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Samuel Sherrill
1725 - 1800 (74 years)
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Name Samuel Sherrill Born 1 Oct 1725 Cecil County, Maryland 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID LZP5-4CM Died 22 Jun 1800 Washington County, Tennessee Person ID I17214 DNA Family 1 Genealogies Last Modified 19 Oct 2021
Father Adam Sherrill, b. 1697, Cecil County, Maryland , d. Bef 4 May 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 77 years) Mother Elizabeth Corzine, b. 1701, Cecil County, Maryland , d. 1769, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 68 years) Married Abt 1722 Chester County, Pennsylvania Family ID F6490 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Jones Davidson, b. Abt 1731, d. 29 Sep 1794, Washington County, Tennessee (Age ~ 63 years) Married 1745 North Carolina Alt. Marriage 1746 Children 1. Uriah Sherrill, b. 12 Feb 1757, Yadkin River Section, North Carolina , d. Apr 1838, Macon County, North Carolina (Age 81 years)Last Modified 4 May 2006 Family ID F6489 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Will of Samuel Sherrill, Tenn. Tombstone records, Vol. 1, p.21-22,
Samuel Sherrill of the County of Washington and State of Tennessee, being sick and being much indisposed in body but of sound mind and memory, calling to recollection that it isappointed that all men are to depart this mortal life, do make and constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament, and do will and bequeath such worldly goods and property as it hath please God to possess me with in the following manner, to wit:
Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter, Catherine Sevier, wife of John Sevier, Sr., a Negro wench named Rachel and her young child called Sarah about 10 weeks old, which Negroes and with their increase I give and bequeath unto the said Catherine Sevier and the heirs of her body forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son, Uriah Sherrill, one Negro man slave named Smart, about thirty-five years old.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son, John Sherrill, a Negro boy called Jim, about three years old, the son of a wench called Violet.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved daughter Mary Jones, the wife of Littlepage Simms, my two Negro women called Jane and Martha.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my two and well beloved sons, George and William Sherrill, my plantation and tract of land on which I now live containing as expressed in the original grant two hundred fifty acres and being land I purchased from John Sevier = the same being divided in the following manner, that is to say beginning on the lower corner of the tract lying on the River Nollchucky, adjoining the tract lands of John Sevier, Sr., then running up the river ninety-one poles, there to corner from thence to run nearly a north course or such course as will not include a greater quantity than one hundred acres which is to be formed into one division, being the lower and the one adjoining next to the lands of John Sevier, which lands I allot, give and bequeath unto my son, George Sherrill and his heirs and assigns forever, and also together with the aforesaid land one Negro woman named Lucky, supposed to be about forty years old.
Item: I give and bequeath all the remainder of the said tract of land lying above unto my son, William Sherrill, and his heirs and assigns forever, and I also give and bequeath unto my son, William, all my stock, horses, cows, hogs, beasts or every kind whatever, and my household furniture of every description that is or may be in my possession at the time of my decease.
Having given unto my son, Adam Sherrill, two Negroes, being the proportionate part I have intended for his legacy, I not only will and bequeath unto him the aforesaid Adam three dollars in addition to what I have heretofore given him.
He named John Sevier, Sr., and William Sherrill executors. The will is dated June 4, 1800, witnessed by Benjamin Were and George Were (Weir), proved August 1800 with William Sherrrill qualifying as executor. Washington Co., TN Will Book.
Samuel fought at the Battle of King's Mountain during the Revoluntionary War.This is from the book "King's Mountain Men" by Katrina Keough White. Samuel Sherrill was in the King's Mountain and several other engagements, as were also his sons, Adam, George, and Samuel, Jr.
The indians, two hundred strong, made an attack on the Sherrill Station on the Nollichucky in 1788 and were in the act of of firing the building when put to a fight by Colonel Sevier with forty men.
