William
Alexander
Sorrells
aka Sorrels
Born in Colony of Virginia
Son of Richard David Sorrells
and Mildred (Snead) Sorrells
Brother of
Charles Sorrells
Husband of
Dorcas V (Sanders) Sorrells
— married
20 Oct 1797 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States of America
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel J. Sorrell, Mildred (Sorrells) Bullock, Sarah (Sorrells) Adair and Richard Tully Sorrells
Died
at about age 67
in Bold Springs, Walton County, Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2014
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Biography
William was born in 1774, the son of Richard Sorrells and Mildred Snead. He married Dorcas V Sanders in 1797.[1] They had the following children:
- Sarah Sorrells
- Mildred Sorrells
- Charles Snead Sorrells
- William S. Sorrells, 1805 - 29 Aug 1947
- James Nathaniel Sorrells, 17 Jun 1807 - 9 Jul 1882
- Richard Tully Sorrells, 26 Feb 1808 - 26 Feb 1868
- Eleanor Sorrells, 19 Jan 1809 - 4 May 1888
- Alexander H. Sorrells, 1812 - 19 Feb 1892
- Jackson Sorrells,
- John H. Sorrells, 1816 - 1863
- Wiley Jones Sorrells, 22 Sep 1818 - 29 Mar 1864
- Bennett Walton Sorrells, 1821 - 1863
Family letters show service in War of 1812. William Alexander Sorrells passed away in 1841, and was buried at Sorrells Family Cemetery, Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, in a now-unmarked grave.[2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/479080:4766?ssrc=pt&tid=101943658&pid=402107556459 Source Citation Georgia Archives; Morrow, Georgia; County Marriage Records, 1828–1978 Description Title: Marriages (White), 1794-1812 Source Information Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 June 2019), memorial page for William Alexander Sorrells (1774–1841), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136679025, citing Sorrells Family Cemetery, Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by 1-48069415 (contributor 48069415).
- Source: S-1449613401 Repository: #R-1449623049 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5069076&pid=-230663752
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Thomas Agnor :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Bertie Lynn (Holt) Post :
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~0.39%
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Paula (Hawkins) Reinke
Sorrels-83 and Sorrells-75 appear to represent the same person because: The birth and death dates are the same along with the same locations. The last names for this surname have many spelling variations.
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Paula (Hawkins) Reinke
This profile, Sorrels-83 is the same as William Alexander Sorrells and request they be merged please.
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