Elisha Shemwell

Abt. 1760- Abt. 1826

Elisha Shemwell was witness to the Will of Brissy Parrish on 5 Mar 1970 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.