====== Tousey Family ======
Zera  (1761 – [[1831]]), Thomas (1775 – [[1839]])  and Moses (1778 – [[1834]]) Tousey settled in Boone County around [[1803]]. They and were born in Woodbury, Connecticut but then migrated to  Durham, Greene Co., NY before settling in Boone county around 1803. They settled on the [[Ohio River]] and built Touseytown north of [[Petersburg]] where they operated a ferry to Lawrenceburg IN.  The family is well known to have occupied stately homes on both sides of the river. Omer Tousey, the son of Moses, bought the Vance house which was built in [[1818]] in Lawrenceburg, IN and settled there. Erastus Tousey, son of Zera, built his federalist style [[Erastus Tousey House|home]] in [[Burlington]] in [[1822]] that still stands today. 



===== More Information =====
  * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24553/0|Tousey Cemetery Register]]//
  * [[wills_of_slave_owners|Information regarding property and slaves in Tousey wills]]
  * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=tousey&te=|Tousey family materials]]//
===== Related Topics =====
  * [[erastus_tousey|Erastus Tousey]]
  * [[erastus_tousey_house|Erastus Tousey House]]
  * [[families|Boone County families]]