Husband: Jacob SARRELL
Birthdate: 1792
Birthplace: Bertie CO, North Carolina
Death date: April 27, 1869
Place of death: Bastrop County, Texas
Father:
Mother

Marriage date: Abt. 1820
Marriage place: Bertie CO, North Carolina

Wife: Susan SWAIN
Birthdate: 1794
Birthplace: Bertie County, North Carolina
Death date: September 08, 1867
Place of death: Bastrop County, Texas
Burial: 1867, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Red Rock, Bastrop CO, TX
Father: James SWAIN
Mother: Winnefred

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary A (2) SARRELL (1)
Birthdate: 1822
Birthplace: NC
Death date: September 27, 1868
Place of death:
Burial: Old Red Rock Cemetery, Red Rock, Bastrop CO, TX
Spouse's name:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:

Child No. 2: Eliza SORRELL
Birthdate: April 12, 1824
Birthplace: TN
Death date: August 22, 1850
Place of death: Hemphill
Burial:
Spouse's name: James Byrd HEMPHILL (1815-1879)
Marriage date: July 30, 1840
Marriage place: SEVIER CO, ARK

Child No. 3: James S. SARRELL
Birthdate: April 27, 1827
Birthplace: Tennesse
Death date: February 14, 1873
Place of death: Bastrop CO, TX (1)
Spouse's name: Amanda Melvine STONE (1829-WFT Est. 1852-1923) (1)
Marriage date: April 29, 1847
Marriage place:

Child No. 4: Sarah Frances SORRELL (1)
Birthdate: April 22, 1829
Birthplace: Tennesse (1)
Death date: September 12, 1867
Place of death: Bastrop CO, TX (1)
Burial: 1867, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX
Spouse's name: William Eusebius STONE (1) (1828-WFT Est. 1846-1918) (1)
Marriage date: January 01, 1847
Marriage place: Sevier Co, AR (1)

Child No. 5: Nathaniel Nathias SORRELL (1)
Birthdate: December 18, 1831
Birthplace: Haywood County, Tennesse (1)
Death date: June 25, 1888
Place of death: Bastrop CO, TX (1)
Burial: 1888, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX
Spouse's name: (1) Mary A Rowe; (1839-1868) (2) Delilah P Awalt (1843-1914)
Marriage date: (2) Bef. 1866
Marriage place:

Child No. 6: William Leonidas SORRELLs (1)
Birthdate: March 05, 1835
Birthplace: Tennessee (1)
Death date: January 22, 1908
Place of death: Bastrop CO, TX (1)
Burial: 1908, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX
Spouse's name: Ellen D. Bradford; (1838-1892)
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
 
 
Documentation:
NOTES for Jacob SARRELL:
MaidSTONE Freedman list in Kent
Thomas Sorrill 1727
Hugh SWAIN 1727

