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Thomas Shirley
b. ca1755-65 South Carolina. Lived in Rutherford Co. North Carolina and White County Tennessee

MISC INFORMATION FOR THIS BRANCH

 

DNA Haplogroup R1b1

   
 

Thomas Shirley was born between 1755-1765 South Carolina. He died between 1825-1830 TN. He married Margaret _______.

(Known) children: 

1. William

2. Thomas, Jr. born 1797 North Carolina. He married Julia Ann Johnson

children:

(1). Lucien Bonaparte born about 1828, single. He was one of the leading attorneys of early Hamilton County TN.

(2). Cordelia m. George Oliver Cates in Hamilton Co., TN. 
Cordelia died either in childbirth, or soon thereafter.  

George, Senior remarried a widow, Mary Davis, & had many other children. George is buried in the Mitchell Cemetery in Hamilton County.

          Child

A. George Oliver Cates, Jr., m. Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) Chastain in Ringgold, Catoosa County, GA. They immigrated to Texas. George & Sally died in Altoga, Collin County, TX & are buried in the Altoga Cemetery.

(3). Adaline R. born about 1832

(4). Thomas lll  born about 1834, died young

(5). James Brown May 31,1837, died 1902. He married Mary Acshah Andrews

(6). Commodore Perry died infant

   


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