MILDRED SNEAD AND RICHARD SORRELLS

4.      MILDRED ("Millie")  ³ SORRELLS(William ², Richard), born ca.1799, Georgia, and died the fall of 1874, Madison County. To this compiler's knowledge, her grave has not been located. Mildred married ALEXANDER GORDONBULLOCK (b. 13 Feb. 1797, Ga; d. prior 9 Nov. 1864, will recorded MadisonCo.), on 12 Feb. 1818, Madison County.

Alexander Gordon Bullock was the brother of William Gordon Bullock(9) and the son of Frances Roy Gordon and Hawkins Bullock, a Revolutionary soldier (b. 19 Mar-1764; d. 1 Nov. 1833).  Hawkins was the son of Mary Hawkins and Nathaniel Bullock, also a Revolutionary soldier.  Hawkins Bullock wason the early Oglethorpe Co. Ga. tax list. The Hawkins Bullock Bible record has been published in Historical Collections DAR, Vol. IV. Old BibleRecords and Land Lotteries. Reprint 1969. Easley, SC.

Frances Roy Gordon was the daughter of Alexander Gordon, Captain in the North Carolina Revolutionary forces. See the early Wilkes County, Georgia land grants and lottery records for Nathaniel Bullock and Alexander Gordon.

Alexander G. Bullock won Lot #188, District 3, Walton County, Georgia, in the 1820 Land Lottery, which he entered as a resident of Madison County [Wayfarers in Walton, Anita B. Sams, p. 459].  The assistance of JudithEaves, and Chester Bullock, descendants of Martha Baxter and John AlexanderBullock, is very much appreciated.

41      SARAH ⁴, b. 15 October 1820; d. July 9, 1899;; m. HARRIS JACKSON HART
[b. Nov. 16, 1816; d. Oct. 12, 1858] on Oct. 11, 1838, Madison Co. Ga.

42       JOHN ALEXANDER, b. 1 Apr. 1822; d. 15 Oct. 1911, Madison Co. wherehe resided; m. MARTHA A. BAXTER in 1848. He was called Jack or Jackson.

43       SNEAD m. SARAH ALLEN.

44       JAMES SHERMAN, b. 3 July 1827; d. 30 Apr. 1889; m. MARTHA EMILY SORRELLS(unidentified), 24 Dec. 1845, Walton Co. Ga. [Bk D:181].

45      NATHANIEL m. SUSAN SMITH.

46       ALEXANDER GORDON, Jr., b. ca. 1837; m. MARY SORRELLS (unidentified). He lived in Madison Co; named in will of Alexander Gordon Bullock, Sr. in1864.

47       ELIZABETH m. JAMES LESTER.

48       FRANCES

5.      CHARLES SNEAD ³ SORRELLS (William ²,Richard), born ca. 1804, Georgia; married JOICEY TILLMAN, 8 January 1824, Madison County ]. Ceremony was performed by Whitmill H. Adair, J.P. CharlesS. probably died before 1870 in Walton County, since his wife is listed as head of the household in 1870 census. He is listed on the 1830-60 WaltonCounty censuses and was a postmaster.

Abstracts From Loose Papers at Georgia Archives. Charles S. Sorrells-fi fa (abbreviation of a legal term which means that the court is going to attach some real or personal property and sell it to satisfy a debt].18 Nov. 1834, debt, $116.25, in favor of Egbert B. Beall. On back of paper:"Served this fi fa on 50 ac land, being part of Lot #31, 2nd Dist., Walton,NE part of said lot, 24 Mar. 1835. By 1837, Charles had paid off the fi-fa without seeming to have lost the land. 25 Feb. 1843- fi fa brought by Henry Easterling for $100. On back of paper: "No property to be found in Walton Co. to satisfy this fi fa. 19 May 1843- Blake Cooper, Sheriff, samething; also 18 Oct. 1849.

49      SARAH ANN ^4, b. ca. 1832, Ga; m. MIDDLETON CLEATON, 2 May 1851, Walton Co. Ga. [Bk D:326].

50      MAY A., b. ca. 1836, Ga; is this the Mary A. Sorrells who m. ALEXANDER G. BULLOCK, 3 July 1859, Walton Co. Ga? [Bk E:60]

51      JOYCE E., b. ca. 1839, Ga. Is this the Josey E. Sorrells who m. JOHN S.BOOZER, 28 Mar. 1882, Gwinnett Co., Ga?

52      WILLIAM J., b. ca. 1845, Ga.

6.      WILLIAM S. ³ SORRELLS [William², Richard ), the son of Dorcas Sanders and William Alexander Sorrells, has now been positively identified in the primary records. In the old family letters, Mary Susan Sorrells called him William A, while Mabel Yoakum Holliday Moody called him William, and Gertrude Everett Scott called him William A . This confused the issue for awhile, because as it turned out, his name was William S. Sorrells, and I still don't know what the 'S' stands for. It could be Sanders or Snead or something else. He was a first cousin to William Snead Sorrells, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Jones Sorrells.

William S. Sorrells of Madison County, Adair's District, drew and won Lot#9, District 2, Lee County, Ga [1827 Land Lottery List, Ga. SurveyorGeneral Dept, Ga. Archives]. His father, William Alexander Sorrells also lived in Adair's District then.

The 1830 Walton County census taken in June 1830, p. 62, shows William S. Sorrells, age 20-30, living alone, 2 slaves. William Alexander Sorrells was also on the 1830 Walton County census.

William S. Sorrells was born in Georgia in 1805 and died before 1870 census, Acworth, Cobb Co. Ga. He married ELIZABETH DANIEL, the daughterof Allen Daniel, Jr. and his wife, Mary Jones, who was another daughter of Russell Jones and Anne Beasley Jones. Elizabeth was born abt 1812 and died after 1870, Cobb Co. Ga. They were married in Madison County, Georgia on 9 October 1830. Elizabeth was buried in the old Daniel Cemetery in MadisonCo.

