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1(i). John Shirley, Jr. born
about 1767 likely in Virginia; He lived Anderson Co. S.C.,
died April 30, 1837. John and his 2nd wife are buried
in the Little River Baptist church cemetery.
1838 Mar 9 Pendleton Messenger - Samuel Shirley vs Elizabeth
Shirley, widow, Stephen Shirley and George Shirley et al. children
and grandchildren of John Shirley, dec'd. Anderson dist. Out
of state: Richard Shirley, James Brackenridge and wife Fanny;
Enoch Bell; Margaret Bell, John Bell, Letty Bell; Frederick Bell.
married 1) Elizabeth______
married 2) Elizabeth Grubbs (nee Mitchell). She was
the widow of Richard Grubbs.
children:
2(i). Margaret Shirley born 1788. She married
___McMullin of Abbeville Co. SC in 1788. No children
2(ii). Samuel Shirley born 1789. He was living
in Abbeville Co. SC in 1838. He was referred to as the
Orator of his his father's will. It is assumed he died as Thomas
was mentioned in later Court records. In the final settlement,
Samuel is mentioned as deceased and refers to heirs. They are
not mentioned. According to his son Samuel Shirley Jr's deposition
in 1856 made in Campbell Co GA, Samuel Shirley Sr died in the
summer of 1845 in Abbeville Co SC
[1788 birth date] Samuel Shirley aka Samuel Sherley rank:
"rect" 8th US Inf 5'8" blue eyes bro hair fair
complx age 26 farmer born Abbeville SC; enlisted May 9 1814 at
SC; Lt Black for duration of war; at Ft Hawkins in June 1814;
Discharged March 6 1815
1817 Dec 22 - [later Adams Co IL] - Military Land Warrant
6523 to Samuel Sherley late a private in Crawfords' Co 8th Rgt
of Infantry tract of land 160 ac SE qtr of Sec 21, Twp 1 S, R
7 W in land appropriated for Military Bounties in the Territory
of Illinois
married ________
children: (only child)
3(i). Samuel Shirley He was living in Campbell Co GA
in 1856 when he sold his father's War of 1812 bounty land located
in Adams Co Illinois He is yet to be traced after 1856
Adams Co IL DB - Proof of Heirship April 1st 1856 State
of Georgia County of Campell Samuel Sherley On this seventeenth
day of March A. D . 1856 personally appeared before me Thomas
Jemings a Justice of the peace in and for L F Stevens said County
duly authorized to administer Oaths &C. Samuel Shirley to
me personally known as a credible person who being duly sworn
according to Law doth depose and say that he said deponant was
well acquainted with Samuel Shirley late of Abbeville district
South Carolina deceased and who served as a private in Crawfords
8th Ry . Infantry was of 1812 and said Samuel Sherley died in
the summer of 1845 in Abbeville district leaving now as his only
heir and legal heir at law 1 son myself Samuel Shirley and that
the above statement is strickly true to the best of his knowledge
and belief In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year first ? above written Samuel Sherley ?
Sworn and subscribed to before me Thos Jinnings J. P . In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
this seventeenth day of March A. D . 1856 Thomas Jinnings J.
P . and State of Georgia Campbell County ?
