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Appreciating the past.............
Anticipating
the future.
I would like to take this opportunity to say, "Thanks" to everyone who contributed information,
stories, pictures and documents; for without your help this web site would not be possible. I started researching my
family history in 1996, after I retired and so far have spanned 13 generations, from my 7th great grandparents in the 1600's,
to my great grandchildren. If anyone else has family history to share, please send it to me.
Earl Johnson
My 7th great grandparents on Wesley Thomas 'Wes Tom' Johnson's (my father) side of the family were
Lucas Shalle/Scharle and Anna Catherina. Lucas was born in Thiuerwasen, Germany. They had a son named Karl Charl/Shirley
born before 1700, (the lineage to me).
My 6th great grandparents were Karl Charl/Shirley and Anna Ester. They had a son born named Johann Michael
Shirley born December 18, 1732 in Wurzweiler, Pfalz, Germany. (The lineage to me).
My 5th great grandparents were Johann Michael Shirley & Catherine "Katy" (Franz or Frantz) Shirley.
Michale was born in Germany December 18, 1732. He migrated to England and later he migrated to Spain (family tradition
has a Shirley being sent as an ambassador to Spain and left stranded in Spain when England's king was overthrown by a brother)
before coming to America and landing at Plymouth Rock. He served as a bonded surveyor from 1761 to 1769 in Augusta County,
Virginia. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War December 1, 1777 in the 3rd. Regt., and his name appears on company rolls until
1779.
Catherine "Katy" was born in Paris France in 1743. She arrived in America with her father, mother
and two younger siblings. Shortly after they arrived her mother died and her father took the two children and returned to
France. They were never heard from again and it is assumed they were lost at sea. Katy stayed in America and lived with her
aunt and uncle (her mother's brother) in Ft. Washington, Maryland, now known as Washington D.C. Michael Shirley was in line
marching by when he saw Katy and fell in love with her. They were married in Ft. Washington in 1760. They lived in Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Kentucky.
Michael was shot by Indians; they broke both his legs and left him for dead. He fell from the
house and hid behind a log and the Indians left him to capture his horse. Michael crawled to a tree, then back and forth to
a stream of water as the trail indicated. On a vine he cut with a pin-knife, how the Indians shot him and marked each
day he lived. On the sixth day he said he felt death. His family found him dead there, and if he died on the sixth day it
was 7/23/1784. He died at Station Camp, Ft. Boonesboro, Kentucky. The family buried him where they found him. Katy died
January 23, 1825 in Madison County, Kentucky. Michael and Catherine "Katy" had eight children. One of them was a daughter
born February 23, 1762, and they named her Mary Ann Shirley. (The lineage to me).
Mary Ann Shirley married William McGuire February 23 rd. 1878 in Shenandoah Valley, Rockingham County, Virginia.
They were married by Rev. John Alderson. They were my 4th. great grandparents. They had a son and named him Michael after
his grandfather.
William was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. Mary Ann accompained him and fought along side him. Many
other wives also accompanied their husbands and fought with them and helped them. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
state that Mary Ann molded bullets at the battle of Saratoga in New York.
William and Mary Ann, and their son Michael (called Bennie), were taken prisoner by the British soldiers
May 12 th., 1780 at Charleston, Virginia and were taken to Montreal, Quebec in Canada. William was 32 years old, Mary Ann
was 18 and Michael was 2. They were held there for two years by the British. August 1, 1781 while still in prison, another
son was born to them and they named him Thomas McGuire. (The lineage to me).
On September 16, 1782, William and Mary Ann, and their two sons Michael "Bennie" and Thomas, were placed
on a list to be released and returned home. Shortly afterwards they were released, or escaped, the records are not too clear.
William, Mary Ann and their two sons were making their way back to Virginia on foot, enduring the brutal Canadian winter.
The records state that they wandered through deep snow and faced many hardships. When they were somewhere around the Lake
Champlain area they stopped at a graveyard to spend the night. With their scanty blankets they tried to prevent the two
children from freezing by lying down between two graves with the children between them. Mary Ann put Thomas, the baby, inside
her clothing and buttoned her coat over him. Bennie lay between his parents, but during the night he froze to death. The grieving
parents scratched out a shallow grave in the frozen Canadian ground, and with broken hearts they left their little boy there.
After the war William was awarded 200 arces as part payment for his war efforts. (This was common at that
time as many other men received land also). They lived in Virginia for a time and then moved to Kentucky. Later
they moved to Bedford County, Tennessee.
Records:
Husband: William McGuire, born 3/12/1747 (or 1748) in Augusta County, Virginia. Died in 1843 in Bedford
County, Tennessee. DAR revised the date of his death in 2000 to be May 22, 1829). His father was Thomas McGuire (not
documented).
Wife: Mary Ann (Shirley) McGuire, born 2/17/1762 in Augusta County, Virginia. Her father was Johan Michael
Shirley. Her mother was Catherine "Katy" Frantz.
Their children:
1. Michael "Bennie" McGuire, born in December, 1778 in Virginia. Died after October 1782 in Canada.
2. Thomas McGuire, born 8/1/1781 in Quebec, Canada. Died 7/23/1861 in Delta County, Texas.
3. Mary "Polly" McGuire, born 12/4/1783 in Virginia. Died ? Married 8/26/1801 in Madison County Kentucky,
to Solomon West.
4. Sarah "Sallie" McGuire, born about 1785, probably in Virginia. Died ? Married Joseph West.
5. Catherine "Kate" McGuire, born in May 1789. Died ? Married 3/16/1806 in Madison County, Kentucky to Peter
Lee.
