More Information:
About the William Edward Murrell Family:
Marriage data from Mormon site.
About William Edward Murrell:
Name and birth date and place from 1850 Census. ............................................................................
Found
in 1860 Census, TX, Harrison Co., Ash Springs PO, Beat 7, p. 2, img. 2. Wm Murril 24 M E Murril
22 Sallie Murril 4 E Murril 1
The 1860 Slave Schedules state that R. Murril owned six slaves. His
personal property ownership was $5550, probably mostly the slaves. ............................................................................
William
Murrell was a Civil War veteran. William Murrell served with the Confederate Army in Co. K, 17 Texas
Cavalry during the Civil War. A Robert Murrell (William's brother's name) also served with the same
unit.
A William Murrell of Harrison County was found on the Confederate Indigent Families Lists
(1863-1865).
William filed an Application for Confederate Pension in 1899 at age 79. His widow
Martha E. filed an Application for Confederate Pension in 1903. ............................................................................
William
states on his Confederate Pension Application that he had lived in Texas since 1844, presumably the
year that his father Edmund Murrell brought the family to Texas from Tennessee. .............................................................................
Picture of William and Martha Murrell
About Emma V. Murrell:
Name and birth date and place from 1860 Census.
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