Dempsey
Harrell
Born about in Bertie, North Carolina
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Orpha (Raby) Harrell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 42
in Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2016
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Dempsey Harrell was born about 1750, probably in Bertie, North Carolina.
He married Orpha Raby, the daughter of Adam Raby and Ruth Hayes. She may have been his second wife.
Events:
1769 Bertie, NC census substitute [1]
16 Nov 1789 Bertie, NC Court
Summons of Hester RABY as executrix of her husband, Luke RABYs estate, to answer to Dempsey HARRELL and wife Orpha, and James HAYES and wife Ruth, for their petition for a distributive share of the estates of Adam RABY Sr, Judy RABY, and Adam RABY, Jr. [2]
Orpha Harrell and Ruth Hayes were sisters of Luke Raby
1790 Bertie, NC census[3]
Death & Probate:
Dempsey Harrell died before 13 Dec 1792 in Bertie, North Carolina, when the inventory of his estate was signed by his widow Orpha.[4]
His estate was settled 30 Oct 1795 naming the following legatees: Orpha, Raby, Cader, Polly, George, Simeon Harrell. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index 1769 ($)
- ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPT7-SW64?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WY-VN8%3A183208201%2C183381101%2C194216301 : 21 May 2014), Bertie County > R > Raby, Luke > image 8 of 39; State Archives, Raleigh.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-34XF?cc=1803959&wc=3XTM-BX4%3A1584071002%2C1584071006%2C1584070607 : 14 May 2015), North Carolina > Bertie > Not Stated > image 6 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9M9F-WBDM : 8 March 2021), Entry for Demsey Harrell, ; citing Bertie, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,672,651.
- ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPT9-3J9?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WT-WNX%3A183208201%2C183304101%2C189854901 : 21 May 2014), Bertie County > H > Harrell, Demsey > image 18 of 29; State Archives, Raleigh.
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