Adams Co IL DB - This Indenture made this Seventeenth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty six Witnesseth that Samuel Shirley the only heir of Samuel
Shirley senior deceased of the County of Campbell and State of
Georgia party of the first part in consideration of the sum of
one dollar cash in hand paid by Levi Franklin of the county of
Marshall in the State of Illinois of the second part the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged do hereby release grant bargain
and quit claim unto the said party of the second part his heirs
and assigns forever all that certain tract of land situated in
the tract appropriated for Military Bounties in the State of
Illinois for the war of 1812 Being the South East quarter of
section 569 No ( 21 ) twenty one in township No ( 1 ) one South
and Range or a ? seven west of the fourth principal Meridian
And being the tract granted by United States of America to Samuel
Shirley Late & private in Crawfords 8s Regr Infantry by letters
patent bearing date of December 22nd 1817 and founded upon warran
No . 6523 reference being made to said patent will more fully
appear . To have and to hold the said premises with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to the only proper
use benefit and behoof of said party of the second part his heirs
and assigns forever . In witness whereof the said grantor has
hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written
sealed delivered in ? Samuel Shirley ? presence of L. Seaman
, Thomas Jennings J. P . State of Georgia
2(iii). Mary Shirley born 1791. She married
Mathew Bell
2(iv). Frances Shirley born 1793. She
married James Breckenridge of Tennessee
2(v). Jonathon
T. Shirley born May 28, 1795 Anderson Co. SC,
In 1850 Jonathon Shirley family was living in Walker Co. GA. He died Dec 10, 1857 Poplar Creek, Attala
Co. MS, Shirleys of Attala Co Mississippi
married Eleanor Sharp 1812 Abbeville SC. She was born
April 19, 1791 Abbeville Co. SC., d. Feb 1861. She was
the daughter of Edward and Eleanor Sharp of Abbeville.
2(vi). Richard D. Shirley born about 1797
SC. He was named in the 1829 will of his father-in-law as living
in Greene County Alabama. He appears in early Greene Co records,
specifically BLM land warrants in 1837 and 1839. He was identified
as living 'out of state' in March 1838 in a legal proceeding
regarding the estate of his deceased father. He and son Levi
Shirley appear in the 1840 Greene Co census. He appears next
in the 1850 census for Greene County with wife Mary and 5 children
still living in the household. Age 72 in 1870 Greene Co AL census;
No estate probate has been found as yet in Greene Co AL records
married Mary Blain sometime about 1815 in SC. She was
the daughter of William and Mary Seawright Blain. William Blain's
will Jan 16, 1829 in Abbeville South Carolina, probated Mar 31,
1830, Ex., Wife Mary, Richard D. Shirley and wife Mary,
of Greene Co. AL. Age 70 in 1870 Greene Co AL census
children
3(i). Levi M. Shirley born about 1815. Lived in Greene
Co AL in 1850 and 1860 census. He received a BLM land warrant
in Greene Co in 1858. He may have died sometime after his enumeration
in the Alabama 1866 state census. Levi appears in Greene Co deed
book indexes several times about 1860, the last entry was a debt;
He may have moved away
married Anna Coats on 27 June 1840 in Greene Co AL.
Levi Shirley's spouse is "R Shirley" in 1860 census
children: where is this family in 1870 census and beyond?
4(i). Eliza J Shirley born about 1842, age 8 in 1850
census, age 17 in 1860 census
4(ii). James R. Shirley born about 1844, age 6 in 1850
census, age 16 in 1860 census
4(iii). William N Shirley born about 1846, age 4 in
1850 census, age 14 in 1860 census
4(iv). John T Shirley born about 1847, age 3 in 1850
census, age 12 in 1860 census
4(v). Benjamin S Shirley born about 1849, age 8/12
in 1850 census, age 10 in 1860 census
4(vi). M. J. Shirley born about 1853, age 7 in 1860
census
4(vii). D. B. Shirley born about 1856, age 4 in 1860
census
Note, this website once included Thomas
Shirley 3(ii). born 1816, wife Americus White in this lineage.
However, it has been shown this particular Thomas Shirley (wife
Americus) was a brother to Nathaniel Shirley of Sumter Co, the
family part of Branch 22. Both Thomas and wife Americus gave
depositions during the divorce petition of Nathaniel from his
wife in Sumter Co AL during the 1850s. Thomas was specifically
identified as Nathaniel's brother in the case.
3(ii). Mary E. Shirley born Feb 7, 1817 d. Dec
10, 1818
3(iii). Emeline Shirley she married Belfield Lett on
3 (28) December 1841 in Greene Co AL
3(iv). Nancy M. Shirley She married Benjamin N Harrell
on 20 December 1842 in Greene Co AL
3(v). William T. Shirley born about 1830, age 20 in
1850 census
3(vi). John N Shirley born 18 March 1832 in Anderson
Co SC (source: Census Confederate Veterans, Greene Co AL), age
18 in 1850 census. He lived at Knoxville Greene Co AL in 1880
census and 1900 census, age 67. He died 2 June 1915, buried Mesopotamia
Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene Co AL (tombstone) His Alabama death certificate
named his parents Richard Shirley, b SC and Mary Blaur Shirley
(sic)
married Hulda J. Poole on 21 December 1858 in Greene
Co AL. She died 22 June 1919 at Eutaw Greene Co AL, age 84, husband
of John W. Shirley, daughter of John Poole
children:
4(i). Sarah H Shirley born 4 August 1860 (tombstone),
age 18 in 1880 census. She died 23 November 1926, buried Mesopotamia
Cemetery, Eutaw Greene Co AL. She married James Alexander Thornton.
She was listed with sister Fannie as sole heirs of their mother
Hulda Shirley
4(ii). Fannie A Shirley born about 1864, age 16 in
1880 census. She married Crosby. Listed with sister Sally as
sole heirs of their mother Hulda Shirley
3(vii). Martha A. Shirley born about 1834, age 16 in
1850 census. She married David W McCully on 7 November 1851 in
Greene Co AL
3(viii). Mahala Shirley born about 1836 in SC, age
14 in 1850 census. She was age 30, single in parents' 1870 household.
3(ix). Eliza M Shirley born about 1838, age 12 in 1850
census. She married Warren J. Hardin on 27 November 1854 in Greene
Co AL
2(vii). George D. Shirley born 1800 They lived
Watters, Floyd Co. Georgia in 1850, 1860 and 1880 census. He
died June 22, 1892 Both are buried in Berwyn Cemetery near
Rome GA. Shirleys of Floyd Co Georgia
married Nellie E. (Ellenora) Sharp born 1798 d.
May 22, 1880, niece of Jonathon Shirley's wife, Eleanor.
children:
3(i). John Williamson Shirley born Nov 30, 1823
nothing more known
3(ii). Eddy Elizabeth Shirley born Jan 10, 1825, age
36 in parent's 1860 household. She married Kennedy and had children.
She and 2 children lived in father's census household in 1880.
3(iii). Henry Thomas Shirley born Feb 16, 1828, He
may have died between 1858 and 1863 (Civil War?)
married Cinthia Bird on Feb 11, 1858 at Floyd Co GA.
She may be the Cynthia Shirley who married Reuben Cown in 1863
in Floyd Co GA
3(iv). Susan Martha Shirley born Jan 20, 1830
m. John Johnson Oct 1, 1846
3(v). Nancy Caroline Shirley born Aug 13, 1832 m. Jonah
Peal
3(vi). Arena Elender Shirley born Feb 16, 1835,
age 22 in parent's 1860 household. She married Peal.
3(vii). Mary Jane Shirley born Sept 6, 1837,
age 21 in parent's 1860 household. She married James H. Jackson
Nov 25, 1875
3(viii). George Francis Marion Shirley born Feb
5, 1840 Rome GA, age 19 in parent's 1860 household. He and new
wife lived with his parents in 1860 census. He died Jan 30, 1917.
(NOTE:1880 Census of Blount Co. AL it says SC. In
the 1900 census of Morgan Co. AL he is also listed as being
born in SC).
He was in the Civil War and was captured at Vicksburg, MS
July 4th, 1863 and released July 12, 1863 under some kind of
an agreement. He was captured again in 1864 in GA and sent to
Prison in Chattanooga, TN. He was released North of the Ohio
River and remained there until the end of the war. He was
said to have sworn allegiance to the US Government and was listed
as Deserter from the Confederate Army. When he died he was drawing
pension for his war service.
