William Ferrell 1740
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 William Richard Ferrell |
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| Name | William Richard Ferrell |
| Gender | Male |
| Family Search: | LVMC-6PF |
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| Born | 1740 |
| Russell, VA | |
| United States of America | |
| Deceased | 1740 |
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| Spouse | Martha Thompson |
| Marriage Date | 1764 |
| Children | John Ferrell Richard Ferrell |
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William/Richard Ferrell Sr.[1] was the Progenitor[2]... along with his wife Martha Thompson... His origin story is told in Ragland's A History of Logan County, and Sam Hanna tells the DNA[3] side in The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families.
...but there is no account of any settlement being made on the West Virginia side of the river below the McDowell County line, or even above that line, until the year 1800, when Richard and John Ferrell, sons of Richard Ferrell, who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780, settled on the farm where M.A. Ferrell now lives.
NOTE: Find-a-grave says he's buried in Ferrell Cemetery in Whitewood, Buchanon Couty, VA? That seems really unlikely if he was killed in the Honaker/New Garden area (30 miles away,or 45 minutes by modern car). More like this Thomson Creek Cemetery. RootsWeb seems to think it's on Big A Mountain (that's a positive sign as Ethel Evans Albert's book Southwest Virginia Kin says that's where we're from, and gives the following directions.
Located on Rt. 647, just off Rt. 620, which runs off Rt. 80 between Honaker and Big a Mtn. Cenetery sits on a small hill off the right side of the road and is clearly visible from Dye's Winery on 620. Cemetery is well cared for. 15 Jun 1998.
NOTE: WikiTree says below. I am suspect of the birth information, current SAR applications are approved on data of a different William Ferrell (pension record #S13015, after our William's death), but this one appears to be my "William", so I have requested a copy (5 July 2023 - received).
William was born about 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia.[ 3 ]
It has been reported that William may have been born in Longford County, Ireland.[4] There were several men named William Ferrell in Virginia during this time period and there were several Ferrell men who immigrated from Ireland to Virginia in the 1700s, but there is no evidence our William Ferrell was born in Ireland.
In the Augusta County, Virginia records is a court record from 1759 where William Ferrell, orphan of John Ferrell, was bound out to John Archer. John Archer owned land on Long Glade Creek in Augusta County. It is unknown if this is the same William Ferrell, however if so John Archer lived next to John and Susannah Thompson who owned land on a branch of Long Glade Creek in 1759, and there is unproven but circumstantial evidence they might be the parents of William's wife Martha Thompson. [5]
William was once thought to have been a son of John Ferrell and Ann Fish. This theory is no longer thought to be true.
Note: It appears Thompson's Creen is off 620 on 647 in Honaker, VA. This seems to be the location.
It appears that our William helped found the town of Honaker, VA in Russell County, VA. (FOLLOW-UP: Check this is our William. Any other Ferrell's on the tax/tithables listing in mid-late 1700's??)
Honaker was settled as early as 1772 when William Ferrill established a homesite in the area. During Dunmore's War of 1774 a fort, known as New Garden Fort, was established to protect the settlers from Indian raids.
The Honaker Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
We know that William (along with Richard Thompson (FOLLOW-UP: Relation to his wife Martha? Father? Brother?)) served at the Glade Hollow Fort from the Draper manuscripts (New Garden?). From the book Dunmore's War, pg. 402
AT THE GLADE HOLLOW FORT W. Ferrill, listed 19th Sept.
And in Frontier Forts, Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia he's listed as being there from 29 August to 6 November, 1774, and being killed there.
AT THE GLADE HOLLOW FORT - 29 AUGUST to 6 NOVEMBER, 1774 1. Jeremiah Able 2. William Buster(d) 3. Richard Byrd 4. Isaac Christian (Killed by Indians, Rye Cove, 1776) 5. Abraham Cooper 6. Francis Cooper 7. James Coyle (Killed by Indians, 1780) 8. John Dunkin, Sergeant (Captured by Indians, 1780, released 1783) 9. William Ferrell (Killed by Indians) 10. Joseph Horne 11. Solomon Litton (Prisoner of Indians 1780-83) 12. James McCarty 13. Henly Moore, Ensign 14. James Price 15. Drury Puckett 16. Archibald Scott (Killed by Indians 1785) 17. James Scott 18. Richard Thompson 19. William Wilmoth 20. Archibald Woods
From Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch we are told he is killed at his home, and the Honaker information is repeated, so if we can source this document, those would be confirmed.
William Ferrill was killed at his home in New Garden on June 15, 1778... The account of his murder is given this way in a letter from Daniel Smith to Arthur Campbell... On the 15th instant, in the evening, William Ferrill was killed and scalped by the Indians at his own house, his family had been luckily removed to the fort (New Garden Fort) sometime before. I received the information from Captain Kingkead (John Kincaid) early the 16th who had just then heard of Mr. Ferrill’s massacre
Follow-Up: Fill in details and research plan, touch on books
Family
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On the Frontier / Slain by Indians
Flesh this out with reports from Thwaites, Ragland, and others.
Education
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Books
William is referenced by the following books.
- A History of Logan County, Chapter XXI, which lays out Henry Clay Ragland's understanding of our family history through the first few generations, from about 1770-1905.[4]
- The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families by Sam Hanna.[5]
Timeline
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References
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- ↑ Williamson Daily News May 2000
Macel Adams
Note: The portion about Longford is proven incorrect via DNA testing
This week in genealogy we are talking about the descendants of William Ferrell. - ↑ FamilyTree DNA Haplogroup 4, through William Ferrell to Donegal, Ireland
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A History of Logan County, 1896, Henry Clay Ragland, from the Logan Banner
Chapter XXI, (page 112)
‘While the Guyandotte Valley was being settled with hardy pioneers from Montgomery and the territory which formerly belonged in that ancient county, the Tug Fork of Sandy was being peopled by those who had for awhile paused in their march to the wilderness on the waters of the Clinch and the Holsten. From the time of the building of the old Block House at the forks of Sandy, about the year 1789, frequent visits were made from the cabins on the frontier by daring hunters to their friends in the old fort, but there is no account of any settlement being made on the West Virginia side of the river below the McDowell County line, or even above that line, until the year 1800, when Richard and John Ferrell, sons of Richard Ferrell, who was killed by the Indians in Thompson's Valley in 1780, settled on the farm where M. A. Ferrell now lives.
Richard Ferrell, the youngest brother, married a Miss Romaines, of Russell County, Virginia, and was the father of ten children - six sons and four daughters, His sons were William, who married Mahala Tiller, John R, who married Elizabeth Coleman; Elizah, who married Barbara Jackson; Richard, who married Letitia Eskew; Evans, who married Martha Duty, and Moses, who married Jane Lockhart. His daughters were Rachel, who married William Tilley; Rebecca, who married Green Justice; Elizabeth, who married Joab Justice, and Nancy, who married Cummings Music?
John Ferrell married Nancy Jackson of Russell County, Virginia. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, His sons were William who moved to Roane County; Andrew, who married Polly Slater, and then moved to Missouri; and John who married Jane Taylor, and was through along life a prominent Baptist preacher, and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. His daughters were Jennie, who married John Murphy, and Levisa, who married Ralph Steel, of Island Creek.
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The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families, Chapter 14, page 379, by Sam Hanna (Get it at 📓 Amazon).
1.0 FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND MARTHA (THOMPSON) FERRILL/FERRELL
1.1 Martha.
1.2 Thomas (c.1767-95) m. Sarah Graham.
1.3 George (c.1768-[]).
1.4 Elizabeth (c.1770-1845).
1.5 John (c.1774-1884) m. Nancy Jackson ([]-1808).
1.6 William (c.1774-1842) m. Jane Jackson (c.1778-1850).
1.7 Richard (c.1776-1867) m. Rebecca Romaines (c.1782-1850).
1.5 JOHN AND NANCY (JACKSON) FERRELL
1.5.1 William S. (c.1795-1875) m.1 Hannah B. Lowery, m.2 Francis C. Bailey (c.1802-53).
1.5.2 Jane (c.1797-[]) m. John Murphey (c.1794-[]).
1.5.3 Richard (c.1798-1862) m. Nancy Ferrell (c.1801-80).
1.5.4 Levison F. (c.1804-[]) m. Ralph A. Steele (c.1801-[]).
1.5.5 John B. (c.1806-80) m. Jane (Jennie) Taylor (c.1805-80).
1.5.6 Andrew J. (c.1808-90) m.1 Mary (Polly) Slator, m.2 Mary R. Herndon.
1.6 WILLIAM AND JANE (JACKSON) FERRELL
1.6.1 John L. (c.1799-1872) m. Sarah E. Allison (c.1798-1858).
1.6.2 Sarah (c.1805-56) m. David Samuel Allison (c.1805-88).
1.6.3 James (c.1806-74) m. Elizabeth Fields (c.1806-[]).
1.6.4 Richard P. F. (c.1809-82) m. Elizabeth Flecter (c.1812-71).
1.6.5 Virginia Jane (c.1811-79) m. George Fields (c.1813-65).
1.6.6 Mary Polly (c.1812-80) m. Stephen Hart (c.1812-[]).
1.6.7 Emma (c.1815-85)
1.6.8 Louisa Levisa (c.1816-96) m. Frederick Deel (c.1819-96).
1.6.9 Martha (c.1818-70) m. Richard Compton (c.1810-60).
1.7 RICHARD AND REBECCA (ROMAINES) FERRELL
1.7.1 William (c.1804-73) m. Mahala Tiller (c.1820-80).
1.7.2 John R. (c.1805-39) m. Elizabeth J. Coleman (c.1805-44).
1.7.3 Elijah (c.1806-91) m. Barbara J. Neeley.
1.7.4 Rachel (c.1813-[]) m. William Tiller.
1.7.5 Richard (c.1816-88) m. Letitia Askew (c.1820-1923).
1.7.6 Evans (c.1817-96) m. Martha Jane Duty (c.1829-[]).
1.7.7 Rebecca L. (c.1821-1901) m. Greenville L. Justice (c.1825-65).
1.7.8 Moses (c.1822-65) m. Matilda Jane Brewer.
1.7.9 Nancy (c.1826-1919) m. William C. Musick (c.1806-65).
1.7.10 Elizabeth (c.1828-99) m. Jacob Justice (c.1815-[]).