6. William McGuire11, born 11/15/1794 in Lincoln, Kentucky. Died in October, 1837 in Nachez, Mississippi.
Married 1819 in Bedford County, Tennessee to Mary Fabra Ditto.
7. Cornelius Butcher "Neil" McGuire-McGuyer, born 10/5/1798 in Lincoln, Kentucky. Died 3/3/1883 in Davilla,
Milam County, Texas. Married (1st.) about 1815 in Tennessee to Jane. (2nd.) marriage, 3/10/1865 Izard, Arkansas to Jane Glover
Felton.
8. John McGuire-McGuyer, born 6/29/1801 in Kentucky. Died 1866 in Springfield, Limestone County, Texas.
Married 10/7/1825 in Bedford County, Tennessee to Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Yell.
9. Elizabeth "Bettie" McGuire, born 7/22/1803 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Died 6/15/1887 in Bedford County,
Tennessee. Married 2/7/1819 in Bedford County, Tennessee to Henry Holt.
Around 1813 William, Mary Ann and their children moved from Kentucky to Tennessee. They bought property
and settled in Bedford County, Tennessee.
For more McGuire history click - Here
This is the house where Mary Ann and William McGuire, and their children lived in
Bedford, County, Tennessee which was still standing when this picture was taken April 22, 2002. It was a log house
but the logs have been covered with siding. There were originally two rock fireplaces, one on each end of the house,
that have been removed. William and Mary Ann are buried in Horse Mountain Cemetery, which is just a short distance from the
house.
Horse Mountain, the Horse Mountain community, the church, and the cemetery all got the name "Horse
Mountain" during the Revolutionary War. Many horses in the area were being confiscated (or stolen) by the military
for use in the war. The men hid their horses in a mountain cave, thus the name "Horse Mountain" was born and still remains
today.
The last exhibit on the right side as you leave the Fort Boonesboro Museum is a deed that Mary's mother "Katie"
Shirley signed when she bought land from Daniel Boone.
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William & Mary Ann McGuire's gravestone. They are buried
in Horse Mountain Cemetery, on Horse Moumtain Road between Shelbyville and Wartrace, Tennessee in Bedford County.
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This is the other side of William and Mary Ann's gravestone. There are inscriptions
on both sides of the same stone.
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This marker is by Mary Ann McGuire's grave, placed by the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution. Placed, 4/24/2002.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) have a
Chapter for Mary Ann (Shirley) McGuire in Plano, Texas. To visit the web site just click on:
Mary Ann Shirley's DAR Website
Above are those who attended the dedication of the marker.
Back row, left to right: Judy Polson, Durant, OK., Toni Chambers, (DAR
President) Lubbock, TX., Tommie Templeton Reagan, Charleston, TX., John C. "Jack" Bomar, Shelbyville, TN., Lucy Westbrook,
Dallas, TX., Gary Paul Lewis, Hurst, TX. Dixie Fetherstone Parker, Bell Buckle, TN., Marion F. Foster, Mt. Pleasent TX., girl
unknown, and J.D. McGuyer, Commerce, TX.
Front row, left to right: Bill McGuyer, Mineola, TX., Rip Templeton, Lake
Creek, TX., Sallie Macky, Dallas, TX., Linda Pitts, Wartrace, TN. and Mae Ruth (Westerman) Daughterty, Kinfsland, TX.
William and Mary Ann's son Thomas, the one who was born in a prison camp
in Canada during the Revolutionary War, married Ann Talitha Lee. They were my great, great, great grandparents.
Records:
Husband:
Thomas McGuire. Born 7/1/1781 in Quebec, Canada. Died 7/23/1861 in Delta County, Texas. His father
was William McGuire and his mother was Mary Ann (Shirley) McGuire.
Wife:
Ann Talitha (Lee) McGuire. Born 2/11/1790 (probably in Tennessee or Virginia). Died 7/22/1872 in
Charleston, Texas, Delta County. Her father was Richard Lee and her mother was Sarah or Elizabeth.
Ann and Thomas were married in Lincoln County, Ky.
Their children:
1. Mary Ann "Polly" McGuire, born 7/5/1807. Died ? Married 12/24/1826 to Nathaniel Bryan.
2. Elizabeth McGuire, born 6/3/1809 in Bedford County, Tennessee. Died ? Married to John B. Coats.
3. Tenperance "Tempie" McGuire, born 5/27/1810 in Tennessee. Died ? Married Elisha Harmon.
4. Nancy McGuire, born 1/4/1802. Died ? Married Robert McFarlin.
5. Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth McGuire, born 2/18/1814. Died ? Married William R. Sharp Jr.
6. Catherine "Katie" McGuire, born 4/18/1815 in Bedford County, Tennessee. Died 5/9/1889 in Bedford
County, Tennessee. Married Bib B. Bomar.
7. Susan McGuire, born 11/10/1816 in Bedford County, Tennessee. Died 4/9/1905 in Bedford County,
Tennessee. Married Don C. Shriver.
8. Cornelius "Neil" Butcher McGuire-McGuyre, born 11/18/1822 in Wartrace Community, Bedford County,
Tennessee. Died 1/9/1903 in Charleston, Texas, Delta County. Married (1st.) Mary Ann Golithas, 6/3/1847 in Nashville, Tennessee.
(2nd.) Salina Duke, 3/1/1860. (It is believed that Cornelius was the one who changed the spelling of the family name from
McGuire to McGuyer).
9. Lucinda "Cyndia" McGuire, born 9/24/1823. Died 1/24/1897 in Texas. Married David Simeon "Simme"
Richard George Sr. (They were my great, great grandparents).
The item below was sent to me from Linda (Sharp) Yates.
Go To: McGuire Letters
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