George F M Shirley and 1st wife Nancy Morrow
(sent by Newlin Shirley)
married 1) Nancy H. Morrow on 24 April 1861 at Floyd
Co Georgia She was born Sept 28, 1838 and died Sept 7, 1885.
They had 7 children.
married 2) Demerise Morrow Nov. 29, 1885, sister of
Nancy. She died Aug 24, 1891. They had 2 children.
married 3) Elizabeth "Puss" Holmes. They
had 2 children.
children: living in 1880 census Blount Co. AL
4(i). William H. Shirley born 1862 GA
Settled in Morgan Co. AL
William Henry Shirley, sisters Martha (Mattie)
Brown and May Hughes, wife Mollie,
children: Wilks, Leonard, Edgar, and Nettie Shirley -
thanks to Thomas Shirley
married 1) Mary Belle Carrington. She died 1914
married 2) Eron McDaniel sometime before 1918 She later
married Roberts
children:
5(i). Wilks E. Shirley born 19 September 1888 at Hartselle
Morgan Co AL (findagrave). He died 25 December 1902, age 14
5(ii). Leonard Shirley He died 1913 at Hartselle Morgan
Co AL. He was killed by a train. Buried Cedar Creek Freewill
Baptist Church Cemetry
5(iii). Edgar Eugene Shirley born 11 June 1894 in Alabama.
He died 6 January 1961 at Athens Limestone Co AL. Buried Roselawn
Cemetery.
5(iv). Nettie Shirley born 1891. She married Johnson
5(v). Lou Ella Shirley born 1918
5(vi). George Henry Shirley born 1921
5(vii). Eunice Elga Shirley born 1923
4(ii). Sarah C. Shirley born May 6, 1866 GA
d. Feb 18, 1908 m. George W. Smith Nov 25, 1888
4(iii). George W. Shirley born 1869 GA Was
a preacher and settled in the early 1900 in Ohio. He had one
son and two daughters
4(iv). Martha Caroline Shirley born Mar 5, 1874
AL, m. James A. Brown. She died June 13, 1958.
4(v). Leonard Shirley born April 1876 AL. He
was a farmer near Tupelo, MS
4(vi). Nancy S. Shirley born 1879 AL
4(vii). Demaris May Shirley died 1969
4(viii). Sue Shirley died young
4(ix). Lewis A. Shirley born Aug 24, 1887
AL, died Sept 23, 1980. (in census it is Louis)
married Martha Bentley who was born Mar 18, 1893 d.
Jan 9, 1954.
children:
5(i). Lester A. Shirley
5(ii). Curtis George Shirley
5(iii). Lorene Shirley
5(iv). Newlin Shirley
5(v). Ivy Shirley
4(x). John E. Shirley born Oct 1889 AL
4(xi). Mary C. Shirley born April 1895 AL
4(xii). Rena "Rennie" F. Shirley born
June 1896 AL
3(ix). Cintha Lucinda Adeline Shirley born Dec
17, 1842, age 17 in parent's 1860 household. She married Reuben
A. Cowen Apr 3, 1863
2(viii). Elizabeth Shirley born 1801 m
Joseph Sharp. They lived Floyd Co. Georgia
2(ix). Sarah (or Sallie) Shirley born 1803
m. John Williams
2(x) Thomas Harrison Shirley born 1805 SC; He
was the orator in the partition of the estate of his father,
John Shirley, dec'd, after his bro. Samuel died. He was a farmer,
lived on Broadmouth Creek, On 18 Mar. 1861 Petition of Thomas
Shirley vs. Jonathan Shirley, George Shirley etc. He died or
was killed during the Civil War, intestate 1863. On 11 May 1863
his estate was administered by wid. Margaret.
married 1) Frances B. _____, she d. Aug 19, 1844, age
28 mother of 3 small children.
