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William Oxley
Fleming County was established in 1798 from part of Mason County in the northeastern portion of the state. Some of Fleming County was taken to form Floyd County in 1800 and Rowan County in 1856.

Ohio County was first created in 1844 from Dearborn County, Indiana. The county seat is Rising Sun which is in Randolph Township. Ohio County is in southeast Indiana on the Kentucky border. In 1826, Dearborn County Courthouse burned containing all records.

William Oxley was born in 1794 in Kentucky. His parents were Eli and Margaret Oxley. The Oxley children were listed in an 1820 Fleming County, Kentucky deed.

William married Sarah Perkins on December 28, 1815 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Sarah was born in 1797.

William and Sarah's children were Elizabeth Oxley Clark (1817, m. John Clark), Margaret Oxley (1821), Prior Oxley (1822), Martha Oxley Turner (1823), Everett Oxley (1826), Eli James Oxley (December, 1832), William H. Oxley (1835), and Sarah Ann Oxley (1837).

In 1820 William's family was in Fleming County, Kentucky.

In 1830, 1840, and 1850 William was in Dearborn (Ohio) County, Indiana. In 1850 Elizabeth Rickets age 20 was living with the William Oxley family. Elizabeth was probably the daughter of William Ricketts and William Oxley's sister, Elizabeth Oxley.

Guardianship papers were filed in Ohio County, Indiana on April 27, 1849 to appoint William Oxley, guardian of the infant heirs of John Clark, who were the children of his daughter, Elizabeth.

In the 1860 census they were in Bear Creek Township. The household included William and Sarah Oxley, Elizabeth Clark and her children and Eli and Dorinda Oxley.

 
Children of Margaret and Eli Oxley
  • William Oxley
  • Elizabeth Oxley Ricketts
  • Celia Oxley McDowell
  • Polly Oxley Busby
  • Prior Oxley
  • Samuel Oxley
  • Rachel Oxley
  • Eli Oxley, Jr.
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