I didn't. After I got your message I tried both but was unsuccessful in viewing the 9 and 19 pages. I don't have a subscription to footnote.com but I do have a library no. to access Heritage Quest. Wayne On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:20:16 -0700 (GMT-07:00) jdtew@earthlink.net writes: > > Lura and Wayne... > > 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 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 > >com�mittee to settle the estate of Abraham Herring, an orphan, > with > >the guar�dian 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 ex�cept 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 Her�ring, 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCBLADEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message