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John Shirley born 1770-1780
likely in SC. John moved from South Carolina to White Co.
TN in 1818 according to Goodspeed; however John, Thomas and Champ
Shirley appear in White Co tax lists as early as 1811. He moved
to Jackson Co. Alabama about 1829 where he and son Jesse Shirley
both appear on the 1830 Jackson Co census. John Shirley died
in Jackson Co in 1845. John raised a family of eleven children.
Brother of Thomas Shirley of White
and Marion Co TN, Branch 39 (source: Goodspead bio of
Wm Carroll Shirley) DNA does not match!
1820 White Co TN Census: John Shirley 210010 - 21010 (age
26-45)
1830 Jackson Co AL Census: John Shirley (pg 113) 1111000100000
- 0111001000000 (age 50-60)
1840 Jackson Co AL Census: John Shirley (pg 44) 0211100010000
- 0001100100000 (age 60-70)
Goodspeed (bio of Wm Carroll Shirley) ".....John
Shirley, who was born in South Carolina and married a Miss Frost.
John Shirley migrated from his native state to White county,
Tenn., and in 1818, moved from thence to the Sequatchie valley.
His brother, Thomas, went to White county at the same time and
moved with him to the Sequatchie valley in 1818. He, Thomas,
and his son, William, sold goods to the Indians where Whitwell
now stands, and the house they built and occupied as a residence
is still standing and in use as such."
married Mahala Frost. She was born about 1780-1790,
age 40-50 in 1830 and 50-60 in 1840 census.
children: Are there
really two children named John?
1(i). female Shirley born
1804-1810 White Co. TN (census profile)
1(ii). Jesse
Shirley b
March 18, 1808 White County Tennessee. He died Aug 24, 1894 Whitwell,
Marion county Tennessee. Shirleys of Marion Co TN
1(iii). Jackson ?John Shirley born about 1810 White Co. TN; He was enumerated
as Jackson Shirley in 1840 and then enumerated in the 1850 Jacksson
Co AL census as "John Shearly", school teacher, age
40; He died 1850-58 Jackson Co. AL. They were living in
Jackson Co. AL census in 1830.
1840 Jackson Co AL Census: Jackson Shirley (pg 47) 0000100000000
- 1001000000000 (age 20-30)
married Mary Huddleston. She was born about 1820, age
30 in the 1850 census; She was buried at Caperton Cem, Pinder,
Jackson Co AL "Mary also married
a Jordan Peacock. Her mother was Mahala Hough."
children:
2(i). Mary Elizabeth Shirley
born about 1840 AL, age 10 in the 1850
census: She married Jefferson West
2(ii). Sarah Shirley born
about 1841 AL, age 9 in 1850 census.
2(iii). John Calvin Shirley
b Dec 12, 1843 Stevenson, Jackson
Co. AL; He lived in the household of Jordon Peacock in the 1860
census; He died July 24, 1881. Buried Caperton Cemetery, Jackson
county, Alabama
John Calvin Shirley
married Martha Ann Foshee Aug 12, 1865 in Jackson Co. AL. Martha was
born May 10, 1844 Trenton, Dade Co. GA, died May 2, 1909 Stevenson,
Jackson Co. AL. She was the daughter of Alexander and Evaline
(Merrill) Foshee).
children:
3(i). Emma Luana Shirley
b Oct 20, 1867 Jackson Co. AL, died
Sept 17, 1932 South Pittsburg, Marion Co. TN . She married Robert
Alexander McGraw Aug 16, 1882 Jackson Co. AL.
3(ii). Evaline Louticia Shirley
b Oct 3, 1868 Jackson Co. AL,
died Feb 3, 1938 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN. She
married Caleb Douglas St. Clair Dec 24, 1888 Jackson Co. AL
3(iii). Jackson Alexander
Shirley b Dec 3, 1871 Stevenson, Jackson
Co. AL., died Nov 28, 1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN.
married Sarah Jane Yates about 1899 Battle Creek, Marion Co. TN. Sarah
was born Aug 17, 1881 in MO, died Sept 23, 1947 Chattanooga,
Hamilton Co. TN. She was the daughter of John B. and Cynthia
(Champion) Yates.
children:
4(i). James Marion Shirley
b 1900 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL., died
1900.
