1830 Darlington Co SC Census - James
Shirley 1010010000000 - 2100100000000 (age 30-40, no slaves)
1840 Darlington Co SC Census - James Shirley 0212001000000 -
2031010000000 (age 40-50, no slaves)
The State of Alabama - Pike County
Know all men by these present that I James Shirley for and in
consideration of the parental affection I have for my son Hamilton
D. Shirley, do give and grant unto the lawful heires of the body
of the said Hamilton D. Shirley that now are, and that may hereafter
be born unto him, a certain negro boy named Randal, now about
eighteen years old. Nor do I give the said negro to the said
hires as an advancement of any part of my estate toward their
father, H.D. Shirleys share of the same as one of my hairs at
law, nor do I consider the lands I have hereto fore given and
deeded to the heirs of my son Hamilton D. Shirley, as any advancement
of his or towards his part of my estate, But I have given and
do herein so assert the gifts by saying further, that, besides
the more than ordinary parental affection, I have for my son
Hamilton D. Shirley, I give and grant the same for other considerations
---- those of very near, dear ------- services , of great importance
and value to me.In witness of which I hereinto subscribe my name
as affix my seal in the presence of the subscribing witnesses,
this March 10th A.D. 1860 Attest: G.D. Hightower James Shirley
( X his mark) T.A. Walters
State of Alabama Pike County Know
all men by these presents that I James Shirley do herby appoint
my son Hamilton D. Shirley the guardian of the heirs, of Hamilton
D, Shirley, to keep and use to and for the benefits of said heirs
all of property I have conveyed to them, or if the said Hamilton
D. Shirley whom I have herein appointed, their lawful guardian
shall at any time think proper to sale of dispose of any part
or all, of the said conveyance, or conveyances for the use and
benefits of said heirs, I do hereby authorize and in power him
to do so. In witness whereof I hereinto subscribe my name and
affix my seal in the presence of the subscribing witnesses this
March 10th AD 1860 Attest: G.D. Hightower James Shirley ( X his
mark) T.A. Walters
married 1) Winifred Johnson or Riser (named Rouse in pension application) who was
born in NC She was age 47 in husband's 1850 census household
and age 56 in husband's 1860 census household; She died before
January 1862 Pike Co. AL
Oct 14, 1831 Gum Branch Baptist Church
Darlington SC church - Winney Shirley received
Dec 15, 1844 Gum Branch Baptist Church
Darlington SC church - Winney Shirley dismissed by letter to
Alabama
married 2) Temperance Keel (widow) on 1 January 1862 in Pike Co AL
STATE OF ALABAMA }
COUNTY OF PIKE }
In the matter of the application of Tempy Shirley for a Pension.
Personally came before me, a Notary Public &4 offices a Justice
of the Peace in nad for aforesaid County and State, James Kelley
aged Eighty years, a citizen of County of Pike, State of Alabama,
whose Post Office
address is Linwood, Pike County Alabama, well known to me to
be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn,
declares in relation to aforesaid case, as follows: That he (Affiant)
was born in Darlington District, South Carolina in October 1799
- That he was raised in the same district and neighborhood with
James Shirley, with whom he was intimately acquainted. That said
James Shirley went into the war with Great Brittain in the United
States service from said district & neighborhood, but cant
recollect the year, but does recollect the circumstances well
- several of affiants relatives (said Shirley being one of them)
went into the same service from the same neighborhood, at the
same time & they served either three or six months &
all returned home from the said service at the same time &
to the same neighborhood - That his best recollection is that
said Shirley was ___? That he well remembers, that at the time
he went into said service there was a good ____? of excitement
in said neighborhood s\about drafting soldiers & that some
of his (officers relatives who expected to be drafted were not
drafted, but that several other of ___? relatives were drafted
& James Shirley among them & they all went off to the
service (as by ___? stated) together & all returned together
- That it was generally reported, understood & ____?in said
district that said Sherley went into the United States service
in said war - That affiant _____? District when about 18 years
of age & moved to __________? never ? years 17 & they
came to Pike County Alabama where he has resided continuously
till the present time - upon the same tract of land - That said
Shirley came to the same neighborhood about 15 years afterwards
& lived in the same neighborhood in said Pike County until
his decease which took place some ten or twelve years since but
was not present at his death or at his funeral - That said Shirleys
first wife died some 15 years after coming to said Pike County
Ala. That he is well acquainted with said James Shirley 2nd wife
Tempy. She who is now his widow & that she has never remarried
since the death of said James Sherley. & he further declares
that he has no interest in said case, and that he is not concerned
in its prosecution.
Attest his
Emily Beasley James X Kelley
Joshua S. Calloway mark
children:
2(i). Hamilton David Shirley born 10 August 1820 Darlington Co. SC; He studied law and went
to Alabama as a young man where he abandoned law and took up
the teaching profession. He was
Judge of Probate in Pike Co. AL in December 1852. Enumerated
in Pike Co AL in 1860 census, age 40 occupation: school teacher;
He had brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin, a medium build,
kind by dominating. He died 23 October 1864 Pike Co. AL,
married Jemima Eleanor Thomas on 3 December 1843 in Pike Co. AL. She was
age 36 in husband's 1860 census household; She was born 16 March
1824 Darlington Co. SC; She died 23 August 1884 and was the daughter
of John Thomas and Sarah Cotton Culpepper.
children:
3(i). Julia Ann Shirley born 6 January 1845 Pike Co. AL, age 15 in 1860
census; She died 4 February 1937; She married James W. Tyner
3(ii). Josephine Elizabeth Shirley
born 16 January 1847 AL, age
14 in 1860 census; She died 28 June 1935; She married Lawson
Dendy on 7 December 1865
3(iii). Sheridan 'Sherod' Webster
Shirley born 31 March 1849 Pike
Co. AL. age 10 in 1860 census; He was living at Mitchells Pike
Co AL in 1880 census, Occupation: farmer; Living Goshen Hill
in 1920 census; He died Jan 1929 Troy, AL
married Malinda Ann Stephens on 22 December 1870 at Pike Co AL
children:
4(i). Rutian T. Shirley born about 1872; age 8 in 1880 census; Lived
at Ansley AL; single in 1920 census, living with parents; He
died 22 Dec 1920 at Pike Co AL (death cert.)
4(ii). John Quincy Shirley born about 1876; age 4 in 1880 census; living
with parents in 1910 Pike Co census;
4(iii). Hamilton D. Shirley born about 1878; age 2 in 1880 census; he lived
at Goshen Hill, Pike Co in 1930 census
married Annie [?Lockhart] She was age 35 in 1930 census
children:
5(i). Mary H Shirley born about 1916 AL
5(ii). Annie L Shirley born about 1927 AL
4(iv). William P. Shirley born June 1881 AL; living with parents in 1900
census
4(v). Robert L. Shirley born July 1883 AL; living with parents in 1900
census
4(vi). Louise Myrtle Shirley born about 1886 AL; living with parents in 1900
and1910 census
4(vii). Jemima Shirley born about 1888; living with parents in 1900
and1910 census; She may have married Jim Tom Wilson
4(viii). Lorena Shirley born about 1890; living with parents in 1900
and 1910 census; She may have married H. T. Green
3(iv). Maria Louise Shirley born 26 January 1852 Pike Co. AL; She
died 27 January 1852, died young
3(v). James Calhoun Shirley born 19 April 1853 AL, age 8 in 1860 census;
He is living with his widowed mother and sister Unity in 1880
Pike Co AL census, occupation: nursing agent.
married Amanda J. Sanders on 26 October 1880 in Pike Co; She died 20 April
1954
children:
4(i). James Robert Shirley, he died 13 Oct 1967 Troy, Pike Co AL; He married
Lucille Baker
4(ii). Sheridan Hamilton Shirley born about 1887; He died 18 Jan 1950 at Troy
Pike Co AL, age 63 (death cert)
3(vi). William Henry Robert Shirley born 21 September 1855 Pike Co. AL; He died
on 9 November 1857, age 2. died young
3(vii). Unity Ursley Shirley born 22 February 1858 Pike Co. AL, age 2 in
1860 census; She died 27 October 1934 at Marshall, Harrison Co
TX; She married Lindley H. Henley
3(viii). Sarah Winifred Shirley born 1 July 1862 Pike Co. AL; She married Frank
Betts on 7 July 1885
2(ii). James Kelley Shirley born about 1824 SC; He was married and enumerated
in Pike Co Alabama in 1860 census, age 34; He died 1891
married Lucinda Barnett on 4 June 1848 at Pike Co. AL; She was age
30 in husband's 1860 census household
children:
3(i). David S. Shirley born 20 June 1848 Pike Co. AL, age 9 (sic)
in 1860 census; He died 24 December 1933
married Matilda 'Tilda' Ann Sikes who was born April 20, 1849; She died April
18, 1920, age 71; daughter of John Sikes and Elizabeth Bolling
children:
4(i). Burrell Davis Shirley born about 1877 AL; he is living with parents
in 1910 census, age 43, single; He died 2 Oct 1959 at Elmore
Co AL, age 83
4(ii). Newton Clifford Shirley born Jan 12, 1882; He lived in Crenshaw and
later Covington Co AL; He died 25 Aug 1974 (death cert)
married 1) Carrie Bell Floyd;
married 2) Ethyl J. _____
4(iii). Alice Shirley born Sept 1885 AL; living with parents in 1900
census
4(iv). T. J. Shirley born May 1891 AL; living with parent in 1900
census
3(ii). Daniel W. Shirley born about 1853 in Pike Co. AL, age 7 in 1860
census; He is likely living in Bullock Co AL in 1900 with wife
and family
3(iii). Joseph J. Shirley born about 1855 Pike Co. AL, age 5 in 1860
census
3(iv). James F. Shirley born about 1859 Pike Co. AL, age 1 in 1860
census; He died in Pike Co. AL
3(v). Sarah W. Shirley born about 1860 Pike Co. AL, age 0 in 1860
census
2(iii). Unity S. Shirley born about 1825 Darlington Co. SC; When Jacob
Shirley died, Unity and her husband, George Scroggins, took the
children to Corsicanna, Texas
married 1) Jacob
K. 'Bud' Shirley her 1st cousin, son
of her uncle Kelley Shirley
married 2) George Scroggins on 4 January 1866 at Pike Co AL
2(iv). Melissa Pearl Shirley born June 14, 1826 Darlington Co. SC; She and
her 2nd husband William Key as well as several Herndon children
from her first marriage were enumerated with father James Shirley
in 1860 census, age 32; She died 13 November 1912 Camilla, Mitchell
Co GA; She married 1st. John Pounds Herndon on 19 June
1848 Pike Co. AL; She married 2nd William Key just prior to the
1860 census;
2(v). Elizabeth Shirley born about 1829 d. 1843 (source?)
