This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mcmurry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/74.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ken,I been trying to find my grandfather Melvin Eugene McMurry would you please look in your book to see if he's there. thank you so much margie
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McMurry, Gilbert, Patterson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0E0.2ACEB/75 Message Board Post: My grandfather had a sister named Mary Alice McMurry, their mother died during the birth,I have been told that she was raised by an Uncle named Tom Gilbert and that her married name may have been Patterson and she lived somewhere around Dyersburg Tennessee.I would like to find some of her family members.She was born in 1912. My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com Patty Davis
I think thats a great idea. Patty Davis >From: Marianne Mcfrederick <mmcfred@1st.net> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:05:26 -0400 > >Good idea! mm > >YeloRibbon@aol.com wrote: > > > Suggestion about this book: If everyone who's interested kicked in a few > > dollars it could be scanned and posted online. > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/74.1.1 Message Board Post: There does not appear to be any reference to the parties you are searching for in the book.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/6.7.48 Message Board Post: Sorry, forgot to ask you to please reply to me at heatherselph@alltel.net, rather than the address listed on the site. Thanks!
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/6.7.47 Message Board Post: Looking for Mittie A. McMurry, b Apr 1870, prob in Houston TX. She and her brother were supposedly orphaned & sent to live separately w/aunts & uncles in AL, maybe in Crenshaw Co, . Mittie married John/James THOMAS Brasiel, raised a family in Crenshaw Co, AL, but later moved to Upson Co, Ga. See anything about her? I wish I knew her parents' names or her brother's, but unfortunately, I don't. Any help appreciated!
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McMurry, Brasiel, Cato Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/6.7.39.1 Message Board Post: I have AL McMurrys, and I have a Dulsie in the family (although I think this was a grandchild w/a different last name). Please email me directly at heatherselph@alltel.net, and we'll compare what (limited) info I have!
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McMurry, Brasiel, Cato Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/74.1 Message Board Post: Any mention of Mittie A. McMurry? She was born Apr 1870, born, according to her death certificate, in Houston, TX, but this may not be accurate. I think the family was originally from AL, some moved to TX, and then some wound back up in AL. I know that Mittie moved back to AL; family lore states that, after their parents died, she and her brother were sent back to AL to live separately with aunts and uncles. I've been unable to get anywhere with this family! Thanks!
What about copyright????? Sandra Marianne Mcfrederick wrote: > Good idea! mm > > YeloRibbon@aol.com wrote: > > > Suggestion about this book: If everyone who's interested kicked in a few > > dollars it could be scanned and posted online.
Greetings! My William McMurray was b. 1825 OH m 12 Dec 1848 in Guernsey CoOH to Hannah Carpenter. He d. 1855 in Noble CoOH bur Palestine Church of Christ Cmty. We believe his father or perhaps his grandfather was William McMurray b 09 Jul 1753 Carlisle PA m Ann 09 Apr 1795 Cumberland Co, ?. He d 28 Mar 1839 Morgan CoOH. He served in the Rev. War in 1st Regt PA line. Thank you in advance for any info.or suggestions. Marianne McFrederick
Good idea! mm YeloRibbon@aol.com wrote: > Suggestion about this book: If everyone who's interested kicked in a few > dollars it could be scanned and posted online.
Suggestion about this book: If everyone who's interested kicked in a few dollars it could be scanned and posted online.
