Capt. Elisha Scull 1755 – 1805 | his parents
& 24 Jan 1784 Ann Sun Speight 1769 – 1815 | her parents
of [Harrellsville] Hertford County NC
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Elisha Scull married on 24 Jan 1784 Ann Sun Speight.
Ann Sun Speight was born 11 Mar 1769, the daughter of John Speight and wife Jemima of Chowan Co.
25 Aug 1755 Elisha Scull was born, the son of Edward Scull and wife Christian.
1779 tax list Hertford Co – Elisha Scull owned 4 cows
1782 tax list Hertford Co – Elisha Scull owned 2 horses or mules
1784 tax list Hertford Co – Elisha Scull owned 200 acres land and 4 slaves
1790 US Census Hertford Co –
Elisha Scull 1 male over 16, —, 4 females, 11 slaves
1800 US Census Hertford Co
Elisha Scull 2 males under 10, 1 45+, females 3 under 10, 2 10/15, 1 26/45, 22 slaves
13 Oct 1805 Elisha Scull died.
1815 tax list Starkey Sharp,
guardian for
1600 acres of William Lassiter;
65 acres Elisha Scull;
65 acres Penelope Scull;
65 acres Deborah Scull.
1815 from the James Scull’s Bible death page
“Alpha Spate Scull died the 13 of Oct 1815” I think this is a misreading of his mother AnnSun Speight Scull.
Children of Elisha Scull and Ann Sun Speight:
1. Mary Ann Scull 8 Feb 1785 Hertford Co – 1806/7 no issue
married 15 Jan 1806 Isaac Norfleet 1780 – 1844 Edgecombe Co NC
Isaac Norfleet married 2nd 21 Mar 1807 Christiana Ward 12 Dec 1790 – 1853
2. Priscilla Scull 19 Mar 1787 – 1829
married ca 1810 Elisha Sessoms 1780/85 – bef Feb 1847
3. Penniah Scull Mar 1789 –
4. Chrissey Scull 13 Mar 1790 –
married ? Norfleet
5. James Sharp Scull 11 Feb 1793 – 21 Feb 1834 MS
married ca Feb 1813 Celia Evans 1792 – 23 Oct 1836 Hertford Co NC
6. Elisha Speight Scull 1[7] April 1795 – aft 1850 MS grocery 1850
married bef 1824 Sally Sharp 1807 – 1838
one son ca 1824 – aft 1840 MS
7. Penelope [Penny] Scull 29 Aug 1797 –
married 1st Wiley Outlaw ca 1782 – 10 Nov 1823
a. Elizabeth Outlaw ca 1819 –
b. Arabella/Isabella [Belle] Outlaw 1820 –
married David Henry
c. Mary [Polly] Ann Outlaw 7 Feb 1821 – 17 June 1893
married 30 Dec 1845 George Baker 25 Apr 1817 – 17 Sept 1891
parents of Raleigh J Baker
d. Jemima Outlaw Feb 1822 –
married 2nd William Hayes
e. Maj. Horatio Hayes 1830 –
f. Elisha Hayes 1836 –
this William Hayes is the father by a first wife [or is half – brother] of
a. Wiley D Hayes ca 1817 – 1889
married by 1838 Cynthia Rayner [Garrett] ca 1800 – 1848
1. Joseph S Hayes 1841 – 5 May 1862 CSA
2. Sarah L Hayes 1844 – 1923
married Joshua L Garrett 1831 – 1883
3. Julius John Hayes 1846 – aft 1930 Ahoskie
Wiley D Hayes married 2nd 1857 Bartra Wilson
8. Deborah Scull 20 Aug 1799 –
married Kinsey
married 2nd R Brown
9. Parthenia Scull 21 Mar 1801 –
married William Lassiter 1800 – 1866
a. James Lassiter ca 1824 –
b. Joseph J Lassiter ca 1827 –
c. Catherine Lassiter ca 1829 –
d. Zadock Lassiter ca 1833 –
e. Sarah Lassiter ca 1836 –
f. Frances Lassiter ca 1840 –
g. Marjorie Lassiter ca 1844 –
10. Jemina Scull 31 Dec 1803 –
wedding reported in the Raleigh Star
“Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh NC Newspapers 1796-1826” by Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.
