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2(v). John Shirley Jr born
24 January 1777 at Shirley Town, Laurens Co. SC (dob source:
Updike book, ref. Joel B. Shirley family Bible. The names of
only 2 of their children known.); named as a legatee in the
1826 division of his father's estate; living in Laurens Co SC
in 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830 census; His estate was not probated
in Laurens Co SC. He may have moved to Tuscaloosa Co AL with
other Shirley family members, enumerated in the 1840 census there;
Death date and place unknown.
Age 23 - 1800 Laurens Co SC Census - John Shirley Jr. 20110
- 10010 (age 26-45, born 1755-1774)
Age 33 - 1810 Laurens Co SC Census - John Shurly Jr. 32010
- 01010 (age 26-45, born 1765-1784)
Age 43 - 1820 Laurens Co SC Census - John Shirley 220201
- 11101 (age 45+, born before 1775)
Age 53 - 1830 Laurens Co SC Census - John Shirley 0020200010000
- 0111100100000 (age 60-70, b 1760-70)
Did he move to Tuscaloosa Co?
Age 63 - 1840 Tuscaloosa Co AL Census - John Shirley 0000000010000
- 0001100000000 (age 60-70, b 1770-1780)
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married Lucretia __________. She was born
July 22, 1778 (dob source: Updike book, ref. Joel
B. Shirley family Bible. The names of only 2 of their children
known.)
children: (births from family bible)
3(i). George Fletcher Shirley born 11 February 1796,
likely in Laurens Co SC. He was enumerated in Laurens Co SC in
1850 census, listing his wife and children; Occupation: farmer;
He was widowed, age 63 in the 1860 Laurens Co census; He is apparently
the George Shirley age 74 who is enumerated with his single daughter
Susan Shirley in the 1880 census for Cokesbury Abbeville Co SC
census. He died 22 September 1881.
Grave of George Shirley born 11 February 1796
Great Great Grandfather of Jim Shirley
married Annie McNary. She was born 18 January
1810 Newberry Co. SC. and died 8 March 1858 SC
children
4(i). Martha J. Shirley born 30 December 1826
at Laurens Co SC; d. Oct 30, 1896; She married John Jackson Saxon
Oct 30, 1848. He was born 16 June 1826 SC; He died 25 June 1890
Greenwood SC
4(ii). Teressa Shirley born 8 August 1829, age 20 in
parent's 1850 census household, nothing more known
4(iii). Susan Shirley born 4 May 1832 (death cert says
1831, ethnicity "Canadian"), age 18 in parent's 1850
census household; She lived with brother Fletcher Shirley at
Hodges Greenwood Co SC in 1900 census, age 62. She died 31 December
1915 at Walnut Grove, Greenwood, SC, burial 1 January 1916 at
Hodges SC. Never married
4(iv). Rebecca Shirley born 22 February 1835, age 16
in parent's 1850 census household, nothing more known
4(v). Tully Leonard Shirley (f) born 22 January 1838,
age 12 in 1850 census household; She died 4 July 1897 (needs
tracking)
4(vi). John Patrick Shirley born 18 November 1840,
Laurens Co. South Carolina, age 9 in 1850 census household; He
died 3 July 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War.
(info on this family from Jim Shirley)
John Patrick is buried Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Military
service: July 01, 1862, Enlisted in the Confederate
Army at Laurens, SC. He was wounded at Fredericksburg,
VA, December 13, 1862, and was later killed in action at Gettysburg,
PA, on July 3, 1863. He was a private in Co. F, 3rd SC
Infantry. Occupation: Before enlisting, John was
a farmer. He left with a crop in the field, a pregnant
wife, and a baby (William Fletcher) who was 8 months old.
married Frances Bethany Strawhorn. She was the daughter
of William and Matilda Strawhorn.
children
5(i). William Fletcher Shirley born 28 October 1861,
Laurens, South Carolina; He was married with children and living
at Piedmont Anderson Co SC in 1900 census, age 39; Living at
Williamston Anderson Co SC in 1910, age 48; He died 1946.
Ancestor of DNA Kit #52208
Ancestor of DNA Kit #572927
married Susan Flaura Langford. She was born 18 November
1869, and died 18 October 1948.
children
6(i). William Ernest Shirley born 13 November 1890,
Pelzer, South Carolina, age 10 in 1900 census, age 19 in 1910
census; He died 27 September 1968, Charlotte, North Carolina;
married Elizabeth A. McCall on 4 October 1915, Walhalla,
South Carolina; She was born 24 February 1897 and died 10 July
1966, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
6(ii). Joseph Robert Shirley born about 1893 SC, age
7 in 1900 census, age 16 in 1910 census; He died in 1981;
married Nellie Mae Glenn b. 1896; d. 1956, Greenville,
South Carolina.
