1. Angelico "Jerico" PERKINS, daughter of Nicholas C. PERKINS and Angeline UNKNOWN, was born in 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana, died in 1893 in Choctow Nation, Indian Territory, at age 67, and was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan Co., Okl..
Research Notes: Judge David Perkins was one of her brothers and it is most likely that her father may have been Nicholas Perkins. The Perkins, Dials, Goins and Ashworth families, although claiming Choctaw for several generations and a few being enrolled as Choctaws by blood on the final rolls, are often referred to as Redbones in Louisiana. A number of these families are connected to the Clifton Choctaws in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
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Jerico lived sixteen years after Brashears died. In the 1885 Choctaw Census she is shown as a head of house with a considerable amount of land under cultivation and quite a few head of cattle, horses and pigs. It was stated she moved closer to Turner Jr. at some point so he could help her take care of her place and the orphaned grandchildren she took in when the need had arisen. It is believed one of these was Louisa Serena Turnbull, a daughter of Simeon's and his first wife Elizabeth who may have died when Louisa was born. Three of Jerico's sons died young and left young families. It has been written she was a devout Christian, read her Choctaw New Testament daily and ruled her house with an iron hand. She outlived all but four of her children and only three of those lived to the turn of the century. These three and a number of their descendants were recorded on the Rolls. There is only one known child of her son Leroy, George Washington Turnbull, who had five children. When Jerico's life ended at 73, it was considered a respectable old age for the times. Her last child Angeline was born when Jerico was about 43. She lies beside her husband in the Turnbull cemetery.
Angelico married Leroy TURNBULL, son of George TURNBULL and Sarah Brashears, in 1840 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Leroy TURNBULL was born in Nov 1840.
ii. Simeon TURNBULL was born on 25 Dec 1843 in Choctow Nation, Indian Territory,.
iii. Daniel TURNBULL was born on 18 Jan 1844 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
iv. Melvina TURNBULL was born in 1849 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
v. Turner B. TURNBULL was born on 22 Nov 1851 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, died about 1877 about age 26, and was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan Co., Okl..
vi. Mary Ann TURNBULL was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
vii. Hariett TURNBULL was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
viii. Julie Ann TURNBULL was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
ix. Angeline "Angie" TURNBULL was born about 1864 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
2. Nicholas C. PERKINS, son of Joshua PERKINS and Mary MIXON, was born about 1795 in Indian Territory, , SC.
General Notes: Dr. Turner Brashears, Sr., known as Brashears, and Angelico "Jerico" Perkins, both came to Indian Territory from Mississippi during the infamous "Choctaw Trail of Tears." The family became very prominent in the new Choctaw Nation, as it had been in Mississippi. Some believed Brashears to be full blood Choctaw, and it is so stated in a story in the Oklahoma Chronicles. However, it is well documented at this point he was 1/2 Choctaw, 1/4 Chickasaw and 1/4 Scottish blood. (For some enumerators this was close enough to be considered full-blood and the distinction between Choctaw and Chickasaw was at times fuzzy.)
Brashears was also very active in Tribal affairs. Although he was said by the family to be a medical doctor by education, and some recall he carried a little black medicine bag with him, it is also said he never practiced medicine. "Dr. Turnbull" also is inscribed on his tombstone. His true calling seemed to be political. He was known to practice law and was elected county judge and then supreme judge of the Pushmataha District in 1849. He was chosen a Senator and later District Governor (Chief). He was defeated for Principal Chief in 1872 when he ran on the Progressive Party, "The People's Ticket", promoted by his good friend Allen Wright, former Principal Chief. The tenets of the party were logical growth, a reaffirmation of the treaty of 1866 and controlled growth of the railroads. It was truly a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wright had been closely associated with the humiliating terms forced on the Choctaws after the Civil War and his protégé, Brashears, shared equal blame. The Choctaw Council which he had honorably served campaigned bitterly against Wright and him. It was a stunning defeat and perhaps his only one politically. Since he died just five years later December 2, 1877 at only 61, that devastating loss may have been part of a cause from which he never recovered. A deeply dedicated Mason, Brashears helped found Caddo Lodge #3; its sign may still be seen on the main street of Caddo.
His stone reads "Dr. Turner B. Turnbull, Husband of Jerico."
Choctaw Nation Census 1885
Blue County
Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Turnbull, Julico 60 Indian Blue Farmer
Turnbull, Bicey 10 Indian Blue
From: TURNBULL-FLINCHUM FAMILY HISTORY
Written by James M. Flinchum Submitted by Margaret F. Leavell
Dallas Genealogical Society, The Quarterly--September 1980
Turner B. Turnbull was a white missionary to the Choctaw Indians and was referred to as Dr. Turnbull. Whether he was a doctor of medicine or divinity was not known by any of the present living relatives. He was born April 6, 1816, of Scotch parentage, died December 2, 1877. He was buried in the Turnbull family cemetery, Mount Pleasant Community 9 miles east of what is now Caddo, Oklahoma. He was married about 1840 or 1841 to Jericcho Perkins, my grandmother, a full-blood Choctaw Indian. She was born about 1826 on the Choctaw Indian reservation in Mississippi. Records of births, marriages, etc., during the early Tribal Government were very sparse and in most instances non-existent. She died in 1893 and is also buried in the Turnbull Family cemetery. To this marriage was born eight children, four boys and four girls. Melvina and Harriett died in infancy. Leroy was born in 1841, Simeon 1843, Daniel 1846, Melvina 1849, Turner Jr., 1851, Mary 1856, Julia (my mother) and Harriett, twins, 1860. The treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed in 1830 between the Leaders of the Choctaw tribe and the Federal Government. This Treaty provided for the removal of the Choctaw from Mississippi to The Indian Territory and resettlement in The Choctaw Nation. All this is a matter of recorded history and is only mentioned here because grandmother TURNBULL and her family were involved in this transfer of the Choctaws to the Indian Territory. The Choctaws and all other members of the Five Civilized Tribes, for that matter, suffered severe hardships and many Indians died during the trip and because of the suffering and death of so many Indians this removal later became known as "The Trail of Tears".
Unlike the Plains Indians who were nomadic and warlike, the Indians comprised The Five Civilized Tribes were primarily agrarians who along with their hunting and fishing did some primitive farming. They raised small patches of corn, for bread, squash and other easy to produce vegetables adapted to their area. Naturally the women and children performed the major portion of the labor. They also lived in permanent homes, mostly small log cabins. This in part may have been the reason The Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles were known and referred to as The Five Civilized Tribes.
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Subject: [CHOCTAW] Turnbulls, etc.
Something is amiss I think when some of these people are talking about a separate tribe within the Choctaws called Sha-chi-homas. As we know it was a matriarchal society and there were a number of clans. I have a list of those somewhere. For a while I thought there were only a few. There was a next higher order I think called moities. The clans had separate names. One associated with Jerico Perkins family, i.e. a nephew Henry Perkins was said to be a descendant of the Hiyahpatukalo (close) clan, which was also said by some to be called the house of kings. I thought this might have also been true for Jerico, but was told it came from Henry's mother's family. Literally, I was told it means where two waters come together. There was a tribe assimilated by the Choctaws in Mississippi, one of whose last remaining members was a lady named Shumaka and was the mother of Choctaw Chief Robert Cole. Although I am not certain, I think her tribe was called the Chiamechas (?). I thought they were almost decimated by the Chickasaw or Creeks. I find interesting that there is a Mexican tribe of Indians with a name very similar. One of the legends is that the Choctaws "came from under the sea." I was told a while back there is a lady researcher/writer who is propounding a theory along these lines with quite a bit of supporting material. I know a professor who has done considerable research on the Coles. Chris Morgan, now of Michigan, is a fine researcher, very thorough, but even the best make mistakes--at times. I think I have also seen Green McCurtain's grave, but I thought it is in the cemetery at Tuskahoma. I have several members of the Leathers (white) family buried there. I too found it fascinating to see his grave after hearing his name all my life--the broken slab of concrete is there as well as the iron fence. Sure looks snaky. My family roots are very deep in those Kiamichi Mountains. I will be going back to Clayton and the Leathers' family reunion in June so I may have an opportunity to check it out again. That isn't San Bois County though. Green McCurtain signed the surety bond for my Turner B. Turnbull Jr. in clearing him of the murder warrant when he finally gave up after being a (Judge Parker's) wanted man for 13 years (as said by Turner's son in law). He was apparently pardoned by the president--oddly enough all the rest charged (6 of them) were dead and the remaining witness said Turner was not there that day. Probably a wise witness. Edward Gardner is also name mentioned as a riding buddy of the Turnbull boys. Supposedly he was charged with a murder of an old woman and two little girls that Simeon Turnbull confessed to on his death bed. I think they were every bit as ruthless as the other gangs, but managed to stay on the right side of the law most of the time and were called "vigilantes." Just a little matter of killing that black man or so when on just a lark, the way I read it. You should hear some of the family defend that one. I have come across many names in my work on this Turnbull bunch.
From Chatabear@aol.com associated with Mt. Tabor IndianCommunity of Texas
Nicholas married Angeline UNKNOWN.
Children from this marriage were:
i. David PERKINS was born in St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana.
1 ii. Angelico "Jerico" PERKINS. Angelico married Leroy TURNBULL in 1840 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
3. Angeline UNKNOWN .
Angeline married Nicholas C. PERKINS.
4. Joshua PERKINS, son of Wm Joshua PERKINS "Old Jock" and Mary "Polly" BLACK, was born in Nov 1759 in Pee Dee, SC and died in St. Laundry Parish, La..
Joshua married Mary MIXON about 1790.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Moses PERKINS was born about 1790 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC.
ii. Lucy PERKINS was born in 1791 in Indian Territory, SC.
iii. Sarah PERKINS was born about 1791 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC. Sarah married Jesse ASHWORTH on 3 Oct 1810 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
iv. Jordan PERKINS was born about 1793 in Ninety Six District, SC. Jordan married Jenny GOINS on 12 Mar 1814 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
2 v. Nicholas C. PERKINS. Nicholas married Angeline UNKNOWN.
vi. Elizabeth "Betsy" PERKINS was born about 1798 in Indian Territory, , SC. Elizabeth married James GOINS.
vii. Edith "Ida" PERKINS was born about 1802 in Louisiana. Edith married Stephen Breckenridge GOYENS on 11 Nov 1826 in Opelousa Parish, LA.
5. Mary MIXON, daughter of Michah MIXON and Unknown, was born about 1760 in Cheraws, SC.
Research Notes: Pendleton County is where it is located now 2001. Pendleton County existed 1790 but was not formed until 1798.
Mount Tabor Indian Comunity of Texas
Mary married Joshua PERKINS about 1790.
8. Wm Joshua PERKINS "Old Jock" " son of Richard PERKINS Jr. and Mary SHERRILL, was born about 1715 in Accomoc Co., VA and died on 10 Apr 1801 in Washington Co., TN. about age 86. Another name for Wm was Wm. Joshua PERKINS Old Jock.
General Notes: The Perkins were part Indian and intermarried with the Indians and related families. They were sometimes listed as mulattos in census records. In the marriage record or bond of Jordan Perkins and Jenny Goin, it describes them as being free people of color. Possibly of Melugeon origin (Native American/Portugese). There is one site on the net that has a court case documented that has to do with someone calling one of them Black and they went to court over it.
William Perkins was born 15 March 1692 Mosquito Creek, St. George's Parish, Baltimore Co. MD. He went to Lapidum, York Co. PA with his brother Elisha. Around 1735, he was on the banks of the Susquehanna River; in 1737 where he ran a ferry there, until his death in 1760. He married Elizabeth Cottrell ca. 1717, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cottrell. John's will was dated 22 January 1721 and mentioned his daughter and his grand-daughter Mary Perkins. Elizabeth died about 1760 in Pennsylvania. In March of 1721 William was indicted for neglecting to register his marriage or the the birth of a child in St. George's Parish. In 1750 he owned 121 acres, part of "Eightrupp." Lapidum was on the Susquehanna at the northernmost point which was navigable for large boats, and several patentees bought up land along the river nearby, including "Paradise" and "Eitrop" which was bought by Thomas Griffith and later sold to the Perkins family. During the Revolution, Lapidum would become a center of trade and a shipping point. After the war, a land boom developed. The ferry owned by William Perkins would become known as Smith's Ferry in 1772.
Catharine ROLLER, age 80
p.2- Knew the PERKINS slightly. Old man was called Jock, large, tall, mixed blood and not white. His wife fair skinned & named Mary. I knew Isaac, Lewis and Polly, three of their children. I knew them at 12 year old. They had the same privileges as other folks. He looks half white.
David R. KENNICK, age 77
Has known the PERKINS family 49 years. Knew Johnson HAMPTON, Wm. LINDSY & Jacob PERKINS on Roan Creek. I taught school at Perkin’s school house. Johnson HAMPTON said they were Portugese & he had seen Jacob’s father & his mother a scotch woman. Jacob’s color and features described of little darker than Joshua. Jacob and his family asociated white peoples, clerked at elections & voted & had all privileges. I lived in 2 ½ miles, never heard them called anything else than Portugeuse.
Cross. Ex.
Never heard them called negros.
No. 2
Sarah KENNICK s and aged 75
Knew them in Carter 40 years ago. The people there said they were of the Portugeuse. Johnson HAMPTON said so. Jacob’s hair straight. His color darker than Joshua. Hair combed. Knew Lydia. Some of them had light hair. I knew the relationship of the PERKINS always called Portugeuse.
Cross Ex.
Never heard them called Mulattos or Portugeuse
No. 5
Thomas COOK, aged 75
I knew old Joshua PERKINS. He was a dark skinned man, darker than Joshua. Tall and spare. He resembled an Indian more than a negro. Was generally called a Portugese. Lived well. Knew him well on Roan’s Creek. Never saw him eating. Kept company with everybody. Kept race horses& John WILSON rode them.
I knew Jacob PERKINS, father of Joshua. He lived on PERKINS Mill Creek. John WILSON lived in Crab Orchard.
Cross Ex.
Saw him at my fathers& at the races. The first Indian I ever saw was at Shown’s Crossroads. I do not know the difference between an Indian and a Portuguese. Did not see old Joshua associate with white people. It was the general opinion amongst the people that old Joshua was a Portuguese. I never heard him or Jacob PERKINS or any of them called negros. Did not mean to say Portuguese and negros were the same & misunderstood the question.
File No. 5
Elizabeth COOK, about 71
Never saw old Joshua. I heard Joshua PERKINS’ uncle’s daughter say they were not known as negro to them, they were Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS very much complected like Joshua. They kept company with decent white people & had many visitors. Nancy GRAVES, wife of Jacob, had blue eyes and yellow hair. I knew her father -a dark man - a Constable. Nancy’s mother was a white woman.
Cross Ex.
Never heard them called mixed blood, except as a flont (?) , by David STOUT. Never heard them called anything but Portuguese. I heard my mother say George PERKINS’ wife told her when she went home & found Joshua a colored man she hated it. Did not say negro.
No. 7
Nancy YOUNG, aged 66
I knew George PERKINS. My father and mother knew the PERKINS in South Carolina and always said they were Portuguese & the mother a white woman. George dark. Father treated him as a white man. George’s color a little more bluish than Joshua PERKINS. His features about the same. Father talked about George’s brothers Isaac, Lewis & others.
Cross Ex.
Never heard anyone say they were negros.