Adam was at the Battle of Boyd's Creek. The men who returned with him from King's Mountain and were with him at Boyd's Creek were these: Col. Sevier, Majors Sharp, Walden and Tipton, Captains Guess, Russell, Pruett, Stinson, Roddy Carter, Hadley, and Brown, Leit. Lane and John Ward, James Hubbard, Jeremiah Jack, Isaac Taylor, George Doherty, and Nathan G ............ Tipton was severaly wounded at Boyd's Creek and Adam Sherrill had several broken ribs by a fall from his horse. In March 1780, Washington Co. raised 100 men to go with General Rutherford to the aid of South Carolina, and everyone was a King's Mountain man. Samuel Sherrill settled in the Watauga settlement in what is now a part of Wahington or Sullivan Co., TN. He afterward settled on the Nola Chucky River, and his residence was known as the "Daisy Fields".
1771, signed the petition which let to the formation of Burke Co.
February 1782, his home was attacked by Indians
September 21, 1788, his home was again attacked by Indians
Planation name was "Daisy Fields"
Presbyterian
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Descendant Register, Generation No. 1
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1. Mary DAVIDSON (George DAVIDSON1). She married Samuel SHERRILL 1746, son of Adam SHERRILL. He was born 1 OCT 1725 in Cecil County, Maryland, and died 22 JUN 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee.
Children of Mary DAVIDSON and Samuel SHERRILL are:
+ 2 i. Samuel SHERRILL JR. was born 1748 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1791.
3 ii. Susan SHERRILL was born 1752 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1785. She married Leroy TAYLOR.
+ 4 iii. Catherine "Bonnie Kate" SHERRILL was born 1756 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 7 OCT 1836 in Russellville, Alabama.
+ 5 iv. John SHERRILL was born 1756 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 18 NOV 1823 in Overton County, Tennessee.
+ 6 v. Uriah SHERRILL was born 12 FEB 1757 in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, and died APR 1836 in Macon County, North Carolina.
7 vi. William SHERRILL was born 1758 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
+ 8 vii. Adam SHERRILL was born 10 MAR 1758 in North Carolina, and died 1827 in Cumberland County, Tennessee.
+ 9 viii. Mary SHERRILL was born 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1855.
+ 10 ix. George Davidson SHERRILL was born SEP 1762, and died 18 MAR 1840 in Coffee County, Tennessee.
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Descendant Register, Generation No. 2
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2. Samuel SHERRILL JR. (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 1748 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1791. He married Altha ????.
Children of Samuel SHERRILL JR. and Altha ???? are:
+ 11 i. Samuel Doak SHERRILL.
12 ii. Mary SHERRILL was born 19 SEP 1779 in Tennessee, and died 3 MAY 1825 in Monroe County, Tennessee. She married Robert MCTEER JR. 22 MAR 1798, son of Robert MCTEER.
13 iii. Lettice SHERRILL was born 21 MAY 1784.
+ 14 iv. Uriah SHERRILL.
15 v. George SHERRILL.
16 vi. William SHERRILL.
4. Catherine "Bonnie Kate" SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 1756 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 7 OCT 1836 in Russellville, Alabama. She was buried in Knoxville Court House lawn, Knoxville, Tennessee. She married John SEVIER 14 AUG 1780, son of Valentine Xavier SEVIER and Joana GOODE. He was born 23 SEP 1745 in Rockingham County, Virginia, and died 24 SEP 1815 in Fort Decatur, Alabama. He was buried in Knoxville Court House lawn, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Children of Catherine "Bonnie Kate" SHERRILL and John SEVIER are:
17 i. Ruth SEVIER was born 1781 in Plum Grove Estate, Tennessee, and died 1834. She married Richard SPARKS 24 DEC 1795. She married Daniel VERTNER 10 FEB 1803 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
18 ii. George W. SEVIER was born 1 FEB 1782 in Limestone Creek, Tennessee, and died 9 FEB 1849 in Staunton, Virginia. He married Catherine CHAMBERS.
19 iii. Catherine Sherrill SEVIER was born 1783 in Limestone Creek, Tennessee, and died 10 JUL 1824 in Augusta, Kentucky. She married Richard CAMPBELL JR. 29 JUN 1797. She married Archibald RHEA 1816.
20 iv. Joanne Goad SEVIER was born 11 NOV 1784 in Washington, Tennessee, and died 31 JUL 1823. She married Joseph Hawkins WINDLE 28 JUN 1802 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
21 v. Samuel SEVIER was born 26 JUN 1785 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, and died 25 OCT 1849 in Russellville, Alabama. He married Jane RHEA.
22 vi. Mary Anne SEVIER was born 11 JUN 1786 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, and died MAY 1850 in Overton County, Tennessee. She married William OVERSTREET 18 SEP 1806 in Knox County, Tennessee.
23 vii. Robert SEVIER was born 1789.
24 viii. Sarah Eliza SEVIER was born 15 NOV 1790 in Plum Grove Estate, Tennessee, and died 26 JUN 1860 in Marshall, Texas. She married Samuel BROWN. She married William MCCLELLAN 9 AUG 1810 in Knox County, Tennessee.
25 ix. Polly Preston SEVIER.
+ 26 x. Eliza Conway SEVIER was born 1790.
5. John SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 1756 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 18 NOV 1823 in Overton County, Tennessee. He married Sarah ?????.
Children of John SHERRILL and Sarah ????? are:
+ 27 i. William SHERRILL was born 18 OCT 1779.
+ 28 ii. Elam SHERRILL was born 1786 in Overton County, Tennessee, and died 1858.
+ 29 iii. George SHERRILL was born 1787.
30 iv. Samuel SHERRILL was born 1794.
31 v. Catherine SHERRILL was born 1797.
32 vi. Uriah SHERRILL was born 1801. He married Elizabeth ?????.
33 vii. Elizabeth SHERRILL was born 1801.
+ 34 viii. Andrew Paul SHERRILL was born 1802 in Blount County, Tennessee, and died 18 FEB 1850 in Franklin County, Alabama.
6. Uriah SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 12 FEB 1757 in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, and died APR 1836 in Macon County, North Carolina. He married Frances DOBSON 12 DEC 1778 in Burke County, North Carolina, daughter of Joseph F. DOBSON and Ann ?????. He married Elizabeth THOMPSON 8 APR 1831 in Macon County, North Carolina, daughter of Reverend THOMPSON and Esther BLACK.
Children of Uriah SHERRILL and Frances DOBSON are:
35 i. Nancy SHERRILL was born 1779 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 1850 in Haywood County, North Carolina. She married John FARLEY 1830 in Burke County, North Carolina.
+ 36 ii. Samuel Perry City SHERRILL was born 3 JUN 1780 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 1866 in Jackson County, North Carolina.
+ 37 iii. Joseph SHERRILL was born 1782 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 1854 in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
+ 38 iv. George SHERRILL was born 1786 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 3 APR 1850 in Haywood County, North Carolina.
39 v. Mary "Polly" SHERRILL was born 1786 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 21 JUN 1862 in Jackson County, North Carolina. She married James L. CONLEY 1808.
40 vi. Catherine SHERRILL was born 1789 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 1878 in Swain County, North Carolina. She married John GIBBS 1808.
+ 41 vii. Wilson SHERRILL was born 1790 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 17 SEP 1861 in Wayne County, Kentucky.
+ 42 viii. Rutha SHERRILL was born 18 MAY 1796 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 13 DEC 1874.
+ 43 ix. John SHERRILL was born 1784 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 1863 in Jackson County, North Carolina.
8. Adam SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 10 MAR 1758 in North Carolina, and died 1827 in Cumberland County, Tennessee. He married Rebecca KILGORE. He married Mary ?????? 1778.
Children of Adam SHERRILL and Rebecca KILGORE are:
+ 44 i. Samuel R. SHERRILL was born 1790.