4(ii). William Alexander Shirley
b March 27, 1902 Tuscambia, Colbert
Co. AL., died April 2, 1945 Tuscumbia.
Ancestor of DNA Kit #8579
married Katherine Cloud Dec 31, 1923 Rocky Springs, Jackson Co. AL. (ancestor
of Raymond Shirley)
4(iii). Clara Shirley b 1904 died 1905 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co.
AL.
4(iv). Augusta Mae Shirley
b March 6, Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL.,
died July 24, 1993 Geraldine, De Kalb Co. AL. She married Horace
Brooks and Taylor Marvin Sparks.
4(v). Claude Thomas Shirley
b March 18, 1908 Tuscumbia, Colbert
Co. AL., died Jan 23, 1989 Whitwell, Marion Co. TN.
married Martha Jane Green Nov 29, 1929 Bridgeport, Jackson Co. AL.
4(vi). Lester Franklin Shirley b July
5, 1910 Jackson Co. AL., died March 19, 1989 Fort Oglethorpe,
Catoosa Co. GA.
married Geneva Elizabeth Bullard Oct 5, 1940 Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
4(vii). Dow Yates Shirley
b Nov 4, 1912 Jackson Co. AL., died
Oct 21, 1968 Stevenson, Jackson Co. AL.
married Eula Jane Durham.
4(viii). Cynthia Viola Shirley
b Jan 7, 1914 Jackson Co. AL
4(ix). Clyde Shirley b July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. AL, died July 15,
1974 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN. Married George Gentry Stiles,
June 19,1947 Chattanooga.
4(x). Clara Shirley b July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. Al., died Nov 3,
1971, Chickamauga, Walker Co. GA. She married Mike Jarmon
Plaster.
4(xi). Lonnie Gilbert Shirley
b March 11, 1919, died May 14, 1973 Decatur,
DeKalb Co. GA.
married Clara Bell Wehunt March 13, 1943 Gainsville, Hall Co. GA.
4(xii). John Calvin Shirley
b Oct 28, 1923 Jackson Co. AL., died Aug
20, 1969 Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA.
married Nell Humpries, Becky_____.
4(xiii). Fred Malcolm Shirley
b April 5, 1925 South Pittsburg, Marion
Co. TN., died May 5, 1968 Clearwater, FL.
married Johnnie Mae Mosley Dec 4, 1946 Rossville, Walker Co. GA.
3(iv). John Brazleton Shirley b Nov 14, 1872
Jackson Co. AL. and died Nov. 20, 1900.
John Brazleton Shirley
married Ann St. Clair Jan 31, 1897 Meridian,
Mississippi.
children:
4(i). Milton Edman Shirley
4(ii). Bertha Lee Shirley b about 1899 Married
Ernest E. Burke
4(iii). Johnnie Elizabeth Shirley b about 1900. She
married Albert Burk.
Johnnie Elizabeth Shirley Birk
3(v). Meggie Lucy Shirley b Feb 22, 1875
Jackson Co. AL, died Aug 17, 1878 Jackson Co. AL..
3(vi). James F. Shirley
b Sept 1, 1877, died Aug 4, 1878 Jackson
Co. AL
3(vii). Minnie E. Shirley
b June 20, 1879 Jackson Co. AL., died
Oct 13, 1908. She married James Cassell
2(iv). Lydia Jane Shirley b about 1845 in AL;
age 14 in the household of Jordon Peacock with siblings in 1860
census; married July 12, 1886 Jackson Co.
AL. She was married to A.J. Maddox, Peter Shook, John J. Scarbrough.
2(v). Mahala Jane Shirley
b about 1847 Jackson Co. AL;
age 12 in the household of Jordon Peacock with siblings in 1860
census; She married John Barrier Sept 15,
1865 Jackson Co. AL.
2(vi). Lucinda Shirley
b about 1849 AL; age 10 in the household
of Jordon Peacock with siblings in 1860 census;
She married Daniel Turney Crownover Sept 1, 1868 Jackson
Co. AL.
