Harrells of Henry County and Shelby County, Kentucky

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Kentucky
Surnames/tags: Harrell Herrald

This page was created to compile data on the families of John Harrell, James Harrell, and Joshua Harris and Martha (Harrell) Harris, who were neighbors and seemingly kin, residing in Washington County, Tennessee in the late eighteenth century and in Henry County and Shelby County, Kentucky in the early 1800s.

Contents 1 Summary of Families 2 Disambiguation 3 Evidence and Analysis 4 Secondary Sources on John Harrell 5 Washington County, Tennessee tax lists and other records 6 Marriage Bonds 7 Tax and census records 7.1 Kentucky Tax Lists 7.2 Census Records 8 Sources

Summary of Families

Evidence suggests that John Harrell, Martha Harrell, and James Harrell were siblings. We summarize their migrations and families here.

Joshua Harris and Martha Harrell reportedly married in Washington County, Tennessee in 1788, and Milley wife of John Harrell recalled that she had married within a few months of the Harrises.

While these marriages are currently known only through secondary informants, writing decades later, we do find Joshua Harris and John Harrell appearing in tax lists and witnessing deeds in Washington County as early as 1788. Both men make appearances sporadically through the 1790s. The last record of Joshua Harris is in 1798, the same year there was a single appearance of James Harrell. John Harrell continued appearing on tax lists until 1806.

Joshua Harris and James Harrell appeared in Shelby County, Kentucky, seemingly neighbors, on tax lists starting in 1801. John Harrell appears next to James in Kentucky for the first time in 1809. The timing here of Joshua Harris and James Harrell disappearing from Tennessee after 1798 and appearing in Kentucky in 1801, and of John Harrell disappearing fro Tennesse after 1806 and appearing in Kentucky in 1809, fit very well with these being the same people in both locations. Secondary sources have John coming Washington County to Kentucky (see below), and later census records indicate that some of John's children were born in Tennessee. No evidence is known to dispute that these records were showing the same families.

John died in 1813 or 1814. John, James, and Martha Harrell all seem to have lived near the border with Henry County, along Six Mile Creek. John's son William married and began living on part of his mother-in-law's land holdings in Henry County. James moved there around 1820, while Martha and Joshua Harris continued living in Shelby county.

Secondary sources provide the name of John Harrell's wife, one calling her "Cassia Deacon" and another calling her "Amelia Deacon." Very few people were given middle names before 1770, when she was likely born, so it would seem one of these is wrong. Since she usually went by Milley, it would be natural to guess this was short for Amelia. A census taker called her Mildred in 1820, so it is hard to guess if Mildred or Amelia is right, and Milley is a diminutive form of each. No primary record has been found to support "Cassia."

Genealogical summary

John Harrell born say 1765; died by 1814; m. Mildred "Milley" _____. She m. (2) Jesse Duncan in Shelby County in 1820.^[1] Children, born in Tennessee:

• James b. ca. 1788; m. Cassander Ford 12 April 1809
• William b. ca. 1790; m. Rachel Wiley 8 February 1811
• John b. ca. 1792; m. Nancy Kitson 3 November 1813
• Richard D. b. ca. 1794; m. Elizabeth [Thomas?]
• Polly b. ca. 1796; m. David S. Perkins 17 September 1814
• Rachel b. ca. 1797; m. William H. Camren 19 December 1821 ("Camorn" in 1850 census)
• Deacons/Deakins b. ca. 1799; m. Sarah Harrell 8 January 1820
• Absalom b. ca. 1800; m. Sarah Harris 22 December 1819
• Joseph Y. Harrell b. ca. 1803, m. Sophia Rosemire 16 November 1822.
• Orra b. say 1807; m. Edward Bryan Dermit 16 April 1829 in Ripley, Indiana
• Isaac b. ca. 1810; m. Nancy Brown 27 February 1829 in Ripley, Indiana
• Malinda b. ca. 1813; m. James Hawkins Blackwell 16 June 1835 in Ripley, Indiana

Martha Harrell born 26 March 1770; m. Joshua Harris 20 November 1788 in Washington County, North Carolina (later Tennessee). Children, from a family record recorded by Richard D. Harrell in her Revolutionary War widow's pension application:

