Lura, I am sure we have chatted in the past regarding our Carroll line, Mine being Jesse Carroll & Mary Rachel Gavin; John Carroll and Ann "Nancy" Hollingsworth; John Durham Carroll & Zilphia Chesnutt; Martha Jane "Mattie" Carroll & Thomas Fryar all of Sampson & Duplin counties, Mattie Carroll Fryar and Thomas Absalom Dutton of Egypt, Effingham Co.GA.. Merv. & I just returned from a 3 month RV trip to the east and I found the following information in the Sampson library. Sampson County Wills 1784-1900 Carrell, Alexander 25 Feb. 1827 probate date not found Wife Lucey Carroll - Feather bed & furn.; household & kitchen furn.; livestock; all tools, during her lifetime Daughter: Rebekah Carrell - prop. given to my wife, at her death Daughter. Phanney Bridges - $1.00 Son, Weslie Carrell - $1.00 Son, Reason Carrell - $1.00 Daughter, Marayann Tedder - 2 yr. old heifer Daughter, Betsy Ann Royall - 1 heifer Rem. prop. to wife during life, then to daughter Rebekah Carrell Exec: Wife Lucey Carrell, Hardy Royal Wit: Daniel Williams, Nathan Williams, Thomas Maxwell * NC State Archives signed Alexander Carrell * indicates the location of Will Also on the same page is Jesse Carrell, Sr. 10 Mar 1802 prob. 13 Nov. 1808 John Carrell 22 May 1814 prob. 16 Aug 1814 John Carroll, Sr. 12 Jan. 1761 prob. date not found Lewis Carroll 16 July, 1872 prob. 16 Nov. 1872 Raiford Carroll 8 Sept. 1848 prob. Nov. Ct.1858 Sarah Carroll 14 Dec. 1849 prob. May ct. 1855 Notice the name is spelled Carrell, also my Jesse Carroll is also spelled Carrell Let me know if this is any help. Jackie Purdy, Shingle Springs, CA.

Jackie Purdy wrote: > Lura, I am sure we have chatted in the past regarding our Carroll line, > Mine being Jesse Carroll & Mary Rachel Gavin; John Carroll and Ann "Nancy" > Hollingsworth; John Durham Carroll & Zilphia Chesnutt; Martha Jane > "Mattie" Carroll & Thomas Fryar all of Sampson & Duplin counties, Mattie > Carroll Fryar and Thomas Absalom Dutton of Egypt, Effingham Co.GA.. Yes, Jackie, we have exchanged info, but it has been almost a year since I have given much attention to genealogy. Since the death of my wonderful husband last August, I have been busy just trying to maintain the tasks of daily living. Thank you so much for your interest and your response. I have gradually picked up bits of info on these Sampson and Duplin County, NC Carroll/Carrells. I am going to be very busy for the next two weeks, but then I will try to post some of my information. I now have Alexander Carrell's will, one land grant, and several deeds. The deeds show the names of persons who owned adjoining property. I have tried to piece together all the Carroll families, and still have not found an Alexander in any of them. However, several of them did live in the same region around Six Runs Creek, so I think they must have been related. I think there were at least 2 Carroll families - maybe more. I think some of them were in the area long before Jesse came from Granville County, NC. In fact Jesse married Rachel Gavin whose mother was supposed to have been Patience Carroll prior to her marriage to Samuel Gavin in Duplin County, NC in 1756. That is the earliest Carroll marriage I have found in that area. Folks often married cousins in those days. I have wondered if Patience may have been a sister to Jesse's father, William. One of the Sampson County Heritage books mentions that the John Carroll family came from Craven County, NC in the 1730s. I think they lived right there in the same place in 1730s. I can't find documentation on that right now, but I think that whole area was called Craven before it became New Hanover, then Duplin, then Sampson. More in a few weeks, Lura