1-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
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
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.
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
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
NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL
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. Margarett was born in 1642 in England and died on 11 Dec 1722 in North Carolina at age 80. They had four children: William "The Conestoga Trader," Recompence, Samuel, and Elizabeth.
2-William "The Conestoga Trader" Sherrill 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
Research Notes: From: <mmathis@cei.net>
To: <SHERRILL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:25 PM
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.
Repository:
Call Number: ISBN 0--8063-1282-3
Media: Book
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.
Repository:
Call Number: ISBN 0--8063-1282-3
Media: Book
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.
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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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Mt. Juliet, Wilson Co., TN
Title: Sherrill Ancestors
Author: Dickson, Gregory, Ragsdale, Sherrill, and Tant
Title: #91
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William married Margaret Rudisil in 1690 in Rowan Co, NC. Margaret was born about 1675 in Cecil Co., MD and died in 1747 in Tennessee about age 72. They had six children: Mary, Adam "The Pioneer," David, William, Margaret "Margery" Amanda, and Rueben.
3-Mary Sherrill 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., son of Richard Perkins and Mary Ute. Richard 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. They had 11 children: Richard, Wm Joshua, Isaac, Rueben, Adam, Avarilla, John J, Moses, Benjamin, Mary, and Avington.
Noted events in his life were:
1739 Tax List: MD Baltimore County Spesutiz Hundred.
4-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.
General Notes:
His nick name was Tomahawk Dick. for his pratice of carring a tomahawk in his belt. Richard moved his family to North Carolina some time after 1754. An inquisiton held on July 11 1789 at Lincolnton, Lincoln County North Carolina by Justice John Moore Sr. the jury found that Richard Perkins at age of 76, was killed and murdered by Ezekial Polk Jr. of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina and John Hunter, son of Edward Hunter late of Lincoln county, North Carolina. On the night of the ninth of July by force and arms they assaulted Richard Perkins They violently threw him to the floor of the courthouse and then there threw him out a second story window. He was killed by the drop of over seventeen feet. The jury found Polk and Hunter had no property in Lincoln County. Richard Perkins was the the first person burried at the Old White Church Cemetery now the Emanuel Cemetery.
Ancestor & Desc of Micajah and Martha Perkins Southard, by Ralph Potter
Maryland Marriages: 1634-1777
Pg 138 (1 BA-288)
Pg 138 (1 BA-288)
Descendancy Chart LDS-Robert Biggan Perkins 22 Mar 1997
Church Record
Research Notes: b: Abt 1754 in Lincoln County North Carolina
18 DEC 1713 in Swan Creek St. George's Parish Harford,Maryland Death: 9 JUL 1789 in Lincoln Co.,Abgail,North Carolina Burial: 12 JUL 1789 Emanuel Cemetery
Richard Perkins (Rd, Rd) was born 18 December 1713 St. George's Parish, Baltimore, MD, possibly to Richard's first wife Ann (if she existed). He married Elizabeth CUTCHEN 5 January 1735 there; she was born ca. 1717 Baltimore Co. MD to Robert CUTCHIN/CUTCHEN/GUDGEON, whose estate records are dated 1728 there. Richard seems to have been quite a handful. "At a Superior Court of Justice held for the District of Salisbury at the Court House in Salisbury on the twenty second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five before the honorable Maurice Moore, Esquire assistant Justice for the District aforesaid. The Juriors for our Soverign Lord the King upon their Oath present that John Bridges late of the County of Rowan in the Province of North Carolina planter and Richard Perkins late of the same Planter on the twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four with force and arms at Rowan County aforesaid one Stone Horse of a bay colour and one Stone Horse of a gray Colour of the price of forty shillings lawful money of Great Britain each the property of a person unknown then and there being found did take and lead away against the peace of our soverign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity." This escapade nearly led to a reinactment of the earlier Indian Wars. North Carolina State Records show that they were turned over to the Indians for reprisal. Patent Book 18, p. 144, 6 April 1765, Richard Perkins has 300 acres in Mecklenburgh on the S. fork called Andersons Fork of Mountain Creek near Andersons line. Rowan Co. NC Deeds include one for 28 November 1769 in which Richard Perkins gave son William Perkins power of attorney to recover from Rubin Perkins and Jacob Giles of Baltimore Co. MD for tract of 32 acres-75 acres.In Burke County, North Carolina: "Whereas Joseph Cronkdton Informs me as one of the Justices to Keep the peace that Richard Pirkins, Sr did speak defacted words against the Independence of This State and against the peace and Dignity thereof. This are therefor authorizing--to command you to take the body of Richard Pirkins, Sr and him bring before me or some other Justice of the Peace to answer sd complaint and all other objections and matters which shall be laid against him fail not at your perril given under my hand and seal This 23rd day of July 1778. To James Martain Constable, Give Joseph Cronelton, Warning." Rowan Co. NC Court Minutes for the August Session 1774 has "King vs. William Perkins, Thomas Whitson, Robert Biggin Perkins, Henry Loller, Isaac Lollor, and others, Recog. Bond--condition that Richard Perkins be of good behavior toward Jan Work and all others this Majesty's subjects for 1 year and 1 day." Brigham Young Perkins, a descendant (1111173), refers to him: "He lived in the mountains of old Virginia. He was a large powerful man. He burned pitch and charcoal, and often carried a tomahawk in his belt, by which he earned the name 'Tomahawk Dick.' His ancestors came from England. He had some trouble with the Irish. He whipped thirteen of them one morning before breakfast, and afterwards a good many of them, in a drunken state, threw him out of an upstairs window in a large building and killed him." He was about 76 years old at his death on 9 July 1789 in Lincolnton, Lincoln Co. North Carolina. He was buried in Old White Church Cemetery there, but the church history has him down as "Thomas Perkins," and the court clerk has him as "Thomas Hawkditch," suggesting both misunderstood his nickname. Lincoln Co. NC records have "Inquision Indented Taken this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine at the Court House of the County of Lincoln before me John Moore, Esq'r one of the Justices of the peace for sd county upon view of and upon the oath of Robert Blackburn, David Falls, Robert Luckey, Henry Dellinger, Francis Cunningham, Arthur Graham, John McGanhey, James Bryson, Absolom Bonham, Andrew Hedrick, Michael Sommrow & William Ramsey, good and Lawful men of sd. County who being chaired and sworn to inquire How and in what manner the said Richard Perkins by his death came upon their oathes do say that on the night of the ninth instant in the year aforesaid & at the Court House aforesaid a certain Ezekiel Polk, Junr. of the County of Mecklenburg & State aforesaid and John Hunter son of Edward Hunter late of Lincoln County aforesaid by force and arms did assult the sd Richard Perkins being then and there in the peace of God & under the protection of sd state, and that the said Ezekiel Polk & John Hunter with force and violence did thrown down sd Perkins on the floor of the second story of said Court House and afterward throwed said Perkins out of the window of the second story of said Court house being seventeen foot nine inches high of which fall said Perkins died and so they said Ezekiel Polk & John Hunter him the sd Richard Perkins then & there feloniously killed & wilfully murdered contrary to the Laws & Peace of sd state and further adjourers on their oaths do say that sd Ezekiel Polk, Jr and John Hunter at the time of the murder committed how no goods or chattles lands or tenenants in the said County of Lincoln aforsd. In Testimony whereof I the said John Moor Esqr Justice of the Peace for said County as the juniors aforesaid. To this Inquision have severally put their hands and seals this day and year first above mentioned." This document appeared in the July/August/September 1980 issue of Bits and Pieces published by the Lincoln Co. Historical Association. In the same year in the Jan/Feb/March issue is an article on Old White Church (now Emanuel's Church) in Lincolnton, saying, "The first person ever buried there was killed by a fall from the old Court House window. A rude stone still marks the grave, but there seems to be some discrepency in the memory of parties as to his name. Mr. Casler thinks it was Thomas Perkins, while others say it was Thomas Hawkditch."
Richard married Elizabeth Mc Cutcheon on 5 Jan 1735 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD. Elizabeth was born about 1717 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina. They had four children: Robert Biggin, Richard, Reuben, and Elizabeth.
5-Robert Biggin Perkins Sr. was born on 16 Mar 1736 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD and died on 11 Jun 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 83.
Research Notes: The Shoe Cobbler's Kin: Genealogy of the Peter (Ecker) Eaker, Sr. Family, Volume 2, 1985, p 884.
Robert married Elizabeth Lollar about 1760 in Lincoln Co., NC. Elizabeth was born about 1740 in Lincoln Co., NC and died about 1820 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 80. They had 11 children: Hannah, Ute, Augustus, Robert Biggen, Elizabeth, Reuben, Jesse, Martha, Sarah, Levi, and Dempsey Edward.
6-Hannah Perkins was born on 16 Jul 1761 in Lincoln Co., NC and died about 1820 in Lincoln Co., NC about age 59.
Hannah married John Gaunt on 17 Dec 1789 in Lincoln Co., NC. John was born about 1758 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 6 Jun 1845 in Iredell, North Carolina about age 87.
6-Ute Perkins was born on 15 Jul 1761 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 12 Mar 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL at age 82.
Noted events in his life were:
1790 Census: Cheraws, SC. page 136
Ute married Sarah "Sally" Gant on 15 Jul 1781 in Buncombe, Ashville, NC. Sarah was born on 22 Apr 1760 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 6 Jun 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL at age 85. They had nine children: Reuben, Lavina, Levi, Robert Biggen, Elizabeth Lola, Sarah Lavinia Gant, Anna Woods, Hannah, and Ephrim Adkins.
7-Reuben Perkins was born on 4 Mar 1783 in Lincoln Co., NC.
7-Lavina Perkins was born in 1785 in Lincoln Co., NC.
7-Levi Perkins was born in 1787 in Abbeville, SC.
7-Robert Biggen Perkins was born in 1789 in Abbeville, SC.
7-Elizabeth Lola Perkins was born on 21 Dec 1796 in Abbeville, SC.
7-Sarah Lavinia Gant Perkins was born on 11 Jan 1801 in Abbeville, SC.
7-Anna Woods Perkins was born on 11 Jan 1801 in Abbeville, SC.
7-Hannah Perkins was born in 1808 in White Co., Tn.
7-Ephrim Adkins Perkins was born on 25 Feb 1791 in South Carolina and died on 23 Mar 1856 in Burnside, Hancock, Il at age 65.
6-Augustus Perkins was born in 1763 in Mountian Creek, Lincoln, North Carolina and died on 5 Sep 1834 in Rush Co., Indiana at age 71.
Augustus married Martha Patsy Lines.
Augustus next married Sarah Hackleman.
6-Robert Biggen Perkins was born in 1765 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 54.
6-Elizabeth Perkins was born on 11 Dec 1767 in Lincoln Co., NC.
Elizabeth married Littleton Patillo.
Elizabeth next married Elisha Jones.
6-Reuben Perkins was born in 1770 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 4 Mar 1834 in Lincoln co., Ky at age 64.
Reuben married Nancy Spellman.
Reuben next married Sarah Bonar.
6-Jesse Perkins was born in 1772 in Lincoln Co., NC and died on 13 Mar 1848 in Lincoln Co., NC at age 76.
6-Martha Perkins was born on 22 May 1776 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in 1860 in White Co., Tn at age 84.
Martha married Micajah Southard.
6-Sarah Perkins was born in 1778 in Lincoln Co., NC.
6-Levi Perkins was born on 21 Jun 1782 in Lincoln Co., NC and died in McMinn Co., Tn.
6-Dempsey Edward Perkins was born 28 Auf 1787 in Mt. Creek, Lincoln Co., Nc and died on 2 Apr 1876 in Osage Twp., Benton Co., Ar.
5-Richard Perkins was born before 1738 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina.
Noted events in his life were:
1792 Tax List: Washington Co., Tenn. 200 acres 1 free pole and 0 slaves
Richard married Martha Bridges, daughter of John Bridges and Margaret Perkins, in Lincoln Co., NC. Martha was born about 1769 and died about 1838 in White Marsh Co., North Carolina about age 69.
5-Reuben Perkins was born about 1742 in Lincoln Co., NC.
5-Elizabeth Perkins was born on 12 Nov 1757 in Lincoln Co., NC.
4-Wm Joshua Perkins "Old Jock" 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!!
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Wm married Mary "Polly" Black about 1753 in Bladen Co., SC. Mary was born about 1730 in Scotland and died in South Carolina. They had six children: George, Jacob, Joshua, Isaac, Lewis, and Mary "Polly".
5-George Perkins was born on 12 Nov 1754 in South Carolina.
George married Martha Ashworth on 4 Dec 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Martha was born about 1792 in South Carolina.
5-Jacob Perkins was born about 1756 in South Carolina.
General Notes: Evidence of Jacob Perkins' Revolutionary War Service under R8.105 when the heirs of Jacob Perkins filed on behalf of his widow Ann Graves. The Pension Papers include information about the marriage of Jacob and Nancy Ann GRAVES Perkins by early Tennessee Baptist pioneer preacher, Jonathan Mulkey. Jacob Perkins served in the Revolutionary War with his brothers, George, Isaac, Lewis, and Joshua. He also had a sister, Mary "Polly" Perkins. Jacob's service can be found in his Rev. War Pension Application File (R8.105). He served under General Francis "Swampfox" Marion, as did his brothers.
Ennumerated
1790 Burke County NC
5-Joshua Perkins was born in Nov 1759 in Pee Dee, SC and died in St. Laundry Parish, La..
Joshua married Mary Mixon, daughter of Michah Mixon and Unknown, about 1790. Mary was born about 1760 in Cheraws, SC. They had seven children: Moses, Lucy, Sarah, Jordan, Nicholas C., Elizabeth "Betsy," and Edith "Ida".
6-Moses Perkins was born about 1790 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC.
6-Lucy Perkins was born in 1791 in Indian Territory, SC.
6-Sarah Perkins was born about 1791 in Indian Territory, Pendleton, SC.
Research Notes: Marriage record from Southwest Louisiana Records
Church and Civil Records
Donald J Herbert 1976
Vol 1 1756-1810
pg 448
Sarah married Jesse Ashworth, son of James Ashworth and Keziah Dial, on 3 Oct 1810 in Opelousa Parish, LA. Jesse was born about 1790 in South Carolina. They had eight children: Joshua, Henriette Cely, David, Aaron, William, Louisa, Abner Moses, and Levi A..
7-Joshua Ashworth was born about 1816 in St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana.
7-Henriette Cely Ashworth was born about 1817 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-David Ashworth was born on 5 May 1821 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-Aaron Ashworth was born on 5 May 1821 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-William Ashworth was born about 1823 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-Louisa Ashworth was born about 1826 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-Abner Moses Ashworth was born about 1831 in Chipique Bayou, La..
7-Levi A. Ashworth was born in Dec 1835.
6-Jordan Perkins was born about 1793 in Ninety Six District, SC.
Research Notes: Marriage record from Southwest Louisiana Records
Church and Civil Records
Donald J Herbert 1976
Vol II
Pg 377
Jordan married Jenny Goins, daughter of John Goins and Nancy Johnson, on 12 Mar 1814 in Opelousa Parish, LA. Jenny was born about 1795 in South Carolina. They had seven children: Jacob, Carlotta, Jesse, Hader, Joshua, Washington, and Olive.
7-Jacob Perkins was born about 1815 in Louisiana.
7-Carlotta Perkins was born about 1816 in Louisiana.
7-Jesse Perkins was born about 1817 in Louisiana.
7-Hader Perkins was born about 1827 in Louisiana.
7-Joshua Perkins was born about 1828.
7-Washington Perkins .
7-Olive Perkins .
6-Nicholas C. Perkins 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.
Source: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com
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. They had two children: David and Angelico "Jerico".
7-David Perkins was born in St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana.
7-Angelico "Jerico" Perkins 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
Additional Information see: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lesap&id=I1976
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. Leroy was born on 6 Apr 1816 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi, died on 2 Dec 1877 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory at age 61, and was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan Co., Okl.. They had nine children: Leroy, Simeon, Daniel, Melvina, Turner B., Mary Ann, Hariett, Julie Ann, and Angeline "Angie".
8-Leroy Turnbull was born in Nov 1840.
8-Simeon Turnbull was born on 25 Dec 1843 in Choctow Nation, Indian Territory,.
8-Daniel Turnbull was born on 18 Jan 1844 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Melvina Turnbull was born in 1849 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Turner B. Turnbull was born on 22 Nov 1851 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Mary Ann Turnbull was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Hariett Turnbull was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Julie Ann Turnbull was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
8-Angeline "Angie" Turnbull was born about 1864 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
6-Elizabeth "Betsy" Perkins was born about 1798 in Indian Territory, , SC.
Elizabeth married James Goins, son of Unknown Goins and Unknown. James was born about 1772, died near Mayhew Mission at Boggy Mtn., and was buried in probably Mayhew Mission Graveyard. They had two children: Unknown and Aaron.
7-Unknown Goins .
7-Aaron Goins was born about 1825 in Louisiana.
6-Edith "Ida" Perkins was born about 1802 in Louisiana.
Edith married Stephen Breckenridge Goyens, son of John Goins and Nancy Johnson, on 11 Nov 1826 in Opelousa Parish, LA. Stephen was born in 1804 in South Carolina and died in 1804 in Trinity Co., TX. They had nine children: Turner, Emily, Ernestine, Steve, Louisa, Addison, Alfred, Mary, and Jeane.
Noted events in his life were:
1860 US Census: 1860, Louisiana, Rapides, Alexandria. Family ennumerated pg 162 spelling is Goyens. Stephens age is 56 in this census which is conflicting to his parents age and other siblings birth years, however it is not out of the realm of possibities. Marriage Bond: to Edith Perkins, 17 Nov 1826. States he is the brother of Thomas and they both are of South Carolina. He owned land Deed on 30 Mar 1893 in Trinity Co., TX. Deed from A Youngblood and wife to S. B. Goyens of Polk Co., Texas for 106 acres, terms.
Book O pages 176-177
description of property Book C, page 493
Puchased land next to grandsonson Wm. Collins Goyens.
7-Turner Goyens was born about 1820 in Louisiana.
Research Notes: 1850 Calcasieu louisiana Census ennumerted as Mulatto
Turner married Becky Unknown. Becky was born about 1831.
7-Emily Goyens was born about 1832 in Louisiana.
7-Ernestine Goyens was born about 1834 in Louisiana.
7-Steve Goyens was born about 1825 in Louisiana.
7-Louisa Goyens was born about 1838 in Louisiana.
7-Addison Goyens .
7-Alfred Goyens was born about 1840 in Louisiana.
7-Mary Goyens was born about 1842 in Louisiana.
7-Jeane Goyens was born about 1845 in Calcasieu, Rapides Parish, La..
5-Isaac Perkins was born about 1760 in Little Pee Dee, SC.
Isaac married Mary Sweat, daughter of Robert Sweat and Unknown. Mary was born on 5 May 1784 in Burke, NC.
5-Lewis Perkins was born about 1762 in Bladen Co., SC.
Research Notes: PERKINS, Joseph b. ca 1750 SC d. 1817 bef 12 Dec. Adams Co Natchez Dist. Miss Territory 1780 Sarah Elizabeth m John Elmore; Ezekiel m Elizabeth Harmon 9 Sept 1805 Adams Co.; Sylla (Priscilla?) m Francis Henderson 2 March 1796; Caleb m Sarah Adams; Charles m Elizabeth Harrison 11 Feb 1819; Joel never married; Sarah m James Cocks (Cox); Mary m Wm P. Thomas; Isaac m Edna Bullin 26 Dec 1814
- A History of Miss. Baptist by Mc Lemore page 7; Perkins Cemetery Adams Co.; Adams Co. Marriages by Norman Gillis; Perkins Genealogy; 1792 Spanish Census by Carroll A. McElligot; Spanish Land Grants; Petition in Rapides Parish , La. for a Spanish Land Grant; Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Joseph Perkins will and Probate in Adams Co., Miss.; Carolyn Martin Cole <mailto:bobbye_carolyn@msn.com> -
PERKINS, Lewis 1765-1838 Today's Amite Co about 1808 Martha "Patsey" Gayden m 12 May 1808 Nancy R.; Eliza Lida; Dalcho; Monroe;
SIKES, Benjamin b. 1782 NC d. 28 Jun 1864 LA Arrived in MS abt 1811 and settled in area of Little Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo River in Wilkinson Co, MS; (1) unknown; (2) Catherine JACKSON m 16 Jan 1815 Wilkinson Co, MS; First Wife: 1. Elizabeth b 1805, m James SHAW abt 1824, died 1841/1845 Claiborne Par, LA 2. Jesse b 1807; m (1)Edith Orpha SIMMONS 18 Oct 1827, m (2) Martha Frances (MORGAN) BOUCHER ADAMS, died 1895 Webster Par, LA Second wife - all children b Wilkinson Co, MS. 1. Jackson b 1818; m Elizabeth BAKER 1 May 1834 Wilkinson Co,MS, died 1880/1900 Webster Par,LA 2. Nancy Jane b 1 Dec 1824, m John F. COURTNEY 24 Nov 1844 Wilkinson Co,MS, d 3 Nov 1892 Bowie Co,TX. 3. George Washington b 1828, m Mary Ann AULD 26 Dec 1849 Claiborne Par,LA, d 1863 in Civil War 4. Benjamin Franklin b 1829, m Sophronia HOLLIMAN 26 Dec 1849 Claiborne Par,LA, d Jul 1863 in Civil War.
Planter; Member of Union Missionary Baptist Church; buried at St. Lukes Cem, Evergreen, Webster Par,LA on Bull Hill; MS State census records 1815 thru 1845 in Wilkinson Co,MS; Federal MS census records 1820 thru 1840 in Wilkinson Co,MS; Federal LA census records 1850 and 1860 in Claiborne Par,LA; Marriage and land records in Wilkinson Co,MS and Claiborne Par,LA; Jesse SIKES Bible records; Succession Record of Benjamin SIKES in 1864 in Claiborne Par,LA; Cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; Passport info issued to Benjamin SIKES in 1810 by Governor of Georgia to cross Indian lands. Dennis Maguire <mailto:dennisp@jps.net> -
SIMMONS, James d. about 1786 Living at Coles Creek Settlement on bluffs near creek confluence with Mississippi River, by January 1777. Ursula Cleveland Daughter, m. William Curtis; Charles Simmons, b. 1750, m. Elizabeth Davis; Daughter, m. Clement Dyson; Daughter, m. Squire Thomas Smiley; Daughter, m. Joseph Bonner; James Simmons, b. ca. 1775, m. Nancy Sullivan; Jacob Simmons, m. Polly;
Had a 550 acre tract surveyed on 8 January 1777. Last known petition for land was on 25 November 1785. Julia Clare Gurley Simmons, Some Descendants of James Simmons Natchez District 1777 (Houston, 1975), based on Natchez court records found in the McBee Collection. David Nolan <mailto:nolandx@hotmail.com> -
5-Mary "Polly" Perkins was born about 1764 in Liberty, TN.
4-Isaac Perkins was born about 1718 in St. George Parish, Baltimore Co., MD.
Research Notes: Ennumerated 1810 Opelousas Parish, La. Census
Isaac Perkins Jr.
Free people of Color North Carolina and Virginia
Free African Americans Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina
Virginia North and South Carolina
First Families of Imperial Calcasieu Parish Louisiana
Isaac married Mary Lee in May 1739 in St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Md. They had three children: Olive, Isaac Jr., and William.
5-Olive Perkins was born about 1760 in Burke County, North Carolina and died in Rapides Parish, LA.
Research Notes:
First Families of Imperial Calcasieu Parish Louisiana
Olive married Ephraim Sweat, son of Robert Sweat and Unknown. Ephraim was born in 1765 in Burke, NC and died in May 1830 in Chipique Bayou, Rapides Parish, La. at age 65. They had ten children: Gideon "Gadi," William, Sarah, Nancy, Mary M., Elizabeth "Betsy," Johnson, Olive, Ephraim, and Robert.
Noted events in his life were:
1790 Census: Burke County, North Carolina. Sweat, Ephraim, 1,2,3,0,0 Migration: From South Carolina, Bef 1810, St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana. The family may have a brief stop during migration in Misissippi
6-Gideon "Gadi" Sweat was born about 1782 in Burke, NC and died in 1860 in Rapides Parish, LA about age 78.
General Notes: In his later years he moved to what is now Vernon, Parish. He was probably responsible for the clearing and establishment of the farm and home site in Calcasieu River, near Slagle, Louisiana, now known as the old Wise family home.
Census records of 1860 list him being born in South Carolina
Jacob Collection
Research Notes: Pam Hartley 1982 sent me her Perkins/Sweat files. Most of the information on the extended family came from her. The Martins of Sabine Territory by Lawrence Everett Martin Sweat Families of the South by Erbon Wise Rawhide Fight in Vernon Parish, La.
Opelousas Parish, Louisiana
To all who these may concern know yee that I GEORGE
KING Judge in & for the Parish of Saint Landry have
this day the 18th of April 1811, by virtue of the
power in me ------- by Law joined together in
Matrimony GIDEON SWEAT legitimate son of EPHRAIM
SWEAT and OLIVE PERKINS with LETTY JOHNSON
legitimate daughter of FRANCIS JOHNSON and SARAH
GIBSON all of this parish*. In ----- where of the said
GIDEON SWEAT & LETTY JOHNSON have here unto made
their ordinary marks not knowing how to write in
presence of GIBSON JOHNSON**, THOMAS DUNBAR
and ISAAC BALDWIN who have here unto signed as
----- ----- me the Judge aforesaid.
GIBSON JOHNSTON** Mark of X GIDEON SWEAT THOMAS DUNBAR Mark of X LETTY JOHNSON ISAAC BALDWIN
Know all men by these present that we AGENTON WILLIS
and GIBSON JOHNSON are held and firmly bound unto
WILLIAM C C CLAIBORNE Governor of the Territory of
Orleans in the final sum of two hundred dollars and for
true and faithful payment ------------------------------------
conditioned that where as the above bound GIDEON
SWEAT for this day obtain License to marry LETTY
JOHNSON -- --- ---- at Opelousas this 18th day of April
1811
AGETION WILLIS Mark x of
in presence of GIDEON SWEAT
THOMAS DUNBAR GIBSON JOHNSTON**
Noted events in his life were:
1810 Census: 1820 Census: St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Gideon and Lettitia (Johnson) listed. Deed: Land, 1 Oct 1845, Rapides Parish, LA. Gadi Sweat 80 acres adjacent property; Gideon & Elizabeth Johnson 161.22 acres; Isaac Ventioner 80.61 acres. 1860 US Census:
Gideon married Lettitia "Letty" Johnson, daughter of Francis Johnson and Sarah Gibson, on 18 Apr 1811 in St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana. Lettitia was born about 1795 in Burke, NC and died before 1860 in Vernon Parish, La.. They had eight children: Robert, Sarah, Charlotte, Matilda, Leonard Covington, Harriet, Levy, and Mary E..
Noted events in her life were:
1830 Census: 1 Oct 1830, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
7-Robert Sweat .
7-Sarah Sweat .
Sarah married Avery Amos on 25 Jan 1819 in Wilkenson, Mississippi.
7-Charlotte Sweat was born about 1811 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana and died about 1888 about age 77.
Noted events in her life were:
1880 Federal Census: Trinity Co., TX.
Charlotte married Josiah Johnston, son of Moses Johnston and Nancy Roberts, on 14 Jun 1831 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Josiah was born about 1803 in Opelousa Parish, LA, died on 27 Nov 1885 about age 82, and was buried in Dean Cemetery, Groveton, Trinity Co., Texas. They had 12 children: Lucinda, Aaron C., Adeline, Charles, Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jonathan, Francis, Mitchel, Lucretia, and Josiah M.
Noted events in his life were:
1820 Census: Trinity Co., TX. Josiah Johnson 70 yrs. old wife Sharlot 65 yrs. old
Children living with them
Catherine 28 yrs. old
Josiah 25 yrs. old
8-Lucinda Johnston was born about 1834.
8-Aaron C. Johnston was born about 1836.
8-Adeline Johnston was born about 1838.
8-Charles Johnston was born about 1840.
8-Catherine Johnston was born on 6 Dec 1843, died on 24 Jul 1906 at age 62, and was buried in Dean Cemetery, Groveton, Trinity Co., Texas.
Noted events in her life were:
1880 Federal Census: Trinity Co., TX. Enumerated with living with parents 28 yrs. old
8-Elizabeth Johnston was born about 1844.
8-Sarah Johnston was born about 1847.
8-Jonathan Johnston was born about 1849, died about 1870 about age 21, and was buried in Dean Cemetery, Groveton, Trinity Co., Texas.
8-Francis Johnston was born about 1851.
8-Mitchel Johnston was born about 1852 in Louisiana, died on 18 Aug 1890 about age 38, and was buried in Dean Cemetery, Groveton, Trinity Co., Texas.
8-Lucretia Johnston was born about 1854.
8-Josiah M Johnston .
Noted events in his life were:
1880 Federal Census: Trinity Co., TX. Enumerated 25 yrs old living with parents and sister Catherine
7-Matilda Sweat was born about 1812 in Mississippi.
Research Notes: jacob Collection
Noted events in her life were:
1850 Cesus: Slagle, Louisiana. Ennumerated living with her mother and grandfather, Gideon Sweat.
Matilda married Isaac Ventioner on 3 Dec 1826 in Avoyelles Parish, La. Isaac was born about 1803 in Avoyelles Parish, La. and died about 1858 about age 55. They had three children: Matilda, Elizabeth Mathilda, and Elizabeth.
Noted events in his life were:
He owned land 80 acres in Ten Mile Creek, Rapides Parish, La.. SW corner of Rapides Parish, La. 1830 Census: St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. 80.61 acres adjucent to Gideon Johnson & Elizabeth Sweat
8-Matilda Ventioner was born in Aug 1823 in Avoyelles Parish, La..
8-Elizabeth Mathilda Ventioner was born about 1819 and died in 1905 about age 86.
Elizabeth married Jerimiah M Bass, son of John Bass and Delaney Taylor. Jerimiah was born on 10 Jun 1819 in Hineston, Rapides Parish, LA and died 18 Jun1869 in Louisiana. They had nine children: Lewis Caston, Catherine Lucretia Kate, William James, Polly Ann, Eliza Jane, Marion Columbus, Margaret, Moses Jeremiah, and Alpha Emiline.
9-Lewis Caston Ventioner .
9-Catherine Lucretia Kate Bass was born on 26 Sep 1880.
9-William James Bass was born on 6 Jul 1871 in Vernon Parish, La..
William married Ellen Jones on 7 Oct 1893. Ellen was born about 1875. They had four children: Alpha Emeline, Mary Jane, George W, and James Haywood.
10-Alpha Emeline Bass was born on 3 Aug 1848 and died on 16 Sep 1878 at age 30.
10-Mary Jane Bass was born in Sep 1895 and died in Jan 1981 at age 85.
Mary married Arnold Moody. Arnold was born about 1891 in Vernon Parish, La.. They had one child: Billie Joe.
11-Billie Joe Moody was born about 1921.
10-George W Bass was born on 28 Jun 1903 and died on 12 Mar 1906 at age 2.
10-James Haywood Bass was born on 24 May 1910 in Natchitoches Parish, La. and died on 26 Dec 1915 at age 5.
9-Polly Ann Bass was born on 20 Jan 1873.
Polly married Henry C Gordy about 1889.
9-Eliza Jane Bass was born on 2 Dec 1874.
9-Marion Columbus Bass was born on 31 Aug 1876.
9-Margaret Bass was born on 11 Dec 1878.
9-Moses Jeremiah Bass was born on 2 Dec 1882.
9-Alpha Emiline Bass was born on 3 Aug 1898.
8-Elizabeth Ventioner was born in 1840 in Louisiana.
7-Leonard Covington Sweat was born on 8 Dec 1812 in Bayou, St Landry Parish, Louisiana and died after 1872 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
Research Notes: Pam Hartley 1982 sent me her Perkins/Sweat files. Most of the information on the extended family came from her.
Jacob Collection
Sam Houston Library
Liberty, Texas
Mr. Sweat was evidently of strong character and a leader in the community. He participated in the famous Rawhide Fight in Vernon Parish, La. about 1851and led a posse of vigilanties in cleaning up the "Jayhawkers" who plagued the area during the War between the States with their robberies and murders. Children of Leonard "Uncle Linn" and Elizabeth Sweat who moved to Texas following the Rawhide Fight.
It has been said he and son Gadi were killed in a fued with the NASH & KEEFER families.
Noted events in his life were:
Military: 27th La. Infantry, 23 Mar 1862. Inlisted at either Rapides or New Orleans, La. Captured and paroled Vicksburg, Mississippi 4 Jul 1863. 1870 US Fed Census: Madison Co., Texas.
Leonard married Elizabeth Burgess, daughter of Andrew Burgess and Unknown, on 22 Dec 1828 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Elizabeth was born about 1813 in Natchitoches Parish, La. and died before 1870 in Texas. They had 11 children: Mary, Leonard Covington, Henry, Elizabeth, Missouri, Matilda, William, Gady, Nancy Elizabeth, Louisa, and Sarah.
Noted events in her life were:
1850 Cesus: Rapides Parish, LA. Enumerated as 37 yrs. old with Leonard (Lemuel C) and children
Mary 18
Henry 13
Leonard 11
Elizabeth 9
Missouri 7
Nancy 4
Louisa 2
Sylvester Curtis
8-Mary Sweat was born about 1832 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Mary married Sylvester Curtis. Sylvester was born about 1828. They had six children: Macenia, Vienna, Steven, Leonard, Missouri, and Pheobe.
Noted events in his life were:
1850 Cesus: Rapides Parish, LA. Enumerated living with future parents-in-law
9-Macenia Curtis was born about 1852.
9-Vienna Curtis was born about 1854.
9-Steven Curtis was born about 1857.
9-Leonard Curtis was born about 1859.
9-Missouri Curtis .
9-Pheobe Curtis was born about 1864.
8-Leonard Covington Sweat Jr. was born on 10 Dec 1835 in Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, died on 18 Dec 1931 in Vernon Parish, La. at age 96, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Research Notes: Ennumerated
1880 Vernon Parish, La. Census
Leonard married Mary C. Groves, daughter of James Jr. Groves and Nancy Perkins. Mary was born on 21 Sep 1840, died on 24 Dec 1902 at age 62, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La.. They had ten children: James Henry "Bud," Emma, Lee, Laura V., William Penn, Nancy Elizabeth, Almarinda E., Mary C., Annette, and Andrew J..
9-James Henry "Bud" Sweat was born about 1860 in Natchitoches Parish, La..
James married Ella Wales. Ella was born on 25 Aug 1859. They had one child: Gracie Berton.
10-Gracie Berton Sweat was born about 1869 in Natchitoches Parish, La..
9-Emma Sweat was born on 11 Feb 1861, died on 1 Feb 1876 in Vernon Parish, La. at age 14, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
General Notes: Dbl Stone with sister Almarinda Sweat.
9-Lee Sweat was born on 2 Apr 1864, died on 10 Mar 1910 at age 45, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Lee married P. Caroline "Dollie" Hall. P. was born on 24 Nov 1871, died on 15 Jul 1959 at age 87, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La.. They had six children: Willie Jackson, Ida, Henry, Andrew Jackson, James W., and Sam H..
10-Willie Jackson Sweat was born on 23 May 1895, died on 23 May 1928 at age 33, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
10-Ida Sweat was born on 1 Mar 1901, died on 29 Mar 1987 at age 86, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Ida married Houston Townley. Houston was born on 16 Jun 1900, died on 25 Oct 1962 at age 62, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La.. They had three children: Henry, Jackie Jackson, and Tilley Gertrude.
11-Henry Townley was born on 31 Oct 1905, died in Nov 1968 at age 63, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
11-Jackie Jackson Townley was born on 25 Jun 1924 and died on 15 Mar 1987 in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La. at age 62.
11-Tilley Gertrude Townley was born on 1 Jun 1920, died on 15 Mar 1987 at age 66, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
10-Henry Sweat was born on 31 Oct 1905, died on 29 Nov 1968 at age 63, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
10-Andrew Jackson Sweat was born on 28 Mar 1908, died on 15 Mar 1987 at age 78, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Andrew married Hazel Wiley. Hazel was born on 16 Jan 1914, died on 27 Jul 1976 at age 62, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La.. They had one child: Helen "Doris".
11-Helen "Doris" Sweat was born on 7 Dec 1937, died on 7 Feb 1977 at age 39, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
10-James W. Sweat was born on 31 Aug 1892, died on 19 Aug 1896 at age 3, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
10-Sam H. Sweat was born on 14 Jun 1897, died on 3 Nov 1964 at age 67, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-Laura V. Sweat was born on 22 Jul 1866, died on 15 Mar 1888 in Vernon Parish, La. at age 21, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-William Penn Sweat was born on 25 Dec 1869, died on 13 Nov 1956 at age 86, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
William married Alma Chester. Alma was born on 30 Dec 1873, died on 16 Mar 1965 at age 91, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-Nancy Elizabeth Sweat was born on 21 Feb 1872, died on 23 Apr 1943 at age 71, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Nancy married Charles Steven Wise, son of William Wise and Corrine Hunt. Charles was born on 26 Aug 1878, died on 27 Nov 1940 at age 62, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-Almarinda E. Sweat was born on 29 Mar 1874, died on 19 Jan 1875 in Vernon Parish, La., and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
General Notes: Dbl stone with sister Emma Sweat.