• Elizabeth Harris, born September 22 1790
• Rachel Harris, born May 21 1792
• Jesse Harris, born December 20 1793
• Casanner (?Susannah) Harris, born February 20 1796
• John Harris, born January 13 1798
• Sarah Harris, born May 9 1800
• William Harris, born February 10 1802
• Martha Harris, born March 16 1804
• Lusindea (?Lucinda) Harris, born January 9 1806
• Joshua Harris, born August 11 1808
• Lettice Harris, born February 22 1811
• James Harris, born January 13 1815

James Harrell born say 1772. Wife unknown, married probably in the mid-1790s. Possibly married a second time after around 1809. Children:

• Elizabeth b. say 1797; m. William Kephart 24 May 1817
• Sarah b. ca. 1799 m. Deakins Harrell 8 January 1820
• James b. say 1801
• John b. ca. 1802; m. Nancy Hensley 30 October 1824
• Rachel b. say 1804; m. William Silence 13 July 1820
• Diadema b. ca. 1807; m. James Myers 15 November 1827 in Ripley, Indiana
• [female] b. 1809

Disambiguation

Several Harrells had the same name, and identifying a record showing that name with the right person can be difficult.

It seems clear there were three John Harrells, and so they were almost certainly John Harrell Sr. and then a son named John for each of John Harrell Sr. and his brother James Harrell. Evidence that there were three different men with the name is as follows:

several records prove that John Sr. had died by 1814, leaving a widow Millie. She was head-of-household, over 45, in the 1820 census, and she was called widow when she remarried to Joseph Young in 1820; she gave consent for her daughter Polly Harrell to marry David S. Perkins in 1814; and she recounted that her marriage occurred within a few months of the Harrises.

Then, there is a marriage of John Harrell and Nancy Kitson after bond posted 3 November 1813. This could not be John Harrell Sr., since his wife Millie was still alive. Nancy's father in his 1835 will called her Nancy Harrell, so she lived at least until 1835 and never married again (or if she did, it was to another Harrell). Then a John Harrell married Nancy Hensley at Henry County in 1824. This could not be the same John, since that man's wife Nancy Kitson was still alive.

To this, we add the observation that a John Harrell Sr. and John Harrell Jr. were listed in the 1825 tax list in Henry County. Since the man from the earlier generation was dead, these were almost certainly the two cousins, sons of John Harrell and of his brother James Harrell.

Evidence and Analysis

Below are presented summaries of tax lists, census records, and records of marriages or marriage bonds that were used to deduce the above names and dates.

To do: qualify the above marriages. Give no qualification if the Harrell parent was named in the marriage record, use "probably" if no parent was named but there seems to be a unique Harrell of that name, to be aged 15-40 at the time of marriage. Put possibly when there are multiple Harrells of the same name and it is not clear which one married which spouse.

To do: qualify the above birth dates. Use "circa" if a year can be inferred from census or other records. Use "say" if it is a guess based on age at marriage and spacing of children's birth years assumed to be 1-4 years, with 2 or 3 the most common.

Secondary Sources on John Harrell

Most reseearch on the three Harrells has focused on John. We note the following old accounts of his descendants.

A question posted to the genealogical pages of the Boston Evening Transcript of 15 November 1915 asked:

(*5096.) 1. Harrell, Deacon. Ancestry wanted of John David Harrell and his wife, Cassia Deacon, in all lines. He is said to have died in 1814. Perhaps originally from South Carolina. Reported to have moved to Kentucky from Tennessee in 1810, and to have settled near county seat of Henry County. Had son Isaac David, born July 4, 1809 or 1810, about forty miles east of Jonesboro, Tenn.; also James, born 1797 (?); Deacon William; Absolom, born 1800 (?); Joe; two daughters and others. Family came to Indiana about 1821, and settled in Ripley County at Shelby Church.

No source for this data is given, nor is any earlier source currently known to corroborate these statements. (Please send a private message to the manager of this page if you know of such a source.)

