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Marshal D. Surls Searls, Searles c. 1825

Marshal Surls of Chocowinity, Beaufort County, NC was born circa 1825 to Covington Searls and Litia Searls. He married Lunida Rowe Surls, and has children Mary Elizabeth Surls Jackson, Annie Lee Surls Dail, and John Marshall Surls. Marshal Surls died in Chocowinity.

Marshal Surls

Chocowinity, Beaufort County, NC

circa 1825

Chocowinity, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States

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Marshal Surls' History: circa 1825

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Introduction

Marshal was probably born in either Craven or Beaufort County, NC. He first appears in the Bearufort County, Chocowinity 1850 Census as Marshall ("Martial") Surls, age 20, Laborer. The Head of Household was Lucretia Surls, age 50. Also a Jamesey Surls, age 18 and Ellen Surls, age 15. Lucretia must have been his mother as she appears as "Litia Searls" on his 1868 Marriage Certificate. Marshall appears in the 1860 Census as a boarder/laborer in the J.M. Carrow home in Chocowinity, Beaufort County, NC. Efforts to find his family in the 1840 and 1830 Censuses still ongoing. His marriage certificate says that his father's name was Coventon. There was a Covington Sirls in Chocowinity, Beaufort County 1830 Census with a male in the household age 0-5. 1840 Beaufort County Census not as helpful. There were 3 Searles, Surles, Sirls households in Chocowinity and Tranter's Creek who had boys age 10-15 or age 5-10, but no Covington or Covenant's. Perhaps the father died after the 1830 Census. No telling where Lucretia and children were living in 1840, maybe even a different county. Craven County's 1840 Census only partially constructed. Cannot find a Lucretia or Lita Surls as head of household in any of the 1840 data. Marshall Surls (Searls) was a soldier in the Civil War, CSA Infantry, 61st Regiment, Company B. On May 31, 1868, he married "Malinda" Rowe (Roe), daughter of Absolam Tuten Rowe and Fariba Rowe of Beaufort County. Marshall and wife (whose first name is spelled differently on every document: Lunida, Luvinda, Linda, Lula) resided in Chocowinity, Beaufort County. The 1870 Census says that Marshall was 44 born abt 1826. Marshal last appears in the 1880 Census born abt 1825. He disappears from records after the 1880 Census. He died they say when his youngest child, born Sept 1878, was very young. Efforts to find when he died and where he is interred are ongoing. The surname was spelled many different ways on different Censuses and other documents. Searls, Searles, Surls. The name evolved to Surles in the early part of the 20th century after Marshall's son John married Leta Jackson of Pitt County, NC. Was able to trace Marshall's maternal Roe (Rowe) and Tuten lines, all English with the exception of one Irish surname, Kennedy. The lines arrived in Virginia in the early to mid 17th century. Searles etc is also of English origin.
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Marshal Surls fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy in the 61 North Carolina Infantry. He entered the war with the rank of Private, and left with the rank of Private.
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Farm laborer
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61 North Carolina Infantry.
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Chocowinity, Beaufort County, North Carolina United States
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