Michelle, If your grandmother has one of the books would you find out if she would let me get a copy of it.I have tried everywhere I can think of and cant find one.If she would let you take it to a place like Kincos or Jiffy print they will copy it.I would be glad to pay for the printing. My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com Patty Davis >From: "Michelle McMurray de Luces" <smcmurray@nc.rr.com> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:19:44 -0500 > >I think my grandmother may have bought a McMurray book. I remember her >talking about it. > >Next time I talk to her, I'll ask. > >Michelle McMurray > >-----Original Message----- >From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] >Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:15 PM >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > >Don, > I had a distant relative on my granmothers side copy a book for me that >was 292 pages and it only cost 25.00 for it at a jiffy print and then I >took >it to a printer here and had a copy made of it and it only cost me 18.00 so >that wasnt bad.I have looked in libraries for the McMurry book before and >no >one has it. > Patty Davis > > > >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> > >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:14:55 -0400 > > > >Patty, I have offered to make copies of the book in the past but the cost > >is > >prohibitive. It has 448 pages plus an Index, the best bet is to locate a > >copy in a library. > > > >FYI: In 1775, several cousins, siblings of the elder William McMurray's > >sons, Samuel and William, left the Shenandoah Valley of Va. and took a > >short > >(relatively) trip to Harrodstown, Va. (now Harrodsburg, Ky.). They were >so > >impressed with the area that they stayed through the spring of 1776. >This > >gave them the right to make land claims and the result was the eventual > >move > >of all of the McMurray siblings to Ky. (or Tenn.) between 1780 and 1789. > > > >In another trek, four of the above McMurray cousins, brother John & >Thomas, > >cousin Samuel and William (possible brother of John & Thomas), >volunteered > >in 1780 to serve in the North Carolina militia. They were assigned guard > >duty for a N.C. survey party that established the line between North > >Carolina and Virginia, a line that in time would become the state line > >between Kentucky and Tenn. For their service, each man received land > >grants > >on the Cumberland River (near what is now Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn.). > >John and Thomas returned to Va., sold their N.C. land grants and >eventually > >moved to Ky. The other two, Samuel and William, decided to stay on the > >Cumberland. They are signers of the famous Cumberland Compact that > >predates > >our Declaration of Independence. The names are clearly legible on the > >document attesting (I think) to a good education. The signing ceremony > >occurred at French Lick (near Nashville). The remarkable thing about the > >compact is that all but a few of these early pioneers, many of them >Ulster > >Scots like our family, were all able to sign their name. > > > >It was very dangerous on the Cumberland River and the Cumberland Compact > >was > >an effort by the settlers to protect themselves. North Carolina wanted > >nothing to do with the area. The state tried to give the land to the > >Federal government but they also refused to help. In time both of the > >McMurray men were killed by Indians, William first, before he married, >and > >then Samuel who was able to start a family before his death on his farm >As > >a result, Samuel's descendants make up the southern contingent of our >huge > >McMurray family. > > > >Regards, Don > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] > >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > > > > >Don, > >Is there any way that we could get a copy of your McMurry Family book?I > >went > >to the library here and they dont have the book either. This is also my > >family I have been told.My great grandfather was named Travis McMurry and > >his dad I have been told is John McMurry,my great grandfather Travis >lived > >in Tennessee but thats about as far back as I know.I have been trying to >do > >the family history but cant find out much.My email is >PGDavis47@hotmail.com > > Patty Davis > > > > > > >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> > > >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:15:26 -0400 > > > > > >Marilyn Bone sold me the last copy she had of "McMurry Family" and you > >are > > >right about discrepancies and errors in the book. Unfortunately, very > > >little documentation is included but the book is a good compilation of > >the > > >early research by Earnest I. Lewis and W. Fletcher Guy McMurry. I have >a > > >lot of documentation now on the earliest McMurray men and their wives. > > >Including, surprisingly, proof that the William McMurry in the book was > > >actually William McMurray, the son of an older William McMurray. The > >older > > >William lived with two his sons, Samuel and William, up on the >Cowpasture > > >River near Iron Gate east of Clifton Forge, Va. The other three sons > >were > > >down on the floor of the valley. > > > > > >The family history supplied by Lewis & W.F.G. McMurray tells the story >of > > >William bringing his wife and five sons from Ulster to America prior to > > >1749 > > >when we find the family scattered in the Shenandoah Valley (Augusta >Co.) > >of > > >Virginia. The family history is correct but off by a generation. If > > >anyone > > >is interested in the family from 1749 on let me know. > > > > > >Regards, Don McMurray > > > > > >Shannon, Pam & Don McMurray > > >The Norris House Inn & Stone House Tea Room (www.norrishouse.com) > > >Thomas Birkby House - A Meeting Place (www.birkbyhouse.com) > > >108-9 Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 > > >Tel. NHI: 703.777.1806 E-mail: don@norrishouse.com > > >Tel. TBH: 703.779.2933 E-mail: info@birkbyhouse.com > > >Fax: 703.771.8051 > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: nfn01995@naples.net [mailto:nfn01995@naples.net] > > >Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:34 AM > > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > > > > > > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > >Classification: Query > > > > > >Message Board URL: > > > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/36.43 > > > > > >Message Board Post: > > > > > >The book is "McMurry Family; Descendants of William and Mary McMurry, > > >1750-1986," edited by Marilyn A. Bone, originally published in 1987 by > > >Gateway Press. It's been out of print for years. I don't have a copy > > >either, so please don't ask me for lookups! > > > > > >I have seen parts of it, though, and it was a very worthy effort. > > >Unfortunately much of the material was compiled at a time when research > >was > > >much harder to do and resources not as widely available as they are >now, > >so > > >some of the information, particularly about the very earliest >generation, > > >is > > >inaccurate. > > > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Don,Did you ever think about writing a new mcmurry book?you have already done a lot of work.Alot of us would be interested in it.I'd be the first one to order it. margiebell _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
Is their a Walter J. McMurray in our book or a Walter Mc Murray Sr or Jr.?