1757 Bertie Co, NC tax list
Thomas Sorrill - 1
There are several SORRELL's in Bertie County NC on the 1790 census: page 15
SORRELL, Nancy............................0-1 -2 -1 -2 -6 page 15
SORRELL, Benjamin.......................1-0 -2 -0 -0 -3 page 15
SORRELL, Luis................................1-3 -1 -0 -5 -10 page 15
SORREL, Matthew..........................1-0 -1 -0 -0 -2 page 15
SMITHWICK, Jno..........................1-5-1-0-1
STONE, William...........................1-2-2-0-0
STONE, Solomon........................1-6-2-0-0
STONE, Sparkman......................1-0-0-0-0
SMITHWICK, John........................2-1 -1 -0 -5 -9 page 15
SWAIN, Richard..............................3-1-2-0-3 Edington District
SWAIN, Henrietta..............................0-1-4-0-4
SWAIN, Elizabeth.........................1-2-4-0-12
1798 Tax: David STONE, Hodges Harrell, Isom Harrell, George Harrell, James Harrell, Jacob Harrell, Benjamin Harrell, Lewis Harrell, James Harrell, Will Sowell, Worley Sowell, Luke SMITHWICK
1800 SORRELL Thomas 00100 0001000 He's 16-26 shes 26-45
1800 Bertie Co, NC: 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45up
7475 21 SORREL Thomas 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bertie
7475 22 SORREL James " 2 3 " 1 - 1 1 2 " 1 " 2 Bertie
7475 26 SORREL Benjamin 1 " " 1 " - 2 1 " 1 " " 1 Bertie
7475 27 SORREL Ezekial 2 " 1 " " - " " 1 " " 1 " Bertie
7475 28 SORREL John, Senr 2 1 " " 1 - 1 " 1 1 " " " Bertie
7475 30 SORREL Lewis 2 1 " 1 " - 1 " " 1 " " " Bertie
7475 24 STONE Benjamin " 1 " " 1 - " " " 1 1 " 2 Bertie
7475 29 STONE Jesse " " 1 " " - 2 " 1 " " " " Bertie
7677 2 STONE Edward 2 " " 1 " - 1 " " 1 " " " Bertie
7879 1 STONE David 1 " " 1 " 2 " 2 " " " 53 Bertie
7879 9 STONE William " " 2 " " " " " 1 1 " 1 Bertie
7677 19 SWAIN Richard 3 1 " 1 " 2 " " 1 " " 1 Bertie
7677 22 SWAIN William " " 2 " " 2 " " 1 " " 10 Bertie
7677 28 SWAIN Henrietta " " 1 " " " " 2 " 1 " 9 Bertie
7677 20 SMITHWICK William 1 " " 1 " " " 1 " " " 8 Bertie
7677 21 SMITHWICK Luke " " 1 " " " " " " " 1 3 Bertie
7677 23 SMITHWICK Lanier " " 1 " " " " 1 " " " 9 Bertie
7677 26 SMITHWICK John " 1 " 1 " 1 1 " 1 " " 11 Bertie
7677 29 SMITHWICK Mary 3 2 1 " " " " " 1 " " 1 Bertie
1810 Bertie Co, NC (10) (16) (26) (45) (+45)
46 17 SOWELL John 1 2 0 1 0 - 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
46 24 SMITHWICK Lenard 2 0 0 1 2 - 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
49 23 STONE Edward 0 1 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
50 8 SORRELL Rhoda 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
50 9 SORRELL Ann 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
50 12 HARRELL John 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
50 35 STONE Sparkman 1 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
51 9 HARRELL James 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
51 10 HARRELL Isaac 0 0 1 0 1 - 1 0 1 4 1 0 0
51 11 HARRELL Jas 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
51 12 HARRELL Job 3 0 0 1 0 - 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
51 13 HARRELL Josiah 3 0 0 1 0 - 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
52 36 STONE Benjm 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
52 38 SOWELL Mrs 1 1 1 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
53 6 SOWELL Ezekial 3 1 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 0 1 0
53 20 STONE Solomon 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 36 SWAIN Whitmell 1 0 1 1 0 - 2 0 2 0 0 0 11
54 18 HARRELL Hodges 0 0 2 2 0 - 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
54 23 HARRELL George 4 0 0 1 0 - 3 0 0 1 0 0 10
54 28 HARRELL Powell 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
54 34 HARRELL Thomas 4 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
54 35 HARRELL Jer'h 3 0 0 1 0 - 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
54 37 HARRELL Arthur 0 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 3 HARRELL James 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 4 HARRELL James Sr 0 0 1 0 1 - 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
55 5 HARRELL Geo D 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 10 HARRELL Henry 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 2 0 12
55 14 HARRELL Christopher 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
58 11 HARRELL Gabriel 2 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 1 1 0 0 16
58 13 HARRELL Josiah 1 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
58 34 SWAIN Richard 1 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
58 38 SWAIN Annerette 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
