Donna, Thanks for the reply. I will watch for your ancestors in my search. If I come across any information on Nancy DEMPSEY and Dempsey POWELL, I will let you know! Thanks, William In a message dated Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:08:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DWarnerLA@aol.com writes: > >Looking for information on a George DEMPSEY (DEMPSY) who may have been > >from Bertie or Halifax County. He was born about 1780. He married Mary > >Polly BRIGANCE. He later moved to Sumner County, TN. I noticed in the > >mid 1700s there was a George, William, and Melvin Dempsey in this county. > >In the next 2 generations, these 3 names were also in Sumner County, TN. > > I suspect the ones in Sumner County were named after the ones found earlier > >in North Carolina. I have also been told of Indian ancestry, and I noticed > >the DEMPSEY name in Bertie and Halifax counties is associated with Indian > >and/or "Free Person of Color". > > William- > > I'm sorry I do not have any concrete information (at this time) - BUT - I > would be very interested in anything you discover. I'm descended from a > Dempsey POWELL (b. ca 1740, d. 1793) who is said to have married (ca 1765) a > Nancy DEMPSEY (b. ca 1745 - d. ca 1775). Dempsey POWELL lived in Halifax Co., > NC, then Wake Co., NC and his children moved to his land grant in Bedford > Co., TN - not far from Sumner Co. (I have relatives there also.) I've been > trying to find Nancy's family and some proof of their marriage. > > By the dates you suggest for George, he would be of age to perhaps be a > nephew of Nancy - if they are related. I have not been able to discover many > DEMPSEYs in either northern NC nor southern VA - so chances that our lines > connect seem pretty good. > > If I discover anything on my end, I'll be sure to forward. I've put you in my > DEMPSEY query base. > > Good luck - hope there's a break. > Donna Warner > Los Angeles, CA > dwarnerla@aol.com > > > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > You may also explore collaterial family surnames > that you may need info to expand your data base. We can also share > interesting historical notes about an individual, family group or > location. Posting can also pertain to surrounding counties as many > people moved around in the general area. Encourage others you have > contact with to join the list,if they may have common interest in the > area. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi