Richard Rice Mansell (bef. 1765 - 1827)

Born before 1765 in Culpepper, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Mobley) Mansell — married 1787 in Fairfield Co., South Carolina

Descendants

Died 1827 after age 62 in Martins Creek, Jackson Co., Tennessee

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Biography

Richard was born circa 1765. He was the son of Robert Mansell and Elizabeth Pratt.

Marriage

Richard married Elizabeth (Mobley) Mansell in 1787. ^[1]

Name: Richard Mansell

Gender: Male

Birth Place: VA

Birth Year: 1765

Spouse Name: Elizabeth Mobley

Spouse Birth Place: SC

Spouse Birth Year: 1767

Marriage Year: 1787

Marriage State: SC

Married in Fairfield Co., SC. Locations: Fairfield Co., SC; Jackson Co., TN - (Now Putnam Co., TN) between 1804 and 1808 near Martin’s Creek - Had a Mill there powered by a water wheel. Possibly died near here.

Children

1. Samuel Mansell - 1791
2. Robert Mansell - 29 Oct 1808 - 20 Sept 1880
3. John Mansell - 1830
4. James Mansell - 1802 -1873
5. Susannah Mobley Mansell
6. David Mansell - 2 Mar 1808 - 14 Jan 1861
7. Jesse Mansell - 1800-1810 - 1849 or 1850
8. William Mansell - 1812 - 1876
9. Frances (Mansell) Anderson
10. Elizabeth (Mansell) Hughes

Richard received several land grants in Tennessee. Land Grant #14697, 20 acres, General Grants, Jackson County, 26 June 1820, Book Q, page 689. Land Grant #19870, 25 acres, General Grants, Jackson County, 20 August 1823, Book Y, page 298. Land Grant #19871, 10 acres, General Grants, Jackson County, 23 August 1823, Book Y, page 299. (Location of Mansell’s Mill). Land Grant #2058, 100 acres, Mountain Dist. Grants, Jackson County, 13 August 1825, Book 2, page 184. (entered 8 July 1824. This being the same tract as #12218 issued to Richard Mansell in 1859). Land Grant #7027, 50 acres, Mountain Dist. Grants, Jackson County, 8 Oct 1827, Book 3, page 837. Land Grant #7278, 60 acres, Mountain Dist. Grants, Jackson County, 8 Nov 1827, Book 3, Page 648. Land Grant #2215, 56 acres, Mountain Dist. Grants, Jackson County, 15 Nov 1831, Book D, pages 168-169. Land Grant#12218, 100 acres, Mountain Dist. Grants, Jackson County, 20 April 1859, Book Z, page 147. (same as #2058).

Author’s note: The site of Richard’s Mill is now on a piece of property which used to be owned by a Brown, then a Carroll R. Wilson. Mr. Wilson purchased the property from Mr. Grover Brown. The property is located in present Putnam County, TN in an area near Bloomington Springs Community of Putnam County. The property can be seen by exiting Interstate I-40 at exit 280 (Baxter - Gainesboro exit). After exiting, travel north on Tennessee State Highway 56 to a four way crossroads (Junction with Tenn. State Hwy. 70) just a few miles from the interstate. Continue straight thru the crossroads about one mile and a half until you come to Martin’s Creek Road (on the left). There is a store on the right and a church on the left. Turn left (west) onto Martin’s Creek Road. Follow Martin’s Creek Road one mile to Carrington Road (on the left). Turn left onto Carrinton Road. This road winds down a ridge. Richard’s land started at the top of the ridge before dropping over the ridge and extended across the beautiful bottom land and up the ridge part of the way on the other side. Upon reaching the bottom of the hill you will come to a white house on the left. This house has two log rooms included in it’s construction from the early 1800’s. This is one of two possible house sites where Richard Mansell lived. The other house site was destroyed in a major flood of Martin’s Creek in 1928. This flood also destroyed the Mill house and dam. The site of the dam can still be seen in the creek bedrock. A family cemetery lies directly under the road and between the road and the house on the east side. Richard is possibly buried here, but no one will probably ever know. The cemetery was also used for local neighbors who died in a rash of tuberculosis. The farm south of the mill site is still owned currently (1990) by another brother of Grover Brown, Earnest Brown. Since Putnam County land records only go back to the mid 1800’s a complete title search back to Richard Mansell possession of this land was not possible. However, letters from Agatha Fuqua state that she and her husband lived and ran the mill for about three years. Earnest and Grover’s father stated to Kathy Mancell Cornwell of Rockford, MI that Agatha had indeed lived in the log house which is now part of the white house on this property. This being the only major mill site on Martin’s Creek Head-Waters anywhere in this area is strong proof that this is in fact the site of Richard’s Mill site as noted in his land grant of 1823, being land grant #19871.^[2]

Death

He passed away in 1827.

Mentioned In

Robert Mansell's Will^[3]

Richard and Elizabeth Mansell lived in Fairfield, South Carolina on the 1790 census, they moved to Jackson County, Tennessee about 1805. Their son William was born in Tennessee after the move.

He has been claimed as an ancestor of Elvis Presley, but the evidence does not support this.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Marriage Record Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Geni
3. ↑ Robert Mansell's Last Will

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Old Hallmark Cemetery
• South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRH-TD1 : accessed 4 October 2020), Richd Mansel, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 206, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 181,422.
• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-28K3 : 15 March 2018), Richard Mancell, 09 Sep 1778; citing 09 Sep 1778, Maryland, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,313.
• Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn. Ancestry

Name: Richard Mancell

Record Date: 13 Aug 1825

Location: Jackson, Tennessee

Warrant Number: 2058

• Ancestry.com. South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.

• Original data: Hunting For Bears, comp.. South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965. South Carolina marriage information taken from various sources. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.Marriage

Richard Mansell

Spouse: Elizabeth Mobley

Marriage Date: 1800

Source: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 3, # 1