64 31 SMITHWICK Edmond 3 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 0 33
67 14 STONE Zedekiah 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
1812 War-
SORRELL JACOB 1 REG'T (MCCOT'OR'S) NORTH CAROLINA MIL. PRIVATE PRIVATE 195 602
SORRELL JETHRS 1 REG'T (MCCOTTOR'S) NORTH CAROLINA MIL. PRIVATE PRIVATE 195 602
SORRELL THOMAS 1 REG'T (MCCOTTOR'S) NORTH CAROLINA MIL. PRIVATE PRIVATE 195 602
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1820 Bertie co NC page 106 u10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45 up, u10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45up
Jacob SORRELL 100100 20010000 he 16-26 slaves m-2 u14, 1 26-45 fem 1 14-26 1ov45
Thomas SORRELL 200010 10010000 he 26-45 one female slave under 26
page 104 SWAIN, Annarta
page 104 SWAIN, Whitmill
Harrell: Amos, Elisha, Elizabeth, Hodges, Isxaac, James, Jobe, Joseph, Josiah, Lewis, Meady, Penelope, Powell, Thomas, Winford,
Henry, Jamimiah, Joseph, Sarah, William W
1830 Bertie co NC
HARRELL, Elisha 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
343 SOWELL, Milley 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
344 HARRELL, Shadrack 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
347 HARRELL, Jeremiah 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
347 HARRELL, Powell 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
348 HARRELL, Joshua 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
page 365 William SORRELL 1121001(40-50) 210101(30-40) probably Sowell
page 365 Edward SORRELL 110001(30-40) 00001(20-30)
page 365 John SORRELL 010001(30-40) 211001(30-40) probably Sowell
page 369 Elizabeth SORRELL 011 (10-15) 0111001(40-50)
page 369 James SWAIN 100001(30-40) 10001(20-30)
page 369 John SWAIN 10001(20-30) 010001(30-40)
page 370 SWAIN, Amelia
Harrell: Amos, Davie, George, Hmerick, James, Jconiah, Jobe, Josiah, Lucy, Noah, Powell, Reddick. Sally, Samuel, Sarah, Shadrack
1830 Henderson Co, TN
Jacob SORRELL 1 (James) 00111 (Jacob) 0000000 2 (Eliza & Sarah) 1 (Mary) 0001 (Susan) He's 30-40
HOT SPRINGS AR
SORRELS, Riley 004 1830 Ar. Territory
SORRELLS, WILLIAM R. 004 1834 Ar. Territory
SORRELLS, WILLIAM R. 004 1835 Ar. Territory
SORRELL, Jacob HOT 1837 Ar. Territory
SORRELLS, WILLIAM R. 003 1836 Ar. Territory
SORRELs, Jacob 1838 Lawrence Co, AR
Sevier Co AR 1840
Sorrills, Jacob 1110001 0012001 they are aged 40-50
Neighbors are Edwin Hardin, Reubin Ratliff, Allen Taylor
Sevier Co AR 1841 Jackson TWP Jacob SORRELLs
Sevier Co marriages
HEMPHILL, James - Eliza SORRELL, July 30, 1840, by L.B. Moore, JP, B1-9
STONE (STOW?), Wm. E. (19) - Sara Francis SORRELLS (18), Jan 28, 1847 by James M. McDonald, JP, B1-98
STONE, Uriah (26) - Martha A. STEPHENSON (near 18), Nov. 18, 1848 by Samuel E. Pearce, MG, B1-128
SORRELS, Randolph (22) - Polly L. BAGGS (14), Sept. 18, 1845, consent of Robert Baggs, lawful father of said Polly L. Baggs, by Chas. Pettigrew, JP, B1-83
SARLES (SORRELLS), James S. (18) - Amanda M. ROBINSON (18), Apr. 29, 1847, by James M. McDonald, JP, B1-103 Clark Co, AR marriages
SORRELLs, Pascal C wed Rebecca Brewer 10/17/1830 Clark Co AR (1850 Scott Co, AR page 146 Paschal SORRELLs 20 AR, Eliza 16 AR)(280 James SORRELLs 44 GA, Mary 35 GA, Samuel 19 AR, Electa 15 AR, Grandison 12, Dorcas 11 AR, Cintha 10 AR, James W 8 AR, Washington 2 AR)
SORRELs Mary wed Benjamin Hardin 9/7/1832 Clark Co, AR
SORRELLs, Samuel W wed Loucinda Holder 1/4/1849 Clark Co, AR
1850 SWAIN THOMAS E. Bertie County NC 039
1850 Hot Springs AR:
400/417 SARRELL William 46 m GA, Lucretia 27 Unkn, Samuel 11 AR, Thomas 7 AR, Tamar C 1 AR
1850 Drew Co AR, Bartholmew township:
228 STONE Eli 34 Farmer TN, Elizabeth 27 TN, Jane Denton 80 SC, Sarah J STONE 11 Mi, Joel 9 MI, Benjamin 8 MI, Isaac 7 MI, Jacob 5 Mi, Martha E 3 Mi, Samuel 1 Mi
1850 Sevier Co, AR page 191:
#64 SORRELLs Jacob 60 planter 28,000 NC, Susan 60 f NC, Mary 28 f NC, Nathaniel 19 m farmer TN, Leonidas 15 m TN,
#65 James 25 m farmer AR, Amanda 20 f AR, Bascomb 3 m AR, Eugene 3 f AR
71 71 HEMPHILL, Andrew 48 m Planter 22500 Ga,
" Margret 38 f Ms,
" James 24 m Farmer Ar,
" Robert 15 m Farmer Ar,
" Mary J. 12 f Ar,
" Margret 9 f Ar,
" John J. 7 m Ar,
" Zackry T. 2 m Ar,
Lewis, Harrison 26 m Teacher 3400 Ga
72 72 STONE, Euseline 22 m Farmer Tn,
" Sarah F. (SORRELL) 21 f Tn,
" Mary E. 2 f Ar,
" Susan 3/12 f Ar
85 85 WYATT, James 53 m Farmer SC,
" Sally A. 17 f Ar,
" William D. 13 m Ar,
" Zaney 11 m Ar,
" Lanetta 8 f A,
" Mildred 4 f Ar
140 140 STONE, Fountain 40 m planter Tn.,
" Ann Maria (McDonald) 40 f Tn.,
" Bradly 18 m Tn,
" Mary A. 16 f Tn. ,
" Arcada 16 f Tn.,
" WYATT 7 m Ar,
" Thomas 5 m Ar.,
" Pateric Henry 1 m Ar.
1860 Bastrop Co, TX pct 9 p281
630 Jacob Sarall 69 farmer NC, Susan 65 NC, Nancy HEMPHILL 12 AR
