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Irvin Rhodes Sherrod
Notes for JOHN SHERROD:
John Sherrod first appears in North Carolina census of 1784 living with his mother. In the 1790 federal census he appears as head of the household in North Carolina. That same census shows that he owns 3 slaves.
It appears that his last name transitioned from Sherrard to Sherrod.
Harold Sherrod Whitlock has a copy of John's will. It was probated in 1820.
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Letter from John Sherrod to Ben W. Sherrod:
John Sherrod, my great grandfather, had only two sons, Robert and Irvin. He was a man of considerable wealth. He was married twice. My grandfather, whose name was Robert, was by his first wife and his other son by his second wife was named Irvin.
My great grandfather lived in North Hampton County, NC. My grandfather moved from the county and state above mentioned in 1819, and settled in Lauderdale County, AL. My great grandfather promised my grandfather when he died that all his property should be his, but years after when he died there was a will found giving his entire estate to his younger son, Irvin Sherrod, and to my grand-father $2.50. My grandfather always believed it was not properly construed.
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Irvin inherited all of his father's property (see note about his brother Robert). Irvin left North Carolina for the West. He came in grand style. His family rode in a very fine carriage, drawn by four large white horses, along with a wagon train with their goods and slaves. He stopped for a while with his half-brother, Robert in Lauderdale County, then moved to West Tennessee. Irvin had sold the home plantation to one of his father-in-law, Frederick Shelton, and had funds to pay for a large tract of land in Tipton County, Tennessee. The 1830 census of Lauderdale County lists the household of Irvin Sherrod with eight males and nine females of whom five are male slaves and five are female slaves. Irvin Sherrod prospered in his new location then known as Old Sharon, and now known as Mason, Tennessee. In 1860, he owned 65 slaves. Irvin was for many years a magistrate and served as chairman of the County Court. He also was postmaster from 1840 until 1853 for the small settlement of Beaver Dam Forks which was renamed Sharon in 1853. Irvin and his family were heavily involved in the activities of Sharon Methodist Church. His name is frequently mentioned in the church records and he was among the original trustees in 1833 when the church was organized. He and his wife and other family members lie buried in the now abandoned church yard. The old cemetery is located just north of the Mason City limits on the east side of Highway 59. Some records list Irvin's name as Ivan. Records of land transactions in Lauderdale Co., AL show that Irvin Rhodes Sherrod lived there in 1831. But a transaction from Irvine R. Sherrod and Eliza R. Sherrod his wife to Hardy Hightower in 1837 had Irvine listed as of Tipton Co., TN. ------------------------------------------------- From the "Tipton County Heritage" compiled by the Tipton County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. D.D. Dickey, Project Chairman. Appeared in the Covington Leader July 2, 1986 One of the earliest families of Old Sharon, which later became Mason, were the Sherrods. Being people of wealth, education and influence they were considered to be one of the most prominent families in Tipton County. The ancestor of the Sherrod family was Irvin Rhodes Sherrod, Esquire, the son of John Sherrod of Northampton County, North Carolina. Squire Sherrod was born on March 15, 1802, in Northampton and died on March 25, 1865, in Tipton County. On June 13, 1822, he married Eliza R. Shelton, born on Oct. 23, 1806 in Southampton County, VA, and died in Tipton County on Dec. 28, 1859. She was the daughter of Fred and Mary Shelton. The Sherrods left North Carolina sometime between August, 1825, and August, 1827, when they settled in Lawrence County, AL. Their stay in Alabama was short for in 1832, they removed to Tipton County where Squire Sherrod bought 400 acres of land from John C. McLemore. This property today is composed of the Marshall, Smith and Transou farms. (1985) Later Squire Sherrod bought a 270-acre tract from George T. Taylor, adjoining his original homeplace. This property is located north of the Jack Pond bottoms. In addition to the 670-acre home plantation, he also owned 421 acres on the east side of the present Highway 59, adjoining Baxter bottom. This place is now the Flippin farm. Squire Sherrod was the second largest slave owner in District 9 and in 1860 owned 65 slaves. Many of the slaves took the name of Bond and Grandberry, after receiving their freedom. The Sherrod home was a two-story white colonial home located on the west side of the old Covington road. The site of the house is now located on the west side of Highway 59, just before the home of Joe Christmas. In the late 1800's it was occupied by the Sam Peterson family and then by the Marshall family. Squire Sherrod was for many years a