6(iii). Jettie Clayton Shirley born 7 February 1895
at Piedmont, Anderson Co SC, daughter of William Fletcher Shirley
and Susan Flora Langford (birth record), age 5 in 1900 census,
age 15 in 1910 census; She married John Seaborn Pilgrim b. 1885.
6(iv). George Fletcher Shirley born about 1896
SC, age 4 in 1900 census, age 13 in 1910 census; d. 1970;
married Leila Simpson b. 1896; d. 1965.
6(v). Lillie Mae Shirley born 22 June 1898 at Piedmont
Anderson Co SC, daughter of Wm Fletcher Shirley and Susan Flora
Langford (birth record), age 2 in 1900 census, age 11 in 1910
census (as Tillie); She married J. Aler Chastain
6(vi). Flora Picola Shirley born about 1899 SC, age
1 in 1900 census, age 9 in 1910 census; She married Minor Gilstrap
b. 1897; d. 1989.
6(vii). John Henry Shirley born about 1902 SC, age
8 in 1910 census; He died in 1984;
married Doris A. Massingale b. 1902; d. 1984.
6(viii). Elizabeth Shirley born about 1902 SC, age
8 in 1910 census; She married Claude Vaughn Leslie b. 1891; d.
1986.
6(ix). Mary Frances Shirley born about 1906 SC, age
4 in 1910 census; She died in 1970; She married Reubin W. Stegall
b. 1900; d. 1970.
6(x). James Patrick Shirley born about 1907 SC, age
3 in 1910 census. He died in 1990;
married Fannie Wallace Brown b. 1912; d. December 24,
1999.
5(ii). John Robert Shirley born 21 November
1862 Abbeville Co. SC; He died 14 October 1906 Montgomery Co.
GA; John moved to Aily GA at the age of 25. At 32 he joined Hack
Branch Methodist Church. In the summer he married Lilly Hughes
and at age 40 died at home.
married Lillian Jane Hughes on 23 November 1898 who
was born Sept 15, 1874 Montgomery Co. GA d. 1915 and is buried
in the Hughes Family Cemetery Ailey Montgomery Co. GA.
They had no children
4(vii). William Preston Shirley born 6 February 1844,
age 7 in 1850 census; He lived at Cokesbury Abbeville Co SC in
1880 census, age 30; Lived at Walnut Grove, Greenwood Co SC in
1900 census, age 56; He died 4 September 1916 Greenwood Co. SC.
His death certificate says he was born 15 February 1841, ethnicity
"Canadian". Buried at Hodges SC.
married Mary Ellen Ragsdale b. 1852 d. Feb 13, 1931
children:
5(i). Clayton Estelle Shirley born about 1872 SC, age
8 in 1880 census; She died 23 May 1899, She married George Wayne
Nelson
5(ii). Asa Otto Shirley born about 1874 SC, age 6 in
1880 census, age 25 in parent's 1900 census household; He died
6 January 1926
5(iii). Bonna Shirley born 5 March 1878, age 2
in 1880 census; She married William Coleman Hodges on 3 March
1894
5(iv). Mary Fletcher Shirley born about 1880 SC, age
20 in parent's 1900 census household (as Mary F)
5(v). George Dee Shirley born about 1882 SC, age 18
in 1900 census household; Married with children living at Donalds
Abbeville Co SC in 1930 census, age 47
married Emma Hodges. She was born 10 August 1887 Hodges,
Greenwood Co. SC d. Nov 11, 1955. She was the daughter of James
and Nellie (Golden) Shirley
children:
6(i). Boyce Shirley born 16 February 1906 SC,
age 26 in parent's 1930 census household; He died 25 December
1969 at Greenwood, Greenwood Co SC
6(ii). Maude L Shirley born about 1908 SC, age 22 in
parent's 1930 census household
6(iii). Preston Shirley born about 1910 SC, age 20
in parent's 1930 census household
6(iv). Collie B Shirley (m) born about 1913 SC, age
17 in parent's 1930 census household
6(v). Frank Shirley born about 1914 SC, age 16 in parent's
1930 census household
6(vi). Nora T Shirley born about 1916 SC, age 14 in
paren'ts 1930 census household
6(vii). Fred H Shirley born about 1919 SC, age 11 in
parent's 1930 census household
6(viii). Johnie W Shirley born about 1921 SC, age 9
in parent's 1930 census household
6(ix). Earl W Shirley born about 1925 SC, age 5 in
parent's 1930 census household
6(x). Lois M Shirley born about 1927 SC, age 3 in parent's
1930 census household
5(vi). Cleveland Shirley born about 1884 SC, age 16
in 1900 census household (as Drestar I Sherley)
5(vii). William Harvey Shirley born 15 February 1888
SC, age 13 in 1900 census household; Lived at Hodges Greenwood
Co SC in 1930 census, age 42; He died 15 June 1955 at Hodges
Greenwood Co SC
married Pearl _______
children:
6(i). Allen Shirley
5(viii). John Samuel Shirley born about 1889 SC,
age 11 in 1900 census household
4(viii). Sarah Matilda Shirley born 6 March 1847, age
5 in 1850 census; She died 15 April 1892; She married John F.
