Chronological event's of Walter Pool & some of his descendants

• 1820 Walter Pool, son of William "The Joiner" Poole of Virginia, is enumerated in Walton County, Georgia. He has 1 male aged 16-18 and one male 16-26. A male between 16-18 is repeated in the 16-26 column; so this means he only had one male, aged 16-18, in the household. Robert T. Pool, age 20-30, is enumerated in the 1830 census 7 households from Walter Pool. His age range in 1830 coincides with the 16-18 male enumerated with Walter.

• 1825 The March 1, 1825 issue of The Georgia Journal reported that 50 acres of land, the south part of lot number 337, in the 9th District (originally Henry County now Newton County, Georgia), levied on as the property of Joseph Dorsey, to satisfy fifa in favor of Walter Pool.

• 1827 Walter Pool, Revolutionary Soldier, drew Lot number 115, District 20, Section 1 (Lee Co., GA.) in the 1827 Land Lottery.

• 1830 Walter Pool enumerated in Newton County, Georgia 7 households from Robert T. Pool.

• 1830 Robert T. Pool married Jemima McGraw on 27-Apr-1830 in Newton County, Georgia.

• 1830 Robert T. Pool, aged 20-30 and one female (Jemima), aged 15-20, are enumerated in Newton County, Georgia. They are 7 households away from Walter Pool

• 1831 William Ryley Pool was born 25-Mar-1831 in Newton County, Georgia.

• 1832 Hardy K. Poole drew lot number 1079, district 21, section 2 in the 1832 gold lottery. This lot is located in present day Cherokee or Cass County.

• 1833 The Southern Recorder, Wednesday, February 27, 1833 reported that Hardy K. Poole applied for letters of administration on the estate of Walter Poole, late of said county, deceased (signed) J. L. Hopkins C.C.O.

• 1833 On May 6, 1833 Hardy Keele Poole was appointed administrator of Walter Poole's estate. A bond of $800.00 was posted by Hardy K. Poole, Richard Quinn, and Ferdinand Beam.

• 1835 Land Sale: Newton Co., GA Ordinary Court Book 6, p 457, recorded June 1835. Robert T. Pool purchased Lot Number 115, 20th District, Stewart Co., GA from Hardy K. Pool (Administrator of Walter Pool estate.) This is the same lot that Walter Pool drew in the 1827 land lottery.

• 1836 Land Sale: Newton Co., Ga. Deed Bk E, p401. Green B. Turner of Newton Co., GA. to Hardy K. Pool of Marion Co., GA., for $100.00, LL 337 in 9th Dt. of formerly Henry now Newton Co., 150ac /m/o/l, that part of said lot where Josiah Reed formerly lived. Wit: Richard Aycock, Jos. S. Anderson, J.I.C. Recorded March 25, 1836.

• 1836 Land Sale: Newton Co., Ga. Deed Bk E, p402. Hardy K. Pool of Marion Co., GA. to James Ellington of Newton Co., GA., for $287.00, LL 337 in 9th Dt. of formerly Henry now Newton Co., N & E part containing 150ac /m/o/l. Wit: Lawrence Baker, Jos. T. Anderson, J.I.C. Recorded March 26, 1836.

• 1838 Robert T. Pool is not in the 1838 Tax Digest of Macon County, Georgia so he is probably still in Newton County, Georgia.

• 1840 Robert T. Pool, aged 30-40 is enumerated in Macon County, Georgia with one female (Jemima), aged 20-30; one male, aged 0-5; one female, aged 0-5 and two males, aged 5-10.
  • NOTE: Possible identification of Robert T. and Jemima's children: The 0-5 year old male might be Hardy K. Pool, who is in the 1847 poor school funding list of Newton Co. and who is, aged 10, in the 1850 census of Newton Co. and living with Isaac Frasier. The 0-5 year old female could be Lauretta Pool who is in the 1848 poor school listing and is aged 15 in the 1850 census living with Priscilla Pool, aged 40 (Walter Pool's daughter?) One of the 5-10 year old males is possibly Peter Pool, aged 15, enumerated in Early Co. living with Martin McCann or William T. Pool who is listed in the poor school funding for Newton Co. The other male could be William Ryley Pool. William Ryley was not in the poor school funding list for Newton Co. Since he enlisted in the Mexican War in Jul 1847 and married in Marion County, Georgia in 1849, he may have gone to live with his Uncle, Hardy K. Pool who was in Marion County, Georgia. in 1840. Is there a relationship between Robert T. Pool and Josiah Pool? Josiah appears in Macon County, Georgia in the 1850 census living close to where Robert T. Pool is located in the 1840 census. He appears in Marion County, Georgia in the 1860 census (did he replace William Ryley who was in Marion in 1850?) I have found no record of land transfers by Robert T. Pool in Macon Co.

• 1842/7 Suspect Robert T. Pool either died or left home about this time. Jemima is shown as a widow in the 1850 census and it appears that two, possibly three, of her children (Hardy K., William T., and Lauretta) have moved back to Newton County, Georgia.

• 1847 William Ryley Pool enlisted as a Private with Company C "Captain Kendall's Company", Calhoun's Mounted Battalion on July 18, 1847 at Columbus, Georgia to serve in the Mexican War. He was mustered in September 4, 1847.
  • NOTE: Did William Ryley Pool join because his father, Robert T. Pool, had died or did Robert T. Pool also enlist for the Mexican War? Unable to find record of Robert T.'s death. He is not listed in the Macon County, Cemetery Survey published by The Central Georgia Genealogical Society .

