Makanda, Ill. Does anyone live there?
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Ferrill/Elliott
| DFGrobe (View posts) | Posted: 19 May 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ferrill, Elliott
I see your query on the FTM site regarding the Eastwood family, so I know you're already on the right track with the basics. I'll send some more items, and you may already have them, but if not you can ask questions and I'll be glad to respond. After this message, we can use direct email.
Henry Eastwood Ferrill was the 6th of 12 known children born to Henry Ferrill and Mary "Polly" McFadden Walker. McFadden was her middle name and Walker was her maiden name. Henry's parents were John and Zilpah Morris Ferrill, and Polly's parents were Robert Walker and an unknown wife. The use of the name McFadden makes me think her mother's maiden name was McFadden, but no proof. Henry and Polly are buried in a family plot on the Crowell property just off the lower ridge road that goes from US Rt 51 over to Alto Pass in Union co. Several others of the family are buried there, but Eastwood and Permelia are both at the Cobden cemetery along with several more of the family.
I am connected with the family thru Henry's brother, Thomas. Your Henry, my Thomas, and another brother, James, all came to Union co at different times from Stewart co Tn. Thomas in 1819, James in 1825, and Henry in about 1847. All three boys were born in Martin co NC, and moved to Hawkins co Tn in 1807, and then on to Stewart co in about 1809-10. John Ferrill also had at least three daughters, Elizabeth who married Charles Hooks, Harriet who married James Anderson, and Mary who married Eli Morgan. Mary was by John's 2nd wife, Penelope Luton Yarbrough.
Texas had a younger brother, Frank Agnew Ferrill, and the Makanda doctor who delivered some of the children was named Frank Agnew. A few of the births were recorded at the courthouse in Murphysboro, and it was on one of the certificates that I saw the reference to the 22nd pregnancy. However, some sources maintain there were 18 children.
Eastwood's home site was still standing about 10 years ago within 50 feet of Rt 5l, and the county line ran thru the back yard. The home was on a Makanda mail route during the early 1900s, and one of our cousins, a Clovis Ferrill, was the carrier for many years and he knew the family quite well. According to Clovis, the name of Eastwood was used much more often on the address, and frequently the initials of E. W. were used.
The records of three churches exist which contain various items of the Ferrill family. The first book of the Skewarkey Baptist Church in Martin county is in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, and our John Ferrill was the first church clerk. The first 120 pages are in his beautiful handwriting along with a few personal items that are helpful. The first book of the Saline Creek Baptist Church in Stewart co also contains John's handwriting on the first 60 or so pages, along with some personal items. And the only book of the Toledo Christian Church in Union co has far less information than the other two, but it does contain several Ferrill entries that have been helpful.
John was the census taker for neighboring Hyde and Beaufort cos NC for the 1800 federal census. He also did the transcribing of the 1790 Martin co census from the field copies on to the copies that were used for the microfilm and printed versions of that census. His signature from the Skewarkey records and from these census lists makes it clear why his own name is misspelled on the 1790 Martin census as John O'Ferrell. He used the abbreviation of Jno for John, and then raised the o above the line and tailed it into the top of the F. He is also credited with starting the first school in Stewart co, and the biography of one of his former students contains physical and behavioral descriptions of our John.
Henry Eastwood Ferrill was the 6th of 12 known children born to Henry Ferrill and Mary "Polly" McFadden Walker. McFadden was her middle name and Walker was her maiden name. Henry's parents were John and Zilpah Morris Ferrill, and Polly's parents were Robert Walker and an unknown wife. The use of the name McFadden makes me think her mother's maiden name was McFadden, but no proof. Henry and Polly are buried in a family plot on the Crowell property just off the lower ridge road that goes from US Rt 51 over to Alto Pass in Union co. Several others of the family are buried there, but Eastwood and Permelia are both at the Cobden cemetery along with several more of the family.
I am connected with the family thru Henry's brother, Thomas. Your Henry, my Thomas, and another brother, James, all came to Union co at different times from Stewart co Tn. Thomas in 1819, James in 1825, and Henry in about 1847. All three boys were born in Martin co NC, and moved to Hawkins co Tn in 1807, and then on to Stewart co in about 1809-10. John Ferrill also had at least three daughters, Elizabeth who married Charles Hooks, Harriet who married James Anderson, and Mary who married Eli Morgan. Mary was by John's 2nd wife, Penelope Luton Yarbrough.
Texas had a younger brother, Frank Agnew Ferrill, and the Makanda doctor who delivered some of the children was named Frank Agnew. A few of the births were recorded at the courthouse in Murphysboro, and it was on one of the certificates that I saw the reference to the 22nd pregnancy. However, some sources maintain there were 18 children.
Eastwood's home site was still standing about 10 years ago within 50 feet of Rt 5l, and the county line ran thru the back yard. The home was on a Makanda mail route during the early 1900s, and one of our cousins, a Clovis Ferrill, was the carrier for many years and he knew the family quite well. According to Clovis, the name of Eastwood was used much more often on the address, and frequently the initials of E. W. were used.
The records of three churches exist which contain various items of the Ferrill family. The first book of the Skewarkey Baptist Church in Martin county is in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, and our John Ferrill was the first church clerk. The first 120 pages are in his beautiful handwriting along with a few personal items that are helpful. The first book of the Saline Creek Baptist Church in Stewart co also contains John's handwriting on the first 60 or so pages, along with some personal items. And the only book of the Toledo Christian Church in Union co has far less information than the other two, but it does contain several Ferrill entries that have been helpful.
John was the census taker for neighboring Hyde and Beaufort cos NC for the 1800 federal census. He also did the transcribing of the 1790 Martin co census from the field copies on to the copies that were used for the microfilm and printed versions of that census. His signature from the Skewarkey records and from these census lists makes it clear why his own name is misspelled on the 1790 Martin census as John O'Ferrell. He used the abbreviation of Jno for John, and then raised the o above the line and tailed it into the top of the F. He is also credited with starting the first school in Stewart co, and the biography of one of his former students contains physical and behavioral descriptions of our John.