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2(ii).
Richard Shirley
(son of Nathaniel Shirley) b Sept 10, 1816 Abbeville South
Carolina; He lived at Parker's Store PO in Hart Co GA in the
1860 census; He was an owner of 15 slaves in the 1860 census.
He died Feb 14 1862 of Tyfoid Fever. Shirleys of Hart Co GA
Richard Shirley
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Eliz. Carolyn Armstrong
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married 1st Mary
Foster Mattison Aug 1, 1839. She was born Mar 7, 1822 Honea
Path, SC and died May 14, 1848. She was the Daughter of Wm. Mattison
b. 1781 Culpeper Co. VA and Eliza Wyatt born 1796 Fairfax
Co. VA and died in Anderson Co. SC.
married 2nd Eliz.
Carolyn Armstrong in 1849. She died in 1908 Lavonia GA. She was
the daughter of Archibald and Mary Ann (Branyon) Armstrong. (She
m. 2nd Robert Ira Watson).
(Richard
Shirley's children by 1st wife Mary Foster Mattison)
3(i). Nancy
Eliz. Shirley born
May 8, 1840 d. July 13, 1904 Franklin Co. GA m. William Harrison
Crawford Oct 24, 1858 Hart Co. GA
3(ii). William
Mattison Shirley
born Mar or May 22, 1841 d. Jan 4, 1862 Abbeville Co. SC
3(iii). Lumima
Catherine Eliza Shirley
born Jan 6, 1843 near Hone Path, Abbeville Co. SC d. Sept
26, 1926 m. George Naylor Burroughs Nov 18, 1858 Hart Co. GA.
He was b. Nov 8, 1834 Franklin Co. GA d. Jan 28, 1898. He was
the grandson of Henry Burroughs.
3(iv). Benjamin
Nathaniel Shirley
born Feb 9, 1845 Near Honea Path, Abbeville Co. SC d. Feb 14,
1901 Carnesville, Franklin Co. GA, He was the first of this family
to join the Latter Day Saints Church (Sept 20, 1897)
married Martha
Cora Holbrook Nov 5, 1869 Hart Co. GA. She was born April
10, 1848 Hart Co. GA d. Nov 16, 1910 Rexburg Idaho.
children:
4(i). Other
Theopholis Shirley
born April 1, 1871 Carnesville, Franklin Co. GA d. Jan
7, 1966 in his 95th year, in Gridley, California. The family
joined the Mormon Church in 1897. They came first to Rexburg,
Utah and moved onto Gridley California where they had large orchards
in the San Joaquin Valley.
Butte County
CA Biography -OTHER T. SHIRLEY
Since 1907, Other
T. Shirley has been a resident of the Gridley section of Butte
County, and during that period he has developed a fine ranch
from raw grain land and is making a success of his operations.
He was born at Carnesville, Franklin County, Ga., April 1, 1871,
a son of Benjamin and Cora (Holbrook) Shirley, natives of South
Carolina and Georgia respectively. They were farmers in Franklin
and later in Hart County, Ga., where the father died. The mother,
with her family, removed to Rexburg, Idaho, in 1903, and there
she died. The father served for two years in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Other T. Shirley
was the eldest of ten children and was reared and educated in
Hart County, Ga. He was inured to the labors of farming and in
1902 went to Rexburg, Idaho, with his family, and followed carpentering
near Rexburg, on Snake River, where he helped build the sugar
factory. He came to California in 1907 and purchased a ranch
of ten acres in Colony Four, near Gridley, the land having been
an oat field. The first year he lived in a tent until he was
able to build a house and suitable outbuildings for the comfortable
conduct of his property. He added seven acres to his first purchase,
now owning seventeen acres.
