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- 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Sowells
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Yancey, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 1374
Richard Sowells 37
Joshua M Sowells 8
John W Sowells 0
Melinda Sowells 30
Mary A Sowells 7
Martha J Sowells 3
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Sorrells
Age in 1860: 47
Birth Year: abt 1813
Home in 1860: Yancey, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Spruce Pine
Richard Sorrells 47
Malinda Sorrells 39
Joshua M Sorrells 18
Martha Sorrells 13
John Sorrells 10
Sarah Sorrells 7
William Sorrells 5
Gaston Sorrells 2
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Richard Sorrells
Residence: Mitchell County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 11 Jul 1861
Enlistment Place: Mitchell County, North Carolina
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 July 1861 at the age of 48.
Enlisted in Company I, 29th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 11 Jul 1861.
Discharged from Company I, 29th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 1 May 1862.
Sources: 16
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Richard Sorrells
Residence: Mitchell County, North Carolina
Age at enlistment: 48
Enlistment Date: 7 Nov 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Mitchell County, NC
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment on 11 Jul 1861.
Mustered out on 01 May 1862.
Birth Date: abt 1813
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Sorrels
Birth Year: abt 1813
Age in 1870: 57
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Grassy Creek, Mitchell, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Richard Sorrels 57
Melinda W Sorrels 50
John N Sorrels 21
Sarah E Sorrels 17
Wm P Sorrels 14
Gaston M Sorrels 13
Robert P Sorrels 10
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Sorrals
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Grassy Creek, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Malina Sorrals
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Richard Sorrals 67 Self (Head)
Malina Sorrals 59 Wife
Robert P. Sorrals 21 Son
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert P Sorrels [Robert P Sarrels]
Home in 1900: Grassy Creek, Mitchell, North Carolina
Age: 39
Birth Date: Sep 1860
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Brother
Father's name: Richard Sorrels
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Gaston M Sorrels 42
Emma R Sorrels 38
Troy Sorrels 9
Richard Sorrels 86
Robert P Sorrels 39
Maggie Turkefield 21
Land records indicate Richard and his wife, Melinda, sold three tracts of land to G. M. Sorrells for $200.00 on March 27, 1897. One was a tract Richard got from the state on Dec 20, 1894 (NC State Grant #571). The second tract was one Richard got from G. C. Wilson on 2 Apr 1894. The third was a tract deeded to Richard by J. W. MeClroy (trustee to Richard) on 14 Apr 1894. The total was about 200 acres. Richard and Melina were to have use of the land as long as they lived. This was recorded in Mitchell County Deed Book 31, page 232, filed Apr 19, 1897.
From Old Buncombe Co., NC Families:
Richard Sorrells was born in June 1814. He married Melinda Lonan/London, who was born in 1820. Richard was a Yancey County farmer with real estate worth $100.00 in 1850. The 1860 Federal Census showed Richard and his family living in the Spruce Pine area of Yancey County with real estate valued at $300.00 and personal property valued at $280.00. According to the agriculture schedule, Richard had twenty-five acres of improved and 125 acres of unimproved land. Also listed were machinery, two horses, three milk cows, five cattle, six swine, eighteen bushels of wheat, twenty-one bushels of rye, 150 bushels of corn, ten bushels of oats, ten pounds of tobacco, nine bushels of beans, twenty bushels of Irish potatoes, 140 pounds of butter, forty pounds of cheese, twelve gallons of molasses, forty dollars worth of manufactured goods, and $49.00 worth of slaughtered animals.
Richard was 48 years old when he volunteered for service in the Confederate Army. On July 11, 1861, he was enrolled as Private in Company I, 29th NC State Troops from Mitchell County. Richard was discharged and received his last payment on 22 October 1862.
Richard was living with his family in the Grassy Creek Section of Mitchell County on the August 15, 1870 Census. He was a farmer with $100 worth of real estate and $150 in personal property. Richard had thirty improved and 120 wooded acres of land. He raised rye, Indian corn, and tobacco.
Richard and Melinda had at least eight children.
On July 30, 1901, Richard Sorrells, age 87 of Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., NC, applied for a confederate pension. He applied for the pension because of an injury he received while serving in the army. In October of 1862, while he was near Cumberland Gap, TN, a timber fell on his left hand. From this he contracted erysipelas (infection of the skins with streptococci) in his left hand. The application was signed with an "X".
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1814 - Aft 1901 (> 88 years)
