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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 183-186

THE MURRILL FAMILY.

Rev. H. A. Murrill, for several years in the active ministry of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, South, but at present a farmer, is connected with a list of 
very prominent ancestors, mostly of Colonial and Revolutionary stock of old 
Virginia. Most of these came from England to Virginia and took up large 
grants of land in the early days of her history.
Below are given on the paternal side the Murrills, Whittingtons and Londons 
and on the maternal side the Woodroofs, Higginbothams, Londons, McDaniels and 
Powells.

MURRILL
I.  Murrill, Goochland county, Virginia; large slave holder.
2. Cornelius Murrill I, opposed to slavery; disinherited.
3. Cornelius Murrill II, moved to Nelson county, 1794; thence to Bedford 
county, 1818.
4. Charles Murrill, born 1791, died 1836, fought in War of 1812; was married 
December 15, 1829, to Eliza Anne Whittington, of Bedford.
5.  Samuel Leroy Murrill, born August 5, 1835, Bedford county; attended New 
London Academy; fought in war between the States in Second Virginia Cavalry; 
was married to Virginia Daniel Woodroof, of Amherst, 1866. His children are 
as follows:
Ashby Murrill, M. E. of the V. P. I., now civil engineer.
William Alphonso Murrill, M. S. of the V. P. I.; A. M. of Randolph Macon, and 
Ph. D. of Cornell, and director of New York Botanical Garden; editor of 
Mycologia: author of North American Flora.
Minnie Douglass Murrill, attended Bowling Green, R. M. W. C. and Sage, New 
York. Librarian, teacher.
Howard Aggassiz Murrill, attended R. M. Academy and V. P. I. Fourteen years' 
active work in Baltimore Conference M. E. Church, South.
Anna Eliza Murrill, B. S. of W. F. I. and library school of Atlanta. 
Librarian Agricultural Hall, V. P. I.
Virginia Woodroof Murrill, B. S. of W. F. I.; married Ar-thur Johnson, M. E., 
of Columbia.
Samuel Pitt Murill, M. S. of V. P. I., M. A. of Columbia. Superintendent of 
Schools, Bedford, Va.
Howard Agassiz Murrill, married to Elizabeth Ruth George, of Greenbrier, 
March 14, 1899. His children as follows: Winston Woodroof, Edwin London, 
Victoria Gwynne, William Alfonso, Isabel George, Julian Jarrett, Virginia 
McDaniel and James Higginbotham.

WOODROOF.
1. David Woodroof, of England; married Anne ____ ; came to Spottsylvania 
county, Virginia; took up grant of land in St. Margaret's Parish, December 3, 
1733.
2. David Woodroof II, captain in Revolutionary war; married Clara Powell.
3. David Woodroof III, married Judith McDaniel, of Am-herst county.
4. Winston Woodroof, married Frances Jane London.
5. Virginia Daniel Woodroof, born Amherst county, 1837; educated at Hollins; 
married to Samuel Leroy Murrill, of Bedford.
6. Howard A. Murrill.

HIGGINBOTHAM.
1.  John Higginbotham, of England; coat of arms dates to 927 A. D.
2.  James Higginbotham, Amherst; colonel in Revolutionary war.
3.  Tirzah Anne Higginbotham, married John London of Amherst.
4.   Frances Jane London, married Winston Woodroof, of Amherst.
5.  Virginia Daniel Woodroof.
6.  Howard A. Murrill.

WHITTINGTON.
1.  _______ Whittington, from England.
2.  Stark Whittington, of Amherst; married Elizabeth London, daughter of John 
London.
3.  Eliza Anne Whittington, married Charles Murrill, of Bed-ford.
4.  Samuel Leroy Murrill.
5.  Howard A. Murrill.

LONDON.
1. _______ London, in England; married a Winifree
2. James London, from England; married  ________ Turner.
3. John London, Amherst, Va.; married Tirza Anne Higginbotham.
4. Frances Jane London, married Winston Woodroof.
5. Virginia Daniel Woodroof
6. Howard A. Murrill

McDANIEL.
I.  George McDaniel, Scotland, 1600.
2.  John McDaniel, Amherst county, Virginia.
3.  Judith McDaniel, married David Woodroof III, of Amherst.
4  Winston Woodroof.
5.  Virginia D. Woodroof.
6.  Howard A. Murrill.

POWELL.
1.  Robert Davis, married Nicotah Huse, niece of John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
2.  Abadiah Davis, married William Floyd, first settler of Amherst.
3.  Sarah Floyd, aunt of Governor John Floyd; married Wyatt Powell.
4.  clara Powell, married David Woodroof II, and she had a brother who acted 
as Governor of Virginia for thirty days until Argall's arrival; massacred by 
Indians in 1622.
5.  David Woodroof III, married Judith McDaniel.
6.  Winston Woodroof.
7.  Virginia Daniel Woodroof.
8.  Howard A. Murrill.
Elizabeth Ruth Murrill, wife of Rev. H. A. Murrill, is the daughter of H. H. 
George and Margaret Jarrett George, of Greenbrier, whose history on the 
George and Jarrett side will be found in another part of this book.