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Selected Families and Individuals
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Sally Sherrod
Gayle list Reuben married to Salley Unknown. Another source list Sally Sherrod married to unknow Manning in the same time frame and location. I think these are the two lovers.
Mary Manning
Gayle lists Mary as marrying William F. Bryan born abt 1777 & died abt 1820. This is clearly not possible as Mary was not born until 1815 or later as her father was not born till after 1795. There must be an earlier Mary Manning.
Robert Sherrod
Notes for ROBERT SHERROD, IV: When Robert Sherrod died, the care of his children was taken over by his brother Salathiel.
Lucretia Weathersbee
According to a letter written by Adeline Standifer Sherrod to her daughter Florence: John L's father died when he was 6 or 7. Moved to North Carolina when he was young, possibly was on the Roanoake River. Mother remarried a man by the name of Hinds.
William Robert Weathersbee Sherrod
When his father Robert Sherrod died, the care of Robert's children was taken over by his brother Salathiel. William is believed to have gone to Arkansas at a later date.
Robert Sherrod
In his will of August 4, 1753, John Sherrod left his son Robert the home plantation as well as one mare and colt and "one negro slave named York."
Later Robert appears in 1762 as a taxpayer in Northampton County. In September 1769, this Robert Sherrod, his wife, Elizabeth, and Mary Sherrod of Northampton County deeded to Joseph White of Perquimmons County for 87 pounds, 10 shillings, 190 acres which had been a patent to John Sherrod III March 24, 1741, "Who gave it to his son, Robert Sherrod by will, on the north side of Uraha Swamp, joining Thomas Vinson." Indeed the 1741 patent from Gaberiel Johnston, Royal Governor, #2187, Patent Book 5, Bertie County, to John Sherar III describes the 190 acres exactly as Robert did some 28 years later.
At the time of the North Carolina state census of 1784-87, Robert was dead. Elizabeth, his wife, appears as head of household on page 114. Mary Sherrod is close by and appears as head of household on page 113. Elizabeth has one male in her household over 21. This is John, father of the Robert who came to Alabama. Since our Alabama Robert was born in 1789, his father, John, is still unmarried and living with his mother, Elizabeth, at this time. Two doors down from Elizabeth is Willie Boddie. Young John will buy his first 100 acres of land from him on June 4, 1791. Later he will buy from Boddie an additional 262 acres, both being on Uraha Swamp. In John's will of February, 1820, he mentioned the Boddie tract and the Jones tract as part of his holdings.
It is believed that Mary Sherrod was Robert's sister. Mary Sherrod is shown in the census of 1784. A deed dated Sept. 1769 selling land on Uraha Swamp is signed by Robert Sherrod, Elizabeth, and Mary. The note says Mary "Surrendered her dower rights," suggesting she inherited the land along with Robert.
Robert did not leave a will.
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DOCUMENTATION: NCWILLS-WL7 p. 89
WILL-LEGATEE: NCWILLS-WL7 p. 89, father JOHN SHEARER III dated 21 Oct 1751; given father's plantation
Elizabeth
Notes for ROBERT SHERROD:
In his will of August 4, 1753, John Sherrod left his son Robert the home plantation as well as one mare and colt and "one negro slave named York."
Later Robert appears in 1762 as a taxpayer in Northampton County. In September 1769, this Robert Sherrod, his wife, Elizabeth, and Mary Sherrod of Northampton County deeded to Joseph White of Perquimmons County for 87 pounds, 10 shillings, 190 acres which had been a patent to John Sherrod III March 24, 1741, "Who gave it to his son, Robert Sherrod by will, on the north side of Uraha Swamp, joining Thomas Vinson." Indeed the 1741 patent from Gaberiel Johnston, Royal Governor, #2187, Patent Book 5, Bertie County, to John Sherar III describes the 190 acres exactly as Robert did some 28 years later.
At the time of the North Carolina state census of 1784-87, Robert was dead. Elizabeth, his wife, appears as head of household on page 114. Mary Sherrod is close by and appears as head of household on page 113. Elizabeth has one male in her household over 21. This is John, father of the Robert who came to Alabama. Since our Alabama Robert was born in 1789, his father, John, is still unmarried and living with his mother, Elizabeth, at this time. Two doors down from Elizabeth is Willie Boddie. Young John will buy his first 100 acres of land from him on June 4, 1791. Later he will buy from Boddie an additional 262 acres, both being on Uraha Swamp. In John's will of February, 1820, he mentioned the Boddie tract and the Jones tract as part of his holdings.
It is believed that Mary Sherrod was Robert's sister. Mary Sherrod is shown in the census of 1784. A deed dated Sept. 1769 selling land on Uraha Swamp is signed by Robert Sherrod, Elizabeth, and Mary. The note says Mary "Surrendered her dower rights," suggesting she inherited the land along with Robert.
Robert did not leave a will.
Thomas Frank Owen
Posted to the Sherrod Genealogy Forum by Al Cloud:
I received the following E-mail some time ago in re Thomas Sherrod:
I am searching for info on the following and their kin: > > Thomas SHERROD, b. abt 1807, m. > Amanda ???, b abt 1812. They had > Jeannie SHERROD, b. abt 1820 in AL, d. in Pike Co., MS, m. > Thomas Frank OWEN, b. abt 1820 in KY. > (The dates are obviously estimated.)
Jeannie Sherrod
Posted to the Sherrod Genealogy Forum by Al Cloud:
I received the following E-mail some time ago in re Thomas Sherrod:
I am searching for info on the following and their kin: > > Thomas SHERROD, b. abt 1807, m. > Amanda ???, b abt 1812. They had > Jeannie SHERROD, b. abt 1820 in AL, d. in Pike Co., MS, m. > Thomas Frank OWEN, b. abt 1820 in KY. > (The dates are obviously estimated.)
William Sherrod
Posted to the Sherrod Genealogy Forum by M. M. Morrow:
We have a William Henry SHERROD: b. 1820 Hickman Co. TN; moved with parental family to northwest corner of AR; m. 1843 Washington Co. AR to Eleanor FTIZGERALD; migrated on to Washington Territory with their adult children; d.& bur. 1884 in Asotin Co., WA. It is possible that your Private William Sherrod could be this 16 yr. old lad in TX as there are many AR & TX connections in this extended family branch. If you've solved this by now, please let me know the outcome.
Eleanor Fitzgerald
Posted to the Sherrod Genealogy Forum by M. M. Morrow:
We have a William Henry SHERROD: b. 1820 Hickman Co. TN; moved with parental family to northwest corner of AR; m. 1843 Washington Co. AR to Eleanor FTIZGERALD; migrated on to Washington Territory with their adult children; d.& bur. 1884 in Asotin Co., WA. It is possible that your Private William Sherrod could be this 16 yr. old lad in TX as there are many AR & TX connections in this extended family branch. If you've solved this by now, please let me know the outcome.
William Sherrod
DOCUMENTATION: NCWILLS-WL7 p. 89
WILL-LEGATEE: NCWILLS-WL7 p. 89, father JOHN SHEARER III dated 21 Oct 1751; given 100 acres
Col. Benjamin Sherrod
Notes for BENJAMIN SHERROD, COL.:
Benjamin Sherrod grew up in tidewater North Carolina in the care of his mother's only brother, Issac Ricks, the father of Abraham Ricks who in the early 1800's migrated to Franklin (now Colbert) County, Alabama. Early Alabama historians mistakenly listed Benjamin as the son of Issac Sherrod.
Colonel Benjamin Sherrod was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, January 16, 1777. Losing both parents at a tender age, he was raised by his uncle (Isaac Ricks), the father of Abraham Ricks. He was educated at the University of North Carolina where was active in the Philanthropic Society. He was suspended in 1798 from the University of North Carolina along with Thomas Hart Benton (later senator from Missouri).
Benjamin Sherrod migrated when a young man, in the year 1800, to Washington in Wilkes County, Georgia, living on an adjoining plantation to John and Sara Bolton. He served in the War of 1812 as an Army contractor with the commissary department, and brought to this service administrative ability which distinguished him in later life. From this service he acquired the title of colonel. In politics, he was an ardent Whig. He had dark blue eyes, a Roman nose, and a very expressive face.
During this prime time of his life he accumulated vast wealth, owning a number of plantations and about seven hundred slaves. In 1808, he married Eliza Watkins of Elbert County, Georgia (she died in 1818 in Wilkes County). From Wilkes County, Georgia, he moved to Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama. Colonel Sherrod then married a second time (on July 12, 1821) in Madison County, Alabama, to Talitha Goode Watkins (widow of Coleman Watkins).
