Pat Veazey and her husband were kind enough to send me all this info. from the Henry County Courthouse in SE AL See below:

DEEDS

Grantee Grantor Date Recorded Book Page

Shirley, John from Needham & Lucindy Smith Dec 16, 1843 C 385-6
$65 for 40 acres, signed Dec 15, 1843, NE ¼ of NE ¼ Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shearly, Absolum from Mary A. Rigsby Nov 27, 1858 H 34-35

Shirley, William from Britton Searcy & wife, Christian A. Feb 9, 1866 I 470
$2,600 for 520 acres, SE ¼ Section 10, Township 8, Range 27 & SE ¼ of NE ¼ & NW ¼ of NE ¼ of Section 11, Township 8, Range 27 & SW ¼ or NE ¼ of Section 10, Township 8, Range 29 & W ½ of SW ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27, & NE ¼ of NE ¼, Section 15, Township 8, Range 27 & SW ¼ NW ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27 & NE ¼ NW ¼ & NW ¼ NW ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, Absalom, Sr.from Jane Corbitt et al Feb 7, 1870 K 1080-1
$1,000 for 120 acres, signed 16 Jan 1870, NE ¼ SE ¼, Section 16 & N ½ of SW ¼, Section 15, Township 8, Range 27, Signed Jane Corbitt, J. T. Hammock, M. W. Lynn, C. Corbitt, S. C. Corbitt, Sallie E. Lynn, M. A. Hammock

John Shearly, Sr. to John Shearly, Jr. Dec 1, 1869 K 1000
$1,500, signed 29 Oct 1869, Section 1, Township 8, Range 27, SW ¼ & East ½ of SE ¼, signed John Shearly and Elizabeth Shearley

Shirley, Needham from Permelia & B. F. Stokes Nov 2, 1888 V 323
$300, 40 acres, signedfrom 13 Dec 1873, SE ¼, NW ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, Needham from William & Zelphia Shirley Nov 2, 1888 V 323
$100, 60 acres, signed 29 Jan 1878, NE ¼, NW ¼ & W ½ of SW ¼ of NE ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, Absalom from William & Zelphia Shirley Nov 2, 1888 V 323
$1, 40 acres, signed 21 Jan 1878, NW ¼, NE ¼, Section 17, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, Needham from AB & AA Shirley Nov 2, 1888 V 324
$100, 40 acres, NW ¼, NE ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, William from John & Elizabeth Shirley Nov 2, 1888 V 324
160 acres, signed 16 Dec 1876, W ½ NW ¼ Section 12 NE ¼ NE SW ¼ NE ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, John from William & Zelphia Shirley Nov 2, 1888 V 325
$200, 140 Acres, signed Jan 1878, NW ¼ NW ¼ SW ¼ NW ¼, Section 12 & NE ¼ of NE & E1/2 of SW ¼ of NE ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Shirley, Needham from J. Z. & Nancy Hendley Nov 2, 1888 V 326
$200, 20 acres, signed 29 Dec 1883, E ½ of SW ¼ NE ¼ of Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Hendley, J. Z. from John & Rebecca Shirley
$1,000 for 140 acres, 1881, NW ¼ of NW ¼ of SW ¼ of NE ¼, Section 11, Township 8, Range 27

Daniel Shirley to Elizabeth Shirley, wife of late John Shirley, deceased for love and affection NW one fourth of NW one fourth of Section 1 and north half of NE one fourth of Section 2, Township 8, Range 27, except 2 acres in NE one fourth of NE one fourth, Section 2 for a grave yard.

Signed 1 March 1883 Daniel Shirley
W. M. Shirley
Martha Smith
James W. Shirley
Delila Barrantine
J. Z. Hendley for Sarah Free
Jas W. Crawford
F. H. Crawford
For Jane Smith and Elizabeth Stokes
State of Alabama
Henry County Sep 31, 1887

Received of Willis Smith $130 full payment and satisfaction for my interst in and distributive share in estate of John Shirley, my deceased father.

Elizabeth Stokes
H. Z. Stokes
Test
W. P. Jordan
W. L. Crawford
State of Georgia
Recorded 13 April 1885
Dan Gordan
Judge of Probate
Book T, page 373


MARRIAGES

William Shearly & Georgia Ann Smith, 9 Aug 1867 at Wm. Barrentine’s House by D. E. Corbett, M.G., page 596

Sarah Shirley & Alexander Free, 17 Jan 1869, by I. I. Cassady, M. G., page 52, license bought 15 Jan 1869

Delilah Shirley & Samuel Parr, not married, page 53, license bought 15 Jan 1869

William R. Stokes & Mary Norris, 18 Apr 1847

Neidham Sherly & Martha Corbitt at William Sherley’s house, 28 Feb 1871, page 286, William Sherley on bond

James R. Shirley & Gilly A. Sowell, 20 Nov 1879, page 318 (Gilly under 18 over 14)

William W. (Wiley) Shirley & Zilpha Lee, 3 June 1874, page 217 (note by Wm Shirley & Zilpha Shirley), Bond John Shirley & William M. Snead

Jane Shirley & Willis Smith, 27 July 1850, page 70

Absolem & Alcey Anderson at residence of Sarah Trawick, 11 Feb 1866 by John Bradly, M.G., page 525

James Sherly & Ellen Barrentine, 1 Oct 1868 at James Shirley, page 1

Delilah Shirley & Judge C. Barentine, 25 Feb 1872, J. H. Benton, MG, page 11, James H. Benton on bond

John Sherley, Jr. & Natley Parthany Stokes, 30 Oct 1853 by James Searcy, JP, page 148