Russell Sullivant (abt. 1774)

Born about 1774 in Brunswick, Virginia

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Biography

Russell was born about 1774 (based on his enlistment papers). He is the son of Charles Sullivant and Rachel Unknown. He married Mary Bush on February 6. 1792 in Warren County, North Carolina.

He next moved to Caswell County, North Carolina as he is at many estate sales there and was a witness at the marriage of his sister Susannah Sullivan to Isaac Workman, October 11, 1799. He was named in his mother's will in Caswell County dated 1805.

At the age of 40, he was recruited to join the 39th Infantry, United States Army in Knoxville, Tennessee, on January, 1815 by Lt. Sommerville. He starts making land purchases in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1827 and is in the 1830 census for Davidson County, Tennessee. His death date is unknown but he is not found in the 1840 census.

He may have had the following children but more proof needs to be found for them: Chaney (her maternal grandmother's last name was Cheney), Bennett (he is in the 1820 Davidson County census), Joseph (he bought land in adjacent Sumner County in the 1820s and Y and autosomal DNA), Jesse (autosomal DNA) , Charles, William J. and Stephen (in the 1820 Davidson County census).

Sources

• North Carolina. Division of Archives and History, Wills and Estate Papers (Caswell County), 1663-1978;;Probate Place: Caswell, North Carolina, Will Book E, pg. 222, Will of Rachel Sullivant [1]
• Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.[2]
• Ancestry.com. Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Kendall, Katharine Kerr. Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1777-1814; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819 (Published With) Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1814-1843. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. [3]
• Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. [4]
• Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 113; Book: 12 [5]
• Year: 1830; Census Place: Davidson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 174; Page: 263; Family History Library Film: 0024532 [6]
• U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. [7]