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. ______________________________

Don, is the William McMurray , Revolutionary veteran, of Georgia, mentioned anywhere in the book? I still can't get back to which Murry/Murray, Murrey, and the Mc/Mac variations on the name! Best wishes, Anne Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> To: <MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:15 AM Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > 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. > > ______________________________ > >

Hi Anne, sorry, there is no mention of a William McMurray of Georgia in the book, "McMurry Family." There is no mention of McMurray men in the early period, 1749 to 1780, other than those in Va. It's possible that you William is related because some cousins in 1758 left Va. for N.C. One of them was John McMurray who, I'm told, shortly after arriving in N.C. (Anson Co.) went to Georgia to live. I know very little about him other than the date he left Va. with the other McMurray men. William McMurray, our ancestor, has one page in the book with very little information. My research documents that he served in Morgan's Riflemen under Col. Daniel Morgan. As a result, William was all over the place scaring the pants off the Brits. Morgan's Riflemen were crack shots with a long rifle and responsible for the death of many soldiers, especially the officers, wherever they encountered the enemy. Just the thought that the riflemen could be in the vicinity caused panic in the British ranks. William was at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, the first British general to surrender to the Americans. Regards, Don -----Original Message----- From: anne bruce [mailto:abruce@televar.com] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:15 PM To: MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McMurry] McMurry family book Don, is the William McMurray , Revolutionary veteran, of Georgia, mentioned anywhere in the book? I still can't get back to which Murry/Murray, Murrey, and the Mc/Mac variations on the name! Best wishes, Anne Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don McMurray" <don@norrishouse.com> To: <MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:15 AM Subject: RE: [McMurry] McMurry family book > 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. > > ______________________________ > > ______________________________