Charles Ryland Scott Family
Ancestors and Descendants
Person Page 1,269
Samuel McMurry
M, b. 29 December 1756, d. 12 March 1792
Parents
| Father | William McMurry (b. circa 1725, d. 29 November 1798) |
| Mother | Mary Anne Ulrey (b. 1730, d. after 1772) |
Children with Sallie Kinkead (b. 29 December 1765, d. after 1796)
| Son | William McMurry+ (b. 3 August 1786, d. 1882) |
| Son | John McMurry+ (b. 17 May 1787, d. 1871) |
| Son | Samuel T. McMurry+ (b. 24 September 1791, d. 1829) |
| Pedigree Chart | |
| Included in charts - lists | Box Pedigree - CRS Charles Ryland Scott Ancestors Descendants of William McMurry b. 1725 Indented - CRS |
| Relationship | 4th great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott 6th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 6th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 6th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 6th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 6th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 6th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
Biography
| ChildParent1 | ||
| DNA Verified | 12 DNA matches through Samuel McMurry | |
| Person Source | He had person sources.1 | |
| Birth | 29 December 1756 | He was born on 29 December 1756 in Cowpasture River, Augusta, Virginia, United StatesBGO. |
| Anecdote | 1776 | Samuel McMurray of TN, together with John McMurray (my ancestor's brother) explored North Carolina (now TN) in 1776. Samuel eventually moved to NC from Augusta Co, VA in 1779 with a cousin or brother, William McMurray. They took up land on the Cumberland near French Lick, above what is now Nashville. This William was killed by Indians before he could start a family. Samuel, on the other hand, sired three sons, including a William (born 1786), before Samuel was also was killed by Indians in 1792.2 |
| Residence | May 1780 | He lived in Davidson, North Carolina, United StatesBGO, in May 1780.3 |
| Residence | 1782 | He lived in Rutherford County, NCBG, in 1782.4 |
| Marriage | 1785 | He and Sallie Kinkead were married in 1785.1 |
| Land Certificate | 18 August 1787 | He was granted a certificate for land on 18 August 1787 in Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, for military service. 300 acres on Indian Camp Creek. |
| Civil | 10 July 17885 | |
| Death | 12 March 1792 | He died on 12 March 1792 at age 35 at His Plantation, French LickBG, in Donelson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO. Based on a 1937 interview Clements found, the 1792 murder of Samuel McMurray happened in Donelson along present-day Spring Valley Road. He was killed by Indians. Haywood's "History of Tennessee" says: "McMurry was killed by the Indians in April, 1792, on his own plantation at the mouth of Stone River." |
| Anecdote (fam) | Be aware that after Samuel's death his widow moved back to Clark Co., KY to be with her folks. The three sons in time moved back to the old farm on the Cumberland River to what by then was Tennessee. | |
| Probate | 28 May 1793 | He had his estate probated on 28 May 1793. |
| Last Edited | 15 August 2021 |
Citations
- [S75] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980). Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.
- [S234] Don McMurray, "", , ()
- [S2454] Ancestry.com, 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements
- [S7433] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
- [S7432] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 10; Book: G-7