Born about in Tennessee, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Ramsey McMurray, Samuel (McMurray) McMurry, Jane (McMurry) Williams, Robert P McMurry, Joseph McMurry, Sarah Frances McMurry, Elizabeth (McMurray) McMurry, Mary McMurry, James J McMurry and Esther McMurry
Died
at about age 76
in Blount, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Thomas was born in 1785. Thomas McMurray ... He passed away in 1861.[1]
This profile is part of the McMurray Name Study.
There is no documentation for the marriage and or the name of the wife of this Thomas McMurry.
There is no documentation for the parents of this Thomas McMurry. Many people have attached various wives yet not one has shown any form of documentation.
The DNA of this Thomas McMurry Descendants of this Thomas McMurry 1785-1861) and UNKNOWN wife
Robert P McMurry (1809-1887) m Minerva Byars GEDMATCH # 154748 #A630377 #T226322
Joseph McMurry (1805-1860) m Sarah Amanda McCollum GEDMATCH # 157234
Matching DNA to the descendants of the following lines.
IMMIGRANT William the elder McMurry
Thomas McMurry (1765-1825 ) Catherine Robinson (1768-1791) VA and Lincoln Co KY GEDMATCH #N50103 and his 2nd wife Christina Dice Hisner. GEDMATCH #83459, GEDMATCH #130125, GEDMATCH #685177
James McMurry (1760-1832) m Jane McEwee GEDMATCH #157970 GEDMATCH #748457
John McMurry (1752-1832) m Elizabeth McClellan GEDMATCH #755432
DNA matches the following descendants of children of Samuel McMurry (1745-1803) m 1st cousin Margaret McMurry (1745-1803) of Rutherford Co NC
James McMurry (1774-1858) m1) Rebecca Callahan GEDMATCH #91946 m2) Mary Ann Sidney Poteet (DNA matches children from both wives) GEDMATCH #91945
Andrew McMurry (1777-1834) m Elizabeth Callahan GEDMATCH #315060
Thomas McMurry (1770-1812) m Nancy/Agnes Flack GEDMATCH #271603
Unknown line Laird McMurry (1777-1825) m Nancy Flemming GEDMATCH # 29581 GEDMATCH #286657
Bio Thomas McMurry and Unknown wife married in probably Roane Co TN about 1804 based on the births of their children.
Children:
1) Samuel McMurry b abt 1807 Rhea Co TN (place on dau Nancy's d/c) d aft 1870 Dallas Co AR m 9 Feb 1829 Blount Co AL Lavicia Elliott b Dec 1810 Blount Co TN d aft 1880 Dallas Co AR
Children: William McMurry, James W McMurry, Nancy McMurry, Mary Jane McMurry, Louisa Melissa McMurry, Hezekiah Elliott McMurry, Susan Delila McMurry
2) Robert P McMurry b 15 Jan 1809 TN d 9 Nov 1887 Blount Co AL m 6 May 1830 Blount Co AL Minerva Byars dau of Jonas Bedford Byars and Sarah Davis b 13 Apr 1814 SC d 21 Sep 1887 Blount Co AL dates are in the Bible of son Alexander McMurry in possession of Linda McMurry Eddy Hartselle, AL 2023
Children: John McMurry, James Robert McMurry, Martha J McMurry, Alexander McMurry, Williamm M McMurry, Malinda Queenie McMurry, Louisia Lavicy McMurry, Manerva McMurry, Nancy McMurry, Benjamin Franklin McMurry, Henry R McMurry, Frances McMurry (all children identified in census and Estate Records of Robert McMurry 1887 Blount Co)
3) Joseph Ramsey McMurry b abt 1812 TN d abt 1860 Franklin Co AL m 11 Oct 1832 Blount Co AL Sarah Amanda "Sallie' McCollum b abt 1807 TN d 1875 Franklin Co TN
Children: David M McMurry, John M McMurry, William Asberry McMurry, James W McMurry, Jacob Albert McMurry, Walter McMurry, Nancy Ann McMurry, F A McMurry, J C McMurry
4) Jane McMurry b 18 May 1809 TN d 27 Dec 1848 Blount Co AL m 28 Mar 1824 Blount Co AL Josiah Russel Williams b 26 Jun 1804 TN d aft 5 Nov 1884 Van Buren Co AR (josiah applied for CW Pension on 5 Nov 1884)
children: Mary M Williams, Thomas Porter Williams, Hiram Columbus Williams, Mansel Monroe Williams, George Marion Williams, Nancy Williams, Lawrence M Williams, Samuel Williams, Nellie A Williams, Asa A Williams, Mason Monroe "Macy" Williams
5) Sarah Frances McMurry b 27 Jul 1814 Rhea Co TN d aft 1880 Blount Co AL m 1 Sep 1835 Blount Co AL Armstead Morgan Holloway b 7 Jun 1814 KY d 15 Apr 1874 Douglas Co OR or Blount Co AL?
Children: Elisha D Holloway, Charles Isaac Holloway, George Washington Holloway, Ann Holloway, John W Holloway, Martin Holloway
6) Elizabeth McMurry b abt 1815 TN d bet 1855-1860 AL m 3 Mar 1838 Blount Co AL George Washington Bailey b 1814 TN d bef 1870 AL, MS or AR?
