FIRST GENERATION

1. WILLIAM RILEY WOOLLY was born in 1811. He owned Section 4 twp 7n rng 12w 120 acres on 1 Jul 1857 in FAULKNER COUNTY, ARKANSAS. ⁽¹⁾ He owned sec 5 twp 7n rng 12w 40 acres on 1 Jun 1859 in FAULKNER COUNTY, ARKANSAS.⁽¹⁾ He died on 10 Jun 1859 in GREENBRIER, ARKANSAS.

He was married to SARAH DOWNING (daughter of Andrew DOWNING and Elizabeth JONES) in 1829. SARAH DOWNING was born on 13 Aug 1811 in CHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. She died on 8 Feb 1881 in GREENBRIER, ARKANSAS. WILLIAM RILEY WOOLLY and SARAH DOWNING had the following children:

2 i. ALBERT GALLATION WOOLEY was born on 9 Feb 1833. He died in 1850 in WASHINGTON CITY, NEVADA. He was DIED OF SMALL POX DURING GOLD RUSH in 1850 in WASHINGTON CITY, NEVADA.
+3 ii. ELIZABETH ANN WOOLEY.
+4 iii. JOHNATHAN JONES WOOLEY.
5 iv. ANDREW JACKSON WOOLEY was born on 12 Jun 1839. He died in 1862 in CIVIL WAR - BATTLE OF SHILOH.
6 v. JOHN WOOLEY was born on 7 Oct 1841. He died in 1862 in CIVIL WAR - BATTLE OF SHILOH.
+7 vi. JAMES ALEXANDER WOOLEY.
8 vii. MARY CATHERINE WOOLEY was born on 24 Aug 1846. She died in 1896.
+9 viii. SARAH TERESA WOOLEY.
+10 ix. ABJIAH DAVIS WOOLLY.
+11 x. MARTIN ALFORD WOOLLY.
+12 xi. WILLIAM LEVI WOOLLY.

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