Descendants of James McMurry
Prepared on June 22, 2009 by Jeff Lewis Bott
Contents
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Introduction
Greetings,
My name is Jeff Lewis Bott. I have been researching my McMurry lineage as a hobby since about 1985. My mother, Mattie Coulter Bott and my brother Jerry F. Bott, both now deceased, and many other relatives too numerous to list have inspired me to research and share the information with the many McMurry descendants. The McMurry database contains only a small subset of my total database containing over 39,000 people.
I have another McMURRY website on Rootsweb with the following URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mcmurrybybott.
Currently, I also have the following additional websites operational:
"Descendants of Silas Baker": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BAKER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Gebhard Bott": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BOTT/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Alexander Coulter, Sr.": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/COULTER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Abner B. Kirk": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/KIRK/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of John McDOUGAL": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/McDOUGAL/INDEX.HTML.
Another website that I currently have operational is for Sand Flat Cemetery near Tyler in Smith County, Texas. It is a rather unique genealogy study for everyone buried in that cemetery. The website address is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/INDEX.HTML.
WHAT'S NEW
I have recently added photocopies of Death Certificates for many people listed on this website. Most of the death dates that I have found range from about 1910 through 1976. This will be an ongoing process and new photocopies will be added as I find them. To view the death certificate, navigate to the person's home card that you have an interest; then, click on the little photo icon.
Some valuable genealogy information is contained on a death certificate such as: full name, age, birth date, place of birth, death date, place of death, father's full name, mother's first name and maiden name, occupation, cause of death, funeral home, cemetery, etc.
Of course, the information is only as complete and accurate as the person knows that makes the statements. I have found both errors and omissions on death certificates. However, this will be true for most genealogy data. You must weigh the accuracy of the death certificate against other data that you have for the deceased person.
In addition to Amira McDougal nee McMurry, her brother William Morris McMurry and his family also migrated with the McDougal's to Smith County, Texas.
Both the McDougal and McMurry families have deep roots in Smith County.
Articles, stories and obituaries of each individual shall be provided along with photographs whenever possible.
The focus of this project is to track his descendants.
I am using a comprehensive computerized genealogical program that can output in HTML language for an Internet website. The program can display a wealth of information such as:
1. Every person's full name, maiden name for females, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death and date of burial
2. Name and location of the cemetery where person is buried
3. Photograph of the individual
4. Photograph of the grave marker
5. Public records that contain federal census records, birth, death, marriage and other dates
6. Obituaries for the individual
7. Stories, articles and biographical information for the individual
8. A list of each person's parents, siblings and descendants
The best way today to communicate with large numbers of people and to share information is through an Internet website. With a website, the McMurry descendants and all who have an interest, will have access to more accurate records information can be shared more easily.
Helpful Hint: Be sure to click on the actual photo or the photo icons.
JUST CLICK ON EVERYTHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
I hope that you find this website useful and informative! However, it is still under construction and I am open to any and all suggestions for improvements.
The contents herein are for an individuals' personal use and MAY NOT be used for commercial gain in any form or fashion. If you have any questions, comments, additions, corrections or constructive criticism, please email me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Jeff L. Bott
My name is Jeff Lewis Bott. I have been researching my McMurry lineage as a hobby since about 1985. My mother, Mattie Coulter Bott and my brother Jerry F. Bott, both now deceased, and many other relatives too numerous to list have inspired me to research and share the information with the many McMurry descendants. The McMurry database contains only a small subset of my total database containing over 39,000 people.
I have another McMURRY website on Rootsweb with the following URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mcmurrybybott.
Currently, I also have the following additional websites operational:
"Descendants of Silas Baker": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BAKER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Gebhard Bott": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BOTT/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Alexander Coulter, Sr.": the website address is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/COULTER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Abner B. Kirk": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/KIRK/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of John McDOUGAL": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/McDOUGAL/INDEX.HTML.
Another website that I currently have operational is for Sand Flat Cemetery near Tyler in Smith County, Texas. It is a rather unique genealogy study for everyone buried in that cemetery. The website address is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/INDEX.HTML.
