George Russell Sr.
George Russell Sr.




Descendants of George Russell Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE1 RUSSELL Sr. was born Abt. 1772 in Antrim Ireland, and died
Abt. 1780 in Tryon Co N. C.. He married MARY MOLLY UNDERWOOD Abt.
1768, daughter of JOSEPH UNDERWOOD and MOLLY BROWN. She was born
Abt. 1734 in Augusta Virginia, and died 20 June 1828 in
Rutherford Co N.C..

More About GEORGE RUSSELL:
Died 2: Killed by Indians while bear hunting
Burial: John Whiteside Jr. Family Cemetery on Buffalo Creek,
Russell Station N.C.
Military service: Revolutionary War DAR record 273


More About MARY MOLLY UNDERWOOD: Burial: John Whitesides Jr.'s home on Buffalo Creek about 5 miles NW
of her original home (Russell's Station)
Individual Note: IN MEMORY OF MARY RUSSELL WHO DIED JUNE 20TH 1828
AGED 94

Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and MARY UNDERWOOD are:

i. GEORGE JR2 RUSSELL, b. 21 September 1769,
Augusta Co Virginia; d. Abt. 1850, Camden Co. Missouri.

ii. ELIZABETH RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1770, Russell
Station Ruthford Co N. C.; d. 1851, Rutherford Co N.C..


Generation No. 2
2. GEORGE JR2 RUSSELL (GEORGE1) was born 21 September 1769 in
Augusta Co Virginia, and died Abt. 1850 in Camden Co. Missouri.
He married RHODA REAVIS 23 February 1791 in Rutherford Co N.C.,
daughter of DAVID REAVIS and GEMIMA REED. She was born 21
September 1769 in Northampton Co N. C., and died Abt. 1850 in
Camden Co. Missouri.


Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and RHODA REAVIS are:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH3 RUSSELL b. 1799, Rutherford
County North Carolina; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, Camden County Missouri.

ii. DAVID RUSSELL, b. 1792, Rutherford Co N.C.; d. 1865,
Boone County Missouri; m. RACHEL BAGWELL, 07 October 1815,
Rutherford Co N.C.; d. Bef. 1840.

iii. WILLIAM M RUSSELL, b. 07 November 1775,
Rutherford Co N.C.; d. 19 February 1858, Camden Co. Missouri.

iv. JOHN RUSSELL, b. 20 May 1803, Rutherford Co N.C.;
d. 05 April 1883, Towns Co Georgia; m. NANCY DICKEY, 21 January 1827,
Rutherford Co N.C.; b. Abt. 1804.


v. MARY ARMINTA RUSSELL, b. 27 September 1811.


ELIZABETH2 RUSSELL (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1770 in Russell
Station Ruthford Co N. C., and died 1851 in Rutherford Co N.C..
She married CHARLES CRAWFORD LEWIS 1786, son of JOHN LEWIS and
SARAH TALIAFERRO. He was born 1761 in Albemarle County, VA, and
died 1833.
More About CHARLES CRAWFORD LEWIS: Occupation: Hatter


Children of Charles LEWIS and Elizabeth RUSSELL:

1 Mildred McCoy LEWIS was born 7 MAY 1799 in
Rutherford County, North Carolina,
and died 1856 in Epps' Springs, North Carolina.
3 George Russell b 1788 died single in Winston Co. Miss.
4 Pitman b 1780 married Dalton died in Ruthford Co. NC
5 Mary 1791 m Moses Shannon d in Marchall co MIss
6 Mildred b 1799 married Col. Ed Patterson d in SC
7 Elizabeth b 1800 m Aaron Whiteside
8 Charles C. Jr. b 1802 m Jane Flack died in Texas 1846
9 Nancy b 1804 m Jon. Whiteside and John Dickey Ruthford NC
10 Preston b 1806 m Martha Blanton
11 Jesse T. b 1808 m Susan Cowart
12 Wm. Terrell b 1811 m Eliza J. Steele and
Mary Ann B. Norton Winston county Mississippi
6 Sarah b 1798

Charles Lewis, Sergeant

Filed in the archives of the War Department at Washington City) was found among his papers, which , together with other living evidence, enabled his widow to prove his services and draw a pension:This is to certify that Charles Lewis, Sergeant, has faithfully served out his tour of three months in General Lillington's Brigade, to the southward. Robert Gilkey, Captain Andrew Hampton, Colonel Charleston, S. C. March 24, 1780" He acted as a magistrate for some years in Ruthford County, N. C. after which he only served one term He married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of George Russell from Ireland in 1786, by whom he had thirteen children. George Russell, Sr., (father of Mrs. Chas Lewis) was killed by the Indians while on a bear hunt soon after the close of the Revolution. He lived about ten miles west of Rutherfordton, on the Broad River, where the Hickory Nut gap road crosses said river, at a plantation which has since been owned by George Russell, Jr. John U. Whitesides, Elias Lynch and others. The first settlement was made on the west side of the river, at this place George Russell Sr., was living during the Revolutionary War, shen Ferguson and his army marched as far west as his house. which they plundered and turned east.

(Genealogy of the Lewis Family pp 257-58-59)
Chas Lewis is buried on Geo. Biggerstaff's farm,
north of Ruthfordton
(from History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties
North Carolina... 1730 - 1936
by Clarence W. Griffin
County Historian, Rutherford County
Forest City, N. C. "
book by "The Reprint Company, Publisher, Spartanburg,
South Carolina"