magistrate and served as chairman of the county court. He served in the capacity of postmaster from 1840 until 1853 for the settlement of Beaver Dam Forks. Its name was changed to Sharon in 1853. Squire Sherrod was also heavily involved in the activities of the Sharon Methodist Church throughout its existence. His name is invariably mentioned throughout the church records and he was among the original trustees in 1833 when the church was organized. He and his wife and other members of the Sherrod family lie buried in the abandoned churchyard at first Sharon Church. This old burial site, which also served as a community cemetery before Cedar Hill, is located just north of the Mason city limits on the east side of Highway 59. After the death of Eliza Shelton Sherrod, Squire Sherrod married Catherine Bond of Haywood County in 1860. She received the mansion house and 300 acres as dowry when he died. Four hundred acres of the estate was sold to Melissa Henry and she in turn sold it to Ben F. Sherrod. The Ben Sherrod farm is now where Sammie Smith lives. In the southeastern corner is a black cemetery known as the Sherrod Cemetery. The old Sharon cemetery is filled with graves of slaves. It is supposed that the Sherrod family gave their former servants another place to bury after the old churchyard became full. Squire Sherrod and Eliza Shelton had twelve children: Mary T. (1823-1824); Carolina Virginia, born in Northampton County in 1825, died in Leon County, TX in 1861; married John W. Durant in 1844 and they had three children; Henry R., born in Lawrence County, AL in 1827, died in 1893 Fayette County, married Frances J. Scales in Williamson County in 1853, and Martha Ann, born in 1829 in Lawrence County, died in 1906, buried at Cedar Hill, married Dr. Adam Dabney Clement in 1847. Marquise de LaFayette, born in Lawrence County in 1831 , died there in 1831; John Irvin, born in Tipton County married Lucinda J. Smith in 1847; Benjamin Franklin, born in Tipton County in 1835, died in 1910 buried at Cedar Hill, married Minerva A. Henry in Port Gibson in 1856 and later Anna Sellers, and Eliza R., born in 1837, died in 1863, buried at Sharon Cemetery, married Joseph Whitley in 1854. Mary L., born in 1840, married John C. Jacobs in 1859; Ellen K., born in 1842, died in 1843, buried at Sharon Cemetery; Emma Catherine, born in 1845, died in Covington in 1922, married Peyton Jackson Smith in 1871 and George Tarry, born in 1847, died in Fayette County in 1885, married Charlotte H. Sayers in Fayette County in 1868. Henry Sherrod lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette County. He had several children including two daughters who married Dr. Battle. He served a term in the state legislature and also one term in the State Senate. Martha Clement's children were John Dabney, Francis Taylor, Irvin, Eliza Rosa, Sarah Ann Agnes and William Alexander. Eliza "Lillie" married Charles T. Booker and Agnes married Ben F. Adams. They along with their two brothers, Irvin and Will, lived and reared families in Mason. John Sherrod was a doctor in Covington and has many descendants still in the county today. His daughter, Kate, was the second wife of Charles T. Booker of Mason. Ben Sherrod lived in Texas and Mississippi for a while, moving back to Mason after the Civil War. His children were Ben. T., Jack (who was a girl), Mary, Oliver Cleveland, Maude, Hugh Nelson and Ellen Kilbourne. Maude, known as "Aunt Maude" to many of Mason people, married Virge Nowell. Her granddaughter is Sara Nelle Seay of Mason. Eliza Whitley's daughter, Willie, married W.J. McCall. The McCall family of Covington are descendants. Emma Catherine Smith's grandchildren are Peyton Smith and Catherine Holloway of Covington. George T. lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette County and has descendants living today in Somerville. ==================
Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by Jean Turbeville Millsaps:
I think so. I have no information on Irvine but would love to find out about him. Do you know who his mother was? Was she related to the Whites mentioned in John's will 1820? I suppose you have heard the story in some of Robert's descendants concerning the $ 2.50 left Robert. There was more to the story. They left it out. John's estate was sued for a debt Robert owed and the NC Supreme Ct. discision explains. Joh's family was given their share when they went to AL. Acc/to a family Robert had bought some horses from Gardiner that had cholora and the suit accused John of helping him flee the state to avoid payment. That puts a different light on the story. I would love to hear from you by e mail. I descended from AL Robert through his son Jack Sherrod and Sylva Bell Hays. Jean
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Irvin Rhodes Sherrod
Notes for JOHN SHERROD:
John Sherrod first appears in North Carolina census of 1784 living with his mother. In the 1790 federal census he appears as head of the household in North Carolina. That same census shows that he owns 3 slaves.
It appears that his last name transitioned from Sherrard to Sherrod.
