Adam
Sherrill
Born in Cecil, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Adam Sherrill
and Elizabeth (Corzine) Sherrill
Brother of
William B. Sherrill, Samuel Wilson Sherrill Sr., Uriah Sherrill, Aquilla Sherrill, Isaac Sherrill, Jacob Sherrill Sr, Moses Sherrill, Mary Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill and Ruth Sherrill
Husband of
Elizabeth (Lowrance) Sherrill
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sina (Corzine) Sherrill
— married
1770 in North Carolina Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 60
in Sherrills Ford, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Adam Sherrill lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina. See Appalachia Project.
Adam Sherrill first married Elizabeth Lowrance, and married secondly Sina Corzine on 08 Mar 1770, in Sherrills Ford, Catawba County, North Carolina.
Adam had at least one child with Elizabeth Lowrance:
- Nicholas Osborne Sherrill. Birth; 22 Aug 1762. Death; 1 May 1811. Married Martha Dillon 20 Mar 1793.
Adam had about 11 children with Sina Corzine:
- Jacob Sherril, Birth; abt 1773.
- Eli Sherrill, Birth; abt 1774.
- Evan Sherrill, Birth; abt 1776. Death; abt 1843. Married; 29 May 1789 Keziah Pennington.
- Joshua Sherrill, Birth; 27 Mar 1778. Death; 8 Feb 1850.
- Susannah Sherrill, Birth; abt 1780. Death; 1840. Married James Loftin.
- Uriah Sherrill, Birth; abt 1783. Death; abt 1852.
- Alexander Sherrill, Birth; abt 1780. Death; 5 Apr 1838. Married Rhuanna Gabriel.
- Agnes Sherrill, Birth; abt 1784.
- Mary Polly Sherrill, Birth; abt 1786. Death; abt 1833. Married George Eaton.
- Ruth Sherrill. Birth; abt 1788.
- Elizabeth Sherrill, Birth; abt 1790.
Notes
Sources
- Revolutionary Relatives of North Carolina Note: This source does not contain any biographic information on Adam Sherrill. There is one mention of an Adam Sherrill as being the father of a William B Sherrill, Am Rev patriot, who is named as the sibling of this Adam Sherrill in the data of this profile. There is no mention of this Adam Sherrill in this source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam 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 Adam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam 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 Adam:
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~0.78%
Charles Tollett
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Anita Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T630372 [compare], Ancestry member quilterwannabe14
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch R1b1a2 [compare], FTDNA kit #206322
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~0.78%
Louise (Cunningham) LeCroy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T331087 [compare], FTDNA kit #88292
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~0.78%
John Doster :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
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~0.78%
Estelle (Hunter) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ER8940848 [compare], FTDNA kit #427830
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~0.39%
Kirk Steffensen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M353143 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A954724 [compare], Ancestry member KirkSteffensen
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T121556 [compare], FTDNA kit #843285
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I was looking for a profile for the namesake of "Sherrill's Path" on the Great Wagon Road & I think that this Adam Sherrill is the right one. See Space: Great Wagon Road Points and Parts for info about the Great Wagon Road (Sherrill's Path is part of the Georgia Road) & the following article for details:
https://piedmonttrails.com/2021/11/26/sherrills-path-in-north-carolina/
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett