William "Billy" Ogle Descendants

William "Billy" Ogle was born about 1756 in New Castle County, Delaware and built the first settler structure in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In 1664, John Ogle, one of William's ancestors, served on an expedition from England to America. Thus began the expansion of one of the furthest traced family lines of Sevier County, Tennessee. This line is traced back all the way to Humphrey de Ogle born about 1085 and died about 1155.

Listed are 24 generations of ancestors and 11 generations of 10,768 known descendants (16,775 if you include spouses) of William "Billy" Ogle, most settling in the Smoky Mountains.

Index

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Other possible Ogle sources:

GENSERV has GEDCOM's of Ogle descendants.

Roots Surname List (RSL) of Ogle researchers.

The Ogle/Ogles Family Association

Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest.

Other Ogle On-line researchers:

LaFaye Sutkin is an Ogle researcher.

Dee Lansford is researching the King line which connects with Ogle.

Sim Seckbach is an Ogle descendant through his birth parents Horace Pinkney and Dorothy. (Bass) Ogle.

Maps

Ogle surname distribution map courtesy Hamrick Software.

Ogle Bibliography:

Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994.

Civil War Pension Papers, US National Archives.

"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, 6043 Magazine Road, Knoxville, TN 37912.

"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993.

"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", March 1995, Bonita McMahan Rough, PO Box 722, Whittier, NC 28789.

"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982.

"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932(out of print).

"McMahan Family Tree," Nora Trotter McMahan, 27 August 1923.

"Rosa Lee Downey notes", 16 July 1983 (out of print).

"Shady Grove Baptist Church Records", Kate (Shields) Maples.

"Shields Family", 6 February 1980, Christine R. Brown, 409 East Second Avenue, Magnet Point, Lenoir City, TN 37771.

"Social Security Death Index", December 1994.

"Smoky Mountain Family Album," 1984, Gladys Trentham Russell, PO Box 250, Alcoa, TN 37701.

"Smoky Mountain Clans", 1974, Donald B. Reagan, 801 Henrietta Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37912 (615) 689-4438.

"Smoky Mountain Clans", 1978, Donald B. Reagan.

"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan.

"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan.

"Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", Smoky Mountain Historical Society.

T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large.

"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", 1993, Donald B. Reagan.

"The Townsend Heritage," 1984, Kathy Townsend, 1422 Newsome Dr., Sevierville, TN 37862, (615) 428-4264.

Wilma Fisher, Kate (Shields) Maples letter, 11 September 1995.