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- Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Etheldred Some [Etheldred Sorell]
Spouse: Sally Walker
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1810
Marriage County: Oglethorpe
Marriage State: Georgia
Bruce Baker's line
1830 GA Census: 13-302 Clarke Co.
ETHELDRED 2 SORRELL (George ) born about 1790, probably in Georgia, drew as a minor orphan of George Sorrell in 1805 Land Lottery as a resident of Greene County, Georgia (#845), and died intestate in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, between June and prior to December 1840.
He married NANCY WALKER, daughter of Sarah Lambert and William Walker, a Revolutionary soldier of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. The marriage record of Nancy and Etheldred has not been found.
Etheldred Sorrell is found in numerous records of Clarke Co., GA in the late 1820's. 4 Feb 1826 as an administrator of Lewis Barnett. (1830 Census of Clarke Co., GA as HoH)
Clarke Co., GA Athens: newspaper abstracts:
The Athenian: Vol 1, No 11, Friday, Mar 16, 1827:
Notice: I hereby forewarn all persons from trading for a note of hand given by me to John Sorrells of Buncombe Co., NC for $50 due sometime in Jan last, and dated in Feb 1826 as the consideration for which said note was given, has proved unsound.. Lazarus Tilly. Dlayton, Mar 7 1827.
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Serrell
[Nancy Sorell]
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Southern Division, Tishomingo, Mississippi
Family Number: 291
Nancy Serrell 60
Ethildre F Serrell 18
There is an estate record in Clarke Co., GA for a Nancy Sorrell and a ward of John Sorrell.
The Walker family records are contained in Sarah Walker's widow's Revolutionary Pension #W6401, National Archives.
Nancy Walker Sorrell was born 9 July 1790, North Carolina, and died 8 February 1852, Tishomingo County, MS.
Etheldred Sorrell is listed on the 1820 Oglethorpe County, Ga. census as 26/45 yrs old, and on the 1830 Clarke County, Ga. and 1840 Tishomingo, MS censuses. Etheldred was in Chambers Co. Alabama about 1836-37, before he went on to Mississippi. [Bobby L. Lindsay, A Reason For Tears, p. 158].
Etheldred's estate was first probated in December, 1840 [Old Tishomingo County Probate Case #31, Office of the Chancery Clerk, Corinth, Alcorn Co.. MS]. The legatees named in this case were: NANCY SORRELL, widow and Admr., HARRISON W. ELDER, husband of SARAH, MILLEDGE S. DURHAM, husband of ELIZABETH, REBECCA L. SORRELL, WILLIAM F. LAMBERT, husband of SUSAN ANN, WILLIAM A. TREADWELL, husband of LUCY ANN, MELKIJAH SURATT, husband of AMANDA L., WALKER WILLIAM SORRELL, MARY ANN FRANCES SORRELL, BENJAMIN E. F. SORRELL. Case #35 (same source) names MARY ANN FRANCES SORRELL, WALKER WILLIAM SORRELL, BENJAMIN E.F. SORRELL, minor heirs of Etheldred Sorrell, and NANCY SORRELL, gdn.
Nancy Walker Sorrell left a willl dated 1 June 1842, entered for probate 26 February 1852 and remained in probate until 14 June 1858, because the will was contested as to legality [Old Tishomingo County Probate Case #274]. Excepting Nancy, the same legatees as named in Etheldred's probate were involved in the distribution of assets except the omission of Rebecca L. Sorrell, who died ca.1842, and the addition of AZARIAH PARIS COBB, husband of MARY ANN FRANCES SORRELL.
ISSUE OF ETHELDRED 2 SORRELL and NANCY WALKER
36. SARAH3, b. ca. 1811, Ga;m. HARRISON W. ELDER of Clarke Co. Ga.
Census 1850 and 1860 Tishomingo County, MS.
37. ELIZABETH T., b. ca. 1813, Ga; m. Dr. MILLEDGE S. DURHAM. Census 1850 Oglethorpe Co. Ga., 1860 Clarke Co. Ga.
38. REBECCA L., b. ca. 1815, Ga; d. unmarried Tishomingo Co. MS. Probate Record Bk, Chancery Clerk, Alcorn Co. Ms. Case #55, will of Rebecca L. Sorrell, dated 16 Dec. 1842, says in part, "...to NANCY SORRELL, beloved mother, bequeath all, coming to me from my deceased father's estate ..." Wits: W.A. Treadwell, R.H. Boon.
39. SUSAN ANN, b. ca. 1817, Ga; m. WILLIAM F. LAMBERT in Ga. but moved to Tishomingo Co. MS by 1850 census.
40. LUCY ANN, b. 28 July 1819, Clark Co. Ga; d. 19 July 1899, Dale Co. AL; m. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TREADWELL, M.D., 16 Feb. 1837, Chambers Co. Al. Buried Victoria Cemetery in what is now Coffee Co. AL. It is believed they were living in the Etheldred Sorrell household in 1840 with a daughter under 5 yrs old. See 1850 Russell Co. Al. census. Probate papers of Nancy Sorrell gave this legatee as a non-resident of MS in 1858. W.A. Treadwell wit. will of Rebecca L. Sorrell, above.
41. AMANDA L., b. ca. 1822 Ga. m. MELKIJAH (MELCIJAH) SURATT, 26 May 1840, Tishomingo Co. MS. In 1850 and 1860 Tishomingo Co. censuses.
42. WALKER WILLIAM, b. ca. 1823; m. LUCY A. FLINT, 30 Nov 1848, Tishomingo Co. MS; in 1850 census. He was reported living in Texas in the 1858 probate papers of Nancy Sorrell.
43. MARY ANN FRANCES, b. 14 Oct. 1829, Ga; d. 23 Sept. 1895, Ga; m. AZARIAH PARIS COBB ca. 1847, MS; buried Mars Hill Cem., Oconee Co. Ga. See 1850 Tippah Co. MS. census and 1860 Clarke Co. Ga. census. Their daughter, ELIZABETH DURHAM COBB m. CHARLES WILLIAM HARRIS, Elizabeth and Charles were the parents of WILLIE GERTRUDE HARRIS who married BAXTER SUTTON. The last named were the parents of THOMAS COLE SUTTON who m. MARY LOU BUDINICH. Tom researched this line some years ago and shared his research with the compiler.
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