• 1848 William Ryley Pool, aged 19, born Newton County, Georgia mustered out of Mexican War service in Mobile, Alabama on July 9, 1848. William lied about his age as he had just turned 18 when he was discharged.

• 1849 William Ryley Pool married Catherine McCloud on 4-Oct-1849 in Marion County, Georgia. He may have returned to Marion to stay with his Uncle, Hardy Keele Pool who was enumerated in Marion County, Georgia in 1840.

• 1850 William Ryley Pool, aged 19, and one female (Catherine), aged 18, are enumerated in Marion County, Georgia. 1852 William Ryley Pool moved to Baker Co., GA (William Ryley stated in his Mexican War pension application that he lived in Marion County, Georgia for 4 years and then moved to Baker County, Georgia

• 1850 Jemima Pool, a widow, aged 45, is living alone in a boarding house in Randolph County, Georgia.

• 1850 Robert T. Pool is not listed in the 1850 Mortality Index so he probably died prior to Jun 1849. Have not located when/where Robert T. died or where he is buried.

• 1857 William Ryley Pool moved to Miller Co., GA. (William Ryley stated in his Mexican War pension application that he lived in Baker County, Georgia for 5 years and then moved to Miller County, Georgia.

• 1860 Jemima Pool, age 52, still alone and head of household, occupation farming, is enumerated in Randolph County, Georgia. She has real estate valued at $1500 and personal property valued at $5550. (Where and how did she acquire the property?)
  • NOTE: Jemima has a neighbor, Thomas Mitchell and his wife who have William Pool, b. SC, and his family living with them. The census does not list a value for real estate. They are possibly associated with Jemima Pool.

• 1860 William Ryley Pool enumerated in Miller County, Georgia with wife, Catherine, aged 29; a male R. C., aged 6; a female, Mary L., aged 2; a male, W. L. aged 2 and a female, Susan V., aged 2/12.

• 1862 Private William Ryley Pool enlisted for service with the Confederate States Army on March 4, 1862 in Miller Co., GA. He served with Company D "Captain Francis M. D. Hopkin's Company", 51 Regiment Georgia Infantry. He was appointed to Lieutenant on October 18, 1862.

• 1863 3rd. Lieutenant William Ryley Pool appears on the January/February 1863 Company Muster Roll of Company D, 51 Regiment.

• 1864 Lieutenant William Ryley Pool was hospitalized in C. S. A. General Hospital, Danville, VA. on June 4, 1864 and was furloughed on June 7, 1864. 1864 Lieutenant William Ryley Pool was hospitalized with diarrhea in Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia on August 7, 1864. He was released for duty on August 24, 1864. 1864 2nd. Lieutenant William Ryley Pool appears on the November/December 1864 Company Muster Roll of Company D, 51 Regiment.

• 1865 2nd. Lieutenant William Ryley Pool was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on April 5, 1865. 1865 2nd. Lieutenant William Ryley Pool appears on a register of prisoners of war at Old Capital Prison, Washington D. C. on April 9, 1865. 1865 2nd. Lieutenant William Ryley Pool appears on a roll of prisoners of war at Depot Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, Ohio. He was released from Johnson's Island, Ohio on June 19, 1865 upon taking the oath of allegiance. He listed his place of residence as Damascus, Early County, Georgia.

• 1870 William Ryley Poole is enumerated in Miller County, Georgia with his wife, Catherine, aged 39; a male, Robert. C., aged 16; a female, Mary L., aged 14; a male, William L. aged 12; a female, Susannah, aged 10; a female, Kate aged 9; a female Frances aged 2; and a female, Jemima Boothe, aged 57, house keeper, born Georgia.
  • NOTE: Suspect that Jemima Boothe is William Ryley's mother, Jemima McGraw Poole, who has remarried. The ages track from Jemima McGraw who married at approximately age 17 in 1830 to Jemima Boothe, age 57 in 1870. One problem with this hypothesis is: Jemima McGraw was born South Carolina and Jemima Boothe is listed as born Georgia (Error on the part of the census taker?) Second problem, have been unable to find a marriage of Jemima Any-Surname to a Boothe and have been unable to find a Boothe with a given name of Jemima (Another census taker error, Poole vs. Boothe?)

• 1873 Catherine McCloud Poole, 1st wife of William Ryley Poole, died on April 3, 1873 in Miller County, Georgia. She is buried in the Tabb Family Cemetery in Miller County, Georgia.

• 1873 William Ryley Poole married Maranda Haire Hardy on June 3, 1873 in Miller County, Georgia. Maranda was previously married to Silas Covington Hardy.

• 1880 William Ryley Poole is enumerated in Miller County, Georgia with his wife, Maranda, aged 44; a female, Susan, aged 19; a female, Kate aged 17; a female, Frances aged 12; and a male, Calvin, aged 3 and a male, Henry, aged 2/12, born April.

• 1890 Maranda Haire Hardy Poole, 2nd wife of William Ryley Poole, died on July 10, 1890 in Miller County, Georgia.

• 1890 William Ryley Poole married Rebecca Francis "Fannie" McClain on October 5, 1890 in Miller County, Georgia.

• 1906 William Ryley Poole died on June 14, 1906 in Miller County, Georgia. He is buried in the Tabb Family Cemetery, Miller County, Georgia.

• 1923 Rebecca Francis "Fannie" McClain Poole, 3rd wife of William Ryley Poole died September 9, 1923 in Miller County, Georgia. She is reportedly buried in Cemetery North, Damascus, Early County, Georgia.