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Sterling Harwell 1734 – 1806 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jul 1734

Birth Location: , Prince George, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 13 Mar 1806

Death Location: , Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Father: Mark Harwell

Mother: Sarah Pepper

Spouse(s): Mary Rivers, Phoebe Pettway, Lydia Mitchell

Children(s): Sarah Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Sarah Harwell, Mark Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Robert Harwell, Mark Harwell, Major Harwell, Ishmael Harwell, Ishmael Harwell, Mary Harwell, Hannah Harwell, Hannah Harwell, Mary Harwell, Polly Harwell, James Harwell, Robert Harwell, Richard Harwell, Amy Harwell, Edward Harwell, Littleton Harwell, Hartwell Harwell, Richard Harwell, Robert Harwell, Herbert Harwell, Sterling Harwell, Bolling Harwell

In 1734, Sterling Harwell entered the world in , Prince George, Virginia, USA, born to Mark (5) Harwell and Sarah (5) Pepper. Sterling Harwell married Mary Rivers, Phoebe Pettway, Lydia Mitchell, and had children including Sarah "Asa" Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Sarah R. Harwell, Mark W[Illiams ?] Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Robert Rivers Harwell, Mark W[Illiams ?] Harwell, Major Robert Rivers Harwell, Ishmael Pettway Harwell, Ishmael Pettway Harwell, Mary "Polly" Harwell, Hannah M. Harwell, Hannah Harwell, Mary Harwell, Polly Harwell, James Harwell, Robert Harwell, Richard Harwell, Amy Elizabeth Harwell, Edward Harwell, Littleton Harwell, Hartwell Harwell, Richard Mason Harwell, Robert Harwell, Herbert Harwell, Sterling Harwell, Bolling Harwell. Sterling Harwell passed away in 1806 in , Halifax, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1734, Sterling Harwell entered the world in , Prince George, Virginia, USA, born to Mark (5) Harwell and Sarah (5) Pepper.
  • Sterling Harwell married Mary Rivers, Phoebe Pettway, Lydia Mitchell, and had children including Sarah "Asa" Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Sarah R. Harwell, Mark W[Illiams ?] Harwell, Elizabeth Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Rebecca Harwell, Robert Rivers Harwell, Mark W[Illiams ?] Harwell, Major Robert Rivers Harwell, Ishmael Pettway Harwell, Ishmael Pettway Harwell, Mary "Polly" Harwell, Hannah M. Harwell, Hannah Harwell, Mary Harwell, Polly Harwell, James Harwell, Robert Harwell, Richard Harwell, Amy Elizabeth Harwell, Edward Harwell, Littleton Harwell, Hartwell Harwell, Richard Mason Harwell, Robert Harwell, Herbert Harwell, Sterling Harwell, Bolling Harwell.
  • Sterling Harwell passed away in 1806 in , Halifax, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mark Harwell
1700 – 1785
Birth Location: , Surry, Virginia, USA
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Sarah Pepper
1737 – 1783
Birth Location: Sussex County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Rivers
1745 – 1800
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Phoebe Pettway
1742 – 1804
Birth Location: Surry, Virginia, United States
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Lydia Mitchell
1770 – 1815
Birth Location: Virginia
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Children(s)

Sarah Harwell
1765 – 1841
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Harwell
1769 – 1817
Birth Location: Sussex Co., Virginia
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Elizabeth Harwell
1774 – 1817
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Rebecca Harwell
1777 – 1816
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Harwell
1780 – 1840
Birth Location: Halifax, North Carolina, USA
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Mark Harwell
1780 – 1809
Birth Location: Sussex Co., Virginia
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Elizabeth Harwell
1781 –
Birth Location: –
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Rebecca Harwell
1781 – 1816
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Rebecca Harwell
1781 – 1816
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Robert Harwell
1782 – 1833
Birth Location: Virginia
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Mark Harwell
1769 – 1800
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States
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Major Harwell
1787 – 1833
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Ishmael Harwell
1789 – 1828
Birth Location: Sussex, Virginia, USA
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Ishmael Harwell
1789 – 1820
Birth Location: –
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Mary Harwell
1790 – 1831
Birth Location: Halifax Co., North Carolina
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Hannah Harwell
1796 –
Birth Location: Halifax Co., North Carolina
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Hannah Harwell
1796 –
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, United States
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Mary Harwell
1799 – 1831
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Polly Harwell
Birth Location: –
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James Harwell
1760 –
Birth Location: Sussex, Virginia, United States
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Robert Harwell
1763 – 1815
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Richard Harwell
1767 –
Birth Location: Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Amy Harwell
1770 – 1844
Birth Location: Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia, United States
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Edward Harwell
1772 –
Birth Location: Sussex, Virginia, United States
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Littleton Harwell
1775 – 1804
Birth Location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
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Hartwell Harwell
1777 – 1825
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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Richard Harwell
1779 – 1831
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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Robert Harwell
1781 – 1816
Birth Location: –
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Herbert Harwell
1783 – 1820
Birth Location: Dinwiddie County. Virginia
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Sterling Harwell
1784 – 1817
Birth Location: –
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Bolling Harwell
1805 – 1840
Birth Location: Virginia
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Sterling Harwell's Ancestors

