Fifth Generation

819. Sarah W. MURRELL was born in 1828 in Tennessee.

Found in Subdivision 1, Lincoln Co TN in 1850, Hh 752
Zachariah Hurley, age 23
Sarah age 22
Mary, 8 months old
Zachariah was listed as owning some 13 slaves.

In Hh 747, on the same page was
Amos Hurley, age 57, b. NC and his family.
Probably a 2nd wife, Mary age 34
Marion, 21, male; Amos H. 12, Washington age 8

In later records, Sarah's name is spelled various ways. Looks mostly like Hurtz in the 1860 census when she was living with her brother William. It was transcribed as "Herby" by the WPA when her uncle Stephen S. Murrell left her $1000.

1860 Census. P.O. Winchester, Franklin Co TN, Hh 348
William Murrell, age 26, b. TN
Sarah Hurley [looks like Hurtz or Hurty], age 32, b. TN
Mary E. Hurley, age 10
William Murrell had 4 slaves in 1860, Franklin co TN. It appeared to be a family with a female, age 24, a male 19, two young boys, ages 4 and 2; all listed as mulatto.
Sarah Hurley also shown with three slaves - a female age 26, a young girl age 6 and a two-year-old boy.

1870 Census. Wincester, Civil Dist 2, Hh 51
John Taylor, age 24, farmer
Mary, 20
Gilley, 10 months, female [born April - 1869]
Hurley, Sarah, age 45

Sarah W. MURRELL and Zachariah G. HURLEY were married on 29 November 1849 in Franklin County, Tennessee. Zachariah G. HURLEY died before 1860.

Sarah W. MURRELL and Zachariah G. HURLEY had the following children:

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Mary E. HURLEY was born in 1850 in Tennessee.