When Charlotte Surrency was born on 31 March 1837, in Tattnall, Georgia, United States, her father, Jacob Demere Surrency, was 32 and her mother, Zelpha Douglass, was 23. She married Elkanah George Washington Hersey about 1857, in Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 437, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 1170, Coffee, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 August 1902, in Coffee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Roxie Mae Cemetery, Wilsonville, Coffee, Georgia, United States.