No. 3
John J. WILSON, about 70
I knew the great grand father of plaintiff, old Jock, a dark skinned and complectioned man. Rather bald, hair bushy amd long, not kinky. Races.Associated with white people. His wife said to be a Scotch woman. He had a long roman nose. Associated with Richard WHITE, Landon CARTER, and the most respectable persons. I knew John GRAVES, the great grandfather of plaintiff on mother’s side. Hair Bushy, not as curly as SMITH’s -or BUTLER’s. Was a Constible. Sent to SC for certificate.
Cross Ex.
Some of Jock’s neighbors called him a negro. They called themselves Portuguese. Some would call them negro and some Portuguese. Old Jock’s wife did not buy him. Never heard of them drinking wive’s blood. Did not tell Lilburn BERRY he was a coal black negro. Or Lilburn RAY, or WILLIAMS. John GRAVES always considered a Portuguese. His color now called in question, but when he ran for constable. I knew Lewis PERKINS who was darker than any of them but had not kinky hair, or had negro smell. He was a dark skinned man with red complexion.
Re Ex.
Old Jock generally called a Portuguese untill they fell out with him. I was constable in his neighborhood for 11 years. Understood he went into service against the Indians & his color was thrown up to him.
No. 4 Mary WILSON
I was well acquainted with Joc PERKINS, father of Joshua. A yellow man _ said to be Portuguese. They did not look like negros. I have been about his house a great deal and nursed for his wife. She was a little yellow & called of the same race. Had blue eyes and black hair. Was visited by white folks. Old Mr. GRAVES was a dark skinned white man. Hair not curley. Mrs GRAVES a dark white woman. They were called Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS a little darker than Joshua.
3rd examin.
They were never were called negros, and Old (Jock) not favor them. But two negros then in the county, owned by my father. Jacob PERKINS hair not curlier than some white men. John GRAVES chunky, Mrs. GRAVES had long straight black hair. Never called a negro. She was not a white woman but called a Portuguese.
Re. Exam.
I have heard Jacob PERKINS and his wife and old Mrs. GRAVES say they were always called Portuguese.
No. 6 James G. TIPTON aged 65
Knew Joshua PERKINS & brother 40 or 50 years. He always associated with white people. Some 40 years ago, a contest in the C. H. In a suite, and Joseph PERKINS allowed his testimony.
Cross Exam.
Some called them Negro and some Portuguese.
No. 9 Samuel VANCE, age 54
Hannah PERKINS, a daughter of Joseph, examined as a witness in the Circuit Superior Court at Burnsmith (?), after a contest & the examination of witnesses. Wm. DUGGER said he had seen old Jock & his hair curly not kinky like WOODFIN’s, & said they were Portuguese & Old Jac had been sworn before his father. My Father-in-Law Johnson Hampton said they were not Negros,but Portuguese.
Cross Exam.
Hannah a very pretty woman. Wm. DUGGER examined after Hannah.
I do not believe they are pure white. I believe they are Portuguese.
No. 10 Peter SNYDER, age 88
I knew George PERKINS, uncle of Joshua, before I was grown & he lived on my father’s place. A little darker than Joshua. Do not look like a Negro. Hair straight. I knew George’s wife Keziah.
Hyla VANCE, age 57
I knew old Jacob, Plaintiff’s grandfather. He had thin visage- a high roman nose and was darker than Joshua. Hair curly- not kinky. I was there and saw corpse of Jacob. His wife said they were Portuguese. Non of them had hair as curly as Col. Mathis. Gives names of Jacob’s children and says they all married white people. They were said to be Portuguese. I knew Portuguese darker than Joshua.
Bedent BEARD, aged 88
I knew the paternal grandfather of plaintiff. A little darker than Joshua. He was not a negro. Form and features different. Hair resembled Moran not negro. By common report Jacob was a Portuguese. Lived not far above the mouth of Roane's Creek. Have known them 40, and by reputation, 60 years. Privileges. His wife a white woman. p.10 Anna GRAVES Taken in Missouri Knew Jock PERKINS, who came here from S.C. in 1785 and died in 1801, 10th April. He was known of the Portuguese race. His wife a white Scotch woman and her name Polly. Had blue eyes and long brown hair. Old Jock said her name was Polly Black and he married in 1793. He had six children. Four of his sons served in the Revolution. I saw one of them discharged by Marion. Jacob and George drafted against Indians. I heard Mrs. Black. They went against the Indians in 1792. They said they came from and kept a ferry in S.C.
p.17
Hardy GRAVES aged 64 in Kentucky.
I knew old Jock. He was always called a Portuguese and said he came from S.C. I knew 3 of his sons and he had others. Ferry in S.C. Jacob PERKINS in the battle at Sullivan's Island near Charleston. I saw the discharge of Jock PERKINS. They were not connected with the African race.
p.19
Elizabeth PERKINS
I lived 3 months in the family of George PERKINS 40 or 50 years ago and always understood they were from S.C. and kept a ferry there. They were mustered and drafted and always claimed to be Portuguese. Jacob PERKINS the grandfather of plaintiff dark skinned but not an African. I knew Susan and John GRAVES, great-grandparents of plaintiff. No rumor that they were Portuguese.
File no. 10 continued
Sarah STOUT p.21,
aged 70--Lee County Va. I have seen old Jock, the father of Joshua, who said they came from Peedee S.C. He was a dark skinned man with slim face, slim nose and dark colored hair. He was dark skinned as the blackest of the family. All the PERKINS had white wives and were reputed Portuguese. John GRAVES a white man and the main school teacher.
Cross exam. The PERKINS not called negroes: but called mulattoes by them that was mad at them. So of the GRAVES.
Daniel STOUT aged 77,
p.23 Knew George, Jacob, Joshua, & Lewis 65 years ago. They said they came from Peedee S.C. and called themselves Portuguese and were so called in the neighborhood. I lived near them 40 years. They married white women. I knew old John GRAVES. Never saw old Jock. Never heard him called a negro. People in those days said nothing about such things. One of the GRAVES called a mulatto. Nancy had black hair and blue eyes. Martha Shuffield aged 75 file no. 8 Saw Plaintiff's great grandfather. He looked dark. Always understood they were called Portuguese. Never heard them called negroes except in malice. Old Jacob PERKINS had nice features and none of them resembled negroes. Polly PERKINS about the color of Joshua. Associations and privileges. I have lived a neighbor to him for 50 years. Nancy GRAVES said to be a Portuguese. She was fair skinned. John GRAVES her father, rather a brown skinned man. His wife crazy and mixed with Portuguese.
X exam.
I saw old Jock through a crib and I thought he looked as black as a negro, but might be mistaken. I have often heard people call them negroes through malice.
Research Notes: Another passage from the thesis told of another interview:
"Mr. Eli Ashworth, eighty year old resident of DeRidder, Louisiana,
while seated on the porch of his shack-like home, stated that his
grandfather came from South Carolina. At that time, thirty men came
by boat. Included in this number were Tap and Jesse Ashworth, a
Perkins, and a Johnson. To indicate how closely these people stayed
together, Mr. Eli Ashworth married the great grand-daughter of the
other Ashworth who came on the same boat. He doesn't know why they
came, except that they were 'shipped over.' Did they come because
they wanted to come? 'They said they were shipped over,' he
insisted."
Yet another interview:
"Mr. Pete Maricle who lives at Westport, Louisiana, is eighty-four
years old, works his own farm, and plows in the field. His father,
Mr. Burrell Maricle, was born in the community and lived there until
his death at the age of one hundred and five years. His
grandfather, Joseph Maricle, had lived in the community, too. There
is a story in the family that the first Maricle came 'from across
the ocean.' He had started out to buy bread, had seen a ship docked
in the harbor, and boarded it with only the money he had in his
pocket. Mr. Maricle's daughter was a Mrs. Johnson. A neighbor,
Mrs. Lydia Perkins, had married at the age of fourteen and, now at
the age of seventy-four was living in the same house she had lived
in as a bride.
"There is a traditional story in the Perkins family that because of
some difficulty in the Carolinas and Georgia on the question of land
and timber, forty-five families were loaded on boats and sent to New
Orleans in 1804. Lewis Perkins is reported to have been the leader
of the group. They spread over Louisiana and Mississippi, many of
them settling near Big Woods. Big Woods is near Bear Head Creek,
which harbored the Redbone people when they kept themselves in
isolated communities for so long. Old women told stories of the
great body of water, which they could remember, but could not name,
presumably the Mississippi River. Mrs. Nancy Perkins, now deceased,
related to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that
she was close enough to New Orleans to remember hearing the guns at
the Battle of New Orleans. She claimed to be part Choctaw Indian."
Dear Stacy
ISAAC PERKINS is a Perkins family name and I am sure you must have come out of the line of JACOB (OLD JOCK) PERKINS - his father was RICHARD, I think?? (Anything I tell you requires your own proofs).
Old Jock operated a ferry between NC & SC. My JOSHUA PERKINS, son of Old Jock, was b. 1759 in SC, then the family went to NC (where you need to do a lot of looking) and then into TN where they are found in the Lost State of Franklin, TN (northeast corner).
My JOSHUA PERKINS was in Louisiana via MS by early 1800's, at least by 1810 Fed. Census. I have not pulled this info for some time but I think an ISAAC PERKINS also came with him . This would prob. not be yours but I would certainly think there could be a connection, especially since you state how dark-skinned they were. OLD JOCK PERKINS was Portuguese (which has somehow revolved into Melungeon thanks to Brent Kennedy!).
I have early maps showing ownership by Perkins in NC and I feel certain that an ISAAC is also there. I will try to pull these out in the next day or so and review what I have. In the meantime, I think you should concentrate your search in NC & TN.
Where do you find the HOLMAN family. REMEMBER, all real early records of NC are in VIRGINIA!!
Sincerely
Sandra Loridans
Sandra Loridans
Apdo. Postal 844
45900 Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico
Wm married Mary "Polly" BLACK about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC.
Children from this marriage were:
i. George PERKINS was born on 12 Nov 1754 in South Carolina. George married Martha ASHWORTH on 4 Dec 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
ii. Jacob PERKINS was born about 1756 in South Carolina. Jacob married Nancy GRAVES.
4 iii. Joshua PERKINS. Joshua married Mary MIXON about 1790.
iv. Isaac PERKINS was born about 1760 in Little Pee Dee, SC. Isaac married Hannah SWEAT.
v. Lewis PERKINS was born about 1762 in Bladen Co., SC.
vi. Mary "Polly" PERKINS was born about 1764 in Liberty, TN.
9. Mary "Polly" BLACK was born about 1730 in Scotland and died in South Carolina.
Mary married Wm Joshua PERKINS "Old Jock" about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC.
10. Michah MIXON .
Noted events in his life were:
1. 1790 Census: 1790, Cheraws, SC.
Michah married.
The child from this marriage was:
5 i. Mary MIXON. Mary married Joshua PERKINS about 1790.
16. Richard PERKINS Jr., son of Richard PERKINS and Mary UTE, was born on 9 Jul 1689 in Mosquito Creek. St. Georges County Maryland and died on 2 Aug 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolina at age 83.
General Notes: Richard inherited part of the land called Eightrupp from his father. He received 175 acres of the 423, his was in the northern part of the tract. It is said that Richard was married to another wife at this time, and their only child was Richard III. Then he married Mary Sherrill. March 1721 Richard was indicted by the court for neglecting to register the births of three of his children in St. George's Parish. These children were Benjamin, Mary and Aventon. Richard settled near Lapidum on the Susquehanna River before 1732.
Source:
1. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, by Robert W. Barnes, page 500.
Research Notes: On March of 1721, Richard was indicted by the court for neglecting to register the births of three children in St. Georges Parish Maryland. They were Benjamin, Mary and Aventon. Richard settled near Lapidum on the Susquehanna river before 1732. he inherited part of the land called Eightrupp from his father. He received 175 acres of the 423, this was in the northern part of the tract. It is said that Richard was married to an unknown person at this time and their only child was Richard III. Then he married Mary Sherrill.
First Families of Imperial Calcasieu Parish Louisiana
Noted events in his life were:
1. 1739 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
Richard married Mary SHERRILL.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Richard PERKINS was born on 18 Dec 1713 in Swan Creek, St. George Parish, MD, died on 9 Jul 1789 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 75, and was buried in Emanuel Cemetery. Richard married Elizabeth Mc CUTCHEON on 5 Jan 1735 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
8 ii. Wm Joshua PERKINS "Old Jock". Wm married Mary "Polly" BLACK about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC.
iii. Isaac PERKINS was born about 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Isaac married Mary LEE in May 1739 in St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Md.
iv. Rueben PERKINS was born on 12 Feb 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Rueben married Averilla DURBIN on 5 Nov 1748 in Baltimore, MD.
v. Adam PERKINS was born about 1720 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Adam married Mary WATERS on 23 May 1743 in Baltimore, MD.
vi. Avarilla PERKINS was born on 31 Mar 1721 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1790 about age 69. Avarilla married William SIMPSON on 18 Aug 1742 in Baltimore, MD.
vii. John J PERKINS was born about 1723 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died in 1788 in Burke County, North Carolina about age 65. John married Mary HARRIS on 13 Jan 1744.
viii. Moses PERKINS was born about 1726 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died about 1778 in Wilkes Co., Georgia about age 52. Moses married Mrs SABRET about 1760 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
ix. Benjamin PERKINS was born on 6 Jan 1732 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia. Benjamin married Elizabeth MOORE about 1759. Benjamin next married Susannah UNKNOWN.
x. Mary PERKINS was born on 1 Dec 1739 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
xi. Avington PERKINS was born on 23 Apr 1741 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died after 4 Mar 1786 in Wilkes Co., Georgia. Avington married Elizabeth UNKNOWN.
17. Mary SHERRILL, daughter of William "The Conestoga Trader" SHERRILL and Margaret RUDISIL, was born about 1693 in Cecil Co., MD and died after 1772 in Rowan Co., North Carolina.
Research Notes: Saint George Parish Registers, 1689-1793
Pg 60
Mary married Richard PERKINS Jr..
32. Richard PERKINS was born in 1663 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England and died by 16 April 1706 in Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland at age 43.
General Notes: Religion
Quaker
Research Notes: CalmityJane notes; It is in Spesutie Parish among the old records we have found our first known family group on our direct Perkins line. Richard and Mary Perkins and the names of their children are given and the dates of the births. The mother's last name is not mentioned. Through tracing descendants of these three sons, however, we have found that each of them names either a son or a grandson Uti or Utie. It remains yet to be proven, but it is not improbable that the mother's maiden name was Utie.
Reputedly born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England to Robert & ann Perkins and christened ca. 1665. Richard was a cooper. He and wife settled in 1683 on 100 acres of land on the head of Mosquito Creek in Baltimore Co., MD. Their annual rent was four shillings.
Richard I was a cooper (a craftsman who makes or repairs barrels or casks) from Plymouth, England. Early Maryland transportation records show that Richard I arrived in Maryland in 1676. Whether he was transported there from England or from another colony is unknown. He and Mary had settled in 1683 on 100 acres of land on the head of Mosquito Creek in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Richard may have had siblings. There was a William Perkins who married Martha Miles on 3 February 1703/4 in Baltimore Co., MD; a William Perkins named in the will of James Ines of Baltimore County 4 March 1703/04; and a William Perkins who was buried 8 January 1708. There is also Joseph Perkins and his wife Mary who had children Rachel (6 January 1725) Mary (20 December 1728), and Hannah (24 May 1731)
Our Richard surveyed 100 acres called "Parkinson" at the head of Musketo Creek in Spesutia Hundred in 1683; by 1700 that land was known as "Parkington"
Richard I owned pretty much all of the land the he owned jointly with William Lofton for most of his adult life. In fact, the two named their land "Brotherly Love," which has a;ways implied the possibility of some sort of a brother-in law connection. The two apparently took care of each other's children, and the children left together after their fathers died and moved down to Virginia and from there to North Carolina, where the Perkins, Loftins (Loftons), and Sherrills all inter married
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Richard Perkins is first found at the head of Mosquito Creek, in Baltimore (now Harford) County in 1683. He was a cooper by trade and later listed as a planter. Thomas Lightfoot a deputy surveyor, laid out for him, December 15, 1683, a tract of land containing 100 acres called "Perkinson" (also found as Parkington), lying upon the head of a creek called "Musket Creek." He moved after 1692 to the head of Swan Creek. In 1694 he took up a tract of land on Swan Creek called "Paradise", which he sold October 18, 1695, to Robert Mason. In 1700, he was in possession of about 300 acres on the Susquehanna River, at the place called Lapidum to which he added 180 acres, all of which descended down to his three sons, and was patented to them in 1732 under the name of "Eightrupp". He may be the Richard Parkins transported to Maryland circa 1674. Richard died by April 16, 1706 when administration bond was posted by his widow Mary Perkins with William Perkins (possibly Richard's brother) and John Mills. His estate was invoiced on May 28, 1706.
Source:
1. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, by Robert W. Barnes, page 500.
Noted events in his life were:
1. 1699 Census: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
2. 1700 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
3. 1701 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
4. 1703 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
5. 1704 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
Richard married Mary UTE about 1688 in Hartford, MD.
Children from this marriage were:
16 i. Richard PERKINS Jr.. Richard married Mary SHERRILL.
ii. William PERKINS was born on 15 Mar 1692 in Spesutie Parish, MD, was christened on 15 Mar 1692 in St. George Parish, Spesutia, Harford, Maryland, and died in 1760 in Susquehanna, Baltimore, Maryland at age 68. William married Elizabeth COTTRELL about 1716 in Baltimore, MD.
iii. Mary PERKINS was born on 2 Apr 1695 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died in 1740 at age 45. Mary married John HUTCHINSON on 27 Jul 1716 in Cecil Co., MD.
iv. Elisha John PERKINS Sr. was born on 9 Jun 1697 in Swan Creek, St. George Parish, MD and died after 10 Sep 1741 in Orange or Frederick County, Viginia. Elisha married Margaret "Margery" Amanda SHERRILL on 1 Dec 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
v. Sarah PERKINS was born on 15 Dec 1699 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died on 28 Dec 1699 in Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland.
vi. Martha PERKINS was born on 31 Mar 1701 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Richard next married Margaret SEVIER.
33. Mary UTE was born about 1667 in Harford, Maryland and died in Swan Creek, Baltimore, Maryland.
Research Notes: Some list her maiden name as Ute or Utie.
The bonds of her second marriage were posted in February 1706. She and John Belcher were married by July 1, 1708 when she administered her first husband, Richard Perkins' estate.
Source:
1. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, by Robert W. Barnes, page 500.
Mary married Richard PERKINS about 1688 in Hartford, MD.
Mary next married John BELCHER on 1 Jul 1708 in Baltimore, MD.
34. William "The Conestoga Trader" SHERRILL, son of Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel" SHERRILL and Margarett PARSONS, was born on 16 Nov 1666 in Ermington Parish, Devon, England and died about 1744 in Rowan, Lincoln Co., North Carolina about age 78. Another name for William was The Conestoga Trader.
General Notes: Elisha Perkins was born 9 June 1697 at the head of Swan Creek, St. George's Parish, Baltimore, MD. Elisha was cited by the court for failing to record his marriage and the birth of a child in St. George's Parish. The 1720 March Court of Baltimore Co. indicted him for stealing a grey horse from the widow Macnemarra of Annapolis; he was found guilty and sentenced to the pillory for one hour and to the whipping post for 25 lashes. Mary Belcher, his mother, petitioned the court in April 1721 to remit the corporal punishments, contending her son was so well assured of his innocence that he took little care to obtain proper counsel and that evidence was unjustly sworn against him. The punishment was remitted. In 1719, Elisha and Margery Sherrill, whom he apparently married 1 Dec. 1718, obtained a deed to Lapidium, 50 acres in York Co. PA but they seem to have traveled back and forth between there and Baltimore. In 1729, Elisha gave Power of Attorney to Margery to collect monies owed him in Pennsylvania. She issued that power to her brother-in-law William Perkins and said she was living in Spotsylvania Co. VA. Certainly Elisha and Margery bought land there in St. Mark's Parish 6 April 1731, but they sold it 7 October 1734. Elisha sold two slaves 6 August 1736 in Baltimore Co. MD. In July, 1737, he bought land in Orange Co. Virginia from Cornelius Cohorine and appears to have remained there until his death. His brother-in-law Adam Sherrill in 1735 brought charges against Elisha for trespass; presumably Margery was with Adam at that time. In November of 1737 in Orange Co. VA the grand jury ruled that Christopher Hoomes/Holmes "doth live in adultery with the wife of Elisha Perkins, in the Parish of St. Marks." In April 1738 Elisha was brought into court for "barbarously using his wife Margery." In June 1738 Margery sued for separate alimony, but inexplicably claimed she never married Elisha, and the suit was dropped. Up until 1746 she was charged, and sometimes Christopher Hoomes was, with various "crimes of the flesh." Elisha's will was written in September of 1740 and probated in May, 1742. He left nothing to Margery; a shilling to son Joshua; his pacing horse to a "loving friend" Mary Swearingen; 400 acres to son Gentleman John Perkins; the manor place to son Elisha Perkins Jr.; he named Christopher Hoomes as executor! Hoomes refused to do it, so Elisha's daughter Elizabeth was appointed. Margery sued for dower rights. In 1789, Christopher Holmes died, leaving as an heir his reputed son by Margaret Sherrill, alias Margery
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Subject: Re: Margaret Rudisil and Sherrill Family
Message Board Post:
My Grandfather James Wesley Sherrill born 3-7-1861 deceased in 1929 had this info in the Family Bible my sister has the Bible it is so fragil we do not handle it. It came into our possesion about 2 years ago at the death of Grandpa youngest son James Odell Sherrill. There is a book on the Sherrill family in the Independce county Library at Batesville, Arkansas. Margaret's Husband was William (Indian Trader) Sherrill his Father was Samual Sherrill who married Margrett Parsons in 1667.
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"Samuel Sherrill, Son of Adam and Elizabeth" by Mary Davis Sherrill reports: shows his christening date as 11/17/1666 in Ermington Parish, Devon, England. It also lists now wife and shows his parents as William Sherwill and Margery Upright. "William Sherwill and Margery Upright had a son Adam, b in 1672, Ermington Parish. William was probably the son of Adam and Marye of early 1600s in Ermington Parish...The names are identical to those of William Sherrill the Conestoga Indian Trader, and would be too much of a coincidence for there not to be a relationship." This book also reports to other children: John and Samuel Sherrill which notes these children have not been proven.
Charles Mitchell's Sherrill family tree shows him b in 1670 and migrated to VA.
FTM WFT Vol 3 5422: Shows William as the father of Adam, Margaret, William and Mary. It also shows him b in Ermington Parish, Devon, England.
From Donna Sherrell's webpage: www.abraxis.com/tuckahoe/shersher/shersher.html:
SHERRILL/SHERRELL in AMERICA
William Sherrill, Sr., known as "The Indian Trader" or "The Conestoga Trader," was born sometime between 1670 to 1680. William Sherrill, Sr. and his sons, William, Jr. and Adam are credited with the opening of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia in the 1740s. It is claimed that he accompanied his sons to the Catawba River in North Carolina in 1747. He may have went on to Tennessee with them, but he would have been getting up in years by then. William's known children where: Adam (The Pioneer), William, Jr., Margaret and Mary Sherrill. The following have been closely associated with William Sherrill, Sr., but their relationship unknown at this time: John, Samuel, Rudil and Avington.
QUOTED FROM: "Captain William Sherrill Son of Adam and Elizabeth and Some of Their Descendants," by William Andrew Sherrill, 1979.
Samuel Sherrill, b. ca 1633, Cornwood, Devonshire, England, was shipwrecked off East Hampton, NY. He had the following children: Recompense and Elizabeth Sherrill.
It is reported that William Sherwell of Devon came to America because he had committed a crime in England. He was originally headed for Barbados to harvest tobacco but the ship captain put him, and several other of his fellow prisoners, off in the Maryland Colony.
1 Mar 1686. Western Circuit prisoners reprieved to be transported to Barbados. Devon: Nathaniel Baker of Shute; Charles Twist of Plymouth; John Thorne of Rewe; Henry Wyatt of Ottery, tanner; William Sherwell of Modbury, weaver; Richard Doe of Plymouth; James Baker of Halwell... (Source: Peter Wilson Coldham, Complete Book of Immigrants 1661-1699, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990, Pg 568.)
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Deed. William Price, Sr of Cecil Co, planter, and Margarett his wife, for 3,000 lbs. of tobacco, to William Sherwell of the same place, planter, land called Price's Forest on the east side of the Elk River. Made 8 Mar 1702. Wit: Edward Bonwicke, Thomas Cox, Robert Money. Ackn: 10 Mar 1702. Rec: 19 Mar 1702. John Dowdall, Clerk. (Source: Abstract of Cecil County Maryland Land Records 1673-1751 by June D Brown, 1998, Family Line Publications, Pg 255.)
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Inhabitants of Cecil County 1649-1774 by Henry C Peden, 1993, Family Line Publications
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Debit Books of Cecil Co. 1734-1776, Adam Sherwell, Three Partners - 1734, 1760, William Sherwell, Jr, Three Partners - 1734, 1755-1761 (Source, Maryland State Archives, Index card file 58)
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Index to Cecil County Historical Resources by Gary Griffith, Pg 122, rent rolls of Cecil County 1658-1707
Prices Forest surveyed 14 Nov 1685 for William Price on the east side of Elk River possessed by William Sherwell.
Prices Forest - 150a surveyed 14th November ______ for William Price on east Side of Elk River. Rent as assessed. 150 to William Sherwell pays rent as assessed.
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William Sherrell's (Conestoga) land was located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was on the east side of Pequea (pronounced peck-way) Creek.
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PART I
I have been trying to connect the English Sherrills to those who settled in the early American colonies and to further connect them to, especially, Adam Sherrill, the Pioneer. There have been a variety of senarios put forth which serve to connect the early Sherrill colonists to common roots. The two major views currently held are that:
A Samuel Sherrill, born in England (abt. 1639) near the Welsh border, was shipwrecked off of Long Island, NY about 1670; one of his sons was William who moved south to Maryland; his other sons remained in New York and produced the northern branches of the Sherrill family; William was the father of Adam, who moved further south into Virgina and then to North Carolina around 1747.
A variation of this story is that Samuel's father was in fact a merchant from Plymouth named Thomas Sherwell.
The other prevailing story ignores Shipwrecked Samuel and generally goes as follows:
A William Sherrill was born in Devon, England (abt. 1667) came to the Maryland Colony as an early settler; his son Adam led a number of family members from the Maryland/Pennsylvania area where they lived, into Virgina and later, on to North Carolina.
Based on my investigation and reading, I have developed my own opinion which includes elements of both stories but essentially favors story no. 2 as the more favorable of the two senarios leading to Adam, the Pioneer.
That being said, I do reserve the right to change my mind, given convincing and verifiable evidence.
PART II
I have discovered the following facts from the English records of the 1600s.
1. In Devon, Ermington Parish, 16 July 1632, Adam Sherwill married Marye. I have seen the microfiche of this original record in the Devon Record Office.
2. Adam and Marye had three children: William (christened 7 July 1635), Honor (christened 30 June 1639), and Mary (christened 9 July 1643). I have seen the microfiche of these original records in the Devon Record Office.
3. Thomas Sherwell of Plymouth wrote a will dated 17 March 1629. I have read the transcript of this will in the Devon Record Office.
4. There exist several sources which report the relationship and activities of Thomas and Nicholas Sherwell in Plymouth at the beginning of the 1620s and afterward. This is well documented as both men served as mayors of Plymouth for three terms each and were well known at that time.
5. This establishes yet another fact: at least two Sherwell families lived in Devon at this time. They lived less than 20 miles apart yet there is no apparent connection between the two families.
6. The place, and village named Sherwill, is in North Devon, more than 80 miles from Plymouth.
7. There are many reports from various sources which report that people named Sherwell lived in the towns of Ivybridge, Cornwood, Milton Abbot, Buckfastleigh, and Holbeton as well as Ermington and Plymouth. I don't know how any of these people were related if at all, but it does indicate that the name Sherwell (and spelling variants) was relatively common in the 1600s. I accept this fact as fundamental to the formulation of my opinion.
PART III
Considering the apparent difficulty in connecting Samuel to William as either father/son or brother, with factual evidence (not just family lore), I believe it is entirely reasonable to assume that the two were not related, and came to the colonies independently - Samuel in 1670 and William, about twenty years later around 1690. It is completely within the realm of possibility that two non-related people with the same common surname came to the colonies as early settlers. Why must they be related? I don't believe that they are, and the American Sherrills are in fact, two distinct family lines: one from Samuel and one from William. It is a fact that many people named Sherwell lived in Devon in the 1600s and probably they were not all, closely, related.
(Note: In the following summary, I have used the designation "William1" to refer to William, the Conestoga trader; "William0" being his father.)
PART IV - SUMMARY AND OBSERVATIONS
I believe that Samuel (b. abt 1639 near the Welsh border) set out for the colonies, perhaps Virginia, but was shipwrecked off of Long Island about 1670. He married Margaret Parsons and had two children: Recompence and Elizabeth. This branch formed the basis of the families of the northern colonies/states and is an entirely different group of Sherrills from the ones who established themselves in Maryland and Pennsylvania. William1 Sherwell, a weaver by trade, (b. abt 1667 in Devon) was a prisoner headed for the cotton fields Barbados but was put ashore in the Maryland colony about 1690 or a little later. He settled at first in Cecil County and later in Lancaster/Chester County, Pennsylvania, a little further up the Susquehanna River. This is William, the Conestoga Trader whose son was Adam, the Pioneer.
PART V
1. Going back to the earliest ancestor, Adam, who married Marye in 1632; if he married in his twenties, he would have been born between 1603 and 1613. That means that he was 20-30 years of age when his son William0 was born in 1635.
2. William0 married Margery Upright in 1658 in Ermington Parish, she was from Modbury, about 3 miles away. William0 was 23 when they were married and was 32 years of age when his son William1 was born. (Herein lies the major assumption of my belief: if this William1 is not William the Conestoga Trader, this story ends here; and that implies that there is yet another, undiscovered William Sherwell, born in Ermington at about this same time - that seems unlikely, still not out of the question.)
3. William1 was about 23 years of age when he reached Maryland and about 30 years of age when his son, Adam (the Pioneer) was born.
4. William1 had a son also named William (William2). The other brothers and sisters of the family were: Adam, Samuel, Mary, Uriah, John, and Margaret. Notice, William1 had one son named Samuel, born abt. 1699 (possible fly in the ointment); the only person by that name in this family line at that time.
5. The names Adam and William are very prevalent in this family line with only one person named Samuel over four generations before 1700.
6. In 1670, Samuel Sherwell was about 31 years of age when he was shipwrecked at Long Island.
7. If Shipwreck Samuel was a son of Thomas Sherwell of Plymouth, he would have been born after the will was made in 1629. It is not likely since Thomas, at this time (1635-39), had several grown children and a number of grandchildren and his wife was well beyond childbearing age - Thomas was over 50.
