ARCHIBALD SHERRILL

  Today I found the grave of my great-great-great grandfather Archibald Sherrill in Gladeville just off the Stewarts Ferry exit on SR 840. It was in the Sherrill family graveyard which is well maintained. Archibald was born on May 26, 1786 in Sherrills Ford, Catawba North Carolina. He joined the Tennessee Militia and was commissioned as an Ensign in the 17th Regiment on May 19, 1809 just before his 23rd birthday. Archibald was a veteran of the War of 1812. There is a possibility that he served in the Creek war and at the battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson. He was very tall standing 6'4" tall which was a giant for that time. This is probably why the men in our family are tall.. He married Nancy Elizabeth Anderson and they had seventeen children together. I found the grave of my great-great uncle Samuel Wilson Sherrill nearby. He was born on November 19, 1807 and died on his birthday November 19, 1895. Archibald died on June 27, 1853 in Gladeville Tennessee. The second picture is Archibald's headstone and the third is a plaque honoring his service in the War of 1812. 

The following is a description of Archibald Sherrill that I found on Ancestry.com. ARCHIBALD SHERRILL (SAMUEL WILSON, JACOB, ADAM, WILLIAM, WILLIAM, ADAM SHERWELL) was born May 26, 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died June 27, 1853 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANDERSON September 26, 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married (2) AGNES MOSS July 12, 1819 in Wilson County, Tennessee.

Notes for ARCHIBALD SHERRILL:
Archibal Sherrill was a soldier in the War of 1812. Dr. Hugh N. Sherrill described his father as follows: "My father was about 6 feet high, erect, square built, smooth features and fair skin, a man of decided convictions, careful on taking a stand on any subject, but once settled he remained firm. I think as perfect a type of true nobleman as the world ever produced."

The tract of land upon which was built the home of Archibald Sherrill was first patented to General Andrew Jackson on March 7, 1796, by the State of North Carolina and by him was sold to Archibald Sherrill, 22 September 1815 and was later owned by Samuel Wilson Sherrill, Archibald's oldest son.

Child of ARCHIBALD SHERRILL and ELIZABETH ANDERSON is:
494. i. SAMUEL WILSON SHERRILL, b. November 19, 1807, Wilson County, Tennessee; d. November 19, 1895, Wilson County, Tennessee.
Archibald's grave in the Sherrill grave yard

Archibald's headstone


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