Mary Elizabeth Merrell 
Mary Elizabeth was born in 1826 in South Carolina. Mary Elizabeth's father was Abel Merrill and her mother was Eliza Cooley. Her paternal grandparents were Charles Merrill and Elizabeth UNKNOWN. She had three brothers and seven sisters, named William, Green Berry, Nelson Cooley, Nancy, Lavisia Vicey, Martha, Eliza Jane, Susan, Temperance and Keziah. She had a half-brother named Charles Pinkney. She died at the age of 68 in 1894 in White County,AR. She was buried in 1894.General Notes
Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Merrell (mother of Nancy Priscilla TouchstoneMoore) and husband Jesse Jackson Touchstone (1823-1859/60) had eightknown children (Martha A., Elizabeth Delaney, Sarah Jane, NancyPriscilla, John, Daniel David, Green Berry and George Washington) bornfrom 1845 to 1859. In either 1859 or 1860, Jesse Touchstone diedleaving wife Polly with the eight children on the eve of the CivilWar. The Federal census of Clarke County, Mississippi of 1860 listsMary, a widow with real estate holdings worth $200 and personalproperty valued at $300. Jesses death called upon all the skills andcourage that the young widow could summon. According to descendant,Ned Touchstone, "the widow and family were at one time so poor theycould not buy salt." By careful management of affairs of the familyand some modest assets passed from her parents, she made a good lifefor the children and saw them grow to adulthood with families of theirown. Polly Merrell can be considered a matriarch of the Touchstone,Moore and McKeehan lineages that descend from her. According todescendant, Nettie Moore Camp, Polly Merrell is listed on the CherokeeRolls, a list of residents of Indian territories in the 19th century.Family legend persists that descendants of Polly Merrell Touchstonecarry "Indian blood," but no link has been verified.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1650 in England d.1723/1724 in Hopewell,Burlington County,NJ
- b.~ 1680 in Hopewell,Hunterdon County,NJ d.25 Jun 1739 in Hopewell,Burlington County,NJ
- b.~ 1680 in Monmouth County,NJ
- b.~ 1730 in Hopewell,Hunterdon County,NJ d.19 Jun 1771 in Hillsborough,Orange County,NC
- b.20 May 1700 in Hopewell,Hunterdon County,NJ d.11 Jul 1776 in Hopewell,Hunterdon County,NJ
- b.Nov 1761 in Jersey Settlement,Rowan County,NC d.14 Oct 1822 in Pendleton County,SC
- b.1728 in Hopewell,Hunterdon County,NJ d.Feb 1803 in Rowan County,NC
- b.1793 in Pendleton County,SC d.1866 in Jasper County,MS
- d.> 1843
- b.1826 in South Carolina d.1894 in White County,AR
- b.1804 in South Carolina d.1873 in Jasper County,MS
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‌Mary Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on August 25th, 1843 in Clarke County,MS.
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