Michael Shirley (cont.)
b. ca1740. Family lived in Virginia and Kentucky 

 

Family Connections to Branch #29, 31
DNA Haplogroup R1b1 (matches Branch 29)
See this Shalle Family pedigree for the likely ancestry of Michael Shirley

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1(vi). Charles Shirley born about 1771 in Augusta Co. VA; Numerous deed transations in Madison Co KY prior to 1808; Charles lived in Clay Co Kentucky in 1808 when he was taxed on 27 ac land on Muddy Creek in Madison and 260 ac on Bucks Creek in Pulaski Co KY both land entered by his father Michael Shirley, 1 wp, 8 horses and taxed on the same land in 1811. Lived in Clay County at the time of his daughter's marriage in 1812, taxed on 278 acres (no location given) in Clay Co in 1813; He likely moved soon after as his name is not found on extant 1814 or 1815 tax lists for Clay Co KY; He moved to Howard Co Missouri where he died about 1818;

1796 Tax List of Madison Co KY

Charles Shurley  1000 ac 3rd rate Kentucky River Clark Co Entered by Michael Shurley
700 ac 2nd rate (all ditto)
300 ac 2nd rate (all ditto)
250 ac 2nd rate (all ditto)
250 ac 2nd rate (all ditto)
156 ac 2nd rate Silver Cr Madison Co Michael Shurley ditto ditto
400 ac 2nd rate Station Camp (rest ditto)
300 ac 3rd rate S Fk Stat. Camp (rest ditto)
100 ac 2nd rate Kent. Riv (rest ditto)
10 ac 2nd rate Kings Br. (rest ditto)
300 ac 3rd rate Muddy Cr (rest ditto)
250 ac 3rd rate Buck Cr Lincoln Co (rest ditto)
1 white male 21+
0 white male 16-21
0 blacks
5 horses
0 cattle

1818 March 2nd Monday Session - Howard Co MO - Minutes of the Circuit Court page 140 - An Affidavit of Nicholas Proctor stating that there are heirs of Charles Shirley deceased in this territory two children George and Silas. Letters of Administration are granted to said Nicholas Proctor to administer the estate of the said Charles Shirley deceased whereupon the said Nicholas Proctor filed a bond with Joseph Jolly and Wm Noland his securities in the sum of $600 conditioned for his faithful performance as administation aforesaid. And Letters of Administration were delivered to him and the oaths required by law were taken and the bond approved by the Court.

Howard Co MO - Minutes of the Circuit Court 1816-1818; pg 144-45; Henry S. Mills vs Nicholas Proctor (estate of Charles Shirley) (debt)

Howard Co MO - Minutes of the Circuit Court 1816-1818 pg 166-67; Court Session March 14, 1818 - Henry L. Mills vs Elisha Todd and Nicholas Proctor, exrs of Charles Shirley (debt)

married Rebecca Collier on 15 November 1795 at Madison Co. KY; She was born 21 April 1778. She was was the daughter of John Collier and Millie Vaughn. She moved to Clark Co Indiana after the death of her husband. 2 daughters married there begining in 1818 and then again in 1828. Buried at Colglazier Graveyard, Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana (source: History of Charles and Rebecca, compiled by Katherine Dailey, Indianapolis Indiana, findagrave)

children (6 daughters and 3 sons in 1810 census)

2(i). Nancy Shirley born Aug 1797; She married Robert Alcorn on 31 January 1812 in Clay Co. KY

2(ii). Mary A. Shirley born 8 Nov 1798; She married David Wise Daily on 29 August 1818 Clark Co. IN; The family lived in Charlestown Clark Co Indiana; She died 23 March 1897 at Clark Co IN, age 98; David was born Aug 16, 1798 and died 22 August 1873


Mary Ann Shirley Daily
(Original source: David James)

2(iii). Lucy Shirley born June 1800  married William F. Foster on 3 May 1840. His father - A prominent member of the bar of Edwards County, was born in Clark County, Indiana; William Foster, was a native of Yorkshire, England.  He was educated at Ackworth in an institution under the asupices of the Quakers, or Friends.    

