Display Patriot - P-289014 - William SHERRILL

William SHERRILL

SAR Patriot #: P-289014

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Soldier / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A103445

Birth: 01 May 1723 / Cecil / MD
Death: 31 Dec 1786 / Lincoln / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain in the North Carolina troops at Kings Mountain
  2. Received £4.5 for the expedition at Silver Creek, Quaker Meadows
  3. Rendered material aid to support the war effort
  4. Served as a Juror in 1783

Additional References:
  1. Public Service Claims, Salisbury District certificate in data file: Paid 1781, Lincoln County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, part one, pg 52-53
  2. The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Lincoln County, North Carolina, April 1779-January 1789, pg 82-83
  3. Haun, Weynette ParkNorth Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, North Carolina. Durham: self-published, 1990-1999, book A, part 12, pg 1,662

Spouse: Agnes White
Children: Moses/Mode; Jacob; Joshua; William J; Elisha; Sarah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1980-10-13 NC Unassigned Devin F. Day (117564) Moses   
1992-01-23 IN Unassigned Rick Gann (119964) Sarah   
1992-04-08 NC Unassigned Robert Benjamin Day (138754) Moses   
1993-05-27 NC 210630 David Charles Day (140864) Moses   
1995-07-12 IN 227785 Louis Crawford Ingle (127535) Jacob   
1997-09-05 VA 201841 William Pless Lunger (148042) Jacob   
1999-10-28 GA 4252 James Virlyn Michael Motes (91863) William   
2000-11-01 TX 7715 Page Gilliland Johnson (154670) Joshua   
2000-11-01 TX 7716 Madison Steen Johnson (154671) Joshua   
2003-12-11 CA 18206 Henry Paul Stephen Jr. (161677) William   
2004-03-24 GA 17070 Garland Edgar Conley Jr. (158198) Jacob   
2005-04-18 TN 22040 Andrew Taylor Logan (164616) William   
2005-04-18 TN 22041 Aaron Ross Logan (164617) Willima   
2009-07-02 FL 17406 John Louie Coker Jr (127021) Moses   
2013-10-23 AL 55492 Guy Charles Kerby (170320) William   
2015-05-26 OH 63415 Gordon E. Stokely Jr. (184280) Elisha   
2015-06-01 GA 63641 Kenneth Warren Keown (192385) William   
2016-07-05 TX 70017 Jeffrey Ray Mills (199157) Joshua   
2019-07-19 GA 86382 Milus Bruce Maney (137568) William   
2020-12-04 GA 93213 J. R. Williams (176797) William   
Burial:
Sherrill Family Cemetery (C-0371526)
Location:
Sherrills Ford / Catawba / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2190568
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
16238012
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photo by permission: Kenneth Warren Keown, Georgia Society SAR
  • Inscription: “W S D D 31 1786 Which translates to:William Sherrill Died December 31 1786


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: SN Bennett Lee Setser

This biography was edited and augmented by PRS staff.

William Bedford Sherrill was born on 1 May 1723 in Cecil County, Maryland, the son of Adam and Elizabeth Sherrill.

He married Agnes White on 12 April 1743 in Augusta County, Virginia. William and Agnes had at least eleven children. 

  • Mary was born on 25 March 1744 and married Joshua Perkins.
  • Sarah was born on 24 October 1746 and married Reuben Simpson.
  • Jacob S was born on 20 March 1748 and married Sarah Massey.
  • William was born on 25 September 1750 and married Isabella Lowrance.
  • Joshua was born on 4 June 1752 and married Susannah Osborne.
  • Rachel was born on 8 December 1754.
  • Agnes was born on 10 December 1754 and married David Lowrance.
  • Elisha was born on 28 February 1758 and married Leah Litton.
  • Moses was born on 15 October 1759 and married Martha Osborne.
  • Elizabeth was born on 15 April 1763.
  • Ruth was born on 9 January 1765 and married James Holtsclaw.

In 1747, at age 24, William arrived at the Catawba River of North Carolina with his parents, Adam and Elisabeth, seven brothers, his wife Agnes, and two children. This is near the ford that bears his family's name, Sherrill's Ford. 

During the American Revolution, William was a Captain in North Carolina. During this time, he was commanded by Colonel (later General) John Sevier in the  Battle of Kings Mountain. "The Annals of Lincoln County" indicates that on 23 February 1773, Captain William Sherrill was allowed 27 pounds, 15 shillings by the Assembly for services rendered by himself and ten other men on an expedition to Silver Creek and Quaker Meadows, now in Burke County, North Carolina.

The Patriot died on 31 December 1786 in Rowan (now Catawba) County, North Carolina, at 63 years of age. Agnes died on 29 November 1795, and both are buried in the Family Cemetery in Sherrill's Ford overlooking Lake Norman, North Carolina.


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