Lura... Did you know that Heritage Quest has 9 pages posted online on Dempsey Carrol and FOOTNOTE.com had 19 pages posted online on the same Dempsey Carrol... Jerome Tew -----Original Message----- >From: Lura <luraj@triad.rr.com> >Sent: Nov 13, 2007 6:03 PM >To: ncbladen@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN] Dempsey Carrol (Carrell) > >Hi Jerome, > >I received two copies of this long thread, but I could not find >anything written by you - except the heading of what would have been >your letter to the list. I always want input from you, and I still >remember how indebted I am too you and that I owe you something in >written form. I just can't seem to stop digging long enough to make >jam out of the fruit of our labor so far on these CARROLLS from >Sampson County. > >Would you post your letter again to the list? Of if it was >information specifically for me, would you send to me at >luraj@triad.rr.com ? > >Thank you, >Lura > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jdtew@earthlink.net> >To: <ncbladen@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:17 PM >Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN] Dempsey Carrol (Carrell) > > > >: >: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >: -----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 > >