Starting with
limited capital, he worked as a carpenter throughout Butte County
the first year, also worked on the construction of the irrigating
canal. He did the work on the ranch with one horse for the first
three years, then added another animal to his possessions, and
is now able to point with pride to his well improved ranch. On
the place are three walnut trees, eight years old, which produced
more than one hundred pounds of nuts in 1916. He finds the soil
and climate well adapted to the growing of walnuts and is steadily
putting out more trees. Five acres are in peaches from which
he derives satisfactory profit. He raises garden truck of all
kinds, also some fine strawberries. He has a small dairy of Holstein
cows which adds to his income.
Mr. Shirley was
married in Hart County, Ga., January 27, 1894, to Miss Agnes
Fore, a native of Spring Place, Murray County, and a daughter
of William and Amanda (Branham) Fore. Her father was a minister
in the Baptist Church and died in Hart County; Mrs. Fore makes
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Shirley near Gridley. They have eight
children to make the home circle cheerful: Peyton, who is in
Company I, One Hundred Forty-second United States Infantry, with
the Expeditionary Forces in France; Adrian, a graduate of Gridley
High School, is the wife of Glenn E. Gee, who is with the United
States Expeditionary Forces in France; Lottie, who married H.
Leslie Kimball, also in the United States service; Vera and Benjamin
are attending the Gridley High School; Other T., Jr., Lillis
and Mavis.
Mr. Shirley is
a pioneer in Colony Four, and with his wife and eldest son is
a member of the Yeoman lodge. He is a member and one of the founders
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in which
he is an elder. He is a self-made man, and the success he has
attained is the result own efforts, and shows what can be accomplished
on the rich soil with plenty of water for irrigation, coupled
with energy and perseverance properly applied. Transcribed
by Roseann Kerby. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.,"
by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1033-1034, Historic Record Co,
Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
married Agnes
Cicily Fore Jan 27, 1894. She was born Aug 7, 1875 Spring Place,
Murray Co. GA d. Oct 19, 1962 Gridley, California. She was the
daughter of William Leander and Amanda (Branham) Fore.
children:
5(i). James
Payton Shirley
born June 23, 1895 m. Clara Bessie Hill
5(ii). Adrian
Esda Shirley born
July 7, 1897 m. Glenn Earnest Gee
5(iii). Lottie
Marie Shirley
born June 21, 1899 m. Herbert Kimble
5(iv). Vera
Fern Shirley
born June 23, 1901 m. Bryan Augustine Key
5(v). William
Benjamin Shirley
born Sept 4, 1903 m. Edith Stock
5(vi). Other
Theron Shirley
bornApril 11, 1907 m Mella Mitchell
5(vii). Lillis
Donnette Shirley
born April 28, 1910 m. Roscoe Chester Jones
5(viii). Navis
Afton Shirley
born Aug 12, 1912 m. T. J. Baer
5(ix). Agnes
Claire Shirley born
Jan 17, 1919 m. D. E. Robinson
4(ii). Thomas
Oscar Shirley born
Sept 29, 1873 d. Jan 12, 1907 Carnesville, Franklin Co. GA m.
Hattie Lauretta Sanders
4(iii). Richard
Durell Shirley
born Oct 8, 1875, m. Susan Millisa Bailer July 22, 1911. She
was born April 24, 1874 IL, d. Nov 24, 1954 Sacramento, California
4(iv). Orzo
Thaddeus Shirley
born April 14, 1877 Bowersville, GA m. Minnie Walters Dec 20,
1903
4(v). Luther
Adolphus Jackson Shirley
born May 19, 1879 Bowersville, Hart Co. GA d. July 19, 1942
Miami Arizona. Luther worked in the copper mines in Globe Arizona.
married Rosie
T. C. Shirley Sept 27, 1903 Safford, Arizona. She was born Nov
2, 1885 Butler, Choctaw Co. AL and was the daughter of Moses
Nathaniel and Mary Dickson (Mozingo) Shirley.
4(vi). Frederick
Desra Shirley
born Mar 6, 1881 Bowersville, GA m. Hattie Miller April 22, 1908
4(vii). Mary
Vera Shirley
born May 7, 1883 Bowersville, GA m. Carion Ross Holland Dec 8,
1908
4(viii). Clyde
Ernest Shirley born
Nov 3, 1885 Bowersville, GA m. Ossie Bowers Mar 16, 1916
4(ix). Lula
Maude Shirley
born Dec 28, 1887 Bowersville, GA m. Jo Hyrum Sharp Aug 8, 1910
4(x). Annie
Beatrice Shirley
born Oct 31, 1891 Bowersville, GA m. H. H. Thompson July 7, 1912
3(v). Mary
Garrellia Shirley
born Nov 2, 1847 d. 1857.
(Richard
Shirley's children by 2nd wife Eliz. Carolyn Armstrong)
3(vi). Elivira
Eliza Shirley
born Dec 11, 1849 m. Joseph Jackson
3(vii). Richard
Armstrong Shirley born
Sept 10, 1851 Ford's Store, Hart Co. GA., died Nov 24, 1882 Elgin
TX.
married Tomma
Catelle Hamm Sept. 10, 1873 Marshall, Harrison Co. Texas. She
died July 28, 1881 Harrison Co. TX. He courted a lady in
Bastrop TX. Her brother heard he was a married man and
killed him.
children:
4(i). Samuel
Dolphus Shirley
born Nov 11, 1875 d. Sept 9, 1964 buried Safford AZ (not
married).
4(ii). Clyde
Eustace Shirley
born Aug 28, 1877 m. Eliz. Crosthweight Nov 11, 1897
4(iii). Lottie
B. (Jaqueline) Shirley
born Jan 29, 1879 m. John Richard Jackson June 28, 1896
4(iv). Richard
Benjamin Shirley born
June 20, 1881 d. July 11, 1881
4(v). Mattie
Elvira Shirley
born June 20, 1881 d. July 14, 1881
3(viii). Martha
"Mattie" Ann Shirley born July 11, 1853 d. April 18, 1931
Rexburg, Idaho m. William Jasper Eshew b. Oct 1, 1841 d. July
10, 1921 Atlanta GA.
3(ix). Mamie
Alpha Ritta Shirley
born Feb 10, 1855 m. Thomas Looney. She was a school teacher.
She had infantile paralysis and was a cripple for life, d. July
1, 1891.
3(x). Gustavos
Adolphus Shirley
born Feb 1, 1858 Hart Co. GA d. Aug 12, 1939 Lynwood CA, (This
family lived in AZ and California). He was a farmer, traveled
extensively, went to Texas twice as a young man, and after marriage
in Jan 1898 he went to Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah. At Christmas
time in 1900 they traveled by train to Mathewsville, Arizona
and settled on a homestead in Graham Co. near Safford,
Arizona. In 1920 they toured the West, settled in Inglewood CA
and then in Lynwood CA. He was totally blind the last seven years
prior to death.
married Rose
Lee Adams
children:
4(i). Bonna
'A' Octa Shirley born
Aug 8, 1891 m. McCager Smithson May 31, 1911
4(ii). Lois
Eliz. Shirley
born Oct 3, 1894 m. Burt Roundy McColl May 30, 1914
4(iii). Willie
Mae Shirley born
April 9, 1896 d. Oct 26, 1911 Typhoid Fever and is buried Safford
AZ
4(iv). Nellie
Shirley
born Feb 23, 1898 m. George D. Stubblefield Dec 26, 1929
4(v). Rufus
Newell Shirley
born June 7, 1900 d. Oct 30, 1933 m. Marie Meers
4(vi). Margaret
Lee Shirley
born June 4, 1902 m. 1st. Wesley Richardson, m. 2nd Victor Mandotte
4(vii). Adolphus
Reuben Shirley born
Oct 3, 1904 m. Vivian Phippen Aug 15, 1925
4(viii). Ruth
O. Shirley
born Nov 5, 1907 d. April 25, 1908 (said to have had beautiful
red hair)
4(ix). Rulon
S. Shirley
born Nov 5, 1907, twin, d. June 26, 1918 heart attack
3(xi). Rachel
Ada Shirley born
Oct 31, 1860 m. Thomas J. Bartlett Nov 17, 1878 Lavonia GA, b.
July 1845 Stewart Co. GA d. 1887 Milledgeville GA.
3(xii). Laura
Anna Shirley
born Oct 24, 1872 m. William Dolphus Speer
Research
Tracing the Slave Families owned by Richard Shirley
1860 Slave
Schedule - Richard Shirley of Shoal Creek District, Hart County,
Georgia - Total 15
Male black 35
- Likely Burrell
Female black 30
Male black 21
Female mulatto 16
Male black 23
Female black 25
Female black 25
Female black 20
Male black 12
Male black 13
Female black 12 (21?)
Female black 8
Male black 6
Female black 5
Female black 5
March 13 1862
Inventory and appraisal of estate of Richard Shirley, dec'd
Burrell a negro man $900
David a negro man $1000
Dilsey a woman and six children: Mary $400, Rose
$325, John $275, Sarah $200, George $184,
an infant -- $2,250
Ester a woman and one child $800
Harriett a woman and two children $1000
1862 Nov 19 Southern
Banner (newspaper) pg 4. Georgia Hart County. Administrators
Sale. ...will be sold...a tract of land whereon Richard Shirley
resided at the time of his death, containing 418 3/4 acres. Also
another tract containing 163 acres, adj Joseph Ellis, G. N. Burroughs
and others. Also, thirteen negroes belonging to
the said deceased's estate. Hen. Ford, Elizabeth Shirley, admins.
1862 Dec 2 Hart
Co Estate Sale Bills Book B, page 32 - Account of the sale of
the land and negroes of the estate of Richard Shirley deceased...The
home tract containing 223 acres $1100, Other tract 180 acres
$500, Five negroes Burrel
his wife Diley
and three children to EM Camp $2650, David and his wife Harriet and two children to
EM Camp $3050, Two girls Mary and Rosanna to Ben Shirley $1650,
One woman Esther and her child to Hugh Crawford $1355. Total $8755 - Henry Ford
Administrator.
1870 Census -
Franklin County Georgia. Note: Edward M Camp was enumerated
in the census Carnesville, Franklin County
Carnesville
PO
David Sherly age 28, black b SC farm
laborer (age about 18 in 1860)
Harriet 25 black b GA (age about 15 in 1860)
Elvira Sherly age 53 black b GA washer
woman (may be Elmira in 1880 see below)
Albert Sherly age 20 black b GA farm laborer (untraced)
Jane Sherly age 17 black b GA farm labor (untraced)
Jacob Sherly age 12 black b GA farm labor (married Hepsey Camp
in 1880)
Elvira Sherly age 10 black b GA (untraced)
Amanda age 11 black b GA (untraced)
Nancy age 10 black b GA (untraced)
Mary age 3 black b GA (see 1880 below)
William age 11/12 black b GA (aka Bedford in 1880 census)
When children
are listed out of chronological order, it usually meant individuals
from a different family. If this is true in the above case, then
the children of David and Harriet are Amanda 11, Nancy 10, Mary
3, and William 11/12. Albert, Jane, Jacob and Elvira (David and
Anderson) may have been the children of the elderly Elvira Sherly.
But this is speculation without further evidence.
Death Cert:
Nancy Washington, widow died 1934 in Eagle Lake Colorado Co TX
age 45, supposedly born May 12 1889 to Solomon Shirley b Atlanta
GA and mother Harriet born Hart Co GA
next door
Anderson Sherly age 26 black b SC farm
laborer
Eliza age 21 black b GA
William age 2 black b GA
Zila age 3/12 black b GA
Burrell Roe M 43 South Carolina
(son Madison born Alvin GA in 1865)
Lilly Roe
F 35 South
Carolina
Mary Roe F 17 Georgia
John Roe M 14 Georgia
Sarah Roe F 13 Georgia
George Roe M 12 Georgia
Madison Roe M 5 Georgia ( living at Eagle Lake, Colorado Co Texas
in 1900, d Harris Co 1922 (names fath.)
