Lydia (Russell) Roddye (1764 - 1825)

Born 1764 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Patrick Roddye Sr. — married 1784 in Washington, Southwestern Territory, United States

Descendants

Died Aug 1825 at about age 61 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lydia Russell was born in 1764 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, a daughter of Captain George Russell and Elizabeth (Bean) Russell. Her father established the community of Russellville in 1785. Captain Russell was granted a large tract of land in Greene Co, North Carolina, which became part of Grainger County, Tennessee, and later, Hamblen County, Tennessee. ^[1]

In 1784, in Washington County, Tennessee, Lydia became the second wife of Colonel James Roddye, ^[2] a Revolutionary War Officer, Congressmen and member of the Constitutional Convention of 1796. Colonel Roddye built the first house in what is now Russellville following his return from the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 Oct 1780. The Continental Congress granted him a large tract of land in recognition of his services in that engagement for his distinctive service. This house, built in 1785, was known as the Red Door Tavern. Travelers stopped on their way westward from Washington City. Today, this site is known as "Hayslope" ^[3]

The house and grounds known as "Hayslope" are situated in Russellville, Tennessee, just east of Morristown in Hamblen County. Built 1785 by Col. James Roddye, from North Carolina. He was subsequently delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention, magistrate and register of Jefferson County under territorial government and member of Tennessee's first Constitutional Convention. The house was also a tavern on the Kentucky Road called the Tavern with the Red Door or Red Door Tavern. Located on U.S. 11-E, in Russellville, near the intersection with Warrensburg Road ^[4]

Lydia and her children are named in the Will of James Roddye, dated December 22, 1821 and proved March, 1823. ^[5] Lydia wrote her Will on December 24, 1824. It was proved in August, 1825 in Rhea County Court : Wills of Rhea County, Vol 1, Page 1 ^[6] Lydia (Russell) Roddye died in 1825 and is buried in the Mynatt Cemetery, in Rhea county, Tennessee. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russellville,_Tennessee
2. ↑ Source number: 729.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JW4. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004
3. ↑ http://www.tngenweb.org/hamblen/history.htm#Russellville
4. ↑ Tennessee Historical Marker 1 B 27 - Hayslope
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GG81-SDKS?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=MX83-YKQ&i=137
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SV5D-79?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=MX83-YKQ&i=27
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90503509/lydia-roddye

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Russell-2020 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol.