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1(iv). Jonathon
Shirley born Oct 4, 1774 MD, drowned fording
the Wabash River in Vigo Co. IN April 24, 1862. In 1801 he bought
land in Madison Co. KY from his father. It appears he only
lived there a short time as he soon sold the land to James and
Frances (Shirley) Runkle. In 1841 he served as administrator
to his father's property. He can be found in the 1850 census
of Augusta Co. VA where he is listed as a farmer 74 years
of age, born in Maryland. His 1852 application for
bounty land stated that he was drafted at Augusta Co about the
23rd of July 1814 and served as a private in the late war with
Great Britain in the company of Va militia commanded in the first
place by Capt Hugh Young and afterward by Capt Edward Lawrence.
He was discharged at Camp Fairfield in the City of Richmond,
Sept 1814. "that he the said Shurley continued in active
service for about six weeks or two months, when owing to ill
health he was compelled to hire a substitute and quit the service."
His name was not found on the muster roll and he appealed saying
his name could have been spelled Shelley. Neither name was found
upon re-examination of the rolls. Shirley argued that since he
was already granted bounty land under the earlier act (then under
suspension), then why not under the newer act? Age 84 and living
with son William Shirley in 1860 in Augusta Co Va. His will
was probated in 1865 in Augusta Co.
1801 May 5 Madison Co DB E pg 173 Peter Shurley of Madison
Co KY to Jonathon Shurley of Augusta Co VA; L250, 74 acres Taylor's
Fork a branch of Silver Creek near the town of Milford bounded
by creek, line of John Hart; <s> Peter Shelly (sic, then
Shally in the clerk recording)
I Jonathan Shirley of the
county of Augusta and state of Virginia do make and publish this
my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all
former wills by me at any time heretofore made and first I desire
that my body be decently intered and as to such [ ] as it has
pleased god to interest me with. I dispose of the same as follows:
First I desire that all my debt and funeral expenses be apid
as soon after my decease as possbile out of the first moneys
that shall come into the hands of my executor from any portion
of my estate real or personal first I wish for all my children
to have an equal portion fo my estate with the exception herinafter
mentioned my son William Shirley is not to have any thing as
I have fully given him his portion in the farm I sold him. I
wish the part that goes to my daughter Sarah Byan to go into
the hands of my executors and he to give it to her and her children
as he may think they hand in want of it and daughter Susannah
McFall I wish to go into the hands of my executors and he to
give his and her children her as he may think they need it. My
son Jacob Shirley's children and my son Peter Shirley's children
are to have their father's part of my estate which is to be an
equal part of my estate. I wish all my children to have an equal
part of my estate with the above exception. My lands if I have
any at my death I wish to be sold by my executor to the best
advantage that he may think proper and I haereby give him power
to make a good and lawful title for the same all other property
I wish to be turned into money and distributed as above directed.
And I do hereby make and ordain my son William Shirley as my
executor fo this my last will and testament. In witness whereof
I Johnathan Shirley the testator have to this my last will written
on one sheet of paper set my hand and seale this 4th of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
four. <s> Jonathan Shirley. Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of us who have subscribed in the presence of
each other. Samuel Cline, Peter Cline, Solomon L. Smith. [In
the court of Augusta County October 2nd 1860. This last will
and testament of Jonathan Shirley deceased was presented oin
court and formed by the oaths of Samuel Cline and Peter Cline
two of the subscribing witnesses therego who deposed that Jonathan
Shirley the testator who was well known to them signed and acknowledged
to said paper as his last will and testament at the house of
Samuel Cline in the presence of Samuel Cline Peter Cline and
Solomon L. Smith who all three signed and attested it as witnesses
in his presence and in the presence of each other at his request
and that the said Jonathan Shirley was then and there of sound
of sound and disposing mind and memory whereoupon the said will
was ordered to be recored Test William A Bennett clk. ]
married 1) Nancy Reif on April 8, 1801 daughter of John Reif
of Augusta Co. VA,
married 2) Esther Swope; she was born 1778 died 1854.
children by Nancy:
2(i). Daniel Shirley born Aug 15, 1801 VA; living in Fayette
Township, Vigo Co IN in 1850 and 1860; He died 1886 in Vigo Co.
IN.
Staunton Spectator, Volume
63, Number 42, 30 June 1886 - Intelligence of the death of Mr.
Daniel Shurley which occurred recently at his residence in Vigo
county, IN., has beeu received by his relatives here. Mr. Shurley
was 88 years of age. He had long since passed the allotted age
of man; but of him it could be said with truth, he had not outlived
his usefulness. He was a native of this county, and was raised
near Churchvllle. About the year, 1831, with his family, he leit
for the State of his adoption, and was a prominent and deservedly
popular citizen above reproach. The deceased was a member of
a very large family, only four of whom survive him—Mr. Wm.
Shurley, of Churchvilie, Miss Nancy Shurley, of Jenning's Gap,
Mrs. Sarah Bryan, of this place, and Mrs. Fannie Sheets, of Rockingham
county.
married Elizabeth Funkhouser
in 1824 Augusta Co. VA born Oct 20, 1800 VA d. Sept 1, 1871 Vigo
Co. IN
children:
3(i). Melvina Shirley born about 1832 VA; living at home in
1850 census, age 18; She married George W. Farnham April 26,
1855
3(ii). Daniel R. Shirley born about 1834 VA; living at home in
1850 census, age 16; living in Fayette, Vigo Co IN in 1880 census
married 1st. Sarah A. Hull, died
after 1880 census
married 2nd Nacy (Braden) Koonce
children:
4(i). Edsell D. F. Shirley born June 1859; living with parents
in 1880 census, age 21 married, farmer;
married Sarah Smith on Feb 20,
1879
children:
5(i). Carl A. Shirley b 1879, age 8 mos in 1880 census.
5(ii). Ethel Shirley; she married Hugh E. David Nov 27, 1901
5(iii). Vida Shirley; she married Lewis DeWitt Nov 16, 1902
5(iv). Estelle Shirley born July 1885; she married William
A. Sears Aug 4, 1903
5(v). Alden D. Shirley;
married Cecelia Evans Nov 25,
1920
4(ii). Laura E. Shirley born about 1861; living at home with
parents in 1880 census; died Mar 16, 1886 unmarried
4(iii). Dilla E. Shirley born Jan 1863 d. Feb 9, 1882 unmarried
4(iv). Cory J. Shirley born Mar 8, 1865 d. Sept 3, 1887 (male)
4(v). Willlam R. Shirley born about 1872
married Dessie Shew Feb 12, 1898
4(vi). Maude E. Shirley born about 1875
(three or more children died
as infants)
3(iii). Isaac J. Shirley born Jan 1, 1836 IN; living at home in
1850 census, age 14; He died April 16, 1864
3(iv). Elizabeth Shirley born about 1837 IN; living at home in
1850 census, age 13
3(v). Jacob Shirley born about 1846 IN; living at home in
1850 census, age 4.
2(ii). Jacob Shirley born Apr 18, 1804 VA died 1847
of Cholera on a trip down the Ohio River and is buried in Louisville,
KY. (see his family bible in the Misc link at the top of the
page)
 married Mary Mullen born Jan 27, 1810
VA
children:
3(i). DeWitt Clinton Shirley born July 25, 1832; He died Jan 24,
1871; Buried at Shepherd Cem, Shepherdsville, Vigo IN
married Elizabeth (Matilda) Shores
May 29, 1856
children:
4(i). Charles F. Shirley
married Mary Shanks in 1882
 3(ii).
