Jesse Harrell was born in 1769 in North Carolina. He may have been the Jesse Harrell who was a son of Jesse Harrell, II, and a grandson of Jesse Harrell, I, and his wife, Fereby, of Bertie County, North Carolina. [Some genealogies show the Jesse Harrell of this Memorial as Jesse Bryan Harrell, son of Joshua Harrell. The late Mr. John H. Nicholson, a Harrell descendant and researcher, pointed out the fact that Jesse Bryan Harrell was, according to the June 26, 1810 Bertie Co., NC Will of his father, Joshua Harrell, still unmarried and childless on that date. Jesse Harrell (1769-1848) was married and the father of many children by that time.] On Nov. 11, 1794, Jesse Harrell married Rachel Kittrell in Bertie Co., NC. Rachel Kittrell was a daughter of Jethro Kittrell and his wife, Priscilla Harrell (md. 2nd, John Vinson). Priscilla was a daughter of Jesse Harrell, I, and his wife, Fereby. Jesse Harrell, I, was a son of John Harrell and his wife, Grace Hardy.
Jesse Harrell and his wife, Rachel Kittrell, moved to Washington County, Georgia about 1798 or 1800. Jesse and his family moved to Stewart County, Georgia before the 1840 census was taken. Jesse Harrell's wife died in Stewart Co., GA between 1840 and 1845 and Jesse died in Stewart County on July 22, 1848. The children of Jesse Harrell and his wife, Rachel Kittrell, included Solomon J. Harrell [1795/1796 NC-1858 Americus, Sumter Co., GA; md. 1st (1817), Nancy Turner, and 2nd (1847), Mrs. Frances B. Murphy Blakey], Susannah Harrell (about 1800/1801 NC-bet. 1857-1859 Butler Co., AL; md. Blount Trotman), John Harrell (about 1802-bet. 1845-1847; md. Narcissa ______), David Harrell (about 1806 GA-1880 Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA; md. possibly 1st, Eliza Turner and 2nd, Dorothy/Dorothea "Dolly" Bryan Martin; According to HISTORY OF STEWART COUNTY, GEORGIA, Vol. II, David "built a beautiful colonial home a few miles south of Lumpkin on the Cuthbert road, which still stands, now owned by Red Moye..."; David moved to Thomasville in 1857 and became the owner of what is today known as "The David Harrell House," a beautiful columned mansion.), Jesse P. Harrell (b. about 1810; md. Temperance P. Massey), Henry T. Harrell (died 1845; md. Mary Elizabeth Ann McMichael) and (Unknown Daughter) Harrell (died between 1834-1840; md. James K. Turner. This daughter was the mother of Mary Ann Eliza Turner, b. 1834 GA, d. 1911 AL, who md. 1st, Jeremiah Shanks and 2nd, James B. Davis.) Jesse Harrell's Stewart Co., GA Will was made on August 21, 1845 and recorded on Sept. 7, 1848. Stewart Co. GA Minutes 1850-1873, Vol. B-C (at FamilySearch) records, for 1857, some interesting information concerning the Will of Jesse Harrell and mentions several of his descendants and relatives.
MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA, VOL. II (published 1895): "JUDGE D. B. HARRELL. The Harrell family came from North Carolina. Jesse Harrell, the head of the family, was a prosperous farmer in that state and a man of great strength of character., and fine business ability. A son, Solomon, born in North Carolina in 1796, came to Georgia in 1800 with his parents, who located in Washington County..."
THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER (Columbus, GA), Aug. 1, 1848, page 3:
DIED.
At his residence in Stewart county on the 22d ultimate, JESSE HARRELL, senior, in the 79th year of his age.
The deceased was born in North Carolina, in 1769, and removed to Georgia in 1800, (being 31 years of age,) and settled in Washington county, where he remained until 1835, when he came to this county and resided here until his death.
During his long life he was an active member of society, and amid all his dealings and relationships with men, was always found honest in heart and upright in principle. As a friend, he was firm and devoted - as a parent, mild and indulgent - as a husband, gentle and affectionate - a kind and benevolent neighbor - and has left a large family and numerous friends to mourn his death.
Peace to his memory!
. The Christian Index (Penfield.) and Milledgeville papers.
