Sometimes land transfers are better explained in Land Tax records. I am not familiar with the NC Land Tax records, but you might give it a try. At 12:56 PM 11/19/2003, you wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >I am exploring whether or not my Mary Harrell b. ca 1780 was the daughter of >a Lemuel Harrell and his wife Elizabeth Hargrove. I already have all of >these >folks living within a few miles of each other, etc. in Eure, Gates Co. NC. > >Lemuel Harrell died around 1782 and his wife married (2) Lewis Sparkman, who >in 1798 was chosen as guardian by one Mary Harrell. Lemuel & Elizabeth had >only two daughters, one of whom was a Mary. In the probate records (files, >affadavits, etc.) I obtained at the NC State Archives, there is a notation >that >Lemuel's property was to be divided between his two daughters. > >In 1800 possible daughter Mary Harrell married Mills Landing, who already had >property of his own. That property of Mills, who died intestate in 1802/3, >was sold by his daughter and only child, Elizabeth (Landing) Marsh in 1823 - >matching deeds, location, description, acreage, etc. -- and no further >sales by >her have been found. > >After Mills Landing died, his wife Mary married Uriah Eure, Jr. Am I >correct in assuming that throughout both marriages, if my Mary Harrell >were the >daughter of Lemuel Harrell and Elizabeth Hargrove, she would have maintained >ownership of the land inherited from her father after his death, and >therefore I >should be able to find a deed/estate trail somewhere later down the >line? If >Mary (Harrell) Landing Eure died intestate, would the land be divided equally >among all her children, with her husband getting a dower? > >I have found no will or probate records for Mary Eure that fits as a Uriah >Eure's wife, but I have not examined deeds for much beyond 1810. > >Thanks in advance. As you can see, I am considering possibilities for >further research avenues and exploring the path of this piece of land >seems to hold >promise, although my still incomplete efforts in finding the identity of all >the holders of ten shares of the estate of Nicholas Robertson, d. 1794, in >Granville Co. suggests this will be something of a task. > >Best Regards, >Janet Hunter > > > > >==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== >USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237