Mary (McMillan) Bell (abt. 1770 - 1840)

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Died 1840 at about age 70 in Robertson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Mary McMillan was born in 1770 to parents William McMillan and Mary Leeper McMillian

Timeline

• 1790 Mary McMillan, 20, married Joseph Carmack, 29. They had four sons: Francis b. 1791, John, b. 1793, Cornelius b. 1795, and Joseph b. 1798. Husband Joseph, 37, and son Francis, 7, died in 1798.^[1]
• 1799 Mary McMillan Carmack, 29, married James Bell, 32. (Unsourced)
• 1810 U. S. Census: James Bell lived in Nashville, Rutherford County, Tennessee with one male under 10 (Walter Scott Bell, age 8, or Leander Bell, age 6), one male between 10-15 (Cornelius Carmack, 15), one male 26-45 (James, 43), four females under 10 (Polly McMillan Bell, age 5, and ?), one female 26-45 (Mary McMillan Carmack Bell, 40), one female 45+ (?), and one slave.^[2] NOTE: Missing from this census are Mary's other boys by her first marriage: John Carmack, 17, and Joseph Carmack, 12. Also missing is either Walter or Leander Bell.
• 1820 U.S. Census: James Bell lived in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, with one male under 10 (?), two males 10-16 (Leander S., 16, and William Leeper, 11), one male 16-26 (Walter S., 18), one male 45 and up (James, 53), one female under 10 (?), one female 10-16 (Polly, 15), one female 16-26 (?), one female 45 and up (Mary, 50). Three persons engaged in agriculture, one male slave 26-45, one female slave 26-45, one female slave 45 and up. ^[3]
• 1830 U.S. Census: James Bell lived in Robertson County, Tennessee, in the household of son James Bell (Jr.) with four males between the ages of 20-30 (James Jr., 30 and ?), one male 50-60 (James Sr. would have been 63), one female 15-20 (?), and one female 50-60 (Mary, 60), total household members was seven. No slaves. ^[4]
• 1840 U.S. Census: James Bell, lived in Robertson County, Tennessee, in the household of son James Bell (Jr.) with one male age 30-40 (James Jr., 40), one male 70-80 (James Sr., 73), one female 20-30 (?), and one female 60-70 (Mary, 70). ^[5]

• Mary died between the 1840 and 1850 Censuses.

Sources

1. ↑ Sketches of Ancestry" (known just as "Sketches") written by Cornelius Carmack (1795-1851) 1828 thru 1840, and added to by Francis McMillan. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/43297760?p=15429238&returnLabel=Joseph%20Carmack%20(MWNZ-DK7)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FMWNZ-DK7
2. ↑ United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH24-NT5 : accessed 25 June 2018), James Bell, Nashville, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 63; FHL microfilm 218,687.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-C6D : accessed 8 September 2018), James Bell, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 27, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 125; FHL microfilm 193,687.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-8FJ : 7 September 2017), James Bell, Robertson, Tennessee, United States; citing 403, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 179; FHL microfilm 24,537.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-DP1 : 8 September 2017), James Bell, Robertson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 176, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 533; FHL microfilm 24,549.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile McMillan-687 created through the import of armstrongmelhornlegacy11252012.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Milton Armstrong. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Milton and others.