Searching for descendants of Jeremiah Pearsall. It is thought that Jeremiah Pearsall married in North Carolina (either Duplin or Sampson County) a Catharine Chestnutt. On 6 Apr 1858, he married in Pontotoc Co, MS; Francis T. Gregory, daughter of John Porter. In the 1850 census, the surname is spelled Percell, in 1860 census, the surname is spelled Pearsall and Pearsall again in 1880 (all found in Pontotoc Co, MS). He was born in North Carolina. He was a Baptist clergyman. Know children from the census records are: 1. Elizabeth thought to have married Thomas C. Flaherty on 13 Jan 1858 in Pontotoc County. 2. Lucy Pearsall, no further information. 3. Sarah E. Pearsall thought to have married William Marion Flaherty on 24 Nov 1859 in Pontotoc County. 4. Madison Pearsall thought to have married Martha Carson. It has been stated that both are buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, in Atlanta, Chickasaw Co, MS. 5. Mary Catherine Pearsall married first John C. Edward, married 2nd Reuben Gore. It has been stated that she is buried with her second husband in an unmarked grave at the Steart Cemetery, Yalobusha Co., MS. 6. Nancy Pearsall, no further information. 7. Joseph D. Pearsall married 16 Jan 1878, Pontotoc Co, MS; Anner Kale Waddell. Jeremiah Pearsall was the son of Edward Pearsall and Anne Guy of Duplin County, NC. He had siblings: a. William James Pearsall, thought to have moved to someplace in Mississippi. William James Pearsall married Charlotte Nunnery of Cumberland County on 11 Oct 1830. Charlotte died 10 Feb 1836. b. Thomas Uzzell Pearall, moved to Chickasaw Co, MS. c. Edward Oliver Pearsall, left will in Wayne Co, NC. d. John Dickson Pearsall, died in Duplin County, NC. e. Mary Pearsall, married either Haywood or Howard Glisson, Duplin County, NC. f. Susan Anne Pearsall married David Dickson Carroll, died in Wayne County, NC. Stephen Carroll Pearsall Reigelwood, NC