I would like to add my William McMurray to the list. He was born 1825 in OH d. 1855 bur. Noble CoOH, m Hannah Carpenter 12 Dec 1848 Guernsey CoOH. We are not sure who his parents are. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Marianne McFrederick. Don McMurray wrote: > Wilda, I don't know if we have talked but my theory is that a son of Thomas > McMurray of Lincoln Co., Ky. may be the ancestor of the Barren Co., Ky. > McMurrys. Thomas's oldest son, William was born ca. 1785, and is the only > William McMurray, of eight men named William McMurray who is unaccounted > for. All eight men are related, including my ancestor, William McMurray of > Iowa, and I researched all of them but have never been able to determine to > this one William. > > Good hunting, Don McMurray > > -----Original Message----- > From: YeloRibbon@aol.com [mailto:YeloRibbon@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:08 AM > To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [McMurry] Samuel McMURRY m. Elizabeth HUDDLESTON 1786 in > Rutherford Co., NC > > Ben Callahan, am interested in your McMurrays. > > We cannot connect our Samuel McMurry back, although the names of collateral > families suggest the VA lines. Our Samuel was in Barren Co., KY ca. > 1830-1840. He had at least two sons, Thomas W., our ancestor, b. 1800 by > census, and John Green, younger. Both of these sons b. NC by census. John > Green m. a JAMES, I think, then a GARNETT, both in Barren Co. Our Thos. W. > m. a Drucilla HILL, she was b. SC by census, we have found no record. Both > these sons wound up in Franklin Co., AR by early 1850's, though Thos. W. was > somewhere in AL, probably Jackson Co., from 30's to ca. 1850, and John Green > may have been in OH or IN in forties. > > Family names of sons, of course, the usual -- George Washington, William, > Samuel, James, John, Thomas. > > Any info appreciated. > > Wilda McMurry > > ______________________________ > > ==== MCMURRY Mailing List ==== > Post your McMURRY, Bible Records at the following URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/m/c/MCMURRY/bible_records