-----Original Message----- >From: Lura <luraj@triad.rr.com> >Sent: Nov 13, 2007 12:07 PM >To: NCBladen-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN] Dempsey Carrol (Carrell) > >Wayne, > >Forgive my tardiness in thanking you for this additional information >regarding Dempsey Carrol/ell/oll of Sampson County. I will continue >my search for Levina JONES, who I thought might have married into the >Joneses of Bladen County. > >I wondered.... Are you related to these Carrolls? > >Also... this is a long shot.... My anti-SPAM folder threw out a letter >from someone with a long string of numbers in front of a name I didn't >recognize. That letter was never read. I just noticed about mid-way >below that your address has a long string of numbers like that. Did >you by chance write to me off list, and if you did, will you please >write again? > >Thanks, >Lura CARROLL Southard > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mwatkinson@juno.com> >To: <NCBladen-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:50 PM >Subject: [NCBLADEN] Dempsey Carrol (Carrell) > > >I'm sure the Dempsey Carroll in the 1790s court min is Sr. Dempsey >Carroll, Jr. comes in the 11 Feb 1795 court mins. > >I'm not following these family lines, and don't know who are the real >parents of Abraham Herring who had a son, Abraham Herring who is the >orphan that Dempsey Caroll, Sr. is caring for. > >15 FEBRUARY 1791, Tuesday >HERRING WILL: The last will and testament of Abraham Herring was >proved and ordered registered. > >11 FEBRUARY 1795, Wednesday >JURORS: Ordered the following persons, to wit: West Pope, Dempsey >Carroll, Jr., William Wiggins, William Peterson, Stephen Butler, >William Dollar, ------ > >13 MAY 1801, Wednesday > Ordered that Stephen King, Hardy Holmes and Benjamin Carr be a >committee to settle the estate of Abraham Herring, an orphan, with >the guardian Dempsey Carroll, and deliver the orphan to the present >guardian James Oates. > >Wayne A > >References: <20071109.112155.2016.3.mwatkinson@juno.com> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >Thank you, Wayne!! I did NOT have any record of these court items. > >Do you happen to know if this is Dempsey, Jr. or Sr.? Dempsey, Jr. >was in the militia in the Revolution. Then he settled for a while in >Sampson before going to SC and AL. It is difficult to distinguish >between Sr. and Jr. unless they are both named in the same document. >I believe Martha was married to Dempsey, Sr., but some others believe >that Martha was the wife of Dempsey, Jr. > >This seems as though the young boy, Abraham Herring, inherited land >from his deceased father, Abraham Herring. Is that what you >understand? Do you know if Abraham Herring who died was also a negro, >and if so was he a free man? Are the boy and his mother Jude, free >persons? Could a slave own land? > >Genealogy seems to find more questions than it finds answers, doesn't >it? > >Lura >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mwatkinson@juno.com> >To: <NCBladen-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:21 PM >Subject: [NCBLADEN] Dempsey Carrol (Carrell) > >Dempsey Carroll appears several times in the Sampson Court Minutes in >the 1790s related to Abraham Herring. > >13 FEBRUARY 1793, Wednesday >CARETAKER of CHILD: Ordered that Dempsey Carrell and his wife Martha >keep in their possession a Negro woman called Jude for the full >maintenance of her son, Abraham Herring. > >13 AUGUST 1794, Wednesday >ORPHAN'S LAND: Ordered that Dempsey Carroll have leave to cultivate >the cleared land belonging to the orphan of Abraham Herring, deceased, >that he keep the same in good repair, and not make use of the timber >thereon except for fencing. Also that he pay all taxes which may be >assessed. > >12 NOVEMBER 1798 >HERRING GUARDIAN: Dempsey Carroll exhibited to this court an account, >praying as guardian to a minor child of Abraham Herring, deceased, >that he be allowed payment for services done said child. Ordered >therefore he be allowed 15 pounds from the estate. > >14 FEBRUARY 1797, Tuesday >HERRING GUARDIAN: Ordered that Dempsey Carroll be allowed 36 pounds >and 4 shillings for his services as guardian to a minor child of >Abraham Herring, deceased, up to this term of court. > >Wayne A > > >------------Prior Message--------------------------------- >I think Dempsey, Sr. is the father of Alexander based on owning >adjoining property. Alexander purchased land from Dempsey, Sr. and >later sold part of it to Dempsey Carrell, Jr. and Stephen - listed as >land granted to Dempsey, Sr. Also, Demcy Carrel signed the marriage >bond for Alexander's marriage to Lucy Ryal/Royal in Duplin County in >1783. > >I think Dempsey, Sr. died around 1802 based on the fact that he was >excused from paying poll tax in 1789 because of his age. There were a >Demcy Carrol and a Demey Carrol in the 1790 census. One was likely >Dempsey, Sr. and one Dempsey, Jr. I do not find a person I believe to >be Dempsey, Sr. after 1802, but the court records do not always >distinguish between Jr. and Sr. > >I would like to learn... >- Is there an estate settlement record I have not yet found for >Dempsey, Sr. around 1802? >- Is this bond related to an estate settlement? >- Is Levina Jones the daughter of Dempsey, Sr. and the sister of >Alexander, Stephen, & Dempsey, Jr? >- Who did Levina Jones marry? > >Thanks to anyone who can help, >Lura CARROLL Southard > >