John Williamson Shirley
born Jan 22, 1832 d. Dec 5, 1906; Buried at Shepherd Cem, Shepherdsville,
Vigo IN
married Eliza J. Holmes April
7, 1863
children:
4(i). Russell V. Shirley
4(ii). Franklin Calvin Shirley, b. Abt 20 Dec 1865, Indiana, d. 11 Feb
1935, Terre Haute, Vigo,
Ancestor of
DNA participant Kit #442662
4(iii). Augustus Mervin Shirley, b. 28 Mar 1868, d. 30 Dec 1870
4(iv). Ennis Irving Shirley, b. 31 Jan 1869, d. 15 Jun 1931, Terre
Haute, Vigo, Indiana
4(v). Harry Beverly Shirley, b. 25 Aug 1870, d. Infant
4(vi). Bertha May Shirley, b. 19 May 1874, d. 2 Apr 1890
4(vii). Mary Corilla "Cora"
Shirley, b. 17 May 1877,
Indiana, d. 20 Jun 1961, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
3(iii). Elizabeth Melvina
Shirley born May 21,
1836 IN d. Aug 15, 1922; she married William Whitesel Oct 6,
1853
3(iv). Daniel James Shirley
born Sept 30, 1838; he
died young
3(v). Margaret Elinor Shirley born June 2, 1840
3(vi). Michael Jonathan Shirley born Jan 15, 1843; he died in the civil
War (71st IN Regiment, later 6th Cal.)
3(vii). Sarah Jane Shirley
born Sept 9, 1845;
she died Oct 24, 1896 Vigo Co. IN
2(iii). Peter Shirley born about 1806; He lived in Augusta
Co VA in 1840 census, born 1800-1810, and died there 6 January
1841. His estate was administered by his father, and was appointed
guardian of his ophan Jonathan Shirley
married Ingabo Erwin 10 Apr 1837
at Pendleton Co VA (later WVA). She married next Abraham M. Wilson;
they lived in Miami Co Indiana until about 1870 when they moved
to Kansas.
children:
3(i). Jonathan Shirley born 9 July 1838 in Augusta Co VA; After
his father's death, he was living in the household of George
and Martha Flesher in Highland Co VA, 1850 census; In 1880, he
was living in Hudson Townhip, McLean Co IL. They lived in Virginia,
and traveled to Illinois by covered wagon. They later went onto
El Dorado Springs, MO where they settled on a farm. He died 17
August 1903.
married 1) ________
married 2) Margaret E. Swope
on 10 March 1867 at Highland Co VA; born April 15, 1845 in Virginia,
died Oct. 20, 1941. She was the daughter of Margaret Swope according
to the marriage record. Parents were Peter Swope and Margaret
M. Burns.
10 Mar 1867 Marriage Jonathan
Shirley age 29 (b 1838 Augusta Co VA) son of Peter Shirley and
wife Ingabo. Shirley to Margaret E. Swope age 22 (b 1845 Highland
Co VA) dau of Margaret Swope at Highland Co VA
children:
4(i). Harison C. Shirley born about 1862 VA - He is living in
Osage Kansas near grmother Ingebo Shirley Wilson in 1900
4(ii). Mary Shirley supposedly daughter of 1st wife
4(iii). John Loren Shirley born 17 March 1869 in Iowa, died July
22, 1917 in Kansas City, MO. He delivered milk, and died when
he fell down an elevator shaft at the warehouse.
married Sarah Ann Elizabeth Mulvany
children:
5(i). John Edward Shirley
5(ii). Leo Bradley Shirley
born Nov. 3, 1907 in
Kansas City, MO, died Mar. 2, 2006 of natural causes at 98 years
of age.
"As a young man he enlisted
in the U.S. Navy, and was assigned to the Yangtze River Patrol.
He was one of the last surviving members of the Yangtze River
Patrol. A very famous movie was produced by Hollywood depicting
the events of the Yangtze River Patrol. The film was named “Sand
Pebbles”, and is very insightful and corresponds well to
what Grandfather Leo told me. He later joined the U.S. Army and
was assigned to drive a supply truck in the Philippines during
WWII. After his military service he became a farmer in Kansas
where he married Avis and had 4 boys: John, Milt, Eugene, and
Richard. Avis died unexpectedly early. Later he remarried Mary."
