Mary Merrill

Mary married William Theodore Bounds on 9 Jan 1872 in Jasper Co, Mississippi . William (son of John Chapman Bounds and Martha Ann Ellis) was born on 2 Apr 1850 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; died on 22 Nov 1932 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; was buried in Vossburg Cem, Vossburg, Jasper Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ira Austin "Pink" Bounds was born on 25 Jul 1880 in Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1974 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Sep 1860, Davisville P.O., Jasper Co, Mississippi
• Census: 1870, South East Beat, Jasper Co, Mississippi

Notes:

The original Merrill house in Mississippi was built in 1837 by Ferdinand Pippin (later married Vicy Merrill), William Merrill, and a slave named Wisdom. It was the first framed house in the area. Also known as Put.

According to a 4 May 1988 letter from Woodie Merrill, William Merrill "got his toe shot off" in the Civil War. "I remember Papa telling what a fine Christian that his father was but who relished telling about shooting Yankees."

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Census:
1860 Jasper Co, Mississippi 11 Sep Davisville P.O.

residence 749
- William Merrill 38 1828 farmer $-- $4,488 Mississippi
K.G. Merrill 32 1828 wife MS
S. (Sabra) 12 1848 MS female
Mary 10 1850 MS
W.W. (William Wallace) 8 1852 MS
E.S. (Enoch G or S) 6 1854 male
I.P. (Isaiah Pickney) 4 1856 male
W.A. 6/12 1859 male

residence 750
- Merrill, Abel 67 1793 SC farmer $4,090 $26,330
Eliza (Mary Elizabeth Cooley) 1804 SC
G.B. (Green Berry) 24 1836 male SC day laborer $200, $70
N.C. (Nelson Cooley) 13 1847 MS male
Rynach, Gandliss 21 1839 pedler $1,000 Germany

residence 751
-Cooly W.C. (William C. Jr) 48 1812 farmer $5040 $6,470 SC
Mary (Davis) 45 wife 1815 Sc
Nancy 14 1846 MS
Mary Jr. 13 1847 MS
John 10 1850 MS
Berry 6 1854 MS (idiot)

residence 752
-Lius (Elias) Cooly 25 1835 MS $1 $1,000
Nancy Cooly 21 1839 MS
Nelson Cooly 2 1858 MS
W.C. Cooley (William C III) 22 1838 day laborer $- $60 MS

residence 753
- Cooley Midd 34 1826 male MS (s/o Wm/Nancy)
farmer $1,920 $30,975
Ellen (Arrington) 30 1830 female
M.J. (Mary Jane) 9 1851 female
S.C. (Saphronia Catherine) 7 1853 female
B.B. 3 (Berry B.) 1857 male
N.A. Arrington 12 female
Francis Travis 28 male farm laborer MS $- $200


residence 755
- Cooley L.B. 38 1822 MS farmer $2,280 $7,599
(Little Berry to LA; Wm/Nancy)
L. (Lavina) 25 1835 female MS
N.A. 1851 female MS
W.J. 6 1854 male MS
I.M. 4 1856 male MS
S.C. (Sterling) 1 1859 male (to Louisiana)


residence 756
- Ellis, J.S. (James S.) 36 1824 head MS $565 $871
N.P. (Nancy Penelope Cooley) 27 1833 wife MS
E.R. 8 1852 MS male (maybe female: Elizabeth listed in 1870 married to Mr. Wade?)
W.P. (William Perry) 6 1854 MS
M.E. 4 1856 MS female
L.W. 2 1858 MS male

residence 757
- Lang Susan 59 1801 farmer $- $2,000 SC
Lang W.S. 26 1834 male day laborer MS $- $175


residence 758
-Bounds, N.A. (Nancy Ann Freeman) 41 1818 Tennessee
farming $3,136 $2,334 TN
(widow of Wm Crocker Bounds -John/Mary)
Bounds, J.O. 8 1852


residence 761
- Cooley, J.E.(John) 32 1828
Mary 24 (Mary Ann Travis) 1826 MS
Nancy 7 1853 MS
C.J. 3 1857 MS female

residence 762
- Bounds J.C. Sr (John Chapman) 32 1828 male
farmer $2,100 $7,565
(s/o Wm Crocker Bounds - Bounds/McBride/Parker)
M.A. (Mary Ann Donald w2) 33 1827 female S.C.
J.C. Jr (Joseph Christian) 3 1857 male MS
John (FJohn Chapman) 2 1858 male
P.E. (Penelope Eugenia) 1 1859 female
Nancy 1/12 1860 MS
W.F. 10 1850 male (William Theodore - fr 1st mar)
Mary 85 1775 Virginia domestic
(gandmother Mary Ann Crocker)
N.C. 13 1847 female $- $2,200 MS
(Nancy C., sister)


Census:
1870 South East Beat, Jasper Co, Mississippi

residence 171
Cooley Stephen 30, and family black

residence 172
- Merrell William 48 1822
Kizziah S. 42 1828
Mary 20 1850
William W. 18 1852
Lazarus 16 1854
Isiah P. 14 1856
Enich G. 10 1860
Eliza 6 1864
Peter W. 4 1866

residence 176
Bounds, Edward 33 1837 black
and family w/ mother Rose

residence 177
- Bounds, Mary A (Mary Donald) 44 1826
Theodore 20 1850
Elizabeth 14 1856
Christian 13 1857
John 12 1858
Penelope 11 1859
Nannie 10 1860
Aramitta 9 1861 female
James 8 1862
Robert 7 1863
Tillitha 4 1866
Wilson 2 1868

residence 178
- Penanipy Ellis (Nancy Penelope Cooley) 36 1834 MS
William Ellis 16 1854 MS
Dora Ellis 13 1857 MS
Eliza Ellis 9 1861 MS
Thomas Wade 23 1847 MS farmer
Elizabeth Wade 18 1852 MS "living with mother"

residence 179
Porter, Jack black 1825
Porter, Caroline black 1824 MS
Porter Green black 1855 MS
Porter, Guie 13 black 1857 MS
Porter, Ellen 11 black 1859 MS
Porter, Mary black 9 1861 MS

residence 180
-Bounds, Nancy A. (Freeman) 50 1820 Georgia
Donald, Watson A. 26 1844 farmer
Donald, Jerncia O. (or C.) 19 "living with mother" mississippi
Donald, Fanin F. 1 1869 MS

residence 183
Bounds, Manday 22 1848 black MS
Bounds, Clarisy 20 1850 black MS
Bounds Martha 4 1866 black MS
Bounds An Vinatta 2 1868 black MS

William married Keziah Goodwin about 1848 in Wayne Co, Mississippi. Keziah was born in 1828 in Mississippi; died after 1860 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 10 Sep 1850, Jasper Co, Mississippi
• Census: 11 Sep 1860, Davisville P.O., Jasper Co, Mississippi

Notes:

Census:
1850 Jasper Co MS 14 Sep
Residence 120
-Parker, Rhoda Ann (Strickland) 45 1805 Georgia
(wid of John Parker)
Parker, Candice T. 18 1832 Mississippi (m Dawson Stanton
Parker, John H. (Hudson) 12 1834 Mississippi
Parker, Elizabeth Allen 10 1840 Mississippi
-Stanton, Dawson 25 1825 Alabama (m Candice Parker)

Residence 121
-Rogers, Redick (Reddick) 62 1787 SC
Elizabeth (Cooley) 45 1805 SC
Mary Anne 15 1835 MS
Elizabeth B 11 1839 MS

Residence 125
-Ellis, Lenon B. 46 1804 Georgia
Tresa 49 1801 Georgia
Ira B. 21 1829 MS
S.W. 18 1832 MS
Nancy 14 1836 MS
Tresa 12 1838 MS
Mary 10 184 MS
John W.W. 6 1844
Sarah 2 1848 MS
James S. 27 1823 MS

Residence 126
- Bounds, John C (Chapman) 25 1825 Mississippi
Bounds, Martha (Ellis) 16 1834 Mississippi
Bounds, William Theodore 1 1849
- Bosworth, Augustus 3 1847 (1842) Mississippi
Dixon, Spias 55 1795 Georgia (b 1 Feb 1795; d 28 Dec 1875 Jasper Co MS
Dixon, Lydia (King) 52 1798 South Carolina b 27 Feb 1798; d 8 Sep 1887 Jasper Co
Halder (Holder), H.H. (or H.L.) 21 1829 Mississippi
Halder, Colen (Colosso) 13 1837 Mississippi
Danlas, George 50 1800 --

Note: Bounds/Ellis relation to Dixon/Holder not determined; but Spias Dixon's (Spicer Dickson) daughter, Rebecca (1825) m a James Holder. And in 1860 H. Holder was living near a T.H. Moffett. Martha Ellis Bounds mother was a Moffett. T.H. might have been her brother


Residence 129
- Bounds John 48 1802 South Carolina
Bounds Mary (Cooley) 43 1807 South Carolina
Berry 22 1828 South Carolina
James 19 1831 South Carolina
William 17 1833 South Carolina
Jane 16 1834 South Carolina
Andrew 12 1838 South Carolina
John 7 1843 South Carolina
Morgan 2 1848 South Carolina
- Susan Bounds 16 1834 South Carolina
- Jane Bounds 9 1841 South Carolina

residence 130
- Cooly, Nancy (Bounds) 66 1784 South Carolina
- John 21 1829 Mississippi

Residence 131
- Cooley, Middleton 24 1826 Mississippi

Residence 132 Mississippi
- Cooley, Daniel 32 1818 Mississippi
Eliza 26 1824 Mississippi
Nancy 12 1838 Mississippi
William 10 1840 Mississippi
Julia Anne 8 1842 Mississippi
John 6 1844 Mississippi
Madison 4 1846 Mississippi
Adaline 2 1848 Mississippi

residence 133
- Cooley William 38 1812 North Carolina
Mary 3 1820 North Carolina
Penelope 18 1832 Mississippi
Elias 16 1834 Mississippi
William 13 1837 Mississippi
Susan 11 1839 Mississippi
Eliza 7 1843 Mississippi
Nancy 4 1846 Mississippi
Mary 2 1848 Mississippi

residence 134
-Merrill A. (Abel) 50 1800 SC , <<<<
Eliza (Cooley) 48 1802 SC
William 28 1822 MS
Eliza 16 1834 MS
Green Berry 14 1836 MS
Susan 12 1838 MS
Keziah (Goodwin) 20 1830 MS (wife of William)

residence 135
-Travis, Ezekiel 46 1804 GA
Martha (Granberry) 40 1810 GA
James 19 1831 MS
Allen 17 1833 MS
Mary 20 1830 MS
Soanna 12 1838 MS
Jane 8 1842 MS
Allisa 4 1846 MS

residence 136
-Porter, L.L. (Lancelot Landlot) 45 1805 SC
Elizabeth (Bounds) 40 1810 TN
James Palmer 18 1832 MS
Susan 15 1835 MS
Martha Anne 10 1840 MS
Russell 5 1845 MS
Saphronia Paulina 1 1849 MS

Residence 137
- Cooly Berry 29 1821 MS
Cooly Lavina (Arrington) 17 1833 MS
Ellender Bersheba epsy 6 1844 Mississippi
Spurlock Martha 26 1824 Mississippi
Spurlock Mary Jane 21 1829 Mississippi
Spurlock Allen 16 1834 Mississippi
Spurlock John 20 1830 Mississippi
Spurlock Robert Winston 13 1837 Mississippi
Spurlock Anne 11 1839 Mississippi
Spurlock Lavina 8 1842 Mississippi
Spurlock Adaline 63 1787 Mississippi (unknown relation)

