George Russell Jr. (1768 - 1850)

Born 1768 in Tyron, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda (Reavis) Russell — married 23 Feb 1791 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1850 at about age 82 in Camden, Missouri, United States

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Biography

George Russell, Jr. was born in 1768, in North Carolina, a son of George Russell and Mary (Underwood) Russell. George's father is honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for his Civil Service and his Patriotic Duty as a member of the Tryon county (North Carolina) Committee of Safety and for serving as a member of the Grand Jury. Application for membership in the Society have been filed by the descendants of George Russell, Jr. who married Rhoda Reavis. ^[1]

On February 23, 1791, in Rutherford, North Carolina, George married Rhoda Reavis, daughter of David Reavis and Gemima (Reed) Reavis. ^[2] By 1850, George and his family were living in Camden county, Missouri. ^[3] Children of George and Rhoda include:

• William M. Russell, born November 22, 1794, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, died February 19, 1858, in Missouri, married Nancy Reavis, his first cousin, on 12 May 1816 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina. They had nine children. ^[4]

• Sarah Elizabeth Russell, born May 22, 1799, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, died September 28, 1850, in Montreal, Camden county, Missouri, married 1) ___ Proctor and 2) Robert Neely on April 25, 1822. in Rutherford county, N.C. ^[5]

• David Russell, born in Rutherford county, married Rachael Bagwell

• John Russell, born May 20, 1802, in Rutherford county, died April 5, 1883, in Hiawassee, Towns county, Georgia, married Nancy Dickey, daughter of George Dickey and Hannah (Taylor) Dickey, in 1827. ^[6]

• Aminta Russell, married Lorenzo Dow Britton, in Rutherford county

• Benjamin F. Russell, born March 10, 1832, died January 9, 1883, buried in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, married Martha Ellen West, daughter of Stephen West ^[7]

George Russell, Jr. died in 1850 in Camden County, Missouri and is buried in the Green Cemetery on Macks Creek, Camden county. Rhoda (Reavis) Russell died in 1851 and was buried with him. ^[8]

George was born about 1768. He passed away after 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR Ancestor #: A098353, SAR National Numbers: 638183 and 712133
2. ↑ State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.O
3. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ncmarriages&h=2121687&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9050093/william-m-russell
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59172623/sarah-elizabeth-neely
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22726133/john-russell
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29498127/benjamin-f.-russell
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59238244/george-russell

• Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G
• Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls

Acknowledgments

• Russell-7428 was created by Kristin Peachey through the import of KLPeacheywiki2.ged on Jun 26, 2014
• Haywood County, North Carolina, Deed Book B, page 435, George Russell to John Russell, 31 March 1827. George Russell, “for and in consideration of the love and good will and affection I have and bear to my loving son John Russell,” gave him eleven enslaved people: James - aged forty-five, Isaac - aged forty, Lucy - aged forty, Cinda - aged eight, Ellen - aged six, Rice - aged four, James, Jr. - aged two, Hannah - aged seven, Wilson - aged four, Alfred - aged two, Nelson - aged four. He also gave him six horse, two wagons, thirty-seven head of cattle, and thirty head of hogs. The deed was witnessed by Andrew Cathey, John Reid, and B. W. Bell and was acknowledged in October 1827.