WHAT'S NEW
I have recently added photocopies of Death Certificates for many people listed on this website. Most of the death dates that I have found range from about 1910 through 1976. This will be an ongoing process and new photocopies will be added as I find them. To view the death certificate, navigate to the person's home card that you have an interest; then, click on the little photo icon.
Some valuable genealogy information is contained on a death certificate such as: full name, age, birth date, place of birth, death date, place of death, father's full name, mother's first name and maiden name, occupation, cause of death, funeral home, cemetery, etc.
Of course, the information is only as complete and accurate as the person knows that makes the statements. I have found both errors and omissions on death certificates. However, this will be true for most genealogy data. You must weigh the accuracy of the death certificate against other data that you have for the deceased person.
Privacy Policy
My objective in genealogy research is to identify all ancestors and descendants in a particular family tree and to collect, organize and computerize the data on them. The basic data includes the individual's name, the date and location of birth, marriage, and death. I try to find and copy the original source records when possible. Other records and documents include such items as obituaries, newspaper articles, photographs and family stories. This data is used to generate an HTML format for website publication. Once a family website is published on the Internet, other genealogist and family members are able to locate the information using web search engines and contribute to the family research.
As a genealogist, therefore, I have collected information and data from many sources over the past 25 years. I understand and respect the privacy issues that people have for this information and have a reasonable and responsible privacy policy in place for this Genealogy website.
In years past, we did not need to worry about our personal data, but that was a simpler and safer society when I was a young boy growing up in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Today, we must be extremely cautious to prevent misuse of our personal information. Identity theft and credit fraud are rampant.
There is concern that information shared with relatives and the general public on genealogy websites makes it easier for unscrupulous individuals to commit criminal theft and fraudulent acts. However, the personal information that the identity thieves and credit fraud perpetrators want are full names, social security numbers, dates and places of birth, current occupation, employment data, bank and credit card account numbers along with the PIN numbers.
A few facts, such as your full name and your mother’s maiden name, are not enough information to access bank accounts. Never use maiden names or social security number as answers for security questions, Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) or passwords.
THE 100-YEAR RULE USED ON THIS WEBSITE
The practice used on this website is: All individuals under the age of 100, with no known death date by me, are treated as confidential persons and therefore, dates and places for these individuals will not intentionally be displayed on my genealogy websites. However, if they are listed in a published United States Federal Census their name may still appear on this website.
PRIVACY TECHNIQUES USED BY GENEALOGIST
Public domain information includes names, dates, and places. Privacy law does not apply to public domain information. Please note that one does not have privacy rights for name, birth, marriage, and death information, contrary to popular thought and reason. If you have a serious problem with your name being on a public forum such as this, please read the OPT OUT PROVISION below.
Genealogists that post data on their websites have various opinions regarding privacy issues. Some common techniques to implement privacy on genealogy websites are as follows:
1. Total restriction of any type of data whatsoever for living individuals.
2. Restriction of data on living individuals except to designate them as Living or Confidential.
3. Restriction of data for living individuals to their names, sex and photographs.
4. Restriction of data for all individuals under the age of 100, with no known death date by me, are treated as confidential persons and therefore, dates and places for these individuals will not intentionally be displayed on my genealogy websites. However, if they are listed in a published United States Federal Census their name may still appear on this website. Note: This is my 100-YEAR RULE.
5. Restriction of any data on living individuals born after the latest United States Census has been made public record.
6. No restrictions of any type on living or deceased individuals.
PERSONAL DATA SECURITY
Data of living individuals gathered by me from all sources, including but not limited to, personal information, email, street addresses, phone numbers, etc. is not provided to others. However, most of this information is public domain and is easily accessible to others using Internet search engines, paid genealogy subscription services and genealogy libraries.
The following statement is a stark reality; if someone wants to gather private information on you badly enough, there are numerous pay sites on the Internet that will disclose all of your personal information for a price! This information could easily have your full name, names of your family members, occupation, employer, social security number, pending and past lawsuits, bankruptcies, marriages, divorces, home address and it’s value, etc. etc. The point made here is that criminals are much more likely to obtain information they need to commit fraud on you from this type of source as opposed to a genealogy website that contains only your full name and relationship in a family tree!
Therefore, if you would like to contribute to this family tree, any family information that you send to me implies permission to use that information online without limitation except that it is for genealogical purposes. All information sent to me will be used on this family website using restrictions from the 100-YEAR RULE.
OPT OUT PROVISION
Please understand that the dates and events concerning individuals that are posted on this site are public information. Information for living individuals under the age of 100, such as birth dates, marriage dates or a divorce date remains private. No social security numbers for any living person are ever included.
Since we live in a free and open society in the United States of America, I have the right of freedom of speech and freedom of the press from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution that allows me to publish public information concerning individuals from my family tree with no obligation to remove anything!
That said, if there are extenuating circumstances why an individual or a group of individuals should be removed, I would be happy to examine the reasons to do so.
If you would like for me to consider removing your name from this website, please contact me with your reasons at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com. If I decide to do so, it may take up to 30 days for the deletion process to occur.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
I have used my best effort to minimize factual errors for the information contained herein. However, I have found from experience that in genealogy research, absolute perfection cannot be achieved!
Please use this website as a useful guide and not something that is absolute in fact. Be very aware that even the information chiseled in stone on a cemetery marker may not be correct. For example, did the person tell the stone carver the correct dates? Did the stone carver misread the information given to him?
Also, some of the information on this website was provided by others without documented sources and there is the possibility of errors in their data.
Therefore, please use your own sources to verify and check the data that is of interest to you. If errors of any kind are found, please contact me and I will gladly correct them.
As a genealogist, therefore, I have collected information and data from many sources over the past 25 years. I understand and respect the privacy issues that people have for this information and have a reasonable and responsible privacy policy in place for this Genealogy website.
In years past, we did not need to worry about our personal data, but that was a simpler and safer society when I was a young boy growing up in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Today, we must be extremely cautious to prevent misuse of our personal information. Identity theft and credit fraud are rampant.
There is concern that information shared with relatives and the general public on genealogy websites makes it easier for unscrupulous individuals to commit criminal theft and fraudulent acts. However, the personal information that the identity thieves and credit fraud perpetrators want are full names, social security numbers, dates and places of birth, current occupation, employment data, bank and credit card account numbers along with the PIN numbers.
A few facts, such as your full name and your mother’s maiden name, are not enough information to access bank accounts. Never use maiden names or social security number as answers for security questions, Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) or passwords.
THE 100-YEAR RULE USED ON THIS WEBSITE
The practice used on this website is: All individuals under the age of 100, with no known death date by me, are treated as confidential persons and therefore, dates and places for these individuals will not intentionally be displayed on my genealogy websites. However, if they are listed in a published United States Federal Census their name may still appear on this website.
PRIVACY TECHNIQUES USED BY GENEALOGIST
Public domain information includes names, dates, and places. Privacy law does not apply to public domain information. Please note that one does not have privacy rights for name, birth, marriage, and death information, contrary to popular thought and reason. If you have a serious problem with your name being on a public forum such as this, please read the OPT OUT PROVISION below.
Genealogists that post data on their websites have various opinions regarding privacy issues. Some common techniques to implement privacy on genealogy websites are as follows:
1. Total restriction of any type of data whatsoever for living individuals.
2. Restriction of data on living individuals except to designate them as Living or Confidential.
3. Restriction of data for living individuals to their names, sex and photographs.
4. Restriction of data for all individuals under the age of 100, with no known death date by me, are treated as confidential persons and therefore, dates and places for these individuals will not intentionally be displayed on my genealogy websites. However, if they are listed in a published United States Federal Census their name may still appear on this website. Note: This is my 100-YEAR RULE.
5. Restriction of any data on living individuals born after the latest United States Census has been made public record.
6. No restrictions of any type on living or deceased individuals.
PERSONAL DATA SECURITY
Data of living individuals gathered by me from all sources, including but not limited to, personal information, email, street addresses, phone numbers, etc. is not provided to others. However, most of this information is public domain and is easily accessible to others using Internet search engines, paid genealogy subscription services and genealogy libraries.