Harold Sherrod Whitlock has a copy of John's will. It was probated in 1820.
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Letter from John Sherrod to Ben W. Sherrod:
John Sherrod, my great grandfather, had only two sons, Robert and Irvin. He was a man of considerable wealth. He was married twice. My grandfather, whose name was Robert, was by his first wife and his other son by his second wife was named Irvin.
My great grandfather lived in North Hampton County, NC. My grandfather moved from the county and state above mentioned in 1819, and settled in Lauderdale County, AL. My great grandfather promised my grandfather when he died that all his property should be his, but years after when he died there was a will found giving his entire estate to his younger son, Irvin Sherrod, and to my grand-father $2.50. My grandfather always believed it was not properly construed.
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Irvin inherited all of his father's property (see note about his brother Robert). Irvin left North Carolina for the West. He came in grand style. His family rode in a very fine carriage, drawn by four large white horses, along with a wagon train with their goods and slaves. He stopped for a while with his half-brother, Robert in Lauderdale County, then moved to West Tennessee. Irvin had sold the home plantation to one of his father-in-law, Frederick Shelton, and had funds to pay for a large tract of land in Tipton County, Tennessee. The 1830 census of Lauderdale County lists the household of Irvin Sherrod with eight males and nine females of whom five are male slaves and five are female slaves. Irvin Sherrod prospered in his new location then known as Old Sharon, and now known as Mason, Tennessee. In 1860, he owned 65 slaves. Irvin was for many years a magistrate and served as chairman of the County Court. He also was postmaster from 1840 until 1853 for the small settlement of Beaver Dam Forks which was renamed Sharon in 1853. Irvin and his family were heavily involved in the activities of Sharon Methodist Church. His name is frequently mentioned in the church records and he was among the original trustees in 1833 when the church was organized. He and his wife and other family members lie buried in the now abandoned church yard. The old cemetery is located just north of the Mason City limits on the east side of Highway 59. Some records list Irvin's name as Ivan. Records of land transactions in Lauderdale Co., AL show that Irvin Rhodes Sherrod lived there in 1831. But a transaction from Irvine R. Sherrod and Eliza R. Sherrod his wife to Hardy Hightower in 1837 had Irvine listed as of Tipton Co., TN. ------------------------------------------------- From the "Tipton County Heritage" compiled by the Tipton County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. D.D. Dickey, Project Chairman. Appeared in the Covington Leader July 2, 1986 One of the earliest families of Old Sharon, which later became Mason, were the Sherrods. Being people of wealth, education and influence they were considered to be one of the most prominent families in Tipton County. The ancestor of the Sherrod family was Irvin Rhodes Sherrod, Esquire, the son of John Sherrod of Northampton County, North Carolina. Squire Sherrod was born on March 15, 1802, in Northampton and died on March 25, 1865, in Tipton County. On June 13, 1822, he married Eliza R. Shelton, born on Oct. 23, 1806 in Southampton County, VA, and died in Tipton County on Dec. 28, 1859. She was the daughter of Fred and Mary Shelton. The Sherrods left North Carolina sometime between August, 1825, and August, 1827, when they settled in Lawrence County, AL. Their stay in Alabama was short for in 1832, they removed to Tipton County where Squire Sherrod bought 400 acres of land from John C. McLemore. This property today is composed of the Marshall, Smith and Transou farms. (1985) Later Squire Sherrod bought a 270-acre tract from George T. Taylor, adjoining his original homeplace. This property is located north of the Jack Pond bottoms. In addition to the 670-acre home plantation, he also owned 421 acres on the east side of the present Highway 59, adjoining Baxter bottom. This place is now the Flippin farm. Squire Sherrod was the second largest slave owner in District 9 and in 1860 owned 65 slaves. Many of the slaves took the name of Bond and Grandberry, after receiving their freedom. The Sherrod home was a two-story white colonial home located on the west side of the old Covington road. The site of the house is now located on the west side of Highway 59, just before the home of Joe Christmas. In the late 1800's it was occupied by the Sam Peterson family and then by the Marshall family. Squire Sherrod was for many years a magistrate and served as chairman of the county court. He served in the capacity of postmaster from 1840 until 1853 for the settlement of Beaver Dam Forks. Its name was changed to Sharon in 1853. Squire Sherrod was also heavily involved in the activities of the Sharon Methodist Church throughout