The Shemwell Family

Elisha ShemwellAge: 70 years17561826

Name
Elisha Shemwell
Given names
Elisha
Surname
Shemwell
Birth between 1756 and 1765 44 40
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac Shemwell
after 1760
Birth of a sisterPriscilla Shemwell
before 1767 (Age 11 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Shemwell
before 1767 (Age 11 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Shemwell
December 1774 (Age 18 years)
Note: Probate 02 JAN 1775
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Thorne
1788 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Shemwell
before May 1790 (Age 34 years)
Probate May 1790 (Age 34 years)
Census August 2, 1790 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Shemwell
1791 (Age 35 years)

Property
Property deeded to Elisha Shamwell
December 1791 (Age 35 years)
Sale of Slave
Sale of Slave
November 5, 1792 (Age 36 years)
MarriageMary MerrittView this family
before 1795 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Nancy Shemwell
1795 (Age 39 years)

Paid Tax
Paid Tax
1796 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterRebeckah Hannah Shemwell
May 1798 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell
June 5, 1798 (Age 42 years)
Census August 4, 1800 (Age 44 years)
Property
820 acres from Jonathan Jones
December 6, 1800 (Age 44 years)

Address: Cabin Creek - Rowan, NC
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary Shemwell
August 29, 1801 (Age 45 years)
Executor to Will of Ephriam Merritt
Executor to Will
1801 (Age 45 years)
Property
125 acres from Isaac Sellers
October 17, 1803 (Age 47 years)

Census August 6, 1810 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterPriscilla Shemwell
after 1811 (Age 55 years)

Death of a sisterMary Shemwell
after 1811 (Age 55 years)

Census August 7, 1820 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Shemwell
December 12, 1823 (Age 67 years)

Marriage of a childThomas S LongUradice “Dicey” ShemwellView this family
February 9, 1826 (Age 70 years)
Death about 1826 (Age 70 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brittian Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1732St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
1 year
elder sister
19 years
elder brother
6 years
elder brother
William Shemwell
Birth: before 1755 43 39
Death: before May 1790North Carolina, United States
11 years
himself
12 years
younger sister
1 year
younger sister
Family with Mary Merritt - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: before 1795
-3 years
son
5 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Mary Shemwell
Birth: August 29, 1801 45 32North Carolina, United States
Death: September 8, 1856Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Elisha Shemwell has 20 first cousins recorded

Note
Elisha Shemwell was witness to the Will of Brissy Parrish on 5 Mar 1790 in Granville Co NC. (Granville Co NC: Wills, Inventories, Accounts, Division of Estates. Page 211) Elisha had an estate probated in May 1790 in Granville Co, NC (Zae Hargett Gwynn. Abstracts of Granville Co NC Court Minutes: 1746-1799) He put up a bond of 500 pounds to administer the estate. He was in Wake Co., NC: Payment of debts owed the estate of Woodson Daniel, dec'd in Nov 1791 in Wake Co. NC (Abstracts of Records of Wills, Inventories, Settlements of Estates: 1771-1802 for Wake Co., NC Page 109 Book D.) Elisha owned Granville Co NC: Land owned by William Shemwell, brother on 3 Nov 1791 in Granville Co, NC. Deed: Elisha Shemwell, brother and heir of William Shemwell, deceased, of Wake Co NC, deed to Elijah Mitchel of Granville Co. NC. Records show that he sold a Negro boy named Jerry on 5 Nov 1792 in Wake Co, NC. Bill of Sale: Sold negro boy Jerry, about 6 years of age to Joseph Brasfield for 20 pounds. (Granville Co NC Deed Book N: 1790-1793: Page 85.) Elisha Shemwell appeared on the census in 1800 in Rowan Co NC. He also owned land in Rutherford, NC, and appeared again on the 1810 census in Rutherford and again on the 1820 Rutherford Co, NC Census. He was a witness to the Will of Gloud Long on 22 Mar 1820 in Rutherford Co. NC. (Rutherford Co NC Wills and Miscellaneous Records, Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easly, South Carolina 1984 page 45 Will Book C: 1814-1822 Page 145) Elisha married Mary Merritt in NC. They had 4 children, William, Nancy, Uradice (Dicy), and Mary.