Individual:
SOURCES: Mar 1756 - Virginia Colonial Militia:
Lt. Col. William Russell, born 1678 in England per T Knight: Per Research
Of Terry Knight: L T. Col. William Russell (b. 1678 Eng d. 1757 VA) came
to Virginia with Gov. Alexander Spotswood. This William Russell may have
practiced as an attorney. The Augusta County Court was formed in 1745 and
the 'Court Judgements' on Dec. 9, 1745 state that "....., William
Russell, ........qualified attornies." Also the Court Judgements for
Nov., 1746 note a letter from William Beverly to 'Capt. William Russell'
dated "Octonia, Sept. 18, 1746" authorizing Russell to Represent Beverly
in a land dispute.
From Virginia Colonial Militia: Culpepper County, March 1756; William
Russell, Lt. Col.
Several Virginia Land Grants awarded for military service along the
frontier were granted to William Russell's with dates of service
appropriate for his age. Others were probably awarded to his son and
grandsons of the same name. . USGenWeb Archives - Virginia Land Grants:
To "Russell, William", Dec 17, 1735, Orange County 4950 acres on the
Sherrando River / Happy Creek, and the same date on county for 1000 acres
on the south side of the south branch of the Sherrando River adjacent to
a tract of 3650 acres ' surveyed to said Russell'.
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Research by Mrs. George Wesley Bishop Jr., (Mrs. Helen Young Bishop)
120 Ridge Drive, DeKalb. IL 60116 submitted in 1979
John and William Russell are mentioned several times in The History of
Pittsylvania County by: Clement, 1929. On page 41, "John and William
Russell came in 1743 and gave their name to Russell's Creek on Smith
River". On page 52, "William Russell is appointed surveyor of the road
from the falls of Banister to Fuqua's Ford (on Stanton River)". On page
56, "When Tithables were taken in 1750 William Russell was on Sandy
River". On page 123, "on the motion of Sundry inhabitants (being
Dissenters) leave is granted to build a Meeting House on lands of William
Russell, on the Drafts of Difficult Creek. (1755)".
The name of the wife of William Russell is unknown but the following are
believed to have been their children and there were probably others:
George Russell b. 1720, d. fall of 1796 or early 1797 married Elizabeth
Bean
Lydia Russell b. 1726, d 1788, married William Bean
John Russell
Jemima Russell, second wife of Valentine Sevier II (1702-1803) She was
alive in 1803.
2001 - Betty Horner Lala
This bunch I just threw in under the supposed father of George and
John...whom we have listed as William Russell (a generic Wm. Russell)
This does show John Russell as being in the area by 1739....which is
cutting it pretty close....so if he and Capt. George were brothers, John
was probably older. Now....you will see that there are two Wm.
Russells...one being Jr. and one not designated.
You probably know that this does not denote father and son..but that two
people in the same area bearing the same name had property...needed to be
labeled to tell them apart. In some cases, obviously, the junior really
is a child of Sr.
George doesn't enter into the transactions until the 1760's....but I'd be
hard pressed to tell you if he sold out and when he sold out, if he
did. But if he went from Halifax to Surry Co. N.C. as some folks think he
did...then there ought to be a gap in this somewhere to show that
absence. I also have in my notes that Wm. Bean (he of the Dan River) was
married to Lydia Russell in North Carolina, perhaps Greensboro?? in the
late 1740's. So wisdom tells me..rightly or wrongly that some of these
folks took a brief detour into North Carolina before going to
Watauga.....and they could have gone together. I might add that one Jesse
Bean or Been handled some of the Orange County affidavits for the
revolutionary pension of George Horner, Jr. (b. 1761) and his supposed
widow, Priscilla Winslow.
So...in a nutshell...it

• Married: 1710 in Virginia

1. William RUSSELL b: Abt 1714 in Orange, Culpepper County, Virginia or Halifax County, Virginia
2. Absolum RUSSELL b: 1726 in Virginia
3. Jemima RUSSELL b: 1724 in Virginia
4. Pleasant RUSSELL b: 1728
5. John J. RUSSELL b: 1722 in Virginia
6. George RUSSELL b: 1720 in Bedford County, some say Loudon County (now Fairfax County), Virginia
7. Lydia RUSSELL b: 26 Sep 1726 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia