polly" Wells Wall's husband Simon Wall's brother Hugh.
  
  The Cooper family (including Samuel's parents and most of his siblings) went to Kentucky for a few years before finally settling in Cooper Co., MO. In KY, they lived in Christian Co. just across the river from where Josiah's parents lived in Muhlenberg Co.
  
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  7. William B. Wells, b. 1792-1796, Franklin Co., NC or Sumner Co., TN; m. 2 Mar 1820, Clarke Co., AL to Elizabeth M. Kirkpatrick [b. 1800, TN; d. 1851, Greene Co., AL; daughter of William Kirkpatrick and Mary ___]; he d. 20 Jun 1840, Greene Co., AL; shot by an unknown assailant.
  
  1817 - he signed his name next to his father's on a petition from Clarke Co., AL protesting the state of Mississippi's attempt to annex them.
  
  HISTORY OF ATHENS and CLARKE COUNTY, 1923, H. J. ROWE, Publisher, THE McGREGOR CO., PRINTERS, ATHENS, GA.
  "Under the old military system, the last officers of the Athens company mentioned in history were Dr. William Bacon, Captain; and William B. Wells, Lieutenant. "
  
  Georgia Voices: Volume 2: Nonfiction
  edited by Hugh M. Ruppersburg, p. 39
  "The last commanders of the Athens militia were Doctor William Bacon, captain, and William B. Wells, first lieutenant, who were elected upon the distinct understanding that the company was never to be called out, and I think they were both cashiered by the authorities after a year or two had expired for their neglect of duty." [followed by the story of a "Pack Wells" having been elected major at some earlier time]
  
  1821 or later, William sued his father's estate, which his stepmother and older sister were administering.
  
  1825 - he was sheriff of Clarke Co., AL:
  
  http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/History/acts_and_journals/House_Journal_1825/Dec_23.html
  Friday, December 23, 1825.
  Mr. Hallett, from the committee on accounts, to whom was referred the petition and account of Hugh Henry, late sheriff of Bibb county, for provisions furnished certain prisoners in the jail of said county, during the years 1823 and 1824, reported, that said account is not authenticated according to the mode prescribed by law, and ask leave to be discharged from the further consideration thereof; which was agreed to.
  Mr. Hallett, from the committee on accounts, to whom was referred the account of William B. Wells, sheriff of Clarke county, for boarding Thomas Redding, a prisoner, committed to a jail of said county, on a charge of murder, reported, that said account is not authenticated according to law, and ask leave to be discharged from the further consideration thereof; which was agreed to.
  
  1828 - got land grant in Greene Co., AL?
  
  1830 census, Greene Co., AL
  William Wills head of household
  wife and several children
  
  William's house at 108 Ashby Dr., Eutaw, AL is on the National Historical Register as an example of the Greek Revival style of architecture. It was built about 1835 and has been moved from its original location 17 miles northwest of Eutaw.
  
  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
  "Original owner: As specified hertofore, the original owner of the house was William B. Wills. Neither his date nor place of birth is known, but documentation of his arrival in Greene County, Alabama, in 1828 from South Carolina can be verified from the original Land Grants from the Government and from the 1830 Census. Most information concerning Wills is set forth in his nuncupative will, that is, his oral
  will declared at the time of his death before witnesses and which was subsequently reduced to writing. Wills was shot approximately one mile from the house site at the time that he gave his will, being unable to travel back to his home. The circumstances surrounding his death have not been determined. In said will there is a complete accounting
  of his debts and a complete inventory of all his property, real, personal and mixed, with descriptions of same. In this documentation it indicates that Wills was a planter, that he owned 63 slaves, that he had a brick kiln and blacksmith operation on his plantation and that he raised racing quarter horses. Further, the will indicates that he left a widow, Elizabeth M. Wills, who was formerly Elizabeth M. Kilpatrick.
  Although the 1830 Census documents several children of Wills, his particular will file does not have any inclusion concerning same. It may be presumed then, that these children predeceased Wills. After his death in June 20, 1840, his widow, Elizabeth M. Wills, took title to the property.
  Subsequent Owners:
  1. Elizabeth M. Wills (owned the property 1840-1849). Little is known about the widow of William B. Wills. As stated hertofore her maiden name was Kilpatrick and that her parents were William and Mary Kilpatrick and there is some suggestion that she was from Mississippi. At present, the verification of this has not been determined. Elizabeth Wills expired in 1851, failing to have remarried, and leaving no surviving children."
  
  1850 census, Greene Co., AL
  Elizabeth Wills F 50 Tennessee
  Nancy Wist F 23 Tennessee
  Mary Kirkpatrick F 12 Alabama
  30 slaves
  
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  8. Fereby Wells, Jr., b.c. 1795, Sumner Co., TN; m. 15 Jan 1816, Clarke Co., AL to James Reed;
  
  1816, January 15; Clarke County, Mississippi Territory (later was Clarke Co. AL); James Reed married Phareba Wills; WILLIAM ROBINSON performed the marriage as a Justice of the Peace.
  Source: P. 18, Clark County, AL; Marriage Records; Vol A: 1814-1834; P. 191
  
  1816 Clark County, Mississippi Territory Census
  compiled by: Lisa R. Franklin RN
  KEY: a,b,c,d where a=white males over 21, b=white males under 21, c-white females over 21, and d=white females under 21.
  Dukes, Hardiman - 1,3,1,1
  Reed, Elias - 1,1,1,3
  Reed, James - 1,0,1,0 new bride is Ferabe Wells
  [One white male and one white female, both age 21 or over]
  Rutledge, Abram - 1,2,1,2 wife is Nancy Wells
  Wills, John - 1,2,1,0
  Wills, Josiah - 3,2,1,1 & 7 slaves
  
  1817(?)
  To the Honorable the congress of the United States, the humble petition of the undersigned inhabitats of the Alabama Territory residing near the waters of the Mobile,--respectfully showeth ,
  That your petitioners have heard with the most serious alarm that applications are about to b e made to your honorable body by the new state of the Mississippi for an extension of the boundaries of the said state so as to include at least the whole of the settlements on the western side of the Mobile & Tombigby rivers:
  Your petitioners view this proposed transfer of freeman, like the vassals of European potentats, from one sovereignty to another, as so repugnant to justice & so completely hostile to the priciples of republican America; that they persuade themselves it will receive from the representatives of the people of the United States, a prompt & indignant rejection. [lengthy petition]
  [signatues – among many others]
  John Calloway John George J Green
  L Hammond Benj King M Hammond
  Josiah Wills S Hammond William B Wills
  J Hammond James Reed Westbrooks
  William Jolley Wiley Huckly Jams Barran
  
  "The James Reed (Reid) was the ancestor of the modern Reid family that resides in northwestern Clarke around Bashi & Tallahatta Springs."
  
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  9. Daughter Wells, b. 1796 or later [1816 census aged under 21];
  
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  10. Son Wells, b. 1796 or later [1816 census aged under 21];
  
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  11. Son Wells, b. 1796 or later [1816 census aged under 21]; it's possible this was his stepson Robert Littlepage, born 1808, Muhlenberg Co., KY.

Ann Collins^1,2

• Reference: W999 ID290

• Birth*: 1768; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1781; prob., Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  about Micajah Wells
  Name: Micajah Wells
  Gender: Male
  Birth Place: NC
  Birth Year: 1772
  Spouse Name: Ann Collins
  Spouse
  Birth Place: NC
  Spouse Birth Year: 1768
  Marriage State: NC
  Number Pages: 1
  ; Groom=Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2

• Married Name: circa 1781; Mrs. Wells (Collins)
• (Head of Household) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Micajah Wells
  Name: Micajah Wells
  Age: 78
  Estimated birth year: abt 1772
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 559
  Household Members: Name Age
  Micajah Wells 78
  Ann Wells 82
  Joseph J Wells 17; Head of Household=Rev. Micajah R Wells

Margaret Crabtree^1,2

• Reference: W999 ID290

• Birth*: 1775; Franklin Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 9 November 1823; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
  about Mary Francis Jr. Crabtree Wells
  Spouse 1: Crabtree, Mary
  Spouse 2: Wells, Francis Jr.
  Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1823
  Marriage Location: Kentucky
  Muhlenberg County
  
