1801 July 23 - Barren County KY WB 1 page 11 (page 12-13).
Estate of James Shirley dec'd - By virtue of an order of the
county court of Barren to us directed we have proceded to appraise
the personal estate of James Shirley deceased as follows: [3
page inventory list] John Garnett, Edward Young, Ricard Wagginer.
Barren County December County Court 1801
married 1) _____________ presumed mother of child Ezekiel
Shirley
married 2) Mary McMekin on 9
October 1781 by marriage bond in Fauquier County VA (note
son Ezekiel's birth suggests that James married prior to Mary
McMekin) She was widowed and taxed on 200 acres of land in
Barren County KY in both 1803 with no males in household over
the age of 21, and taxed again in 1805 with 1 white male between
age 16 and 21; She was listed as widow and purchaser of items
at the sale of her husband's estate as recorded in Barren Co
KY in 1812. Her son Caleb Shirley was taxed for the same 200
acres in 1816; Her will was proven in Barren Co KY court in November
1835
1833 Barren Co KY Mixed Book 3 and 4 page 92 - Will of
Mary Shirley - I Mary Shirley being of sound mind but weak and
feeble in body do ordain this as my last will and testament.
In the presence of God Amen. Item 1st I will and bequeath to
my beloved son in law Presley N Thomas all of my estate consisting
of house hold and kitchen furniture to have and to hold him and
his heirs forever. Item 2nd I also will him to have my cow beast
of which I have only one. Done this 22nd January and year of
our Lord 1833. Given under my hand Seal state of Kentucky and
County of Barren Mary X Shirley. Witness Joel Yancy [?], William
?Tryman, Lucy Tryman. Proven Nov court 1835.
children:
1(i). Ezekiel Shirley
born about 1776 VA; He appears in Scott Co KY as early as
the 1796 tax list for that county; He appears in the minutes
as a member of the Great Crossing Church; Mentioned in the 1797
estate record for Richard Shirley, dec'd; He was taxed in Scott
Co KY in 1805 in the Eagle Creek area and in 1826 was taxed for
400 acres in that area; In 1828, Ezekiel and wife Dully sold
450 acres in Scott Co KY to Lewis Suggett, apparently in preparation
to move to Indiana; In 1835, he was named as part of the Presbytery
of the founding of Mt Tabor church near Brownsburg, Boone Co
Indiana; He appears in the 1840 Boone Co IN census and thereafter;
Ezekiel died 1864 Perry, Boone Co. IN and buried at Mt Tabor
cemetery. Son of James Shirley according to the "History
of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties". Shirleys
of Boone Co IN
married Dulcina "Dolly" Shirley, daughter
of Argeland Shirley branch #10.
1(ii). Robert Shirley
born about 1780, age 26-45 in 1810 census. His date of birth
is estimated at 1780 since he had 4 children under the age of
10 in the census household, thus say about age 30 at the time.
He died in 1813 Barren Co. .
married Elizabeth Shirley, daughter of Thomas
and Mollie (Grubbs) Shirley. Robert and Elizabeth were 1st
cousins.
1(iii). Jane "Jennie" Shirley married
William Dale (brother of Elizabeth Dale who married Richard
Shirley, branch #49); Her daughter America E Dale married Daniel
R Shirley, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Dale) Shirley (Branch
49)
1(iv). Caleb Shirley
born about 1788 SC. He died sometime before the 1870 census in
Carroll Co. MO. Shirleys of Carroll
Co MO
married Pheobe Gibbons on 24 March 1819 Barren Co.
