The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

HOBBS, Rachel
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Name HOBBS, Rachel [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 24 Nov 1767 Province of Maryland, UK
[3, 6, 7] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 160287649 Death 23 Feb 1830 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[3, 8, 9] Age 62 years Burial Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA
[3] Address:
Riverside Cemetery
Pennington Gap, Virginia
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #160287649.
Person ID I4200 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 17 Aug 2025
Father HOBBS, Vincent Sr., b. Abt 1720, England
d. 8 Jan 1808, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 88 years) Mother —?—, Mary Hannah, b. Abt 1725 d. Aft 1808, Virginia, USA
(Age 84 years) Family ID F1707 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr., b. 13 Apr 1758, Fownhope, Herefordshire, England, UK
d. 3 Aug 1838, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 80 years) Marriage 13 Sep 1783 [3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13] - Married in either North Carolina or Virginia.
Age at Marriage She : 15 years and 10 months - He : 25 years and 5 months. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Residence 1790 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
[5, 12, 14, 15] in the Salisbury District - They had 4 boys under the age of 16 at the time of the 1790 Federal Census: William, James, John Jr. and Vincent.
Residence Abt 1793 Washington County, Virginia, USA
[12, 15] on the North Fork of the Holston River - 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.
Residence 1794 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[12, 15, 16, 17] on Cane Creek, near where the present day town of Ben Hur is located, - 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.
Children 1.
RUSSELL, William, b. 28 Feb 1785 d. Yes, date unknown+ 2.
RUSSELL, James, b. 30 Dec 1786, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
d. 13 Sep 1852, Jackson County, Indiana, USA
(Age 65 years)+ 3.
RUSSELL, John Jr., b. 21 Sep 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
d. 3 Mar 1859, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 70 years)+ 4.
RUSSELL, Vincent, b. 29 Sep 1790, North Carolina, USA
d. Yes, date unknown> 5.
RUSSELL, Margaret, b. 4 Jun 1793, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
d. Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA 
+ 6.
RUSSELL, Ruth, b. 8 Jan 1796, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. Apr or May 1889 (Age 93 years)+ 7.
RUSSELL, Robert, b. 3 Nov 1798, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 1878, Izard County, Arkansas, USA
(Age 79 years)+ 8.
RUSSELL, Alexander, b. 10 Nov 1800, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 3 Sep 1864, Union County, Tennessee, USA
(Age 63 years)+ 9.
RUSSELL, Faith, b. 15 Jul 1802, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 12 Nov 1878 (Age 76 years)+ 10.
RUSSELL, Isaac, b. 22 Feb 1805, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 1863 (Age 57 years)+ 11.
RUSSELL, Rev. Ransom Roscoe, b. 4 Sep 1807, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 3 Aug 1877, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Age 69 years)+ 12.
RUSSELL, Alfred King, b. 5 Jan 1813, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 16 Jul 1862, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 49 years)Family ID F1705 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Apr 2025
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Notes - (Research):Birth Year: The year "1767" is most likely the correct date for Rachel (Hobbs) Russell but both dates [1761 and 1767] are found in the Russell Family Bible.
Birth, Marriage, Death:
Records in the Ancestry "Family Data Collection" have Rachel Hobbs born in Guliford Co., NC; married to David N. Davey in 1809; and dying in Lee County, VA in 1830. This is confusing because (1) other sources say she was born in MD, (2) she was still married to Capt. John Russell, Sr. in 1809, and (3) her death info would more likely have her married name rather than her maiden name. [15]
- (Research):Birth Year: The year "1767" is most likely the correct date for Rachel (Hobbs) Russell but both dates [1761 and 1767] are found in the Russell Family Bible.
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Sources - [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 567-573, 690-95.
Citing: A Russell Family Bible. - [S1045] Edmund West, complier, Birth Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5769 : 2001)), 1 Sep 2017, accessed 1 September 2017), Rachel Hobbs, 1767, Guilford County, NC.

Birth Record - Rachel Hobbs - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, Rachel Hobbs Russell, Memorial #160287649.
- [S986] Anne Wynn Laningham, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. I, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 315-320.
- [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.
- [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 - [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690.
Citing: Russell Family Bible. - [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. - [S1046] Edmund West, complier, Death Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5771 : 2001)), 2 Sep 2017, accessed 2 September 2017), Rachel Hobbs, 1830, Lee County, VA.

Death Record - Rachel Hobbs - [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 - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, John Rupple Russell, Memorial #175596142.
- [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.
- [S1553] The American Genealogical Research Institute, editor, Book - Russell Family, (Arlington, VA: n.p., 1972.), 19 Apr 2025, p 40.
- [S1037] North Carolina, Guilford County, Census - US - 1790 - NC - Guilford County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5058: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 30 Jul 2017, M637, roll 7, p. 494, col. 2, line 2, John Russell, accessed 30 July 2017.

Census - 1790 - Guilford County, NC - Capt. John Russell - [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
- [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 18, John Russell, Sr., accessed 29 August 2017.

Census - 1820 - Lee County, VA - Russells - [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 4, John Russell (Sr.), accessed 30 August 2017.

Census - 1830 - Lee County, VA - Russells
- [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 567-573, 690-95.