2(iv). Rebecca Shirley born Nov 1801; She married Aaron Johnson 24 March 1828 at Jeffersonville, Clark Co. IN

2(v). George Shirley born June 1804; Named with brother Silas as a surviving heir living "in this territory" upon the administration of his father's estate in Howard Co MO in 1818. He never married

2(vi). Jincey Lydia Shirley born June 1808, She was widowed and enumerated in the 1900 census household of widowed son-in-law Peter Courtney in White Co IL. She was listed as age 94 at the time; She died 18 May 1902 (source: IL Death Index, corrected date) at White Co IL, age 96; She married James Huckleberry on 12 May 1828 Clark Co. IN

2(vii). Silas C. Shirley born 11 December 1806 Boones Fort, Kentucky. His father Charles died when Silas was 10 years old. In court records of Howard Co. Missouri, Silas was apprenticed to Joseph Tolly to learn a trade by his guardian, Nicholas Proctor, who was a cousin. Lived in Eastland Co TX in 1860 with 2nd wife and 2 sons; He died on 30 December 1895 Bandera, Bandera, TX; Buried at Pipe Creek Cem, Bandera Co TX

Silas C. Shirley, his 2nd wife Catherine Green (seated),
and their daughter Lydia Shirley Buell
(source: familysearch.org)

married 1) Mary Mott

married 2) Catharine Green She was born Jan 26, 1822 and d. Oct 3, 1893. She is buried at Pipe Creek Cem, Bandera Co TX

children:

3(i). George Franklin Shirley born Jan 10, 1841 TX, age 20 in 1860 census household; He lived with his brother Oliver Shirley in the 1870 census, age 30; They lived Alamo Gordo, Otera County, New Mexico Territory in 1900 census; He died 16 November 1916,

married Ann Olivis White nee McElroy on September 1880. She was born Mar 29, 1846 Meridan, Lauderdale Co. MS d. Dec 9, 1916. She was married first to John White. Ann was the daughter of John M. McElroy and Martha Gains.

children:

4(i). John Bladen Shirley born 20 September 1881 TX, age 19 in 1900 census; He died 12 October 1941, He married Etta Marie McVey

4(ii). Kate Maud Shirley born 4 May 1883 TX, age 17 in 1900 census; She married S. G. Price on 12 July 1905

4(iii). Edgar Warick Shirley born 10 November 1887 TX, age 13 in 1900 census

4(iv). Joe Willie Shirley born 24 December 1889 TX, age 11 in 1900 census; He died 8 March 1943; He married Bessie Kelley 5 June 1912

3(ii). Oliver Silas Shirley born 24 January 1844 at Jasper Co. TX, age 17 in 1860 census household; Lived at Bandera Co Texas in 1870 census; Not found in 1880 census; Enumerated in Bandera Co TX in 1883 county tax assessment; Lived Crockett Co TX in 1900 census with 3rd wife Lavina Shirley; He died 4 October 1928 in Austin, Travis Co. TX,

Oliver Silas Shirley

married 1) Emslee Andress in 1862; She was born 31 August 1846 at Pipe Creek, TX; age 22 in 1870 census; She died 3 May 1872

married 2) Mary Simpson in 1873; Apparently divorced by 1880 census. She married next James Collins on 1 June 1879 at Bandera Co TX

married 3) Lavina Dunlap on 30 April 1879; She was born Oct 26, 1853 Harrison, Cass Co. TX, age 47 in 1900 census; She died 3 August 1935 St. David, Cochise, AZ.  

children:

4(i). George Franklin Shirley born 16 January 1863 in Bandera Co. TX, age 7 in 1870 census

married Francis ___.

4(ii). Oliver Silas Shirley born 4 April 1865, age 5 in 1870 census; He died 9 March 1909 unmarried

4(iii). Kathryn Theresa Maria Shirley born 18 August 1868 Bandera Co. TX, age 2 in 1870 census (as Marger Shirley); She died 5 June 1949; She married M.T. or Bill Sapp

4(iv). Effie Jane Shirley born 7 May 1870 Bandera Co. TX, age 0 in 1870 census; She died, 12 April 1944; She married William Irby on 20 March 1886

4(v). John William Shirley born May 24, 1872 Bandera Co. TX, He lived with his two sisters Effie Thompson and Theresa Sapp in Kerrville in the 1940 census. He died 17 April 1956 in San Antonio Bexar Co TX. He was almost 84 years old at the time of death. Buried Oakley Cemetery in San Antonio TX. (parents not named on death cert.)

married Martha (Mattie) E Campbell on 16 February 1902 at Uvalde TX. She was born 12 November 1878 at Posita Bexar Co TX. She died in 18 March 1906, apparently in child birth.

children

5(i). Eula Shirley born September 1902 at Posita TX. She died of Typhoid Fever on 2 September 1922 at Posita Bexar Co TX. Parents named in death certificate

5(ii). Frank Lee Shirley born 18 March 1906 in San Antonio Bexar Co TX. He died 23 September 1952 at Galveston, Co TX. Parents named on death certificate

Ancestor of DNA Kit #312706

married Alice Matilda Hannsmann on 2 December 1925 at Bexar Co TX

children

6(i). Raymond Fritz Shirley

6(ii). Dallas Edward Shirley born 24 October 1930 at San Antonio, Bexar Co TX

4(vi). Edward Shirley (son of 2nd wife, Mary Simpson) born about 1873 in TX, age 7 in mother Mary Collins' 1880 census household in Bandera Co TX.

4(vii). Silas Archibald Shirley born 4 May 1882 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX, age 18 in parent's 1900 census; He died 30 September 1956 South Springs, TX,

married Elizabeth Fairchild who was born Feb 4, 1889 Gillespie Co. TX She died May 7, 1948. (child of Lavina Dunlap)

children:

5(i). Leslie Shirley born 23 February 1907 Gillespie Co. TX, He married Martha ___

5(ii). Lorena Shirley born 19 February 1908 Gillespie Co. TX, She married Vernon Sanders 

5(iii). Sadie Shirley born 13 July 1909 Gillespie Co. TX, She married 1st. Jack Rickey

5(iv). Linnie Shirley born 1 March 1911 Gillespie Co. TX, She married. Eugene Williams 

5(v). Velma Shirley born 3 March 1913 Bandera Co. TX, She married John Smiley

5(vi). Gerald Shirley born 16 May 1922 Bandera Co. TX, He married Esther Smith

5(vii). Gladys Shirley born 10 February 1924 Johnston City, TX, She married Laurence Moritz

5(viii). Homer Ishmael Shirley born 14 May 1927; He died May 10, 1931, age 4

4(viii). Albert Elias Shirley born 26 December 1884 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX, age 15 in 1900 census

4(ix). Henry Shirley born 3 November 1885 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX, age 13 in 1900 census

4(x). Wiley Shirley born 30 October 1888 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX, age 11 in 1900 census

4(xi). Lillie Shirley born 3 March 1892 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX (twin), age 8 in 1900 census

4(xii). Rosae Shirley born 3 March 1892 at Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX (twin), age 8 in 1900 census

3(iii). Felix G. Shirley born 1848, not in parent's 1860 census household, died young

3(iv). Lydia Shirley born 25 October 1863 (dau of Catharine, 2nd marriage), She died 10 February 1953, She married Gay Buell Feb 26, 1877  

2(viii). Felix Cabron Shirley born 28 January 1811 Kentucky (tombstone); Lived at Augustine Co Texas in 1850 census, age 38; Lived in Nacagdoches Texas in 1860 census, age 48, and 1870 census, age 59, occupation farmer; He died 20 February 1899 at Nacagdoches Co Texas, buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches Co TX (findagrave)

married Lavonia Yaden; She was age 32 in 1850 census

children:

3(i). James Johnson Shirley born 17 December 1843 Texas, age 6 in 1850 census, age 16 in 1860 census

3(ii). William Wiley Shirley born 9 July 1845 in Texas, age 4 in 1850 census, age 14 in 1860 census, age 25 in parent's 1870 census household; He died 8 March 1901, age 55 at Nacagdoches Co TX, buried Shady Grove Cemetery.

married Mary Ameda Shofner

3(iii). Rebecca Indiana Shirley born about 1847 in Texas, age 3 in 1850 census, age 10 in 1860 census

3(iv). Emily Ann Shirley born June 25, 1856, age 8 in 1860 census, She married Nathaniel M. Neely on 10 June 1912 

3(v). Mary Jane Shirley born about 1854, age 5 in parent's 1860 census househod; age 16 in parent's 1870 census household; She married. George Cox

2(ix). Charles Shirley born June 1813 (source for this child?)

2(x). Seth Shirley born 1815 (source for this child?)

   


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