George Sewell (1786 - 1866)

Born 1786 in Tennessee

Husband of Susannah (Copeland) Sewell — married 12 Oct 1808 in Tennessee, USA

Died 1866 at about age 80 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

George was born in Tennessee. His family lived in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. Land purchase of public sale of 100 acres in Jefferson County, Tennessee, in December 1808, when he would have been approximately eighteen years of age. ^[1]

George was commissioned May 30,1808, as an "Ensign" in the 6th Regiment from Jefferson County, Tennessee.^[2][3] It appears George was wounded in 1815, still as Captain of the 6th Regiment. i George married Susannah Copeland on Oct 12, 1808 in Jefferson, Tennessee.^[4]

Move to Alabama: purchase of land was recorded on September 25, 1830, when George Sewell acquired 51.37 acres in the "North Part . . Fraction A, Section 21, Township 4, Huntsville, Alabama. ^{[5] [6]}

Son, Marcus immigrated to Texas by 1835. Marcus L Sewell was one of the Alamo Defenders who was killed March 6, 1836.

1837 - George asked the surveyors who were going to Texas to check into what happened to the land bounties that his deceased son, Marcus L Sewell should have been awarded. The surveyors stirred up the Republic of Texas in 1837. Soon the bounties were checked into and awarded to Heirs. Marcus L Sewell was one of the Alamo Defenders who was killed March 6, 1836.

George passed away 1866 in Tennessee, USA. Burial at Round Hill Cemetery, Belfast, Marshall Co., Tennessee, USA^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Sherida K. Eddlemon, Genealogical Abstracts From Tennessee Newspapers, 1803-18 12, Vol. 2 (Bowie, Maryland, 1988), p. 54
2. ↑ Mrs. John T. Moore, Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1817 (Baltimore, Maryland), Vol. 1, p. 58.
3. ↑ "Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia" [database on-line], pg 281, Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VND6-S8N : accessed 18 October 2015), George Sewell and Susannah Copeland, 12 Oct 1808; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 80, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
5. ↑ Margaret Matthews Cowart, Old Land Records of Madison County, Alabama (Hunstville, Alabama, 1979), p. 174.
6. ↑ "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YN-K25 : accessed 18 October 2015), George Sewell and Susannah Copeland, 12 Oct 1808; citing Jefferson, Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 968,301.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVP-7C6K : 13 December 2015), George Sewell, ; Burial, Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee, United States of America, Round Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 23419651, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VND6-S8N : accessed 18 October 2015), George Sewell and Susannah Copeland, 12 Oct 1808; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 80, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

• "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YN-K25 : accessed 18 October 2015), George Sewell and Susannah Copeland, 12 Oct 1808; citing Jefferson, Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 968,301.

• http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/gonreliefframe.htm
• Sherida K. Eddlemon, Genealogical Abstracts From Tennessee Newspapers, 1803-18 12, Vol. 2 (Bowie, Maryland, 1988), p. 54

• "Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia" [database on-line], pg 281, Ancestry.com.