Joseph Carrel Marrs, 18101853 (aged 43 years)

Name
Joseph Carrel /Marrs/
Given names
Joseph Carrel
Surname
Marrs
Birth
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
5th President of the United States
James Monroe
March 4, 1817
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 5361243 Added 14 APR 2001 by dee
British King
George III
from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
Birth of a sister
Note: a minor heir in 1834
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Marriage of a sister
Text:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan

Citation details: Book 1, page 122
Note: Wilkes, Phillip to Morris, Alsey on 13 May 1824 by McKnight, Wm., JP
British King
George IV
from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
6th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825
7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829
Birth of a brother
Note: claimed that his Grandmother was a Choctaw who was as black as his hat, per Bill Duff, March 2003
Birth of a sister
Marriage of a sister
Text:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan

Citation details: Book 3, Page 31
Note: Wilks, Alicy to Rhodes, James on Aug 1833 by Womock, J. B. . JP
Marriage of a sister
Text:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mah

Citation details: Book 3, page 43
Note: Wilkes, [no name] Amos Jr to Mars, Minerva on 21 Apr 1834 by Carr, John, JP
Death of a father
Citation details: Book 7, p. 25; and Inventory Book 6-15, pp. 88-93
Citation details: "Vital Records from the National Intelligencer 1834," quoted in Vol. 59, 1908, p. 46
Note: "was shot to death near Florence, Alabama"; intestate, The sale of his estate on 18 Oct 1834 was recorded 18 Feb 1835 and listed heirs, "his widow Nancy Marrs . . . and ten children:

"was shot to death near Florence, Alabama"; intestate, The sale of his estate on 18 Oct 1834 was recorded 18 Feb 1835 and listed heirs, "his widow Nancy Marrs . . . and ten children:
Alsy Rhodes wife of James Rhodes
Joseph C. Marrs
Elizabeth D. Murphey (a widow)
Minerva B. Wilkes wife of Amos Wilkes [Jr.]
Melvina G. Denson wife of Jesse Denson
Lucreatia S. Hale wife of Henry Hale
the following minor heirs for whom the widow is guardian:
Nancy E. Marrs
Emily P. Marrs
Albert P. Marrs
The estate included several tracts of land in Sections 17, 20, and 21, Twp. 2, Range 11 West:
N.W. 1/2 of Sect. 20
W. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4, Sect. 20
S. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4, Sect. 17
S. part of W. 1/4, S.E. 1/4, Sect. 20
E. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4, Sect. 17 held by certificate of land office
It was agreed the land could not be equally and fairly divided so the heirs requested that it be sold. It was inventoried and sold; the widow Nancy Marrs petitioned the court for a widow's dower and was allotted 86 acres.
His death was reported in the GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION FROM THE WESTERN METHODIST 1833-1834, Compiled by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith (Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003):
ADDENDA
May 2, 1834, p. 2: MURDER AND ROBBERY AT FLORENCE. We are called on to record another crime, one of a most daring character. John Marrs, a respectable citizen of Lauderdale county, Ala., left the public square in Florence about half past two o'clock on Friday last [about April 18, 1834], for his residence about six miles in the country. He proceeded on his way about one mile from the courthouse, in full view of town, and in the immediate vicinity of some of our most respectable citizens when he was shot dead by some villain or villains and robbed of about seven hundred dollars. On this being announced to the citizens of Florence, they immediately assembled at the courthouse and [determined to offer] a reward of six hundred dollars for the apprehension of the murderer on conviction. They appointed a committee of vigilance and call upon the [smeared word] of justice and moral order everywhere to aid them in detecting and bringing to justice the author of this outrage.
S. H. Stockton, one of the publishers of the Mobile, Ala. Register had been shot and killed by Charles A. Stuart on April 3, 1834. No particulars of the incident were given but a few days ago, after his trial, Stuart was acquitted by the jurors.
NOTE ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF THE WESTERN METHODIST: During the period covering these genealogical abstracts, 1833-1834 Garrett and Maffitt were editors of this newspaper. Unfortunately, the issues post-October 17, 1834 have apparently been completely lost.

Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Alabama-EASy, Film# 1025715, Page 17, Vol. 4
British King
William IV
from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837
Death of a maternal grandfather
Citation details: Part III, p. 2824
Immigration
Note: from Alabama
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
Death
before April 5, 1853 (aged 43 years)
Will
Note: No division of property until term of ten years. Exors: Wife and son, John (in case of John's death, one of my other sons, as they become of age) under the control of (son-in-law) Jesse Westmoreland, John W. Freeman (Frierson) and James Sample, whom I appoint advisors. If dispute arises concerning will Circuit Judge of this District shall apoint three disinterested citizens of this county to settle difference.

No division of property until term of ten years. Exors: Wife and son, John (in case of John's death, one of my other sons, as they become of age) under the control of (son-in-law) Jesse Westmoreland, John W. Freeman (Frierson) and James Sample, whom I appoint advisors. If dispute arises concerning will Circuit Judge of this District shall apoint three disinterested citizens of this county to settle difference.
Wit: R. C. Cunningham, John Sullivan
Commissioner's report (date?): To the Honorable Probate Court . . . we the undersigned have divided the estate of J. C. MARRS, decd., as follows to wit: To VICTORIA M., land, value $1520; MARY E., land value $1440; A. WESTMORELAND, land, value $1600; GEORGE W. MARRS, land, value $1600; MELVINEY L. MARRS, land, value $1480; J. W. MARRS, land, value $1480; SARAH E. WESTMORELAND, land, value $1500; WILLIAM H. MARRS, land, value $1380. After examination we find it necessary to make out further provision for the minors. And 4 mules, two yokes of oxen, one wagon which was valued at $460 giving to each legatee $56.60 which is respectfully submitted.
Burrell Jackson, Henry Mitts, J. W. Crayton

Burial
Note: buried where the monument to the Battle of Harrisburg now stands. The battle was fought partly in the cemetery and left shell chips in their tombstones which have now been destroyed.
Family with parents
father
17801834
Birth: about 1780North Carolina, USA
Death: April 25, 1834Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
mother
17841866
Birth: about 1784 23 26 North Carolina, USA
Death: after 1866
Marriage Marriageabout 1806
2 years
elder sister
1807
Birth: about 1807 27 23 Tennessee, USA
Death:
4 years
himself
18101853
Birth: 1810 30 26 Tennessee, USA
Death: before April 5, 1853Mississippi, USA
1 year
sister
6 years
younger sister
1815
Birth: July 1815 35 31 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death:
2 years
younger sister
18171906
Birth: July 13, 1817 37 33 Tennessee, USA
Death: October 14, 1906Arkansas, USA
4 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
18221906
Birth: January 30, 1822 42 38 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: January 1906Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
11 months
younger sister
8 years
younger brother
18291905
Birth: December 1829 49 45
Death: after 1905
23 months
younger sister
18311910
Birth: November 1, 1831 51 47 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Death: September 11, 1910Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
Immigration

from Alabama

Will

No division of property until term of ten years. Exors: Wife and son, John (in case of John's death, one of my other sons, as they become of age) under the control of (son-in-law) Jesse Westmoreland, John W. Freeman (Frierson) and James Sample, whom I appoint advisors. If dispute arises concerning will Circuit Judge of this District shall apoint three disinterested citizens of this county to settle difference.
Wit: R. C. Cunningham, John Sullivan
Commissioner's report (date?): To the Honorable Probate Court . . . we the undersigned have divided the estate of J. C. MARRS, decd., as follows to wit: To VICTORIA M., land, value $1520; MARY E., land value $1440; A. WESTMORELAND, land, value $1600; GEORGE W. MARRS, land, value $1600; MELVINEY L. MARRS, land, value $1480; J. W. MARRS, land, value $1480; SARAH E. WESTMORELAND, land, value $1500; WILLIAM H. MARRS, land, value $1380. After examination we find it necessary to make out further provision for the minors. And 4 mules, two yokes of oxen, one wagon which was valued at $460 giving to each legatee $56.60 which is respectfully submitted.
Burrell Jackson, Henry Mitts, J. W. Crayton

Burial

buried where the monument to the Battle of Harrisburg now stands. The battle was fought partly in the cemetery and left shell chips in their tombstones which have now been destroyed.

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