Gates Co. Marriage Bonds Incomplete List from The Harrell Book, Family of Samuel, 1811, Gates Co., N. Carolina by Emily Theresa Harrold Withers (1944), daughter of Eber Shaw Harrold (Harrell) typewritten, unpaged, additions made 1965, in DAR Library, Washington, D.C. - Records transcribed c. 1965 by Meg Harrell, wife of Evans Malott Harrell, Sr.



(only early ones before 1820 were copied by Mary Edith "Meg" Harrell of Cincinnati, Ohio)

County Name Marriage Date Name Bondsman

Reference

Bertie Co. Christian Harrell Feb. 27, 1770 Thomas Trotman In Chowan Co.
Bertie Co. John Harrell Dec. 22, 1785 Mary Barfield
Bertie Co. Josiah Harrell Dec. 13, 1777 Mary Ann Gardner
Chowan Co. Elizabeth Harrell Apr. 15, 1835 John Whitehead
Chowan Co. ? Gring Harrell Aug. 23, 1790 Elizabeth Kittrell Bertie Co. written on side
Chowan Co. ? Henry Harrell Mar. 10, 1788 Annis or Anneis Davis Bertie Co. written on side
Chowan Co. John Harrell Jan. 9, 1788 Margaret A. Miller Chowan Co.
Chowan Co. ? Zachariah Harrell Sep. 10, 1764 Martha Everitt Edgecombe Co. written on side
Edgecombe Co. (Meg notes more records after 1835 were not copied)
Gates Co. Abraham Harrell

Of Nansemond Co., VA

Dec. 7, 1793 Priscilla Parker
Gates Co. Abraham Harrell Dec. 17, 1803 Mary Briggs David Harrell
Gates Co. Aron Harrell Apr. 30, 1813 Mary Askyou
Gates Co. Aron Harrell Apr. 8, 1809 Penelope Piland
Gates Co. Charles Harrell Nov. 27, 1806 Mary Carter Abraham Harrell
Gates Co. David Harrell Jan. 15, 1787 Celia Hunter
Gates Co. David Harrell Mar. 25, 1790 Smith Hurdle
Gates Co. David Harrell Nov. 1796 Ann Galline Dempsey Harrell
Gates Co. Dempsey Harrell No Date Janice Rountree Peter Harrell
Gates Co. Eli Harrell Jan. 3, 1804 Charity Boyd Dempsey Harrell
Gates Co. Elias Harrell

Of Nansemond Co.

Sep. 29, 1780 Christian Rountree

of Gates Co.

Job Harrell of Nansemond Co.
Gates Co. Elisha Harrell Dec. 18, 1786 Pinnina Evre Peter Harrell
Gates Co. Henry Harrell Mar. 28, 1786 Milley Spivey
Gates Co. Jacob Harrell Apr. 1, 1797 Esther Lassiter
Gates Co. Jesse Harrell, Jr. Mar. 8, 1802 Lidia Pierce
Gates Co. Jesse Harrell, Jr. Nov. 4, 18?? Sarah Hayes Elisha Harrell
Gates Co. Jethro Harrell Dec. 30, 1812 Nancy Tr?eth?
Gates Co. Jethro Harrell Dec. 29, 1812 Judith Taylor
Gates Co. Jethro Harrell June 9, 1824 Nancy Jones
Gates Co. John Harrell Dec. 26, 1796 Trisa Puam? or Pisam?
Gates Co. John Harrell June 16, 1813 Peggy Tallington
Gates Co. Josiah Harrell Sept. 26, 1788 Julia Fryor
Gates Co. Moses Harrell Nov. 5, 1813 Salley Harrell Jethro Harrell
Gates Co. Noah Harrell Aug.11, 1787 Mary Riddick
Gates Co. Peter Harrell, Jr. Dec. 5, 1796 Martha Williams Peter Harrell, Sr.
Gates Co. Samuel Harrell Aug. 6, 1798 Sarah Riddick *
Gates Co. Samuel Harrell May 30, 1781 Elvey Riddick * David Harrell
Gates Co. Theophilus Harrell Oct. 26, 1797 Mary Gwinn
Gates Co. Thomas Harrell Aug. 11, 1801 Nancy Eure Dempsey Harrell
Gates Co. William Harrell Apr. 20, 182- Margaret Lee Elisha Harrell
Gates Co. William Harrell July 23, 1805 Peggy Eure
Gates Co. William Harrell Sept. 21, 1805 Elizabeth Felton Fred Jones





Other Notes from the Harrell Book:



c. p. 5 letter of Samuel Runnels Harrell to Mrs. Withers... "my grandfather came from Wythe Co., Va. and it was always said that his parents came from N. Carolina to Virginia" [He also recounted the story of Madame Marie Harrell who invented Camembert Cheese who has not been shown to be an ancestor.] Letter written about 1944.



Line (prob. of Mrs. Withers).

Name Birth Date Location Death Location Comment
Samuel Harrell c 1663 Kent, England c 1753 Original purchases of Harrell Farm
James Harrell 1708 on farm 1790 planter, merchant and storekeeper
Samuel Harrell 1750 on the farm near Sunbury 1828 planter and slave owner, soldier in the Revolution
James or Hames Harrell 1792 Sunbury, NC 1858 near Harrelsville, NC A brother of Abner for whom the town was named. James soldier War of 1812.
William Bernard Harrell 1823 Suffolk, VA 1906 Dunn, NC





Name Location Date Reference Spouse Other
Samuel Harrell

(Most, if not all of Samuel's children well delineated. None went to Wythe Co., VA)

Of Gates Co., NC Signed Feb. 13, 1811 Will Book 2, pp. 53-55 Salley Harrell, spouse 3 youngest sons:

Willis, Andrew & Isaac

5 youngest children:

Henry, Willis, Andrew, Elizabeth & Isaac

Named:

Son William, daughter Mary, son Noah, son Abner, son James, son Joseph, daughter Nancy, son Henry, sons William & Noah executors

Noah Harrell For Noah, see Tylers Cyclopedia of Va., Biography, vol. 4, p. 560 (1915)
Abner Harrell See Col. & State Hist. of Hertford Co., NC by Benjamin B. Winborne (1906)
William Harrell Dec. 26, 1833* See Wrenn Woodward by Mary Middleton Wrenn, Library of Congress
Mary Harrell Dec. 6, 1825 marriage John Wilson no issue
James Harrell this book
Joseph Harrell Estate sold 5 Dec. 1820
Nancy Harrell never married
Samuel Harrell May 30, 1781 marriage Elvey Riddick
William Harrell * Dec. 26, 1833 Elizabeth Son William H. Harrell

land formerly Henry Harrell's

sons James A., William H ** & James A. Harrell Executors.

William H. Harrell ** Gates Co., NC Sept. 21, 1805 marriage Elizabeth Felton
Samuel Harrell Chowan Co. 1761 Will rec. Wills 1694-1808 Son William, son Isaac, son Abraham, son Samuel, daughter Rachel Harrell, daughter Martha Harrell, rest to wife.

Sons William & Isaac executors. Witnesses Josiah Cranberry, Demsey Harrell, James Casten

William Harrell Chowan Co. 1762 Will Elizabeth Wife Elizabeth, son Samuel, brother Abraham to take care of son Samuel till he comes of age, other children mentioned, but not by name. Abraham Harrell, executor.