Descendants of Jacob Sherrill #8

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 8

William Thomas Sherrill (son of Abel Sherrill and Annie Thomas) and some of his descendants

The following information was recorded 11 Jun 1967 by W.A.S. It was obtained from Jean Smith; G. Bernie Houston; Wilson County, Tennessee, Marriage records; 1850 Census; William T. Sherrill was an ancestor of A.T. Sherrill; Bondsmen for William T. Sherrill were himself and Vinetree Long; Bible in possession of William Sherrill, Lebanon, Tennessee; Harriett Tant; Wanda Clark; Malinda Haile; William Thomas Sherrill and son, Abel Rufus were ancestors of Eudora. This is also the direct ancestor of the Sherrill Prichard family.

7.4.5. William Thomas Sherrill, son of Abel Sherrill and Annie Thomas, b. 30 March 1803. M. 12 December 1826 in Wilson County, TN, to Eleanor McEwin Thomas, b. 22 September 1799 in TN. William Thomas Sherrill died 12 July 1879 in Statesville, Wilson Co., TN. Eleanor McEwin Thomas Sherrill died 22 December 1869. Issue:

1. James Wilson Sherrill, b. 15 Oct 1827 in Statesville,Wilson Co., TN. M. 14 Dec 1848 to Mary Caroline Hudson. D. 26 Jun 1863.
2. Hiram Monroe Sherrill, b. 5/6 Aug 1829 in TN. Died either 17 Jan 1831 or 6 Feb 1831.
1. Abel Rufus Sherrill, b. 16/18 Jan 1832 in Wilson Co.,TN. M. 4 Feb 1853 to

The following information was recorded by W.A.S. on 9 May 1973. It was obtained from Mrs. Ross B. Johnson; Wanda Clark; Dates from Rufus Sherrill's Bible, copied by A. T. Sherrill.

7.4.5.1. James Wilson Sherrill was b. 15 Oct 1827 in Statesville, Wilson County, TN. Son of William Thomas Sherrill and Eleanor M. Thomas. M. 14 December 1848 to Mary Caroline Hudson, b. ca 1835. James Wilson Sherrill was a soldier in the Confederate Army. He was on his way home when he died on 26 June 1863, and as far as the family knew, he was buried where he died. During their married life, James Wilson Sherrill and Mary Caroline Hudson Sherrill lived on a hill overlooking a beautiful valley and the little village called Sherrilltown, later renamed Norene. Mary Caroline Hudson Sherrill d. 6 June 1880. Issue:

1. William Henderson Sherrill, b. 17 Dec 1849 in Wilson Co., TN. D. 1850 in Wilson County, TN.
2. Mary Elizabeth Sherrill, b. 18 Jun 1851 in Wilson Co., TN. M. 17 Nov 1880 to Joseph LaFayette Patton. D,1 Jul 1943 Buried in Fairview Cem. in Norene, Wilson Co., TN.
3. Ephraim Foster Sherrill, b. 5/8 Sep 1853. M. Katherine Porterfield. D. 29 Feb 1928. Buried in Wilson Co., TN.
4. Hiram Thomas Sherrill, b. 28 Jan 1856. M. 23 Dec 1887 to Eliza Coleman. D. 23 Jan 1939.
5. Susan Luvina Sherrill, b. 19 Nov 1859 in Wilson Co., TN. M. Ben H. Moser. Both are buried in Pruitt Graveyard, near Shop Springs, TN.
6. Jane Ellen Sherrill, b. 15 Mar 1862 in Wilson Co., TN. M. 1889 to Will Ozment. D. 1940. Buried in Fairview Cem., Norene, Wilson Co., TN.

7.4.5.1.5. Susan Luvina Sherrill married a Ben Moser. The following information, contributed by Virgil Prichard may have some connection with the above named Ben H. Moser. Susan Luvina Sherrill (b. 1859) would seem too young to be the wife of this Ben Moser but she could have been his daughter-in-law. (Note: This was a grandson of Benjamin Prichard who married into the Sherrill family. This is further proof that there was a connection between the Sherrill family and the Prichard family dating back to a time before William Brantley Prichard and Eleanor Elizabeth Sherrill (7.4.5.5A.1) were married. (These two were grandparents of Virgil Prichard and VLT). They had a cousin, Starns Moser, living in Greenwood, Texas, at the time of their deaths.)

 

THE TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR VETERANS QUESTIONNAIRES

(FORM NO. 2)

In case the space following any question is not sufficient for your answer, you may write your answer on a separate piece of paper. But when this is done, be sure to put the number of the question on the paper on which you write your answers.

Read all the questions before you answer any of them. After answering the questions given, if you desire to make additional statements, I would be glad for you to add just as much as you desire:

1. State your full name and present post office address: Ben Moser, Water Town, RFD 3 4 Tennessee

2. State your age now: 79

3. In what State and county were you born? Wilson County, Tennessee

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier? Confederate

5. Name of your Company? Co. C 4th Tennessee Cavalry Forest Command

6. What was the occupation of your father? Farming

5. Give the full name of your father: Berry Moser born at Mt. Carmel; in the County of Wilson;State of Tennessee; He lived at: Mt. Carmel.

6. Maiden name in full of your mother: Polly Ann Prichard, she was the daughter of: Benjamin Prichard & and his wife: Polly Ann Prichard who lived at: Norene, Tennessee.

7. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled -- country and State: always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss. Grand Father and Moth Prichard came from North Carolina. Grand Father Moser came from Hollen (sic) & Grandmother raised in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

8. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can: Did not own no (sic) land.

12. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many? No.

13. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres: 200 acres.

14. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened: $25.00 per acre.

15. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or a frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had: log house -- 4 rooms.

16 As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.) Farm work - plowed and hoed.

16 .State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember -- that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:Shop work: carding & spinning. All house work done by Mother and sisters.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many? No.

18. How was honest toil - as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class - regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable? White and colored all worked together.

19 0here white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them? All worked except age ones. (sic)

20.Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slave holders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slave: They all mingled to-gether. Those that had no Negroes was thought as those that had Negroes.

21.At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slave holders and non-slave holders mingle on a footing of equality? You could tell no difference.

23.Was there a friendly feeling between slave holders and non-slave holders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other? There were no bitter feeling. No one concerning slaves.

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest? Slave holding stood the same showing for an office as a non slave holder did.

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to say up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself? It was.

26.Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slave holders? were not

27.What kind of school or schools did you attend? Communting (sic) school.

28.About how long did you go to school altogether? 4 years.

29.How far was it to the nearest school? 2 miles.

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood? Cold Springs Academy and Oak Point.

31.Was the school in your community private or public? Public.

32.About how many months in the year did it run? 6 months.

33.Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly? Yes.

34.Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman? Man.

35.In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government? 10th month 1861 at Shop Springs, Wilson Co., Tennessee.

36.After enlistment, where was your Company sent first? Nashville, Tennessee.

37.How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle? 4 months.

38.What was the first battle you engaged in? Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 15-16, 1862.

39.State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle - what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there: Went to Chattanooga, Tenn. Apr. 12-62. Next to Murfreesboro, Tenn. July 15-62. Never in prison or hospital. Nothing much to eat. Very little disease, exposed to all kinds of wether (sic). Mostly got my clothes from home. No where to sleep.

40.When and where were you discharged? Steverson, Alabama, Feb. 22, 1865.

41.Tell something of your trip home: Had no trouble only had to walk nearly the whole distance.

42.Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions: I have farmed and mechaic (sic) ever sence the close of the war. I was in about 30 battles during the war. Several small battles I have not included. I have sleep several nights under the snow; my blanket being cover by snow and have puled rails down on the ground and spread my blanket on them and sleep; I have marched 2 to 3 days at a time and lived on parched corn.

43.What kind of work did you take up when you came back home? Farming

44.On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences (Use all the space you want.)

FROM EXTRA PAGE:

Jeff Davis 1862
John T. Morgan 1862
Robert E. Lee 1862
Gen. Steward 1863
Gen. Bragg 1862
Gen. Ashby 1862
Gen. Kirby Smith 1864
Robert L. Taylor
Stone Wall Jackson 1862
Benton McMillen
Gen. Hood
1862 Malcom R. Patterson
Isham G. Harris, Gov.1860-61
Con Cordell Hull
Long Street 1863
Joseph E. Burns
Gen. Breckenridge 1862

45.Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.) We went out in service with 110 men. I cannot remember only few names: John Bass; Jim Routen; S. B. Clemmons; Peter Parnell (Parness or Donnell); Guss & Geo. Alexander; Thom E. Parnell; Eggleston Parnell; John Cable; Gray Harris; Jim Hamilton; Bill Owens; Warren Bass, Albert Alexander; Cris Handcock; Will Phillip; Thern Phillip; John Phillip; Cell Wind; John Wind; Dillie Badgette; Phet Burk; Jim Drennon; Robt _ackery (?); John Waters; Connce Jones; Doak Berry; Pink Thompson; Lillard Thompson; Grindstaff; Teak Bass; J. A. Bass; John L. Bass; John Cater Bass; Jim Jackson.

46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company or not, whether Tennesseans or from other States.

Peter Donnell Shop Springs, Tenn.
Jim Routen Water Town, Tenn.
John Cable McKinney, Texas
Joe Patton Norene, Tenn.
John A. Bass Water Town, Tenn.
Sam Clemmons Norene, Tenn.
Monroe Jennings Water Town, Tenn.
Bob William Water Town, Tenn.
Bill Green Shop Spring, Tenn.
Dave Donnell Don't know, Texas
Henry Miller Lebanon, Tenn.
R. M. Williams Water Town, Tenn.

(MOSER, BEN Pension No. 14857)

 

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