Direct Ancestors of Bill Hardin
William SHELL & Amelia ELLIS
Compiled by Patricia Freeman Hardin; Mount Holly, NC; 2007
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WILLIAM SHELL was born Abt. 1730 in VA, and died Abt. 1807 in Newberry District, SC. He married (1) AMELIA ELLIS, daughter of CALEB ELLIS and AMELIA SHOCKEY. He married (2) ABIGAIL COLLINGSWORTH.

Notes for WILLIAM SHELL:

1749
Surry Co. VA
Order Book 1744-1749
Page 558
June 20, 1749
The Action of Trespass on the Case brought by William Shell plt against Richard Barber Defend. this Day came the parties by their attornies and the said Deft. defends the force and injury when he and prays and has leave to Imparte here till the near the same day is given the parties here be.

1757
Surry Co. VA
Orders 1753-1757.
Page 497
Court held for Surry Co. June the 21th 1757.
Page 502
Order that William Shell be appointed Surveyor of the Road from William Cooper's to the Bowling Alley with the following Hands Viz. Caleb Ellis John Cooper John Justice two Hands Benj. Ellis and George Cooper and that he keep the same according to Law.

1797
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume XII
Number 2, Spring, 1984, page 97
Some Migrations from Virginia to South Carolina (Continued from Vol. XI, p.21)
Deed Bk 17, p. 255. Power of Attorney. I WILLIAM SHELL SR. of Brunswick Co., Va who being about to remove to S.C. have made my son LEMMON SHELL of Brunswick Co., my lawful attorney to sell all my lands in Brunswick?29 Oct. 1797.
Witnesses: JOHN MOORE, EZEHILL BLANCH
WILLIAM SHELL
Proved 28 May (1798) by oath of EZEHILL BLANCH and 25 June 1798 by JOHN MOORE.

1807
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume III
Number 1, Winter, 1975, page 10
The following data were abstracted from a book in the Laurens Co. courthouse, but they are pertinent to a much larger area. In the early years, an Equity court was held in Laurens for ?the united districts of Greenville, Laurens, and Newberry,? which was called the Washington Equity District.
Estate Partitions in the Washington District Court of Equity, 1803-1826
Pages 10-11a. (Estate of WILLIAM SHELL). Petition of Harmon Shell of Newberry District sheweth that William Shell, Senior, deceased, died owning a tract of land on ( ) creek, waters of Enoree River in the District aforesaid, containing 130 acres. In August, 1807, the said William Shell departed this life intestate, leaving a widow Abigail Shell and ten children, to wit, all of Newberry District:

i. Harmon Shell, who prays for a partition,
ii. Stephen Shell,
iii. John Shell,
iv. William Shell,
v. Milly, wife of John Hatton,
vi. Lemon Shell,
vii. Nancey, wife of John Dugan,
viii. Cornelius Shell,
ix. Doherty Lemon Shell,
x. Lucy, wife of James Wright.

The said Cornelius and Doherty are aged seven and six, respectively. Petitioner prays that Lemon(?) Shell, administrator of the said deceased, be appointed guardian of Cornelius and Doherty Lemon(?), and that the property be divided. Filed 29 Feb. 1808. A subsequent petition also dated 29 Feb. 1808 asks that the property be sold. John Garlington, Commissioner in Equity.

Children of WILLIAM SHELL and AMELIA ELLIS are:

i. STEPHEN SHELL, b. 07 May 1754, Surry Co., VA

ii. LUCY SHELL, b. 1757; m. JAMES WRIGHT.

iii. WILLIAM SHELL, b. 1759.

iv. JOHN SHELL, b. 1762.

v. HARMON SHELL, b. 1765.

vi. AMELIA SHELL, b. 1767; m. JOHN HATTON.

vii. LEMON SHELL, b. 1769.

viii. NANCY SHELL, b. 1771; m. JOHN DUGAN.

ix. CORNELIUS SHELL.

x. DOHERTY LEMON SHELL.