James HEMPHILL[1]
Male 1720 - 1784


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  • Birth  1720  , Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Ireland -> Descendants of James Hemphill
      1720, Ireland -> MacFarlane email
    Gender  Male 
    Association  Samuel Young 
    Property  3 Apr 1752  , Anson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Warrant for 640 acres. Descriptive references for land: Fourth Creek, Hugh Dixon. Samuel Young. 
    • Record Provenance:
      Class: State Records [Collection]
      Group: Secretary of State Record Group
      Series: Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey
      Box: Anson County, F-L
    Property  28 Mar 1755  , Anson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Grant number 81. 300 acres on the south side of Catawba river on a branch of Long Creek. Book, page: 2:124.
      Issued: 28 Mar 1755.

      [Anson County became Tryon and is now Lincoln County.]
      "It is not known whether James Hemphill ever settled on this land and it was later sold."
    Property  24 Apr 1756  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • "It was in [the Fourth Creek settlement] that James Hemphill, planter, on April 24, 1756, purchased 226 acres of land from Michael Dickson, weaver, for the 'sum of Fifteen Pounds current Bills of North Carolina' and subject to the annual rent to be paid to Earl Granville. (Rowan Deek Bk. 30, p. 17)."
    Property  10 Apr 1761  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Address:
    n/a 
    • "On April 4, 1761 James Hemphill, planter, secured for 10 shillings a grant from Earl Granvile for 567 acres of land on both sides of Fourth Creek (Rowan Co. Deed Bk. 4, p. 437). This deed was proved in open court by John Frohock in July, 1761."
    Miscellaneous  From Jul 1761 to Feb 1773  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Frequently served on both grand and petit juries. 
    Miscellaneous  14 Jul 1764  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "On July 14, 1764, when Constables were appointed 'to warn in Leveys for the Severall Districts to return to the Justices, etc.,' James Hemphill was appointed for Captain Kerr's District (Majr. Lindsay, Justice)."
    Miscellaneous  1768  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "A court record in 1768 also reveals that 'William Allin, Molatto Boy, ran away from his master is therefore to serve him James Hemphill four and a half months longer than his indenture called for.'"
    Property  9 Aug 1771  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "it is evident that he raised cattle, as the Inferior Court Minutes of Rowan County, North Carolina, for August 9, 1771 reveal that James Hemphill registered his mark as 'a Crop in the Left Eare and a Swallowfork in the Right Eare' and his brand as "H on the Left Sholder and Butock.'"
    Property  22 Jul 1773  , Tryon, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "On July 22, 1773, James and Susannah Hemphill sold the 302 acres in Tryon County (originally Anson County) which James had obtained by royal grant March 28, 1755. The land was sold for 52 pounds 10 shillings proclamation money to Thomas Costner of Tryon County. It was proved in 1774, April Court of Tryon County, recorded and ordered to be registered. (Deeds 1774, page 38, Tryon County, N.C. in North Carolina Archives, Raleigh.) Witnesses to the deed of sale were Samuel Young, James' friend and neighbor in Fourth Creek Settlement, and a Peter Sides. As previously mentioned, it is not known whether James and his family ever entered upon this land."
    Probate  1784  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Will signed c 1784. Will Book C/117, located in the NC State Archives in Raleigh. 
    Address:
    n/a 
    Died  Between 8 Aug 1784 and 4 May 1786  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • His will is dated 08 Aug 1784; it was proven in open court on 04 May 1786.
    Notes 
    Person ID  I1838  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  25 Oct 2012 

    Family  Susannah PATTON,   b. Bef PROB 1726, , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Bef 1746  , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • bef 1746 -> Descendants of James Hemphill
      1745, Ireland -> MacFarlane email
    Children 
     1. Mary HEMPHILL,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >2. Samuel HEMPHILL,   d. 1825
    >3. Captain Thomas HEMPHILL,   b. 9 Jul 1746, , possibly Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1826, Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. James HEMPHILL, Jr.,   b. Abt 1748,   d. 1805
     5. John HEMPHILL,   b. Abt 1760, Chester, , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Andrew HEMPHILL,   b. Abt 1764, Chester, , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID  F125  Group Sheet

  • Histories
    Captain Thomas Hemphill Biographical Sketch    		Captain Thomas Hemphill Biographical Sketch
    Program from the ceremony commemorating the service of Captain Thomas Hemphill in the American Revolution.

    Albums
    James Hemphill Land Grant    		James Hemphill Land Grant (4)
    Typed copy of land grant issued to James Hemphill on 04 Apr 1761.

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] Anthony, Margaret Hemphill, Hemphills in North Carolina (Collegedale, Tennessee: The College Press, 1981), 15-17 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S397] "Descendants of James Hemphill", descendant report, Hemphill Historical Society (http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/Hemphill/Hemphill_James_1724_1786.htm : accessed )"; submitted, [contact information for private use]., 31 August 2008; [n.d]; hemphill_family@angelfire.com; the report includes some footnotes; however there is no citation for this item.

    3. [S634] C. MacFarlane, [e-mail for private use], to Tonia Kendrick, e-mail, , ","; privately held by Kendrick, [e-mail & address for private use]., Family Tree DNA Match: Hemphill, Mackie, etc; 24 October 2012; Evernote emails; DNA Matches; 2012 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S294] North Carolina State Archives MARS Catalog, http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet., http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=REPOSRADB&pm_OI=2065&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S53] Anthony, Margaret Hemphill, Hemphills in North Carolina (Collegedale, Tennessee: The College Press, 1981), 10-11 (Reliability: 3).
      "It is not known whether James Hemphill ever settled on this land and it was later sold."

    6. [S294] North Carolina State Archives MARS Catalog, http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet., http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=REPOLGA2FB&pm_OI=13620&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 (Reliability: 3).
      Grant number 81. 300 acres on the south side of Catawba river on a branch of Long Creek. Book, page: 2:124.
      Issued: 28 Mar 1755.

    7. [S53] Anthony, Margaret Hemphill, Hemphills in North Carolina (Collegedale, Tennessee: The College Press, 1981), 10-11 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S53] Anthony, Margaret Hemphill, Hemphills in North Carolina (Collegedale, Tennessee: The College Press, 1981), 10-11 (Reliability: 3).
      "On April 4, 1761 James Hemphill, planter, secured for 10 shillings a grant from Earl Granvile for 567 acres of land on both sides of Fourth Creek (Rowan Co. Deed Bk. 4, p. 437). This deed was proved in open court by John Frohock in July, 1761."

    9. [S295] North Carolina State Records Part A, http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=REPOSRADB&pm_OI=12086&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=1 (Reliability: 3).
      Hemphill, James. Rowan Co. [12.13.120.26]
      Title: Hemphill, James. Rowan Co.
      Provenance: Class: State Records [Collection]
      Group: Secretary of State Record Group
      Series: Granville Proprietary Land Office: Granville Grants of Deed
      Box: Rowan Co.
      Years: 1761
      Creator: Secretary of State, Office of
      Granville Proprietary Land Office
      Secretary, Office of the
      Call Number: SSLG 119H
      Location: S.108.255
      MARS Id: 12.13.120.26 (Folder)
      Genres / Forms: Deeds, Plats, Indexes
      Scope / Contents:
      April 10, 1761 567 acres Location: Both sides Fourth Creek joining John Kerr 2 copies Deed #25
      Index Terms: Geographic Names:
      Rowan County
      Fourth Creek
      Personal Names:
      Hemphill, James
      Kerr, John
      "North Carolina State Records A," database online, M,i>North Carolina State Archives. http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/: accessed 05 Apr 2008, File [12.13.120.26], James Hemphill. Rowan Co., 1761.

    10. [S294] North Carolina State Archives MARS Catalog, http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet., http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=CRBDB&pm_OI=48786&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S370] RootsWeb's World Connect Database, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marciamcclure&id=I3909.
      This is not the same James Hemphill about the same age who raised his family in Camden Dist, Craven Co/Chester Co, SC



      Mary Hemphill's father, James, was born in Ulster about

      1710/1725, settled in Chester Co., PA about 1746, resettled in Augusta Co., VA, about 1750, resettled (now) Salisbury, NC, in 1755, Rowan Co., NC, will 8 Aug 1784, proved 4 Apr 1786.



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