Benjamin, firmly rooted in Alabama, quickly established a reputation as a very successful planter. His plows moved abreast like a company of cavalry in a charge. The foreman with a mule of average speed set the gait; the fast mules being kept back and the slow ones speeded up. Sherrod was one of the few men in the valley who used clover as a renovator and sought to ever maintain soil fertility.
With Ben Sherrod's leadership, the Board of Directors accepted the charter of the Tuscumbia-Courtland and Decatur Railroad at Courtland on February 11, 1832. At the same meeting David Deshler was selected as chief engineer. This was the third railroad in the United States and afterwards became a part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Benjamin Sherrod lost heavily in this venture. His associates had transferred their property and left him to pay the entire indebtedness of $300,000 to the State of Alabama. This obligation was met promptly and was the largest debt ever paid by any individual to the State.
The following is taken from the Birmingham News in the Spring of 1901:
"Since the Northern Alabama has become part of the Great Southern Railway System, a brief history of the first railroad of Alabama may be of interest to our readers.
"About the year 1825 a railroad was projected from Tuscumbia to Decatur. The object of the promoters of this road was to get around the Mussel Shoals of the Tennessee River. This river was then navigable from Paducah to Tuscumbia landing and from Decatur to Chattanooga, leaving about seventy-five miles of shoaly river, which no steamboat could pass. Colonel Benjamin Sherrod was elected first president of the proposed road, and being a man of large means, immediately began the construction of what was then known as the Tuscumbia and Courtland Railroad.
"Incidentally we may mention that in order to float the bonds of this road, Colonel Sherrod endorsed them to the amount of $300,000, which he was compelled to pay. The Tuscumbia and Courtland was the first railway in the South and was in itself and its equipment a very rude affair. Cross ties were laid about every four feet and upon these were placed wooden stringers with flat strips of iron nailed on top. The passenger cars were short, flat concerns about the size of the old mule car used in cities before the advent of the electric car. The motor power was furnished by a pair of horses or mules, which made the trip from Tuscumbia to Courtland, twenty-three miles, in a day. The trains were all mixed and when the irons on top of the stringers would fly up at the end, making what was called a "snake head," a car would be derailed and all passengers would be called out by the conductor to put it back on the track, which work would sometimes occupy half a day's time.
"About the year 1837 it was decided that railroad extension was in order, and the Tuscumbia and Courtland Railway was extended east to Decatur, twenty miles, the name of the corporation being changed to the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur railroad. Nine years prior to this time, or in 1829, there had been built a little road, running from Baltimore, MD, about twelve miles to some coal mines and Captain Jack Lawson was sent to Liverpool to purchase an engine for it. He purchased one and shipped it by steamer to this country.
"This was the first locomotive engine brought to America and was operated by Captain Lawson as engineer on the Baltimore road till 1838, when it was purchased by the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railway Company. Captain Lawson was engaged to bring it to Tuscumbia, which he did by bringing it to New Orleans by ocean vessel, thence up the Missouri River by steamer to Paducah, where it was transferred to another steamer and brought up the Tennessee River to Tuscumbia landing. Here it was placed upon the track and became the property and pride of the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railway Company. Captain Lawson ran this engine until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he was put in charge of a Confederate gunboat and served through the war on gunboats and transports.
"During the World's Fair at Chicago the old engine was on exhibition, it being the first locomotive ever operated in the United States. During Mr. Cleveland's second administration Captain Lawson was appointed janitor of the custom house at Paducah, and after his term of office expired, he removed to St. Louis, where at last accounts he was still alive and active, though past 90 years of age.
"The old Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur railway was extended to Stevenson on the east and Memphis on the west, and became the Memphis & Charleston. Later it became a part of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, and upon reorganization of that system, was absorbed by the Southern, now the greatest system in the South, owning and operating many miles of road, and giving employment to a vast army of workers."
Benjamin Sherrod died on February 25, 1847 in Courtland at the age of 70. The epitaph on his tomb on Cotton Garden Plantation near Courtland, AL, reads as follows: "They who loved thee living and lament thee dead pay this last tribute to thy noble shade. Sacred to the memory of Col. Benjamin Sherrod Born 16th January 1777 Died 25th February 1847 aged 70 years 1 month 9 days. An honest man's the noblest work of God. He died in the hope of a blessed immortality."
