Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Russell
Descendants of William Russell
1.William1 Russell was born Abt. 1745 in Cumberland Co., VA, and died November 1813 in Cumberland Co., VA.He married (1) Elizabeth ? 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA.She was born Abt. 1745, and died Bef. 1801 in Cumberland Co., VA.He married (2) Tabitha Barnes Abt. 1801 in Cumberland Co. VA.She was born September 16, 1775 in Cumberland Co., VA, and died September 28, 1839 in Union Twp., Highland Co., OH.
Notes for William Russell:
Ages of William's children are estimates. In the Heads of Household census of 1784-85 (Cumberland County, VA) he is credited with a total of eight individuals. Counting himself and 1st wife Elizabeth - that means 6 children at home in 1784-85.In 1810 he is shown with 9 individuals. The census shows the following:(WM under 10 = 1, WM 10-15 = 1, WM over 45 = 1, WF under 10 = 1, WF 16-25 = 4, WF 26-44 = 1) = 9(Thomas and Polly had moved away)
By 1810 he was married for the second time to Tabitha Barnes; Tabitha had been married previously to a Thomas B. Drake. It is not known what children, if any, she brought to her marriage with William. William does not show up on the 1820 census - he died in 1813, however there is a record of a Nancy Russell, as a Head of Household, with two younger children in residence; very likely his daughter by Elizabeth. The Federal Census of 1880 shows his daughters by Tabitha: Terese Russell Thomas and Eliza Russell Oldaker, both living in Union Township, Highland County, Ohio with their families. Both quite elderly. Son Samuel's (d. 1876) wife, Mary Duncan Russell, is living in Buena Vista Township, Jasper County, Iowa, with her son Samuel Garnet Russell and family.
Samuel Garnet Russell's 1912 biography states that his Grandfather (William) was a "hero of the Revolutionary War". There were two famous William Russell's in the war, of which much has been written - Gen. William Russell and his son Colonel William Russell, both from Culpepper County, Virginia. I can find no direct relationship. Our William Russell was a "Matross" (a Gunners' assistant) in the War. He may have been a hero, but he had a rather low military rank.
Perhaps the best record we have of William Russell and his family comes to us from the estate litigation filed in Cumberland County in 1813. See "William Russell's Estate" in the Stories section.-DR
More About William Russell:
Census: 1784, Heads of Household, Cumberland Co., VA
Military service: 1779, Matross (see Document Section)
Occupation: 1790, Clerk, Cumberland County, VA
Notes for Tabitha Barnes:
See a picture of Tabitha's headstone at the Dunn's Chapel Cemetery in the Photo section.-DR
More About Tabitha Barnes:
Burial: September 1839, Dunn's Chapel, Union Twp., Highland Co., OH
Census: 1820, New Canton, Buckingham Co., VA
Children of William Russell and Elizabeth ? are:
| + | 2 | i. | Thomas2 Russell, born Abt. 1764 in Buckingham Co., VA; died Unknown. | |
| 3 | ii. | Patsy Russell, born Abt. 1766 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Aft. 1813.She married Stephen Whitehead Abt. 1786 in Cumberland Co., VA; born Abt. 1766; died Aft. 1813. | ||
| 4 | iii. | Lucy Russell, born Abt. 1767 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Unknown.She married James Farmer, Jr. Bef. 1813; born Abt. 1776 in Cumberland Co., VA; died 1824 in Cumberland Co., VA. |
| Notes for James Farmer, Jr.: Cumberland County Deed Bk 17 page 423, 23 Aug 1824-- Thomas Hobson Exc of James Farmer Jr of Cumberland County to James Allen Jr of Cumberland County $629.64 for 110 acres with this reserve of 1/2 acres embracing the old family cemetery. Lin North Side of Buckingham Road, John Melton, Phillip Jones Est., Geo. Carson, Thomas Hobson.[Farmer.ged] Cumberland County Deed Bk 17 page 423, 23 Aug 1824-- Thomas Hobson Exc of James Farmer Jr of Cumberland County to James Allen Jr of Cumberland County $629.64 for 110 acres with this reserve of 1/2 acres embracing the old family cemetery. Lin North Side of Buckingham Road, John Melton, Phillip Jones Est., Geo. Carson, Thomas Hobson. |
| 5 | iv. | Betsy Russell, born Abt. 1768 in Buckingham Co., VA; died Unknown.She married Henry Derham Bef. 1813; died Unknown. | ||
| + | 6 | v. | Nancy R. Russell, born Abt. 1769 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Abt. 1850 in Claiborne Co., TN. | |
| 7 | vi. | Wiley Russell, born Abt. 1770 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Unknown. | ||
| + | 8 | vii. | Mary Polly Russell, born Abt. 1784 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Aft. 1870 in Greenbrier Co., (W)VA. | |
| + | 9 | viii. | Sarah Fanny Russell, born 1785 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Aft. 1850 in Monroe Co., VA. | |
| 10 | ix. | William Russell, Jr., born Abt. 1786 in Powhatan, Cumberland, VA; died Unknown. |
Children of William Russell and Tabitha Barnes are:
| 11 | i. | Terese A.2 Russell, born March 08, 1802 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Aft. 1880 in Union Twp., Highland Co., OH.She married Benjamin F. Thomas June 15, 1817 in Cumberland Co., VA; born 1797 in Cumberland Co., VA; died Aft. 1880 in Union Twp., Highland Co., OH. |
| Notes for Terese A. Russell: The Cumberland County Marriage Register lists her name as Terecy Russell and in the Chancery Court document presented after her father William's death she is listed as Terresa. |
| + | 12 | ii. | Samuel R. Russell, born November 08, 1805 in Cumberland Co., VA; died October 04, 1876 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA. | |
| + | 13 | iii. | Elizabeth Barnes Russell, born November 23, 1813 in New Canton Twp., Buckingham Co., VA; died Aft. 1880 in Union Twp., Highland Co., OH. |