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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Bartlett H. O''dell Note Born: Abt 1785 at Washington County District ? , , , North Carolina Married: 6 Aug 1813 at Washington County, , , Tennessee Died: 10 Sep 1858 at Claiborne County, , , Tennessee
WIFE
Name: Elizabeth Quillen Note Born: Abt 1787 at North Carolina Tennessee ? , , , Died: 11 Oct 1873 at Claiborne ? Union ? County, , , Tennessee
CHILDREN
Name: Quillen B. O''dell Born: at Tennessee ? Virginia ? , , , Died: Wife: Mary Ausmus
Name: Nancy O''dell Born: Abt 1814 at Tennessee, , , Died: Aft 1888 at Laurel County, , , Kentucky
Name: Artemicia O''dell Born: Abt 1816 at Tennessee Virginia ? , , , Died: 1 Feb 1901 at Claiborne County, , , Tennessee Husband: Spencer Edwards
Name: Mary Pauline (polly) O''dell Born: Abt 1818 at Speedwell, , Claiborne County, Tennessee Died: Abt 1895 at Victoria, , Marion County, Tennessee Husband: John (jack) Lay
Name: Eliza Louisa O''dell Born: 11 Apr 1824 at Claiborne County, , , Tennessee Died: 3 Dec 1903 at Campbell County, , , Tennessee Husband: Lindsey H. Nelson
Name: Elisha Jordan (jordan) O''dell Born: 15 Aug 1827 at Claiborne County, , , Tennessee Died: Aft Apr 1910 at Illinois, , , Wife: Hannah Williams
Name: Elizabeth Mahala O''dell Born: 25 Aug 1830 at Tennessee, , , Died: 23 Jan 1910 at Claiborne County, , , Tennessee Husband: Henry Ellison
Name: Marshall Love O''dell Born: 11 Apr 1832 at Goin, , Claiborne County, Tennessee Died: 4 Sep 1909 at Goin, , Claiborne County, Tennessee Wife: Serena Hopper
Name: William Lacey O''dell Born: Abt 1836 at Claiborne County ? , , , Tennessee Died: 18 Mar 1862 at Knox County, , , Kentucky Wife: Sarah Ann (sally) Overby
NOTES
1). Bartlett was a Lt.in the TN Militia in June, 1813. He was a veteran of the War o bobspu.ged BIO According to OLD SPEEDWELL FAMILIES, Revised and Updated, page 279, Bartlett H. O DELL ...Came from North Carolina to the Barren Country of Claiborne County, TENNESSEE about 1800. EDWARDS also cites dates of death for both Bartlett and his wife, Elizabeth QUILLEN . Per the 1850 Census, Bartlett reports that he was born in NC some reports specify Washington County , some say Washington District and some say only NORTH CAROLINA. There is no known documentation to support any of these, except the consistency of census record responses to to the Place of Birth question. That response has been North Carolina in every instance researched by this compiler. Data collected from several descendants of Bartlett O DELL give 1785 as his year ofbirth. Where this date originated is unknown. Lawrence EDWARDS uses this year of birth for Bartlett. Census records calculate to support it as well. Excerpts re the ODELL lineage, borrowed from descendents of John H. O DELL, contained information fromthe book, OVER THE MISTY BLUE HILLS, by Ruth WEBB O DELL. One candidate for the father of Bartlett was John ODELL, the son of Benjamin, Sr. This John and his wife, were reported by the author of that book to have been shown with six children by the time of the enumeration of the 1800 census in Buncombe County, NC. This John s father, Benjamin ODELL, Sr. and John s brother, Benjamin, Jr. also appear in Buncombe County on that census. Buncombe County Deed Books show a sale of property in 1813, wherein John ODELL, of Pendleton District South Carolina, was one of the parties involved. Unfortunately, the 1800 census enumeration shows no males in the 10 16 age range, where Bartlett should have been. All six children shown on this enumeration of John ODELL s household are under the age of ten. There are reports that a John ODEL ODIL, living in the Shenandoah Valley, then in Washington County, TN, married a Margaret DENTON, widow of his good friend, John DENTON. There is some speculation that this may have been Bartlett s father. Another John ODIL, who resided for a time in SOUTH CAROLINA, later in