Justice Caleb O'Dell, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A085590

---

"Over The Misty Blue Hills" p.121 "Caleb O'Dell and wife Alice arrived in Shenandoah County, Virginia, with Abraham Denton and Samuel Newman by 1755 and located on the North Branch of the Shenandoah River. Before 1760, he had purchased land on Passage Creek. He lived here until 1778, one of the fifteen original justices of Shenandoah County, justice of the peace for Passage Creek Community and road overseer. In 1775, Caleb O'Dell was one of the signers for 'The First Independent Company of Dunmore' and was one of a committee of eighteen to determine in 1775 war materials on hand."

"In 1778, Caleb O'Dell and his son, Isaac, sold their land on Passage Creek and he removed to Brush Creek in Washington-Greene County, Tennessee, of which Cocke County was then a part. In 1782, he served on the first Grand Jury of Washington County which met in the log house of Charles Robertson. He purchased his land from Joseph Denton on Brush Creek and appears to have lived there until 1795, when his old friend, Colonel John Tipton witnessed for him in a sale of land."

"Caleb and Alice O'Dell had fourteen children in their family, one of whom, William, married Peggy Hobach and settled in Sullivan County, and was a forebearer of Representative John Edd O'Dell, who has been a member of the General Assembly of Tennessee and for two terms, Speaker of the House, and is now Secretary Attorney for the State Board of Claims; another, Catherine, married Jonathan Morrell in 1774; and Job, who lived on Brush Creek in 1792 and sold in 1795. Simon and Nehemiah were killed by Indians in 1783. (Referred to in Ramsey's HISTORY and the two boys mentioned by Grannie Willhoit who lived in the fort at Wilton Springs)." Another exert states: ". . . .This family along with five others in Cocke County are descendants of European royalty. They are as follows: Stokely, Lovell, Odell, Venson, and Mrs. Polly Vance Britton Campbell through the Vance family.'"   

Find A Grave Memorial# 169673749

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Justice Caleb /Odell/

Birth 5 February 1725 Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA Sources1, Source number: 34.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDB.

Death 1798 Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

PARENTS Father Isaac /O'Dell/ Mother Sarah /Hoyt/

MARRIAGES (1) Spouse Alice /Thorne / Marriage 1748 East Chester, Westchester, New York, USA

SOURCES (2) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Ancestry.com :  Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry.com : 

NOTES (1) Quoted text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5571450&pid=...

CITING THIS RECORD The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QPT-8DN : accessed 2016-11-25), entry for Justice Caleb /Odell/.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  

---

GEDCOM Source

@R-2147145433@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7836::0 Source number: 34.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDB 1,7836::903284

---

Per Findagrave, Caleb Sr. and Alice had 14 children including Isaac, William, and Caleb, Jr.