children: (some females may not be accounted for,
possible multiple families in 1830 census)
1820 William Sherley 200100
- 12010 (age 16-26, b 1794 to 1804)
1830 William Shirley 1m 0-5,
1m 5-10, 1m 15-20, 1m 40-50... 2f 0-5, 1f 10-15, 2f 20-30, 2f
40-50.
1840 Drucilla Shirley 1m 10-15,
1m 15-20, 1m 20-30,... 1f 5-10, 1f 20-30, 1f 30-40, 1f 50-60
2(i). Mary Shirley born 1806 in Halifax Co NC. She
married Robert McCandless on 23 February 1823 in Halifax Co NC.
They moved to Guilford Co NC
2(ii). Female Shirley born between 1804 and 1810, age 10-16
in 1820 census, possibly Rebecca Shirley who married Robert Brantley
in 1826 in Halifax Co NC
2(iii). Female Shirley born between 1810 and 1820, age 0-10
in 1820 census
2(iv). Male Shirley born between 1810 and 1820, age 0-10
in 1820 census; age 15-20 in family's 1830 census, age 20-30
in mother's 1840 census household Could he have died young,
then census includes husband of elder sister Mary Shirley McCandless?
2(ii). Thomas Shirley born 1819 in Halifax NC according to
the 1850 census, age 5-10 in family's 1830 census (age 10), age
15-20 in mother's 1840 census household. His estate was probated
in 1857 in Guilford Co NC.
1857 May Term. Estate Settlement
of Thomas Shirley, dec'd Vol X-23 pg 199. I Thomas Hodgin adminr
of Thomas Sherly deceased do return as a final settlement to
wit: that the commissioners allowed the whole estate to widow
Mary Sherly and that I have paid over the whole estate to her
as follows [list of possessions]
married Mary Whitaker on 3 August 1840 in Halifax Co NC; She
is widowed and living with children in nearby Randolph Co NC
in 1860 and 1870 census
children
3(i). Mary E. Shirley born about 1841, age 9 in 1850 census,
age 30 in mother's 1870 household
3(ii). Henry W Shirley born about 1845 in Guilford Co NC, age
5 in 1850 census; age 16 in mother's 1860 census; not enumerated
with mother in 1870, but was married and living in Guilford Co
NC in that census; A Lindsay Shirley age 18 also living in the
household in 1870
married Mariam Beckrel on 14 October 1866 in Randolph Co NC
children:
4(i). Mary Shirley born about 1867 in NC, age 3 in 1870
census
3(iii). Gilbert Shirley born about 1846 in Guilford Co NC, age
4 in 1850 census, age 12 in 1860 census (as McBride Shirley)
age 21 in mother's 1870 household; He lived with "brother"
Lindsey Shirley in 1880 Davidson Co, age 33. untraced after
this point
3(iv). Emily Ann Shirley born about 1849 in Guilford Co NC, age
1 in 1850 census, age 20 in mother's 1870 household
3(v). Nancy Ann Shirley born 25 June 1849 at Guilford Co NC;
age 20 in mother's 1870 household; She died 31 March 1915 at
Back Creek, Randolph Co NC, age 65y 9m 6d. Buried Dair's Chapel
Cemetery. She was widowed to Benjamin Redding (parents named
in death certificate)
3(vi). Thomas C Shirley born about 1850, age 0 in 1850 census;
age 6 in mother's 1860 census; age 18 in mother's 1870 Randolph
Co NC household, occ: works in gold mines. He was a resident
of Randolph Co in 1887 at the time of his marriage. He lived
at Winston-Salem, Forsythe Co NC in 1910 census, age 58
married Sarah C Tysinger of Davidson Co NC on 10 January 1887
in Davidson Co NC. She was age 22 at the time of marriage
1887 Jan 10 - Marriage of
Thomas Shirley Jr age 36 of Randolph Co NC to Sarah C Tysinger
age 22 of Davidson Co NC Wit: R S Adderton, W B Yboro, H C Hege
(Marriage license says 'son of Thomas Shirley Sr dead and Mary
Shirley dead)
children:
4(i). Iowa Shirley born about 1891 NC, age 19, married
to Robert S Little, both living in her parent's 1910 census household
4(ii). Dora Shirley born about 1896 NC, age 14 in 1910 census
4(iii). Lindsay Shirley born about 1901 NC, age 9 in 1910 census
4(iv). Gurney B Shirley born about 1906 NC, age 4 in 1910 census
3(vii). James Lindsey Shirley
born 10 June 1852 at
Davidson Co NC (son Walter's birth cert says father born Guilford
Co NC), son of Thomas Shirley and Mary Whitaker (source:
