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.