A second account of seemingly the same family was given in a biography published in 1898 of Austin Harrell^[2]

Austin Herrell was born near New Castle, Kentucky, August 15, 1825, son of William and Rachel (Wiley) Herrell. William Herrell was the son of John and Amerlia (Deacons) Herrell, and John Herrell was a native of Tennessee, a descendant of English ancestors who settled in Tennessee previous to the Revolution. The family was represented in that war. John Herrell married in Tennessee Miss Amelia Deacons, and the fruits of their union were Richard, James, William, Deacons, Absalom, Joseph, Isaac, John, Rachel, Polly, Malinda, and Orrie. The Deacons owned a large tract of land on the Chuckie [sic Nolichucky] river in Tennessee and were prosperous farmers. About 1812, John Herrell moved to Kentucky and settled in Shelby county and subsequently he removed to Henry county, that state, where he improved a farm and where he passed the rest of his life and died.

William Herrell, the father of Austin, was born in Tennessee, on the Chuckie river, and went to Kentucky about the time he was grown. In Kentucky he married Rachel Wiley, a native of that state and a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Collett) Wiley. The Wileys were among the early pioneers of Kentucky. Betsey Collett, the mother of Mrs. Rachel Wiley, had remarkable business ability for a woman of her day. She had a large tract of land surveyed, paid the taxes on it and thus acquired several thousand acres. William Herrell, after his marriage, settled in Henry county, Kentucky, about six miles from New Castle, on part of the Betsey Collett land, where he cleared up a farm and made a good home, the land being very fertile. He moved to Indiana in 1833 and located in Johnson county, and here again he cleared a tract of land and made a comfortable home, which he subsequently repeated in Ripley county. His next and last move was to Miami, Miami county, where he bought a small piece of land and where he passed the rest of his days and died. He was twice married. The children of his first wife, Rachel Wiley, were John, Wiley, Isaac, Henry, Austin and Eliza. The mother of these children died in 1828, and some time later he wedded, near New Castle, Kentucky, Elizabeth Hensley, a native of that state and a daughter of Benjamin Hensley. The children by this union were Richard, William, James, Calvin, Absalom and Mildred. Mr. Herrell lived to the venerable age of eighty-three years...

Washington County, Tennessee tax lists and other records

The bio above indicates that the Harrells had come to Kentucky by way of the region near the Nolichucky River. The Revolutionary War pension application of Martha (Harrell) Harris states that she married Joshua in Washington County. Indeed, land records indicate that there were Harrells residing near Big Limestone Creek, a tributary of the Nolichucky that runs along the edge of what is now the David Crockett Birthplace State Park.

Crystal-clear images of eighteenth century tax records are available on the Washington County, Tennessee Archives webpage. From the page:

Originally, as part of North Carolina and continuing with the establishment of a Tennessee state government in 1796, the county was divided into specific political sub-divisions or districts. These districts were designated by the names of the captains in the county militia and known as Captain’s Companies until 1835 when a new state constitution replaced the Captain’s Companies with Civil Districts, in which the county was divided into specific numbered districts.

FamilySearch offers a larger collection of transcribed tax records from Washington County, extending into the nineteenth century.

Other Harrells appeared in the records of Washington County contemporaneously, namely Jonathan and his [chilren?] Elisha and Absalom. It is unclear if they were of the same line.

• 5 July 1789 — Joshua Harris witnessed a deed from Mark Mitchel to Isaac Bacon
• 1788 — Richard "Dickins" with 175 acres, four rows down is Joseph Young with 100 acres, no John Harrell — Captain Gudger's Company, page 2
• 1791 — John Harall, no land, 1 poll, and eleven lines down is "Juashay" Harris, no land, 1 poll — Captain Willey's Company, page A
• 1792 — John Herrald, no land, 1 poll, four entries above is Richard "Dickins" with 175 acres and just below Richard is James Dickins — Captain Love's Company, page A
• 1792 — Isaac [Haril?], 130 acres, 1 poll — Captain Scott's Company, page 1
• 1793 — Joshua Herris, no land, one poll — Captain Scott's Company, page 2
• 1795 — Hannah Harrall, 60 acres of land on C[he]rokee Creek, no polls — Captain Duncan's Company, page 1
• 1796 — John Harrell, no land, one poll, and four entries above is Richard Deacons with 113 acres, while three below is James Deacons with 110 acres, and John Deakins is on the following page — Captain Longmire's Company, page 1
• 1797 — Elisha Herrald with 140 acres, just below him Jonathan Herrald with 156 acres, just below him Amasa Herrald, no land, each with one poll — Captain Duncan's Company, page 2
• 1797 — John Harrell, and at the top of the page James Deacons and John Deacons, and two pages previous Richard Deacons with 113 acres — Captain Longmire's Company, page 3
• 1798 — Jonathan Harril, 156 acres, one poll , also Jonathan "Hanol" sixty-seventh on a list of polls — Captain Shipley's Company, page 3, free poles page 2
• 1798 — Joshue Haress/Joshua Harris, no land, one poll, then appearing again the same, then appearing again second-to-last on a list of taxable inhabitants — Captain Joseph Morrison's Company, page 2, page 5, and free poles page 1
• 1798 — John Harrald, thirteenth, and above him Richard Deacons, third, James Deacons, eighth, and John Deacons, ninth, on a list of taxable inhabitants — Captain Longmire's Company, page 4
• 1798 — John Herrald, no land, one poll — Captain Longmire's Company, page 1
• 1798 — Elisha Harrold, no land, one poll — Captain Joseph Duncan's Company, 1
• 1798 — James Harrell, eighty-fourth on a list of taxable "inhabitance" — Captain Joseph Duncan's Company, page 4
• 1799 — Jonathan Harrell with 106 acres and just below him Elisha Harrell, no land, both with one poll — Captain Duncan's Company, page 2
• 15 August 1799 — Jonathin Harrald witnessed a deed from John Blair and Joseph Brown to Hugh Blair, Jr
• no tax list for 1800
• 1801 — John Harrila, no land and one poll, in the same company as Richard Deacons with 113 acres, no poll, and James Deacons with 210 acres, one poll, and John Deacons with 50 acres, one poll — Captain Longmire Company, page 1
• no tax lists for 1802-1804
• 1805 — Amasa Harrel, 156 acres and one poll — Captain Rectr. Company, page 2
• 1805 — Jonathan Herld, no land and one poll — Captain Carson's Company, page 1
• 1806 — Richard Deacons, John Deacons, and Absalom Deacons — Captain Odell Company, page 1
• 1806 — John Harrell, one poll and no land, and five positions above is James Deakins, with 540 acres and 1 poll — Captain Crouches Company, page 1

In 1806, 1807, and 1808, a John "Carrel" appears near Richard Dickins/Deakens and his kin. Then in 1809, 1811, and 1812, a William Carroll Jr. appears near the Deakins family. It appears this was a different family with a similar name living near to the Deakins family. John Harrell or similar is not found in the transcribed lists on FamilySearch between the years 1807 and 1812, so it seems he departed by 1806. Kentucky tax lists show he had arrived in Kentucky by 1809.

Marriage Bonds

Shelby County^[3]

• ____ Harrell and William Steele, 27 June 1812

daughter of Benedict Horrell, who was surety

• Jno. Harrel and Nancy Kitson, 3 November 1813

surety Wm. Metcalfe, bride the daughter of James Kitson

• Wm. Harrel and Elizabeth Ruble, 5 November 1813

surety John Parker, consent given by bride's mother Hannah Ruble

probably removed to Knox County, Indiana by 1820

• James Harral and Polly Chapman, 17 January 1814

surety John Chapman, consent given by bride's father Amos Chapman

• Polly Harrell and David S. Perkins, 17 September 1814

surety Richard Harrell, consent given by mother Milley Harrell, widow of [Jos.?] Harrell, witnessed by Jesse Harrass and John Harrell

• James Harrel and Cazannah Harris, 20 September 1814

witness John T. Berry, consent from her father Joshua Harris

• Thomas Horrell and Mary Ann Gough, 4 October 1819

surety Benedict Horrell, consent from her father John B. Gough, witnessed by Benedict Horrell

• Absalom Harrell and Sarah Harris, 22 December 1819

surety Richard Harrell, consent from her father Joshua Harris, witnesses R. D. Harrel and Jesse Harris

• Milly Herrald, widow, and Jesse Duncan, 8 August 1820

surety John Logan, witness Jas. D. Owen

• Rachel Harrel and William H. Camren, 19 December 1821

surety Joseph Y. Harrel, witness Thomas G. Rowland, consent from the bride's mother Mildred Duncan, witnessed by J. Y. Harrel