I think my grandmother may have bought a McMurray book. I remember her talking about it. Next time I talk to her, I'll ask. Michelle McMurray -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:15 PM To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book Don, I had a distant relative on my granmothers side copy a book for me that was 292 pages and it only cost 25.00 for it at a jiffy print and then I took it to a printer here and had a copy made of it and it only cost me 18.00 so that wasnt bad.I have looked in libraries for the McMurry book before and no one has it. Patty Davis >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:14:55 -0400 > >Patty, I have offered to make copies of the book in the past but the cost >is >prohibitive. It has 448 pages plus an Index, the best bet is to locate a >copy in a library. > >FYI: In 1775, several cousins, siblings of the elder William McMurray's >sons, Samuel and William, left the Shenandoah Valley of Va. and took a >short >(relatively) trip to Harrodstown, Va. (now Harrodsburg, Ky.). They were so >impressed with the area that they stayed through the spring of 1776. This >gave them the right to make land claims and the result was the eventual >move >of all of the McMurray siblings to Ky. (or Tenn.) between 1780 and 1789. > >In another trek, four of the above McMurray cousins, brother John & Thomas, >cousin Samuel and William (possible brother of John & Thomas), volunteered >in 1780 to serve in the North Carolina militia. They were assigned guard >duty for a N.C. survey party that established the line between North >Carolina and Virginia, a line that in time would become the state line >between Kentucky and Tenn. For their service, each man received land >grants >on the Cumberland River (near what is now Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn.). >John and Thomas returned to Va., sold their N.C. land grants and eventually >moved to Ky. The other two, Samuel and William, decided to stay on the >Cumberland. They are signers of the famous Cumberland Compact that >predates >our Declaration of Independence. The names are clearly legible on the >document attesting (I think) to a good education. The signing ceremony >occurred at French Lick (near Nashville). The remarkable thing about the >compact is that all but a few of these early pioneers, many of them Ulster >Scots like our family, were all able to sign their name. > >It was very dangerous on the Cumberland River and the Cumberland Compact >was >an effort by the settlers to protect themselves. North Carolina wanted >nothing to do with the area. The state tried to give the land to the >Federal government but they also refused to help. In time both of the >McMurray men were killed by Indians, William first, before he married, and >then Samuel who was able to start a family before his death on his farm As >a result, Samuel's descendants make up the southern contingent of our huge >McMurray family. > >Regards, Don > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > >Don, >Is there any way that we could get a copy of your McMurry Family book?I >went >to the library here and they dont have the book either. This is also my >family I have been told.My great grandfather was named Travis McMurry and >his dad I have been told is John McMurry,my great grandfather Travis lived >in Tennessee but thats about as far back as I know.I have been trying to do >the family history but cant find out much.My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com > Patty Davis > > > >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> > >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:15:26 -0400 > > > >Marilyn Bone sold me the last copy she had of "McMurry Family" and you >are > >right about discrepancies and errors in the book. Unfortunately, very > >little documentation is included but the book is a good compilation of >the > >early research by Earnest I. Lewis and W. Fletcher Guy McMurry. I have a > >lot of documentation now on the earliest McMurray men and their wives. > >Including, surprisingly, proof that the William McMurry in the book was > >actually William McMurray, the son of an older William McMurray. The >older > >William lived with two his sons, Samuel and William, up on the Cowpasture > >River near Iron Gate east of Clifton Forge, Va. The other three sons >were > >down on the floor of the valley. > > > >The family history supplied by Lewis & W.F.G. McMurray tells the story of > >William bringing his wife and five sons from Ulster to America prior to > >1749 > >when we find the family scattered in the Shenandoah Valley (Augusta Co.) >of > >Virginia. The family history is correct but off by a generation. If > >anyone > >is interested in the family from 1749 on let me know. > > > >Regards, Don McMurray > > > >Shannon, Pam & Don McMurray > >The Norris House Inn & Stone House Tea Room (www.norrishouse.com) > >Thomas Birkby House - A Meeting Place (www.birkbyhouse.com) > >108-9 Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 > >Tel. NHI: 703.777.1806 E-mail: don@norrishouse.com > >Tel. TBH: 703.779.2933 E-mail: info@birkbyhouse.com > >Fax: 703.771.8051 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: nfn01995@naples.net [mailto:nfn01995@naples.net] > >Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:34 AM > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > > > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/36.43 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >The book is "McMurry Family; Descendants of William and Mary McMurry, > >1750-1986," edited by Marilyn A. Bone, originally published in 1987 by > >Gateway Press. It's been out of print for years. I don't have a copy > >either, so please don't ask me for lookups! > > > >I have seen parts of it, though, and it was a very worthy effort. > >Unfortunately much of the material was compiled at a time when research >was > >much harder to do and resources not as widely available as they are now, >so > >some of the information, particularly about the very earliest generation, > >is > >inaccurate. > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >______________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
Don, I had a distant relative on my granmothers side copy a book for me that was 292 pages and it only cost 25.00 for it at a jiffy print and then I took it to a printer here and had a copy made of it and it only cost me 18.00 so that wasnt bad.I have looked in libraries for the McMurry book before and no one has it. Patty Davis >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:14:55 -0400 > >Patty, I have offered to make copies of the book in the past but the cost >is >prohibitive. It has 448 pages plus an Index, the best bet is to locate a >copy in a library. > >FYI: In 1775, several cousins, siblings of the elder William McMurray's >sons, Samuel and William, left the Shenandoah Valley of Va. and took a >short >(relatively) trip to Harrodstown, Va. (now Harrodsburg, Ky.). They were so >impressed with the area that they stayed through the spring of 1776. This >gave them the right to make land claims and the result was the eventual >move >of all of the McMurray siblings to Ky. (or Tenn.) between 1780 and 1789. > >In another trek, four of the above McMurray cousins, brother John & Thomas, >cousin Samuel and William (possible brother of John & Thomas), volunteered >in 1780 to serve in the North Carolina militia. They were assigned guard >duty for a N.C. survey party that established the line between North >Carolina and Virginia, a line that in time would become the state line >between Kentucky and Tenn. For their service, each man received land >grants >on the Cumberland River (near what is now Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn.). >John and Thomas returned to Va., sold their N.C. land grants and eventually >moved to Ky. The other two, Samuel and William, decided to stay on the >Cumberland. They are signers of the famous Cumberland Compact that >predates >our Declaration of Independence. The names are clearly legible on the >document attesting (I think) to a good education. The signing ceremony >occurred at French Lick (near Nashville). The remarkable thing about the >compact is that all but a few of these early pioneers, many of them Ulster >Scots like our family, were all able to sign their name. > >It was very dangerous on the Cumberland River and the Cumberland Compact >was >an effort by the settlers to protect themselves. North Carolina wanted >nothing to do with the area. The state tried to give the land to the >Federal government but they also refused to help. In time both of the >McMurray men were killed by Indians, William first, before he married, and >then Samuel who was able to start a family before his death on his farm As >a result, Samuel's descendants make up the southern contingent of our huge >McMurray family. > >Regards, Don > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > >Don, >Is there any way that we could get a copy of your McMurry Family book?I >went >to the library here and they dont have the book either. This is also my >family I have been told.My great grandfather was named Travis McMurry and >his dad I have been told is John McMurry,my great grandfather Travis lived >in Tennessee but thats about as far back as I know.I have been trying to do >the family history but cant find out much.My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com > Patty Davis > > > >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> > >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:15:26 -0400 > > > >Marilyn Bone sold me the last copy she had of "McMurry Family" and you >are > >right about discrepancies and errors in the book. Unfortunately, very > >little documentation is included but the book is a good compilation of >the > >early research by Earnest I. Lewis and W. Fletcher Guy McMurry. I have a > >lot of documentation now on the earliest McMurray men and their wives. > >Including, surprisingly, proof that the William McMurry in the book was > >actually William McMurray, the son of an older William McMurray. The >older > >William lived with two his sons, Samuel and William, up on the Cowpasture > >River near Iron Gate east of Clifton Forge, Va. The other three sons >were > >down on the floor of the valley. > > > >The family history supplied by Lewis & W.F.G. McMurray tells the story of > >William bringing his wife and five sons from Ulster to America prior to > >1749 > >when we find the family scattered in the Shenandoah Valley (Augusta Co.) >of > >Virginia. The family history is correct but off by a generation. If > >anyone > >is interested in the family from 1749 on let me know. > > > >Regards, Don McMurray > > > >Shannon, Pam & Don McMurray > >The Norris House Inn & Stone House Tea Room (www.norrishouse.com) > >Thomas Birkby House - A Meeting Place (www.birkbyhouse.com) > >108-9 Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 > >Tel. NHI: 703.777.1806 E-mail: don@norrishouse.com > >Tel. TBH: 703.779.2933 E-mail: info@birkbyhouse.com > >Fax: 703.771.8051 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: nfn01995@naples.net [mailto:nfn01995@naples.net] > >Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:34 AM > >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > > > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/36.43 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >The book is "McMurry Family; Descendants of William and Mary McMurry, > >1750-1986," edited by Marilyn A. Bone, originally published in 1987 by > >Gateway Press. It's been out of print for years. I don't have a copy > >either, so please don't ask me for lookups! > > > >I have seen parts of it, though, and it was a very worthy effort. > >Unfortunately much of the material was compiled at a time when research >was > >much harder to do and resources not as widely available as they are now, >so > >some of the information, particularly about the very earliest generation, > >is > >inaccurate. > > > >______________________________ > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >______________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
Patty, I have offered to make copies of the book in the past but the cost is prohibitive. It has 448 pages plus an Index, the best bet is to locate a copy in a library. FYI: In 1775, several cousins, siblings of the elder William McMurray's sons, Samuel and William, left the Shenandoah Valley of Va. and took a short (relatively) trip to Harrodstown, Va. (now Harrodsburg, Ky.). They were so impressed with the area that they stayed through the spring of 1776. This gave them the right to make land claims and the result was the eventual move of all of the McMurray siblings to Ky. (or Tenn.) between 1780 and 1789. In another trek, four of the above McMurray cousins, brother John & Thomas, cousin Samuel and William (possible brother of John & Thomas), volunteered in 1780 to serve in the North Carolina militia. They were assigned guard duty for a N.C. survey party that established the line between North Carolina and Virginia, a line that in time would become the state line between Kentucky and Tenn. For their service, each man received land grants on the Cumberland River (near what is now Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn.). John and Thomas returned to Va., sold their N.C. land grants and eventually moved to Ky. The other two, Samuel and William, decided to stay on the Cumberland. They are signers of the famous Cumberland Compact that predates our Declaration of Independence. The names are clearly legible on the document attesting (I think) to a good education. The signing ceremony occurred at French Lick (near Nashville). The remarkable thing about the compact is that all but a few of these early pioneers, many of them Ulster Scots like our family, were all able to sign their name. It was very dangerous on the Cumberland River and the Cumberland Compact was an effort by the settlers to protect themselves. North Carolina wanted nothing to do with the area. The state tried to give the land to the Federal government but they also refused to help. In time both of the McMurray men were killed by Indians, William first, before he married, and then Samuel who was able to start a family before his death on his farm As a result, Samuel's descendants make up the southern contingent of our huge McMurray family. Regards, Don -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Davis [mailto:pgdavis47@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book Don, Is there any way that we could get a copy of your