- Todd, Feb 2017
5(iii). Mary Ellen Shirley. She married Buttner
5(iv). Thomas Bernard Shirley, born 24 January 1909. He died 14 January
1992. He married Alice Teresa O'Neill on 13 January 1934
Ancestor of
DNA participant Kit #232464: Haplotype R1b1a2
5(v). Margaret Cecilia Shirley. She married Grant Edgel who was a WWI
veteran.
4(iv). Rosa L. Shirley born about 1871 IL
4(v). Ida M. Shirley born about 1875 IL
4(vi). George T. Shirley born about 1877 IL
2(iv). Nancy Shirley
born about 1808 Augusta
Co VA; She was unmarried in the 1850 and 1860 Augusta Co census;
living with uncle Daniel Rife. She died 8 August 1888 near Jennings
Gap, Augusta Co VA (obituary)
Staunton Spectator, Vol 65,
no 49, 15 August 1888 - Miss Nancy Shurley, daughter of Jonathan
Shurley dec'd, died at the residence of Robert Dunlap, near Jennings
Gap, on the 8th instant, aged about 86 years. The deceased had
been an invalid all her life and for many years required unremitting
care which was patiently and tenderly rendered up to the moment
the spirit of the worn out casket was returned to its Creator....The
remains were laid to rest at Jerusalem Chapel...Her only surviving
relatives residing in this State are Wm. Shurley, a half-brother,
of Churchville, adn two half-sisters, Mrs Sarah Bryan of this
place, and Mrs Fannie Sheets of Rockingham County.
children by Esther:
2(iv). George Shirley born Nov 23, 1816 VA; he died April
10, 1899 Vermillion Co. IN. Buried Shirley Cemetery
Universal, Vermillion Co IN.
 George Shirley left Virginia for Indiana
in 1856. He was a blacksmith in his native state but sold most
of his belongs when he made the long trek north to the banks
of the Wabash nearly a century ago. He settled in Vermillion
County and in 1871 built the homestead where the Buntain family
still lives. He continued his smithy career in Indiana and only
this year have the last traces of his blacksmith shop gone when
Mrs. Buntain planted a garden on the site where his smithy stood.
On Feb 1, 1865 Mr. Shirley held a public sale at his home in
Shenandoah Valley section of Virginia and meticulously noted
the prices brought for the various articles. Still intact in
the Spencerian script favored in those days the Shirley accounts
contain some extremely interesting bits of historic oddities.
For instance if you had been a Virginia farmer anxious to add
to your herd of cows, you could have purchased a cow with a bee
for $15 and a cow with a white face for the same price. Pigs,
sure, two first choice pigs brought $3.10 each, not so choice
brought $2.65. Shirley sold his bay mare the sum of $10 and a
bale of hay to feed the horse was $1.00. A wheelbarrow was sold
for $.75 cents while a chisel brought in $.38 cents. A wooden
rake sold for $.06 and 1/4 cents while a draw knife was sold
for $.06 1/2 cents. A hand ax went for $.62 cents, a churn sold
for $.25 cents and a cook stove for $8.87. Even then men were
at a loss to describe some articles around the house and these
things were tagged as "do-do's" but somehow they brought
$.30 cents. A coffee mill and box were worth $.49 cents to some
housewife while she bought a meal sifter for $.08 cents. One
intriguing item in the list was labeled "box and contents"
$.36 cents. A crock of apple butter was sold for $.50 cents,
a child's cradle sold for $.12 cents, a clock for $1.47, three
pictures $.08 cents, fox trap $.31 cents, and a Spanish saddle
for $.50 cents. Shirley, his wife and nine children made the
journey safely to Indiana and added two more members to the Shirley
clan after the arrived. The only tragic note in the move of this
Virginia family to Indiana was when the Shirley's father decided
to join his son in Hoosierland. He made his way to Indiana but
at a fording place in the Wabash only eight 8 miles from his
son's home he slipped from the tongue of the wagon, fell into
the water and drowned. Many descendants of the family still live
in Vermillion County, making up one of the many families of pioneer
settlers in this area. Written by a descendant in 1972
married 1st Susan Ann Hanger
born April 23, 1823 d. May 14, 1856, daughter of Peter Hanger,
married 2nd Margaret James July
15, 1869 born Nov 25, 1856 d. Mar 23, 1910
children:
3(i). Charles Henry Shirley born Aug 15, 1840
3(ii). Jasper N. Shirley born Feb 18, 1842 (served in 71st
IN Reg, 6th Cavalry.)