Friday Sept 20 1844 - Obituary: Died on Monday night the
19th of August last, Mrs Francis B. Shirley, wife of Thomas Shirley,
in the 28th year of her age. The deceased had been at times,
for more than a year laboring under a disease of the chest, thought
to be dropsy but for three months previous to her demise was
apparently much improved in health. She retired to bed on monday
night to all appreance in good health and at day break the next
morning was discoverd by her husband a cropse at his side. Her
spirit had left this clayey tenement and as confidently hoped
had took its flight to realms of eternal bliss. In all the relations
of wife, mother, neighbor, friend and Christian, being a devoted
member of th Baptist Church, Mrs Shirley was admired by all who
knew her and her death has created a void in the neighborhood
that the world cna never fill. She has left a widowed mother,
an affectionate husband, three small children and numerous friends
and relatives to mourn her irreparable loss - but they weep not
as those who have no hope. They confidently believe that she
was called to obey the summons of her Lord and Master. "Come
unto me ye blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world." Anderson Gazette
(newspaper)
married 2) Margaret Mayfield. She was born about 1810
in Anderson Co SC
children
3(i). Frances L. Shirley born 1839 SC
3(ii). John Franklin Shirley born Oct 22, 1840
Anderson Co. SC, age 9 in 1850 census. Lived in Puryears Clark
Co GA in 1880 census. He died Jan 15, 1906 buried Rose Hill,
Piedmont Greenville Co SC,
married Phoebe E. Spencer born Mar 10, 1845 SC. She
died on Jan 29, 1886 SC buried Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery,
Anderson Co. SC
children:
4(i). John R. Shirley born Sept 7, 1868. He
died 23 May 1953. Buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Greenville Co
SC
4(ii). Thomas M. Shirley born 1871. Lived in
Anderson Co SC in 1900 census and Pickens Co SC in 1910 census.
He died 16 July 1948 at Central, Pickens Co SC, age 78. Buried
Mt Tabor Baptist Church, Clemson Pickens Co SC
The Greenville News (SC) Sunday, July 18, 1948, Page 7
- CENTRAL, SC - July 17 - Funeral services for Thomas M. Shirley,
78, who died at his home here Friday afternoon, will be Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. J. E. Crawford, the Rev. U. G. Wilson and the Rev.
R. C. Kendricks. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Frank and Tommie Dobson, J. W. Wardlaw Jr., Vernon, J.
T. and Martin Shirley. The honorary escort will include deacons
of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church with J. E. Pressley, E.R. Bryant,
Ernest Hunter, P. W. Campbell, Ben Holliday, J. G. Center, J.
D. Vickery, G. W. Kennemore, J. M. Martin and G. G. Sanders.
Pending the hour of the service, the body is at the home of his
son, Sam Shirley.
married 1) Christine L ______
married 2) Myra S _______
children:
5(i). Edna F Shirley born about 1892 in SC, age 8 in
1900 census, age 17 in 1910 census
5(ii). John F Shirley born about 1894 in SC, age 6
in 1900 census, age 15 in 1910 census
5(iii). George E Shirley born about 1896 in SC, age
4 in 1900 census, age 13 in 1910 census. Enumerated in parent's
household in 1930 census
5(iv). Sam Shirley born about 1901, age 9 in 1910 census
5(v). Henry Shirley born about 1904, age 6 in 1910
census
5(vi). Lilian Shirley born about 1908, age 2 in 1910
census
5(vii). Helen F Shirley born about 1910, age 20 in
1930 census
4(iii). Mary E. Shirley born about 1872 in South Carolina.
Age 8 in 1880 census. She was age 28, married and living in father's
household in 1900 census. Married ____ Hase.
4(iv). Richard Frank Shirley born 1874 in SC,
age 6 in 1880 census, age 26 in father's 1900 census. He died
in 1958 buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Piedmont SC m. Minerva
__
4(v). Henry E Shirley born about 1877 in SC, age 3
in 1880 census. Not enumerated in father's 1900 census.