• Polly Herrell, widow of James Herrell decd., and Richard Churchill, 9 October 1822

witness Thos. G. Rowland, surety William Arthur

• Joseph Harrell and Sophiah Rosemire, 16 November 1822

surety George Bergan

• Nancy Harrell and Shepherd Howerton, 5 April 1833

surety Leonard Helm, witness Ja S. Whitaker, dau. of _____ Harrell decd., consent from her mother Mary Churchill

Henry County^[4]

• James Harrell and Cassander Ford, 12 April 1809

her father William Ford consenting

• William Harrell and Rachel Wiley, 8 February 1811

her father Benjamin Wiley consenting

• Elizabeth Harrell and Wm. Kephart, 24 May 1817

her father James Harrel consenting

• Deakins Harrel and Sally Harrell, 8 January 1820

her father James Harrell consenting

• Rachel Harrell and William Silence, 13 July 1820

her father James Harrel consenting

• John Herald and Nancy Hensley, 30 October 1824

her father Benj. Hensley consenting

• Eliza Herald and Theophilus Reed, 28 November 1829
• Wm. Herald and Elizabeth Hensley, 24 December 1829

Tax and census records

We first find James Harrell in Shelby County on a tax list in 1801. This is the first of many appearances of James immediately next to Joshua Harris, who is known from his Revolutionary War pension application to have married Martha Harrell in 1788. (It seems these lists were sorted by date, so adjacency doesn't necessarily mean they were neighbors, but it also seems entries cluster based on the watercourse that the property neighbors, so it seems likely the tax assessor traveled around and would have been showing neighbors on around the same date.) Usually, James and Joshua are not shown with land, but in 1803 and 1804 they are shown with land with nearest watercourse the Six Mile Creek, which arises in Shelby County and runs northeast into Hardy County and then enters into the Kentucky River.

We then find a John Harrell next to James Harrell on the tax list of 1809. In the 1810 United States Census, there are John Harrell, Joshua Harris, and James Harrell as consecutive entries in Shelby County.

Beginning in 1811, we start to consistently see a John Harrell in Henry County, grouped with people living also near Six Mile Creek, and he is no longer found in the Shelby County lists.

Based on the above summary, a natural conclusion is that these men lived near the border of the two counties, on land near the Six Mile Creek that runs through both, and that James Harrell, John Harrell, and Joshua Harris's wife Martha Harrell were all of the same line of Harrels.

Kentucky Tax Lists

John and James Harrell, Joshua Harris, and kin Tax Records in Shelby and Henry Counties 1801–1820.^[5] Land is listed in acres of 1st, 2nd, or 3rd rate and with nearest watercourse.

