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Cullen William Conerly

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Cullen William Conerly

Birth
Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
Death
6 Jun 1856 (aged 47)
Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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When Cullen William Conerly was born on October 13, 1808, in Duplin, North Carolina, his father, Owen, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson, was 16. He married Levisa Lewis on November 17, 1829, in Marion, Mississippi. They had 11 children in 28 years. He died on June 6, 1856, in Tylertown, Mississippi, at the age of 47, and was buried in Pike, Mississippi.

"Deeds Of Marion County Mississippi"
March 3, 1834 Cullen Conerly and Levicy Conerly for $650 sells to Martin Lewis a tract of land lot No 7, section 34, T 4, R 13 E, containing 74 acres; also Lot No 1 of section 34, containing 80 acres, District of Washington. Witness; James Burkett and Josiah B. Lewis. Levicy Conerly swears that she voluntarily signed the deed to Martin Lewis.

Conerly's Water Mill, built in 1848 by Cullen William Conerly at the eastern end of the present day Broad Street in Tylertown, Conerly's purchase of the old Thornhill tract proved critical in the establishment of Conerly's Post Office, now Tylertown. (See attached photo) Conerly's Mill was run by water power and included an upright saw, cotton gin and press, a rice pestle mill and fan, and a grist mill.

CENSUS RECORDS:
1830 United States Federal Census Marion County, Miss: Cullen Conerly and Lavisa Lewis Conerly family
1840 United States Federal Census Pike County, Miss: Cullen Conerly and Lavisa Conerly family
1850 United States Federal Census Pike County, Miss: Family Number: 21 Cullen Conerly 41 Levicy Conerly 41 Owen L Conerly 19 John M Conerly 18 William M Conerly 16 Mary A Conerly 14 Nancy R Conerly 13 Catharine L Conerly 8 Eliza J Conerly 5 Jabez N Conerly 3 James T Conerly 0 James Conerly 19 Robert Scot 28
When Cullen William Conerly was born on October 13, 1808, in Duplin, North Carolina, his father, Owen, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson, was 16. He married Levisa Lewis on November 17, 1829, in Marion, Mississippi. They had 11 children in 28 years. He died on June 6, 1856, in Tylertown, Mississippi, at the age of 47, and was buried in Pike, Mississippi.

"Deeds Of Marion County Mississippi"
March 3, 1834 Cullen Conerly and Levicy Conerly for $650 sells to Martin Lewis a tract of land lot No 7, section 34, T 4, R 13 E, containing 74 acres; also Lot No 1 of section 34, containing 80 acres, District of Washington. Witness; James Burkett and Josiah B. Lewis. Levicy Conerly swears that she voluntarily signed the deed to Martin Lewis.

Conerly's Water Mill, built in 1848 by Cullen William Conerly at the eastern end of the present day Broad Street in Tylertown, Conerly's purchase of the old Thornhill tract proved critical in the establishment of Conerly's Post Office, now Tylertown. (See attached photo) Conerly's Mill was run by water power and included an upright saw, cotton gin and press, a rice pestle mill and fan, and a grist mill.

CENSUS RECORDS:
1830 United States Federal Census Marion County, Miss: Cullen Conerly and Lavisa Lewis Conerly family
1840 United States Federal Census Pike County, Miss: Cullen Conerly and Lavisa Conerly family
1850 United States Federal Census Pike County, Miss: Family Number: 21 Cullen Conerly 41 Levicy Conerly 41 Owen L Conerly 19 John M Conerly 18 William M Conerly 16 Mary A Conerly 14 Nancy R Conerly 13 Catharine L Conerly 8 Eliza J Conerly 5 Jabez N Conerly 3 James T Conerly 0 James Conerly 19 Robert Scot 28


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