The following websites are not, in any way, intended to be all inclusive of all known Owsley related websites. Rather, they represent major collections that focus on various aspects of the family. In many cases these websites have numerous direct links of their own to further websites that contain additional historical and genealogical information on the Owsley family.
Ann Matthews Woodlief's Family Histories
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/4579/index.html
Includes The Gregg-Owsley-Poyntz Family. Jane Owsley, daughter of Major Thomas Owsley, was the wife of James Gregg (living 1724). The Greggs were residents of Stafford County, Virginia and the parents of at least 7 children.
Descendants of John Housley (1814-1894)
http://home.earthlink.net/~jahousley
Maintained by John A. (Jack) Housley, this website is concerned with the descendants of John Housley of Campbell County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph and Phoebe (Longmire) Owsley (Housley). Three of the four women in his life bore him 17 children.
Frank Lawrence Owsley (1890-1956)
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vupress/owsley.htm
Vanderbilt University Press website for "Frank Lawrence Owsley - Historian of the Old South: A Memoir," by his wife, Harriet C. Owsley (1901-1999). Frank Owsley served as Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1927- 1949; and at the University of Alabama, 1949-1951, and head of the department of history there, 1951-1954.
Garrett Folklore and Fact (Note: This site has been taken down indefinitly.)
Published quarterly since October 1992 by Cathy Wood Osborn, Garrett Folklore and Fact focuses on matters historical and genealogical concerning the Garrett family in England and America. Edward Garrett (1735-1794) married Ann Owsley (c1744-1823), daughter of Thomas and Ann Owsley, last of Fairfax County, Virginia. The couple had 16 children.
Genealogy is my Hobby
http://pages.prodigy.com/middleton/
This site, maintained by Pam Middleton-Lee, focuses primarily on the Middleton family, with links to other sites. Thomas Owsley III (1731-1796) married Mary Middleton (1730-1808), both residents of Lincoln County, Kentucky. The couple had 12 children.
The Owsley Hill Tide Pool
http://www.owsley.org/AncestralReflectionsMilancie/reflections.htm
An account of the Owsley and associated families ancestry of Milancie Hill Adams, Editor of the Owsley Family Historical Society Newsletter.
Owsley Family Genealogy Forum
http://www.genforum.com/owsley/
A forum for questions and answers with links to thousands of family name pages, including Housley and Ousley.
The Owsley Family Home Page
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/s/Floyd-L-Owsley/index.html
A well maintained and easily readable website that focuses on the descendants of Joseph Owsley (Housley) (c1790-1870/80) and his wife Phoebe (Longmire) Owsley, residents of Union and Campbell County, Tennessee. This couple were the parents of 11 children. Includes many old Owsley family photographs.
Portrait of Governor William Owsley
http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/arch/Govphoto/Owsley.htm
Color portrait William Owsley (1782-1862), 14th Governor of Kentucky 1844-1848.
The Poyntz Family in India
http://www.hal-pc.org/~poyntz/india.html
Includes the descendants of William Poyntz (1640-1720), of Benefield, Northamptonshire, who settled in India. This site is maintained by Ian Poyntz.
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