SORREL, JACOB
Land Office: WASHINGTON Sequence #:
Document Number: 4234 Total Acres: 160
M Issue Date: March 01, 1843
Remarks: ASSIGNEE OF ROBERT B PEARCE
13S, 31W, 22 and 23
SORRELL, JACOB
Land Office: WASHINGTON Sequence #:
Document Number: 4365 Total Acres: 80
Issue Date: May 01, 1845
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 E½NE 5TH PM No 12S 32W 33
SORRELL, JACOB
Land Office: WASHINGTON Sequence #:
Document Number: 4377 Total Acres: 80
Issue Date: May 01, 1845
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 S½NE 5TH PM No 13S 31W 22
SORRELL, JACOB
Land Office: WASHINGTON Sequence #:
Document Number: 6595 Total Acres: 80
Issue Date: October 1, 1856
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 N½SW 5TH PM No 13S 31W 26
On 18 Aug 1818 heirs of Thomas SORRELs received a Tennessee Grant for 640 acres, # 7636, for military service by Thomas SORREL to North Carolina, Warrant No. 2961, dated 20 Sep 1785 and entered 19 Aug 1807 by No. 229. Granted to the heirs of Thomas SORRELs, land in Bedford Co., TN, on waters of Rock Creek. Surveyed 6 Jan 1807 (Bedford Co. Deed Bk J: 16).
Therefore, this Thomas SORRELLs, who completed military service in NC, was dead by Aug 1818. Sherry Finchums, another SORRELLs researcher, is fairly certain that the Thomas SORREL of the NC Land Grant was the same one as killed in military service on 16 Sep 1778. He enlisted in Pt. Blount's Company NC Regiment 20 Jul 1778 and served 9 months. The military warrant #2961 for 640 acres was issued in the Middle District to the Heirs of Thomas SORREL and surveyed 8 Aug 1792. It was not recorded as a Land Grant until 15 Sep 1815, but it is the same land. The deed is not registered in Bedford Co., TN until 18 Aug 1818.
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Possible relatives:
Edward Howcut to George Barlow, merchant. 100 pds. for 100 acres "being part of the Estate of William Downing, Jun., late of Boston in New England & sold to Edward Howcutt, father of the afs'd. Ed. by Mary Howcutt relict of John Howcutt & heir at law to above William Downing" on Mill Creek adj. William Beecham, William Hooker to Chowan R. Wit. Joseph SORRELL, Aaron Oliver, Moses Oliver. Nov. 7, 1754 Bertie Co.
Bertie Co., NC
Records of Estates, Bertie County, NC 1788-1800, transcribed: pg 90
(459) Ann SORRELL
Inventory Feb 14, 1798 by James SORRELL. Administration grtd. James SORRELL, Feb 15, 1798. Account of sale March 1, 1798
Buyers:
Benjamin SORRELL
John SORRELL
Demsey Sowell
William SORRELL
James SORRELL, Sr.
Account current Aug. 1, 1799 with the admr., in which accounts were paid to Elizabeth Fairless, Samuel Haste, Thomas Brownrigg, James Morgain, and Walter McFarlane. Division of property ordered, Aug, 1803. Division od estate undated among the children of the dec'd: 1 William SORRELL, John SORRELL, Edward SORRELL, James SORRELL, Benjamin SORRELL, and Elizabeth Askew.
Pg. 21
(104)Thomas Cochran
Inventory Aug 8, 1798 by Charlton Witherington. Account of sales Aug 30, 1798, Aug 32, 1798 and Sep 8, 1798 Buyers:
James SORRELL
Dempsey Sowel
Mrs. Elizabeth Cochran
Jane Cochran
John SORRELL his part of John Cochran's estate
Ann SORRELL
James SORRELL
Deposition (Feb 11, 1801) by Aaron Spivey, noting that in 1792 or 1793 Patrick Garvey and Thomas Cochran settled an account of goods.
Record also mentions John Young, a merchant at Pitch Landing on Wiccoan Creek. James SORRELL was apptd. Gdn. of the orphans Mary, Edward, and Thomas Cochran, Nov 12, 1798. Elizabeth Cochran was appointed gdn. of the orphan Sarah Cochran, Feb 11, 1799.
Edward Cochran was apptd. Gdn. of the orphan Thomas Cochran, Aug 8, 1803. Miles Rayner was apptd. Gdn. of the orphan Thomas Cochran, Feb 11, 1805. James Allen was apptd. Gdn. of the orphan.The dec'd. left a widow Elizabeth Cochran who received negros…….
Statement (Oct 1810) by Thomas Cochran, saying the widow Elizabeth Cochran had married secondly William Wilson who had since died, and Elizabeth had predeceased the said Wilson.
Records of Estates, Bertie Co., NC 1734-1788 Volume II, Loose Estate Papers pg 23-24
(88) Catherine (X) Fry (C/30) 18 Dec 1781 Feb Ct 1782
“…being weak in body…” Son Thomas Cochran-five shillings, Daughter Sarah Cochran-Negroes Madge and Alve, a loom, bed, looking glass, “faulling leaf table”, etc. Son John Cochran-mare, bed, desk, etc. To Nancy Loyd and Mary Loyd-small puter dish to each and a cow.
Remaining estate to be divided between my daughter Sarah Cochran and mary Sorel and John Cockran.
Bertie Co., NC
(1120) page (535) Catharine Frye
Account of sale Apr 5, 1782 by James Wilson and Robert Hendry Buyers:
Thos. Sowell
James SORRELL
Thomas Cochran
Sarah Cochran

