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- This spelling for SORREL is based on the signatures of the children who could write their own names on the estate settlement of Thomas in 1870. Millia, from this generation spelled it: SORREL.
In the next generation the additional L was added to avoid confusion with other SORRELS in the same community. It had to do with confusion over mail or a business account.
DNA results proves that our line is related to the documented line of Edward SORRELL b about 1730 and lived in Wake Co., TN.
I believe that Thomas and siblings are listed in their father's household as children in the 1810 Surry Co., NC Census and then father is in the 1820 Bedford Co., TN Census. Thomas' birthdate of 1803 is from the 1850 Census of Lincoln Co., TN. He is listed here as 37, 47, or 57 years old. I have split the difference. This is the only reference we have to his specific birthyear. This also agrees with the ages of children in the household of Edward, Jr. in both Wake Co., NC, Surry Co., NC and Bedford Co., TN Census records.
The Tax Lists from Bedford Co., TN that still exist are 1836-1839. Likely he will not be listed as the 1836 listing in Obion Co., TN indicate that he was there at this time.
Perhaps Thomas and wife, Elizabeth RUSSELL went to Obion Co., TN to care for her father then stayed to settle his estate.
1 Jan 1836, Obion Co., TN a deed record for the use of a field on Davison Creek on CONRAD land for the use of: in exchange for his fencing the area. Thomas signed with his mark.
Obion Co., TN Tax Lists for 28 Feb 1838, 1839, and 1840, and 1841 in District 7.
5 Jan 1839, he and Elizabeth Sorrels are listed on the Church membership records with the note (Dis) in the legend. 28 Jul 1832 lists the founding of the Republican Grove Baptist Church (originally called the Baptist Church of Christ at the Republican meeting house in Obion Co, TN.) They are not included as charter members. (Minutes of the Republican Grove Baptist Church, Obion Co., TN 1838-1860, Pub. No. 279, Microfilm no. 198 at the Nashville, TN State Archive Library).
Jul 1839 He is listed as an administrator on the estate of James Russell in Obion Co., TN. Elizabeth's brother, T. P. C. Russell is co-administrator. On the estate sale, he again signs with his mark!
1840 TN Census in Obion Co., Page 137 0200101-1110100
2 males 5-9 James Edward & Thomas Jr.
1 male 20-29 Unknown (Maybe Thomas' brother)
1 male 40-49 Thomas Sr.
1 female under 5 Adaline Alcy "Pony"
1 female 5-9 Malinda
1 female 10-14 Elizabeth Ann
1 female 20-29 Elizabeth Russell
Total of 8 persons 3 in agriculture.
Paid Poll Tax in District 7, Obion Co., TN in 1841, but listed no acreage. 1 White Poll, Tax: 12 1/2, Amt State Tax, 12 1/2, Amt County Tax 37 1/2, Total State & County Tax 50.
Land in Obion Co., TN (1824-1884) #1.007.325
20 Feb, 1841, Item 5: Granted a letter of dismissal to Brother Thomas & Elizabeth SORRELS , requested from the Baptist Church of Christ at Republican Meeting House in Obion Co., TN.
Locator Survey registered by Thomas in Lincoln Co., TN in 1850 for 100 acres.
1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census, taken 15 Sep., District 10:
Page 245 Dwelling 308:
Thos, 37 or 57, Farmer $400 Real Estate, b NC
Elisabeth, 40 TN
James, 16 TN
Thomas 14 TN
Adaline 10 TN
Sarah 10 TN
William 6 TN
John 2 TN
Henry NICHOLS 23 TN
Malinda 19 TN
Dwelling 309:
Nathaniel GIBSON 26 Farmer $500 Real Estate b AL
Elizabeth 21 TN
Josiah 1 M TN
Not found on the 1860 Census anywhere in TN although they were still living in Lincoln County, TN. I searched the neighborhood where they were living in 1850-but not listed in the 1860 Census. Seems those living in the PoGrab area are not listed on the census.
U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
Name: Thomas Sorrels
State: Tennessee
Tax Year: 1862
Roll Title: Hancock, Hardeman, Hardin (part), Humphreys, ]ackson Jefferson, ]ohnsun, Knox, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, and Madison counties
NARA Series: T227
NARA Roll: 4
Land deed written 7 Dec 1861, Recorded 7 Sep 1868, District 10 45 acres purchased from C.L. Randolph
USA pledge of Allegiance signed on Aug. 1863.
Safeguard granted to Thomas on Aug 5, 1863.
Voter's registration for Lincoln Co. Aug 1865.
Listed in the Fayetteville Observer, June 20, 1867 as voter on the Petersburg List on 22 Feb 1865 on Constitutional Amendment on the Francise Law: Thos Sorrels
Fayetteville Observer, 10 Sep 1868: "C. L. Randolph to Thos. Sorrels, 45 acres, $750"
Receipt for the payment in full on his account for coffin 1 Apr 1868 by Gabriel Young for $12. (presumably Elizabeth RUSSELL SORRELS's death)
April 10, 1870, Burial List for J.E. Sorrells' father. Also, Richmond, April 12, 1870- invoice for Mr. Thomas Sorrells, Decd pay to Robert Blackman for 1 coffin & case $20.00 on opposite side: Rec of J. E. Sorrells-Adm of Thomas Sorrells Deceased this written aft of Twenty Dollars, Jun 15, 1870 by B. S. Davidson, noted on outside: Thomas Sorrells, pmt (apt) Blackwells.
Heirs filing on behalf of minor child to distribute his estate on April 25, 1870.
5 Oct 1870 Children sell 154 3/4 acres (1/4 acre reserved for the family graveyard) to Henry NICHOLS. Registered 9 Dec 1870, Lincoln Co., TN.
Receipts for his burial and coffin are from the trunk of J. E. SORRELS.
His gravesite had no markers, just rock piles. This is off Hannah's Branch Road up .5 miles. He and 2nd wife, Elizabeth "Becky" RUSSELL and a child (probably Thomas, Jr.) are listed to be buried 3 1/2 miles NE of Petersburg, TN near Bedford, Marshall, and Lincoln Co. lines on the Elige Williams Place or Casteel property. Called the Sorrells' Cemetery. Our family placed an engraved headstone for Thomas and Elizabeth in July 1998. The graves are on a hillside across a deep gully of the Hannah's Gap Road in Petersburg, TN (Po-Grab). The area is covered with cemetery vine. It is behind a house there and to the right. There are 3 graves there and they are marked with rocks.
A letter written "From J. E. (James Edward) SORRELL, Petersburg, Lincoln County, TN, my father's name was Thomas Sorrells, he had a brother Edward. There is a large family of Sorrells in West Tennessee, at Dyersburg, James Newton Sorrells is one of them, as far as I know they are related to us." This is from the collection of Mrs. Pettigrew, Sorrells Original in the Pine Bluff, AR Library collection.(page 82)
I have a photograph of Thomas.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Thomas Sorrells
Birth Date: 1793
Birth Place: Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Death Date: 10 Apr 1870
Death Place: Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Cemetery: Thomas Sorrells Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Elizabeth Sorrells
Children: James E. Sorrells
William Harvey Sorrells Sr
Thomas Sorrells
Adaline Alcy Young
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1803 - 1870 (67 years)
