Chany Ann Hartley b. 18 Feb 1828 Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1880: Our Family History

1828 - Aft 1880 (52 years)

Name	Chany Ann Hartley [1]
Born	18 Feb 1828	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Census	1840	Polk County, Missouri, USA [3]
	James "Hartly" [Hartley] household 1 male under 5 [William C., abt 5] 1 male 5-10 [Henry K., abt 7] 2 males 15-20 [Richard D. abt 15?; Solomon abt 17?; John Evans, abt 19?] 1 male 50-60 [James Hartley, abt 61] 1 female 10-15 [Channy Ann, abt 12] 0 slaves 6 total 3 engaged in agriculture
Census	22 Sep 1850	District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [4]
	1. Hartly [Hartley], James, 67, male, farmer, real estate value $600, Georgia 2. _____, Thom, 20, male, laborer, Tennessee 3. _____, Henry K., 17, male, laborer, Illinois 4. _____, Wm C., 15, male, laborer, Illinois 5. Quinn, Channy, 22, female, Tennessee
Census	30 Jul 1860	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [5]
	1. Sherrill, Chaney, 32, female, widow, real estate $4000, personal $1105, Tennessee 2. _____, Sarah J., 8, female, Missouri, attending school 3. _____, James M., 6, male, Missouri, attending school
Census	10 Jun 1870	Stockton, Lynn township, Cedar County, MIssouri, USA [6]
	1. Sherrill, Chaney A., 42, female, white, keeping house, real estate $3,000, personal $100, Tennessee 2. _____, Sarah J., 17, female, white, school teacher, Missouri, attending school 3. _____, James M., 16, male, white, farm laborer, [no real estate value], personal $100, Missouri, attending school
Census	4 Jun 1880	Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [7]
	1. Gravely, Lewis, white, male, 44, married, circuit county clerk, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia 2. _____, Sarah J., white, female, 27, wife, married, housekeeping, weaver, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Marth E., white, female, 5, daughter, Missouri, Virginia, Missouri 4. Sherrill, Chaney, white, female, 52, mother in law, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. Lytle, Carrie, white, female, 20, servant, housework, Missouri, Kentucky, Kentucky
Died	Aft 1880 [8]
Person ID	I4124	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	20 Sep 2011

Father	James Hartley, b. Abt 1779, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia , d. 16 Oct 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 76 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Walker, b. Abt 1790, d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
Married	Abt 1810	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [9, 10]
Family ID	F288	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family James Murrah Sherrill, b. Abt 1825, Tennessee, USA , d. Between 1854-1860 (Age ~ 35 years)

Married Abt 1850-1852 [11, 12, 13]

Children

	1. Sarah J. Sherrill, b. 27 Jun 1852, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA , d. 18 Feb 1921, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age 68 years)
	2. James M. Sherrill, b. About 1854, Cedar County, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 20 Sep 2011

Family ID F1509 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		James Hartley, 1850 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
		James Hartley, 1840 Polk County, Missouri, census 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 6, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Sr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
		Probably Chaney A. (Hartley) Sherrill, 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census; widowed. 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, [Lynn township, crossed out], p. 60 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 432, family 432, Chaney Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
		Chaney Ann (Hartley) Sherrill, daughter of James Hartley and Elizabeth Walker, 1870 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1870 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Lynn township, p. 9 (penned), p. 62 (stamped, recto), dwelling 55, family 55, Channy A. Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 768.
		Chaney A. (Hartley) Sherrill, daughter of James Hartley and Elizabeth Walker, 1880 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, enumeration district (ED) 249, p. 5 (penned), p. 312 (stamped, recto), dwelling 53, family 53, Lewis Gravely household, detail for Chaney Sherrill; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll…
		Sarah J. (Sherrill) Gravely, daughter of James Murrah/Murray Sherrill and Chaney Ann Hartley, death certificate, 1921, Cedar County, Missouri Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 19 Sept 2011), for Sarah J. "Gravley" [Gravely?], certificate no. 3463, Cedar County (1921).

Notes

In the 1850 census, Chaney is found in her father's home. It appears that her surname may be something other than "Hartley," as her brothers, above her, have ditto marks to indicate their surname is same as head of household, but Chaney appears not to have ditto marks. Her middle name was "Ann"--could the second name be "Ann" rather than a surname? If so, there should be ditto marks following it.

It appears to me that it could be Quinn or Guinn. Other researchers have named her husband as "Irwin" (surname or given name?) and have offered a death date of 1898, but with no citations.

Chaney is, with effort, however, located in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census for Cedar County as "Chaney Sherrill." The 1860 census lists her as a widow [there is no column for this information, but it is inserted under Occupation], and she has two apparent children, Sarah J., age 8, and James M., age 6. Both children appear in the 1870 census, ages 17 and 16, respectively.

In the 1880 census, Chaney Sherrill is mother in law in the home of Lewis and Sarah J. Gravely. Marriage records locate the marriage of Lewis Gravely to Sarah J. Sherrill in 1874.

Chaney is not found in the 1900 census, and it is likely that she died between 1880 and 1900, possibly in 1898, as some researchers have indicated. No grave for her has been found on FindAGrave.com in either Cedar or Polk counties.

Supporting the likelihood that Chaney Sherrill was the same person as Chaney A. Hartley:
- Chaney A. Hartley, according to the family Bible, was born on 18 February 1828 in Tennessee. Chaney Sherrill's census data consistently calculates to a birth year of 1828 and states her birthplace as Tennessee.
- The Hartley Bible names her as "Chany Ann." The 1870 census enumerates Chaney Sherrill as "Chaney A. Sherrill."
- Chaney Ann Hartley's father was James Hartley. Chaney Sherill named her son James.

Sources

[S1390] John E. Hartley Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, translated out of The Original Greek. . . (stereotyped by E. White, New York [n.p.], [n.d.]), privately held by Debra Seaton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2000; digital copies from Hartley descendant Diana Erwin, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (2011). Family data from 1811-1876. In addition to entries on family data pages of the Bible it held several loose sheets of data written in different inks and hands. The earliest data includes the birthdates of children of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley.
[S1360] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.
[S1492] 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 6, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Sr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
[S1490] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
[S1578] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, [Lynn township, crossed out], p. 60 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 432, family 432, Chaney Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
[S1579] 1870 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, Lynn township, p. 9 (penned), p. 62 (stamped, recto), dwelling 55, family 55, Channy A. Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 768.
[S1580] 1880 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, enumeration district (ED) 249, p. 5 (penned), p. 312 (stamped, recto), dwelling 53, family 53, Lewis Gravely household, detail for Chaney Sherrill; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 680; FHL film no. 1,254,680.
[S1178] Missouri, Cedar - census 1850 (Ancestry), Missouri, Cedar County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.
[S2956] History of Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 739-740, for John E. Hartley, Stockton, Missouri.
[S1581] Harry Alexander Davis, The Billingsley Family in American (Rutland, Va.: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 1936), 122-125; transcription, (http://thebillingsleys.net : accessed 19 September 2011). Stating that James Murrah Sherrill, born 1825 in Tennessee, was the son of Ambrose Sherrill and Peggy Hopkins; married "Chaney" [surname not stated] before 1852. It further adds that James Murrah Sherrill died about 1856-1857, and his widow Chaney was found in the 1860 Cedar County, Missouri, census.
[S1490] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.

Chaney Ann was residing in her father's home at the time of the census; her surname is difficult to decipher, but was certainly not "Sherrill." It is possible that she was married prior to 1850 and was bearing a married surname.
[S1578] 1860 U. S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, Stockton, [Lynn township, crossed out], p. 60 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 432, family 432, Chaney Sherrill household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 613.
Chaney is head of household, and probably a widow. She has with her two children, born about 1852 and 1854. This makes it likely that her marriage year was 1851. Members of Chaney's family had ventured to California in 1847, and others soon after to Montana. It is possible that her husband went on one of these trips from which he never returned.