McMurry Family book?I went to the library here and they dont have the book either. This is also my family I have been told.My great grandfather was named Travis McMurry and his dad I have been told is John McMurry,my great grandfather Travis lived in Tennessee but thats about as far back as I know.I have been trying to do the family history but cant find out much.My email is PGDavis47@hotmail.com Patty Davis >From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:15:26 -0400 > >Marilyn Bone sold me the last copy she had of "McMurry Family" and you are >right about discrepancies and errors in the book. Unfortunately, very >little documentation is included but the book is a good compilation of the >early research by Earnest I. Lewis and W. Fletcher Guy McMurry. I have a >lot of documentation now on the earliest McMurray men and their wives. >Including, surprisingly, proof that the William McMurry in the book was >actually William McMurray, the son of an older William McMurray. The older >William lived with two his sons, Samuel and William, up on the Cowpasture >River near Iron Gate east of Clifton Forge, Va. The other three sons were >down on the floor of the valley. > >The family history supplied by Lewis & W.F.G. McMurray tells the story of >William bringing his wife and five sons from Ulster to America prior to >1749 >when we find the family scattered in the Shenandoah Valley (Augusta Co.) of >Virginia. The family history is correct but off by a generation. If >anyone >is interested in the family from 1749 on let me know. > >Regards, Don McMurray > >Shannon, Pam & Don McMurray >The Norris House Inn & Stone House Tea Room (www.norrishouse.com) >Thomas Birkby House - A Meeting Place (www.birkbyhouse.com) >108-9 Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 >Tel. NHI: 703.777.1806 E-mail: don@norrishouse.com >Tel. TBH: 703.779.2933 E-mail: info@birkbyhouse.com >Fax: 703.771.8051 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: nfn01995@naples.net [mailto:nfn01995@naples.net] >Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:34 AM >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [McMurry] McMurry family book > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0E0.2ACEB/36.43 > >Message Board Post: > >The book is "McMurry Family; Descendants of William and Mary McMurry, >1750-1986," edited by Marilyn A. Bone, originally published in 1987 by >Gateway Press. It's been out of print for years. I don't have a copy >either, so please don't ask me for lookups! > >I have seen parts of it, though, and it was a very worthy effort. >Unfortunately much of the material was compiled at a time when research was >much harder to do and resources not as widely available as they are now, so >some of the information, particularly about the very earliest generation, >is >inaccurate. > >______________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ______________________________
Hi everyone, I continue to see the McMurry's from TN and SC. Does anyone have any information or family lines of the McMurry/McMurray branch that were in the north. From what I have gathered so far I have my Samuel McMurray being born abt 1796 in New York. Then moved to Ohio, {Can't find in the census, but records show Ohio}{1820-1846} had 4 children; Samuel Jr., Alonzo E., Mary E., Sarah K, then moved to Michigan in the 1850's where he had two more children with his second wife Mary Ann, Horace and William. Sam'l Jr was married to Clarissa Barnum. Was in the Civil War and died in 1865, buried in Arlington. This is my direct line. There was also an "a" added to some of the McMurry's through the years. If anyone has any links or possible suggestions I would be more than happy to hear from you. You can reply through the list or email me at bobbijo84@yahoo.com. Thanks, Bobbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/
My McMurry family were from east Tennessee.I have some named John and some named James in my family, and I remember something about NC. >From: CRoy1238@aol.com >Reply-To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [McMurry] McMurry family book >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:31:56 EDT > >I am most interested in this family info. You can email me direct at >Croy1238@aol.com I am most interested in the Samuel McMurry. I think i >desc. from the one that died in Rutherford Co NC after comming from Va and >going i think into Tn then back to NC. I beleive his son James McMurry and >maybe other brothers went into East Tennessee before 1800 as James first >shows up as James McMurry in the early records and his name later becomes >James Murry, then James Murray. I do not have enough proof to prove this >but >this is my throry. I would love to know the early history and i will share >what ever i have on this family. Thanks, Carol > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com