married 28 Dec 1824 Elisha Bennett Norfleet 27 Jan 1801 – 10 Nov 1837
son of Elisha Norfleet, merchant of Edenton and his wife Ann Evans
a. James Norfleet 17 Nov 1825 –
b. John Norfleet 4 Feb 1827 –
c. William James Norfleet 4 Jan 1829 –
d. Ann Eliza Norfleet 7 Nov 1830 –
e. Leah Hunter Norfleet 20 Dec 1832 –
f. Denison Edward Norfleet Oct 1835 –
11. Hepaston Scull Jan 1806 –
Robert Drake Scull gave these Sources:
Elisha Scull Bible – LDS Genealogical Services film #1036950 Item 5
“Wills and Administrations” by Raleigh J Baker, North Carolina, June 1958 IV pp 432-36
James Scull Bible – Harrellsville Historical Society
NC Tax Lists for 1779, 1782, 1783, 1784
The Elisha Scull Bible: “below is a copy of an old record of the Scull family handed down to me by my sister, Mrs. Amanda Browne, given to her by our grandmother, Penny [Penelope] Hayes, who was before her first marriage to Wiley Outlaw, Penny Scull. Copied March 9, 1911. Wiley Outlaw was my mother’s father. signed Raleigh J Baker [died in Ahoskie, NC on April 11, 1921]
John Speight [Chowan County] m Jemima. Their daughter was Ann *Lun b 11 Mar 1769.
Edward Scull [Nansemond County VA to Bertie County NC] d 1767 in Hertford Co NC married Christian. Their son was:
Elisha Scull b. 25 Aug 1755, d 13 Oct 1805. He m Ann *Lun Speight on 24 Jan 1784. Their children were: [ * Note: Capitol L and S were often mistaken for one another in the old records – her name was Sun]
1. Mary Ann b 8 Feb 1785
2. Priscilla b 19 Mar 1787
3. Penniah b Mar 1789
4. Chrissey b 13 Mar 1790
5. James Sharp b 11 Feb 1793
6. Elisha Speight b 1 Apr 1795
7. Penny [Penelope] b 29 Aug 1797
m 1st Wiley Outlaw
m 2nd William Hayes
8. Deborah b 20 Aug 1799
9. Bethenia b 21 Mar 1801
10. Jemima b 31 Dec 1803
m Elisha B Norfleet b 29 Jan 1800 – d 10 Nov 1837
Their children were
a. James b 17 Nov 1825
b. John Norfleet 4 Feb 1827
c. William James 4 Jan 1829
d. Ann Eliza 7 Nov 1830
e. Leah Hunter 20 Dec 1832
f. Denison Edward Oct 1835
11. Hepaston b Jan 1806
Finally, there is the entry: Starkey Sharp b. 19 Oct 1784
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James Sharp Scull 1793 – 1834 | his parents
& 1813 Celia Evans 1792 – 1836 | her parents
of Hertford Co NC
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
1792, Celia Evans was born daughter of Benjamin Evans and wife Margaret of Hertford Co NC.
11 Feb 1793, James Sharp Scull was born son of Elisha Scull and Ann Sun Speight of Hertford Co NC.
1811 “Jas. S. Scull cast his lot among the Church Methodist in the year of our Lord 1811″
ca Feb 1813 James Sharp Scull and Celia Evans were married in Hertford County NC.
1830 May Ct Hertford Co NC James — Scull in on Motion, appointed Inspector “from Pitch Landing to Sharp’s Mill” and enters into bond for the Sum of Five hundred pounds with Wm. Hays & James Alston Securieties and is duly qualified.
Hertford Co Ct minutes.
