Esau Shockley (1803 - 1850)

Born 1803 in Grayson County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Farmer) Shockley — married 31 Oct 1822 in Grayson County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1850 at about age 47 in Carroll County, Virginia

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Biography

Esau Shockley was born in Appalachia, in Virginia. See Appalachia Project.

Esau Shockley, born about 1803, married Elizabeth Farmer in 31 Oct 1822; he died in the late 1840's leaving his widow with eleven children^[1][2]

Marriage of Esau Shockley to Elizabeth Farmer 1827(this index is actually incorrect, the record shows 31 Oct 1822). Actual record can be found in Marriage Register, Book 1 Page 15.^[3]

Marriage of Esau Shockley to Elizabeth Farmer 31 Oct 1822. Marriage Register, Book 1 Page 15.^[4]

1850 Carroll County, Virginia Census: This is the widow and younger children of Esau Shockley. Esau was the son of Meredith and Sarah (Worrell) Shockley, born about 1802. He had probably died earlier this census year. Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael and Ailcy Farmer (probably his cousin) and had married him in 1822. There were eleven children.^[5]

Esau was born in 1803 in Grayson County, Virginia. He was the son of Meredith Shockley and Sarah (Worrell) Shockley.^[6]

When Esau was about 19 he married on 31 October 1822 in Grayson County, Virginia.^[6]

Esau died at the age of about 47 on 19 February 1850 in Carroll County, Virginia.^[6]

Research Notes

Other marriages

Generated by WikiTree AGC. These marriages look like marriages of other people. Usually these are parent marriages.

Meredith Shockley married Sarah Worrell in 1790 in Grayson County, Virginia. The couple had 14 children: James Shockley, John Floyd Shockley, Richard Shockley, Amos Shockley, Esau Shockley, William Winfield Shockley, Meredith Shockley, Wesley Shockley, Nancy Mary Shockley, Thomas Vincent Shockley, Richard Shockley, Charlotte Margaret Matilda Shockley, Elizabeth Shockley and Henry Daniel Shockley.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Carroll 1765-1815 : The Settlements : A History of the First Fifty Years of Carroll County, Virginia by John Perry Alderman
2. ↑ Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014, Provo, UT, USA: Name: Elizabeth Farmer, Gender: Female, Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1822, Marriage Place: Grayson County, Virginia, FHL Film Number: 31758, Reference ID: reg 1 p15, Household Members: Esau Shockley, Elizabeth Farmer
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=395018&endDate=1822&startDate=1822&rmsId=M98Y-5MX&imageIndex=97&singleView=true
4. ↑ "Grayson, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XF-699C-F : June 30, 2023), image 13 of 41; Grayson County (Virginia). County Clerk, Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Grayson County).
5. ↑ 1850 Census: Annotated; Compiled by John Perry Alderman
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Death: Abbreviation: Vicki Hill's Rootsweb GEDCOM Title: Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. Subsequent Source Citation Format: Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. BIBL Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. . FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Hill, Vicki. Rootsweb GEDCOM. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page. Citing: TMPLT FIELD Name: Page (accessed before 2 July 2011)

Acknowledgments

• Profile Shockley-67 was created through the import of stobie.ged on Jul 2, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe.