Descendants of Jacob Sherrill #5

Descendants of of Jacob Sherrill
submitted by Virginia Freeman Taylor

Transcribed from Jacob Sherrill, Son of Adam and Elizabeth and Some of Their Descendants by William Andrew Sherrill, published 1983.

SECTION 5

James Payton Sherrill, (son of Louis (Lewis) Sherrill and Eliza Burins, grandson of Archibald Sherrill) and some of his descendants

The following information was recorded 18 Feb 1968. It was obtained from Hazel Ragsdale Hopkins, Robert M. Odam, Family Bible of James Payton Sherrill, now in the possession of Mrs. Hazel Hopkins, Louisville, KY, Harriett Sherrill Tant and Wanda Clark.

7.1.3A.4.1. James Payton Sherrill was the son of Louis Wesley Sherrill and Eliza Burlns. He was b. 13 Aug 1843 near Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN. M. 21 May 1868 to Sara Lucinda Thomas, dau. of John G. Thomas and Emma Jewell, b. 21 May 1844 near Statesville, Wilson Co., TN. James Payton Sherrill d. 3 Oct 1925 on his farm in Sumner Co., TN. and was buried Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, TN. Sara Lucinda Thomas Sherrill d. 1 Nov 1910 in Sumner Co., TN and was buried in Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, TN. Issue:

1. Lola Malaska Virgin Sherrill b. 19 Oct 1869 in Wilson Co. TN. M. 15 Jun 1890 to Charles Ernest Salisbury. She d. 24 Apr 1932 and is buried in Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN.
2. John Wesley Sherrill b. 17 Dec 1872 in Wilson Co., TN. M. 28 Jun 1905 to Ollie Elizabeth Cole. D. 4 Jun 1946. Buried Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, TN. No issue:
3. Laura Armanda "Maida" Sherrill, b. 20 Nov 1876 in Fulton, Fulton Co., KY. M. 29 Dec 1894 to Squire Gorham Ragsdale. D. 9 May 1949. Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, TN.
4. James Sidney Sherrill b. 15 Oct 1878 in Fulton, Fulton Co., KY. M. (1),13 Oct. 1904 to Annie Elizabeth McCarver. M. (2), 22 Sep 1910 to Birdie William Cook. D. 23 Apr 1947. Buried Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN.

JAMES PAYTON SHERRILL: (The following is a compilation of narrative material received from several sources listed previously. Practically all is repeated in each account.)

When the War Between the States broke out, James Payton Sherrill enlisted 20 May 1861. (23 May 1861) at Nashville, Tennessee. (Wilson County, Tennessee) for a period of twelve months. The 7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was organized at Camp Trousdale 28 May 1861, with 10 companies, A to K. It was transferred to the service of the Confederate States of America, in July 1861 and reorganized for the war, April 1862. Also with James P. Sherrill in Company K was his brother, Napoleon "Polie" Sherrill. James re-enlisted each time when his period of enlistment was up and served through the four years of the war. His brother, Napoleon died or was killed in 1863.

April 30, 1862, James was appointed 5th Sergeant. December 31, 1862, he was made an ambulance driver by order of Brigadier General James J. Archer. On 23 January 1864, he re-enlisted at Harrisburg, Virginia, for the duration of the war.

James P. Sherrill was paroled 2 May 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse (Photostat copy from National Archives) Cumberland Gap, Ky. (?) by Col. William Y Dillard, 34th Kentucky Infantry Volunteers.

James Payton Sherrill was one of 47 original men left out of the entire 7th Tennessee Regiment, at Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse! (Berrin Lindsey Annals of the Confederacy History of the 7th Tennessee). He walked approximately 500 miles home to Lebanon, Tennessee, with no money, no shoes, and only food given him by people. No muster pay, no transportation home, just plain 'No Nothing."1

After the war, James Payton Sherrill married Sara "Sallie" Lucinda Thomas and sometime between 1873 and 1876, they and their two children moved to near Fulton, Kentucky, where a brother of Sara's lived with his family. They were to an extent -- "Pioneers." They cleared the land and had very little to start with, it being just after the war. Sara's father had given them a cow and some guinea fowl. After moving to Kentucky, they cleared a track of land and built a little log cabin and tried to farm, but the first year's crop was a failure. A family, probably relatives, befriended them, lending them corn, corn and feed until they could make another crop.

When the oldest child was 12 years old, ca 1890, they moved back to Wilson County, Tennessee and then to Nashville, Tennessee where he successfully operated a grocery store in South Nashville, which was known as "J. P. Sherrill and Sons" for a number of years.

Later, ca 1900, they sold the store and bought a farm on Old Brick Church Pike, about twelve miles from Nashville. This they sold about 1913 and bought a large farm, some 700 acres or more, three miles from Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee.

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