Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/12216 Surname: gurley ------------------------- HI,PATSY-LOOKS AS IF WE ARE COUSINS-JOSEPH HAD A SON NAMED JOEL BORN 1840 MARRIED MARY PRICE DAVIS(SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY MARRIED AND HAD A SON JOHN N DAVIS-CANNOT FIND HER FIRST HUSBAND AT THIS TIME).MARY'S PARENTS WERE BERRY PRICE AND SMITHEY WALLACE.MARY AND JOEL WERE MARRIED IN 1870,IN JOHNSTON CO.SOMETIME BETWEEN 1870 AND 1874 THEY MOVED TO WAYNE CO.AND HAD MY GRANDFATHER EDWARD THOMAS GURLEY BORN 1874,ANOTHER SON NEEDHAM BORN 1880-I ALSO HAVE REASON TO THINK THERE WAS A DAUGHTER BORN IN THIS FAMILY BUT HAVE HAD NO REAL PROOF ON ONE.I THINK MARY MUST HAVE DIED BETWEEN 1881-1884 BECAUSE JOEL MARRIED AGAIN TO SARAH CLAYTON ON 6/28/1884.LATER IN THE CENSUS RECORDS JOEL STARTED USING THE NAME OF JOSEPH.I DO NOT THINK AND HAVE FOUND NO RECORD OF JOEL AND SARAH HAVING ANY CHILDREN.EDWARD THOMAS GURLEY MARRIED RANZA OPHELIA DAUGHTRY AND HAD 8 CHILDREN ,ONE OF WHICH WAS MY GRANDDADDY JOSEPH EDGAR GURLEY.EDGAR MARRIED ANNIE GELA GURLEY,DTR OF WILLIAM ANDERSON GURLEY AND LULA ELLEN RADFORD ON 12/24/1926-THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN INCLUDING MY DAD WILLIAM EDMOND GURLEY.I HAVE FOUND THAT JOHNSTON AND WAYNE COUNTIES HERE IN NC ARE FULL OF GURLEYS-BUT THIS HAS BEEN A FUN AND REWARDING CHALLENGE THAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE ON-I AM ALSO DOING MY HUSBANDS TREE AND AM HAVING A GREAT TIME ON HIS AS WELL-I WILL EMAIL YOU WITH MY ADDRESS-IT HAS BEEN NICE TALKING WITH YOU AND WITH MR HARMON TOO CONCERNING THIS FAMILY-THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP-YOUR NEW COUSIN,TAMMY