My gggf was born in MO in 1820 or so the census records after 1850 report. I believe some of the family may have lived in St Louis or Jefferson Co MO. between 1820 and roughly 1840. After this I believe they may have returned to KY or TN. In your searches if you see any Land, Tax, Census, or other records that have the Murrell or any other spelling that might be Murrell please forward them to me. The name has been spelled Morrell, Merrell, Mirrell, Merril, Merl, Morrow, Murell, Murrel, and even Murret.. I guess the two L looked like a bent T... My gggf was named William A Murrell born about December 24, 1820 place unknown. He was a chair and furniture maker, a JP and post master at Dry Spring, MO for about 50 years. He appears to have stayed in Ripley Co MO after 1850 until he died about Dec 1895. He is believed to have a brother born in MO 1824 place unknown. His name was John Bartlett or J B Murrell. All of J B's brother were chair or cabinet makers too.. The only Murrell chair makers I have ever found. That is why I believe they were from the same family. These siblings are listed on the 1860 census in Weakley CO TN. J B was early on a broom maker and later a magistrate. Richard Murrell is who I thought to be my William's father but another researcher ventured to suggest that it might have been Richard's uncle a William Murrell. This William was a brother to Benjamin Murrell, Richard's father. William A Murrell had one surviving son James Harvey Murrell. He also lived in Ripley Co MO and Randolph CO AR.. state line changed they did not move. The story in the family is that the rest of the family moved on... west...... but no one now knows where.. I found some Murrells in Howell Co MO that I believe came from the same line of Murrells..... so it is possible they only went that far.. not to CA or TX.. and some had suggested.. but anything is possible. The Laclede CO MO Murrells seem to be a different line. There is Matty listed in land records as the mother of three heirs of William Jackson. William Jackson deceased private in Pendleton's Comp of Regiment of Riflemen ... received 130 acres being South East of 1/4 section Eighteen of Township fifty four north in Range Eighteen west in the Tract appointed by the Acts aforesaid for Military Bounties of the Territory of MO to have and hold the said Quarter Section of land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said Matty Murrell mother of three other heirs of William .. 22 day of Jan 1819. Number 8833. No county given.. I originally thought that William's last name was Jackson, now I realize his name may have been William Jackson MURRELL.............. does any one have any idea of where this land is located and what happened to it or how I could find out.. or what happened to these people? Or if indeed Matty was a Jackson and married a Murrell............. any Marriages that would give a hint? I have never found one of any c! emetery records for William Jackson etc. What happened to this family? In my gggf belongings there was a leather pouch or billfold that had the tooled name of Richard Murrell on it... I have never been able to associate with certainty to any Richard Murrell other than the son of Benjamin Murrell who died in TN. It is possible it was an uncle or some other keep sake.. but there was no stitching as we have today with billfolds.. it was all flat cut and folded leather about the size of a legal envelope of today. The uncle that had it got sick with in days and died. The Murrell bible and billfold and other items are all lost now. In St Louis Co I found some early mention in city directory of Murrell Cabinet makers.. I have never been able to find that website again. If any one knows of such please copy me in. I believe that William A Murrell was in KY in early 1840 as two daughters are listed as being born there. NO marriage every found for him. These two daughter were born before his marriage to Lucinda Foy if the date in the Murrell bible is correct. However, the girls are always listed as MURRELLs not FOYs. Were they his or orphan Murrells? Once the family settled in Dry Springs, MO we have essentially been the Lost Murrell Family! any help is appreciated. Patricia Murrell Mata pjmata@cox.net (Hit the ole delete key if you have already seen this)

Patricia, not sure any of these are yours, but you can check out this Rootsweb site for California Death Records. There are Murrells on it. I put in a limited search for those "born in Missouri" and came up with some, the oldest being born in 1865....on in to the early 1900s. You can do search using other "states born in" also. Might not be any of yours, but might be... Check em out at: California Death Records (9,366,786 records from 1940 thru 1997) http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi