Betty, We have one Gourley...have tried for years to determine his ancestry. Will give you what little we know. Perhaps he was one of Joe's siblings.... John1 Gourley was born Abt. 1837 in MS, and died 11 Dec 1862 in Battle of Fredericksburg, VA. He married Henrietta Margaret Hemingway 22 Jan 1861 in Madison Co., MS, Record Book H, page 26, daughter of William Hemingway and Henrietta Child. She was born 02 Apr 1836 in York District, South Carolina, and died 03 Mar 1917 in Camden, Madison Co., MS. Notes for John Gourley: In the 1860 Madison Co., MS Census, August 11, 1860, John is working for Henrietta's father, William, as a farm laborer. He is 31 years old and he reported in the census that he was born in South Carolina. John enlisted into the Confederate Army on March 14, 1862 at Thomastown, MS. He received a bounty of $40 for joining. This unit became part of the 21 MS Regiment, Co. G. Per CSA records, John was 'killed instantly by shell at Fredericksburg, December 11, 1862.' Child of John Gourley and Henrietta Hemingway is: i. Henrietta2 Gourley, b. 01 Nov 1862, Mississippi; d. 14 Nov 1862, Kirkwood Cemetery, Madison County, MS. How John died is actually a bit of family lore. John was first husband of Henrietta. John served with his good friend, George Mitchell. During the Battle of Fredericksburg, John was killed when a cannonball blew his head off. George witnessed this horrible tragedy. After the war, George returned to Mississippi to tell Henrietta of John's death, but withheld the gory details as to how. Eventually, George and Henrietta married and had 13 children. For years after the war, George suffered what we would call today post traumatic stress syndrome, or PTSD. Back then it was called 'the melancholies' He had constant nightmares about his horrible experiences during the war. He never did tell Henrietta how her beloved John died, and carried it to his grave. George and Henrietta are my greatgreatgrandparents..... Hope this helps.... r/Steven -------------- Original message -------------- From: BettyL2@aol.com > > I am researching "GURLEY's : GOURLEY and any other spelling of the name > before 1900 in NorthCarolina.. > > I am trying to match up these family naming trends and find once and for > all my Great grandparents . > > If you have " Gurleys" in your family send me a chart and I am going to > put them in my data base.. > > My main line is Henry and Elizabeth Gurley born in early 1800's.. from > their son Joe I have limited info on the sibling s...but will be happy to > share what I have > > > > > > > > > " Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying > about your age, and start bragging about it. " > Betty Gurley Young > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCGUILFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message