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Kelly Shirley born probably Lenoir or Greene County
NC; The first sighting of Kelly Shirley as an adult is found
in Stokes Co NC where he was taxed on his personal property in
1808. Kelly was residing in Capt Shafer's District, and was taxed
on 100 acres, 1 white poll and 0 black polls, 0 horses; He appeared
in subsequent tax years in Stokes Co NC, in 1809 and in 1810,
owning the same 100 acres as before. In 1810, his residence was
further clarified as lying in the Beaver Island District; Kelly
was enumerated in the 1810 federal census for Stokes Co NC, age
26-45 with two females in the household age 16-26, and 1 young
daughter age 0-10. He was also enumerated in the census owning
4 slaves; Kelly Shirley served as a private in the 5th Regiment,
also known as Atkinson's Regiment, in the North Carolina Militia
during the War of 1812; Kelly was taxed on 225 acres lying in
the Beaver Island District of Stokes County in 1814, 1 white
poll and 1 black poll; Kelly Shirley died on 19 Feb 1815 according
to his military service record; His Estate was probated in 1815
in Stokes Co NC in 1815. Kelly Shirley's wife Tryphenia was taxed
for his 225 acres of land in 1815 and again in 1816. She remarried
in 1816. She was granted a pension in 1818 of $4 per month for
the war service of her deceased husband
1815-1823
Estate
File of Kelly Shirley
of Stokes Co NC (pdf)
married Triphenia
_________ ; She
was administrator of the 1815 estate of Kelly Shirley;
married 2) David Williams on 1 September 1816 in Stokes Co NC;
Triphenia Williams died 27 Feb 1855 likely in San Joaquin County
CA "Tryphena Williams departed this life on Tuesday February
the 27th 1855" (See James
Madison Williams bible record)
children:
(Proven by 1815 estate records
in Stokes Co NC, Another
possible sister is Elizabeth, b. ca 1801, NC, d. July 12
1877, Dent County, MO, m. John Brooks.)
1(i). Mary Hill Shirley a minor child of
Kelly Shirley in Sept 1817; She may be Mary Shirley, age 50-60
in 1840 Federal Census for Crawford County, MO.
View 1817
Guardianship papers for Mary Hill Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)
1(ii). Jacob Camplin Shirley [Branch
#53] born ca 1810-1811 probably Stokes County NC, a minor
child of Kelly Shirley in Sept 1817; First known location of
Jacob is Warren County, TN, 1830. Departs TN ca 1838 and relocates
to Crawford County, MO. (The area becomes Dent County in 1851).
Jacob is listed in the 1850 Shannon Co MO Census mortality schedule,
died March, age 40; He applied to purchase federal land in October
1849. but d Saturday 2 March 1850
Shannon Co MO (according to the bible of James
Madison Williams of Butte Co Calif),
View 1817
Guardianship papers for Jacob Camplen Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)
View 1822
Guardianship papers for Jacob C. Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)
married 1) Sophia ________, who died 18 September 1845 (Williams
bible). [see email at bottom of page regarding this date of
death]
married 2) Lucinda Brooks ca 1846 MO who was b. ca 1819 NC d.
ca 1850s, daughter of John and Nancy Brooks. Nancy b.
ca 1784 NC.
