James Murrah Sherrill

Abt 1825 - 1860  (~ 35 years)

• Name	James Murrah Sherrill  [1]
  Born	Abt 1825	Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Name	Murray Sherrill  [2]
  Died	Between 1854-1860  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I4314	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Ambrose Sherrill,   b. Oct 1870, North Carolina, USA
  Mother	Peggy Hopkins,   b. 1793, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F1510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Chany Ann Hartley,   b. 18 Feb 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age 52 years)
  Married	Abt 1850-1852  [1, 4, 5]
  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

  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).

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1582] 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). . [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. [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.