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RUSSELL, John Jr.

RUSSELL, John Jr.

Male 1788 - 1859  (70 years)   Has 7 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name RUSSELL, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 21 Sep 1788  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1820-1850  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    in District 31 
    • His farm was valued at $3,000 in the 1850 Census.
    Death 3 Mar 1859  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 10, 11
    Age 70 years 
    Person ID I4185  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2025 

    Father RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr.,   b. 13 Apr 1758, Fownhope, Herefordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1838, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother HOBBS, Rachel,   b. 24 Nov 1767, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1830, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F1705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 STEWART, Margaret Orlena,   b. Abt 1790, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1808  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10, 12
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 19 years and 3 months - She : ~ 18 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
    +  1. Female RUSSELL, Mary S.,   b. 13 Oct 1809, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1853, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    +  2. Female RUSSELL, Sarah H.,   b. 30 Oct 1811, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1872, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +  3. Male RUSSELL, John Debo Sharp,   b. 16 Feb 1813, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1886, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +  4. Female RUSSELL, Nancy S.,   b. 6 Sep 1816, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1872, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +  5. Male RUSSELL, Dr. James Sr.,   b. 21 Jan 1821, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1896, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +  6. Female RUSSELL, Elizabeth,   b. 1822, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1892, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +  7. Female RUSSELL, Eliza T.,   b. 16 Jun 1825, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1910, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +  8. Male RUSSELL, Ervin H.,   b. 9 Apr 1829, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1893 (Age 64 years)
    +  9. Male RUSSELL, Lorenzo Dow,   b. 1833, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1863, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F1702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 LOGAN, Eliza   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Oct 1853  [3, 4, 10, 13
    Age at Marriage He : 65 years and 1 month - She : ??. 
    Marital Event 20 Oct 1853  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    signed "Articles of Agreement" 
    • As stated in the county deed book, all land owned by John would be vested in his children by his first marriage upon his death. This Agreement was signed shortly before their marriage.
    Family ID F1703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2019 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Marriage:  E. Logan, maybe 20 Oct 1853 in Hawkins Co., TN

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Sep 1788 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1808 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - in District 31 - 1820-1850 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarital Event - signed "Articles of Agreement" - 20 Oct 1853 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Mar 1859 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • 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. [S1048] Edmund West, complier, Marriage Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774 : 2001)), 10 Sep 2017, accessed 10 September 2017), John Ruppell Russell and Margaret Orlena Stewart, 1808.
      Marriage Record - John Russell, Jr. and Margaret Orlena Stewart
      Marriage Record - John Russell, Jr. and Margaret Orlena Stewart


    3. [S1249] Virginia. Lee County., Death Records - VA - Lee County, 12 Oct 2019, Births / Deaths, Register 1, Deaths Section, 17, line 103, John Russell.
      Death Record - John Russell
      Death Record - John Russell


    4. [S1075] Mark D. Treadway and Phyllis A. Treadway, editors, Book - Lee County, VA Death Records, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 17 Oct 2017, p 29.

    5. [S1042] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1820 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7734&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 29 Aug 2017, M33, roll 130, p. 134A, line 19, John Russell, Jr., accessed 29 August 2017.
      Census - 1820 - Lee County, VA - Russells
      Census - 1820 - Lee County, VA - Russells


    6. [S1043] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1830 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8058&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 30 Aug 2017, M19, roll 191, p. 317, line 2, John Russell (Jr.), accessed 30 August 2017.
      Census - 1830 - Lee County, VA - Russells
      Census - 1830 - Lee County, VA - Russells


    7. [S1041] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1840 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8057&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 29 Aug 2017, M704, roll 566, p. 91, line 18, John Russell, accessed 29 August 2017.
      Census - 1840 - Lee County, VA - John Russell, Jr.
      Census - 1840 - Lee County, VA - John Russell, Jr.


    8. [S1059] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1850 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 29 Aug 2017, M432, roll 955, District 31, p. 351B, dwelling 667, family 689, John Russell, accessed 29 August 2017.
      Census - 1850 - Lee County, VA - Russells
      Census - 1850 - Lee County, VA - Russells


    9. [S1645] Virginia. Lee County., Land Deeds - VA - Lee County (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : 12 October 1953), 25 Dec 2025, p 45-46, Land of Thomas Stewart, deceased, 14 October 1834, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : accessed 25 December 2025).
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Thomas Stewart, deceased
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Thomas Stewart, deceased


    10. [S986] Anne Wynn Laningham, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. I, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 315-320.

    11. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.

    12. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
      Citing:  Lee County, VA Deed Book 7, p 45, 2 October 1825.

    13. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
      Citing:  Lee County, VA Deed Book 12, p 162.


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