Ahnentafel #502 - John Wolfe

John C. Wolfe or John Peter Wolfe, Sr.

Born: ca. 1745 Virginia
Died: before 1809, some say 1828

Buried: probably in Stampers Creek Cemetery, Orange Co., Indiana

Married: Elizabeth Cornwell ca. 1770, some people cite marriage between Peter Wolf and Anne Cornwell 28 July 1777 in Frederick Co., VA

Records:

1779 - April 28 - Frederick Co., VA a John Wolfe mentioned in his grandfather's will as grandson, "son of my deceased son John," left land after his aunts die. Our John Wolfe would have been 34 in 1779 which makes this a strange bequest.  It seems more like something that would be done for a minor grandchild.

1779 - Sept. 20 - Shenandoah Co., VA a John Wolf leased 150 acres of land on Flint Run from John Patson / Patton for the rent of one pepper corn on Lady day next [March 25, the Feast of Annunciation]

1779 - Sept. 21 - Shenandoah Co., VA a John Wolf bought 150 acres for 800 pounds from John Pitson / Patton, see note above, same piece of ground.

1783 - Shenandoah Co., VA census - a John Wolfe with 8 whites and 1 black

1784 - Shenandoah Co., VA deed - John & Elisabeth Woolf of Shenandoah sold land to William Henry of Frederick County . . . consideration of Eighty pounds . . . a parcel of land lying on the Flint run it being part of a Tract of Land granted from the Proprietor of the Northern Neck to Phillip Crume & by Phillip Crume & Sarah his wife conveyed to John Patton by Deed of Bargain and sale bearing date 28th May 1778 by John Patton & Mary his wife sold to sd. John Woolf by deed of L[ease] & R[elease] bearing date September 1779, containing one hundred and fifty acres of land.

John Woolf, Elisabeth (X) Woolf

Wit: Henry Reagan, Peter (P) Arterburn, Daniel Hackney

Recorded 27 May 1784


1812 - John moved his family to Kentucky according to the Orange County, Indiana History. 

1820 - Monroe Co., Virginia census - a John Wolf, Sr. - not sure who this is

• 1 male 26-44
• 1 male 45+ John Sr. (age 75) possible 
• 1 ?
• 1 female 10-15
• 1 female 16-25

Children:
Hannah if she married, she married a Wolfe

• Richard / Dick
• Allen b. 1816, d. 1885 md. 1) Mary Massey, 2) Jane Stevens Foster, children: Sarah, Almira, Owens, ellen, Mary, Virginia, Jackson, Mordica

Edy b. ?, d. before 1820  md. John Strange as his first wife, he married our grandma Mary as his second wife
Peter b. 1776, d. after 1860, never married
Aethiel/Acthel b. 1778, d. ?, md. Jennie Peak

• Mary / Polly b. 1808, d. 1883 md. 1824 Simon Arterburn Cornwell [son of Peter & Elizabeth (Arterburn) Cornwell, Jr.], children: James, Charles, William, Nancy, Peter

John C. or John Peter, Jr.  b. 1785, d. 1858, md. Sarah Copeland / Copelin

• Dorinda b. 1809, d. 1849 md. 1804 Samuel Arterburn, children: Sarah, Nancy, Mary Ann, Lydia, William, Melvina, Rachel, Adaline, John K.P., Mariah/Marie, Samuel
• Nathan b. 1811, d. 1866 md. 1841 Nancy Womack,  buried in Bailey Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. (see below)
• John C. Jr. b. 1812 md. Rhoad Stroud Brand, children: unnamed son, William, George, John, Isham, Henry 
• Mary b. ca. 1815 md. William Blackburn, children: Johnson, William, Mary, Lucinda
• Harvey d. b/t 1859-1870 md. Cynthia Stevens, children: Francis Marion, John, James, Alice
• James Harrison b. 1828 may have married Mary Ellen Thomas in 1852, may have children: Harvey, Ruth, Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, James, William & John
• Peter 
• William b. 1830-32, d. 1891, md. 1) 1829 Anna Thomas, 2) Nancy Henson Harrison children by Anna Thomas: Peter, Eli, Dorinda, Sarah A.; children by Nancy Harrison: Lauretta, Ella/Ellen, William Pearl

Descendants of Nathan & Nancy (Womack) Wolfe:

A. John A. b. 1842, d. 1884 md. Alice Scott 
B. George Washington b. 1844, d. 1923 md. Mary Jane Forth 1870
C. William Peter/Pearl b 1846, d. 1884
D. James Jefferson b. 1848, d. 1919 md. 1) Harriet Brines 1870 and 2) Julia Emma Henderson & had a child by Mary (Greathouse) Majors
E. Thomas E. b. 1848, d. 1850
F. Sarah Ella b. 1852, d. 1853
G. Franklin P. b. 1854, d. 1881 md. Martha Malissa mcClintock
H. Margaret J. b. 1856, d. 1856
I. Henry Alvis aka Bruce b. 1858, d. 1938 md. 1) Iona Louella Daisy, 2) 1903 Ona Leona Majors, 3) 1910 Martha (Tucker) Calvin
J. Harvey b. 1861, d. 1881
K. Nancy Jane b. 1867 md. William David Drake

A1. Nancy Jane b. 1866
A2. Sarah b. 1868
A3. Mary Ellen b. 1879, d. 1910, md. 1) (-?-) Byars,  2) James Ayers B1. Robert A. b. 1869
B2. Lewis b. 1871, d. 1919 md. Rosella Fitzgerald
B3. Grace V. b. 1877, d. 1907 md. James Barnhart 1896
B4. Bert Oliver b. 1880, d. 1931 md. Elizabeth Powell
B5. Amanda Louvella b. 1884, d. 1918, md. 1) Robert Peer 1901 & 2) John Scott
B6. Annie May b. 1891, d. 1891
B7. Lura Marie b. 1893, d. 1962 md. William Bond
B8. Freddie Ernest b. 1895, d. 1895
B9. Infant Son b. 1877, d. 1877
D1. John Alfred b. 1872, d. 1941 md. Elizabeth McElhaney 1900
D2. George N. b. 1875, d. 1882
D3. Marion Francis b. 1876, d. 1910 md. Lou Ella Wright b. 1887, d. 1973
D4. Luella Y. b. 1880, d. 1881
D5. infant son b. 1882, d. 1882
D6. Albert Harley b. 1891, d. 1959 md. Eula Brown 1819
D7. Anna Caroline b. 1892, d. 1973 md. John Evans
D8. Easter Helen b. 1903, d. 1993 md. Oscar Stein
D9. Alonzo b. ca. 1870 md. Ollie/Allie Stone 
G1. Lilly b. 1877
G2. Georgeanna b. 1879 md. Andrew Gillispie
G3. Harvey b. 1880, md. Bertha Gloeckner
I1. Charles Bennett b. 1882, d. 1967 md. 1) Ida Boudinot 1902 & 2) Alice Vickers 1916
I2. Oscar b. 1886, d. 1979 md. Anna Brewer
I3. Bert Earl b. 1892 d. 1972 md. 1) Ruth Chapman, 2) Dolores Ayers, 3) Lura Boaz
I4. Bessie Chloe b. 1896, d. 1995 md. Ray Lamb b. 1895, d. 1992
I5. George W. b. 1911 d. 1985
I6. Luella b. 1884, d. 1915 md. 1) 1902 Nathan Dobbs, 2) William Grubb
I7. Walter b. 1889
I8. Nathan Edgar b. 1889, d. 1950 md. Mable Salome Grubb
I9. Laura Olive b. 1894, d. 1964 md. 1912 Oscar Cook
K1. William Arthur Drake b. 1889

B2a. Lola b. 1891 md. 1912 Leo Graves
B2b. Henrietta b. 1892
B2c. Rachel b. 1895
B2d. William b. 1898
B2e. Mollie b. 1901
B2f. Robie b. 1902, d. 1904
B2g. Sebron b. 1905
B2h. Cora b. 1906
B2i. Theron b. 1909
B3a. Pauline b. 1905, d. 1997
B4a. Raymond Powell b. 1904, md. Laura Newman
B5a. Earle Peer
B5b. Lura Peer b. 1901, d. 1950
B5c. Charles Peer b. 1903
B6a. George W. b. 1921, d. 1968
B7a. Alene Myree Bond b. 1913, d. 1913
B7b. Roy Bond b. 1914
D1a. Alta Louise b. 1903 d. 2002 md. Robert Moore
D1b. John Leslie b. 1906, d. 1941 md. Velma Talbert
D1c. Clarence Ellsworth b. 1909, d. 1981 md. Sarah Estes Bailey
D1d. Roy Franklin b. 1901, d. 1902
D3a. Lyitive J. b. 1907, d. 1956
D3b. Frankie E. b. 1910, d. 1980
D8a. Mary Stein b. 1923, d. 2007
D8b. Pearlie Stein b. 1928, d. 1975
D9a. Harriett Pearl b. 1898
D9b. Jessie b. 1899, d. 1900
D9c. Ida Hope b. 1901
G2a. Ollie May Gillispie b. 1896 md. W.H. Wells
I1a. Roy b. 1904, d. 1995 md. Willa Isaacs 
I1b. Chloe b. 1907, d. 1994 md. Sam Smart
I1c. Pearl b. 1910, d. 1996 md. (-?-) Gleindmeir
I2a. Iona Faye b. 1909, d. 1997
I2b. Helen b. 1911, d. 2008 md. Taylor Stutts
I2c. Lamon Orban/Orban Lamon b. 1914, d. 2001 md. 1) Marie Forth, 2) Evelyn Boyd
I2d. Lewis b. 1927, d. 2003
I2e. Lois md. (-?-) Hawkins
I2f. Verna md. (-?-) Hoffer 
I3a. Howard Fuller b. 1915, d. 1941
I4a Iona Fern b. 1920, d. 1982 md. Stanley Greathouse

B4a1. Marilyn md. (-?-) Spoon
B4a2. Carol md. (-?-) Poedwitz
D1c1 Raymond Dale b. 1928, d. 1979
D1c2 Delmar Wayne b. 1930, d. 1979
D1c3 Jewel Yvonne b. 1932 d. 2017 md. Glen Lathrop
D1c4 Verna Dean 
D1c5 John Bailey b. 1941, d. 1978
D1c6 Gail Ellsworth 
I1a1. Donna Wolfe md. Colin Kelly
I2b1. Jimmie Stutts b. 1935, d. 2015
I2b2. Larry Stutts md. Carolyn Downen
I2b3. Steve Stutts md. Michele Surdyke
I2b4. David Stutts md. Susan Dial

Henry b. 8/18/1786, d. 6/20/1855 md. 1794 Louisa Grigsby, according to the History of Orange County, Indiana, they had ten children. 

• Shelby b. 1814, d. 1886 md. 1) Susannah Troop 1836, children: Susanna, Rebecca, Adaline, Lucy, Jefferson, Hester, Anna & Emma Mary, md. 2) Elizabeth Johnson 1871
• Elton (female) b. 1817, d. 1893 md. 1840 William Harrison Cornwell b. 6/19/1819, d. 6/15/1863, s/o Peter & Elizabeth (Arterburn) Cornwell, children: Mary Ann (see below), William Tolliver, Rachel, Elizabeth, Nancy, Charlotte, Caroline, Cordelia & Charles 
• Elizabeth b. 1822, d. 1875, md. Lewis Moulder, children: George, John, Jacob md. Sarah Wolfe (below), Ott, Dillie
• Henry b. 1829, d. ? md. Elizabeth Cornwell b. 1/19/1828 d/o Shelby & Amelia (Clements) Cornwell, children: Patterson, Alexander, Gilderoy, Henry, Elvit
• Lucinda b. 1832, d. 1889, md. Thomas Burgess 1849, children: Henry, Lewis, Elizabeth md. Charles Cornwell, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Lucy, Floyd, Lina, Jones, Louisa, Dillie, Leona, Herbert
• Mahala b. ca. 1818 md. 1835 Hugh Young, children: Merritt, William, Margaret, Mary, Lucy
• Eliza b. 1820, d. 1887 md. 1838 Samuel Trinkle, children: Henry md. Margaret Caroline Colclasure, Jacob, George, Margaret, William, John, Stephen, Elizabeth, Lucy, Caroline, Samuel, Alson
• Nancy b. 1826, d. 1863 md. Abraham Lewis, child: John md. Nancy Lavina Wolfe
• Peter b. 1827, d. 1891 md. 1849 Louisa Trinkle, children: Lewis, Adeline, Margaret, Georgeann, Virgil, Sarah, Peter, Mary, Andrew, Minnie
• George md. Emaline Johnson, children: Sarah md. Jacob Moulder (above) Clarence, Estel

Lydia b. 1789, d. 1875 md. 1813 George McCoy

• Jackson b. 1814, d. 1885 md. 1837 Sarah Van Cleave, children: Floyd, Benjamin, Alexander, Sarah, John, Henry, Jackson, Guilderoy, James
• America b. 1816, d. 1837 md. 1836 George Rector 
• Wesley b. 1817, d. 1818
• Susan b. 1818, md. 1836 Henry Brooks, children: America, William, Lydia md. Lewis Wolfe (son of Henry & Lucy (Grigsby) Wolfe is this correct?), George, Catherine, Henry, Susan
• Mariah / Maria b. 1820, d. 1856 md. 1841 William Brooks, Jr., children: George, Susan, William, Jackson, Jonathan, Lydia, Margaret
• Berry b. 1824, d. 1825
• Margaret / Peggy b. 1826 md. 1) Hiram Wilson, 2) John Fisher, children: George Wilson, James Wilson, Elias Wilson
• Riley George b. 1828, d. 1902, md. 1861 Mary Anne Cornwell d/o of William & Elton (Wolfe) Cornwell, see above, children: Arrie, Lydia, Emma md. Otis Wolfe (son of George & Emaline (Johnson) Wolfe), Billie, Ida
• Patterson b. 1830, d. 1857 md. Caroline Kirby, children: William, Billie
• Allen b. 1832, d. 1901 md Elizabeth Vandeveer, children: George, W.J., James, Minnie
• Henry b. 1834, d. 1914, children: Dora, Lillie, Delos, Scott, Jeff, Harry 

Mary
Elizabeth b. 1795, d. 1885 md. 1) 1811 Jonathan Leathers, 2) 1837 George Hickman

• Elizabeth b. ca. 1805 md. 1) 1830 James Bolton, 2) Stephen Hardin
• Nelson Leathers b. 1812, d. 1874 md. Louisa (--?--), children: John, Alfred, Elizabeth, William, Milly, George, Emaline, Martha
• Alfred Leathers b. 1818, d. 1903 md. Louisa Searcy
• Mary Leathers b. 1818, d. 1895 md. 1836 Stephen Trinkle 
• Wesley Green Leathers b. 1822, d. 1903 md. Nancy Beeson, children: Robert, John, Richard, Jonathan, Caroline, Thomas, James
• Lucinda Leathers b. 1824, d. 1907 md. Joseph Mattox, known children: Josephine, Laney
• Jonathan Leathers, Jr. b. 1828, d. 1863
• Francis Leathers b. 1831, d. 1867, never married
• James Leathers b. ca. 1832, may be the James Leathers buried in Danville, Kentucky national cemetery d. 1862. 

Are you dizzy yet from the intermarriages of the Wolfe & Cornwell families????!!!

Revised 12/31/2022