Andrew Russell

Husband of Hannah (Hardgrave) Russell — married 28 Jun 1799 in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States

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Andrew Russell served in the Kentucky Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: 1 September 1812
Unit(s): Second Regiment (Jennings')
Service ended: 30 March 1813

Biography

Andrew was born between 1765 and 1779, based on the age range in his 1810 U.S. Census enumeration and his eligibility for the militia in 1797. He may be a descendant of one of the Andrew Russells from Augusta County, Virginia. His father-in-law Francis Hardgrave was originally from Augusta County, Virginia.

He was commissioned an ensign in the 6th Regiment, Kentucky Militia on 19 September 1797.^[1]

He married Hannah Hardgrave on 28 June 1799 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.^[2]

In 1801, he was one of the commissioners appointed to plan the town of Somerset, Kentucky and arrange the location of the public buildings.^[3]

He was a private in Tunstall Quarles' Company of Infantry, 2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Militia from 1 September 1812 to 30 March 1813.^[4] His regiment constructed Fort Jennings in Ohio, and then remained there on garrison duty for several months.^[5] They then headed north to Put-in-Bay, Ohio.^[6] When their term of service was nearly over, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio and were discharged in March 1813.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Cliff, G. Glenn. The "Cornstalk" Militia of Kentucky, 1792-1811. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1957. Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982.
2. ↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. [1]
3. ↑ Pulaski County Fact Book II. Chapter 2: The Founding and Growth of Somerset. Pulaski County GenWeb.
4. ↑ Compiled service record, Andrew Russell, Pvt., Tunstall Quarles' Company of Infantry, 2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Militia, War of 1812. Record Group 94. National Archives, Washington, DC.
5. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [2]
6. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [3]
7. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [4]

• United States Census, 1810, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-4X9 : accessed 2 November 2018), Andrew Russle, Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 143, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.
• Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. [5]
• Pulaski County, Kentucky. Tax books, 1799-1875. Microfilm #7834499, Tax books 1799-1822. [6]
• Pulaski County, Kentucky. Tax books, 1799-1875. Microfilm #7834499, Tax books 1799-1822. [7]
• Pulaski County, Kentucky. Tax books, 1799-1875. Microfilm #7834499, Tax books 1799-1822. [8]
• Pulaski County, Kentucky. Tax books, 1799-1875. Microfilm #7834499, Tax books 1799-1822. [9]
• Compiled service record, Andrew Russell, Pvt., Tunstall Quarles' Company of Infantry, 2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Militia, War of 1812. Record Group 94. National Archives, Washington, DC.
• Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [10]
• Cliff, G. Glenn. The "Cornstalk" Militia of Kentucky, 1792-1811. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1957. Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982.
• Pulaski County Fact Book II. Chapter 2: The Founding and Growth of Somerset. Pulaski County GenWeb.
• Pulaski County Fact Book II. Chapter 3: Military History. Pulaski County GenWeb.