CHAPTER ONE

                                                  CLAN FERRILL ~  in Mississippi

                                                                     Written by: E. Ferrill McKee

April 4, 2012 will mark two hundred years since Bryant T. Ferrill of McIntosh County, Georgia, was granted a federal passport to "travel through the Creek Nation to the Western Country", which would on December 18 of that year become Jackson County of the Mississippi Territory. In August of that year Bryant, wife Susannah Williamson Ferrill, seven children and eleven slaves traveled across the "Western Country" on a four-foot wide trail to what we now know as George County, Mississippi. Every possession was moved by animal backs, wheelbarrows, and ground sleds. The youngest child in the movement was about six months old, and he seems to have made the movement without special problems. His name was John Wesley Ferrill, and he lived another 91 years, most of that time as a Methodist ordained minister, preaching in churches across the coastal area of Mississippi.

Indian Creek Cemetery, George County, MS

• http://usgwarchives.net/ms/george/photos/tombstones/indiancreek/indiancreek.htm

We speculate as to the origin of the name John Wesley Ferrill. The  original John Wesley is widely credited as being the founder of Methodism. It appears likely that Bryant T. and Susannah were greatly impressed by John Wesley's sermons, and they imbued in their eldest son, John, a desire to become a preacher in the Methodist Church.

Six other children had been born in Georgia to Bryant T. and Susannah:

• Williamson Ferrill
• Mary Ferrill, born 1800, who married Claiborn Chatham
• Elizabeth Ferrill, born 1802, who married Robert Dixon
• George Washington Ferrill, born 1804, who married Mary McDonald
• Lucy Ferrill, born 1806, who married Chauncey Stevens
• Amelia Emily Ferrill, born 1808, who married Daniel Pickett
• Archelous Adolphus Ferrill, born 1810, who married Martha Hough

Children of Bryant and Susannah born in Jackson County Mississippi were:

• Benjamin Ferrill, born 1814, who married Matilda Ward
• Susan Ferrill, born 1820, who married John Hogan
• Abigale Ferrill, born 1822, who married Herrin Brannan
• John Wesley Ferrill married twice, following the death of Emaline Hough Ferrill in 1868, he married-Louisa Azaline Baptiste Renegar. In 1876, Mary Ferrill Chatham and Claiborn Chatham had one child,
• Bryant Chatham, born 1822 in Mississippi.
  
  The marriage of Lucy Ferrill and Chauncey Bigelow Stevens produced the following children:
  
• Wiliam Stevens, born 1826; Emily Stevens, born 1828
• Benjamin Stevens, born 1830, and served in the Confederate Army, 17th
• Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry, as a Captain.

[Service record copy is filed in the Genealogy Department of the Pascagoula library branch.]

• Sarah Stevens, born 1835
• Richard Stevens, born 1836. [Richard served in the same battalion as his
  brother Benjamin. He is believed to have died in combat.]
• Elizabeth Stevens, born 1838
• Martin Van Buren Stevens, born 1842
• John Bigelow Stevens, born 1848
• Lucy Stevens, born 1852
  
  Children born to Amelia Emily Ferrill and Daniel L Pickett were:
• Hannah Ann Pickett, born 1831
• Joseph Pickett, born 1834
• Robert Tilden Pickett, born 1836
  
  Children born to Archelous Ferrill and Martha Hough in Mississippi:
• Melissa Elizabeth Ferrill, born 1838 in Mississippi
• William B. Ferrill, born 1839 in Mississippi
• Levicey Emerline Ferrill, born 1841 in Mississippi
• Thomas Benton Ferrill, born 1843 in Mississippi
• Francis Virgil Ferrill, born 1845 in Mississippi
• John B. Ferrill, born 1848 in Mississippi;
• Martha C. Ferrill, born 1848 in Alabama
• Sara Louise Ferrill, born 1861 in Alabama
• Alfred C. Ferrill, born 1863 in Alabama.
  
  Children born to John Wesley and Emaline Hough Ferrill:
• Wesley Francis, born in 1842.
• Dalmanutha born in 1843
• Isabella Geraldine, born in 1845
• Thomas Alhanan, born in 1847
• Unity Hough, born in 1849
• Vicey Susannah, born in 1851
• Sarah was born in 1860 and died the day she was born.
• Cyrennius R. was born in 1852. {He died 1868 - see obituary below, only a month after his mother, Emaline, died}
• Alson B. born in 1854
• John Towles was born in 1856Emaline C. was born in 1858 and married Thomas Peter Rawles
  
  Children born to John Wesley and Louise Ranegar Ferrill:

• Anola Pearl Ferrill, born 1877, who married William Faulkner
• Lula Esther Ferrill, born 1879, who married Charles Prevost
• Maggie Edwina (sp?) Ferrill, born 1882, who married Madison Tanner
• Winnie Ginnett Ferrill, born 1883
• Jacob Martin Ferrill, born 1884, who apparently did not marry
• Susan Corene Ferrill, born 1886, who married Edward Terry

Martha Ferrill, born 1818, who married Lewis Hogan

Children born to that marriage were:

• Hubert I was born in 1869 and died 1969
• Bertie Emaline Williamson, born 1873, died 1917
• Morris A. born in 1874. died 1940
• Cadmus Alley was born in 1870 and died 1883
• Wesley John was born 1883, died 1903
• Elinor Ferrill Leake was born 1872, died 1913

Hubert, Morris, Cadmus, Elinor, Bertie, Wesley John, are buried at Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Marion County Mississippi, along with their parents (Wesley and Sarah).

Myra Miranda was born 1878, died 1954, She and husband Irvin McClendon Sr. rest in a cemetery (name not now known), in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

Irvin Sr. died about 1951

Remains of Celeste Louise Ferrill, born 1880, and Kate Moore Ferrill McDonald, born 1891, each of whom died in 1962, were interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia MS, Marion County, Mississippi

Cammie Inez Ferrill McKee was born 1888 in Columbia, Marion County Mississippi. Her husband Hugh Kelsey McKee Sr born 1885, and raised in Kemper County Mississippi, died 1960.

Cammie's sister, Flora, who was born in 1885, died 1957

Hugh Kelsey McKee died 1960

Cammie died 1971.

Their remains are interred in the Family McKee plot, Section H, New Palestine Cemetery, Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi. The remains of three of their children, Catherine Inez (1912-2003, Robert Morris (1922-1989) and Hugh Kelsey Jr (1925-1988), as well as Cammie's sister Annette Flora, are interred in the same McKee family plot.

The lives and activities of members of CLAN FERRILL gives a sample of the westward movement of Irish families from the Souheastern coast of the United States across the North American continent

© efm 1/31/2007.

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CHAPTER TWO

CLAN FERRILL ~ in North Carolina


Richard Ferrill was born ca 1665, in Franklin County North Carolina. Richard married and that marriage produced several children, among whom was John Ferrill born 1695. John married Ann Bryant, born 1697, each of whom is presumed to have been born in Franklin County North Carolina.

That marriage produced the following children:

Bryant ca 1720
John Jr 1723
William 1725 {see children names below}
Rebecca 1730
Patty 1732
Temple 1734
Frankie 1734
Clancy, 1738
Elizabeth, 1740
Polly, 1742
Penelope 1744

There is evidence on the Internet that John and his son William, each signed an oath of loyalty to the State of North Carolina, opposed to King George during the period of 1774 and 1804. There is an indication on the Internet that William served in the Revolutionary Army, although that has yet to be fully documented.

John died in Bute County, North Carolina, in January 1786.

William Ferrill married and that marriage produced:
Byrd Ferrill, born ca1760 in Bute County, North Carolina
Benjamin Ferrill, born 1765 in Bute County, North Carolina
Bryant T Ferrill, born May 29, 1769, in Bute County, North Carolina
Archelous Ferrill, born 1772, in Bute County, North Carolina

There is a strong probability that William moved his family to Screven County, Georgia during the latter part of the 1700's.

Byrd married Elizabeth, surname not known, and that marriage produced the following children:

William, born ____
Williamson, born ____
John, born ____
Sara, born ____
Elizabeth, born ____
Nancy, born ____
Polly, born
Bennett, born 1785
Mickelberry, born 1787

Records indicate that Archelous Ferrill married Sally Parker, who had been born in Greene County, North Carolina.