(note: Berry Cooley's relation to the Spurlocks has not been determined; but these Spurlocks are the children of William (1800 GA) and Lavina Winborne Spurlock (1800 SC), who are living in Residence 119 with Calno P and Isabella Moonsson. That household is listed directly before Rhoda Parker.
In Residence 118 is Bowling L. Spurlock, age 3 1847, another child of William and Lavina. He is living with George & Mary Massengale (Massingill) and children.
By 1860, William and Lavina are in Rockport, Simpson Co, MS, with their children, Ann, Levina, and Adeline, age 15. Near is Young B. Massengale, and wife Martha. He is son of George & Mary Massengill who Bowling was living with; and Martha is daughter of William and Lavina Spurlock.


Census:
1860 Jasper Co, Mississippi 11 Sep Davisville P.O.

residence 749
- William Merrill 38 1828 farmer $-- $4,488 Mississippi
K.G. Merrill 32 1828 wife MS
S. (Sabra) 12 1848 MS female
Mary 10 1850 MS
W.W. (William Wallace) 8 1852 MS
E.S. (Enoch G or S) 6 1854 male
I.P. (Isaiah Pickney) 4 1856 male
W.A. 6/12 1859 male

residence 750
- Merrill, Abel 67 1793 SC farmer $4,090 $26,330
Eliza (Mary Elizabeth Cooley) 1804 SC
G.B. (Green Berry) 24 1836 male SC day laborer $200, $70
N.C. (Nelson Cooley) 13 1847 MS male
Rynach, Gandliss 21 1839 pedler $1,000 Germany

residence 751
-Cooly W.C. (William C. Jr) 48 1812 farmer $5040 $6,470 SC
Mary (Davis) 45 wife 1815 Sc
Nancy 14 1846 MS
Mary Jr. 13 1847 MS
John 10 1850 MS
Berry 6 1854 MS (idiot)

residence 752
-Lius (Elias) Cooly 25 1835 MS $1 $1,000
Nancy Cooly 21 1839 MS
Nelson Cooly 2 1858 MS
W.C. Cooley (William C III) 22 1838 day laborer $- $60 MS

residence 753
- Cooley Midd 34 1826 male MS (s/o Wm/Nancy)
farmer $1,920 $30,975
Ellen (Arrington) 30 1830 female
M.J. (Mary Jane) 9 1851 female
S.C. (Saphronia Catherine) 7 1853 female
B.B. 3 (Berry B.) 1857 male
N.A. Arrington 12 female
Francis Travis 28 male farm laborer MS $- $200


residence 755
- Cooley L.B. 38 1822 MS farmer $2,280 $7,599
(Little Berry to LA; Wm/Nancy)
L. (Lavina) 25 1835 female MS
N.A. 1851 female MS
W.J. 6 1854 male MS
I.M. 4 1856 male MS
S.C. (Sterling) 1 1859 male (to Louisiana)


residence 756
- Ellis, J.S. (James S.) 36 1824 head MS $565 $871
N.P. (Nancy Penelope Cooley) 27 1833 wife MS
E.R. 8 1852 MS male (maybe female: Elizabeth listed in 1870 married to Mr. Wade?)
W.P. (William Perry) 6 1854 MS
M.E. 4 1856 MS female
L.W. 2 1858 MS male

residence 757
- Lang Susan 59 1801 farmer $- $2,000 SC
Lang W.S. 26 1834 male day laborer MS $- $175


residence 758
-Bounds, N.A. (Nancy Ann Freeman) 41 1818 Tennessee
farming $3,136 $2,334 TN
(widow of Wm Crocker Bounds -John/Mary)
Bounds, J.O. 8 1852


residence 761
- Cooley, J.E.(John) 32 1828
Mary 24 (Mary Ann Travis) 1826 MS
Nancy 7 1853 MS
C.J. 3 1857 MS female

