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/