  ; Groom=Francis Wells^1,2
• Death*: 1869; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA

• Name Variation: Mary Margaret Crabtree
• Married Name: 9 November 1823; Mrs. Wells (Crabtree)

Lourana C Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1 December 1795; North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 25 November 1815; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 2 November 1874; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
  about Lourance C Drake
  Name: Lourance C Drake
  [Lourance C Wells]
  Death Date: 2 Nov 1874
  Death Location: Muhlenberg
  Residence Location: Muhlenberg
  Age: 79
  Gender: Female
  Ethnicity: White
  Birth Date: abt 1795
  Father's name: Micajah Wells
  Mother's name: Ann Wells
  ^1,2

• Married Name: 25 November 1815; Mrs. Drake (Wells)

Martha Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 25 December 1791; North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 11 February 1811; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 18 October 1870^1,2

• Nickname: Patsy^1,2
• Married Name: 11 February 1811; Mrs. Drake (Wells)

Anna Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1805; North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 9 August 1825; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 1888^1,2

• Married Name: 9 August 1825; Mrs. Drake (Wells)

Joseph John Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1810; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 28 November 1831; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Rebecca Utley^1,2
• Death: 12 February 1832; Micajah Wells Family Cemetery, Weir, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA
• (Deceased) Death*: 12 February 1832; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Drowned in Pond River^1,2

Mary Wells^1,2

• Father*: Wyatt Samuel Wells^1,2 b. 1777, d. Feb 1860
• Mother*: Nancy Gaines^1,2 b. c 1785

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1805; North Carolina, USA^1,2

• Nickname: Polly^1,2

James Wells^1,2

• Father*: Wyatt Samuel Wells^1,2 b. 1777, d. Feb 1860
• Mother*: Nancy Gaines^1,2 b. c 1785

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1814; North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 21 April 1836; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  
  Name:      James Wells
  Gender:      Male
  Birth Place:      NC
  Birth Year:      1814
  Spouse Name:      Elizabeth J Cary
  Spouse
  Birth Place:      KY
  Spouse Birth Year:      1820
  Marriage
  Year:      1836
  Marriage State:      KY
  Number Pages:      1; Bride=Elizabeth Jane Cary^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 16 March 1853; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
  about James Wells
  Name: James Wells
  Death Date: 16 Mar 1853
  Death Location: Muhlenberg
  Residence Location: Muhlenberg
  Age: 38
  Gender: Male
  Birth Date: abt 1815
  Father's Name: Wyatt Wells
  ^1,2

• (Head of Household) Census*: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about James Wells
  Name: James Wells
  Age: 36
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Household Members: Name Age
  James Wells 36
  Elizabeth Wells 30
  Wm L Wells 12
  A C Wells 10
  Mary L Wells 8
  Mosely P Wells 5
  James F Wells 4
  Benjn C Wells 1
  N D Owen 24; Household Member=Elizabeth Jane Cary, Household Member=William Lemuel Wells, Household Member=A C Wells, Household Member=Mary L Wells, Household Member=Perry Mosley Wells, Household Member=James Francis Wells, Household Member=Benjamin C Wells

Nancy Wells^1,2

• Father*: Wyatt Samuel Wells^1,2 b. 1777, d. Feb 1860
• Mother*: Nancy Gaines^1,2 b. c 1785

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 20 February 1819^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 17 January 1839^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 1906; Cherry Grove Cemetery, Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• Married Name: 17 January 1839; Mrs. Johnson (Wells)

Edmond Riley Wells^1,2

• Father*: Wyatt Samuel Wells^1,2 b. 1777, d. Feb 1860
• Mother*: Nancy Gaines^1,2 b. c 1785

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1823; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 20 June 1844; Christian Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Mary Ann Grace^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage: circa 1846; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Mary Ann Grace
• (Deceased) Death*: 1869; Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Witness) Burial*: 1869; Wells Cemetery on at Ryan Lake in, Dukes Ridge, Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• Name Variation: Riley Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Riley Wells
  Name: Riley Wells
  Age: 27
  Estimated birth year: abt 1823
  Birth Place: Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 587
  Household Members: Name Age
  Riley Wells 27
  Mary A Wells 22
  Mary A E Wells 3
  Francis L Wells 1
  
