Madison county once included a very large area of Kentucky and was along the path of many families migrating from the East into Ohio and Indiana. The events listed below may or may not have occurred in present-day Madison.
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| 1780s | My 5g-grandparents, Lawrence and Peggy Woolery, come from Pennsylvania, along with several of their children, including my 4g-grandfather, Michael Woolery, whose 1781 birth could have occurred either here or in PA.
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| May 1800 | My 3g-grandmother, Jane Irwin, is born to Samuel and Jannette Irwin.
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| ~1805 | My 4g-grandparents, John and Mary Seward, and their son Austin come from Virginia to the area near Richmond.
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| Mar 1805 | Michael Woolery marries Jane Todd.
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| Jul 1807 | My 3g-grandmother, Hannah Woolery, is born to Michael and Jane.
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| May 1817 | Austin marries Jane Irvin and they soon move to Bloomington, Indiana.
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| ~1818 | Michael and Jane Woolery and family move to Lawrence county, Indiana. Lawrence and Peggy and most of their other descendants move to Cooper county, Missouri.
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This page was last updated 16 Apr 2005.