His oldest son was Felix Sherrod and his second son was Frederick Sherrod. It is interesting to note that in the account book of Abraham Ricks, an early merchant and plantation owner of the period, Felix appears as having been charged for the rental of Mr. Rick's slaves. Likewise, Frederick Sherrod bought among other things a pair of shoes on December 12, 1835.
Benjamin was a good provider for his family. He left a legacy of industry, fair dealing, and the entrepreneur spirit demonstrated in his railroad and the steamboats that were named after him.
The most famous of these steamboats was the large Louisville and New Orleans packet, the Ben Sherrod, which caught fire on her upward trip while she was engaged in an exciting race with the steamer Prairie. It was on o'clock at night on May 8, 1837 and the boat was about fourteen miles above Fort Adams, ploughing her way up the Mississippi at top speed. The firemen were determined to catch the Prairie, and drunk with whiskey, they put on so many pine knots sprinkled with resin that they set fire to sixty cords of wood close to the boilers which quickly enveloped the Ben Sherrod. The loss of life and property was appalling among crew and passengers as the boat was unable to make shore and sunk in mid-river.
However, the most amazing thing about Benjamin Sherrod was his integrity. Not only was he a very successful planter, but he made every provision for the welfare of his slaves. He almost was forced to sell some of them when his railroad corporation failed to meet a bond issue then due of $300,000. The creditors were so persistent, that slave buyers actually came to the slave quarters to inspect the most likely of them to be sold. One bright little boy seemed to attract their notice and favor when he shyly remarked to them: "You don't want me, I has fits." Fortunately, another way of settling the obligation was found when Benjamin made the bonds good from his own money. The obligation was the largest debt ever paid by any individual in the state up to that time.
Benjamin Sherrod was an ardent Whig and very strong in political argument. He was only bested once in political argument: On the pavement in Courtland, he was seated in a crowd of men and gave General Jackson strong denunciation. When he came to a pause, on one answered him, "Uncle" Woodson May, an humble shingle maker from the mountain, had been listening intently, while he sat on the curbstone. Colonel Sherrod put his hand on the old man's shoulder and asked him what he thought of it. He answered: "Colonel, I don't understand much of what you have been saying, but one thing I know; when the war came to an end, and the boys and all marched toward home, except such as were in the hospital, we were started under and officer, who was riding on a horse, and I was very weak and staggered as I walked. General Jackson and his staff overtook us, and seeing my condition he said roughly to the officer: "Why don't you get down and put that man for awhile on your horse? Don't you see he can hardly drag himself along? By the Eternal! you ought to be cashiered!" This plain talk saved my life, and enabled me to see my wife and child once more, and if I ever forget General Jackson, my God Almighty forget me!" The Colonel, who was a man of generous feeling, duly appreciated this burst of gratitude, and he said afterward that it was the most eloquent speech he ever heard.
Benjamin Sherrod's will was dated 2 April 1846; codicil dated 20 January 1847, proved Orphans Court April Term 1847, recorded in Lawrence County, Alabama in Inventory Record F 1846-50 pages 63-70.
Benjamin Sherrod bought, from the State of Alabama in 1821, the entire island in the Tennessee River known today as Patton's Island. It was located at the place where O'Neal Bridge now crosses between Florence and Sheffield. He sold it to Waddy Tate in 1830 (the legal description is part of Sections 12, 13, and 14, Township 3, Range 11).
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Col. Benjamin Sherrod
Notes for BENJAMIN SHERROD, COL.:
Benjamin Sherrod grew up in tidewater North Carolina in the care of his mother's only brother, Issac Ricks, the father of Abraham Ricks who in the early 1800's migrated to Franklin (now Colbert) County, Alabama. Early Alabama historians mistakenly listed Benjamin as the son of Issac Sherrod.
Colonel Benjamin Sherrod was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, January 16, 1777. Losing both parents at a tender age, he was raised by his uncle (Isaac Ricks), the father of Abraham Ricks. He was educated at the University of North Carolina where was active in the Philanthropic Society. He was suspended in 1798 from the University of North Carolina along with Thomas Hart Benton (later senator from Missouri).