4(vi). Andrew O Shirley born about 1880, age 20 in
1900 census.
3(iii). Ephraim P. Shirley born 1845, age
5 in 1850 census. killed on Sullivan Island in 1863, Civil
War.
3(iv). Stephen White Shirley born 1846, age
2 in 1850 census. He died in 1933. Served in First SC Infantry
Co. B in Civil War. In 1880 his mother Margaret and his sister
Mary were living with his family
married Casey ________
children:
4(i). Maggie Shirley born 1872
4(ii). Willie Shirley born 1874 (dau)
4(iii). Leolene Shirley born 1876
4(iv). Thomas Edwin Shirley born 1878 Twin
4(v). Stephen Edgar Shirley born 1878
Twin
3(v). Mary Shirley born 1848
3(vi). Richard W. Shirley born 1851,
d. 1905
married Mary Rogers
children
4(i). John Shirley born 1874
4(ii). J. Joseph Shirley born Mar 10, 1880,
d. Feb 6, 1957, bur. Beaverdam Bapt. Ch. Cem. Greenville SC.
married Mary Durham, widow of Mr. Solesbee.
children:
5(i). James Edward Shirley born died
July30, 1952
4(iii). Sallie S. Shirley born 1882 m. Mr Clardy
of Atlanta, GA
3(vii). Thomas Harrison Shirley born July 26,
1850 d. Feb 17, 1896 buried Whitefield Baptist Cemetery,
married Mary Ann Rogers born Aug 22, , 1855 NC d. Dec
8, 1928 buried Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery SC
children
4(i). Dewitt Stewart Shirley born July 20, 1876,
married Ola Jane Johnson
children:
5(i). Effie Jane Shirley April 11, 1908 m. 1st DeWitt
Hunsucher, 2nd Robert Bratcher of ware Shoals, SC
5(ii). Edith Joan Shirley Mar 15, 1910 m. Albert Freeman
of Belton SC
5(iii). William Harrison Shirley July 13, 1912, m.
Madge Ouzts
5(iv). Sarah Daucy Shirley Nov 12, 1914, m. Marvin
Gambrell of Donalds SC
5(v). Dewitt Stewart Shirley, Jr. May 10, 1918, m.
Jewell Lindly
5(vi). Fred Thomas Shirley Sept 3, 1920, m. Romona
Gilreath
5(vii). Eva Elizabeth Shirley, m. Woodrow Timms
5(viii). Barbara Cleo Shirley, m. Marvin
Cooley
5(ix). Larry Eugene Shirley, m. Thelma Lark
5(x) Mary Ellen Shirley m. Troy Lindsay
4(ii). Eula Tecora Shirley born Oct 1878, d.
Nov 14, 1936, m. Bud Pack
4(iii). Sarah Cornelie Shirley born Oct 16.
1880. m. Bud Poole
4(iv). Effie Missouri Shirley born 1883, m.
Zee Poole
4(v). Joseph Franklin Shirley born Dec 2, 1885,
d. Nov 21, 1920, bachelor
4(vi). John Ephraim Shirley born Feb 28, 1888,
married Louisa Bama White
children:
5(i). Theodor Harrison Shirley Dec 2, 1910, m. Rubye
Baldwin
5(ii). Ida mae Shirley April 15, 1913, m. 1st Mr. Meldrum,
m. 2nd James El Blackwell
5(iii). Jesse Thomas Shirley Lived California (4).
Joseph Cecil
2(xi) Stephen
F. Shirley born May 15, 1822 near Barkers Creek,
Anderson Co. SC. He is the son of 2nd marriage and had 10
half brothers and sisters on his mothers side...Grubb. He was
killed in the battle at Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co. Virginia in
Grant's mine. He was a planter and also owned and operated
the Shirley store in Anderson South Carolina. They were members
of the Long Branch Baptist church. She is buried there.
married Sarah Major March 31, 1846. She was born Mar
15, 1830 Anderson Co. SC
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