Maury County, TN, and who eventually died in Graves County, KY, has also been considered as the father of Bartlett. There has, in fact, been no conclusive evidence that one of these or any other known John ODELL ODLE ODIL O DELL was Bartlett s father. Attempts to locate Bartlett on census records prior to 1840 have been unsuccessful. He apparently lived in someone else s household even after his marriage to Elizabeth QUILLEN, since his name never appears as the Head of the Household before 1840. Bartlett was on tax lists of Washington County, TN in 1814 and 1815, but he claimed no property in either of these accountings. Obviously, however, Lawrence EDWARDS report that Bartlett was in the Barren Country of Claiborne County by 1800 is not accurate. The marriage of Bartlett and Elizabeth QUILLEN is on record in Washington Co., TN. Bartlett was a Lt.in the TN Militia in June, 1813. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. Per pension file records, he was drafted at Jonesborough, TN on or about the 13th day of November, A.D. 1814 for the term of six months.... He was discharged 18 MAY 1815 after serving six months and six days. Elizabeth s and Bartlett s family appear on the U.S. Census in Claiborne Co., TN in 1840. Bartlett was not found as the head of a household in 1830. He did not appear on 1810 or 1820 census Compiler has searched neighboring counties in 1820 and 1830, but has been unsuccessful in locating Bartlett in either census record. October, 1997, compiler received a photocopy of pages from THE PEOPLE S HISTORY OF CLAIBORNE COUNTY TN, 1801 1988, from Eva WELLS McCARTY, another descendent of Bartlett O DELL. Recorded on pages 24, 25 and 26 of that book, are ...Free Male Inhabitants, Twenty One and Upwards, 1833. Page 26 contains the name of Bartlet ODLE. This data confirms that Bartlett was in Claiborne County at least by 1833, but since he was not shown as the head of a household on the 1830 census, it would appear that he arrived there between 1830 and 1833. In the Pension File, Jesse and Mary Jones testified that they had known Bartlett before and at the time of his marriage near Jonesborough, TN , in Washington Co. TNthey the JONES family had moved to Claiborne Co., TN some years afterward, as did Bartlett and his wife, Elizabeth, ... have been neighbors to said parties since that date... . Per Deed Book Z, Bartlett contracted for purchase of 200 acres in Claiborne Co. in 1854 however, the original deed was evidently lost and not recorded until Jan. 1860, probably as a part of the probate settlement after Bartlett s death. According to the 1854 document, ...being the Same place whereon the Said Odell now lives and was conveyed from Said Cain to the Said Odell Some years since which conveyance is lost or mislayed without being recorded... Although errors in reporting were not infrequent on census records, the informant in the household of Bartlett s son, Quillen O DELL, in Franklin County, AR, in 1850, reported that Quillen was born in VA. Also, the informant in the household of McKindry EDWARDS in 1880 reported that McKindry s mother, Artiemacey the daughter of Bartlett O DELL , was born in VA. Since both of these children of Bartlett s, at other times were reported born in TN, this may not be significant however it is possible that one or both of them could have been born in VA, indicating that Bartlett and his family went to VIRGINIA between the timethey lived in Washington County, TN and the time they appeared in Claiborne County. There is some evidence that the QUILLIN QUILLEN McQUILLEN family residedin VA, but no definite connection of Elizabeth QUILLEN O DELL and those QUILLENs has been made.From the contents of Bartlett s Pension Files, it appears that he filed in 1851 and again in 1855 for Bounty Land. One document from the Department of Interior indicates that the claim was re examined in 1856. In 1871, shortly after the enactment of anew widow s pension law, Elizabeth QUILLEN O DELL filed for a pension from the military service of her husband. She evidently was granted a pension in the amount of eight dollars a month until her death in 1873. Two application numbers do appear in thepension file, along with the applications and sworn statements of his witnesses. It is possible that Bartlett was granted the land, but did as many other veterans of the day, and sold the warrant to someone else. This possibility, however, has not beenresearched. REF 1. Genealogical Helper Magazine, Jan Feb. 1991, Computerized Roots Cellar , pg 233 Query published by compiler response from Wm. J. HEINLE, desc. of Mary Pauline O DELL LAY. 2. U.S. Census 1840 TN Claiborne Co. pg.228 copy provided by Wm. J. HEINLE, desc of Barlett H. O DELL. 3. U.S. Census 1850 TN Claiborne Co. 7th Subd. E. Dist. pg.674 1349 1349. M.F. 432 874. 4. William J. HEINLE 219 E. Date Ave. Casa Grande, AZ 85222 desc. of Mary Pauline O DELL LAY dau o Bartlett H. O DELL. 5. Marriage Records of Washington County TN 1787 1840 GRAMMER and MULLINS Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1975. pg. 10. 6. Washington County TN Marriages 1780 1870 , G.F. BURGNER, Southern Hist. Press, Inc. Easley, SC, 1985 Records found at Jonesboro, TN , pg. 10. Ref. also explains Washington Co., TN was formed from Washington District, NC . 7. Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia,, 1796 1815. Compiled by Mrs. J.T. MOORE, Lib. & Archiv. State of TN, 1947. pg.215 Washington County Commissions O DELL,Bartlett. 8. Civil War Pension File WC66 610 Wm. L. & Sarah A. O DELL PHELPS Copy owned by compiler. 9. OLD SPEEDWELL FAMILIES, Lawrence EDWARDS Claiborne Co. Pub. Library Tazewell, TN 10. Deed BookZ, pp 182 184 Recorder s Office, Claiborne County Court House Tazewell, TN. Copy of deed owned by compiler. 11. Index to War of 1812 Pension Files Vol. II J Z, transcribed by Virgil White. Index located at Henderson Co. Pub. Lib, Hendersonville, NC. 12. Military Pension File WC 2049 & Blount.Lnd. WT 37502 80 55 and WT 11123 80 55 Bartlett H. ODELL National Archives, Wash., D.C. Copy owned by compiler. 13. Tax List of Washington County, 1814 1819, p 5 MF 639 Jonesboro, TN Library. 14. Marjorie WALSH, 4309 W. Atlantic Apt. 917 Coconut Creek, FL desc. of Bartlett O DELL. 15. Ben L. O DELL, 1808 N. Roan St. Johnson City, TN desc. of Bartlett O DELL. 16. Eva McCARTY 616 Miller Road Clinton, TN desc. of Bartlett O DELL. 17. OLD SPEEDWELL FAMILIES, Revised and Updated, by Lawrence EDWARDS and Joy EDWARDS DAVIS Claiborne Co. Pub. Lib. Tazewell, TN. 18. THE PEOPLE S HISTORY OF CLAIBORNBE CO. TN., 1801 1988, pp 24 26, Claiborne County, Tennessee Free Male Inhabitants, Twenty One and Upwards, 1833, photocopy provided by Eva WELLS McCARTY, 616 Miller Rd., Clinton, TN 37716. Book probably on file at Claiborne Co. Pub. Lib., Tazewell, TN. Source Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED Adopted North Carolina Claiborne County, Tennessee
2).  bobspu.ged  BIO  According to  Old Speedwell Families , Elizabeth QUILLEN was born in NC about 1787 and died in Claiborne County, TN in 1873.  The date of death was confirmed by records found in the Military Pension File. Elizabeth  s marriage to Bartlett ODELL in 1813 is documented, but census statistics do not agree as to her date and place of birth. On the 1850 census, Elizabeth reports that she was born in NC, as was her husband. In 1860, two years after the reported death of Bartlett, there is an  Elizabeth ODELLlisted as head of the household just after that of William L. ODELL, her youngest son. In that record, Elizabeth  s age is given as  60   which would calculate to a birth date of ca 1800  and her place of birth is given as  TN.   The application for widow  s pension in 1871 gives her age as  78 years . EDWARDS reports that Elizabeth died in 1873, yet compiler was unable to find her on the census microfilm for Claiborne County in 1870. In 1880 her unmarried daughter is shown living in the home of Elizabeths grandson, William  Frank  O  DELL, in Laurel County, KY.  