ROBERT
OWSLEY (HOUSLEY) (1759-c1839), the
second son of John and Ann (Stephens) Owsley and grandson of Thomas Owsley II. He was born about 1759 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Robert
Housley was a Revolutionary War soldier. He entered the War in 1776, when he was
drafted as a Minuteman in the Loudoun County, Virginia Militia and served for
six months under Colonel Triplett, Captain Combs, and Lieutenant Housley. On
June 11, 1833, while a resident of Jefferson County, Tennesseee, he applied for
a pension which was subsequently granted. John Ousley of Claiborne County,
Tennessee, provided an affidavit stating he knew of Robert's war service and
served with him. Robert Housley was listed on the 1835 Tennessee Revolutionary
War Pension Roll, aged 75 years old. Robert's widow, Lydia Ann, applied for a
widow's pension on May 6, 1843, while residing in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
(RW File R. 5267)
Owsley Tidepool