Year	Name	White M >21	16–20	Land /Waterc.	Horses	County/Page[6]	Ref
1801	James Harald	1			2	S/10	[7]
	Joshua Harris	1			2	S/10
1802	James Harald	1			1	S/11	[8]
	Joshua Harris	1			2	S/11
1803	James Herald	1		86/Sixmile Cr.	3	S/9	[9]
	Joshua Harris	1			3	S/10
1804	James Harrell	1		86/Six Mile	2	S/12	[10]
	Joshua Harris	1		100/Six Mile	3	S/12
1805	James Harrel	1			2	S/10	[11]
	Joshua Harris	1			4	S/10
1806	James Harrel	1			3	S/9	[12]
	Joshua Harris*	1			2	S/8
1807	James Harral	1			4	S/11	[13]
	Joshua Harris*	1			6	S/11
1808	James Harrald	1			6	S/11	[14]
	Joshua Harris	1			3	S/11
1809*	John Herrald	1			4	S/6	[15]
	James Herrald	1			5	S/6
1811	John Harold	2			8	H/12	[16]
	James Herrald	1			7	S/19	[17]
	Joshua Harris	1	1		6	S/19
	James Harold	1			2	H/12
	Wm Harold	1			4	H/12
1812*	John Herrald	2			6	S/18	[18]
	James Herrell	1			5	S/16
	Joshua Harris	1			6	S/16
	James Herrald	1			4	S/18
	Will Hurl*	1		150/6mile	2	H/14	[19]
1813	Jno. Herald	3			6	S/26	[20]
	James Herrell	1			5	S/26
	Joshua Harris	1			7	S/26
	Will Harald	1		150	2	H/15	[21]
1814*	James Herrald	1			5	S/20	[22]
	Joshua Harris	1			7	S/19
	James Hearl	1			2	H/15	[23]
	Will Hearl	1			3	H/15
1815	James Harrel	1			7	S/35	[24]
	Joshua Harris	2			7	S/36
	Jas Harrell	1			2	H/2	[25]
	Will Harrell	1			2	H/2
1816*	James Harrell	1			2	H/23	[26]
	Wm Harrell	1		60	3	H/23
1817*	James Horrel	1			7	S/30	[27]
	Joshua Harris	1		96/Six Mile	4	S/33
	James Harrel	1			1	H/21	[28]
	William Herrell	1		75/Six Mile	?	H/22
	John Herrell	1			3	H/22
	Jesse Harris	1			2	S/33
1818*	James Harrel	1			2	H/24	[29]
	William Herrell	1		60/Sixmile	3	H/24
	John Herrell	1			2	H/24
1819	James Harrell	1			4	S/35	[30]
	Joshua Harris	1		96/Six Mile	4	S/35
	James Herald	1			1	H/16	[31]
	Wm Herald	1		75/Six Mi	2	H/15
	John Herald	1			1	H/15
	Jesse Harris	1			2	S/35
	Richard Herrel	1			1	S/35
1820	Mildred Herrel				2	S/40	[32]
	Js. Herald Sr.	1		100/6 Mile		H/18	[33]
	Joshua Harrice	1			3	S/40
	James Herald	1			1	H/16
	Wm Herald	1		50/6 Mile	2	H/18
	John Herrell	1				S/40
	Richard Horrell	1				S/40
	Deacon Herald	1				H/18
1821	Js. Herald Sr.	1		104	2	H/35	[34]
	Wm Herald	1		62	2	H/35
	John Herrald	1			1	S/38	[35]
	Richard D. Herrald	1			1	S/38
	Dekins Herald	1			1	H/35
	Aboslam Herrald	1				S/38

Notes:

• In 1806, Joshua Harris also showed one black male over 16 as part of his taxable property.
• In 1809, Joshua Harris was not found, but he was perhaps mistakenly recorded as one of the two men named "Joshua Harrison," neither with land, one with 5 horses and one with 2. No tax list exists for 1810.
• Starting in 1812, there was no longer a column for white males aged 16–20
• The 150 acres attributed to William Harrell starting in 1812 was indicated as registered in the name "Collett," fitting with the secondary account above that his mother-in-law was Betsey Collett and that William farmed a portion of Betsey's large land-holdings.
• In 1814, 1815, 1817, and 1819, one black person was also listed among James Harrell's taxable property, inferred to be an individual under 16 years old through 1817 and shown as over 16 in 1819.
• In 1816, the Shelby County families (James Harrell and Joshua Harris) were not found
• In 1817, another James [Harroll?] was in Henry County, with 3 horses, but it is not known if he was of this family. The same with 1818, but James [Harrel?].
• There is no tax book for Shelby County for 1818.

More detailed information about the Shelby County tax lists:^[36]