residence 762
- Bounds J.C. Sr (John Chapman) 32 1828 male
farmer $2,100 $7,565
(s/o Wm Crocker Bounds - Bounds/McBride/Parker)
M.A. (Mary Ann Donald w2) 33 1827 female S.C.
J.C. Jr (Joseph Christian) 3 1857 male MS
John (FJohn Chapman) 2 1858 male
P.E. (Penelope Eugenia) 1 1859 female
Nancy 1/12 1860 MS
W.F. 10 1850 male (William Theodore - fr 1st mar)
Mary 85 1775 Virginia domestic
(grandmother Mary Ann Crocker)
N.C. 13 1847 female $- $2,200 MS
(Nancy C., sister)

Abel married Eliza Cooley about 1821 in Mississippi. Eliza (daughter of William C. Cooley, Sr. and Nancy Bounds) was born in 1802 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in 1866 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1873, Jasper Co, Mississippi

William married Nancy Bounds in 1801 in Darlington, South Carolina. Nancy (daughter of John Bounds and Mary Allen) was born in 1784 in Georgetown, South Carolina; died in 1858 in Jasper Co, Mississippi . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 14 Sep 1850, Jasper Co, Mississippi
• Will: 8 Jan 1859, Eastern Clarion, Jasper Co, Mississippi

Notes:

Census:
1850 Jasper Co MS 14 Sep
Residence 120
-Parker, Rhoda Ann (Strickland) 45 1805 Georgia
(wid of John Parker)
Parker, Candice T. 18 1832 Mississippi (m Dawson Stanton
Parker, John H. (Hudson) 12 1834 Mississippi
Parker, Elizabeth Allen 10 1840 Mississippi
-Stanton, Dawson 25 1825 Alabama (m Candice Parker)

Residence 121
-Rogers, Redick (Reddick) 62 1787 SC
Elizabeth (Cooley) 45 1805 SC
Mary Anne 15 1835 MS
Elizabeth B 11 1839 MS

Residence 125
-Ellis, Lenon B. 46 1804 Georgia
Tresa 49 1801 Georgia
Ira B. 21 1829 MS
S.W. 18 1832 MS
Nancy 14 1836 MS
Tresa 12 1838 MS
Mary 10 184 MS
John W.W. 6 1844
Sarah 2 1848 MS
James S. 27 1823 MS

Residence 126
- Bounds, John C (Chapman) 25 1825 Mississippi
Bounds, Martha (Ellis) 16 1834 Mississippi
Bounds, William Theodore 1 1849
- Bosworth, Augustus 3 1847 (1842) Mississippi
Dixon, Spias 55 1795 Georgia (b 1 Feb 1795; d 28 Dec 1875 Jasper Co MS
Dixon, Lydia (King) 52 1798 South Carolina b 27 Feb 1798; d 8 Sep 1887 Jasper Co
Halder (Holder), H.H. (or H.L.) 21 1829 Mississippi
Halder, Colen (Colosso) 13 1837 Mississippi
Danlas, George 50 1800 --

Note: Bounds/Ellis relation to Dixon/Holder not determined; but Spias Dixon's (Spicer Dickson) daughter, Rebecca (1825) m a James Holder. And in 1860 H. Holder was living near a T.H. Moffett. Martha Ellis Bounds mother was a Moffett. T.H. might have been her brother


Residence 129
- Bounds John 48 1802 South Carolina
Bounds Mary (Cooley) 43 1807 South Carolina
Berry 22 1828 South Carolina
James 19 1831 South Carolina
William 17 1833 South Carolina
Jane 16 1834 South Carolina
Andrew 12 1838 South Carolina
John 7 1843 South Carolina
Morgan 2 1848 South Carolina
- Susan Bounds 16 1834 South Carolina
- Jane Bounds 9 1841 South Carolina

residence 130
- Cooly, Nancy (Bounds) 66 1784 South Carolina <<<<
- John 21 1829 Mississippi

Residence 131
- Cooley, Middleton 24 1826 Mississippi

Residence 132 Mississippi
- Cooley, Daniel 32 1818 Mississippi
Eliza 26 1824 Mississippi
Nancy 12 1838 Mississippi
William 10 1840 Mississippi
Julia Anne 8 1842 Mississippi
John 6 1844 Mississippi
Madison 4 1846 Mississippi
Adaline 2 1848 Mississippi

residence 133
- Cooley William 38 1812 North Carolina
Mary 3 1820 North Carolina
Penelope 18 1832 Mississippi
Elias 16 1834 Mississippi
William 13 1837 Mississippi
Susan 11 1839 Mississippi
Eliza 7 1843 Mississippi
Nancy 4 1846 Mississippi
Mary 2 1848 Mississippi

residence 134
-Merrill A. (Abel) 50 1800 SC
Eliza (Cooley) 48 1802 SC
William 28 1822 MS
Eliza 16 1834 MS
Green Berry 14 1836 MS
Susan 12 1838 MS
Keziah (Goodwin) 20 1830 MS (wife of William)

residence 135
-Travis, Ezekiel 46 1804 GA
Martha (Granberry) 40 1810 GA
James 19 1831 MS
Allen 17 1833 MS
Mary 20 1830 MS
Soanna 12 1838 MS
Jane 8 1842 MS
Allisa 4 1846 MS

residence 136
-Porter, L.L. (Lancelot Landlot) 45 1805 SC
Elizabeth (Bounds) 40 1810 TN
James Palmer 18 1832 MS
Susan 15 1835 MS
Martha Anne 10 1840 MS
Russell 5 1845 MS
Saphronia Paulina 1 1849 MS

Residence 137
- Cooly Berry 29 1821 MS
Cooly Lavina (Arrington) 17 1833 MS
Ellender Bersheba epsy 6 1844 Mississippi
Spurlock Martha 26 1824 Mississippi
Spurlock Mary Jane 21 1829 Mississippi
Spurlock Allen 16 1834 Mississippi
Spurlock John 20 1830 Mississippi
Spurlock Robert Winston 13 1837 Mississippi
Spurlock Anne 11 1839 Mississippi
Spurlock Lavina 8 1842 Mississippi
Spurlock Adaline 63 1787 Mississippi (unknown relation)

(note: Berry Cooley's relation to the Spurlocks has not been determined; but these Spurlocks are the children of William (1800 GA) and Lavina Winborne Spurlock (1800 SC), who are living in Residence 119 with Calno P and Isabella Moonsson. That household is listed directly before Rhoda Parker.
In Residence 118 is Bowling L. Spurlock, age 3 1847, another child of William and Lavina. He is living with George & Mary Massengale (Massingill) and children.
By 1860, William and Lavina are in Rockport, Simpson Co, MS, with their children, Ann, Levina, and Adeline, age 15. Near is Young B. Massengale, and wife Martha. He is son of George & Mary Massengill who Bowling was living with; and Martha is daughter of William and Lavina Spurlock.


Will:
From the 8 Jan Eastern Clarion, vol. XXII, No. XIII: State of Mississippi, Jasper County.

In probate court, January Term, 1859. To Eliza Merrell and Abel Merrell, her husband; Hearbert Cooly; Elizabeth Rogers and Reddick Rogers, her husband; Nelson Cooley, William Cooley, Ira Cooley, Middleton Cooley, L.B. Cooley, Benjamin F. Lee, Nancy Warren, and George Warren, her husband; Polly Bounds and John Bounds, her husband; and Eliza Cooley, Julia Cooley, William Cooley, Madison Cooley, Adaline Cooley, Lavina Cooley, Berry Benton Cooley and Ira Cooley and all other persons interested in the settlement of the estate of Nancy Cooley late of said county, deceased. In next March Term of Probate Court of Jasper County.

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