Andrew Jackson Gurley I served in the 39th Alabama Infantry as a private in Company C and was wounded on the 18th of January 1863. He was at the surrender of the Civil War on 1 May 1865 in Greensboro, South Carolina. He returned home and married Adeline Warren Shelby, the widow of his uncle, Moses Kelley Shelby, on December 26th, 1865. In 1870 the Gurleys joined a wagon train and moved to Titus, Franklin, Texas; an 800 mile trip through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. They settled in Scroggins.
Andrew Jackson died in Scroggins, Franklin, Texas, according to his granddaughter, Lois Gurley Wells. She was sure he was buried in one of the cemeteries in the Scroggins, Franklin area as that was where some of his children were born and it was where the family lived at the time.
Andrew Jackson died in Scroggins, Franklin, Texas, according to his granddaughter, Lois Gurley Wells. She was sure he was buried in one of the cemeteries in the Scroggins, Franklin area as that was where some of his children were born and it was where the family lived at the time.
Andrew Jackson Gurley I served in the 39th Alabama Infantry as a private in Company C and was wounded on the 18th of January 1863. He was at the surrender of the Civil War on 1 May 1865 in Greensboro, South Carolina. He returned home and married Adeline Warren Shelby, the widow of his uncle, Moses Kelley Shelby, on December 26th, 1865. In 1870 the Gurleys joined a wagon train and moved to Titus, Franklin, Texas; an 800 mile trip through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. They settled in Scroggins.
Andrew Jackson died in Scroggins, Franklin, Texas, according to his granddaughter, Lois Gurley Wells. She was sure he was buried in one of the cemeteries in the Scroggins, Franklin area as that was where some of his children were born and it was where the family lived at the time.
Andrew Jackson died in Scroggins, Franklin, Texas, according to his granddaughter, Lois Gurley Wells. She was sure he was buried in one of the cemeteries in the Scroggins, Franklin area as that was where some of his children were born and it was where the family lived at the time.
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