Records of Estes, Bertie Co., NC 1734-1788
(147) John Cochran
Administration grtd. Thomas Cochran, Aug 20, 1787. Account current for 1787 and 1788 (files Nov 1794) by the admr., mentions a balance of money of which each legatee must have ¼. Account of sale (undated) by the admr. Buyers:
Thomas Cochran
James SORRELL
David Askew
(223) Catherine Fry
Inventory Dec 22, 1781, Inventory May 14, 1782 by James Wilson and Robert Hendry. Account of sale May 19, 1787. Buyers were John Cochran, Lewis Outlaw and James SORRELL. Division of estate Apr 5, 1782 among Sarah Cochrane, James SORRELL for his wife, and John Cochrane. Account of sale Apr 5, 1782 Buyers:
Joseph SORRELL
John Cochran
James Willson for Thomas Sowell
Thomas Cochran
1788-1800
(492) Edward Turner
This file contains information relative to a suit by James Turner (exr. Of the dec'd) and Thomas Cochran, July 26, 1792. File also contains the deposition (July 26, 1792) by Ann SORRELL, stating she heard Elizabeth Sowell say she wanted to carry Negro boy Hardy with her after she married Edward Turner, but Edward said the Negro was property of Thomas Cochran. This file also contains a similar deposition (dated July 26, 1792) by Jane Cochran.
Bertie Co., NC 1800 Census:
74 James SORRELL 02301-112-1-02 slaves
Bertie Co., NC Will Abstracts 1797-1816
(83) James (X) SORRELL (E/170) 23 Jul 1802 Aug Ct. 1802
“…sick and weak in body…”
Wife Ann SORRELL-all my lands and plantations, stock, hogs, etc., for her lifetime, and at her death it shall be divided as follows: 1 son Thomas SORRELL-my plantation and land where my mother formerly lived 2 son John SORREL-land and plantation I bought of James Askew and the lands I bought of the executor of Jason Lassiter, dec'd; 3 daughter Janey SORRELL-my lot in Colerain; 4 daughters Janey SORRELL and Milley SORRELL-my manor plantation where I now live, as well as the lands I bought of Demsey Hail, but Milley is to have the half where my house not stands; (5) son Thomas SORRELL-bed and lands already given him when he is twenty-one. Wife Ann-personal estate not already mentioned, including Negroes Toney, Flory and Dilley.
Witness:
Jane Cochran, Charlton (X) Hast, Abraham (X) Pettijohn, James (X) Morgain
Page 542: Book BB:
Division of the land of James SORRELL dec'd was returned to this court by the persons appointed to divide it. Ordered that the same by registered. August Term 1826
(Illustration of plot of land sectioned of in parts).
In obedience to an order hereto annexed from the worshipful county court of Bertie we the subscribers have met and divided the land between the heirs of James SORREL, Dec'd agreeable to the above plott that is to say (poles an calls, etc.)…. Eleven acres valued at thirty-three dollars allotted to Jacob Perry and Milley his wife they paying to the heirs of Jacob and Jane Perry five dollars & fifty cents makin their dividend equal to twenty-seven dollars and 50 cents. (calls, etc.) 11 acres valued at twenty two dollars allotted to the heirs of Jacob and Jane Perry they receiving from Jacob Perry and Milly his wife the sum of five dollars and fifty cents makin their dividend equal to twenty seven dollars and 50 cents. (calls,etc.) Eleven acres valued at Twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents allotted to John SORRELL it being his equal dividend. This document lists the name of Thomas SORRELL as the dec'd once then another time and then is marked through to reflect James. ( actually James-Thomas is marked through in one place. )
The index on the cover of original Divison of James SORRELL land
Notation: James SORRELL, dec'd
First Page-looks like a pen was taken to change James to Tomas
Final notation: Thomas-marked through to say James
Also in May Term 1826:
Jacob Perry & wife at allies vs Jacob & Jane Perrys heirs: Petition for Land Division--Ordered that James Wilson, James Freeman, Silas Wilson, peter White and Edward Brantley or any three of them divide the land of Thomas SORRELL dec'd according to the Payer of the Petitioner and they they make return to our next county court.
33 acres valued at 82 dollars & fifty cents allotted to the Heirs of Jacob & Jane Perry, Dec'd.
33 acres valued at 82 dollars & fifty cents allotted to John SORRELLs .
(Plotted map included)
In obedience to an order hereto annext from the worshipful count court of Bertie, We the subscribers have met and divided the land belonging to the Heirs of Thomas SORRELL, Dec'd agreeable to the above plott that is to say:
1: Jacob Perry & Milley his wife
2: heirs of Jacob & Jane Perry
3. John SORRELL

This 4 Aug 1826.
(The Star, and NC Gazette list the death of a Thomas SORREL 15 Dec 1823 from Bertie Co., NC.)
Will Book F, 1805-1816
(140)
Benjamin SORREL (F/5) 10 Nov 1805 Feb Ct. 1806
“…being sick and weak in body…”
Wife Roday SORREL-plantation where I now live, mare, cattle, etc., for her widowhood. Son Edward SORREL-my mare. Son Benjamin SORREL-the first colt my mare shall fetch. If my wife should remarry she shall be disinherited of everything I have given her in this will.
Son Benjamin-plantation where I now live, but my wife may have it for her widowhood until my son Benjamin is twenty-one. Children Marry SORREL, Edward SORREL, Elizabeth SORREL and Benjamin SORREL-remaining part of my estate.
ABSTRACT OF BERTIE CO., NC WILLS pg. 555
WILSON, JAMES. Sept. 22, 1799; Feb'y Term 1819. Wife Sarah, sons James and George, daughters Winney Outlaw, Sarah Hobbs, Nancy Perry, Katherine Holly and Polly Wilson, son Silas. Timothy Walton and James SORRELL Exrs. Test, Amos Davison, Margaret Robeson, Walter McFarlane.
Demsey Newell Jr b. 1755, is listed as a buyer at the estate sale of Wm. Fleetwood on 4 Sept. 1782 in the Records of Estate, Bertie Co., NC, and also at the estate sale of Sarah Sowell on 9 May 1785 in Bertie Co. He was also the executor of the will for James SORRELL in the Aug. Court of 1802
More About Jacob SARRELL:
Burial: 1869, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX
Notes for Susan SWAIN:
Previous researcher states her maiden name was Rolfe.
1757
John Smethwick his Sons Wm and Edmd and Negro Petor -3 Richd. SWAIN and his Son John and Negroes Phabe, Rachael, Ben -6 Wm SWAIN -1
There are two SMITHWICKs listed on the Bertie CO, NC 1790 census:
SMITHWICK, Jno..........................1-5-1-0-1
SMITHWICK, John.........................2-1-1-0-5
SWAIN, Richard..............................3-1-2-0-3 Edington District
SWAIN, Henrietta..............................0-1-4-0-4
SWAIN, Elizabeth.........................1-2-4-0-12
1810 Bertie CO, NC census:
64 31 SMITHWICK Edmond 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 33
46 24 SMITHWICK Lenard 4 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
53 36 SWAIN Whitmell 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11
58 34 SWAIN Richard 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
58 38 SWAIN Annerette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
HAYWOOD COUNTY, TN - CENSUS - 1850 Census Index
SMITHWICK 11A-46B-77B
BERTIE COUNTY, MARRIAGE BONDS
Howell, James and Susanna SWAIN. Sept. 10. 1780 Letchwork SWAIN Roscoe, Peter and Ann SMITHWICK. June 24. Jno. SMITHWICK
SMITHWICK, Ebenezer and Sarah Jordan. Feb. 4. Wm. Sutton
1820 Bertie co NC page 106 u10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45 up, u10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45up
Jacob SORRELL 100100 20010000 he 16-26 slaves m-2 u14, 1 26-45 fem 1 14-26 1ov45
Sevier Co AR 1840
Sorrills, Jacob 1110001 0012001 they are aged 40-50
1850 Sevier Co, AR page 191:
64 SORRELLs Jacob 60 planter 28,000 NC, Susan 60 f NC, Mary 28 f NC, Nathaniel 19 m farmer TN, Leonidas 15 m TN, James 25 m farmer AR, Amanda 20 f AR, Bascomb 3 m AR, Eugene 3 f AR
1860 Bastrop Co, TX pct 9 p281
630 Jacob Sarall 69 farmer NC, Susan 65 NC, Nancy Hemplee? 12 AR

