McMURRY Surname
Descendants of James McMurry
Prepared and last modified by Jeff Lewis Bott on June 22, 2008
Contents
Introduction
Greetings,
My name is Jeff Lewis Bott. I have been researching my McMurry lineage
as a hobby since about 1985. My mother, Mattie Coulter Bott and my brother
Jerry F. Bott, both now deceased, and many other relatives too numerous to list have inspired me
to research and share the information with the many McMurry
descendants. The McMurry database contains only a small subset of my total database containing over 37,000 people.
I have another McMURRY website on Rootsweb with the following URL:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mcmurrybybott.
Currently, I also have the following additional websites operational:
"Descendants of Silas Baker": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BAKER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Gebhard Bott": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BOTT/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Alexander Coulter, Sr.": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/COULTER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Abner B. Kirk": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/KIRK/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of John McDOUGAL": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/McDOUGAL/INDEX.HTML.
Another website that I currently have operational is for Sand Flat Cemetery near Tyler in Smith County, Texas. It is a rather unique genealogy study for everyone buried in that cemetery. The website address is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/INDEX.HTML.
McMurry FAMILY
If you are a descendant of James McMurry and would like to exchange information, please send an
email to me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS CONNECTION
Several of the children of James McMurry and his wife Rebecca McMurry nee Callahan moved from Lauderdale County, Alabama to Smith County, Texas about 1846 to 1847. They came with Joseph McDougal and his family. In fact, Joseph McDougal was married to Amira A. McDougal nee McMurry.
In addition to Amira McDougal nee McMurry, her brother William Morris McMurry and his family also migrated with the McDougal's to Smith County, Texas.
Both the McDougal and McMurry families have deep roots in Smith County.
PRIVACY ISSUES
I have many individuals both alive and desceased in my genealogy
database. For privacy reasons, I do not post birth dates and marriage
dates for living individuals on the Internet. Privacy for living individuals is a concern for most of us in modern day society. Everyone born after the year 1907 with NO known death date by me is treated as a Confidential person. Therefore, this website does not post birth dates or places, marriage dates or places or any other type of data on these individuals except a persons full name and their relationship to their family members.
I am open to comments and suggestions about privacy issues. If you have a serious problem with your name being on a public forum such as this, please read the following OPT OUT PROVISION.
OPT OUT PROVISION
This website is intended to honor our deceased loved ones and offer a platform in which their descendants can research their ancestry.
However, some people may be sensitive about having their names appear on a public forum and if, for any reason, you want your name removed from this website, please contact me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com or by mail at 12999 Murphy Road, Suite B-8, Stafford, TX 77477. Since I update this website every 30 to 60 days, please allow this time period for the deletion process to occur.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
I have used my best effort to minimize factual errors for the information contained herein. However, I have found from experience that in genealogy research, absolute perfection cannot be achieved! Therefore, please use your own sources to verify and check the data that is of interest to you. If errors of any kind are found, please contact me and I will correct them.
Please use this website as a useful guide and not something that is absolute in fact. Be very aware that even the information chiseled in stone on a cemetery marker may not be correct. For example, did the person tell the stone carver the correct dates? Did the stone carver misread the information given to him, etc., etc.? You get the idea!
Mission Statement
In order to remember and honor our McMurry ancestry, this website is
designed to identify both the deceased and living descendants of
James McMurry.
Articles, stories and obituaries of each individual shall be provided along with photographs whenever possible.
Background
James McMurry was born January 15, 1774 in North Carolina. The focus of
this project is to track his descendants.
I am using a comprehensive computerized genealogical program that can output in HTML language for an Internet website. The program can display a wealth of information such as:
1. Every person's full name, maiden name for females, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death and date of burial
2. Name and location of the cemetery where person is buried
3. Photograph of the individual
4. Photograph of the grave marker
5. Public records that contain federal census records, birth, death, marriage and other dates
6. Obituaries for the individual
7. Stories, articles and biographical information for the individual
8. A list of each person's parents, siblings and descendants
The best way today to communicate with large numbers of people and to
share information is through an Internet website. With a website, the
McMurry descendants and all who have an interest, will have access to
more accurate records information can be shared more easily.
Helpful Hint: Be sure to click on the actual photo or the photo icons.
JUST CLICK ON EVERYTHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
I hope that you find this website useful and informative! However, it is still under construction and I am open to any and all suggestions for improvements.
The contents herein are for an individuals' personal use and MAY NOT be used for commercial gain in any form or fashion. If you have any questions, comments, additions, corrections or constructive criticism, please email me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Jeff L. Bott
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