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- Basil and Elizabeth initially lived in the Edgefield District of South Carolina until 1812 at which time they moved to Hall County, Georgia. Basil and Elizabeth moved to Bibb County, Alabama in the mid-1820's. They were among the first settlers of Maplesville near Mulberry Creek. Basil and Elizabeth had thirteen children of which three were born in South Carolina, five in Georgia, and five in Bibb (later became Chilton) County, Alabama. The children were:
#01: Robert Adolph Woolley - Feb. 19, 1807-1876 married on Nov. 28, 1826 to Mary "Polly" White;
#02: Edy Woolley Nov. 25, 1808-Aug. 10, 1810;
#03: Jesse Irby Woolley - March 10, 1811-April 06, 1852 married Phoebe H. Page;
#04: Ginutty (Gennetta) Woolley - April 01, 1813 GA-July 11, 1896-Chilton County, Alabama, married on January 29, 1827/28 Bibb Co., Al, to Hugh Jones - April 19, 1809 Randolph County, (Later Jasper County) Georgia - September 30, 1864 Bibb County, Al, father: Joseph White Jones, mother: Rebecca Hightower, (Genetta & Hugh Woolley Jones are buried on private property-Blueberry Farm - Chilton Co., Al-Co. Rd. 15 & State Hwy. 22W, at one time this area was called Jones).;
#05: Alpha Woolley - July 22, 1815- ? married on Jan. 20, 1833 to Edmund Hayes (Hays); #06: Pickney Woolley - Dec. 08, 1817 - 1862 married on Jan. 07, 1841 to Mary Caroline Banks;
#07: Minor Woolley - Sept. 26, 1820 - ? , married on Nov. 08, 1847 to Martha E. Yeager; #08: Andrew Jackson Woolley - Feb. 26, 1826 - Nov. 05, 1853 married on Oct. 22, 1850 to Juliann Parnell;
#09: Basil Andrew Woolley, Jr. - Aug. 01, 1827 - 1865, married on Jan. 30, 1851 to Margaret S. Lenoir;
#10: Sabra Woolley - Feb. 22, 1829 - 1889, married to Thomas Washburn,
#11: Elizabeth Ann Woolley - March 22, 1831 - ?, married J. L. Brown;
#12: Mary Caroline Woolley - May 11, 1833 - Dec. 22, 1922-Malvern, Arkansas, married on Jan. 24, 1850 to Seaborn Jones (died), then married James G. Sanford;
#13: Virgil T. Woolley Oct. 11, 1835 - March 27, 1836.
Basil, Elizabeth, and several of their children moved to Benton County (later Calhoun County, Al). In 1848, Basil passed away and is buried in Calhoun Co., Al. After Basil's death, Elizabeth and family returned to Bibb County (now Chilton Co., Al). Elizabeth died in October 1865 and is buried in the Jones-Woolley Family Cemetery near Isabella (Chilton Co., AL) Co. Rd. 15 & State Hwy. 22W (private property-Blueberry Farm).
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