He was the son of John and Ellen (Vaughn) Seabolt.
Family records and his tombstone give his birthdate as November 16, 1845, but I believe he was born in 1855. On the 1860 census his age was 5 years. On the 1870 census for Hancock County, TN he was age 18, a farm laborer living in the household of Henry Coleman and his family. On the 1880 census he was living in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, TN, age 29. The 1900 census for Lee County, VA states his birth date as May 1850 and the 1910 Lee County census his age was 65.
According to family stories, "Foxy" once killed a Negro slave by hitting him in the head with a rock, and another story says he was run ot of Tennessee for being a deserter of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. It isn't certain if these stories are true as he was known to tell "tall tales". I also believe he was to young to have been in the Civil War. He would do just about anything to get out of work. He would leave, not telling anyone where he was going or when he would be back. After a few days, or weeks, he would come back home just as if he had only been gone a few hours. His granddaughter, Virgie Seabolt Adams, recalls one of the stores he would tell. He said he and another man were walking down the road and they met a young boy and girl who said they were going to town to get married. He told them they didn't have to go all the way to town - that he was a preacher and he could marry them. He "married" them and they went on back home thinking they were legally married. Virgie said he told the story time after time and every time would "just died laughing." He and another man would go to Kentucky to "preach" and come home with a wagon loaded with food, cooking utensils, blankets, etc., which he had gotten for his "preaching". Before he died, when he was ill, family members went to Tennessee to get his brother, John, and brought him to see William.
Family records and his tombstone give his birthdate as November 16, 1845, but I believe he was born in 1855. On the 1860 census his age was 5 years. On the 1870 census for Hancock County, TN he was age 18, a farm laborer living in the household of Henry Coleman and his family. On the 1880 census he was living in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, TN, age 29. The 1900 census for Lee County, VA states his birth date as May 1850 and the 1910 Lee County census his age was 65.
According to family stories, "Foxy" once killed a Negro slave by hitting him in the head with a rock, and another story says he was run ot of Tennessee for being a deserter of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. It isn't certain if these stories are true as he was known to tell "tall tales". I also believe he was to young to have been in the Civil War. He would do just about anything to get out of work. He would leave, not telling anyone where he was going or when he would be back. After a few days, or weeks, he would come back home just as if he had only been gone a few hours. His granddaughter, Virgie Seabolt Adams, recalls one of the stores he would tell. He said he and another man were walking down the road and they met a young boy and girl who said they were going to town to get married. He told them they didn't have to go all the way to town - that he was a preacher and he could marry them. He "married" them and they went on back home thinking they were legally married. Virgie said he told the story time after time and every time would "just died laughing." He and another man would go to Kentucky to "preach" and come home with a wagon loaded with food, cooking utensils, blankets, etc., which he had gotten for his "preaching". Before he died, when he was ill, family members went to Tennessee to get his brother, John, and brought him to see William.
He was the son of John and Ellen (Vaughn) Seabolt.
Family records and his tombstone give his birthdate as November 16, 1845, but I believe he was born in 1855. On the 1860 census his age was 5 years. On the 1870 census for Hancock County, TN he was age 18, a farm laborer living in the household of Henry Coleman and his family. On the 1880 census he was living in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, TN, age 29. The 1900 census for Lee County, VA states his birth date as May 1850 and the 1910 Lee County census his age was 65.
According to family stories, "Foxy" once killed a Negro slave by hitting him in the head with a rock, and another story says he was run ot of Tennessee for being a deserter of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. It isn't certain if these stories are true as he was known to tell "tall tales". I also believe he was to young to have been in the Civil War. He would do just about anything to get out of work. He would leave, not telling anyone where he was going or when he would be back. After a few days, or weeks, he would come back home just as if he had only been gone a few hours. His granddaughter, Virgie Seabolt Adams, recalls one of the stores he would tell. He said he and another man were walking down the road and they met a young boy and girl who said they were going to town to get married. He told them they didn't have to go all the way to town - that he was a preacher and he could marry them. He "married" them and they went on back home thinking they were legally married. Virgie said he told the story time after time and every time would "just died laughing." He and another man would go to Kentucky to "preach" and come home with a wagon loaded with food, cooking utensils, blankets, etc., which he had gotten for his "preaching". Before he died, when he was ill, family members went to Tennessee to get his brother, John, and brought him to see William.
Family records and his tombstone give his birthdate as November 16, 1845, but I believe he was born in 1855. On the 1860 census his age was 5 years. On the 1870 census for Hancock County, TN he was age 18, a farm laborer living in the household of Henry Coleman and his family. On the 1880 census he was living in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, TN, age 29. The 1900 census for Lee County, VA states his birth date as May 1850 and the 1910 Lee County census his age was 65.
According to family stories, "Foxy" once killed a Negro slave by hitting him in the head with a rock, and another story says he was run ot of Tennessee for being a deserter of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. It isn't certain if these stories are true as he was known to tell "tall tales". I also believe he was to young to have been in the Civil War. He would do just about anything to get out of work. He would leave, not telling anyone where he was going or when he would be back. After a few days, or weeks, he would come back home just as if he had only been gone a few hours. His granddaughter, Virgie Seabolt Adams, recalls one of the stores he would tell. He said he and another man were walking down the road and they met a young boy and girl who said they were going to town to get married. He told them they didn't have to go all the way to town - that he was a preacher and he could marry them. He "married" them and they went on back home thinking they were legally married. Virgie said he told the story time after time and every time would "just died laughing." He and another man would go to Kentucky to "preach" and come home with a wagon loaded with food, cooking utensils, blankets, etc., which he had gotten for his "preaching". Before he died, when he was ill, family members went to Tennessee to get his brother, John, and brought him to see William.
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