8. The report that Samuel had a son, William, born about 1670 in Ermington, is in error. I found no evidence in any of the records I examined, of anyone named Samuel Sherwell living in Ermington at this time. I believe that this information was contrived in order to connect William with Samuel. I accept the report that Samuel was from near the Welsh border; that is over 150 miles, at the very minimum, from Ermington. -- All of the above material was extracted from the web site of Steven Sherrill, 2001
Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
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Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
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Call Number: ISBN 0--8063-1282-3
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Page: Pg 568
Complete Book of Immigrants, 1661 - 1699
Author: Peter Wilson Coldham
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1990
Note: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies.
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I have found information with his father as Samuel Sherrill and Margaret Parsons also parents as William Sherril and Margery Upright. This is with Samuel. I have included the William and Margery (Upright) Sherrill also.
William Sherrill was known as "The Conestoga Trader" and was an early settler and Indiam quide of some repute in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is credited with helping to open the Sussquehanna Valley to early settlers. In 1702 he purchased 150 acres known as Price's Forest in Cecil County, Maryland. In 1720 he was granted 200 acres of land called Three Partners; deed book 5, pages 228-231. In December of 1725 he sold 100 acres of this land to his son Adam.
<dvanhuss@gte.net> 12/21/01:
William Sherrill was known as "The Conestoga Fur Trader" and was an early settler and Indian guide of some repute in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is credited with helping to open the Susquehanna Valley to early settlers. In 1702 he purchased 150 acres known as Price's Forest in Cecil County, Maryland. In 1720 he was granted 200 acres of land called Three Partners; deed book 5, pages 228-231. In December of 1725 he sold 100 acres of this land to his son Adam.
This Indenture made ye Eighth day of March Anno Dom. 1702 and in ye first year of ye Reign of our sovereign Lady Anne by ye grace of god Queen of England vs Between Wm Price Senr. of Cecil County in ye province of Maryland planter and Margaret his wife of the one part and Wm Sherwell of ye same County and Province planter of ye other part witnesseth that ye said William Price and Margaret his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand pounds of Tob'o to them in hand paid by ye said William Sherwell ye receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and theof do acquit and discharge ye said William Sherwell his heirs Ex's & Adm's forever by these presents have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto ye said Wm Sherwell his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land called Price Forrest Lying in ye aforesaid County & upon ye East side of Elk River as by ye patent hereof Relation being therunto had ye meets and bounds thereof do fully and at large appears with all rights profits comoditious appurtenances to ye same belonging or in anywise appertaining and ye Reversion & reversions remainder and remainders therof To have and to hole ye before bargained land & premises with ye appurtenances unto ye said Wm. Sherwell his heirs and assigns forever to and for ye only use and behoof of ye said Wm Sherwell and of his heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof ye parties to these presents interchangeably throu hands and seals have set ye day & years first above written. Sealed and Delivered} Wm (his X mark) Price (seal) In Ye Presence of } Margarett (her X mark) } Price (seal) Edw'd Bonwicks, Thomas (T) Coe, Robert Moxey In ye back of which deed was this endorsed bond March ye 10th 1702 Then came into open Court ye within named Wm Price & acknowledged ye within deed to and for ye reas therein specified likewise came Margaret Price wife to ye said William Price and acknowledged ye said deed to ye said Wm Sherwell according to act of asembly in such cases made & provided John Dowdall Clk Com Cecil Recorded ye 19th day of March Anno Dom. 1702 Hn Jno Dowdall Clk.
William Sherrill left Cecil Co., MD and was in the Susquehanna Valley of PA as early as 1712, where he appears on the Lancaster, PA Assessments Lists as an Indian Trader. He was granted land on Pequa Creek, in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co., in 1715
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Title: Sherrill Ancestors
Author: Dickson, Gregory, Ragsdale, Sherrill, and Tant
Title: #91
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RootsWeb World Connect, bluebonnet database
William married Margaret RUDISIL in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC.
Children from this marriage were:
17 i. Mary SHERRILL. Mary married Richard PERKINS Jr..
ii. Adam "The Pioneer" SHERRILL was born in 1697 in Cecil Co., MD, died on 4 May 1774 in Sherrill's Ford, Catawba, North Carolina at age 77, and was buried in Yadkin River, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Another name for Adam was The Pioneer. Adam married Elizabeth CORZINE about 1722 in Cecil Co., MD.
iii. David SHERRILL was born about 1700 in Charles Co., Maryland.
iv. William SHERRILL Jr. was born about 1701 in Charles Co., Maryland and died in 1774 in Catabwa River, NC about age 73. Another name for William was Captain. William married Margaret WILSON. William next married.
v. Margaret "Margery" Amanda SHERRILL was born about 1701 in St. george Parish, Frederick, Virginia and died in Orange County, Viginia. Margaret married Christopher HOOMES. Margaret next married. Margaret next married Elisha John PERKINS Sr. on 1 Dec 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
vi. Rueben SHERRILL was born about 1725.
35. Margaret RUDISIL was born about 1675 in Cecil Co., MD and died in 1747 in Tennessee about age 72.
Research Notes: The Sherrill family
William's wife has been shown as Margaret Upright Gregory born 1675 in Cecil County, Maryland, as well as, Margaret Rudisil born 1675 in Cecil County, Maryland, she may have been married before?
Margaret married William "The Conestoga Trader" SHERRILL in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC.
68. Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel" SHERRILL was born in 1633 in Cornwood, Devon, England and died on 25 Apr 1719 in North Carolina at age 86.
General Notes: Sherrill Family Bibliography
Beatty, Marie. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BEATTY+MARIE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Through the years with Jane and John Robinson / written and compiled by Marie Beatty, Pauline Gilleland Drum, Shirley V. Beatty.
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON
Page 153 -- Thomas Alexander Sherrill (12-14-1852)
Page 154 -- Clyde Graham Sherrill (1-30-1881)
Page 155 -- Albert Clyde Sherrill, Danny Wayne Sherrill, Evelyn Rachel Sherrill, Hal Ray Sherrill, Herman David Sherrill, James Harry Sherrill, and Robert Franklin Sherrill.
Page 156 --Mary Faye Sherrill, Rome A. Sherrill, Joe C. Sherrill, Annie Mae Sherrill, Joseph Cephus Sherrill, Barbara Sherrill, and Edith Sherrill.
Beatty, Marie. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BEATTY+MARIE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Supplement to through the years with Jane and John Robinson
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON
Burgner, Goldene Fillers. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=BURGNER+GOLDENE+FILLERS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Washington County, Tennessee wills, 1777-1872
Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1983.
Arch. 929.3768 BUR
Page 8 --Samuel Sherrill--June 4, 1800
Catawba Cousins, Journal
Published by the CATAWBA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
April 1992, Page 167-169
Sherrill Bible Records Transcribed (VF Mat.)
January 1988
Elisha Sherrill, Pioneer Catawban, and Neighbors Had Varied Experiences (VF Mat.)
Clark, Wanda L. (Wanda Laveta), 1917- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=CLARK+WANDA+L+WANDA+LAVETA+1917&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Sherrill saga: history of William Sherrill (Sherwill), the Conestoga fur trader, 16 ? to 1725, and his son, Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, 1699 to 1772, together with the genealogical records of Jacob Sherrill, the seventh son of Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, and of Jacob's wife, Hulda(h) Wilson
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
The Confederate veteran magazine <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5027133&FormId=-39033&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>, 1893-
Wendell, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., [c198-?].
Arch. 973.7 CON v.19
Page 547
An announcement of Miles O. Sherrill's (State Librarian) "A SOLDIER'S STORY" FOR THE YOUNG AS WELL AS THE OLD published originally as a pamphlet describing prison life and detailing general incidents in the Civil War. (Not the actual pamphlet--more information on the pamphlet is published in Stepping Back in Time, March 1989.)
