Born about in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Marion Murray
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mahala Murray and William Deaton Jackson Murray
Died
at about age 54
in Jackson County, Alabama
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Biography
Polly Jackson was born in 1795 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She passed away in 1849 in Jackson County, Alabama. No record of her burial has been found, but the county she died in would be Jackson. [1]
She was the first wife of John M Murray who was a veteran of the War of 1812.
John M Murray and Polly Jackson married in Davidson County, Tennessee, on 18 Sep 1818 [2]
She is the mother of the following Murray children:
- Mahala Murray 1815–1860
- James Murray 1818
- William Deaton Jackson "John" Murray 1820–1907
- Mary Mahala "Millie" Murray 1831–1902
- John K Murray 1834–1864
- Elijah A Murray 1836
- Elizabeth Murray 1845
Where The Record Is Found (Citation) "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ4-SY1 : 22 December 2020), Jonathan Murray, Cole, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1850
Name Jonathan Murray Sex Male Age 56 Event Date 1850 Event Place Cole, Missouri, United States Event Place (Original) Cole county, Cole, Missouri, United States Event Type Census Birth Year (Estimated) 1794 Birthplace Tennessee Race White Household Identifier 822 House Number 812 Line Number 20 Schedule Type 1850 Population Affiliate Film Number 397 Affiliate Publication Number M432 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Other People on This Record
Polly Murray F 54 Tennessee (CHILDREN) Ewing A Murray M 18 Missouri
Jonathan Murray M 16 Missouri
Martha Murray F 14 Missouri
Jabe Murray M 12 Missouri
Isaac Murray M 23 Missouri
Sources
- ↑ No documentation found as yet; research continues.
- ↑ State Marriages, 1780-2002 for Polly Jackson; Davidson 1789 - 1971: Marriages
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
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~3.12%
Sharon (Murray) Butler
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A034181 [compare]
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~3.12%
Carolyn Murray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A625879 [compare], Ancestry member kimsheppard64
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~1.56%
Kim Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A031835 [compare], Ancestry member kimsheppard64
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~1.56%
Anonymous (None) King :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A658392 [compare]
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