White
4(ix). George Fletcher Shirley Jr. born 29 April 1850,
age 0 in 1850 census (as unnamed child). They lived at Hodges,
Greenwood Co SC in 1900 census. He died 30 August 1920
married Frances Elizabeth Richey on December 1881
children:
5(i). George William Shirley born 1882, age 18 in 1900
census
5(ii). Thedford Cainard Shirley born 6 March 1884,
age 15 in 1900 census. He died 9 January 1961
5(iii). Margaret L Shirley born 1887, age 13 in 1900
census
5(iv). Clarence Connor Shirley born 1889, age 11 in
1900 census
5(v). John F. Shirley born 1890, age 10 in 1900 census
5(vi). Charles Cason Shirley born 1892 SC. age 9 in
1900 census. He married Lilly Bell Brown
5(vii). Aiken Samuel Shirley born 1896 SC, age 4 in
1900 census
5(viii). Leila Shirley born 12 October 1899 Greenwood
Co. SC, age 1 in 1900 census. She died June 30, 1986 m. Marion
Frank Tinsley. He was born Nov 28, 1889 Greenwood Co. SC d Oct
25, 1933
5(ix). Wyatt Hill Shirley born 3 March 1902 SC d. Jan
1987 Hodges, Greenwood Co. SC
4(x). Frances Clayton Shirley born 3 April 1853; She
married Foster Anderson
3(ii). male Shirley b 1794-1800
3(iii). female Shirley born 1796-1800
3(iv). Elihu Duke Shirley born 20 January 1802 Laurens
Co. SC; Lived in Laurens Co SC in 1850 census, age 48; He died
on 5 November 1862 Laurens Co. SC of typhoid fever,
married Hulda Shirley, daughter of Thomas Shirley
and wife _____ Pinson (source for
this?).
children: (born in Laurens Co. SC)
4(i). Wade A C Shirley born 11 June 1826, age 25 in
parent's 1850 census household; age 21(sic) in widowed mother's
1860 census household; He died 22 March 1885 unmarried
4(ii). Luvinia Shirley born 12 December 1827,
age 22 in parent's 1850 census household; age 20 (sic) in widowed
mother's 1860 census household; She died on 11 January 1892
unmarried
4(iii). Elizabeth L. Shirley born 4 June 1830, age
20 in parent's 1850 census household; She died 24 January 1892;
She married Masalone Elmore
4(iv). Wyatt Elzart Shirley born 14 August 1832, age
17 in parent's 1850 census household; He died 26 January 1854,
age 22
4(v). Lucretia Shirley born 11 December 1834, age 15
in 1850 census household, age 25 in widowed mother's 1860 census
household; She died in August 1894;
married Joel Shirley son of Roland Shirley, see
above
4(vi). Rebecca Shirley born 30 September 1839, age
11 in 1850 census household; She died 3 July 1858, age 19
4(vii). Elihu Duke Shirley Jr. born 10 October 1836,
age 8 in 1850 census household; age 18 in widowed mother's 1860
census household; He died 25 October 1862 from injuries received
in battle during the War between the States. His father Elihu
Sr. went to the battle front to bring him home after an injury
and while on this errand, his father (Elihu Sr.) took typhoid
fever, causing his own death.
4(viii). Lutetia Shirley born 25 August 1844, age 6
in 1850 census household; She died 8 July 1858, age 14
3(v). male Shirley born 1800-1810
3(v). male Shirley born 1800-1810
3(vi). male Shirley born 1800-1810
Jim and Shirley Shirley
Jim went to school to the 8th grade and joined the United
States Navy in Aug. 1947 until 12 Dec. 1968. After he retired
he worked 24 years with the University of South Carolina retiring
in 1992.
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Richard Shirley