Compiler has been unable to locate the burial place of Bartlett O  DELL and his wife Elizabeth, but the pension file has confirmed that Bartlett died in 1858  Elizabeth died in 1873.  Per the records in the file, Elizabeth was living with her son, Marshall L. O  DELL, in 1871 and 1872.  Marshall  s place of residence was given as  11 miles west of Tazewell in Claiborne   TN .  Nov. 1996   Eva McCARTY, desc. of Elizabeth  QUILLEN  O  DELL via Mary Pauline  O  DELL  LAY, sent compiler a summary of census enumerations from Union County, TN which includes the households of Henry and  Mahaley   O  DELL  ELLISON and Henry  s widowed mother, Eliza ELLISON. In Eliza  s household are enumerated  Eliza  60 , Nancy CLEMANS  40 , Martha  16 , Mary  16 , Elizabeth  13 , Nancy  28  and  Elizabeth ODLE, 70.  Since this compiler did not find Elizabeth  QUILLEN  in the 1870 census in Claiborne County, this probably is she, however, the age of this Elizabeth ODLE is not consistent with her age as reported in other documents, e.g. census records, the C.W. Pension application in 1871, etc. Still there have been many inconsistencies among records on this family. Compiler located the 1870 enumeration for Marshall O  DELL in Claiborne County.  Elizabeth was not in his household at the time of the enumeration. This leaves speculation as to where Elizabeth died  she may have returned to Marshall  s home before her death  she may have died in the home of her daughter, Mahala Elizabeth ELLISON, in Union County. She may also have died in the home of Louisa Eliza  O  DELL  NELSON, another daughter, who lived in Campbell County, TN. Other correspondence between compiler and Eva McCARTY has also introduced the tradition among Eva  s branch of the family that Elizabeth QUILLEN  s father was  Charles QUILLEN.   Compiler has tried to find evidence to support this report, but the only Charles QUILLEN found in Washington County, TN during the time that Elizabeth and Bartlett would have been there seemed too young to have been the father of Elizabeth. This Charles married Harriet GYRE after Elizabeth  s marriage to Bartlett. There was a Thomas QUILLEN who appeared on Tax Lists of Washington County, TN during the same time as Bartlett  this Thomas disappeared from those tax rolls about 1818. There has been no documentation found which would link Thomas to Elizabeth, however.  REF  1.   OLD SPEEDWELL FAMILIES, Revised and Updated,  Lawrence EDWARDS and Joy EDWARDS DAVIS  Claiborne County Public Library  Tazewell, TN. 2.  U.S. Census 1850, TN  Claiborne Co.  7th Subd. E. TN Dist.  p 674   1349 1349. M.F.  432 874. 3.  William J.HEINLE  219 E. Date Ave.  Casa Grande, AZ 85222  desc. of Mary Pauline  ODELL  LAY, dau. to Elizabeth QUILLEN. 4.   Marriage Records of Washington County TN 1787 1840   p 10  GRAMMER and MULLINS  Genealogical Pub. Co.  Baltimore, 1975. 5.   Washington County TN Marriages 1780 1870,  G.F. BURGNER  Southern Hist. Press, Inc.  Easley, SC, 1985  Records found at Jonesboro, TN,  p 10. 6.  U.S. Census 1860  TN  Claiborne Co.  2nd Subd.  Tazewell P.O.  p 26   168 168. 7.   Index to War of 1812 Pension Files  Vol. II  J Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White. Henderson Co. Pub. Lib, Hendersonville, NC 8.  Military Pension File   Bartlett H. O  DELL  WC 2049 BWT 37502 8055  National Archives, Wash., D.C. 9.  U.S. Census 1870 TN  Union Co.  12th Dist.  Lost Creek P.O.p 3   15  15  HH of Eliza ELLISON   MF 593 1567. 10. U.S. Census 1870 TN  Claiborne Co.  12th CD  Tazewell P.O.  p 14   101  88   HH of Marshall O  DELL .   MF  593 1518. 11. Eva McCARTY, 616 Miller Road, Clinton, TN  desc. of Bartlett and Elizabeth  QUILLEN  O  DELL. Source  Elizabeth  Ann  Gilchrist Jun 1998 O  Dell.GED

						

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