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Sterling Harwell
1734 – 1806
Birth Place: , Prince George, Virginia, USA
Parents
Mark (5) Harwell
1700 – 1785
, Surry, Virginia, USA
Sarah ((5)) Pepper
1737 – 1783
Sussex County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Samuel ((6)) Harwell
1688 – 1753
Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States
Mary Coleman
1643 – 1705
Virginia, United States
Richard ((6)) Pepper
1716 – 1760
Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
Martha Fox
1715 – 1743
Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Harwell
1661 – 1719
Mary Coleman
1643 – 1705
Thomas Coleman
1652 – 1748
Rebecca Claiborne
1650 – 1702
STEPHEN PEPPER
1700 – 1746
JANE Wife)
1700 – 1782
Col. Munford
1679 – 1734
Martha Kennon
1681 – 1735
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Harwell
– 1698
unknown
Thomas Coleman
1652 – 1748
Rebecca Claiborne
1650 – 1702
Col. Coleman
1622 – 1682
Elizabeth Grizzell
1632 – 1700
James Munford
1648 – 1690
Roberta Wyatt
1655 – 1702

Sterling Harwell's Descendants

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Sterling Harwell (13 Jul 1734 – 13 Mar 1806) m. Mary Rivers (about 1745 – Bef. 1800) m. Phoebe Pettway (23 Oct 1742 – 1804) m. Lydia Mitchell (Abt. 1770 – Aft. 1815)
  1. 1. Sarah ("Asa") Harwell (ABT 1765 – Aft. 1841) m. George ((Slave Owner)) Powell (1770 – 1848)
    1. 1. Allen Powell (20 Jul 1791 – 23 Sep 1873) m. Casana Powell (ABT 1798 – ) m. Elizabeth (Woodruff) Smith (4 MAR 1810 – 24 JUN 1886)
      1. 1. Jane (D.) Powell (ABT 1827 – ) m. Alfred (W.) Stewart (abt 1824 – 25 Dec 1876)
        1. 1. William (Joshua) Stewart (1845 – 1909)
        2. 2. A. (W.) Stewart (1845 – )
        3. 3. John (C.) Stewart (abt 1850 – JUN 1925)
        4. 4. Ophelia Stewart (abt 1853 – )
        5. 5. Joanne Stewart (abt 1856 – 15 Oct 1940)
        6. 6. Joe (A.) Sprawls (Abt 1857 – )
        7. 7. Alfred (Porter "Alf") Stewart (6 Sept 1860 – 16 Nov 1918)
        8. 8. Elizeth Stewart (Abt 1864 – )
        9. 9. Susan Stewart (Abt 1864 – about 1905)
        10. 10. Rena Stewart (Abt 1866 – )
        11. 11. Babe Stewart
        12. 12. Sukey Stewart
        13. 13. Irene Stewart
        14. 14. Corinne Stewart
        15. 15. Billy Stewart
      2. 2. (Male) Powell (Abt. 1829 – )
      3. 3. Jane Powell (abt 1828 – )
      4. 4. Uriah (George Woodruff) Powell (1832 – )
      5. 5. Marcus (Allen) Powell (18 August 1836 – 17 Feb 1920)
      6. 6. Mary (E) Powell (25 July 1838 – 02 Oct 1858)
      7. 7. Mary (Ann Elizabeth) Witcher (25 July 1838 – 2 October 1858)
      8. 8. Rebecca (A) Powell (1839 – 24 Oct 1860)
      9. 9. Octavius (Augustus) Powell (1841 – 31 May 1862)
      10. 10. Virginia (C) Powell (1844 – )
      11. 11. James (Zackary) Powell (1846 – 1874)
      12. 12. Martha (Jane (Patty)) Powell (7 September 1846 – 15 Jun 1929)
    2. 2. George (Washington) Powell (1793 – 1869)
    3. 3. Penelope Powell (1800 – )
    4. 4. James Powell ( – 1853)
