Headley/Headlee Genealogy

of Adams and Lee County, Iowa and Tipton County, Indiana


Elisha Headlee was born in 1798 in North Carolina of Joshua M. Headlee and Suzanna.  He married Nancy Ann True of Virginia in about 1817 in North Carolina.   Nancy's mother was a cousin of Benedict Arnold. They moved to Greene County, PA by 1818.  In 1828 he was listed as occupant of 439 acres of unseated land named "The Boyne" between Hacklebander and Rudolph runs.  Elisha moved to Rush County, Indiana in 1829 and then to Madison Township of Tipton County, Indiana in the mid 1840's.  He remained there for the remainder of his life.

Maria Headley, daughter of Elisha and Nancy, was born on Dec. 26, 1819 in Greene County, PA.  Around 1841, Maria and her grandparents came west to Keokuk in Lee County, Iowa. She married Samuel Hardesty in Keokuk in 1843.  In September 1852, Maria, Samuel and their four children came west from Lee County, Iowa to Adams County, Iowa with an ox team, a horse, a cow and 20 head of sheep.  They settled on a homestead 1 mile SW of Carbon. They were among the first pioneers to settle in this region.

The Children of Elisha and Nancy

Child

Born

Location

Married

Spouse

Died

Location

James A.

1818

PA or NC

Mahala

6-6-1900

?

Maria

12-26-1819

Greene, PA

9-10-1843

Samuel Hardesty

12-27-1891

Adams, IA

Elijah

1821

TN

6-22-1851

12-27-1871

Caroline Yohe

Mary E. Vernon

aft 1880

Tipton, IN

Elisha Jr.

1824

TN

1-22-1846

Mary Smith/Caldwell

?

?

Absalom S.

1825

TN

11-14-1850

Margaret Fields

9-19-1863

Chickamauga

Amos

1827

TN

1850

Elizabeth A.

aft 1900

Madison, IN

Arthur

1829

PA

10-20-1850

Elizabeth Yohe

1901

Wabash, IN

Joshua

1831

IN

abt 1855

Elizabeth Ann Little

1862

Tipton, IN

Addison

1833

IN

11-27-1856

1-29-1871

Eliza Warner

Ann Heflin

aft 1871

Tipton ?

Elizabeth

1835

IN

6-22-1851

Samuel Harbet

7-2-1857

Tipton, IN

Elsa Ann

1836

IN

3-7-1852

2-19-1857

Samuel L. Walton

George Harbet

?

?

Joseph T.

1838

IN

10-22-1861

Angeline Jack

?

?

 

Headley References:

The Headlee Family - by Bill Putman

Headley Family Genealogy Forum

Ancestry Message Board [Headlee]

HEADLEE Mailing List

HEADLEY Mailing List

Joseph Headlee biography - Pottawattamie County, Iowa (Joseph was a first cousin of Maria)

True References:

Ancestry Message Board [True]

True Family Genealogy Forum

Cousin Connect.Com [True]

TRUE Mailing List


page updated 10 Nov 2003

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