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  1. Hamilton David Shirley: Birth: 10 AUG 1820 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 23 OCT 1864 in Pike, Alabama, USA

  2. James Kelley Shirley: Birth: 1824 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 1891 in Pike, Alabama, USA

  3. Unity S Shirley: Birth: 1824 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 1890 in Corsicanna, Texas

  4. Malissa Pearl Shirley: Birth: 14 JUN 1826 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 13 NOV 1912 in Camilla, Mitchell, Georgia, USA

  5. Elizabeth Shirley: Birth: 1829 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 1843 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA

  6. Burrell Shirley: Birth: 1832 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  7. Rebecca Ann Shirley: Birth: OCT 1837 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Death: 10 JAN 1887 in Willow Springs, Henderson, Texas, USA

  8. Sarah Lugenia Shirley: Birth: 22 JUN 1839 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Death: 25 JUN 1892 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA


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  1. Rosier Shirley Wingate: Birth: 4 OCT 1830 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 13 JUN 1909 in Camilla, Mitchell, Georgia, USA


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Notes
a. Note:   1842: 'When Melissa was 16, her family left South Carolina in a wagon train; with families: Wingates, Shirleys, Kelleys, Loves, Johnstons, Keys, Herndons, Chanceys, Osteens, Wards, Rallings, and Hudsons. The Wingates and Hudsons left the wagon train in Georgia, and the remaining families moved to Pike County, Alabama.' [memoirs of Lillie Ruth Wingate McCaskill]
  1850: James Sherley family recorded in 1850 Pike County census, page 174b, lines 42; page 175, lines 1-6.
  1860: James' 2nd son-in-law William Key and his wife Melissa are recorded with her father in the 1860 Pike County, Alabama census; Orion Post Office, page 152, dated 9/4/1860. In the census, William is recorded as age 29, born in South Carolina, occupation: Dentist. 'As a young man in SC, William studied and practiced Dentistry.' [from Eleven Generations of Key/Kea]
  1863: James died on his wedding day to Mrs. Tempa Keel, at the dinner table, 1/1/1863.


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