© 2006.e f mckee

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CHAPTER THREE

CLAN FERRILL ~ in Georgia


By E. Ferrill McKee

Mickelberry, son of Byrd, married Nancy Coleman. They had one child, Sara Coleman Ferrill, born 1817, presumably in Georgia.

Byrd died in Butts County, Georgia in 1829.
Benjamin and wife, surname Miller, given name not now known, produced the following, some if not all in
Georgia:

Benjamin Ferrill 2
Byrd Ferrill 2
Martha Ferrill
Mary Ferrill
Miriam Ferrill
Julia Ferrill

Benjamin, listed in the 1830 census, died 1834 in Screven County, Georgia. There appears to have been a will dated December 2, 1834. Bryant met and married Susannah Williamson in Georgia, born to Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson in Screven County, Georgia, in 1780. The marriage produced the following children in Georgia:

Mary Ferrill, born 1800
Elizabeth Ferrill, born 1802
George Washington Ferrill, born 1804
Lucy Ferrill, born 1806
Archelous Adolphus Ferrill 2
John Wesley Ferrill, born 1812
Bennett, son of Byrd, met and married Julia Coleman. The marriage produced one child, Blount Coleman Ferrill, born 1816, died 1908.

© 2006   e. f. mckee

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UPDATED JANUARY 31, 2007

CHAPTER FOUR

CLAN FERRILL ~ in Texas

By E. Ferrill McKee

In 1862, a fifteen year old boy, striving to be a man, walked up to a recruiter for the Confederate Army, and declared himself to be in the fight. His father and older brother had already enlisted in the Confederate army a year before. He was given a weapon and a uniform. His name? Thomas Alhanan Ferrill, son of John Wesley Ferrill and brother of Wesley Francis Ferrill.

After standing down in 1865, along with all other Confederate soldiers, he returned to his father’s home in Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi. He met Lydia Bond, and married her on November 17, 1867. Lydia’s parents were Russell and Lydia Nelson Bond. Later, the Batson/Bond Family Book records that Lydia and infant son John R. died of fever, along with others in the family. Lydia and infant John were interred in Colonel John Bond Family Cemetery in Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi.

Thomas Alhanan Ferrill had been born to John Wesley and Emaline Hough Ferrill, on April 18, 1847, in Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi. Thomas moved from Mississiippi after the death of his wife and son. Census records for 1870 include the family of John Wesley Ferrill, but do not include the name of Thomas, so that we may assume that by that time Thomas had moved on at some date between 1868 and 1870.

In Texas Thomas married Emma Hall, who had been born February 15, 1854 in Texas.

The marriage of Thomas and Emma produced the following:

1873….Jerusha Ferrill, who married John A. Calloway

1875….Emma Ferrill, who married Samuel A. Spivey

1877….Howell Alhanan Ferrill, who married 1) Dora Hunter; 2) Johnnie Pixie)

1878….Kate Ferrill, who married James A. Spivey (related to Samuel

Jerusha Ferrill and John Calloway produced several chiildren:

1899….Lena (Laura?) Calloway

1900…Johnnie Calloway

1904….Bernard Calloway

1907….Mitchell Calloway

1909…. Edward Calloway

1910….Walter Calloway

1912….Louisa Calloway

Children born to Emma Ferrill Spivey and Samuel A. Spivey:

1898…Floyd Spivey

1902…Troy Spivey

1905…Alson Spivey

1908…Davis Spivey

1911…Argie Spivey

Emma Hall Ferrill died July 5, 1914.

Thomas Alhanan Ferrill died January 4, 1923 in Waller County, Texas.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO NAMES OF PERSONS WHO ARE LISTED IN "CLAN FERRILL"

