Compiled by Glenn Gohr

I learned about my Bagwell ancestry through my study of the Ballingers. The reference to the Bagwell family is found in the book Three Centuries of Ballingers in America by Emma Barrett Reeves. There is also mention of the Bagwell connection in the archives (past postings) of the Ballinger E-Mail List which is run through Rootsweb.

I have a friend, Ladonna Bagwell and her husband, Don Bagwell, who both live in Springfield, Missouri, where I do. They are interested in genealogy, but so far I have not found a connection to their Bagwell family. Their Bagwells lived in Spartanburg County, SC in the 1800s, which is also where my Littlefield, Lee, and Ballinger families lived. Who knows? We may find a connection through another line.

Here is my BAGWELL lineage as far as can be determined:

  1. Eleanor BAGWELL, b. England, d. aft. 1708 NJ; md. 26 Feb. 1661/2 London, England to Thomas HARDING, b. England, d. 1708 Burlington Co., NJ
  2. Mary HARDING, b. ca. 1663, d. aft. 1733 NJ; md. 9 Apr. 1684 Nailsworth, Gloucester, England to Henry BALLINGER, b. ca. 1662 Benningham, Gloucester, England, d. 1733 Evesham, NJ
  3. Joseph BALLENGER, b. ca. 1691 Burlington, NJ, d. 1744 Goochland Co., VA; md. ca. 1720 NJ to Charity WADE, b. ca. 1694 NJ, d. aft. 1744 Goochland Co., VA
  4. Elizabeth BALLENGER, b. ca. 1729 MD, d. Dec. 1823 Franklin Co., GA; md. ca. 1755 Amherst Co., VA to Nathan BOND, Sr., b. ca. 1734 Goochland Co., VA, d. April 1815 Elbert Co., GA
  5. Richard Cox BOND, Sr., b. ca. 1760 Amherst Co., VA, d. 31 Jan. 1837 Franklin Co., GA; md. 15 May 1783 Amherst Co., VA to Susannah MAYS, b. ca. 1763 Amherst Co., VA, d. 6 Nov. 1843 Cobb Co., GA
  6. Nelly BOND, b. 27 Mar. 1798, d. ca. 1847 Lafayette Co., MS; md. 20 Dec. 1821 Franklin Co., GA to John SARTAIN, Sr., b. ca. 1800 Madison Co., GA, d. Aug. 1869 Yalobusha Co., MS
  7. Russell SARTAIN (brother of Elizabeth Ann Sartain below), b. 24 Aug. 1828 Madison Co., GA, d. 24 April 1909 Jack Co., TX; md. 3rd ca. 1869 Danielsville, GA to Martha Auntny BEARD, b. 23 Oct. 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 23 Mar. 1913 Jack Co., TX;

    Elizabeth Ann SARTAIN (sister of Russell Sartain above), b. 30 July 1837 Madison Co., GA, d. 29 Oct. 1921 Katie, OK; md. 16 May 1851 Lafayette Co., MS to Henry Washington GARVIN, b. 28 June 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 21 Feb. 1909 GARVIN Co., OK
  8. Maizie Elmira Catherine SARTAIN (daughter of Russell SARTAIN and Martha BEARD above), b. 7 Dec. 1871 Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS, d. 15 March 1954 Morton, TX (Buried at Morton Cemetery); md. 12 Dec. 1888 Jack Co., TX to McCager Martin GARVIN (son of Elizabeth Ann SARTAIN and Henry Washington GARVIN above), b. 19 Oct. 1856 Newton Co., MS, d. 17 Dec. 1920 Frederick, Tillman Co., OK (Buried at Hackberry Cemetery) (first cousins on the Sartain side)
  9. Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 November 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, CO (Both buried at Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, CO) *These are my grandparents.



ROOTSWEB BAGWELL MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the BAGWELL surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Bagwell Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any BAGWELL name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the BAGWELL family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/bagwell

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the BAGWELL lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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