Joshua Macebon "Mack" Sorrells

1843 - 1917  (73 years)

• Name	Joshua Macebon "Mack" Sorrells
  Birth	7 Apr 1843	NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4E724626B9B1DD11BE2D00C0267EFAB07D73
  Death	4 Feb 1917	Burnsville, Yancey Co., NC
  Burial	Academy Hill Cemetery, Burnsville, Yancey Co., NC
  Person ID	I36870	sorrells
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Richard Sorrells,   b. Jan 1814, Burke Co., NC d. Aft 1901, Mitchell Co., NC (Age > 88 years)
  Mother	Malinda W. Lonon,   b. 22 Sep 1820, McDowell Co., NC d. 1 Dec 1899 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1842	NC
  Family ID	F13710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Phillips,   b. 24 Mar 1844, Yancey Co., NC d. 3 Jul 1913, Yancey Co., NC (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1861	Mitchell Co., NC
  Notes	Yancey Co., NC Marriages: William SORRELS 21 - Belle BRIGGS 19 - 15 Oct 1890 - T C McCourry - J L Sorrels, J F Duncan.
  Children	1. Joseph Lafayette Sorrells,   b. 9 Oct 1862, Yancey Co., NC d. 10 Apr 1914, Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., NC (Age 51 years)   2. America Josephine Sorrells,   b. Abt 1865, NC   3. Stanley W. "Hunter" Sorrells,   b. 19 Aug 1866, NC d. 6 Oct 1916, Briceville, Anderson Co., NC (Age 50 years)   4. John William Sorrells,   b. Abt 1870, NC d. 1939 (Age 69 years)   5. Maggie Nora Sorrells,   b. 13 Dec 1875, Yancey Co., NC   6. Julie May Sorrells,   b. 3 Feb 1877, NC d. 2 Oct 1917 (Age 40 years)   7. Ida Belle Sorrells,   b. 1881, Yancey Co., NC d. 1958 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F13695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  1880 Yancey Co., NC Census Joshua age 37 b NC working in mines Sarah J. age 35 Lafayette age 16 m America J. age 15 f Stanly W. age 13 John W. age 10 Maggie N. age 5 Julia E. age 2 Yancey Co., NC Marriages: John ROBERSON 21 - Josephine SORRELS 18 - 5 Aug 1880 - W J Gibbs - W N Gibbs, E E Gibbs. William SORRELS 21 - Belle BRIGGS 19 - 15 Oct 1890 - T C McCourry - J L Sorrels, J F Duncan. Witsel S BRYANT - Julia SORRELS - 7 Feb 1892 - A Z McCourry - M C Honeycutt, W A Honeycutt, Moses Evans. Theodore WESTALL 22 - Laura SORRELS 21 - 21 Sep 1893 - John D Patton - M B Westall, Clarence Patton. Military: He was mustered on 10 Jun, 1862 for the duration of the Civil War. Joshua furnished himself with a horse and served as a Private in Captain John B. Palmer's Co. (Known as the Mitchell Rangers), the North Carolina Partisan Rangers. The Partisan Rangers combined with the 60th Regiment and became the 58th Regiment, NC Infantry (State Troops) in April 1865 and the Mitchell Rangers became Company A.