The following statement is a stark reality; if someone wants to gather private information on you badly enough, there are numerous pay sites on the Internet that will disclose all of your personal information for a price! This information could easily have your full name, names of your family members, occupation, employer, social security number, pending and past lawsuits, bankruptcies, marriages, divorces, home address and it’s value, etc. etc. The point made here is that criminals are much more likely to obtain information they need to commit fraud on you from this type of source as opposed to a genealogy website that contains only your full name and relationship in a family tree!
Therefore, if you would like to contribute to this family tree, any family information that you send to me implies permission to use that information online without limitation except that it is for genealogical purposes. All information sent to me will be used on this family website using restrictions from the 100-YEAR RULE.
OPT OUT PROVISION
Please understand that the dates and events concerning individuals that are posted on this site are public information. Information for living individuals under the age of 100, such as birth dates, marriage dates or a divorce date remains private. No social security numbers for any living person are ever included.
Since we live in a free and open society in the United States of America, I have the right of freedom of speech and freedom of the press from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution that allows me to publish public information concerning individuals from my family tree with no obligation to remove anything!
That said, if there are extenuating circumstances why an individual or a group of individuals should be removed, I would be happy to examine the reasons to do so.
If you would like for me to consider removing your name from this website, please contact me with your reasons at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com. If I decide to do so, it may take up to 30 days for the deletion process to occur.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
I have used my best effort to minimize factual errors for the information contained herein. However, I have found from experience that in genealogy research, absolute perfection cannot be achieved!
Please use this website as a useful guide and not something that is absolute in fact. Be very aware that even the information chiseled in stone on a cemetery marker may not be correct. For example, did the person tell the stone carver the correct dates? Did the stone carver misread the information given to him?
Also, some of the information on this website was provided by others without documented sources and there is the possibility of errors in their data.
Therefore, please use your own sources to verify and check the data that is of interest to you. If errors of any kind are found, please contact me and I will gladly correct them.
McMurry Family
If you are a descendant of James McMurry and would like to exchange information, please send an email to me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.Smith County Texas Connection
Several of the children of James McMurry and his wife Rebecca McMurry nee Callahan moved from Lauderdale County, Alabama to Smith County, Texas about 1846 to 1847. They came with Joseph McDougal and his family. In fact, Joseph McDougal was married to Amira A. McDougal nee McMurry.In addition to Amira McDougal nee McMurry, her brother William Morris McMurry and his family also migrated with the McDougal's to Smith County, Texas.
Both the McDougal and McMurry families have deep roots in Smith County.
Mission Statment
In order to remember and honor our McMurry ancestry, this website is designed to identify both the deceased and living descendants of James McMurry.Articles, stories and obituaries of each individual shall be provided along with photographs whenever possible.
The focus of this project is to track his descendants.
I am using a comprehensive computerized genealogical program that can output in HTML language for an Internet website. The program can display a wealth of information such as:
1. Every person's full name, maiden name for females, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death and date of burial
2. Name and location of the cemetery where person is buried
3. Photograph of the individual
4. Photograph of the grave marker
5. Public records that contain federal census records, birth, death, marriage and other dates
6. Obituaries for the individual
7. Stories, articles and biographical information for the individual
8. A list of each person's parents, siblings and descendants
The best way today to communicate with large numbers of people and to share information is through an Internet website. With a website, the McMurry descendants and all who have an interest, will have access to more accurate records information can be shared more easily.
Helpful Hint: Be sure to click on the actual photo or the photo icons.
JUST CLICK ON EVERYTHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
I hope that you find this website useful and informative! However, it is still under construction and I am open to any and all suggestions for improvements.
The contents herein are for an individuals' personal use and MAY NOT be used for commercial gain in any form or fashion. If you have any questions, comments, additions, corrections or constructive criticism, please email me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Jeff L. Bott
Contact
Jeff L. Bott: sandflatcemetery@gmail.com
12999 Murphy Road, Suite B-8Stafford, TX 77477
281-498-8305 Day
281-498-8677 Fax