3(iii). Mary Frances Shirley
born Nov 1, 1843
3(iv). George William Shirley born Nov 5, 1845
3(v). Martha Jane Shirley born May 2, 1847 d. July 12, 1890; she
married Isaac Clem Aug 22, 1867
3(vi). John Shirley born Feb 25, 1849; he died 1923
married Nancy Smart Jan 16, 1868
3(vii). Jacob Shirley born May 22, 1851
married Mollie Castle
 3(viii).
Esther Shirley born Mar
5, 1853; she married Allen Funkhouser
3(ix). Daniel B. Shirley born May 11, 1855; he died. Jan 27,
1940. Buried Shirley Cemetery Universal, Vermillion Co IN.
married (Martha) Belle Ike
3(x). Susan Ellen Shirley born Mar 9, 1857; she died Mar 1928
married John Philip Long
3(xi). Annie Shirley born about 1859
3(xii). Bud Shirley born Feb 12, 1860 IN; he died Apr. 26,
1871
3(xiii). Catie Shirley born about 1869
3(xiv). Emory Shirley born about 1875
married Catherine Rourke Aug
16, 1894
2(v). Fanny Shirley; born say 1822; she married Strouder
Sheets 15 SEP 1842 in Rockingham Co VA
2(vi). Sarah Shirley; she married Harvey Bryan
2(vii). Susannah Shirley born say 1823; she married William McFall
Mar 16, 1843 in Augusta Co VA
2(viii). William Shirley born about 1827; He appears in 1850 census
of Augusta Co. VA in the HH of his parents; married and living
in Augusta Co in 1860 and at Pastures Augusta Co in 1880 census
married Frances (Poper) Grim
prior to 1860
children:
3(i). Mary Esther Shirley
born 12 Mar 1854 at Whisky
Creek, Augusta Co VA; She married Wm B Dunlap of Tippacanoe Indiana
on 4 Jan 1876 at Churchville, Augusta Co VA (mother named as
Frances R. Grim)
3(ii). Evaline Virginia Shirley born 30 Nov 1856 at Augusta Co VA
3(iii). Philip Shirley born 18 Nov 1860 at Whisky Creek, Augusta
Co VA
3(iv). George W. Shirley born 28 Apr 1865 at Whisky Creek, Augusta
Co VA
3(v). Sarah E. Shirley born 17 Aug 1868 at Augusta Co VA
3(vi). Joseph H. Shirley born 10 Nov 1872 at Whisky Creek, Augusta
Co VA (died young?)
3(vi). John Shirley born about 1873 VA
Staunton Spectator, Volume
68, Number 16, 3 December 1890 - NOTICE —My son John H.
Shurley, aged 18 years, having left home without my consent,
I hereby warn all persons that I will not be responsible for
any debta that he may contract. WILLIAM SHURLEY, Lone Fountain,
Augusta Co., Va.
2(ix). Mary Evaline Shirley born about 1830; She was living with
her parents in 1850 Augusta Co VA census; she married John W.
Walton 28 May 1855 Jefferson, Kentucky
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Peter Shirley (cont.)