9-Mary C. Sweat was born on 24 Oct 1876, died on 16 Feb 1898 in Vernon Parish, La. at age 21, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
Mary married James Pinkney Groves, son of Linson P. Groves and Lettie M. Johnson. James was born on 1 Jan 1875, died on 5 May 1940 at age 65, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-Annette Sweat was born on 8 Jan 1878, died on 8 Feb 1902 in Vernon Parish, La. at age 24, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
9-Andrew J. Sweat was born on 28 Mar 1883, died on 20 Feb 1888 at age 4, and was buried in Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish, La..
8-Henry Sweat was born about 1837 in Ten Mile Creek, Rapides Parish, La..
Noted events in his life were:
1850 Cesus: Rapides Parish, LA.
8-Elizabeth Sweat was born about 1841 in Ten Mile Creek, Rapides Parish, La. and died about 1918 about age 77.
Elizabeth married Zeddie Gibson.
8-Missouri Sweat was born about 1843 in Ten Mile Creek, Rapides Parish, La. and was buried in Post Oak Cemetery, Franklin, Robertson Co., Tx.
Noted events in his life were:
1850 Cesus: Rapides Parish, LA.
8-Matilda Sweat was born about 1847 in Rapides Parish, LA, died in 1898 in Texas about age 51, and was buried in Nash Cemetery, No. Zulch, Madison, TX..
Research Notes: >After Francis Smith Taylor Sweat died, Delaney Taylor Bass filed suit in St Landry, Parish, for her mother's
portion of Gilbert Sweat's estate. It was contested against Gady Sweat, brother to Gilbert, who claimed he
was the heir to his brothers estate since Gilbert died without issue. Delaney was the plaintiff and Gady was the
defendant in the suit.<
This is the correct information, I hope. :-)
Gilbert died on 25 May 1830 according to the petition to the St. Landry Parish Probate Court of his brother,
Ephraim, who stated that he was the only heir of Gilbert who died leaving a considerable amount of property which consisted of lands, slaves, horses and cattle [Wise, Sweat Families of the South, 15-17].
Also, Opelousas Parish later became St Landry Parish.
Sorry for the mix-up.
Two brothers, Gideon/Gadi and Ephriam Sweat came to LA from the Carolina's in the early 1800's to 1810. Gideon married Francis Smith and had a plantation near Turkey Creek, LA. There were no children born of this union. Ephriam married Olive Perkins and are the ancestors of most Sweats in West Central LA and East Texas. I descend from their son Gadi who married Letty Johnson. They also had a son Ephriam. These Sweats and other related families were, as family tradition says, following the Rev. Joseph Willis, the first Baptist Minister west of the Mississippi. There is a book entitled "Sweat Families of the South" written by General Erbon Wise that has most of this genealogy in it. I don't have this information in front of me but I do know that around 1851 there was a large migration of Sweats, Perkins, Nash, Willis', etc to East Texas. This was after the "Raw Hyde and Bloody Fight" that took place at Walnut Hill, LA in which several people were killed. My ancestor Leonard Covington Sweat, his wife Elizabeth Burgess, most of their children and their respective families left LA at that time. If I can help find something for you please let me know.
Cheryl Perkins
Matilda married Unknown Mason about 1860 in Louisiana.
Matilda next married Emanuel Command Nash, son of James Nash and Mary "Polly" Perkins, on 12 Dec 1883 in Robertson, Texas. Emanuel was born on 18 Dec 1843 in Rapides Parish, LA, died on 10 Jul 1947 at age 103, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX.. They had six children: Guide Emanuel, Caion, Gussie, Will, Robert "Rob," and John.
Noted events in his life were:
1870 US Fed Census: Madison Co., Texas. Enumerated 26 yrs old born in Louisiana married to Nancy with children Martha, William and Charlie He received his Cherokee Nation citizenship on 11 Jul 1896. made claim to be listed on the Cherokee Nation Citizenship Rolls along with most of his sibblings who where alive at that date.
9-Guide Emanuel Nash was born on 22 Aug 1885 in Madison Co., TX., died on 28 Jun 1967 at age 81, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX..
Guide married Missouri Lacey Goins, daughter of William Collins Goins and Amanda Lavina Sanford, on 18 Sep 1909 in Madison Co., TX. Missouri was born on 23 Jul 1886 in Polk Co., TX., died on 19 Apr 1963 at age 76, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX.. They had nine children: Maxine, Viva Viola, Audey "Bill," Mary Bracie, Vivian Christine, Robbie Looney, Lois Faye, Guy "Sambo," and Angus Arden.
10-Maxine Nash was born on 16 Sep.
Maxine married Arvle Woodrow Stringer, son of Doc Willis Stringer and Corene "Rosie" Stephens. Arvle was born on 9 Dec 1914 in Diboll, Angelina Co., TX.. They had three children: Linda, Ann, and Billy.
11-Linda Stringer .
11-Ann Stringer .
11-Billy Stringer .
10-Viva Viola Nash was born on 15 Feb 1910 in Brazos County, TX and died in Aug 1943 at age 33.
Viva married Cyllis Hollis. They had three children: Allene, Murlene, and Cyllis.
11-Allene Hollis .
11-Murlene Hollis .
11-Cyllis Hollis .
10-Audey "Bill" Nash was born on 2 Aug 1911 in Madison Co., Texas, died on 19 Oct 1981 at age 70, and was buried in Garden Of Memories, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas.
Audey married Brink Stringer, son of Doc Willis Stringer and Corene "Rosie" Stephens. Brink was born on 4 Dec 1911, died on 6 May 1986 at age 74, and was buried in Garden Of Memories, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas. They had two children: Charles Renee and Maybelle.
11-Charles Renee Stringer was born on 17 Jan 1940.
11-Maybelle Stringer was born on 11 Sep 1930 and died in 2003 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX at age 73.
12-Private
Private married Karen Lindsey. They had three children: Amy Leigh, Ashley Lindsey, and kristin Lindsey.
13-Amy Leigh Hearne was born on 26 Dec 1976 in Brenham, Texas.
13-Ashley Lindsey Hearne was born on 19 May 1982 in Huntsville, Texas.
13-kristin Lindsey Hearne was born on 31 Dec 1983 in Huntsville, Texas.
12-Private
Private married Carrie Seale. They had four children: Christy Lynn, Michael Stephen, Paul Douglas, and Kyle Mathew.
13-Christy Lynn Hearne .
13-Michael Stephen Hearne was born on 16 Aug 1979.
13-Paul Douglas Hearne was born on 8 Nov 1986.
13-Kyle Mathew Hearne was born on 17 Aug 1988.
12-Private
Private married Charles Arthur Barkley. They had two children: Stephen Taylor and Kimbely Dawn.
13-Stephen Taylor Barkley was born on 3 Jun 1967 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX.
13-Kimbely Dawn Barkley was born on 30 Oct 1970 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX.
Private next married Robert Page.
10-Mary Bracie Nash was born on 28 Jul 1914 in Trinity Co., TX, died in 1917 at age 3, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX..
10-Vivian Christine Nash was born on 27 Jul 1916 in Trinity Co., TX.
Vivian married Hollis.
Vivian next married Carl Johns. They had three children: Shirley, Michael, and Gary.
11-Shirley Johns .
11-Michael Johns .
11-Gary Johns .
10-Robbie Looney Nash was born on 30 Aug 1918 in Trinity Co., TX.
Robbie married Leonard Stringer, son of Doc Willis Stringer and Corene "Rosie" Stephens, on 26 Dec 1936 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX. Leonard was born on 8 Dec 1914 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX, died in Nov 1999 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX at age 84, and was buried in Garden Of Memories, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas. They had four children: Carl Wayne, Jimmy Neil, Gloria Ann, and Bobby Lynn.
11-Carl Wayne Stringer was born on 10 Nov 1938 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX. Another name for Carl was Pod.
General Notes: Carl Wayne Stringer's father is listed as "Kenard Stringer" should be Leonard on his birth certificate.
Noted events in his life were:
He served in the military United States Army in Korea.
Carl married Peggy Joan Reathaford, daughter of James Clifford Reathaford and Marjorie Joan Herren, on 11 Jan 1962 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Peggy was born on 11 Jul 1937 in Versailles , Brown Co., Ill. They had four children: Randall Carl, Crystal Joan, Stacy Robin, and Tammy Gay.
12-Randall Carl Stringer was born in Galesburg, Knox Co., Ill..
Noted events in his life were:
He was adopted in Texas. Randy and Cristy are the son and daughter of Cedrick Dowell, Carl Stringer adopted them in Texas.
Randall married Lynn Poland. They had two children: Austin Jennings and Jordan Travis.
13-Austin Jennings Stringer .
13-Jordan Travis Stringer .
Randall next married Norma Teague.
Randall next married Melissa Atwood.
12-Crystal Joan Stringer was born on 2 Mar 1959 in Galesburg, Knox Co., Ill..
Noted events in her life were:
She was adopted in Texas. Crist and Randy were adopted in Texas, by Carl Stringer.
Crystal married Robert Eldon Caruthers, son of Robert Eldon Caruthers and Margaret Ella Stracke, on 10 Jan 1980 in Sugar Land, Texas. Robert was born on 5 Jan 1980 in Waco, Mclennon Co., Texas. They had three children: Davis Wayne, Cole Robert, and Blake Edward.
13-Davis Wayne Caruthers was born on 4 Apr 1989 in Houston, Harris Co., TX..
13-Cole Robert Caruthers was born on 22 Nov 1994 in Houston, Harris Co., TX..
13-Blake Edward Caruthers was born on 17 May 1994 in Houston, Harris Co., TX..
Crystal next married Cedrick Dowell.
12-Stacy Robin Stringer was born on 17 Nov 1965 in Victoria, Victoria, TX.
Stacy married Hassan Abed Abukuppeh, son of Abdul Rhaman Abukuppeh and Heam Rout-root, on 26 Oct 1983 in Missouri City, Rosenburg, Texas. The marriage ended in divorce. Hassan was born on 26 Jun 1963 in Amman, Jodan. They had two children: Thabbett "Tad" and Nadia Nichole.
13-Thabbett "Tad" Abukuppeh was born on 17 Dec 1985 in Houston, Harris Co., TX..
13-Nadia Nichole Abukuppeh was born on 16 Jun 1987 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT.
Stacy next married Stephen Ralph Webb, son of Stephen Earl Webb and Izora May Thomas, on 15 Apr 1990 in Owhyee Co., Idaho. Stephen was born on 29 Jan 1947 in Vancouver, Washington, died on 7 Jan 1995 in Owyhee Co., Idaho at age 47, and was buried in Marsing/Homedale Cem., Owyhee Co., Idaho.
12-Tammy Gay Stringer was born on 24 Oct 1967 in Houston, Harris Co., TX..
Tammy married Craig Morgan Lankford, son of Robert Lankford and Lavern Olney. Craig was born on 28 Sep 1965 in Waco, McLennon Co., Texas. They had two children: Tyler Morgan and Amber Lyndsey.
13-Tyler Morgan Lankford was born on 10 May 1991 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho.
13-Amber Lyndsey Lankford was born on 22 Nov 1992 in Califorinia.
11-Jimmy Neil Stringer was born on 13 Dec 1940 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX, died in 1962 at age 22, and was buried in Memorial Gardens, Angelina, Texas.
Jimmy married Deloris Botard. They had one child: Bennet Kyle.
12-Bennet Kyle Stringer .
11-Gloria Ann Stringer was born on 29 Dec 1945 in Angelina Co., TX.
Gloria married Keith Allred, son of Unknown and Unknown. They had three children: Donnie Amanda, Jody Carlaryn, and Stephen Christopher.
12-Donnie Amanda Allred was born on 21 Aug 1965 in Angelina Co., TX.
12-Jody Carlaryn Allred was born on 17 Jan 1967 in Angelina Co., TX.
12-Stephen Christopher Allred was born on 29 Feb 1968.
11-Bobby Lynn Stringer was born on 24 Jun 1947 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX.
10-Lois Faye Nash was born on 21 Jun 1921 in Trinity Co., TX, died on 18 Oct 1923 at age 2, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX..
10-Guy "Sambo" Nash was born on 30 May 1928 in Angelina Co., TX.
Guy married Margie Ruth Watson. They had three children: Pamela Kay "Pam," Danny Ray, and Tonya Gaye.
11-Pamela Kay "Pam" Nash .
11-Danny Ray Nash .
11-Tonya Gaye Nash .
10-Angus Arden Nash was born on 28 Jun 1931 in Angelina Co., TX, died on 28 Jun 1931, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cem., Trinity Co., TX..