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