Tousey, Zerah

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Title: Tousey, Zerah
Gender: Male
Biography: Born in 1762 to Thomas and Mercy Platt Tousey, Zerah Tousey was one of three brothers who migrated to Boone County just after 1800. The brothers established a ferry service directly across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, Indiana near what is now Petersburg, Kentucky. Moses married Anna Johnson, most likely in Greene County, New York. Zerah Tousey is buried in the Tousey Cemetery in Boone County.
Member: Tousey family
Birth date: 1762
Place of birth: Litchfield County (Conn.)
Father: Tousey, Thomas, Sr.
Mother: Platt, Mercy
Life event(s): Marriage: 1783; Woodbury (Conn.)
Spouse(s): Johnson, Anna
Child(ren): Tousey, Vanvector; Tousey, Erastus; Tousey, Anna; Tousey, Mercy
Death date: 1831
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Military service: unit unknown (War of 1812)
Allegiance: United States of America
Participant in: 1812--Kidnapping of Thomas Record; 1829--Record vs. Tousey and Record; 1833--Thomas Freed by Laws of New York
Related resource: Lawrenceburg Ferry (Boone County, Ky.); Touseytown (Ky.)
Collaborates with: Kirtley
Relationship: Known enslaved: Record, Thomas; unknown, Albert [9]; unknown, Allen [3]; unknown, Anderson [3]; unknown, Harriet [2]; unknown, Jefferson [2]; unknown, Lydia [4]; unknown, Martha [14]; unknown, Moses [7]; unknown, Rebecca [9]; unknown, Spencer [3]; unknown, Tombolin; unknown, Rachel [14]; unknown, Thomas [10]; Record, Thomas; unknown, Albert [9]; unknown, Allen [3]; unknown, Anderson [3]; unknown, Harriet [2]; unknown, Jefferson [2]; unknown, Lydia [4]; unknown, Martha [14]; unknown, Moses [7]; unknown, Rebecca [9]; unknown, Spencer [3]; unknown, Tombolin; unknown, Rachel [14]; unknown, Thomas [10]
Bibliographic citation(s): Boone County, Kentucky, Commissioner's Book 1813, Soldiers in War of 1812, Regiment 67; FindAGrave.com, memorial #87764509
Source(s): Find A Grave.com; Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment, 1684-1848; The Tousey family in America (excerpt)

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--T; War of 1812--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

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Items with "Related resource: Tousey, Zerah"
Title	Class
Touseytown (Ky.)	Location

Items with "Participant: Tousey, Zerah"
Title	Class
1812--Kidnapping of Thomas Record	Event
1829--Record vs. Tousey and Record	Event
1833--Thomas Freed by Laws of New York	Event

Items with "Relationship: Tousey, Zerah"
Title	Class
Record, Thomas	Person
unknown, Albert [9]	Person
unknown, Allen [3]	Person
unknown, Anderson [3]	Person
unknown, Harriet [2]	Person
unknown, Jefferson [2]	Person
unknown, Lydia [4]	Person
unknown, Martha [14]	Person
unknown, Moses [7]	Person
unknown, Peggy [7]	Person
unknown, Rachel [14]	Person
unknown, Rebecca [9]	Person
unknown, Spencer [3]	Person
unknown, Thomas [10]	Person
unknown, Tombolin	Person

Items with "Father: Tousey, Zerah"
Title	Class
Tousey, Erastus	Person
Tousey, Vanvector	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Tousey, Zerah"
Title	Class
Tousey, Thomas, Sr.	Person