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Eli E. Shirley born 1 September 1798 Laurens Co. South
Carolina. (Source: Davis
Shirley Bible) He died between 1865-1870. Buried in Northport,
Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama.
1820 Laurens Co SC Census
- Eli Shirley 000010 - 00010
1829 Laurens Co SC State Census
- Eli Shirley 7 people
17 Mar 1827- Laurens Co. Estate
records - Sale Bill estate of Lewis Watson dec'd Purch: John
West, Ruth Watson, Geo Shirley, Z. Arnold, John Adams, B. Watson,
Ellender Watson, Pheby Watson, Berrey Watson, Willis Watson,
Bevely Watson, Capt John Watson, Phillip Watson, Reuben Powell,
James Crocker, Elihu Shirley, Eli Shirley, Elihu Watson, Jonathan
Shirley, James McFerson, Shubet Starnes, Wiley Watson, Wm Moor
Sr., Pendleton Zains, Wm Phlinn, Artis Cook.
1827 Mar 28 Laurens Co DB
M pg 243 William Middleton to Eli Shirley, land bounded S by
lands of Jacob Niswanger ,E by Beverly Shearley's lands N by
lands joining one James Shearly and W by Reedy River. Wit: George
Shirley, Elihu Shirley
1830 Laurens Co SC Census
- Eli Shirley 320001... - 010001...born 1790-1800
1832 Laurens Co DB M: 242b
pg 243 Jan 14, 1832: Eli Shirley to David Anderson 75 acres east
by Beverly Shirley, north by James and Jency Shirley and west
by Reedy River. wit: Robert Boyd, Turner Richardson. Signed Eli
and Elizabeth Shirley, dower.
1834 August 15 (Reg 12 Feb
1835) Tuscaloosa Co DB K p 242 Indenture William Davis to Eli
Shirley $150 E 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 4 Twp21 R10W
1837/38 Tuscaloosa Co Tax
- Eli Shirley 80 ac #3 land, 1 wp, .57
1840 Tuscaloosa Census - Eli
Shirley 2131101000000 - 0001011000000 (age 40-50. b 1790-1800)
1842 Northport Station Church Minutes (Methodist) #129
Mr. Eli Sherley received on probation
#139 Mrs. Elizabeth Sherley received on probation
1850 Tuscaloosa Co Census - Eli Shirley 53 SC, Elizabeth
54, Robert 21, J.E.G. 18, J.L. 15, E.W. 10
1860 Tuscaloosa Co Census - Northport PO - Eli Shearley
63 M W SC AL, Elizabeth 64, John L 25,
Benjamin 23, Edward W (sic) 20
1865 Tuscaloosa Co Tax (Orphans Court Book) - May 8 - Eli
Shirley 2 b.c. 10.00 (Another list?) Eli Shirley 10 b.c. Mrs
Eadins, not paid
"His estate settlement
lists: Robert, Little Berry, B.L. (Benjamin), S.V. (Biard's son),
Davis, James E. Glenn, John Lewis --all surnamed... Shirley,
and... Sarah E. Hocut (daughter of Biard Shirley), and William
W. Watson.... all signers of the estate settlement." (Editor:
where is this document, what is the primary source? Why is Wm
W Watson an heir?)
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| Eli Shirley |
b 1775-1794 |
b 1790-1800 |
b 1790-1800 |
b 1797, age 53 |
Eli b 1798 |
| female (wife) |
b 1775-1794 |
b 1790-1800 |
b 1790-1800 |
b 1796, age 54 |
Elizabeth b 1796 |
| female |
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b 1800-1810 |
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unknown |
| male |
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b 1820-1825 |
b 1810-1820 |
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Littleberry b 1820 |
| male |
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b 1820-1825 |
b 1820-1825 |
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Young b 1822 |
| female |
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b 1820-1825 |
b 1820-1825 |
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unknown |
| male |
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b 1825-1830 |
b 1825-1830 |
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Davis b 1825 |
| male |
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b 1825-1830 |
b 1825-1830 |
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Baird b 1827 |
| male |
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b 1825-1830 |
b 1825-1830 |
b 1829, age 21 |
Robert b 1829 |
| male |
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b 1830-1835 |
b 1832, age 18 |
J. E. G. b 1832 |
| male |
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b 1835-1840 |
b 1835, age 15 |
John Lewis b 1835 |
| male |
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b 1835-1840 |
b 1840, age 10 |
Eli W b abt 1840 |
married Elizabeth Watson on 3 January 1819 (source: Davis
Shirley bible). She was born 23 February 1796 the daughter
of Lewis Watson and wife Rutha.
1827 Laurens Co Loose Estate
Records - Estate of Lewis Watson dec'd - "...paid to Eli
Shirley who married Betsey Watson one of the daughters of sd
deceased the sum of $47.18 2/3 on 3 May 1828...[another page]...April
13 1833 Elizabeth wife of Eli Shirley paid November the 5th 1832
in full $57.13
children:
1(i). female Shirley
born about 1819 Laurens
Co. SC (what
is source for this daughter, is she Peachy Englebert?)