1(iv). Paul Shirley b 1812
married Sarah _________ .
1(v). female Shirley
1(vi). female Shirley
1(vii). female Shirley
1(viii). Alexander Shirley born about 1824 White Co. TN; Lived
in Jackson Co AL in 1860 (Long Island PO) and 1870 census; Occupation:
farmer; He died 7 April 1881 Jackson Co. AL, buried Gray Cemetery.
married Samantha Jane "Amanda" Cameron
children
2(i). Niagara Shirley born about 1856 Jackson
Co. AL, age 14 in 1870 census.
2(ii). John Shirley born 1 Dec 1858 Jackson Co.,
age 12 in 1870 census; He died June 3, 1901 Jackson Co. AL
2(iii). William Shirley born 18 April 1867 at
Dechard TN (source: death cert), age 3 in 1870 census; He died
on 8 July 1942 at Bridgeport, Jackson Co AL; He was single and
a farmer (parents named in death cert); buried at Mt Carmel Cem,
Jackson Co AL
2(iv). Amanda Shirley born about 1870 in Jackson Co
AL, age 0 in 1870 census
2(v). Minnie Shirley born about 1875; enumerated as
"Dalas" in 1880 census with gender and relationship
struck through; She died 11 July 1919 at Searles Tuscaloosa Co
AL, age 44y 8m 20d, (parents named in death certificate); Married
J. A. Smith; Buried at Friendship Church Cem.
1(ix). John Malden Shirley
born about 1827 White Co. TN; He lived in the Stevenson PO
area of Jackosn Co AL in 1860 census; age 53 in 1880 Jackson
Co AL census; He died in Jackson Co. AL,
married Mary Emmaline Malone in Jackson Co. AL
children
2(i). William Houston Shirley b 1851 Jackson
Co. AL; age 8 in the 1860 census;
married Mary Ann McKinney 9 August 1874 in Jackson
County, AL (Marriage Book B page 387)
2(ii). James M. Shirley b Aug 1853 Jackson Co. AL;
Lived Bass, Jackson Co AL (1880 census)
married Ellen______ b abt 1857
children
3(i). John Shirley b abt 1877
3(ii). others?
3(iii). Lee Shirley (f) b abt 1885
3(iv). James (Tom) Shirley b abt 1887
3(v). William L Shirley b abt 1889
married Edith Hazel Griffin
children
4(i). Kate J. Shirley b abt 1912
4(ii). Perry J. Shirley b abt 1913
4(iii). John P. Shirley b abt 1915
Barbara Darnell <bgdarnell41@yahoo.com is a researcher
of this lineage
3(vi). Houston Shirley b abt 1892
3(viii). Jessie Shirley (f) b abt 1894
3(ix). Eliza (Lizzie) Shirley b abt 1898
3(x). George Shirley b abt 1900
2(iii). Sarah E. Shirley b 1856 Jackson Co. AL
2(iv). John Wilson Shirley b Mar 18, 1859 Jackson Co.
AL
2(v). Jane Shirley b 1862 Jackson Co. AL
2(vi). Martha Shirley b 1864 Jackson Co. AL
2(vii). Marion Shirley b 1868 Jackson Co. AL
2(viii). Florence Shirley b 1872 Jackson Co. AL
2(ix). Jesse Calloway Shirley b Dec 19, 1874 Jackson
Co. AL d. Sept 24, 1921 Talley Cemetery, Jackson Co. AL
2(x). J. H. Shirley b Mar 25, 1876 Jack
1(x). Houston I. Shirley
born about 1832, age 27 in the 1860 Jackson Co AL census
for Stevenson PO; He died about 1871
married Letitia Celia Elizabeth Peacock on 15 March
1855 Jackson Co. AL
children
2(i). William S. Shirley born Dec 1856 Jackson Co.
AL, age 4 in 1860 census
2(ii). Sarah J. Shirley born about 1857 Jackson Co.
AL, age 3 in 1860 census
2(iii). Mary A. Shirley b 1858 Jackson Co. AL, not
found in family household in 1860 census
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