1(iii). Thomas Jefferson Shirley (formerly Branch #74) born abt. 1810-11 in Stokes Co NC; a
minor child of Kelly Shirley in Sept 1817; Found in early Warren
Co Tennessee records along with his brother Jacob Shirley; He
appeared first in 1830 estate records of Leroy Hammons dec'd
as owing the estate 47 census; Taxed in Civil District 8 in Warren
Co TN in 1836 as Jefferson Shirley, no land owned, zero slaves;
Unlike his brother Jacob Shirley, Thomas was not taxed in Warren
Co TN in 1838; He was living in Crawford County Missouri as early
as 1839 when he appeared in numerous land transactions; Enumerated
in Crawford Co MO in 1840 census, age 20-30, married with 2 sons
and 2 daughters in his household; Enumerated at Watkins Towship,
Crawford Co MO in 1850 census, age 40, born NC; Thomas J Shirley's
land transactions in Crawford Co Missouri continued through 1852;
Enumerated at San Joaquin Co California in 1852 State Census,
age 45, b NC, last residence Missouri; He died 13 November 1859
probably in Tuolumne Co. or possibly San Joaquin Co. California
View 1817
Guardianship papers for Thomas Jefferson Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)
Stockton Daily Argus Friday,
18 Nov 1859. Killed by an Unknown Person -- Mr. T.J. Shirley,
a farmer and trader near Jamestown, died on Saturday last from
the effects of a blow on the head from a hatchet, given by some
unknown person about 2 weeks since. No clue has been obtained
to the perpetrator of the murderous attack.
Daily Alta California, Volume
11, Number 319, 17 November 1859. Our Jamestown Corresponence
- Jamestown, Nov. 13th, 1859 - Mr. T. J. Shirley, a farmer, near
town, was, some two weeks since, attacked by some unknown person,
and severely beaten' his head was cut as though by a hatchet;
Since then he has lingered between life and death until to-day
he died. He leaves a wife and large family; no clue has been
obtained of the perpetrator of the attack, and Mr. S. was delirious
up to his death."
photo posted by Dee Sardoch to ancientfaces.com in 2001
married Mary
Simmons on
7 September 1831; She was born 25 Novembe 1814 VA; She was widowed
and head of household in 1860 San Joaquin Co CA Census, age 43
(Note: A Margaret Shirley age 16 born MO is also enumerated in
Mary Shirley's 1860 census household); Mary Simmons Shirley married
2) A B Farley on 31 January 1861 at San Joaquin Co CA; An 1864
Calif Supreme Court case states that Mary married A. B. Farley
after husband Thomas' death. See San Joaquin County in the
member's section for details of the case. They resided in
Calavaris Co CA in the early 1860s; She married 3) G.
M. McConnell on 28 July 1875 in Hollister. She died on 4 August
1894, San Francisco, buried at Hollister California
This family
likely died out in the male Shirley line
children:
2(i). William H. Shirley born
6 October 1833; He died 29 November 1836, age 3
2(ii). James M. Shirley born 18 October 1835
TN, age 14 in 1850 census (as M Shirley), age 17 in 1852 CA State
Census; Named as a party in several land transactions in Tuolumne
deed records in 1855 and 1859; James M Shirley, then living in
Tuolumne Co purchased 15 acres of land from the Sheriff of Tuolumne
Co in 1855 and later sold it on 12 January 1859 to his father,
prior to his death; James was joint administrator with his brother
of the estate of his deceased father in 1859; He was enumerated
at Jamestown Tuolumne Co CA in 1860 census, age 25, born TN,
single, gardener. He and his brother J H Shirley sold their father's
65 acres of land and "Shirley cottage" situated on
Woods Creek at an auction in 1861; The deed of sale was dated
27 November 1860; However, the same property was sold by James
M Shirley a resident of Jamestown, Tuolumne Co to his brother
J H Shirley of Salt Spring Valley, Calaveras Co CA in June 1861.
J H Shirley paid his brother $1,100 for the property (including
Shirley cottage). He is likely the J M Shirley who worked in
lumber and mining in Calaveras Co CA in the 1870s. The
1871 California Great Register identifies the middle name of
this J M Shirley as Monroe, born Tennessee; J M Shirley
age 35 was enumerated in Calaveras Co CA in 1870 census, single,
age 35 b Tennessee, gold miner; The same J M Shirley,
occupation miner, was enumerated at Murphy's Calaveras Co CA
in 1880 census, single, age 42, born Missouri (sic); He
was enumerated at Murphys Calaveras Co CA in 1900 census, age
63, born Missouri; James M Sherley of Murphy's Calaveras
Co CA with the same date of birth as above died 16 February 1908
2(iii). "Dr."