death cert). Not enumerated with widowed mother in 1860 household;
He lived with brother Henry Shirley in the 1870 census, age 18;
Was married and lived at Emmon Davidson Co NC in 1880, age 27,
occupation: miner; Brother Gilbert Shirley age 33 lived in the
household; He lived at Silver Hill Twp Davidson Co NC in 1900
census and in 1910, age 57. He died 8 January 1921 at Lexington
Davidson Co NC
married Paulens Byerly. She was named spouse in husband's death
certificate
children:
4(i). Author J Shirley born about 1886 NC, age 14 in 1900 census,
age 23 in 1910 census (as James L Shirley Jr)
4(ii). Minnie P Shirley born about 1888 NC, age 12 in 1900 census,
age 20 in 1910 census
4(iii). Walter M Shirley born 17 June 1893 at Silver Hill, Davidson
Co NC (birth cert), age 7 in 1900 census, age 16 in 1910 census
4(iv). Wiley L Shirley born about 1899 NC, age 1 in 1900 censu,
age 10 in 1910 census
4(v). Robert E Lee Shirley born 19 May 1902 at Silver Hill, Davidson
Co NC (birth cert), age 7 in 1910 census
3(viii). Sarah Shirley born about 1855, age 5 in 1860 census;
not found in mother's 1870 census household
3(iii). Henry Shirley (aka Robert Shirley, R. H Shirley in son's
marriage record) born
about 1824 in Halifax NC according to the 1850 census, age 0-5
in family's 1830 census, age 10-15 in mother's 1840 census household.
He lived at Silver Hill in Davidson Co NC in 1860, 1870, and
1880 census.
married Pheraby Ashbrook (surname according to son James' death
certificate). She was born in 1818.
children:
3(i). Lavinia A Shirley born about 1844 in Granville Co NC, age
6 in 1850 census, not in family's 1860 census. She is possibly
the Luvinia Shirley b 1845 who was the spouse of Lindsey Johnson
in the 1870 Davidson Co census (surname in child's death cert)
3(ii). Benjamin G (or T) Shirley born 1847 in Guilford Co NC, age 3 in
1850 census, not in family's 1860 census
3(iii). William Jefferson
Shirley born 26 June
1850 (tombstone), age 9 in 1860 census; Lived at Silver Hill
Davidson Co in 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920; He died on 30 May 1927
at Silver Hill, Davidson Co NC, age 76; Buried Holloways Baptist
Church Cemetery
married Phebe Briggs
children:
4(i). James W Shirley born 1872; He died 1878, age about
6
4(ii). Alice L Shirley born about 1875 in NC, age 5 in 1880
census
4(iii). Emma L Shirley born about 1878 in NC, age 2 in 1880
census, age 32 in parent's 1910 census
4(iv). Minnie B Shirley born about 1880 in NC, age 20 in parent's
1900 census
4(iv). William Edgar Shirley
born about 1885 in NC,
age 25 in parent's 1910 census;
married Octavia Geer on 20 May 1917 at Davidson Co NC (His
parents named in marriage record)
4(v). Essie Maude Shirley born 4 August 1888 in NC, age 21 in
parent's 1910 census; She died 29 September 1972 at Lexington
Davidson Co NC, buried Macedonia United Meth Cemetery; She married
Homer V Surratt (parents named in death cert)
3(iv). James A Shirley born about 1852, age 8 in 1860 census
3(v). Robert Franklin Shirley born 11 January 1856 (tombstone), age
6 in 1860 census, lived with parents in 1880 census; He lived
with Clark brother in law in Pulaski Co Virginia 1910 census.
He died 9 July 1934, buried at Holloways Baptist Church Cemetery,
Southmont, Davidson Co NC
married Nancy Clark on 22 December 1897 at Pulaski Virginia
dau of H C and N W Clark
children:
4(i). Henry C Shirley born about 1899 at Virginia, age 11 in
1910 census
4(ii). S May Shirley born about 1903 at Virginia, age 7 in
1910 census
4(iii). Fariba L Shirley born about 1906 at North Carolina, age
4 in 1910 census
4(iv). Robert F Shirley Jr born about 1908 at Virginia, age 2 in
1910 census
3(vi). Martha C Shirley born about 1856, age 4 in 1860 census
3(vii). Farabee Adeline Shirley born about 1859, age 1 in 1860 census.
Lived with parents in 1880 census; She died 24 March 1937 at
High Point NC, age 77, a widow of E H Dickens (parents named)
Thomas Shirley