Notes for Child No. 2
From Mrs. Dan B. HEMPHILL, 1007 West 15th, Odessa, TX 70760
The Huntsville (Texas) Pictorial, Wednesday, August 19, 1964, page 5:
KIN FINDS 114-YEAR OLD GRAVE OF ANCESTRY AT DODGE-UNCOVERS HISTORICAL MYSTERY
For the past 114 years, a lonely grave has rested, undisturbed, on a clearing in the timberlands near Dodge. The tall moss-covered pines have watched as sentinals over the STONE slab where lies "Eliza HEMPHILL, wife of J. B. HEMPHILL. Died 22 August, 1850. Age 26 years, 4 months and 10 days."
Mr. E. R. Wright, Huntsville attorney who has owned this land since 1941, has also guarded this grave and seen to its upkeep. He and his wife, Maude, have felt a natural curiosity about this pioneer woman who had died in the spring of her years. They have surmised from a pile of rubble that a house once stood nearby, and that a well had been dug near a natural spring to provide this early family with water. A huge pecan tree several yards away was surely planted by some member of the family, for it's growth indicates an age of 75 to 100 years, perhaps more. The Wrights have heard that there were once several small graves, perhaps of children, near that of Eliza but time has obliterated their presence. And so they have wondered over the years who the family might have been and if they left any descendants. Certainly as far as they know, none have ever inquired, though several years ago, without Mr. Wright's knowledge, someone had repaired some rocks that had crumbled beneath the slab.
It was quite a surprise when recently, Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. HEMPHILL of Odessa knocked on the Wright's door. The had been to Shockle Chapel Cemetery in search of the grave of Mr. HEMPHILL's great grandfather who died in Dodge in 1879. Their search had been to no avail and they had been about to return to their motel when they decided to make a few more inquiries and were directed to "the old HEMPHILL place" which Mr. Wright now owns; and there, through the kindness of the Wright's, they found the grave of Mr. HEMPHILL's great grandmother, Eliza SORRELL HEMPHILL, who they had been told by relatives was buried in DeQueen, Arkansas.
Mr. HEMPHILL's great granfather, James Bird HEMPHILL, was the son of John and Mary Dixon (Nancy Lawson) HEMPHILL who came from SC to what is now Arkadelphia, Arkansas; and established a salt works about 1811.
In 1840 in Sevier County, Arkansas, James B. HEMPHILL married Eliza SORRELL, daughter of Jacob SORRELL of TN. They had three chilfren, William L, Jacob and Nancy Jane when they decided in 1848 to move to Walker Co, TX where they could raise cotton as approximately 900 acres of land (1849 he bought from John Stubblefield for $1500), of which part was an original land grant to John Caruthers.
Tradition tells that Eliza HEMPHILL, whose grave is on this land, was killed when she unthinkingly opened her parasol after mounting her horse. The frightened horse reared and threw her sending her to her untimely death. (Not true. It was the wife of Nor SORRELLs who was killed. Eliza died in childbirth). Dan HEMPHILL faintly remembers his grandfather Jacob, telling him about someone who loved his dead wife so well that he had a STONE hauled all the way from Houston to the site of her grave by wagon. (Editors Notes: The slab is engraved with the name, "T.L. Brynes, Houston." who is thought to be the manufactorer of Memorials).
James Bird HEMPHILL later married Mary WYATT, also of Arkansas. It is not known who her father was but the names of Abner and J. W. WYATT were on many of the HEMPHILL court records. Other names on records of J. B. HEMPHILL as witnesses and executors were P. S. Leigh, Russell Roark, T. B. and G. Roark, T. F. White, and Wm. Palmer. Mr HEMPHILLs will was probated in 1879 but it is not known when Mary HEMPHILL or their son, James M. died (1884). The land passed from their ownership sometime between 1880 and 1890.
(Editor's Notes: Ab WYATT is a grandfather of Huntsville's Insurance Executive Cecil W. Murray).
The sons, William and Jacob served in the Civil War. William was with Company I, Debray's Brigade and McGruder's Division of the TX CAV. Jacob HEMPHILL enlisted from Polk Co and served in Co H, 5th Reg, of Hood's Brigade. He was one of nine men cited for bravery to receive a gold star which was sent to Gen. Robert E. Lee by a young woman from Texas who had melted her jewelry to make the Stars.
Both brothers walked from Appomatox Court House at the war's end to Dodge, where their wives were staying with James and Mary HEMPHILL. Both brothers had sons they had never seen and each knew his own, according to tradition.
The daughter of James B. HEMPHILL and Eliza, Nancy Jane, married Fred H. TALLEY and moved to Bastrop Co where she lived and raised a large family at Smithville. William and Jacob also moved to Bastrop Co about 1868 where they too had large families; William settling in the old Watterson Community and Jacob later moving to Georgetown. William-.....Texas who was born on the "old HEMPHILL place" in 1868 and to whom Mrs. Wright so graciously sent a pint of blackberry preserves "grown on the land where she was born", and Mrs. Ida Miller of Lubbock, Texas.
(Editors Notes: It was a blistering hot day that Wednesday, August 5, when this reporter accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. HEMPHILL to Dodge where Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wright were to direct us to the 114 years old grave of HEMPHILL's grandmother. The woods were full of chiggers and seed ticks and the gravesite was several hundred yards from where we were to leave the air-conditioned automobile and tramp through the woods, heavy camera and equipment in hand.
But I enjoyed every minute of it. Our hosts, Attorney and Mrs. Wright, graciously went along with our curiousity. Crossing HEMPHILL creek with their cocker "Wiggles" in the lead, we came upon the gravesite which had been placed between a giant oak. The slab, with the identigying inscription, rested on rocks which apparently had first been cemented with mud. Wright said that about 8 years ago, someone unknown to him had repaired the grave, mortared the multicolored rocks into a mass, and replaced the slab. Bits of blue and pink china as well as heavy pottery were scattered in a pasture nearby and around the grave and homesite on the creek.
After a refreshing drink of cold well-water at the Wrights, this reporter accompanied Mr. and Mrs HEMPHILL to Shockle Chapel Cemetery near Dodge. Badly in need of repair and upkeep, the sprawling cemetery listed the ancestry of many residents of Dodge on headSTONEs ranging from pure marble to unpolished rocks and chunks of cement. One one of these rocks, "J.B. H" was crudely engraved. Is this the grave of J. B. HEMPHILL?
The following story leaves many questions unanswered. Who made the repairs to the grave? Was it a relative, a descendant? If so, the HEMPHILLs cannot find them. Was it a descendant of a slave? Are the chips of china a symbol of prestige as tradition has it? Did J. B. HEMPHILL re-marry only six months from the death of his beloved for convenience? The widower had three children to tend. Half a child's toy china plate was found near the old homesite..Who loved Eliza so much that a granit slab would be hauled overland from Houston to be placed on her grave?
The mystery, still unsolved, has taken the HEMPHILLs through court records in many Texas counties and as far as the Carolinas, Arkansas and Tennessee.
More About James Byrd HEMPHILL:
Burial: Shockle Chapel, Dodge, Walker CO, TX
Cause of Death: Cancer of the Face
Medical Information: Cancer resulted from kick in the face from a cow.
Property: Purchased land only a few miles from the home of Sam Houston.
Residence: 1849, Walker Co, TX

More About Child No. 3 James S. SARRELL:
Burial: 1873, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX1
Census: 1860, Bastrop CO, TX Amanda was born in Maury Co, Tennessee but moved with her family when she was about nine years old to near Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The etc. is after her name because she was married three times and outlived each of her husbands. Her first two husbands were Alexander Robinson and his brother James L. Robinson. Each of them died after a very short time. She was not quite eighteen when she was already a widow twice.
Her third husband was James S. SORRELL who was the brother of the wife of her brother William Eusebius STONE. She married each of her husbands in Arkansas. About 1854 most of her family picked up and moved to Bastrop Co, Texas which is just east of Austin.
She was widowed three times by the time she was forty-four. As a widow she raised nine children to maturity of her own and five to maturity left orphans who were her double nieces and nephews. Her brother William Eusebius STONE was lost at the Civil War Battle of Millikens Bend in Louisiana in June of 1863. His wife Sarah Frances SORRELL who was a sister to Amanda's third husband James S. SORRELL died 15-SEP-1867. Amanda inherited their five children toraise with her nine. Her own third husband James S. SORRELL died 14-FEB-1873 when she was just forty-four years old. She also had taken on her niece Laura Addison Bailey who was also orphaned about this time.
When Amanda's husband James S. SORRELL died she sold her property, put the money in buckets on the floor of her wagon, loaded all of the small children into the wagon and headed west through Austin to Dripping Springs, Hays Co, Texas where her married daughter, Maria Ellen SORRELL Norwood lived.
In her later years she brought up the children of her nephew Jacob Eusebius STONE after his wife died in 1902. Amanda in her lifetime did so much for her own children and for her nieces and nephews that they just could not praise her enough.

More About Child No. 5 Mary A Rowe:
Census: 1860, Bastrop CO, TX
Burial: 1868, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX
Notes for Delilah P Awalt:
Burial: 1914, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX

Child No. 6
Notes for William Leonidas SORRELLs:
Census: 1860, Bastrop CO, TX
Notes for Ellen D. Bradford:
Burial: 1892, Old Red Rock Cemetery, Bastrop CO, TX