On 30 March 1835, Walton Co: William S. Sorrells, Richard T. Sorrells,Whitmill Adair, and William Meroney made promissory note security for WilliamSorrells [Deed Bk K;608A, 609, 610, 611].

A partial abstract I made from the microfilm records of the yearly returns on the estate of Allen Daniel for the year 1840, Madison Co. :Voucher #3- Received Of Elisha Ware, Administrator of Allen Daniel, Sr.,deceased, 945 on account of my part of the estate of said deceased as one of the legatees, in right of my wife, Elizabeth Sorrells, formerly Elizabeth Daniel, this 1 January 1840. Signed William S. Sorrells.

Also receiving from this estate in right of their wives: Elisha Ware,$1295 (Cintha Daniel); James R. Griffeth, $845 (Mary Daniel); Ephraim Strickland,$795 (Nancy Daniel) ; Oliver C. Powell, $35 (Frances Daniel). Those receivingfor themselves were: Mary Daniel, $1645, widow of the deceased; WilliamDaniel, $214; James Daniel, $145.05; Allen C. Daniel, $295.

The above records show this was the family of Elizabeth Daniel Sorrells.  She was a daughter of Allen Daniel Jr. and Mary Jones, and she was a granddaughter of Russell Jones (2, Charles Sorrells]. Mary Jones Daniel and Allen Daniel,are called daughter and son-in-law in the will of Russell Jones, whichwas probated in 1828, Franklin Co. Ga.

The 1840 Cass County, Ga. census lists William S. Sorrells with 4 males and 2 females. No William S. Sorrells was found in 1840 Walton County census.

8  January 1846, Walton Co. Voucher #1, William Sorrells' estate to William S. Sorrells, $163.80.  When William Alexander Sorrells died, a sale of land from the estate was held.  In Walton County Deed Bk O:431,4 Nov. 1846, and in Deed Bk O:558, 6 Jan, 1847, are found the sale of land to William S. Sorrells, Jr.  I don't know why he was called Jr., because he was at least 15 years older than his cousin, William Snead Sorrells.

The 1850 Cass County, Ga. census, p. 148, 12th Division shows: WilliamSorrells, born 1805, Ga. with his wife Elizabeth and their children. His age fits the 1820 Madison Co. Ga. census of William Alexander Sorrells.The names of the children given in this record, Allen, Russel J., Centhia(sic),James S., all fit into the Daniel-Jones-Sorrells families.

In September 1852, W.S. Sorrells served as a Grand Juror for the Inferior Court, Cass Co. No William Sorrells found in the 1860 Cass Co.census. The name changed to Bartow in 1861. His wife Elizabeth with some of the children and grandchildren are found in the 1870 Acworth, Cobb Co.Ga. census.

53  JAMES S. ⁴ SORRELLS, b. 1832, Ga.m. ELIZABETH TEMPLES, 3 Dec. 1857, Marion Co. MS. He served in the Civil  War, but never returned.  He and his wife had son, JAMES JACOB SORRELLS, b. 30 April 1859, Jefferson Davis Co, MS.  James J. married (1) AMIE P.HATHORN ca 1887; m. (2) MATTIE LOUELLA DYESS, abt 1904, Jefferson Davis Co. MS; divorced 1909.   IDDO LYLE SORRELLS, b. 19 Jan. 1905, Jefferson Davis, MS; m. ERNESTINE EVELYN POOLE, 13 May 1931, Amite Co. MS. They had four children: DONNA OSWE SORRELLS JOHNSON, ESSIE LYNDELL SORRELLS CASSELS, ALFRIEDA SORRELLS CLARK, EDWINA SORRELLS HYER, all still living in MS.

54       RUSSELL J. SORRELLS, b. 1833, Ga. m. NANCY SULLINS, Cass Co. Ga , 17 March 1851.

55       CLARK C. SORRELLS, b. 9 December 1834, Ga. m. MARTHA ANN ROBERTS, Cass Co. Ga., 16 March 1854.  Buried Liberty Ch. Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb Co. Ga. Martha and Clark are found on the 1870 census with Elizabeth, his mother.

56       CINTHIA L. SORRELLS, b. ca 1839, Ga.

57       ELIZABETH SORRELLS, b. ca 1840, Ga.

58JOHN CRAWFORD SORRELLS,  born 8 January 1847, Ga.; died 29 July 1922, and is buried at Shiloh Baptist, Norcross, Ga.  He married  (1)  SARAH ELIZABETH CARROLL (b. 1849, Ga; d. 3 July 1894, Forsyth Co. Ga.  Buried at Cross Plains Baptist,Forsyth, Ga.  He served in the Civil War in Co. K, 18th Ga. Infantry, and was wounded at Malvern Hill, July 1862.  They had three children: John H, b. Oct 25, 1869;  Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1873; William Milton, b. April 25, 1876, m. Emily Savannah Bagwell.  John Crawford m. (2) FANNIE FREE.  They had Lilly, b. 1901.

59       ALLEN CICERO SORRELLS, b. 1848, Ga. m. SARAH ---?-----.   Found on 1870 Cobb Co. census with mother, Elizabeth.

Sources for this family were census, marriage records, tombstones,and records as mentioned in the text. I  was assisted in the compilation of this family by Jim Nichols,  Stone Mountain, Ga., a descendant through John Crawford Sorrells, and by Essie Sorrells Cassels, Gloster, MS who descends from James S. Sorrells, and by Barbara Sorrells, granddaughter of William Milton Sorrells.