21 Feb 1834 James Sharp Scull died in Mississippi probably while looking for new land in which to settle.
23 Oct 1836 Celia Evans Scull died in Hertford Co NC
Children of James Sharp Scull & Celia Evans
1. Elisha S Scull 19 Nov 1813 – 1831 age 17
baptise by Alen K Burnard
2. Fletcher S Scull 23 July 1816 – 18 June 1860 NC while on a visit
baptise by A R Bernard
married MS ca 1848 Frances ? ca 1827 VA – 1860 MS
a. Joseph James Scull 1849 – aft 1910
married Martha O Heald 1853 – aft 1920 5 children
i. Joseph A Scull ca 1872 –
married Lonnie Mae — 2 children
ii. Elizabeth Scull ca 1875 –
iii. Joel Fletcher Scull ca 1876 – 5 May 1940
married Anna Bird Crisler 1880 – 1955 3 children
iv. John D Scull 8 Jun 1882 – Dec 1968
married Mattie —- 2 children
v. Jodie J Scull ca 1884 – aft 1900
b. Martha Scull 1851 – aft 1910
married Joseph D Rush
c. Charles Scull May 1856 – aft 1910
d. William Drake Scull 18 Sept 1858 MS – 31 Aug 1893
married Lillie Walton 5 Feb 1862 – 6 Apr 1918
i. Nannie Woodfine Scull 21 Apr 1886 – 1 Jun 1946
married Jessie Elliot Ward
ii. Herman Drake Scull 1 Jan 1893 – 1896
iii. Mattie Rush Scull 11 Nov 1891 – 1 Apr 1956
married Hillary Hunter Taylor 1876 – 1956
e. Fletcher S. Scull 4 Feb 1860 MS – 21 Jan 1881
3. Joseph J Scull 26 March 1818 – 1888
baptise by Solomon Day
married 1st Ann Eliza Rayner ca 1816 – 1854
dau of Amos Rayner and Hannah Holladay
a. Melissa Scull 1841 – 1842
b. Joseph Ann Scull 1845 – 1849
c. William Raynor Scull 1852 – 1853
married 2nd 1857 Willie A. Ward 1839 –
daughter of James and Martha Ward
e. Leon Scull 1859 – bef 1864
f. James W Scull aft 1860 – 1863
g. Saint Leon Scull 1864 – 1910
h. Elena Drake Scull 1867 – bef 1880
i. Effie S Scull 1870 –
j. Joseph William Scull ca 1876 –
5. Ethelbert Drake Scull 3 Oct 1819 – 1897 tailor
baptise by A R Bernard
married Mary Eliza Sharp 1832 – 21 Nov 1856 dau of Blount Sharp
a. Thomas Blount Scull 1852 – 11 Oct 1856
b. Mary Scull 1854 – 2 Oct 1856
c. James Scull 1856 – 12 Nov 1856
married ca 1870 Nannie Sharp [Walton] 1835 – 1902
a. Bismark Scull 1 Mar 1872 – 22 Jan 1933
married Luella Pritchard 28 July 1878 – 21 Dec 1942
dau of David Pritchard and wife Alice Cox
i. Clarine Scull 1900 – 1975
married Bruce A Fountain ? – 1975
ii. Myra Sharp Scull 21 Feb 1908 – 11 Oct 1966
b. Drake Von Moltke Scull 14 April 1874 – 5 Jan 1933
married 1st Jaine B Harris 1872 – 12 Jul 1915
married Henrietta Adams Gregory 6 May 1892 – 18 Nov 1974
i. Robert Drake Scull 22 May 1924 – 3 Nov 1968
married Joan Ann Langlois 4 children
6. Alonzo Ashberry Scull 1 April 1822 – 20 Feb 1834 ca 12 years old
baptise by Jacob Hill
7. Starkey S Scull 31 March 1829 – 2 Nov 1829 infant
Edward Scull ca 1720 – 1767 | his parents
& Christian ? – bef 1758 | her parents
& fall of 1758 Pheraby ? | her parents
of Nansemond Co VA & Bertie and Hertford Counties NC
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
21 Oct 1749 Edward Scull of Nansemond Co VA bought 250 ac of land from Jacob Lasher in Bertie Co NC for 12 pounds in Virginia script. on the edge of Flatt Swamp. G pp 308/09
1 Oct 1751 Edward Scull bought 160 ac of land on Deep Creek from Thomas Jones of Petty Shore 30 pounds in Virginia script.