  ; Head of Household=Mary Ann Grace, Head of Household=Mary A E Wells, Head of Household=Frances L Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1860; Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about R Wells
  Name: R Wells
  Age in 1860: 37
  Birth Year: abt 1823
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1860: Christian, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Hopkinsville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  R Wells 37
  James B Mccord 16
  Henry C Mccord 14
  Jno J Rogers 63
  Louisa J Rogers 48
  Telix Rogers 22
  
  
• Milt-Event*: circa 1862; Kentucky, USA; (not sure correct person)
  U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
  about Edmund R. Wells
  Name: Edmund R. Wells
  Side: Union
  Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
  Regiment Name: 10 Kentucky Cavalry
  Regiment Name Expanded: 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
  Company: E
  Rank In: Corporal
  Rank In Expanded: Corporal
  Rank Out: Sergeant
  Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant
  Alternate Name: Edwin R./Wells
  Film Number: M386 roll 29
  

Elizabeth Jane Cary^1,2

• Reference: W999 ID290

• Birth*: 1820; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA
• (Bride) Marriage*: 21 April 1836; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  
  Name:      James Wells
  Gender:      Male
  Birth Place:      NC
  Birth Year:      1814
  Spouse Name:      Elizabeth J Cary
  Spouse
  Birth Place:      KY
  Spouse Birth Year:      1820
  Marriage
  Year:      1836
  Marriage State:      KY
  Number Pages:      1; Groom=James Wells^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: February 1864; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA

• Name Variation: Elizabeth Jane Clary
• Married Name: 21 April 1836; Mrs. Wells (Carey)
• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about James Wells
  Name: James Wells
  Age: 36
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Household Members: Name Age
  James Wells 36
  Elizabeth Wells 30
  Wm L Wells 12
  A C Wells 10
  Mary L Wells 8
  Mosely P Wells 5
  James F Wells 4
  Benjn C Wells 1
  N D Owen 24; Head of Household=James Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1860; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about E J Wells
  Name: E J Wells
  [Elizabeth J. Wells]
  Age in 1860: 40
  Birth Year: abt 1820
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Female
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  E J Wells 40
  Wm L Wells 22
  Mosley P Wells 15
  James F Wells 13
  Benjamine C Wells 10
  John M Wells 8; Household Member=James Francis Wells, Household Member=Benjamin C Wells, Household Member=Perry Mosley Wells, Household Member=William Lemuel Wells, Household Member=John M Wells

Mosely P Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1798; North Carolina, USA
• (Groom) Marriage*: 26 April 1831; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2
• Death*: 1867; prob., Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA

• (Head of Household) Census*: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Household Member=Benjamin D Wells, Household Member=Mary Ann Wells, Household Member=Mosley Collins Wells, Household Member=Thomas Jefferson Wells, Household Member=James P Wells, Household Member=Micajah J Wells, Household Member=Alney M Wells, Household Member=Nancy L Wells, Household Member=Robert Littlepage Wells, Head of Household=Lourana Susan Dukes, Household Member=Joseph John Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Household Member=Mary Ann Wells, Household Member=Mosley Collins Wells, Household Member=Thomas Jefferson Wells, Household Member=James P Wells, Household Member=Micajah J Wells, Household Member=Alney M Wells, Household Member=Robert Littlepage Wells, Head of Household=Lourana Susan Dukes, Household Member=Henry C Wells

Sarah G Wells^1,2

• Father*: Rev. Micajah R Wells^1,2 b. 1 Jan 1772, d. 19 Oct 1851
• Mother*: Ann Collins^1,2 b. 1768

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 12 January 1802; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 6 April 1824; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 7 September 1890; Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• Married Name: Mrs. Greenfield (Wells)
• Married Name: 6 April 1824; Mrs. Grissom (Wells)

Almira Wells^1,2

• Father*: John Lewis Wells^1,2 b. 1842
• Mother*: Mary A E Wells^1,2 b. 1847, d. 7 Feb 1891