2(vi). Burrell Shirley born about 1832 SC, age 18 in parent's 1850
census household; age 28 in 1860 Pike Co AL census; The family
lived at Burnt Corn, Monroe Co. AL in 1870 census, age 38; The
family employed a domestic by the name of Rachael Sherley, a
black woman age 30 in the household (who is her family?). Enumerated
in Monroe Co AL in 1880 census, age 48 Shirleys
of Monroe Co Alabama
married Narcissa Cartwright on 6 June 1856 Pike Co, AL; She was age 21
in 1860 census
children:
3(i). William R. Shirley born 10 October 1856 AL (tombstone), age 3
in 1860 census, age 13 in 1870 census; He died 21 October 1920
at Monroe Co AL, buried Rumbley Cemetery, Monroeville Monroe
Co AL
3(ii). Willis J. Shirley born about 1859 AL, age 1 in 1860 census, age
11 in 1870 census, age 21 in parent's 1880 census household
3(iii). James Sherley born about 1861 AL, age 9 in 1870 census, age
19 in 1880 census (as Prudence J
Shirley, female)
3(iv). Winnie Sherley born about 1863 AL, age 7 in 1870 census, age
17 in 1880 census
3(v). Burrell J Sherley born about 1867 AL, age 3 in 1870 census, age
12 in 1880 census
3(vi). John D Sherley born about 1870 AL, age 0 in 1870 census, age
10 in 1880 census
3(vii). Narcissa Shirley born about 1872 AL, age 8 in 1880 census
3(viii). Joseph Shirley born about 1874 AL, age 6 in 1880 census
3(ix). Isaac Shirley born about 1877 AL, age 3 in 1880 census
3(x). Jessie Shirley (male) borna bout 1880 AL, age 0 in 1880 census
additional children born after 1880
census?
2(vii). Rebecca Shirley born Oct 1837 NC; She was not enumerated
with parents in 1850 census household; She died 10 January
1887 Willow Springs, Henderson Co. Texas, She married 1st
Evan M. 'Bud' Floyd on 8 January 1856 Pike Co. AL, She married
2nd Isaiah Marion Owens on 12 January 1866 Pike Co. AL and married
3rd Eli L. Smith on 5 April 1883 in Henderson, Texas
2(viii). Sarah Lugenia Shirley born 22 June 1839 Charlotte, NC; She was
not enumerated with parents in 1850 census household; She
married Thomas Altamus Walters on 10 January 1856 Pike Co. AL;
She died in 1892 in Atlanta Fulton Co GA; He died in 1882
Children by James Shirley with Temperance
Hudson Wingate out of wedlock
2(ix). Rosier [Shirley] Wingate born 4 October 1830 Darlington Co. SC, age 19
in father's 1850 census hosehold; Married and enumerated at Mitchell
Co GA in 1860 census, age 31; He died 13 June 1909 Camilla Mitchell
Co GA, buried Oakview Cemetery, Camilla GA YDNA
needed from male descendant with Wingate surname
"My Granddaddy, Lewis Garner Wingate, son of Rosier
Shirley Wingate, told my mother Pearl Wingate and uncle James
Woodrow Wingate, that Rosier was raised by James Shirley and
his wife Winnefred but he was known as Rosier Shirley until he
left Alabama and went to Georgia. "found" his mother
and half brothers John and Jackson Wingate, and decided it proper
to change his name to Wingate.....this was just "done"....no
lawyer....no official record...just suddenly he was Rosier Wingate
instead of Rosier Shirley....I also have confirmation of this
by cousins that say they were told the same information by their
parents (siblings of my mother/children of my grandfather)."
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David Shirley (cont.)