Father's Given	Surname	Given Name	Born	Died	Spouse Surname	Spouse Given	Chap	Pg
Not Known	Ferrill	Richard	1665				NC	1
Richard	Ferrill	John 1	1695	1786	Bryant	Ann	NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Bryant	1720				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	John 2	1723				NC	1
John1	Ferrill	William 1	1725	1807			NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Rebecca	1730				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Patty	1732				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Temple	1734				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Frankie	1734				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Clancy	1738				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Elizabeth	1740				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Polly	1742				NC	1
John 1	Ferrill	Penelope	1744				NC	1
William 1	Ferrill	Byrd	1760	1829		Elizabeth	NC	2
William 1	Ferrill	Benjamin	1765	1834	Miller		NC	2
William 1	Ferrill	Bryant T	1769	1836	Williamson	Susannah	NC	2
William 1	Ferrill	Archelous	1772		Parker	Sally	NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	William 2					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Williamson					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	John					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Sara					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Elizabeth					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Nancy					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Polly					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Bennett					NC	2
Byrd	Ferrill	Mickelberry			Coleman	Nancy	NC	2
Mickelberry	Ferrill	Sara Coleman	1817				GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Benjamin 2					GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Byrd 2					GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Martha					GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Mary					GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Miriam					GA	1
Benjamin	Ferrill	Julia					GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Mary	1800		Chatham	Claiborn	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Elizabeth 2	1802		Dixon	Robert	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	George Washington	1804		McDonald	Mary	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Lucy	1806		Stevens	Chauncey	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Amelia	1808		Pickett	Daniel	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Archelous 2	1810		Hough	Martha	GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	John Wesley	1812	1893	Hough	Emaline	GA	1
Bryan T	Ferrill	John Wesley	1812	1893	Ranager	Louisa	GA	1
Bennett	Ferrill	Blount Coleman	1816	1908			GA	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Benjamin3	1814		Ward	Matilda	MS	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Martha	1818		Hogan	Lewis	MS	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Susan	1820		Hogan	John	MS	2
Bryan T	Ferrill	Abigale	1822		Brannan	Harrin	MS	2
Claiborn	Chatham	Bryant	1822				MS	1
John Wesley	Ferrill	Wesley Francis	1842	1930	Kirkwood	Sarah Jane	MS	1
John Wesley	Ferrill	Dalmunutha	1843				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Isabella Geraldine	1845				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Thomas Alhanan	1847	1923	Bond	Lydia	TX	1
John Wesley	Ferrill	Thomas Alhanan	1847	1923	Hall	Emma	TX	1
John Wesley	Ferrill	Unity Hough	1849				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Vicey Susannah	1851				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Cyrennius R	1852	1868			MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Alson B	1854				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	John Towles	1856				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Emaline C	1858		Rawles	Thomas P	MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Sarah	1860	1860			MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Anola Pearl	1877		Faulkner	MS	MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Lula Esther	1879		Prevost	Charles	MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Maggie Edwina	1883		Tanner	Madison	MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Winnie Gennett	1883				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Jacob Martin	1884				MS	3
John Wesley	Ferrill	Susan Corene	1886		Terry	Edward	MS	3
Chauncey	Stevens	William	1826				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Emily	1828				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Benjamin	1830				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Sarah	1835				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Richard	1836			Anna	MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Elizabeth	1838				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Martin Van Buren	1842				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	John Bigelow	1848				MS	2
Chauncey	Stevens	Lucy	1852				MS	2
Daniel	Pickett	Hannah Ann	1831				MS	2
Daniel	Pickett	Joseph	1834				MS	2
Daniel	Pickett	Robert Tilden	1836				MS	2
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Melissa Elizabeth	1836				MS	2
Archelous 2	Ferrill	William B	1839				MS	2
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Licivey Emmerline	1841				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Thomas Benton	1843				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Francis Virgin	1845				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	John Bigelow	1848				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Martha C	1848				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Sara Louise	1861				MS	3
Archelous 2	Ferrill	Alfred C	1863				MS	3
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Hubert I	1869	1942			MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Morris A	1870	1940			MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Cadmus	1870	1883			MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Wesley John	1873	1903			MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Elinor	1872	1913	Leake		MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Myra Miranda	1874	1954	McClendon	Irvin	MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Celeste	1875	1962			MS	4
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Ammette Flora	1885	1957			MS	5
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Cammie Inez	1888	1971	McKee	Hugh Kelsey	MS	5
Wesley Francis	Ferrill	Katie	1891	1962	McDonald		MS	5
Hugh Kelsey	McKee	Catherine	1912	2003	Lynd	Carl B	MS	5
Hugh Kelsey	McKee	Robert Morris	1922	1989	Stewart	Eleanor	MS	5
Hugh Kelsey	McKee	Hugh Kelsey 2	1925	1988			MS	5

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