its existence. His name is invariably mentioned throughout the church records and he was among the original trustees in 1833 when the church was organized. He and his wife and other members of the Sherrod family lie buried in the abandoned churchyard at first Sharon Church. This old burial site, which also served as a community cemetery before Cedar Hill, is located just north of the Mason city limits on the east side of Highway 59. After the death of Eliza Shelton Sherrod, Squire Sherrod married Catherine Bond of Haywood County in 1860. She received the mansion house and 300 acres as dowry when he died. Four hundred acres of the estate was sold to Melissa Henry and she in turn sold it to Ben F. Sherrod. The Ben Sherrod farm is now where Sammie Smith lives. In the southeastern corner is a black cemetery known as the Sherrod Cemetery. The old Sharon cemetery is filled with graves of slaves. It is supposed that the Sherrod family gave their former servants another place to bury after the old churchyard became full. Squire Sherrod and Eliza Shelton had twelve children: Mary T. (1823-1824); Carolina Virginia, born in Northampton County in 1825, died in Leon County, TX in 1861; married John W. Durant in 1844 and they had three children; Henry R., born in Lawrence County, AL in 1827, died in 1893 Fayette County, married Frances J. Scales in Williamson County in 1853, and Martha Ann, born in 1829 in Lawrence County, died in 1906, buried at Cedar Hill, married Dr. Adam Dabney Clement in 1847. Marquise de LaFayette, born in Lawrence County in 1831 , died there in 1831; John Irvin, born in Tipton County married Lucinda J. Smith in 1847; Benjamin Franklin, born in Tipton County in 1835, died in 1910 buried at Cedar Hill, married Minerva A. Henry in Port Gibson in 1856 and later Anna Sellers, and Eliza R., born in 1837, died in 1863, buried at Sharon Cemetery, married Joseph Whitley in 1854. Mary L., born in 1840, married John C. Jacobs in 1859; Ellen K., born in 1842, died in 1843, buried at Sharon Cemetery; Emma Catherine, born in 1845, died in Covington in 1922, married Peyton Jackson Smith in 1871 and George Tarry, born in 1847, died in Fayette County in 1885, married Charlotte H. Sayers in Fayette County in 1868. Henry Sherrod lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette County. He had several children including two daughters who married Dr. Battle. He served a term in the state legislature and also one term in the State Senate. Martha Clement's children were John Dabney, Francis Taylor, Irvin, Eliza Rosa, Sarah Ann Agnes and William Alexander. Eliza "Lillie" married Charles T. Booker and Agnes married Ben F. Adams. They along with their two brothers, Irvin and Will, lived and reared families in Mason. John Sherrod was a doctor in Covington and has many descendants still in the county today. His daughter, Kate, was the second wife of Charles T. Booker of Mason. Ben Sherrod lived in Texas and Mississippi for a while, moving back to Mason after the Civil War. His children were Ben. T., Jack (who was a girl), Mary, Oliver Cleveland, Maude, Hugh Nelson and Ellen Kilbourne. Maude, known as "Aunt Maude" to many of Mason people, married Virge Nowell. Her granddaughter is Sara Nelle Seay of Mason. Eliza Whitley's daughter, Willie, married W.J. McCall. The McCall family of Covington are descendants. Emma Catherine Smith's grandchildren are Peyton Smith and Catherine Holloway of Covington. George T. lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette County and has descendants living today in Somerville. ==================
Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by Jean Turbeville Millsaps:
I think so. I have no information on Irvine but would love to find out about him. Do you know who his mother was? Was she related to the Whites mentioned in John's will 1820? I suppose you have heard the story in some of Robert's descendants concerning the $ 2.50 left Robert. There was more to the story. They left it out. John's estate was sued for a debt Robert owed and the NC Supreme Ct. discision explains. Joh's family was given their share when they went to AL. Acc/to a family Robert had bought some horses from Gardiner that had cholora and the suit accused John of helping him flee the state to avoid payment. That puts a different light on the story. I would love to hear from you by e mail. I descended from AL Robert through his son Jack Sherrod and Sylva Bell Hays. Jean
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John W. Durant
John W. Durant and Carolina Virgina Sherrod had three children.
Caroline Virginia Sherrod
John W. Durant and Carolina Virgina Sherrod had three children.
Henry R. Sherrod
Henry Sherrod lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette Co., TN. He had several children including two daughters who married Dr. Battle. He served a term in the state legislature and also one term in the State Senate
George Tarry Sherrod
George T. lived at Hickory Wythe in Fayette County, TN and has descendants living today in Somerville.