Jacob Henry Shirley
born 28 March 1838 MO, age 12 in 1850 census (as H Shirley),
age 14 in 1852 CA State Census (as Henry) He was
joint administrator with his brother of the estate of his deceased
father in 1859; He was enumerated in Calaveras Co CA in 1860
census, age 22 married with one child, occupation: farmer; In
June 1861, he purchased the family property in Tuolumne Co from
his brother James M Shirley for $1,100. His residence at the
time of purchase was Salt Spring Valley Calaveras Co CA; Jacob
H Shirley and his wife Sarah sold the Shirley property in Tuolumne
Co CA on 29 October 1861. J H Shirley purchased a parcel on Union
Street Copperopolis in Calaveras Co from his mother Mary and
stepfather A B Farley. All parties resided in Calaveras County;
Jacob and his wife sold that parcel in 1864; Jacob was involved
in 2 other deed transactions in 1864, both instances large number
of residents were selling rights to mining companies. In 1865,
he and his wife Sarah sold the "Shirley Ranch" in Township
8 Calaveras Co, near the head of McCarty's Creek. His brother
J ?M Sherley was witness to the sale (middle initial X, not as
a mark); He moved to San Francisco by 1866 when his voter registration
listed his address as 154 Stewart Street. His son Cyrus died
there in 1867. He was enumerated at Eden Alameda Co CA in 1880
census, age 43 born Missouri; Enumerated in Sacramento CA in
1900 census, age 62, occupation Physician; Jacob was enumerated
in San Francisco in 1910 census, age 72, occupation physician;
Jacob H Shirley was not a licensed physician, nor held any medical
practice degrees. A lawsuit to that effect is found in the probate
papers of his brother Thomas E Shirley in Sacramento Co CA; Jacob
was the executor of his brother Thomas Shirley's estate in 1909;
Jacob died 18 September 1911, buried at Sacramento City Cemetery,
Sacramento Co CA
Dr. J. H.
Shirley, cancer specialist, Sacramento, was born in St. Louis,
Missouri, March 28, 1838. When fourteen years of age he crossed
the plains with his parents to Sacramento, arriving here in August,
1852; but he went to Stockton, where he had an uncle, Robert
Simmons. He was married in Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California,
to Miss Sarah E., daughter of George W. Fleming, who had come
to this State in 1852. In 1868 the Doctor went to Alameda County,
engaging in the live-stock business; and it was not until 1884
that he became interested in the specialty for which he has now
become so well know. It was during that year that he made the
acquaintance of Dr. W. W. McCoy, of Stockton, proprietor of “McCoy’s
Tonic and Blood Purifier,” and cancer specialist. After
two years of successful practice with him there, he removed to
this city, establishing himself on Fourth street. He now has
his office on K street, and is enjoying remarkable success in
the treatment of his cases, who come to him from all parts of
the country. Both his parents were from the South. His father,
Thomas Jefferson Shirley, was a native of Richmond, Virginia,
and his mother, Mary nee Simmons, of East Tennessee. He has four
children: Lewella, now Mrs. W. J. Tannehill; Paul, Lucy, and
Emma Dale.
Transcribed by Marla Fitzsimmons. An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. By Hon. Win. J. Davis. Lewis Publishing
Company 1890. Page 405-406.
married Sarah
E. Fleming
on 10 May 1858 at Jamestown, Tuolumne Co CA; She was enumerated
with her husband in 1910 census, age 58
children:
3(i). Cyrus
Shirley born
26 June 1859 in California, age 1 in parent's 1860 census; He
died in San Francisco on 26 February 1867, age 7 years 8 months
3(ii). Luella
S. Shirley born
14 April 1861; She maried 1st J.W. Tannehill; married 2nd
Judge M.L. Rawson
3(iii). Paul H.
Shirley born
about 1876 CA, age 4 in parent's 1880 census household; He was
named as a legatee in the estate of uncle Thomas E Shirley dated
1910; He was age 34 in parent's 1910 census household, "divorced"
wife Jennie who also lived in the household, occupation sewing
machine salesman; Lived at Oakland Alameda Co in 1930, "married"
to wife Jennie. The family moved to Long Beach CA by 1938
married Jennie
______ They
were divorced by 1910, although she and her husband both lived
with his parents in that census. The couple are "married"
in the 1930 census
no apparent
children
3(iv). Lucy
Shirley born
May 1882 CA, age 18 in parent's 1900 census household
3(v). Emma
Shirley married
_______ Dale; Not enumerated in parent's 1880 or 1900 census
household
2(iv). Vianna
J. Shirley born
24 April 1840 MO, age 10 in 1850 census, age 12 in 1852 CA State
Census. She married Thomas N. Willis on 22 September 1855 at
Tuolumne Co. CA. He was born 8 March 1825 in GA; She was not
mentioned in the 1900 last will and testament of her brother
Thomas E Shirley
2(v). John
Y. Shirley
born 20 April 1843 MO, not enumerated in parent's 1850 census
household, age 8 in 1852 CA State Census, age 18 enumerated
in widowed mother's 1860 census household untraced after that;
He is not named in the estate of his brother Thomas E Shirley,
nor are any heirs
Any children?
2(vi). Thomas
Ewing (also Evan?) Shirley born
20 October 1845 MO, age 5 in 1850 census household, age 6 in
1852 CA State Census, age 15 enumerated in widowed mother's 1860
census household. Thomas E Shirley patented 196 acres of land
in Stanislaus Co CA from the US government BLM on 20 May 1869.
Thomas was listed in the 1870 census in Langworth, Stanislaus
Co CA, living in what appears to be a group camp, age 27 born
Missouri, occupation farm laborer. He was a witness to sister
Lucy Shirley's marriage to J W Pepper in Stockton San Joaquin
California in 1872; Enumerated in the California Great Register
at Camp Washington Stanislaus Co CA in 1871 (as Thomas Ewing
Shirley), 1873, and again in 1882 at Turlock, Stanislaus Co CA,
age 36, born Missouri; His estate was probated, and letters of
administration granted to his brother Jacob H Shirley in Sacramento
Co CA, and indicate Thomas E Shirley died 9 October 1900, age
46 years; According to official records, his cause of death was
a gunshot wound; At the time of death Thomas possessed two tracts
each of 160 acres located in what was then Kern Co CA in the
Bakersfield oil field; His heirs named in estate papers were
brother Jacob H Shirley age 50 of Sacramento Co, brother J M
Shirley age 47 of Murphy's Camp, Calaveras Co, Mrs Sarah Edell
age 40 of San Francisco CA, who each shared in the real estate
legacy. His sister Lucy A Fox age 38 of San Jose California was
only given $5 cash, the will specifically stating that she and
her husband already owned land in the oil fields and would already
be provided for. He was buried at the Sacramento City Cemetery,
Lot 2171
Sacramento
Bee - 9 October 1900 pg 5 - Shot Himself At Brother's Home -
Thomas E Shirley attempts suicide in fit of despondency - Thomas
E Shirley brother of Dr J H Shirley of this city shot himself
late yesterday afternoon at the residence of his brother. In
a fit of despondency resulting from long-continued illness. He
had been suffering from heart disease and dropsy and had been
told that he could never recover. Yesterday he sent his sister
out of the room and standing before a mirror, shot himself with
a revolver in the right temple. He was alive at last accounts
but it is stated that he cannot recover. Mr Shirley was formerly
a resident of Bakersfield but recently made a trip to Montana
for his health. He came to Sacramento only a short time ago.