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: circa 1870

Toby J Wells^1,2

• Father*: John Lewis Wells^1,2 b. 1842
• Mother*: Mary A E Wells^1,2 b. 1847, d. 7 Feb 1891

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: circa 1867^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 28 October 1886; Christian Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Flora A Gates^1,2

William Wells^1,2

• Father*: John Lewis Wells^1,2 b. 1842
• Mother*: Mary A E Wells^1,2 b. 1847, d. 7 Feb 1891

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: circa 1869^1,2

Clara Wells^1,2

• Father*: Patrick F Wells^1,2 b. 22 Dec 1847, d. 20 Mar 1928
• Mother*: Martha E Monahan^1,2 b. 8 Oct 1853, d. 22 Mar 1919

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 15 June 1887; Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1900^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 5 January 1922; Hopkins Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• (Head of Household) Census: 1900; Crofton, Christian Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1900 United States Federal Census
  about Patrick F Wells
  Name: Patrick F Wells
  Home in 1900: Crofton, Christian, Kentucky
  [Crofton, Christian, Kentucky]
  Age: 53
  Birth Date: Dec 1846
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Relationship to head-of-house: Head
  Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
  Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
  Spouse's name: Martha E Wells
  Marriage Year: 1866
  Marital Status: Married
  Years Married: 34
  Occupation: View on Image
  Neighbors: View others on page
  Household Members: Name Age
  Patrick F Wells 53
  Martha E Wells 48
  Nomi Wells 20
  Anthony Wells 18
  Clarence Wells 16
  Gertrude Wells 13
  Clarra Wells 12
  
  ; Head of Household=Patrick F Wells

Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 21 December 1809; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage: 26 April 1831; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Groom=Mosely P Wells^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 27 August 1896; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• Burial*: 27 August 1896; Wells Cemetery, Christian Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• Married Name: 26 April 1831; Mrs. Wells (Dukes)
• (Head of Household) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1870; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1870 United States Federal Census
  about Alney M Wells
  Name: Alney M Wells
  Birth Year: abt 1846
  Age in 1870: 24
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Alney M Wells 24
  Bettie A Wells 22
  Henry C Wells 18
  Lurana L Wells 55
  Micager C Wells 26
  Robert L Wells 22
  
  ; Head of Household=Alney M Wells, Head of Household=Robert Littlepage Wells, Head of Household=Micajah J Wells, Head of Household=Henry C Wells, Household Member=Elizabeth Ann Jones

Joseph John Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 16 September 1832; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 29 December 1853; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Eliza Ann Jenkins^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 10 November 1864; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about John J Wells
  Name: John J Wells
  Age in 1860: 28
  Birth Year: abt 1832
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  John J Wells 28
  Eliza A Wells 24
  James F Wells 5
  John M Wells 3
  
  ; Head of Household=Eliza Ann Jenkins, Head of Household=James F Wells, Head of Household=John M Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1870; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1870 United States Federal Census
  about Joseph J Wells
  Name: Joseph J Wells
  Birth Year: abt 1833
  Age in 1870: 37
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Joseph J Wells 37
  Eliza A Wells 33
  James F Wells 15
  John M Wells 13
  Jefferson F Wells 9
  Luro C Wells 6
  Robert L Wells 3
  Samantha E Wells 9/12; Household Member=Lura Wells, Household Member=Robert L Wells, Household Member=Samantha E Wells, Head of Household=Nancy Ellen Wells, Head of Household=James F Wells, Household Member=Jefferson F Wells

Benjamin D Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: May 1834; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; (not positive correct person)
  
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Ben Wells
  Name: Ben Wells
  Age in 1860: 24
  Birth Year: abt 1836
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Jas P Drake 28
  Sephiorna V Drake 24
  Winborn M Drake 2
  Jacob Row 23
  Ben Wells 24
  Silas Drake 14

Mary Ann Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 3 October 1835; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 8 October 1867^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 17 March 1913^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• Married Name: 8 October 1867; Mrs. Drake (Wells)

Mosley Collins Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 16 March 1839; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 6 April 1864^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells

Thomas Jefferson Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 27 November 1840; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1869; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Lourana Jenkins^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 26 December 1885; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1870; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1870 United States Federal Census
  about T J Wells
  Name: T J Wells
  Birth Year: abt 1841
  Age in 1870: 29
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1870: District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  T J Wells 29
  Lummy Wells 18
  Napoleona B Wells 6/12
  
  ; Head of Household=Lourana Jenkins, Head of Household=Napoleon B Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1880; Courthouse, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1880 United States Federal Census
  about Wells
  Name: Wells
  Home in 1880: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Age: 39
  Estimated birth year: abt 1841
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
  Spouse's name: Lo... Wells
  Father's birthplace: North Carolina
  Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
  Neighbors: View others on page
  Occupation: Farming
  Marital Status: Married
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
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  Household Members: Name Age
  Wells 39
  Lo... Wells 37
  Nap... Wells 10
  Wells 8
  Eva Wells 6
  Nancy Wells 4
  Elizabeth A Wells 2
  Anna E Wells 6m; Household Member=ATT Wells, Household Member=Eva Wells, Household Member=Nancy L Wells, Household Member=Elizabeth A Wells, Household Member=Anna E Wells, Household Member=Napoleon B Wells, Household Member=Lourana Jenkins

James P Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 25 December 1842; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1865; Bride=Mariah Emolyne Dukes^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells

Micajah J Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 14 May 1844; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 17 August 1899^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1870; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1870 United States Federal Census
  about Alney M Wells
  Name: Alney M Wells
  Birth Year: abt 1846
  Age in 1870: 24
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Alney M Wells 24
  Bettie A Wells 22
  Henry C Wells 18
  Lurana L Wells 55
  Micager C Wells 26
  Robert L Wells 22
  
  ; Head of Household=Lourana Susan Dukes

Alney M Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 1847; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1870; Evergreen Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA; Bride=Elizabeth Ann Jones^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 28 January 1910^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Household Member) Census: 1860; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1860 United States Federal Census
  about Mosley P Wells
  Name: Mosley P Wells
  Age in 1860: 62
  Birth Year: abt 1798
  Birthplace: North Carolina
  Home in 1860: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Gender: Male
  Post Office: Greenville
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Mosley P Wells 62
  Lurany S Wells 50
  Mosley C Wells 21
  Ann Wells 23
  Thos J Wells 19
  Jas P Wells 17
  Micager Wells 16
  Alney M Wells 14
  Robert L Wells 12
  Henry C Wells 9; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1870; Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1870 United States Federal Census
  about Alney M Wells
  Name: Alney M Wells
  Birth Year: abt 1846
  Age in 1870: 24
  Birthplace: Kentucky
  Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Value of real estate: View image
  Household Members: Name Age
  Alney M Wells 24
  Bettie A Wells 22
  Henry C Wells 18
  Lurana L Wells 55
  Micager C Wells 26
  Robert L Wells 22
  
  ; Head of Household=Lourana Susan Dukes

Nancy L Wells^1,2

• Father*: Mosely P Wells^1,2 b. 1798, d. 1867
• Mother*: Lourana Susan Dukes^1,2 b. 21 Dec 1809, d. 27 Aug 1896

• Reference: W027 ID290

• Birth*: 21 September 1837; prob., Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Witness) Burial*: 4 September 1851; Mosely Wells Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA^1,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 4 September 1851; Kentucky, USA^1,2

• (Household Member) Census: 1850; Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, USA;
  1850 United States Federal Census
  about Moseley P Wells
  Name: Moseley P Wells
  Age: 52
  Estimated birth year: abt 1798
  Birth Place: North Carolina
  Gender: Male
  Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
  Family Number: 606
  Household Members: Name Age
  Moseley P Wells 52
  Lurany Wells 41
  Joseph J Wells 18
  Ben D Wells 16
  Mary A Wells 14
  Nancy L Wells 12
  Moseley C Wells 10
  Thos J Wells 8
  Jas P Wells 6
  Micajah Wells 4
  Alney M Wells 3
  Robert L Wells 2
  
  ; Head of Household=Mosely P Wells