    5. 5. Mary Powell ( – 1822)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Harwell (Bet 1769 and 1774 – Abt 1817)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Harwell (about 1774 – Abt. 1817)
  4. 4. Rebecca Harwell (Aft. 1777 – about 1816)
  5. 5. Sarah (R.) Harwell (1780 – 03 Sep 1840) m. John (Burgess *) Bowie (3 Mar 1776 – 14 FEB 1821) m. Buddy Bohannon (Abt 1788 – Aft 1860)
    1. 1. George (John) Bowie (4 Jan 1819 – 6 Sep 1861)
    2. 2. Sarah (Rebecca) Bowie (00 Jun 1820 – 00 Apr 1890)
  6. 6. Mark (W[Illiams ?]) Harwell (Abt 1780 – 22 Jul 1809)
  7. 7. Elizabeth Harwell (AFT 1781 – )
  8. 8. Rebecca Harwell (Abt 1781 – Abt 1816)
  9. 9. Rebecca Harwell (Abt 1781 – Abt 1816)
  10. 10. Robert (Rivers) Harwell (1782 – 15 Oct 1833)
  11. 11. Mark (W[Illiams ?]) Harwell (1769 – 30 Apr 1800) m. Lucy Hunt ( – 16 Oct 1818)
    1. 1. Alfred Harwell (1779 – )
    2. 2. Martha Harwell (1781 – )
    3. 3. William (J) Harwell*** (11 Feb 1782 – oct 1849)
    4. 4. Sally Harwell (1783 – 1820)
    5. 5. Mark (Mason) Harwell (1790 – 1860)
    6. 6. Thomas (Ethelbert) Harwell (1798 – 1822)
  12. 12. Major (Robert Rivers) Harwell (about 1787 – Bef. 15 Oct 1833) m. Sarah (Mason) Alston (Dec. 20 1789 – FEb. 21 1864)
    1. 1. Emily (T) Harwell (31 OCT 1810 – Oct 1860)
    2. 2. Mark (William) Harwell (24 JUL 1812 – 17 NOV 1880)
    3. 3. Harriet Harwell (17 NOV 1814 – 1848)
    4. 4. Eveline (Thomas) Harwell (15 FEB 1817 – 13 SEP 1894)
    5. 5. Edward (Jones) Harwell (SEP 1817 – 1840)
    6. 6. Robert (Rivers) Harwell (04 JAN 1822 – 1890)
    7. 7. Sarah (Elizabeth) Harwell (30 JAN 1824 – 21 JUN 1915) m. John (Bachman) Lee (25 Jan 1820 – 27 Feb 1885)
      1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Lee (EstBetween:1841/00/00-1867/00/00 – EstBetween:1847/00/00-1950/00/00)
      2. 2. Mary (Morris) Lee (EstBetween:1841/00/00-1867/00/00 – EstBetween:1847/00/00-1950/00/00)
      3. 3. Jacob (Martin) Lee (17 Dec 1846 – 20 Feb 1921) m. Emma (Parthenia) Rochelle (1855 – 1933)
        1. 1. Evelyn (Augusta) Lee (3 May 1877 – 10 March 1959)
        2. 2. Rugeley (R.) Lee (30 August 1880 – 7 May 1957)
        3. 3. Virginia ("Jennie") Lee (1883 – 1962) m. James (E) Scott (24 Oct 1885 – 18 November 1967)
        4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Lee (27 May 1886 – 11 September 1961)
        5. 5. Robert (Harwell) Lee (31 Aug 1890 – Aug 1972)
        6. 6. Jacob (Martin) Lee (24 April 1894 – 30 June 1981)
        7. 7. Sallie Lee
        8. 8. Parthenia Lee
        9. 9. J. (Bachman) Lee
      4. 4. Sarah (Elizabeth Harwell) LEE (15 APR 1847 – 01 Oct 1875)
      5. 5. Benjamin (Shields) LEE (26 JUN 1850 – 7 SEP 1851)
      6. 6. Robert (Harwell) LEE (9 NOV 1852 – 1959)
      7. 7. R (H) Lee (abt 1854 – )
      8. 8. John (Bachman Jr) Lee (25 Sep 1854 – 10 June 1955)
      9. 9. Evelina (Augusta) LEE (14 MAR 1856 – 15 Nov 1875)
      10. 10. Mary (Morris) LEE (17 DEC 1857 – 22 MAY 1917)
      11. 11. Virginia (Lestrappes) Lee (10 Oct 1859 – 30 Jan 1955) m. James (Francis (Jim Frank)) Greer (24 JAN 1858 – 13 JAN 1907)
        1. 1. Amable (Constance) Greer (05 Feb 1884 – died as infant)
        2. 2. Lillian (Lee) Bedichek (15 Feb 1885 – Sept 1971)
        3. 3. Genevieve Greer (22 Jul 1886 – 22 Jun 1909)
        4. 4. Louise (Foster) Greer (abt 1891 – Jun. 13, 1968)
        5. 5. James (Francis Greer) Jr. (09 Nov 1893 – 21 Oct 1918)
        6. 6. John (Bachman Lee) Greer (15 Jun 1896 – 04 Jun 1944) m. Hazel Cannon (2 October 1901 – 9 October 1989)
        7. 7. Francis (Lee Carroll) Greer (22 May 1901 – 14 November 1967)
      12. 12. Lillian (Leonide) LEE (15 APR 1862 – 2 JAN 1902)
      13. 13. John (Bachman Lee) Jr. (1 MAY 1864 – 28 Dec 1913)
    8. 8. Thomas (Hill Alston) Harwell (1827 – child)
    9. 9. Ishmael (Sterling) Harwell (27 MAR 1829 – 21 AUG 1893)
  13. 13. Ishmael (Pettway) Harwell (11 MAY 1789 – 11 JAN 1828) m. Elizabeth (Thomas Wade) Alston (1795 – 1819)
    1. 1. Sallie (Thomas) Harwell (01 NOV 1814 – 12 May 1852) m. Benjamin (Glover) Shields (9 Jan 1811 – 15 Nov 1892)
      1. 1. Harriett (Evelina) Shields (24 SEP 1836 – )
      2. 2. Samuel (Robert) Shields (2 Nov 1837 – 1863)
      3. 3. Ross
    2. 2. Thomas (Alston) Harwell (25 May 1816 – 1828)
    3. 3. Ishmael (Gaius Dean) Harwell (31 Oct 1817 – 11 Jan 1828)
    4. 4. John (Hardaway) Harwell (1819 – )
    5. 5. [Son] Harwell (1819 – 9 Jan 1819)
  14. 14. Ishmael (Pettway) Harwell (11 May 1789 – 1 Apr 1820)
  15. 15. Mary ("Polly") Harwell (Bet 1790 and 1794 – Bet 1831 and 1835)
  16. 16. Hannah (M.) Harwell (Abt 1796 – )
  17. 17. Hannah Harwell (about 1796 – )
  18. 18. Mary Harwell (Aft. 1799 – Bet 1831 and 1835)
  19. 19. Polly Harwell
  20. 20. James Harwell (26 Sep 1760 – )
  21. 21. Robert Harwell (25 May 1763 – 1815)
  22. 22. Richard Harwell (23 Aug 1767 – )
  23. 23. Amy (Elizabeth) Harwell (27 Jan 1770 – about 1844)
  24. 24. Edward Harwell (20 Jan 1772 – )
  25. 25. Littleton Harwell (1 May 1775 – 1804)
  26. 26. Hartwell Harwell (1777 – Bef 6 Jun 1825) m. Temperance Edwards (1782 – ) m. Elizabeth (S) Avery (6 Jan 1807 – 06 Jan 1875)
    1. 1. Maurice (Scarsbrook) Langhorne (27 Mar 1823 – 28 Mar 1908)
  27. 27. Richard (Mason) Harwell (1779 – Dec 1831)
  28. 28. Robert Harwell (Abt. 1781 – Betw 1816 and 1817)
  29. 29. Herbert Harwell (Abt. 1783 – Aft. 1820)
  30. 30. Sterling Harwell (1784 – Bef 27 Oct 1817)
  31. 31. Bolling Harwell (1805 – Bef. Dec 1840)

Sterling Harwell's Timeline

2 Records

1734
13 Jul 1734
Birth of Sterling Harwell in , Prince George, Virginia, USA
, Prince George, Virginia, USA
1806
13 Mar 1806
Age 72
Death of Sterling Harwell in , Halifax, North Carolina, USA
, Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jul 1734
    Event Place: , Prince George, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1806
    Event Place: , Halifax, North Carolina, USA
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