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John HARRELL "Of Roanoke" [Parents] was born about 1726 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He died about 1777 in Bertie County, North Carolina. John married Ann ?.
Abraham left his manor plantation to his son, John (c. 1726-1777), in his 1755 will. John was about 24 years old at the time, and should have appeared on the Bertie County tax lists from 1756 until around 1777, the year of his death. As we saw from the Bertie County Tax Lists, 1755-1761 there were always more than enough John Harrells to maintain a certain level of uncertainty for the researcher. Nonetheless, the John Harrell who made his first appearance on Brickell?s tax list in 1756 was probably Abraham?s son. Brickell was the Sheriff, and his list was not necessarily confined to a geographic tax district as were most of the others. John was the only Harrell on Brickell?s list that year, even though he lived in an area with many other Harrell households?this may have been because of the probate situation concerning the plantation John just inherited from his father, Abraham, in the 1755 will.
In any case, if the John Harrell on Brickell?s tax list in 1756 was indeed Abraham?s son, then his son, John, had three taxable people with him from 1756 through 1760. His brother, Lott, had left for Edgecombe County to farm the land he inherited from his father-in-law in 1748, and their youngest brother, Christopher, was only 12 years old in 1756, thus not yet taxable. So the three taxable people on the family farm in 1756 were probably Able, around the age of 32, John, around the age of 30, and Zachariah who was around the age of 18. By the 1758 tax list, I believe Abraham?s son, John, was the person referred to as ?John Harrell of Roanoke.? (John Jr./Sr. and his son, John Jr. were gone from the lists by 1758.) In fact, the John Harrell listed on the line just below John of Roanoke in Table 5, was probably also John of Roanoke. If that is the case, Abraham?s son, John, would have been down to one taxable person in his household by 1761 when he appeared on Vance?s tax list. Apparently John?s brothers, Able and Zachariah, were off on their own by 1761. For instance, by that time Able was around 37 years of age, married and with four children of his own.
John?s will was proved in the February Court of Bertie County in 1777. In his will he identified his wife, Ann, as administrator of his estate; and provided for their sons, Zachariah, John, Lott, ?Gimmy? James; and their daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. John Sr.?s brother, Lott, was an executor of his will.
Abraham left his manor plantation to his son, John (c. 1726-1777), in his 1755 will. John was about 24 years old at the time, and should have appeared on the Bertie County tax lists from 1756 until around 1777, the year of his death. As we saw from the Bertie County Tax Lists, 1755-1761 there were always more than enough John Harrells to maintain a certain level of uncertainty for the researcher. Nonetheless, the John Harrell who made his first appearance on Brickell?s tax list in 1756 was probably Abraham?s son. Brickell was the Sheriff, and his list was not necessarily confined to a geographic tax district as were most of the others. John was the only Harrell on Brickell?s list that year, even though he lived in an area with many other Harrell households?this may have been because of the probate situation concerning the plantation John just inherited from his father, Abraham, in the 1755 will.
In any case, if the John Harrell on Brickell?s tax list in 1756 was indeed Abraham?s son, then his son, John, had three taxable people with him from 1756 through 1760. His brother, Lott, had left for Edgecombe County to farm the land he inherited from his father-in-law in 1748, and their youngest brother, Christopher, was only 12 years old in 1756, thus not yet taxable. So the three taxable people on the family farm in 1756 were probably Able, around the age of 32, John, around the age of 30, and Zachariah who was around the age of 18. By the 1758 tax list, I believe Abraham?s son, John, was the person referred to as ?John Harrell of Roanoke.? (John Jr./Sr. and his son, John Jr. were gone from the lists by 1758.) In fact, the John Harrell listed on the line just below John of Roanoke in Table 5, was probably also John of Roanoke. If that is the case, Abraham?s son, John, would have been down to one taxable person in his household by 1761 when he appeared on Vance?s tax list. Apparently John?s brothers, Able and Zachariah, were off on their own by 1761. For instance, by that time Able was around 37 years of age, married and with four children of his own.
John?s will was proved in the February Court of Bertie County in 1777. In his will he identified his wife, Ann, as administrator of his estate; and provided for their sons, Zachariah, John, Lott, ?Gimmy? James; and their daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. John Sr.?s brother, Lott, was an executor of his will.
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