• 29 June 1801, James and Joshua two entries apart, no land indicated
• 9 June 1802, no land indicated
• 18 April 1803, James owning 86 lacres on the Six Mile Creek in Shelby County
• 10 March 1804, both owning land on the Six Mile Creek, Joshua taxable on 100 acres and James on 86.
• 10 May 1805, both with one male over 21 years old, none over 16, and no land indicated
• March/April 1806, both with one male over 21 years old, none over 16, and no land indicated, no listed next to each other. (Another Joshua Harris appears on the previous page, shown also with a black individual over 16.)
• 30 April 1807, both with one male over 21 years old, none over 16, and no land indicated.
• 20 April 1808, both with one male over 21 years old, none over 16, and no land indicated.
• 6 May 1809, both John Herrald and James Herrald appear next to each other, each with one male over 21 years old, none over 16, and no land indicated. Joshua Harris is not found, but two "Joshua Harrisons" are listed, so perhaps one was an error.
• There is tax book for Shelby County for 1810.
• 15 July 1811, James and Joshua appear next to each other, Joshua now with one additional male between 16 and 20. A John Horrell appears with 100 acres on Clear Creek higher up the page, but it is not known if this is the same man from 1809 and from the 1810 census.
• 1812, James and Joshua appear next to each other, both with just 1 male over 21 (no column now for males aged 16-20), neither with land indicated.
• not found in 1813
• 1813, Joshua is at the bottom of a page, 1 male over 21, no land indicated, farther down the following page are found James Harrel and then at the bottom James Herrald.
• 1818, Joshua Harris is shown with 96 acres, and Jesse Harris is shown six people lower grouped with people living on Benson Creek.
• 1819, Jesse Harris is shown grouped with people living on Benson Creek, while father down the page are Joshua Harris with 96 acres on Six MIle Creek and Richard Herrell shown immediately below him.
• 1820, Joshua "Harrice" is shown with no land indicated and very small estate value, higher up the page are, consecutively, Richard Horrell, Adam Hannah, and John Herrell, and then four entries below Joshua is Mildred Herrell.

More detailed information about the Henry County tax lists: ^[37]

• 1811 — James Harrold, one male over 21 taxable, then two entries down Jno. Harrold, two males over 21 taxable, then one entry down Wm. Harrold, one male over 21 taxable, no land indicated
• 1813 — Will Harald, shown now with 60 acres of land, one male over 21 taxable
• 1814 — William Hearl and James Hearl, consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable
• 1815 — Will Harrell and James Harrell, consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable
• 1816 — Wm. Harrell and James Harrell, Wm. shown with 60 acres, consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable
• 1817 — James Harrel and John Harrel, consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable, and at the bottom of the page James Harrel, one male over 21 taxable
• 1818 — William Harrel, John Harrell, and James Harrell, consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable, William shown with 60 acres of land
• 1819 — Wm. Harald and John Harald, consecutive, James Herald on the following page, each with one male over 21 taxable.
• 1820 — Js. Herald Sr., Deacon Herald, Wm. Herald, consecutive, James Hd. with 100 acres on 6 Mile Creek, Wm. wit 50 acres, each with one male over 21 taxable.
• 1821 — William Herrall, James Herrall, Dekins Herrall, consecutive, William with 62 acres and James with 104 acres on Six Mile Creek, each with one male over 21 taxable.
• 1822 — [Will Herald?] and [James Herald?], consecutive, Will with 60 acres and James with 104 acres on Six Mile Creek, each with one male over 21 taxable, Will with 3 children between 4 and 14, and James with 1 child between 4 and 14
• 1823 — Deacon Herald and Js. Herald Sr., consecutive, James with 104 acres on 6 Mile Creek, previous page with Wm. Herrill, no land indicated.
• 1825 — Js. Herrill, Wm. Herrill, Deacon Herrill, Jno. Herrill Sr., and Jno. Herrill Jr., consecutive, each with one male over 21 taxable, Js. with 104 acres on 6 MIle Creek.

Census Records

In the 1810 US federal census for Shelby County are found the following consecutive households:^[38]

John Herrold

one female over 45

one male and one female aged 26-44

four males and one female aged 16-25

one male and two females aged 10-15

three males and one female aged 0-9

Joshua Harris

one male over 45

one female aged 26-44

one male and one female aged 16-25

one male and one female aged 10-15

two males and two females aged 0-9

James Herrold

one male and one female aged 26-44

two females aged 10-15

one male and three females aged 0-9

In the 1820 US federal census for Shelby County, we find within the span of four pages:

Absalom Harrell

one male and one female aged 16-25

Mildred Harrell

one female aged over 45

one male aged 26-44

one male and one female aged 16-26 (but the male is not 16-18)

one male and two females aged 10-15

one female aged 0-9

John Harrell:

one male and one female aged 26-44

two males and one female aged 0-9

The above three households are space by two, then by five near the top of the same census page.

