Noah Spate Sorrells is from Morgan County IL. He came to Texas in 1860 with my great grandfather John H. Sorrells. They were cousins. Noah was married and had a number of children. He enlisted in the 18 Texas Calvary in Dallas, Texas. He made SGT. My ggfather and Noah became Master Masons together. He died in 1884 in Mesquite, Dallas, TX. I have more information about him but I don't have it with me at this time.
Noah's Father and John H. Sorrells were brothers. The family came to IL from Virginia via KY, and Indiana. Their grandfather died in Bath County, KY in 1825. His father was born in 1732 in Culpepper County, VA. He fought in the Frence and Indian Wars. He also fought in the American Revolution. He lost two sons in 1776. He left Valley Forge and returned home. One of his sons obtained the land William Sorrells got for his service in the French and Indian Wars.
Noah Spate Sorrells moved to Texas in 1860 with his family along with his cousin John H. Sorrells and his wife. Mary. They lived in the Masquit(sp), Texas area. He served in the 18th Texas Calvary from Dallas, Texas. When he was discharged he was a SGT. In the 1870's he became a Master Mason. His death is recorded in the Lodge Records. by Terry McKee.
Hiram Sorrells: born 12 March 1805 Greenbriar County, Va. (now West Va.); Married Mahala Redman, a daughter of Joseph Redman and Nancy Sorrell Redman, on 13 February 1827 in Orange Cty, Indiana; died 27 May 1887 in Morgan Cty, Ill; Buried in the Lewis Cemetery, Jacksonville, Illinois near his
father, Thomas, his wife Mahala and his son Peter.
Hiram and his wife stayed in Orange County, Indiana after their 1827 marriage until after 1830. By 1835 they had followed Hiram's father, Thomas, on west into Morgan County, Illinois and appear in Morgan County in the 1835 Illinois State census. Hiram lived the rest of his life in Morgan County and is well documented there appearing in census reports, land transactions etc., including a will at his death in 1887.
There never has been any doubt that Hiram is the son of Thomas. Thomas is found living with Hiram in the 1860 census, and is buried next to Hiram in the Lewis Cemetery, near Jacksonville, Illinois. In the death record of David H Sorrells, a son of Hiram, it gives Hiram's place of birth as Greenbriar County, Virginia.