Children: Samuel Porter Bailey, Silas Bailey, Emily Bailey, Frances Bailey, Hannah Bailey
7) Mary McMurry b 1816 TN d bet 1880-1900 Blount Co AL Never Married
8) James J McMurry b 1 Apr 1818 Morgan Co AL d 20 Aug 1871 Decatur, Morgan, AL m 9 Feb 1838 Blount Co AL Permelia Gamble b 1 Apr 1820 St Clair Co AL d 24 Apr 1885 Morgan Co AL
Children: Mary Jane McMurry, Melinda McMurry, Aquilla "Pete" McMurry, Frances McMurry, William Kinchen McMurry, Robert N McMurry, Nancy Elizabeth McMurry
9) Esther "Hetty" McMurry b 1826 Blount Co AL d bef 1866 Blount Co AL m 9 Nov 1843 Blount Co AL William H R Pearson b 1820 GA d 1854 Blount Co AL
Children: Thomas Jefferson Pearson, Sarah J Pearson, Mary Elizabeth Pearson, James R Pearson, Leatha Pearson
Thomas McMurry was born about 1785 TN and lived in Rhea Co TN where at least two of his childrens records state they were born. War of 1812 Service Records Name Thomas McMurry Company 3 REG'T (JOHNSON'S) E. TENNESSEE MILITIA. Rank - Induction PRIVATE Rank - Discharge PRIVATE Roll Box 141 Microfilm Publication M602
The name of his wife and or parents have yet been discovered He appears on the 1830 abd 1840 Blount Co AL census with a wife but she is deceased by 1850.
Children Robert P and Sarah Frances lived to the 1880 census where they state that both parents were born in TN
A migration of East TN settlers came down into Cataco (present day Morgan Co AL) in 1817 and it is thought that Thomas brought his family then.
Research Notes
Original Information
Thomas McMurry appears on the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 Blount Co AL census and the 1855 AL State Census
- 1830; Census Place: Blount, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 1; Page: 9; Family History Library Film: 0002328.
- Year: 1840; Census Place: Western Division, Blount, Alabama; Page: 81; Family History Library Film: 0002332.
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M432_2; Page: 166B; Image: 338.
- Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M653_2; Page: 975; Family History Library Film: 803002.
Family lore says that he is buried at the Old Christian Cemetery (present day Cullman Co) about a mile as a crow flies from Fairview West Cemetery. No marker found.
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Name
Birth
- 1785
- Tennessee, United States[7]
Note
- Note: War of 1812
- Note: Thomas & James McMurry of Blount Co. AL Agreement
- Note: Thomas McMurry of Blount Co. AL WAS NOT married to Catherine Robinson of KY
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ Source: #S-2116796071 Note: Ancestry Record blmlandpatents #2194578 Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,1246::2194578
- ↑ Source: #S-2116796865 Note: Ancestry Record 1812muster #58837 Note: APID: 1,4281::58837
- ↑ Source: #S-2116796841 Note: Ancestry Record al #181701 Note: APID: 1,2069::181701
- ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 8261.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #818310 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1785 Birth place: NC Marriage date: Marriage place: of TN APID: 1,7836::818310
- ↑ Source: #S-2142851066 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M432_2; Page: 166B; Image: . Note: Ancestry Record 1850usfedcenancestry #17082759 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1785 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama APID: 1,8054::17082759
- ↑ Source: #S-2142849592 Page: Source number: 8261.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #818310 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1785 Birth place: Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M432_2; Page: 166B; Image: . Note: Ancestry Record 1850usfedcenancestry #17082759 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1785 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama APID: 1,8054::17082759
- Source: S-2116796071 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Note: APID: 1,1246::0
- Source: S-2116796841 Alabama Land Records Author: United States, Bureau of Land Management Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - United States. Bureau of Land Management. Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project Note: APID: 1,2069::0
- Source: S-2116796865 War of 1812 Service Records Author: Direct Data Capture, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Note: APID: 1,4281::0
- Source: S-2142848800 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/8059341/family
- Source: S-2142849592 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Note: APID: 1,7836::0
- Source: S-2142851066 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, Note: APID: 1,8054::0
Acknowledgements
- Thanks to Angela Harlan for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Angela and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~3.12%
Mike McMurry
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~3.12%
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T226322 [compare], FTDNA kit #115166
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~1.56%
Angela (Jones) Harlan :
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~1.56%
Dee Horn :
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~1.56%
Karol (Baker) Gray :
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~1.56%
Ann (Nichols) Rego :
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McMurry-25 has bio and sources
1).There is no documentation for the name of the wife of Thomas McMurry. 2). She appears on the 1840 Blount co AL census and is deceased by 1850. 3). There seems to be no evidence on this line of McMurry sharing DNA for the surname McMurtrey.
P.S. I've checked, and McMurray-25 is the lowest-numbered profile.
P.S. I've checked, and McMurray-25 is the lowest-numbered profile.
McMurray-52 and McMurray-25 are neither of mine to merge.
McMurray-25 is a John McMurray born 1824 Ireland McMurray-52 is a Matthew McMurray b Apr 1886 KY this McMurry-25 is Thomas McMurry b abt 1785 TN none of them should be merged as duplicates.
edited by Angela (Jones) Harlan