John "Jockey" Weaver II
According to Phillip Haines Sherrod, Barabara married this John Weaver. However, Josephine Lindsey Bass has her marrying John P. Weaver, son of David Weaver & Masinbird Shoemaker
John Weaver II was known to old settlers of Christian, Greene and border counties as "Jockey" Weaver. He was a great lover of amusement and was immensely popular with everyone. He died of cholera near Memphis in 1854, when returning from a trading trip to the south. His son, John Weaver III, took charge of his father's remains and started home with the body in a metallic coffin on board a White river steamboat. Near Des Arc, Arkansas, the steamboat took fire in the greatest disaster ever known on the White river. About 40 passengers lost their lives and the charred wreck of the vessel sank to the bottom of the stream. John "Jockey" Weaver in his time was one of the most widely known of the Ozarks pioneers. He established a racetrack -- many believe it was the first west of the Mississippi -- on his farm near Ozark. Fast horses there tried out their speed. "Jockey" Weaver's wife was a close relative to the wife of John P. Campbell, founder of Springfield. His son, John, established the Weaver cemetery 2 miles north of Ozark. He placed a stone in the cemetery in the memory of his father, whose body was lost in the great river catastrophy. In fairly recent years (this was written in 1949) some of the remains of the old river boat were raised to the surface and a few caskets were found. One of these was metallic and in it was a petrified body. Mrs. Chappell said the family always thought perhaps this was the body of their ancestor, but they never knew for sure. Many members of the Weaver family are buried in the plot originally set aside for their burial ground. In it there still stands the crude pioneer marker erected by John II to the memory of one of his daughters who died around 100 years ago. This is a cedar post which he cut and on which he tacked a metal plate that he had inscribed. After all these years, it is still possible to read the inscription.
Barbara Richards
According to Phillip Haines Sherrod, Barabara married this John Weaver. However, Josephine Lindsey Bass has her marrying John P. Weaver, son of David Weaver & Masinbird Shoemaker
John Weaver III
John Weaver III, took charge of his father's remains after his death and started home with the body in a metallic coffin on board a White river steamboat. Near Des Arc, Arkansas, the steamboat took fire in the greatest disaster ever known on the White river. About 40 passengers lost their lives and the charred wreck of the vessel sank to the bottom of the stream.
Thomas B. Pulliam
(Sources: 1) pedigree chart on Thomas Lemuel Pulliam compiled by Edward F. Moore; 2) "The History of Ripley County, Missouri" by Jerry Ponder; 3) "The Family of Abner Ponder," by Jerry Ponder; 4) "The Descendants of Samuel Kittrell," by Edward Moore). (Source of his membership in Johnson's Chapel: Jerry Ponder, 1997). (Source of his middle initial as "B" and 1850 census info. and burial info.: Edward F. Moore, 1997).
Nancy Ann Gullick
(Sources: 1) pedigree chart on Thomas Lemuel Pulliam compiled by Edward F. Moore; 2) "The History of Ripley County, Missouri" by Jerry Ponder; 3) "The Family of Abner Ponder," by Jerry Ponder; 4) "The Descendants of Samuel Kittrell," by Edward Moore) (Source of city of her birth: PAF #1KCD-CV). Her name is shown as "Nancy Gullett" on the death certificate #4105 of her daughter Mary Margaret Pulliam (m. Ponder), filed in Lawrence County, Arkansas. "Christmas passed off quietly in this port. "Aunt Nancy Pulliam died last Friday near Walnut Ridge. She was one of our oldest citizens." (Source: excerpt from a Ripley County newspaper article dated Thursday, December 30, 1909.) "Died at the home of her daugther, at Walnut Ridge, Ark., on last Friday, December 24, Mrs. Nancy Pulliam who for many years lived in the southern part of Gatewood township in this county, "Aunt Nancy," was she was widely known, and her late husband, "Uncle Tom" Pulliam, reared a large family and were honorable and prominent citizens of the west side for many years. The remains of Mrs. Pulliam were buried at Walnut Ridge, where several of her children live. Se was about 71 years old." (Source: a Gatewood (or related county) newspaper article - date unknown - around December 30, 1909). "Undertaker J----- Wright went down to Walnut Ridge Friday for the purpose of de-interring the remains of Nancy Ann Pulliam, who died there several months ago and removing them to near Warm Springs, her old hom. He took with him a steel vault in which the body was place for transferring to its last resting place." (Source: based on the newsprint, the same Gatewood newspaper as mentioned above, but dated several months later, sometime in early 1910).
M. E. Pulliam
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
Z. E. Pulliam
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
Mahalin Pulliam
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
N. B. Pulliam
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
Russell Alo Pulliam
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
Mary Elizabeth Holland
Source: Edward F. Moore, August 1997
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