Search Online Catalog Beatty, Marie. Through the years with Jane and John Robinson / written and compiled by Marie Beatty, Pauline Gilleland Drum, Shirley V. Beatty. Contains Sherrill family information NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON Page 153 -- Thomas Alexander Sherrill (12-14-1852) Page 154 -- Clyde Graham Sherrill (1-30-1881) Page 155 -- Albert Clyde Sherrill, Danny Wayne Sherrill, Evelyn Rachel Sherrill, Hal Ray Sherrill, Herman David Sherrill, James Harry Sherrill, and Robert Franklin Sherrill. Page 156 --Mary Faye Sherrill, Rome A. Sherrill, Joe C. Sherrill, Annie Mae Sherrill, Joseph Cephus Sherrill, Barbara Sherrill, and Edith Sherrill.   Beatty, Marie. Supplement to through the years with Jane and John Robinson Contains Sherrill family information NC Ref 929.2 ROBINSON   Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Washington County, Tennessee wills, 1777-1872 Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1983. Arch. 929.3768 BUR Page 8 --Samuel Sherrill--June 4, 1800     Catawba Cousins, Journal Published by the CATAWBA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY April 1992, Page 167-169 Sherrill Bible Records Transcribed (VF Mat.)   January 1988 Elisha Sherrill, Pioneer Catawban, and Neighbors Had Varied Experiences     (VF Mat.) Clark, Wanda L. (Wanda Laveta), 1917- The Sherrill saga: history of William Sherrill (Sherwill), the Conestoga fur trader, 16 ? to 1725, and his son, Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, 1699 to 1772, together with the genealogical records of Jacob Sherrill, the seventh son of Adam Sherrill, the North Carolina pioneer, and of Jacob's wife, Hulda(h) Wilson NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   The Confederate Veteran magazine, 1893- Wendell, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., [c198-?]. Arch. 973.7 CON v.19 Page 547 An announcement of Miles O. Sherrill's (State Librarian)  "A SOLDIER'S STORY" FOR THE YOUNG AS WELL AS THE OLD published originally as a pamphlet describing prison life and detailing general incidents in the Civil War.  (Not the actual pamphlet--more information on the pamphlet is published in Stepping Back in Time, March 1989.)   Heritage Book of: Catawba County Jackson County Hickory Daily Record Adam Sherrill Family 1st to Arrive Crossed Into Valley in 1747 By Pamela Whitener Discusses the adventures of Adam Sherrill and family.   September 11, 1965 Adam Sherrill First to Cross Catawba River Discusses the dedication of the boulder/monument.   September 11, 1965 Brave Bonnie Kate Sherrill Finds Love, Adventure Wed to Indian Fighter The life of a brave, handsome woman who loved her family and thrived on the frontier of her day, her stand against the Tories and a listing of her children.   September 11, 1965 First Crossing Into Catawba   Adam Sherrill's 8 Sons Made Way Into Valley in 1747 *5 confederate generals were born in Lincoln county:  Robert F. Hoke, Stephen Dodson, Ramseur, Robert D. Johnston, John Horace Forney and Daniel Henry Forney   June 6, 1970             Reasons Uncertain             Asks why Adam Sherrill forded the river to make his new home.   February 9, 1979 Weidner Among First County Settlers Makes the claim that the Catawba River was named for the Catawba Indian Tribe. Claims the Sherrill's arrived "by wagon from Virginia."   June 1, 1997, Page 8A Wedding Unites Couple & Events Honor Bridal Couple & Guests Attend Wedding Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy Nancy Sherrill Jones attends as guest. Hickory News 125th Anniversary Issue Page 3A Where it all began, Adam Sherrill crossed the Catawba  This article discusses which sites were submerged with the Lake Norman development. June 5, 1997 Conover's Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Murphy. Hickory News, Hickory Heartbeat Edition September 4, 1974 Photo of Commemorative boulder/monument for the Crossing of the Catawba River by Adam Sherrill.   November 13, 1997 Scene by Sylvia Historian Gary Freeze...gives talk on Adam Sherrill's origins and life on the frontier. Hodges, Frances Beal Smith. The Sherrills and their history NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   Ingmire, Frances Terry. Abstracted wills of Catawba County, North Carolina, 1842-1870 St. Louis, MO (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136): F.T. Ingmire, c1984. NC Ref 929.3756785 ING   Ivey, George Franks. The Ivey family in the United States Contains Sherrill family information NC Ref 929.2 IVES   Lyon, Josephine E. Wood (Josephine Elizabeth Wood), 1901- From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford : the Wood, Sherrill & related families Josephine E. Wood Lyon & Mary A. Browning. NC Ref 929.2 WOOD Photo of the Rankin-Sherrill home on page 80 Sherrill family history begins on page 81 Family charts throughout the text--including Sherrills in KY Chart #7 Indexed   Observer News Enterprise January 26, 1977 Ancestor of Adam Sherrill:  Man Helped Found Camp Clarence White's story of his life and how Camp Dogwood began. Reference to a "Pound Party" where each attendee brings a pound of candy or some other refreshments.    August 9, 1991 County native featured Reunion speaker Army Captain Ernest Todd Sherrill, Persian Gulf war commander speaks during Reunion Day.   June 2, 1998 Couple wed at Newton's First Methodist Augusta Lynn Sherrill wed Mark Taylor Murphy   July 13, 2000 Local history lessons found in Sherrill Family Cemetery By John Grindel, Jr. Staff Writer Tells an interesting tale of Beauregard "Boots" Sherrill's meeting Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, Kansas. Oliver, Rebekah Deal. The genealogical record of the descendants of Enos Sherrill: son of Uriah Sherrill who was one of the eight sons of Adam Sherrill, the first white man to cross the Catawba River, N.C. NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   Oliver, Duane, 1932- Remembered lives: a narrative history of our family: including the Proctor, Welch, Jones, Marcus, Hoffman, Sherrill, Farley, Cook, Martin, Woodard and Oliver families, and a brief examination of the Hyde, Sawyer and Chambers families NC Ref 929.2 PROCTOR   Philbeck, Miles S. Caldwell County, North Carolina, will abstracts, 1841-1910 Wilson, NC: [Turner and Philbeck], c1983. NC Ref 929.3756845 PHI [260] David Sherrill 13 June 1869/January 1870   Philbeck, Miles S. Lincoln County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779-1910 / compiled by Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. and Grace Turner. Wilson, NC: G. Turner; Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.S. Philbeck, Jr., c1986. NC Ref 929.375678 PHI Wills of Aaron--1828, Adam-1804, Alexander-1831, Elisha-1831, Elizabeth-1834, Enos-1841, Jacob-1810, Joseph-1831, Joshua-1817, Logan W. -1842, M. A.-1874, Martha-1838, Moses-1811, Moses-1829, Susan E.-1902, Theophilus-1873   Powell, William S. Dictionary of North Carolina biography Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1979- NC Ref 920.0756 DIC v.5 Page 333 Miles Osborne Sherrill-- (26 July 1841-8 April 1919)   Elizabeth Bray Sherrill Stepping back in Time--Journal December 1992  (VF Mat.) Pages 156-164 This article deals mostly with the life of Dr. Josephus Turner, who married an Epsie (Epas) Sherrill-- (her third marriage) who has caused great genealogical confusion through the records she left.   Rucker, Elizabeth Hoyle. The genealogy of Peiter Heyl and his descendents, 1100-1936 NC Ref 929.2 HOYLE   Sherrill, Harold C. Descendants of Adam Sherrill NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   Sherrill, Mary La Jean Davis Samuel Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of his descendants NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.1 NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL v.2   Stepping Back in Time, Journal March 1989, Page 32-37 Elizabeth Bray Sherrill A Soldier's Story by Miles Osborne Sherrill (VF Mat.)   Sherrill, William Andrew. Captain William Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth, and some of their descendants NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   Sherrill, William Andrew. Jacob Sherrill, son of Adam and Elizabeth and some of their descendants NC Ref 929.2 SHERRILL   Smokey Mountain Historical Society Newsletter Summer, 1987 Littlepage Sims:  The Tennessee Years By Marilyn G. Rowan Littlepage Sims married Mary Jane Sherrill.  The article lists their children.   Pages 38-42 Williams Graveyard (VF Mat.) 5 pages on the Williams Graveyard in Indian and a list of the known buried there, which includes Alice Sherrill Stipps

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