1(ii). Little Berry Shirley
born 13 August 1820 Laurens
Co. SC; farmer; He is enumerated as "Lee B." in 1850
Tuscaloosa AL census, age 30 with wife and 2 young daughters
in the household; He was enumerated in the 1855 Alabama state
census, with 1 male +21, wife over 21 and 2 daughters under 21
years of age; Enumerated in Tuscaloosa Co AL in 1860 census (as
Lewis B), age 40 living next door to his father Eli Shirley;
His brother Young Shirley was living with Littleberry and his
family in that year; Little Berry Shirley was granted multiple
land warrants in Sec 5 and Sec 8 in Tuscaloosa Co in 1860, for
a total of 200 acres. He signed the amnesty oath in 1865 as L.
B Shirley; Enumerated in Tuscaloosa Co in 1870 census, age 42
with wife and 3 children in the household; He was age 59 in the
1880 census (as Berry), with new wife and 2 children living with
him; He died 6 February 1891 Tuscaloosa Co. AL
married 1) Martha Savage on 21 August 1845 in Tuscaloosa Co AL;
She died 17 August 1870
married 2) Sophrona ______ She was named in 1880 census household
as spouse of Berry Shirley
children:
2(i). Nancy A. Shirley born 27 October 1849 in Tuscaloosa Co
AL, age 2 in 1850 census, age 12 in 1860 census; She died 18
October 1888 at Tuscaloosa Co AL
2(ii). Catherine Shirley born about 1847/9 in Tuscaloosa Co AL,
age 1 in 1850 census, age 10 in 1860 census; married Marion Riley;
She died 17 Jul 1934 at South Holt Tuscaloosa, age 87 (dau of
Berry Shirley in death cert.); Buried Peterson Cem.
2(iii). William Shirley born 26 May 1856 in AL, age 4 in 1860
census, age 14 in 1870 census (Note: he did not die in Carroll
Co MO as claimed by some)
2(iv). Julia E Shirley born 6 September 1861 in AL, age 1
in 1860 census, age 10 in 1870 census, age 18 in 1880 census;
She died 19 Oct 1937 in Northport, Tuscaloosa Co AL, age 76;
widow of L. S. Gay; buried at Macedonia, Lowndes Co AL
2(v). Joel Thomas Shirley born 6 March 1866 in AL, age 4 in 1870
census, age 14 in 1880 census (as Joel); He died in 1943 at Northport
Tuscaloosa Co AL, age 77 Buried at Mount Bethel cemetery, Elrod
Alabama
married Ida _____
1(iii). Young Shirley born 17 August
1822 Laurens Co. SC; He is living with brother Lewis B. Shirley
- aka Little Berry Shirley in the 1860 Tuscaloosa Co AL census;
He was not named in Eli Shirley's estate but he died prior to
Eli's death. However, Benjamin, the son of Young may be the same
person named in the estate. He died 25 October 1864
Editor 2023: At some point,
we posted the following here, "A Descendant of this Young Shirley has a DNA haplotype
of I, not E1b1)" This is odd because that I-haplotype result
doesn't exist in the Shirley DNA project (but did it ever?) In
fact, a descendant's DNA is indeed haplotype E, not I
married 1) Rebecca Jane Jordan
on 8 April 1847
married 2) Nancy South on 29 December 1860
1(iv). Davis
(Ezra) Ezekiel Shirley born 9 August 1825 Laurens Co. South
Carolina. He lived in Lee County Mississippi at the time of the
1870 census. He died 2 December 1898 Bryan, Brazos Co. Texas.
Davis Shirley
(source: findagrave.com)
married 1) Elizabeth J. Anders; She was born 29 December 1826 AL; She
died 10 June 1879 at Brazos Co. Texas,
married 2) Emily Cassendra
Slaughter Riley (widow)
on 4 September 1884. She was born 21 August 1852 Shelby Co Texas.
She had 4 of her own children from previous marriage (Cassie,
Will, Linnie and John J.)
1(v). Biard
Shirley born 1827 Laurens
Co. SC, age 23 in 1850 Tuscaloosa Co AL census; That year's census
was the first mention of Baird Shirley, married with a young
infant in the household; He was enumerated in the 1855 Alabama
state census, 1 male over 21, 1 male under 21, a wife over 21
and a daughter under 21 years of age; Enumerated in Tuscaloosa
in the 1860 census at the North River PO, age 32, occupation
farm laborer; He signed the US government oath of allegiance
on 31 July 1865; He died sometime prior to 1870 in Tuscaloosa
Co AL
married Mary _______. She was living without husband in 1870
Tuscaloosa Co AL census, age 60.