+ 45 ii. Charles SHERRILL was born 1791.
46 iii. Altha SHERRILL was born 1792.
+ 47 iv. Craven SHERRILL was born 6 NOV 1798 in Russell County, Virginia, and died 1864 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
48 v. Henry Hunt SHERRILL was born 1799. He married Rebecca LOWE.
Children of Adam SHERRILL and Mary ?????? are:
49 i. Hannah SHERRILL was born 1779 in Washington County, Tennessee, and died 1825. She married William HOUSTON 17 APR 1796 in Green County, Tennessee.
50 ii. Jesse B. SHERRILL was born 1790 in Washington County, Tennessee. He married Mary FRANCIS 6 FEB 1806.
51 iii. Catherine SHERRILL was born 1782. She married Robert Samuel MAHAN.
52 iv. Altha SHERRILL was born 1785.
53 v. Martha SHERRILL was born 1788.
9. Mary SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1855. She married Issac TAYLOR 1785. She married John ROBERTSON 13 FEB 1786. She married Littlepage SIMMS 1791.
Children of Mary SHERRILL and Issac TAYLOR are:
54 i. Catherine TAYLOR was born 1786 in Tennessee. She married Berry GREEN 11 JUN 1805.
55 ii. Margaret TAYLOR was born 1788, and died 1790.
56 iii. Margaret TAYLOR was born 1790. She married Samuel BRADLEY 18 SEP 1808.
Children of Mary SHERRILL and Littlepage SIMMS are:
57 i. Betsy SIMMS was born 1793. She married Thomas ROWLAND 24 AUG 1812.
58 ii. Mary SIMMS was born 1794. She married Amos ROWLAND 12 JUN 1813 in Alabama.
59 iii. Ruth SIMMS. She married David BROWN.
60 iv. Samuel SIMMS was born 1799. He married Mary CROWSON 6 DEC 1814.
61 v. Margaret SIMMS. She married Nathan HORN.
62 vi. Littlepage Jr. SIMMS was born 1806 in Tennessee, and died 1854 in Alabama. He married Nancy OVERTON.
63 vii. Lewis E. SIMMS was born 1809. He married Sarah GILLILAND.
64 viii. Gray Washington SIMMS was born 1811.
10. George Davidson SHERRILL (Mary DAVIDSON2, George DAVIDSON1) was born SEP 1762, and died 18 MAR 1840 in Coffee County, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth HUNT 1794 in North Carolina.
Children of George Davidson SHERRILL and Elizabeth HUNT are:
+ 65 i. John B. SHERRILL was born 1786, and died 1861 in Tennessee.
66 ii. Catherine SHERRILL was born 1795 in Georgia, and died 25 OCT 1852 in Tennessee. She married Alexander COLYAR 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee.
+ 67 iii. Samuel Breslin SHERRILL was born 1797 in Georgia, and died 10 MAY 1853 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
+ 68 iv. Adam SHERRILL was born 1798 in Georgia, and died 1840.
69 v. Eliza Manerva SHERRILL was born 1799.
70 vi. Nancy SHERRILL was born 1800 in Georgia, and died 29 AUG 1863 in Grundy County, Tennessee.
71 vii. Uriah SHERRILL was born 13 NOV 1802 in Georgia, and died 28 APR 1871 in Grundy County, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth CAMDEN. He married Elizabeth BRIXEY 28 JUN 1840.
72 viii. Pernina SHERRILL was born 1808, and died 29 AUG 1863.
73 ix. Darcus SHERRILL was born 1811.
74 x. Isaac Taylor Sims SHERRILL was born 1813 in Coffee County, Tennessee, and died 1886 in Swain County, North Carolina. He married Francis Caroline SHERRILL.
+ 75 xi. Mary B. SHERRILL was born 1815 in Tennessee.
- Will of Samuel Sherrill, Tenn. Tombstone records, Vol. 1, p.21-22,
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