I am trying to find ancesters for Major Hardy Carroll b.
March 12, 1791. d.March 28, 1858 m. Elizabeth Ferguson in Stokes
Co, NC on March 18, 1815. Major had settled in Stokes Co. after
returning from the War of 1812. He is believed to be the son of
Alexander CARREL/ CARROLL/?? and Lucy ROYAL/RYAL who married in
Duplin Co, NC on April 7, 1783. They were living in adjacent
Sampson Co. in the 1790 Census. I have some unverified
information on the background of Lucy Royal, but absolutely
nothing on Alexander. The only clue is that a Demcy Carrel
co-signed Alexander's marriage bond. Alexander also bought some
land from Demcy Carroll and his wife Martha. Demcy Carrel and an
Edmund Carrel were witnesses when Alexander later sold some
land.
These names - Alexander, Demcy (Dempsey) and Edmund - do not
appear in any of the other Carroll/Carrel families that I have
been able to reconstruct living in that area at that time. I have
found information that a Dempsey Carroll lived in Westmoreland
Co., VA prior to this time, but I have found no way of linking
him to Sampson Co, NC. If any of these names sound familiar to
you, please contact me.
Lura CARROLL Southard
southard(a)interpath.com