John S Sherrer (1790 - aft. 1850)

Born 12 Oct 1790 in Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Speake) Sherrer — married 28 Dec 1824 in Jasper County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died after Oct 1850 after age 59 in Randolph, Alabama, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1790 in Newberry County, South Carolina. His parents were James Sherrer and Theodosia Speak. He moved with his family to Wilkinson County, Georgia in 1796 and later to Henry County, Georgia. He was married to Anne Speak in Jasper County, Georgia in 1824. His father was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He died in Henry County in 1833. John's mother filed for a pension as a widow of pensioner in 1837. John is recorded on the 1850 census in Henry County, Georgia. He died after 12 Oct 1850.

On December 19, 1837 in Henry County Georgia, Theodosia Sherrer , 81, filed for a widow's pension under the 1836 act stating that she is the widow of James Sherrer, a pensioner of the United States for his services in the revolutionary war; that she married him in the year 1779 and that her husband died December 23, 1833 and that she remains his widow. She submitted the following Bible record in support of her claim saying she had no record of her marriage but the record of her children's births including that of her oldest child recorded in said record as Ann Lindsey wife of Samuel Lindsey.

Thomas Sherrer born November 17 1782

Frances Sherrer born December 24 1784

Margrett Sherrer born October 11th 1786

Richard Sherrer born November 17th 1788

John Sherrer born October 12, 1790

Sarah Sherrer born April 6, 1793

Abigail Sherrer born March 31, 1795

William Sherrer born July 14 1798

Sources

• Pension application for James Sherrer, in Henry County, Georgia for service in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina

• http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper/vitals/marriages/marr2.txt

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBZ-KW8 : 15 August 2017), John Sherror, District 611, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing p. 333, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 7,044.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYR-3SH : 12 April 2016), Jno Sherron, Henry county, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing family 959, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

in the above cited reference the last name was ointerpreted as Sherron. The last name is spelled here Sherror.