Heritage Book of:
Catawba County <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5032355&FormId=-27550&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Jackson County <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5110499&FormId=-27660&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Hickory Daily Record
Adam Sherrill Family 1st to Arrive
Crossed Into Valley in 1747
By Pamela Whitener
Discusses the adventures of Adam Sherrill and family.
September 11, 1965
Adam Sherrill First to Cross Catawba River
Discusses the dedication of the boulder/monument.
September 11, 1965
Brave Bonnie Kate Sherrill Finds Love, Adventure Wed to Indian Fighter
The life of a brave, handsome woman who loved her family and thrived on the frontier of her day, her stand against the Tories and a listing of her children.
September 11, 1965
First Crossing Into Catawba
Adam Sherrill's 8 Sons Made Way Into Valley in 1747
*5 confederate generals were born in Lincoln county: Robert F. Hoke, Stephen Dodson, Ramseur, Robert D. Johnston, John Horace Forney and Daniel Henry Forney
June 6, 1970
Reasons Uncertain
Asks why Adam Sherrill forded the river to make his new home.
February 9, 1979
Weidner Among First County Settlers
Makes the claim that the Catawba River was named for the Catawba Indian Tribe.
Claims the Sherrill's arrived "by wagon from Virginia."
June 1, 1997, Page 8A
Wedding Unites Couple & Events Honor Bridal Couple &
Guests Attend Wedding
Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy
Nancy Sherrill Jones attends as guest.
Hickory News
125th Anniversary Issue
Page 3A
Where it all began, Adam Sherrill crossed the Catawba
This article discusses which sites were submerged with the Lake Norman development.
June 5, 1997
Conover's Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Murphy.
Hickory News, Hickory Heartbeat Edition
September 4, 1974
Photo of Commemorative boulder/monument for the Crossing of the Catawba River by Adam Sherrill.
November 13, 1997
Scene by Sylvia
Historian Gary Freeze...gives talk on Adam Sherrill's origins and life on the frontier.
Hodges, Frances Beal Smith. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=HODGES+FRANCES+BEAL+SMITH&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Sherrills and their history
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Ingmire, Frances Terry. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=INGMIRE+FRANCES+TERRY&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Abstracted wills of Catawba County, North Carolina, 1842-1870
St. Louis, MO (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136): F.T. Ingmire, c1984.
NC Ref 929.3756785 ING
Ivey, George Franks. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=IVEY+GEORGE+FRANKS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The Ivey family in the United States
Contains Sherrill family information
NC Ref 929.2 IVES
Lyon, Josephine E. Wood (Josephine Elizabeth Wood), 1901- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=LYON+JOSEPHINE+E+WOOD+JOSEPHINE+ELIZABETH+WOOD+1901&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford : the Wood, Sherrill & related families
Josephine E. Wood Lyon & Mary A. Browning.
NC Ref 929.2 WOOD
Photo of the Rankin-Sherrill home on page 80
Sherrill family history begins on page 81
Family charts throughout the text--including Sherrills in KY Chart #7
Indexed
Observer News Enterprise
January 26, 1977
Ancestor of Adam Sherrill: Man Helped Found Camp
Clarence White's story of his life and how Camp Dogwood began.
Reference to a "Pound Party" where each attendee brings a pound of candy or some other refreshments.
August 9, 1991
County native featured Reunion speaker
Army Captain Ernest Todd Sherrill, Persian Gulf war commander speaks during Reunion Day.
June 2, 1998
Couple wed at Newton's First Methodist
Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy
July 13, 2000
Local history lessons found in Sherrill Family Cemetery
By John Grindel, Jr. Staff Writer
Tells an interesting tale of Beauregard "Boots" Sherrill's meeting Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, Kansas.
Oliver, Rebekah Deal. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=OLIVER+REBEKAH+DEAL&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The genealogical record of the descendants of Enos Sherrill: son of Uriah Sherrill who was one of the eight sons of Adam Sherrill, the first white man to cross the Catawba River, N.C.
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Oliver, Duane, 1932- <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=OLIVER+DUANE+1932&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Remembered lives: a narrative history of our family: including the Proctor, Welch, Jones, Marcus, Hoffman, Sherrill, Farley, Cook, Martin, Woodard and Oliver families, and a brief examination of the Hyde, Sawyer and Chambers families
NC Ref 929.2 PROCTOR
Philbeck, Miles S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=PHILBECK+MILES+S&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Caldwell County, North Carolina, will abstracts, 1841-1910
Wilson, NC: [Turner and Philbeck], c1983.
NC Ref 929.3756845 PHI
[260] David Sherrill 13 June 1869/January 1870
Philbeck, Miles S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=PHILBECK+MILES+S&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Lincoln County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779-1910 / compiled by Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. and Grace Turner.
Wilson, NC: G. Turner; Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.S. Philbeck, Jr., c1986.
NC Ref 929.375678 PHI
Wills of Aaron--1828, Adam-1804, Alexander-1831, Elisha-1831, Elizabeth-1834, Enos-1841, Jacob-1810, Joseph-1831, Joshua-1817, Logan W. -1842, M. A.-1874, Martha-1838, Moses-1811, Moses-1829, Susan E.-1902, Theophilus-1873
Powell, William S. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?LabelDisplay&DataNumber=5047581&FormId=-39062&ItemField=1&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Dictionary of North Carolina biography
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1979-
NC Ref 920.0756 DIC v.5
Page 333
Miles Osborne Sherrill-- (26 July 1841-8 April 1919)
Elizabeth Bray Sherrill
Stepping back in Time--Journal
December 1992 (VF Mat.)
Pages 156-164
This article deals mostly with the life of Dr. Josephus Turner, who married an Epsie (Epas) Sherrill-- (her third marriage) who has caused great genealogical confusion through the records she left.
Rucker, Elizabeth Hoyle. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=RUCKER+ELIZABETH+HOYLE&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
The genealogy of Peiter Heyl and his descendents, 1100-1936
NC Ref 929.2 HOYLE
Sherrill, Harold C. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+HAROLD+C&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Descendants of Adam Sherrill
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Sherrill, Mary La Jean Davis <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+MARY+LA+JEAN+DAVIS&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Samuel Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of his descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.1
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.2
Stepping Back in Time, Journal
March 1989, Page 32-37
Elizabeth Bray Sherrill
A Soldier's Story by Miles Osborne Sherrill
(VF Mat.)
Sherrill, William Andrew. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+WILLIAM+ANDREW&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Captain William Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth, and some of their descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Sherrill, William Andrew. <http://library.co.catawba.nc.us/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?Browse&Direction=0&SearchData=SHERRILL+WILLIAM+ANDREW&FormId=0&LimitsId=0&SearchField=2&SearchType=3&ItemsPerPage=10&Config=PAC&Branch=,0,>
Jacob Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of their descendants
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
Smokey Mountain Historical Society Newsletter
Summer, 1987
Littlepage Sims: The Tennessee Years
By Marilyn G. Rowan
Littlepage Sims married Mary Jane Sherrill. The article lists their children.
Pages 38-42
Williams Graveyard
(VF Mat.)
5 pages on the Williams Graveyard in Indian and a list of the known buried there, which includes Alice Sherrill Stipps
Samuel married Margarett PARSONS in 1667 in Maryland.
Children from this marriage were:
34 i. William "The Conestoga Trader" SHERRILL. William married Margaret RUDISIL in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC.
ii. Recompence SHERRILL.
iii. Samuel SHERRILL Jr..
iv. Elizabeth SHERRILL.
Samuel next married Ann HURST in 1655 in Plymouth, England.
69. Margarett PARSONS was born in 1642 in England and died on 11 Dec 1722 in North Carolina at age 80.
Margarett married Samuel "Shipwreck Samuel" SHERRILL in 1667 in Maryland.