"North Carolina" . . . . "Genealogy" . "Hemphills in North Carolina" . . "James Hemphill, Sr. (with two brothers) immigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia prior to 1747. With his wife, Susanna/Shusanah, and family, he migrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Augusta County, Virginia and settled in Rowan County, N. C., where he died about 1784. Descendants have scattered throughout the United States." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .