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Note: [gurley.FTW] PROOFS IN POSSESSION: Parentage: Birth: Marriage: Death: Other Proofs: Davis Robert Gurley I, born April 7, 1792 in Newbern Districk, Johnston Co., NC; died June 2, 1861 in Waco, McLennan Co., TX. + 21 When a boy he attended with his brother, Jeremiah, a private school in Wayne county, North Carolina, taught by Mr. John Phillips of Meadhill School. His education was completed in the chool of Maury County. Tennessee. He fought in the WAr of 1812 as a subaltern in his brother's regiment of Tennessee militia. he settled in Franklin (now Colbert Co.,) AL., where he acquired a considerable amount of property, in the vicinity of the town of Leighton. He was one of the earliest magistrates of Franklin County. In 1853, he sold his property in Alabama and moved to McLennan County, Texas, where he became a large land and slave owner. His children were all born in Franklin County, Alabama. Monroe county (Ala. or Tenn) Deed Book one: page 94 - John Davis, Deed of Trust, to Davis Gurley, State of Alabama, county of Franklin, John Davis of same. Deed in form of will. To James, Davis, Charity and Harriett Carter, children of Alexander and Polly Carter of County of Murray, State of Tennessee, his Grandchildren. February 1, 1821. Witnesses: Henry Carter, harris Tinker, Is this John a brother-in-law, or in fact is John, not James, the father of Mary Davis. Huntsville Democrat: 1833-1840, August 8th unknown year- Democratic meeting committee. Davis Gurley, committee on contributions. Committee on arrangements: R.S. Jones, W.S. Jones., N.B. Jones. Gandrud note: Tuscumbia was originally in Franklin County, from which Colbert Co. was cut, later. Franklin County's records were all lost in a court house fire. Many of its original residents were from Madison county. By 1844, Waco was an established trading area, and in 1847 and 1848 a number of families moved onto land in or near East Waco. Their was a large land grant to Thomas Jefferson Chambers on the west side of the Brazos. chambers sold his grant to de Cordova in 1848. de Cordova began to sell it at a flat $1.00 per acre. By 1849, Waco's population was 749. Before the close of the year 1852, Waco had two churches, the Methodist being located on First Street near the Brazos, and the Baptist on Second Street near Jackson Street. The first Waco newspaper, THE ERA, was begun in 1854. The early settling families of Waco are buried in the Old First Street Cemetery. Davises, Taylors, Earles, Harrisons, and Gurleys are among these original families, the people who first settled there, lived and died there, lie buried beneath the stately oaks near the Brazos River in Old First Street Cemetery.
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