Benjamin Sherrod migrated when a young man, in the year 1800, to Washington in Wilkes County, Georgia, living on an adjoining plantation to John and Sara Bolton. He served in the War of 1812 as an Army contractor with the commissary department, and brought to this service administrative ability which distinguished him in later life. From this service he acquired the title of colonel. In politics, he was an ardent Whig. He had dark blue eyes, a Roman nose, and a very expressive face.
During this prime time of his life he accumulated vast wealth, owning a number of plantations and about seven hundred slaves. In 1808, he married Eliza Watkins of Elbert County, Georgia (she died in 1818 in Wilkes County). From Wilkes County, Georgia, he moved to Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama. Colonel Sherrod then married a second time (on July 12, 1821) in Madison County, Alabama, to Talitha Goode Watkins (widow of Coleman Watkins).
Benjamin, firmly rooted in Alabama, quickly established a reputation as a very successful planter. His plows moved abreast like a company of cavalry in a charge. The foreman with a mule of average speed set the gait; the fast mules being kept back and the slow ones speeded up. Sherrod was one of the few men in the valley who used clover as a renovator and sought to ever maintain soil fertility.
With Ben Sherrod's leadership, the Board of Directors accepted the charter of the Tuscumbia-Courtland and Decatur Railroad at Courtland on February 11, 1832. At the same meeting David Deshler was selected as chief engineer. This was the third railroad in the United States and afterwards became a part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Benjamin Sherrod lost heavily in this venture. His associates had transferred their property and left him to pay the entire indebtedness of $300,000 to the State of Alabama. This obligation was met promptly and was the largest debt ever paid by any individual to the State.
The following is taken from the Birmingham News in the Spring of 1901:
"Since the Northern Alabama has become part of the Great Southern Railway System, a brief history of the first railroad of Alabama may be of interest to our readers.
"About the year 1825 a railroad was projected from Tuscumbia to Decatur. The object of the promoters of this road was to get around the Mussel Shoals of the Tennessee River. This river was then navigable from Paducah to Tuscumbia landing and from Decatur to Chattanooga, leaving about seventy-five miles of shoaly river, which no steamboat could pass. Colonel Benjamin Sherrod was elected first president of the proposed road, and being a man of large means, immediately began the construction of what was then known as the Tuscumbia and Courtland Railroad.
"Incidentally we may mention that in order to float the bonds of this road, Colonel Sherrod endorsed them to the amount of $300,000, which he was compelled to pay. The Tuscumbia and Courtland was the first railway in the South and was in itself and its equipment a very rude affair. Cross ties were laid about every four feet and upon these were placed wooden stringers with flat strips of iron nailed on top. The passenger cars were short, flat concerns about the size of the old mule car used in cities before the advent of the electric car. The motor power was furnished by a pair of horses or mules, which made the trip from Tuscumbia to Courtland, twenty-three miles, in a day. The trains were all mixed and when the irons on top of the stringers would fly up at the end, making what was called a "snake head," a car would be derailed and all passengers would be called out by the conductor to put it back on the track, which work would sometimes occupy half a day's time.
"About the year 1837 it was decided that railroad extension was in order, and the Tuscumbia and Courtland Railway was extended east to Decatur, twenty miles, the name of the corporation being changed to the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur railroad. Nine years prior to this time, or in 1829, there had been built a little road, running from Baltimore, MD, about twelve miles to some coal mines and Captain Jack Lawson was sent to Liverpool to purchase an engine for it. He purchased one and shipped it by steamer to this country.
"This was the first locomotive engine brought to America and was operated by Captain Lawson as engineer on the Baltimore road till 1838, when it was purchased by the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railway Company. Captain Lawson was engaged to bring it to Tuscumbia, which he did by bringing it to New Orleans by ocean vessel, thence up the Missouri River by steamer to Paducah, where it was transferred to another steamer and brought up the Tennessee River to Tuscumbia landing. Here it was placed upon the track and became the property and pride of the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railway Company. Captain Lawson ran this engine until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he was put in charge of a Confederate gunboat and served through the war on gunboats and transports.
"During the World's Fair at Chicago the old engine was on exhibition, it being the first locomotive ever operated in the United States. During Mr. Cleveland's second administration Captain Lawson was appointed janitor of the custom house at Paducah, and after his term of office expired, he removed to St. Louis, where at last accounts he was still alive and active, though past 90 years of age.
"The old Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur railway was extended to Stevenson on the east and Memphis on the west, and became the Memphis & Charleston. Later it became a part of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, and upon reorganization of that system, was absorbed by the Southern, now the greatest system in the South, owning and operating many miles of road, and giving employment to a vast army of workers."
Benjamin Sherrod died on February 25, 1847 in Courtland at the age of 70. The epitaph on his tomb on Cotton Garden Plantation near Courtland, AL, reads as follows: "They who loved thee living and lament thee dead pay this last tribute to thy noble shade. Sacred to the memory of Col. Benjamin Sherrod Born 16th January 1777 Died 25th February 1847 aged 70 years 1 month 9 days. An honest man's the noblest work of God. He died in the hope of a blessed immortality."
His oldest son was Felix Sherrod and his second son was Frederick Sherrod. It is interesting to note that in the account book of Abraham Ricks, an early merchant and plantation owner of the period, Felix appears as having been charged for the rental of Mr. Rick's slaves. Likewise, Frederick Sherrod bought among other things a pair of shoes on December 12, 1835.
Benjamin was a good provider for his family. He left a legacy of industry, fair dealing, and the entrepreneur spirit demonstrated in his railroad and the steamboats that were named after him.
The most famous of these steamboats was the large Louisville and New Orleans packet, the Ben Sherrod, which caught fire on her upward trip while she was engaged in an exciting race with the steamer Prairie. It was on o'clock at night on May 8, 1837 and the boat was about fourteen miles above Fort Adams, ploughing her way up the Mississippi at top speed. The firemen were determined to catch the Prairie, and drunk with whiskey, they put on so many pine knots sprinkled with resin that they set fire to sixty cords of wood close to the boilers which quickly enveloped the Ben Sherrod. The loss of life and property was appalling among crew and passengers as the boat was unable to make shore and sunk in mid-river.
However, the most amazing thing about Benjamin Sherrod was his integrity. Not only was he a very successful planter, but he made every provision for the welfare of his slaves. He almost was forced to sell some of them when his railroad corporation failed to meet a bond issue then due of $300,000. The creditors were so persistent, that slave buyers actually came to the slave quarters to inspect the most likely of them to be sold. One bright little boy seemed to attract their notice and favor when he shyly remarked to them: "You don't want me, I has fits." Fortunately, another way of settling the obligation was found when Benjamin made the bonds good from his own money. The obligation was the largest debt ever paid by any individual in the state up to that time.
Benjamin Sherrod was an ardent Whig and very strong in political argument. He was only bested once in political argument: On the pavement in Courtland, he was seated in a crowd of men and gave General Jackson strong denunciation. When he came to a pause, on one answered him, "Uncle" Woodson May, an humble shingle maker from the mountain, had been listening intently, while he sat on the curbstone. Colonel Sherrod put his hand on the old man's shoulder and asked him what he thought of it. He answered: "Colonel, I don't understand much of what you have been saying, but one thing I know; when the war came to an end, and the boys and all marched toward home, except such as were in the hospital, we were started under and officer, who was riding on a horse, and I was very weak and staggered as I walked. General Jackson and his staff overtook us, and seeing my condition he said roughly to the officer: "Why don't you get down and put that man for awhile on your horse? Don't you see he can hardly drag himself along? By the Eternal! you ought to be cashiered!" This plain talk saved my life, and enabled me to see my wife and child once more, and if I ever forget General Jackson, my God Almighty forget me!" The Colonel, who was a man of generous feeling, duly appreciated this burst of gratitude, and he said afterward that it was the most eloquent speech he ever heard.
Benjamin Sherrod's will was dated 2 April 1846; codicil dated 20 January 1847, proved Orphans Court April Term 1847, recorded in Lawrence County, Alabama in Inventory Record F 1846-50 pages 63-70.
Benjamin Sherrod bought, from the State of Alabama in 1821, the entire island in the Tennessee River known today as Patton's Island. It was located at the place where O'Neal Bridge now crosses between Florence and Sheffield. He sold it to Waddy Tate in 1830 (the legal description is part of Sections 12, 13, and 14, Township 3, Range 11).
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Talitha Goode
Talitha's first husband, Coleman Watkins, was a cousin of Col. Benjamin Sherrod's first wife, Eliza Watkins. The Goodes, were English & went from Bermuda Islands to settle at Richmond Virginia as early as 1760.
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