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RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr. and HOBBS, Rachel Family

m. 13 Sep 1783

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  • RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr. Male
    RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr.

    Birth  13 Apr 1758  Fownhope, Herefordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Aug 1838  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  13 Sep 1783  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]   
    Other Spouse  HIX, Frances | F1706 
    Marriage  5 Jun 1831  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  RUSSELL, William | F2258 Group Sheet 
    Mother  CROSS, Eleanor | F2258 Group Sheet 

    HOBBS, Rachel Female
    HOBBS, Rachel

    Birth  24 Nov 1767  Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  23 Feb 1830  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  HOBBS, Vincent Sr. | F1707 Group Sheet 
    Mother  —?—, Mary Hannah | F1707 Group Sheet 

    RUSSELL, William Male
    RUSSELL, William

    Birth  28 Feb 1785   
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     

    RUSSELL, James Male
    + RUSSELL, James

    Birth  30 Dec 1786  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  13 Sep 1852  Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Tampico, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  ZION, Elizabeth | F2196 
    Marriage     

    RUSSELL, John Jr. Male
    + RUSSELL, John Jr.

    Birth  21 Sep 1788  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Mar 1859  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  STEWART, Margaret Orlena | F1702 
    Marriage  1808  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LOGAN, Eliza | F1703 
    Marriage  Oct 1853   

    RUSSELL, Vincent Male
    + RUSSELL, Vincent

    Birth  29 Sep 1790  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  —?—, Martha | F1792 
    Marriage  Abt 1815  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Margaret Female
    RUSSELL, Margaret

    Birth  4 Jun 1793  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death    Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  EVANS, Jesse | F1793 
    Marriage  Bef 1838  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Ruth Female
    + RUSSELL, Ruth

    Birth  8 Jan 1796  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Apr or May 1889   
    Burial     
    Spouse  YEARY, Henry H. | F1794 
    Marriage  Abt 1819  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Robert Male
    + RUSSELL, Robert

    Birth  3 Nov 1798  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1878  Izard County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  YEARY, Jemima | F1797 
    Marriage  1825  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Alexander Male
    + RUSSELL, Alexander

    Birth  10 Nov 1800  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Sep 1864  Union County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Big Barren Cemetery, Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HARDY, Sarah | F1798 
    Marriage  Abt 1820  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Faith Female
    + RUSSELL, Faith

    Birth  15 Jul 1802  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  12 Nov 1878   
    Burial     
    Spouse  ORR, Alexander Jr. | F1802 
    Marriage  1823  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Isaac Male
    + RUSSELL, Isaac

    Birth  22 Feb 1805  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1863   
    Burial     
    Spouse  PENNINGTON, Martha | F1800 
    Marriage  19 Jan 1833  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Rev. Ransom Roscoe Male
    + RUSSELL, Rev. Ransom Roscoe

    Birth  4 Sep 1807  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Aug 1877  Andrew County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Lamar Cemetery, Elmo, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  JONES, Elizabeth | F1804 
    Marriage  2 Nov 1828  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Alfred King Male
    + RUSSELL, Alfred King

    Birth  5 Jan 1813  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  16 Jul 1862  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Alfred King Russell Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LITTON, Mary Vermillion | F1806 
    Marriage  2 Aug 1835  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Married in either North Carolina or Virginia.

    Residence:
    • They had 4 boys under the age of 16 at the time of the 1790 Federal Census: William, James, John Jr. and Vincent.
    • They had moved from Guilford County, NC sometime in 1793 or 1794, after the birth of their daughter, Margaret, in June 1793 in NC. The North Fork of the Holston River starts in Washington County where present day highway US 19 crosses Clinch Mountain, and runs southwest along the southeast side of Clinch Mountain, passing through Scott County before entering Tennessee just west of Kingsport, TN, a total of approximately 40 miles. The area in Scott County was in Washington County until 1814 when Scott County was formed.
    • They lived here until their deaths in the 1830s. This location is in extreme southwest Virginia, about 40 miles from the Cumberland Gap. It is on the old Wilderness Road that people took in the 1700s and 1800s when they migrated west from Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky and beyond.

  • Sources 
    1. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
      Citing:  A Russell Family Bible.

    2. [S888] Marriage Records - US & International - 1560-1900 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7836 : 2004)), 3 Aug 2016, accessed 3 August 2016), John Russell and Rachel Hobbs.
      Marriage Record - John Russell Sr. & Rachel Hobbs      		 Marriage Record - John Russell Sr. & Rachel Hobbs


    3. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, John Rupple Russell, Memorial #175596142.

    4. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, Rachel Hobbs Russell, Memorial #160287649.

    5. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 28 Oct 2017, p 389.

    6. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 20 Nov 2017, HOBBS, : p 287.

    7. [S1170] Virginia. Pennington Gap., Newspaper Article - Powell Valley News (VA), 12 Jan 2019, Koger Marvin V., "Life Sketch of Captain Joshua Hobbs," 24 July 1947; transcript : accessed 12 January 2019).
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs      		 Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs


    8. [S1553] The American Genealogical Research Institute, editor, Book - Russell Family, (Arlington, VA: n.p., 1972.), 19 Apr 2025, p 40.


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