No apparent children
2(vii). Edward
Nicles Shirley born
20 October 1845; He died 16 Octiber 1849, age 3
2(viii). Sarahann E. Shirley born 18 December 1851 MO,
age 1 in 1852 CA State Census (as Annabella), age 9 enumerated
in widowed mother's 1860 census household; She married 1) Lemuel
Fletcher on 24 December 1868, She married 2) L. H. Edell on 25
December 1883 at Hollister, CA (see photo above)
2(ix). Lucy
Angeline Shirley
born 17 July 1854 Stockton, CA; ; She married 1) John
W. Pepper on 3 September 1872 Stockton, San Joaquin Co CA; He
was born 1 August 1837 at Marion Co, MO; He died on 29 September
1886 at Hollister, CA; She married 2) John Irvine Fox Feb 23,
1892; He was born 2 August 1862 at Rockford, IL; He died on 13
December 1895 at Delano, CA they had 1 son; Lucy A Shirley died
29 November 1921 at San Francisco, CA; She was buried at Olivet
Cemetery, Colma, CA
From Dee Sardoch:
I have land records
for T.J. and sons, J.H. and James M. in and around the Jamestown
/ Sonora area of Tuolumne Co. for the 1855 to 1861 time period.
Robert Simmons, brother of Mary Simmons Shirley, was a rancher
in the Big Oak Flat area, as well.
From Dee Sardoch
in 2010
T.J. Shirley,
wife Mary & the kids are in the 1852 California census. I
haven't found Jacob's kids in that census. My thought had always
been that Jacob's kids came out later.
There are a couple
of references to them all going through Texas, possibly even
spending a bit of time there.
I don't really
have any info on them coming out for the gold, but it's a pretty
good assumption being that they ended up in Jamestown. My thinking
is that the older boys had gold-fever & T.J. just wanted
to farm. His farm was along the Sonora road, which was extremely
dangerous in those days, and he was killed while farming in his
fields - at least that's where he was attacked, he didn't die
from his wounds until a week or 2 later.
Yes, Charles
Calvin Shirley, son of Jacob, ended up in the Thermalito area,
spending his last years in the Odd Fellows home there & died
there in 1906. I've never found any indication that he married.
Since finding out about the Williams's nearby, I've wondered
if that is why he chose to end his days in that area. He seemed
to bounce from family member to family member.
I'll have to
double check my info when I get home, but I remember that some
of the Shirley's were in Copperopolis after T.J.'s death. Also
Angel's Camp.
From an email thread with Gary Shirley in 2010:
"Jerald, we are very interested in your research, regarding
Tryphena Shirley. There appears to be a very strong connection
between her and my g g grandfather Jacob Shirley b. ca 1810 most
likely NC and Thomas Jefferson Shirley, presumed to be his brother,
b. ca 1810 NC. David Williams appears with them in Warren County,
TN in the 1830s, in Crawford County, MO in 1840 and both David
and Tryphena are in Shannon County, MO. with Lucinda Shirley,
Jacob's second wife in 1850."
"We don't know what became of Jacob Shirley after 1849
but his children from his first marriage are with Thomas Jefferson
"Sherley" in Crawford County, MO in 1850. Shortly thereafter
this combined family leaves MO for CA. Thomas Jefferson Shirley
is killed in 1859 probably in Tuolumne County, or maybe San Joaquin
County, CA. His widow Mary Simmons Shirley is listed in the 1860
census in Castoria, San Joaquin County, CA. And living next door
to her are James and Lucinda Williams along with some of Jacob
Shirley's children!"
Ron Womack sent this from the James Madison Williams family
bible (Butte Co California) in 2010:
The death Date for Jacob Shirley is March 2, 1850
"Sopha Shirley departed this life on Thursday the 18th
of September 1845".
"Tryphena Williams departed this life on Tuesday February
the 27th 1855." (nee Shirley)
"Tryphena Williams emmigrated from North Carolina to
Tennessee in 1817 from Tennessee to Missouri in 1837."
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