Individual Details

William "Captain" Sherrill

(CA, 1723 - CA, 1786)

William Sherrill is known as "Captain" to distinguish him from the numerous other William Sherrills in this family.

Events

Birth	CA, 1723	Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous	1748	Delinquent Tax List - Augusta County, Virginia
Miscellaneous	1752	Land Grant Petition - Anson County, North Carolina
Marriage	Bef 1754	Agnes White
Miscellaneous	FEBRUARY 23, 1773	Expedition Allowance - Tryon County, North Carolina
Death	CA, 1786

Families

Spouse	Agnes White (1726 - 1795)
Child	Agnes Sherrill (1754 - 1830)
Child	Jacob Sherrill ( - )

Father	Adam "The Pioneer" Sherrill (1697 - 1774)
Mother	Elizabeth Corzine (1701 - 1769)
Sibling	Aquilla Sherrill ( - )
Sibling	Isaac Sherrill ( - )
Sibling	Moses Sherrill ( - )
Sibling	Adam Sherrill Jr. ( - )
Sibling	Uriah Sherrill ( - )
Sibling	Samuel Sherrill (1725 - )
Sibling	Jacob Sherrill (1748 - )

Notes

Birth

Adam Sherrill, William's father, was on the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Conestoga Township tax list for 1720. Other members of the Sherrill family remained in this location until at least 1724, and it is probable that Adam Sherrill stayed in Conestoga also.

Miscellaneous

The 1748 Augusta County, Virginia, Delinquent Tax List shows Adam Sherrill, Adam Sherrill, Jr., Samuel Sherrill, William Sherrill, and Abraham Sherrill as "not found." This suggests they had moved on to NC, perhaps after the death of Adam Sherrill's father William Sherrill.

Documentation is from Chalkley, Lymon. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 2, p. 410-419. Augusta County, Virginia, Court Records.
This record is also transcribed at www.usgenweb.org, Virginia Archives [Sherrill search.]

Miscellaneous

In 1752, in Anson County, NC (later Lincoln Co.) William Sherrill, along with others, petitioned for a land grant of 600 acres for himself.
Documented in C.R. 4 p. 1014.

Miscellaneous

On 2-23-1773, in Tryon County (later Lincoln County,) Capt. William Sherrill was paid by the Colonial Assembly of North Carolina a sum of 27 pounds and 15 shillings for services rendered by himself and 10 other men, who made an expedition to Silver Creek and Quaker Meadows (now in Burke County.)
Documented in C.R. 9 p. 257 and C.R. 22 p. 878.

Endnotes

1. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 19 August 2019), Descendacy Chart of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others

2. H. Frank Eshleman, Compiler, Papers read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society: Assessment Lists and Other Manuscripts and Documents of Lancaster County Prior to 1729 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Historical Society, 1916), 160-194; digital reproduction, Archives.org, Archives.org (https://archives.org : Accessed 21 August 2019; Transcript of original Tax Assessments of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Previously Chester County.) These records have been in the hands of Gilbert Cope since being discarded by the Chester County officials in 1879. Mr. Cope allowed a transcript to be made by Mr. Eshleman..

3. The US GenWeb Project, Url: www.usgenweb.org, Sherrill; VA Archives, Augusta County, Virginia, 1748 Delinquent Tax List.

4. Williiam L. Sherrill, Compiler, Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina, Digital (Charlotte, NC (Original book): Family Search International (Digital), 1937 (Original book)), 7-49; digital reproduction, Family Search International, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : Accessed 21 August 2019; Author collected material from several ealy residents of Lincoln County and his family were early residents of pioneer-time Lincoln County, NC..

5. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).

6. Williiam L. Sherrill, Compiler, Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina, Digital (Charlotte, NC (Original book): Family Search International (Digital), 1937 (Original book)), 7-49; digital reproduction, Family Search International, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : Accessed 21 August 2019; Author collected material from several ealy residents of Lincoln County and his family were early residents of pioneer-time Lincoln County, NC..

7. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 19 August 2019), Descendacy Chart of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others