Joshua Harris

one male and one female aged over 45

one male aged 16-25 and one male aged 16-18 (possibly the same person)

one male and one female aged 10-15

one female aged under 10

James Herrald

one male and one female aged 26-44

two males aged 0-9

There is also a cluster of Harrells a couple of dozen pages earlier in the census. More research should be conducted to identify these Harrells and determine if they are also of the same line.

In the 1820 US federal census for New Castle in Henry County, we find, consecutively:

Wm. Herrald

one male and one female aged 26-44

three males and one female aged 0-9

Jas. Herrald

one male and one female aged over 45

two males and one female aged 16-25 (males also not aged 16-18)

two females aged 10-15

Decon Herrald

one male and one female aged 16-25 (male also not aged 16-18)

one female aged 0-9

Jas. Herrald Jr.

one male and one female aged 16-25 (male also not aged 16-18)

one male and one female aged 0-9

Wm. Kiphart

one male and one female aged 16-25 (male also not aged 16-18)

(William had married Elizabeth Harrell in 1817).

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1. ↑ Note: there was a Jesse Duncan in Washington County, Tennessee when she lived there
2. ↑ Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard, and Tipton Counties, Indiana 2 vols. (Chicago, Ill.: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898), vol. 2 page 300
3. ↑ Shelby County, Kentucky, marriage bonds, Horrell and William Steele, Jno. Harrel and Nancy Kitson, Wm. Harrel and Elizabeth Ruble, James Harral and Polly Chapman, Polly Harrell and David S. Perkins, James Harrel and Cazannah harris, Thomas Horrell and Mary Ann Gough, Absalom Harrell and Sarah Harris, Milly Herrald and Jesse Duncan, Rachel Harrel and William H. Camren, Polly Herrell and Richard Churchill, Joseph Harrel and Sophiah Rosemire, Nancy Harrell and Shepherd Hownton
4. ↑ Henry County, Kentucky, marriage bonds, James Harrell and Cassander Ford, William Harrell and Rachel Wiley, Elizabeth Harrell and Will Kephart, Deakins Harrel and Sally Harrell, Rachel Harrell and William Silence, John Herald and Nancy Hensley, Eliza Herald and Theophilus Reed, Wm. Herald and Elizabeth Hensley
5. ↑ Shelby County, Kentucky Tax Assessor, tax books 1801–1809 and 1811–1815 (FHL Film #8227) and 1816-1820 (FHL Film #8228) and Henry County, Kentucky Tax Assessor, tax books 1811–1820 (FHL Film #8037)
6. ↑ 'S' for Shelby, 'H' for Henry
7. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 306/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-89MW
8. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 367/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-899X
9. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 427/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8TN
10. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 505/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-89V1
11. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 582/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-89KZ
12. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 635/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-83VZ
13. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 725/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8S7J
14. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 795/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8Q93
15. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 926/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8SHL
16. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 329/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FT42
17. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 957/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8S4D
18. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 1007/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-8367
19. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 365/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-F57Y
20. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 1066/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-83JS
21. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 404/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FTW5
22. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 1149/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-89JW
23. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 445/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-F592
24. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 1232/1283, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-896W
25. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 478/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-F5ML
26. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 548/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FR73
27. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 119/1323, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-D7R9-T
28. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 607/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FR3Y
29. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 669/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FT27
30. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 214/1323, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-D7BL-T
31. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 607/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FRGF
32. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 321/1323, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-D75H-X
33. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 765/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FRPT
34. ↑ Hardy Tax Lists, 811/1260, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-FRTS
35. ↑ Shelby Tax Lists, 424/1323, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3J-D7PG-6
36. ↑ Shelby County, Kentucky, Tax Books, tax list for 1802, tax list for 1803, tax list for 1804, tax list for 1805, tax list for 1806, tax list for 1807, tax list for 1808, tax list for 1809, tax list for 1811, tax list for 1812, tax list for 1814, tax list for 1818, tax list for 1819, tax list for 1820
37. ↑ Hardy County, Kentucky, tax lists, tax list for 1811, tax list for 1813, tax list for 1814, tax list for 1815, tax list for 1816, tax list for 1817, tax list for 1818, tax list for 1819, tax list for 1820, tax list for 1821, tax list for 1822, tax list for 1823
38. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-8RG : accessed 25 September 2021), Joshua Harris, Shelby, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 238, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.