Jarrett Norfleet Harrell

In 1860 he was a 36 year old merchant and owner of 10 slaves at Murfreesboro, NC. He enrolled in Hertford County, NC on 16 May 1861 and mustered as Captain of Company F, First North Carolina Infantry.

Brigadier General Doles recognized him for gallantry while "acting Major" in Maryland.

He was wounded at Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863, and was promoted to Major on 29 July and to Lieutenant Colonel on 14 December 1863. He was captured on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA and a prisoner at Fort Delaware, then sent to Hilton Head, SC on 21 June 1864. He was back at Fort Delaware by 24 July 1865, when he took an oath of allegiance to the United States and was released.

By 1870 he was again a merchant in Murfreesboro, NC and in 1888-89 was elected Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 under Jarrott N Harrell, online from fold3, and the Roster.2 The Doles citation is from D.H. Hill's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860 & 1870, and the Murfreesboro Index of 14 December 1888. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph in the Liljenquist Family Collection, Library of Congress.

He married Susan A. Ruffin (1835-1857) in June 1857; she died 2 months later. He married again, Ellen Ora Lawrence (1837-1920) in November 1863 and they had 3 children.

01/24/1824; Murfreesboro, NC

11/04/1892; burial in Southall - Lawrence Family Cemetery, Murfreesboro, NC