KY
1(v). Malinda Shirley born about 1791 SC; She married
Presley N. Thomas on 28 November 1807 Barren Co. KY; Her son
Alexander Thomas married Elizabeth Shirley, his 2nd cousin
1(vi). Parmelia Shirley born 14 February 1793 Barren
Co. KY, She died 25 November 1855; She married David Faulkner
on 29 June 1825 Barren Co. KY
1(vii). Jesse Shirley born about 1800 KY, age 50 in
1850 Carroll Co MO census; He moved to Carroll Co Missouri sometime
prior to 1850. He apparently died before the 1860 census Shirleys of Carroll Co MO
September 1859 Carroll Co MO Probate - Estate of Jessee
Shirley, Marion Shirley administrator (loose estate folder pages
555 in LDS)
married Jane Witt on 28 June 1828 Green Co. Kentucky;
She is widowed in the 1860 census , age 55
1865 February Carroll Co MO Probate - Estate of Jane Shirley,
T.J. Shirley administrator (loose estate folder pages 533 in
LDS)
children
2(i). Amanda Shirley born about 1827 TN, age 23 in
parent's 1850 census household; She married William O P Thomas
on 8 November 1854 in Carroll Co MO
2(ii). Virginia Shirley born about 1835 TN, age 15
in parent's 1850 census household; She married William Silkey
on 1 November 1857 in Carroll Co MO
2(iii). Thomas Jefferson Shirley born about 1837
in Illinois, age 13 in 1850 census; Living with mother in 1860
census; Lived Morris, Carroll Co MO; Lived at Morris Township,
Carroll Co MO in 1870 census, age 35 and in 1880 census, age
43; He T. J. Shirley died 24 February 1888, age 51 (MO Death
Register, Vol 29 pg 91).. He was married, a farmer
married Missouri A. Ragan on 5 January 1862 at Carroll
Co MO; She was age 38 in 1880 census, born Tennessee
children:
3(i). Charles Witt Shirley born 1 February 1863 MO,
age 7 in 1870 census, age 17 in 1880 census
married Eliza Almeria Turner on 31 July 1901 at Carroll
Co MO
3(ii). John Logan Shirley born 1 February 1865 MO,
age 5 in 1870 census, age 15 in 1880 census; He died 27 July
1926 at Carroll Co MO, buried Smith Cemetery
married Mary Cowan on 30 March 1887 at Carroll Co MO
3(iii). James Henderson Shirley born 11 April 1868
MO, age 2 in 1870 census, age 12 in 1880 census; He died 12 July
1927 at Carroll Co MO, buried Smith Cemetery
3(iv). Jesse Landon Shirley born 4 April 1870 MO, age
0 in 1870 census, age 10 in 1880 census; He died 10 August 1933
at Carroll Co MO, buried Smith Cemetery
married Ida Block on 7 February 1895 in Carroll Co
MO
3(v). William N Shirley born 14 May 1874 MO, age 6
in 1880 census; He died 6 March 1931 at Carroll Co MO, buried
Smith Cemetery
married Mary Vesta Bradshaw 13 February 1892 in Carroll
Co MO
3(vi). Mary Mytle Shirley born 12 April 1876 MO, age
4 in 1880 census; She married Jesse E Creel; Buried Fairhaven
Cemetery Carroll Co MO
3(vii). Sarah V. Shirley born about 1880 MO, age 0
in 1880 census; She died 1883, died young
3(viii). Hugh Thomas Shirley born 19 May 1881 MO; He
died 17 January 1945 at Carroll Co MO, bured Antioch Cemetery
married Dollie Harriman on 25 November 1908 in Carroll
Co MO
3(ix). Jefferson Ragan Shirley born 26 March 1884 MO
(twin); He died 6 December 1928 at Kansas City Missouri, buried
Smith Cemetery
2(iv). Caleb Witt Shirley born about 1839 IL, age 11
in mother's 1860 census household, age 19; served in the Union
Army cavalry; 3rd and then 6th Regiment, Missouri State Militia
Cavalry; Apparently discharged due to disability Mar 29 1863
at Warrensburg MO. The estate of Caleb W Shirley was administrated
by T. J. Shirley in December 1867 in Carroll Co MO. Note:
Caleb's middle name Witt is confirmed in a receipt he signed
for money received from the estate of his father Jessee Shirley.
James Shirley