13 Oct 1752 Edward Scull bought 200 ac of land adj. the Wiccacon Ferry Rd, beginning at the bridge on the east side of Deep Creek from Henry Reed for 37 pounds Virginia currency
1755 Edward Scull bought 50 ac of land on the other side of Deep Creek from Gidian Gilbert of Duplin Co for 10 pounds of Virginia currency.
10 Sept 1757, Edward Scull, carpenter, sold 250 ac on Deep Creek for 80 pounds to Joseph Jackson, a factor for the British merchants Thomas Hartley and Timothy Nicholls of the White Haven Company of Cumberland County, England. these were the two parsels bought from Gilbert and Reed.
11 July 1758, Edward Scull, carpenter of Society Parish, sold the 250 ac of Flatt Swamp to Matthias Brickell of Society Parish, for 20 pounds Virginia currency.
5 Dec 1758, Edward Scull and Faraba Scull his wife 150 ac on Deep Creek to Absalom Rawls 40 pounds Virginia currency.
1759 the land owned by Edward Scull fell into the new county Hertford.
1764 Edward Scull was on a coroner’s jury
April 1767 the estate of Edward Scull, Hertford Co NC
May Ct 1774 On Motion of Mr Worth Attorney at law ordered that John Skull, orphan of John Skull deceased be bound unto Edward Skull to learn the trade of a House Carpenter & joiner untill he arrives at the age of twenty one years he being now sixteen years & six months old.
Ordered that Zedekiah Able a mulato the orphen of — Able be bound an apprentice to Edward Skull to learn the trade of a carpenter, aged about fourteen years.
29 Jan 1773 John Augustus Wynns planter of Hertford Co to Edward Scull of Bertie Co, 13 pounds proclamation 150 acres on Spring Branch, joining John Winborne, William Warren. Wit: Jane Earley, Grace [x] Earley. Nov Ct 1774 John Johnston CJC
30 Apr 1778 Edward Scull of Hertford Co to John Scull of same. 60 pounds proclamation. 150 acres joining Spring Branch, Aaron Askew, William Warrin. Wit: Gilstrap Williams, John [x] Williams. Feb Ct 1779. John Johnston CC
22 Sept 1787 John Scull, planter & Fruzan Scull of Hertford Co to Samuel Webb planter of Bertie Co 64 pounds specie 150 acres on the south side of Spring Branch joining Aron Askew, William Warrin. Wit: Timy Walton, Benjamin Earley. Feb Ct 1790. Stevens Gray CC
1790 US Census Hertford Co NC
Edward Scull 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 3 females
John Scull 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 6 females, 3 slaves
Elisha Scull 1 male over 16, —, 4 females, 11 slaves
1790 US Census New Hanover Co NC
John G Scull Esq. 1male over 16, 1 male under 16, 5 females, 1 other free person, 8 slaves
1790 US Census Wayne Co NC
Alexander Scull 1 male over 16, —– ———
Children of Edward Scull and wife Christian:
1. Edward Scull ca 1750 – bef 1800
2. Elisha Scull 1755 – 1805
married 24 Jan 1784 Ann Sun Speight 1769 –
Perhaps son of Edward Scull and wife Pheraby
4. Alexander Scull ca 1760 – aft 1810
married Mourning ? ca 1764 – aft 1860
Edward Scull ca 1690 – ? | his parents
& Sarah ? | her parents
of Philadelphia PA & Nansemond Co VA
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Children of Edward Scull and wife Sarah:
1. James Scull d. 1717 PA
2. Edward Scull ca 1720 – 1767
3. John Scull ca 1725 –
married ca 1756 –
a. John Scull ca Nov 1757
married est 1780 Frusan —–
Source of Information: Robert Drake Scull of New Bern, NC
He has written a report entitled “The Edward Scull Trunk, A Southern Planting of the Scull Family”