Charles Ryland Scott Family

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William McMurry

M, b. circa 1725, d. 29 November 1798

Parents

FatherWilliam ("The Elder") McMurry (b. 1690, d. after 1754)
MotherJanet ("Jane") Agnus (b. 1705)

Children with Mary Anne Ulrey (b. 1730, d. after 1772)

SonJohn McMurry+ (b. 22 October 1752, d. 7 November 1832)
SonWilliam McMurry+ (b. 1755, d. 7 November 1832)
SonSamuel McMurry+ (b. 29 December 1756, d. 12 March 1792)
SonJames McMurry+ (b. 27 October 1760, d. 7 November 1832)
SonThomas McMurry+ (b. 29 April 1765, d. circa 1826)
DaughterJanet ("Jane") McMurry+ (b. 29 April 1768, d. circa 1835)
DaughterAgnes McMurry (b. circa 1769, d. circa 1863)
SonRobert M McMurry+ (b. 6 December 1772, d. 12 February 1812)
Pedigree Chart
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Charles Ryland Scott Ancestors
Descendants of William McMurry b. 1725
Indented - CRS
Relationship5th great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott
7th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn
7th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
7th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott
7th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
7th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn
7th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

DNA Verified8 DNA matches through William McMurry
Person SourceHe had person sources.1
Birthcirca 1725He was born circa 1725 in Antrim, Antrim, Northern IrelandBGO.
Anecdote28 November 1751(209) James and John Scott, Wm. McMurry, James Simpson, James Frame, Robert Montgomerie, James Montgomerie, Hugh McDonald and Wm. Galespy, to lay off a road from the lower cow-pasture to Burden's tract.2,3
Anecdote19 March 1753William McMurry petitions for exemption from levy on account of age.4,3
Anecdote15 March 1758(87) Wm. McMurry petitions that John Madison, with a company of men, entered his house on their march to the Shawnees and took some rye — rejected.5,6
Civil16 May 17597
Anecdote19 November 1766(340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road survey ors from Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables: Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos. Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin, James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph Carpenter, Jr.8,3
Land Sold3 January 1770He sold land on 3 January 1770 in Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesBGO. Sold land on Murry's Creek, branch of Cowpasture River to Jacob Passenger9,3
Anecdotebetween 1771 and 1779He was on the jury many times therefore he was a Gentleman or a freeholder.10,3
Anecdote14 May 1771Ordered that William McMurray continue Overseer of the Road he formerly was till he puts the same in good repair.11,3
Court - Named in Ord11 December 1783He made a will on 11 December 1783 in Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesBGO. James Simpson, Wm. McMurray, John & Hugh Muldrough, or any three of them ordered to appraise slaves and personal estate of said James Scott, decd.12,3
Residence1785He lived in Frazers Dist, Botetourt County, VABG, in 1785.13
Death29 November 1798He died on 29 November 1798 at age ~73 in Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Last Edited10 April 2019

Citations

  1. [S75] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980). Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.
  2. [S231] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: from Original Courty Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 48
  3. [S75] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980), p. 17. Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.
  4. [S231] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: from Original Courty Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 441
  5. [S231] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: from Original Courty Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 79
  6. [S75] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980), p.17. Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.
  7. [S709] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
  8. [S231] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: from Original Courty Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 130
  9. [S230] Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, n.d.), p. 551
  10. [S230] Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, n.d.), pp. 133, 151-152, 154, 216, 226, 298
  11. [S230] Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, n.d.), p. 120
  12. [S230] Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, n.d.), p. 386
  13. [S420] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890