Descendants of Abel Merrell
Generation No. 3
ABEL MERRELL (CHARLES MERRILL, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MERRILL and JEMIMA SMITH) was born Abt. 1783 in Pendleton, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1866 in Jasper, Mississippi. He married (1) ? THOMAS 1815 in South Carolina. She was born 1800 in South Carolina, and died 1820 in South Carolina. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH COOLEY Abt. 1820 in Wayne County, Mississippi. She was born 03 Jul 1804 in Darlington County, South Carolina, and died 1873 in Jasper, Mississippi.
Notes for ABEL MERRELL:
The assignment of Abel Merrell as a son of Charles and Elizabeth Merrell is based on strong circumstance in location and time and family stories passed down from multiple lines descending from Abel. In "Mississippi: Heart of the South" author Dunbar Rowland provided a biography on one of Pinckney Merrell's grandsons which referred to his grandfather as named "Charles Merrill". This may have come from Abel's father Charles, or it has been pointed out could have been a generation error and referred to the subject's great grandfather Charles. It is conceivable that Abel's name was also Charles.
1812: Abel Merrell was a South Carolina veteran of the War of 1812.
1816: Abel Merrell had a son Pinckney from his first marriage possibly to a Thomas? A Pinkney Merrill married Kinchen Cooley's daughter, Jane. Kinchen was Eliza Cooley's uncle. [
1820: Abel was probably in Misssissippi at this time where he met and married Eliza Cooley. The Cooley family was in MS by 1818 when Eliza was 14. Son Pinckney by a former marriage was born in 1816 in SC.
1833: 21 Nov A WayneCo land transaction refers to Abel Merrell as a resident. Later transactions refer to him as a resident of Jasper and Clarke Counties. All lands were near each other.
1837: The house where Abel raised his children was built by son William, son-in-law Ferdinand Pippin and a slave named Wisdom. Five generations of Merrells lived there through the 1970's when it was the home of Hendrix Merrill. The lumber to build it came from Eucutta and Heidelburg Mill near Paulding. It was the first frame house in the area.
Descendant Ned Touchstone related in 1966 that the Merrells had not been long in MS when daughter Mary Elizabeth wed Jesse Touchstone. However, they were there before Choctaws were moved northward. Abel Merrell owned 400 acres in corner of conjunction of Wayne, Clark and Jasper Counties. The Choctaws originally occupied central and south areas of MS north of WayneCo. Between 1820 and 1830, the Choctaws moved mostly to Oklahoma after ceding lands to US. In 1828, Paulding was in Choctaw lands, in 1829 the area north of WayneCo was attached to the county. In 1830, Paulding was in JonesCo, by 1833 in JasperCo. ClarkeCo was formed in 1833 from northern WayneCo.
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Death |
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Marriage |
Spouse Birth |
Spouse Death |
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Child of |
ABEL MERRELL |
and ? THOMAS |
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i. |
1816, South Carolina |
27 May 1871, Clarke County, MS |
(1) JANE COOLEY |
Abt. 1840, Mississippi |
1823, South Carolina |
1855, Jasper, Mississippi |
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(2) SUSAN COOLEY |
1859, Clarke, Mississippi |
16 Jul 1838, Wayne, MS |
13 Jan 1921, Jasper, MS |
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Children of |
ABEL MERRELL |
nd MARY COOLEY |
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ii. |
NANCY POLLY MERRELL |
1820, Wayne, Mississippi |
1867 |
RICHARD R. ROGERS |
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iii. |
1821, Wayne, Mississippi |
18 Jul 1883, Jasper, Mississippi |
KEZZIAH GOODWIN OVERSTREET |
1847, Wayne, Mississippi |
1828 |
1912, Jasper, Mississippi |
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iv. |
JANE COOLEY MERRELL |
1823, Jasper, Mississippi |
1835, Jasper, Mississippi |
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v. |
27 Dec 1824, Wayne, MS |
08 Sep 1909, Jasper, MS |
FERDINAND PIPPIN |
1845, Jasper, Mississippi |
08 Dec 1817, Chattahoochee River, AL |
04 Aug 1911, Jasper, MS |
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vi. |
1826, Wayne, Mississippi |
1894, White County, Arkansas |
JESSE JACKSON TOUCHSTONE |
25 Aug 1843, Clarke County, MS |
1823, Saline, Mississippi |
1859, Clarke, Mississippi |
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vii. |
1826, Jasper, Mississippi |
1883, Wayne, Mississippi |
THOMAS ARRINGTON |
1841, Mississippi |
30 Mar 1816, South Carolina |
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viii. |
01 Sep 1828, Wayne, MS |
07 Sep 1917, Jasper, MS |
JOHN THOMAS |
10 Feb 1848, Jasper, MS |
02 Mar 1822, Mississippi |
20 May 1908 |
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ix. |
ELIZA JANE MERRELL |
22 Oct 1833, Jasper, MS |
06 Feb 1911, Jasper, MS |
DAVID THATCH |
19 Sep 1850, Jasper, MS |
15 Feb 1830, Greene, AL |
14 Jun 1911, Jasper, MS |
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x. |
GREEN BERRY MERRELL |
21 Oct 1835, Jasper, MS |
22 Jun 1862, Columbus MS |
ARTALISSA TRAVIS |
1860, Jasper, Mississippi |
13 Apr 1846, Jasper, MS |
17 Apr 1913, Jasper, MS |
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xi. |
SUSAN MERRELL |
03 Sep 1838, Jasper, MS |
23 Nov 1907, Jasper, MS |
(1) HUGH THATCHER |
1855 |
1830, Hinds, Mississippi |
1863, Civil War |
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(2) JAMES TRAVIS |
19 Nov 1865, Jasper, Mississippi |
06 Nov 1831, Rawls Springs, Perry County, Mississippi |
26 Aug 1912, Jasper, Mississippi |
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xii. |
NELSON COOLEY MERRELL |
22 Dec 1846, Jasper, Mississippi |
06 Jul 1881, Jasper, Mississippi |
NANCY A. ARRINGTON |
20 Sep 1866 |
08 Mar 1848, Mississippi |
24 Oct 1937, Jasper, Mississippi |
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xiii. |
KEZIAH MERRELL |
1848 |
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