children:
2(i). Samuel V. Shirley born 28 June 1850 at Marcumville Tuscaloosa
Co Alabama, age 19 in mother's 1870 census household. He was
also enumerated in his uncle John Lewis Shirley's household in
the same census, age 21. Named in his grandfather Eli Shirley's
estate. Enumerated at Marcumville Tuscaloosa Co AL in 1900, age
49; He died 22 July 1922 at Marcumville, Tuscaloosa Co AL (see
his bible record)
married Kizziah C Boozer on 24 December 1871 at the home of her
father Andrew Boozer, Tuscaloosa Co AL. (source:
marriage license). She was born 17 November 1848. She died
17 December 1927.
children:
3(i). Sarah L. Shirley born 23 July 1874, age 6 in 1880 census,
age 25 in parent's 1900 census household
3(ii). Mary Jennie Shirley
born 1 September 1876,
age 4 in 1880 census, age 23 in parent's 1900 census household
3(iii). Walter Mantsier Shirley born 17 September 1878, age 2 in 1880
census, age 21 in parent's 1900 census household
3(iv). Andrew C. Shirley born 5 March 1887, age 14 in parent's
1900 census household
3(v). William L. Shirley born 29 January 1889, age 11 in parent's
1900 census household
3(vi). Samuel T Shirley born 27 October 1890, age 9 in parent's
1900 census household
2(ii). Sarah C Shirley born about 1853, age 17 in mother's
1870 census household. Named in her grandfather Eli Shirley's
estate record as Sarah Hocutt; She married Nero Griffith Hocutt;
She died 29 July 1920 at Tuscaloosa Co AL, buried at Shady Grove
Nazarene Church cemetery, Fayette Co AL
1(vi). Robert Lee Shirley born
Aug 20, 1829 Laurens Co. SC, died Oct 13, 1907 Tusc. Co. AL.
buried Campground Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County AL
Robert enlisted as a private
in Captain S. C. Freeman's Company, B.C. S. Prisons Guards, Tuscaloosa
Alabama. Captain Freeman's Company was organized in Tuscaloosa
Aug 16, 1862 to replace Captain Powell's Company of Prison Guards,
which had been disbanded when the Federal prisoners were removed
from Tuscaloosa. Captain Freeman had been the first sergeant
in Captain Powell's Company. They were soon ordered to duty at
the large prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. From the
records on file in Washington, this command must have served
its entire war service in the Salisbury Prison area, as most
of its members were captured on April 12, 1865 at Salisbury.
married 1) Nellie Caroline
Chism Nov 3, 1852 Tusc.
Co. AL. She was born Aug 17, 1836 died Dec 17, 1891 Tusc. Co.
AL, daughter of Lewis David Chism and Marilla Freeman,
married 2) Mary J. Guin after 1891 as they are listed on the
1900 census of Tusc. Co. AL She died 30 June 1921 at Pickens
Co AL, Her death certificate lists her parents as Alfred Guin
and Martha Lowdermil, She is listed as buried at Double Branches
Church, however her name is found on Robert Shirley's tombstone
at Campground Cemetery in Tuscaloosa Co
1(vii). Sarah Elizabeth Shirley born about 1830 Laurens Co. SC, age
20 in husband's 1850 census household (as Elizabeth); She apparently
died prior to 1855 when husband Wiley Berry Shirley appared in
records with wife named Ellen (Editor: What is the source for this
child, the birth date does not fit Eli Shirley's census profile
at all)
married Wiley Berry Shirley on 13 February
1846 at Tuscaloosa Co AL. He was the son of Beverly Shirley of
Tuscaloos Co AL, wife Elizabeth Savage
1(viii). Rev. James Ester
Glenn Shirley born 5
January 1832 Laurens Co. SC (cemetery), age 18 in parent's 1850
census household (as J. E. G.); He signed the amnesty oath in
1865 in Tuscaloosa Co AL; Named constable of Precinct 10 Northport
in 1865; He and his wife Ann were enumerated in the 1880 census
in Tuscaloosa Co (as James E.), age 48; He died 6 January 1917,
buried at Shirley Cemetery, Northport.
James Ester Glenn Shirley
(Corrected Aug 2020: previously posted as brother John
Lewis Shirley)
married Sarah Ann Sykes 28 November 1863. She was born 21 December
1835 and she died 6 June 1912, buried at Shirley Cemetery, Northport
children:
no children
1(ix). John Lewis Shirley born
Oct 2, 1835 Tusc. AL, d. Dec 13, 1905, buried in the Shirley
Cemetery near Northport AL, John Lewis fought in the Civil War.
John Lewis Shirley
(Corrected Aug 2020: previously posted as brother James
Glenn Shirley)
married 1) Anna Key Chism Nov 1, 1860. She was born Feb 9, 1842
Tusc. Co. AL and died March 25, 1889, buried along side of her
husband, John.
married 2) Sarah Jane Watson June 4, 1891 Tusc. Co. AL. She was born
Feb 24, 1854 died April 17, 1937, buried at the Winders Cemetery
near Samantha AL.
1(x). Eli W. Shirley born about 1840 AL, age 10 in 1850 census
(as E. W), age 20 in parent's 1860 census household (as Edward
W), Enlisted in the CSA on 1 December 1861 at Tuscaloosa Co AL,
earned rank of Corporal, Capt Freeman's Alabama Prison Guards;
He died at Weldon NC on 6 June 1863 of pneumonia during the Civil
War
married Martha Elmore on 19 December 1860 at Tuscaloosa
Co AL
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