Martha Roe F 3 Georgia
Henry Roe M 0 Georgia
Marshal Madison M 23 South Carolina
1880 Franklin
Co GA Census
Big Smiths
District
David Shirly
Self M 40
Georgia, United States (age about 20 in 1860 census) (a Solomon
Shirley b 1842 lvs Colorado TX by 1884 tax and in 1900 census,
wife Elsie married 8 years in TX, married again to Letha in 1906,
died 1924)
Jenny Shirly Wife F 38 Georgia, United States
Mary Shirly Daughter F 13 Georgia, United States
Bedford Shirly Son M 11 Georgia, United States (living in Colorado
Co Texas in 1900, death cert: 1943, father Solomon Shirley)
Hepsy Camp Hired F 18 Georgia, United States
Franklin Co
GA Marriage Jacob Shirley to Hepsey Camp 1880 9/191
2 doors down from Burrell Roe
Burrill Roe Self M 56 South Carolina,
United States (age about 36 in 1860 census)
Dilly Roe
Wife F 43
South Carolina, United States
Mat Roe Son M 14 Georgia, United States (Madison Rowe died 1922
Houston TX, names his parents)
Martha Roe Daughter F 13 Georgia, United States
Henry Roe Son M 11 Georgia, United States
Benny Roe Son M 6 Georgia, United States
Irvin Roe Son M 4 Georgia, United States (Ernin Rowe died 1925
in Chattanooga, father named)
Lester Roe Son M 3 Georgia, United States (he married in Los
Angeles California in 1912, names his parents)
Minnie Roe Daughter F 1 Georgia, United States
Cephus Mayfield
Rowe born 1882 died 1950 in Chattanooga, parents named
John Roe (age
22) and family living next door
Neal Clark black
25
Sarah 24
Gus 2
Infant 1/12
Jake Shirly 21 black border farmer
Elmira (?Elvira)
Shirly 65
black mother
Carnesville District
Anderson Sherley
Self M 37 South Carolina, United States (moved to Colorado Co Texas in
1900, parents named in death certs of children in Colorado Co
TX)
Eliza Sherley Wife F 27 Georgia, United States (Death cert: died
1941 widowed, dau of Margaret Holland, died Harris Co TX, lived
Eagle Lake Colorado Co TX)
William S Sherley Son M 13 Georgia, United States
Idur Sherley Daughter F 10 Georgia, United States
Robert D Sherley Son M 8 Georgia, United States
John S Sherley Son M 5 Georgia, United States
James T Sherley Son M 2 Georgia, United States
Millyard Sherley Son M 1 Georgia, United States
1910 Wilcox Co
GA
This looks like
"Jacob" and Hepsey Shirley's family???
HH Hepsibah Obrien
F Head 51 Georgia married 13/17 ch alive (goes by Shirley in
1940 census, living with dau Beatrice)
next
HH Budd Shirley
Son M 27 Georgia (no head of HH)(goes by Shelly in 1930 but Shirley
in 1940)
Central Shirley Son M 21 Georgia (used Shirley in 1920 death
of child, goes by surname Shelly in 1930 thereafter in Wilcox
Co)
Beatrice Shirley Daughter F 20 Georgia
Emma Shirley Daughter F 19 Georgia
Ollie Shirley Daughter F 17 Georgia
Essie L Shirley Daughter F 15 Georgia
Joe A Shirley Son M 13 Georgia
Ella B Shirley Daughter F 11 Georgia
David Shirley Son M 10 Georgia
Lucile Shirley Daughter F 9 Georgia
Malcom Shirley Son M 4 Georgia
Inez Shirley Granddaughter F 4 Georgia
Gladys Williams Granddaughter F 5 Georgia
Not found in
Wilcox in 1900, Heksie and all using O'Bryant and Shelly in 1920,
Surname O'bryan in 1930 for "Hattie" and Beatrice
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Benjamin Shirley (continued)