Hi Owen, I know very little about the sons of Samuel McMurray of Tenn. other than some information on one of his great-grandsons, a Lt. William J. McMurray. Five McMurray relatives served in the 22nd Tenn. Volunteers in the Civil War. All the men, with the exception of Lt. McMurray, were killed or permanently disabled in the war. This came to light when I read about Samuel's great-grandson, (Lt.) William J. McMurray, M.D. You will find the information in Spears biographical sketch of Dr. McMurray and similar information in J. B. Lindsley's "Military Annals of Tennessee." Good hunting, Don. . -----Original Message----- From: Owen Ross [mailto:rossross@mailhub.icx.net] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 6:58 AM To: don@norrishouse.com; MCMURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: McMurray/McMurry Family Hello Don, Although I am emailing you direct, you can respond to me on the McMurry site if you like. You state in your response to Carol on May 2, 2002 that the sons of Samuel (William, John, and Samuel) are the ancestors of the southern branch of your McMurray family. Do you happen to know the name of John's wife or if any of these three sons of Samuel had a son named John that married a Jane Miller? These are the only facts that I do know about my McMurrays: - My grandmother was Alice Jane McMurray born 1882 in Lancaster, SC. - Her father was James McMurray married to Susan Barker and then Susie Knight. - My great grandfather James McMurray's father and mother were John McMurray and Jane Miller. I was told by one source that this John McMurray (married to Jane) died in 1909. Therefore, he could not be John the son of Samuel born about 1786 or 1787 if these facts as given to me are correct. He would have been over 100 when he died! - My great grandfather James McMurray also had a sister named Margaret who married a Ghant. Margaret was born 1865 and died 1925. One more very abstract piece of information that I will throw in here is the first son of my great grandfather was named Tom. If you follow the old fashion naming pattern to name the first son after the father's father then it would be Thomas, James, John, Thomas. But there are no facts here! Just thought I would throw that in there. Anyway, if you can help me out I sure would appreciate it. You seem to be very knowledgeable regarding all these McMurrays! By the way, my McMurrays spell their name both McMurray and McMurry. Looking forward to hearing from you. Ruby Ross