William
Russell
Born about in North Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and Unknown (Unknown) Russell
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Minta (Fowler) Russell
— married
13 Apr 1815 in Franklin, Tenn
Descendants 
Father of
Dorcas Russell, Maragret Russell, Margaret Russell, Samuel Joseph Russell, William M Russell, Ellen Russell, Unknown Russell, Marilla Belle (Russell) Gist, Unknown Russell, Patience Russell, Minta Russell, John Russell, Elijah Russell, James H. Russell and Mary E Russell
Died
at about age 45
in Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]
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William Russell served for Tennessee in the War of 1812
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Biography
Major William Russell is a veteran of the War of 1812. He volunteered three times and served in Captain Cowan’s Company in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Pillow.
Minta Fowler, who married William Russell, recorded their marriage date and her maiden name in her War of 1812 Boutny Land Warrant Apprilcation as April 13, 1815, Franklin County, Tennessee. This is the only place where their marriage is recorded and where her maiden name is given. Marriages were not required to be recorded in county courthouses in Tennessee until 1838.
Major William Russell and many of his children moved from Franklin County, Tennessee, to Franklin County, Alabama, after the War of 1812. Nephew William Russell also moved there. While his two oldest daughters were born in Tennessee, his next two children, sons, were born in Alabama after 1820.
William Russell, Jr. the fourth child of William and Minta, was born January 22, 1824, in Alabama and died June 20, 1894, in Farmersville, Texas. On August 26, 1848, in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennesee, he married Mary Ann Taylor (Frankilin county, Tennessee Marriage Book, 1835-1875, p. 102)
Sources
- Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter, April 2011, Volume 37, Number 2, Issue 208, Article: Finding Minta's Father. Available online here: http://dallasgenealogy.com/DGS_Docs/Newsletters/2011/April/PDF/DGS_Newsletter_2011_April_Vol_37_Num_2_Iss_298.pdf
- Family Search . https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3WG8-5D5
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Bettye (Medlin) Mullins
Major Russell of Russellville, Franklin Co, Ala. Gained fame at the Battle of Horshoe Bend in the War of 1812. And is mentioned many times in the histories os this battle, but according to his statement , he did not accompany Jackson to New Orleans. (National Archives, Washington, D.C.) quoted from ""Twelve Generations"by Billie Barrett Russell.
posted 15 Feb 2012 by Bettye (Medlin) Mullins
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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William Russell who married Minty Fowler was not Major Russell who died in 1825, but (I believe) his son. So this should not say "Major" William Russell, and I think it should be merged with Russell-8642.
Russell-15833 and Russell-3036 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person. I added his wife by attaching yours but did not see him pop up before I added him. Could you merge these please. Thank you. Gray-16343
Do you by any chance, have a copy of that 1812 Bounty Land Warrant? Or a link to where I might find it? Thanks!
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