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HOBBS, Rachel

HOBBS, Rachel

Female 1767 - 1830  (62 years)   Has 3 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HOBBS, Rachel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 24 Nov 1767  Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 160287649 
    Death 23 Feb 1830  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8, 9
    Age 62 years 
    Burial Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Riverside Cemetery
    Pennington Gap, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I4200  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025 

    Father HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1808, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother —?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725   d. Aft 1808, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F1707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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. Male RUSSELL, William,   b. 28 Feb 1785   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  2. Male RUSSELL, James,   b. 30 Dec 1786, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1852, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +  3. Male RUSSELL, John Jr.,   b. 21 Sep 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1859, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +  4. Male RUSSELL, Vincent,   b. 29 Sep 1790, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  5. Female RUSSELL, Margaret,   b. 4 Jun 1793, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +  6. Female RUSSELL, Ruth,   b. 8 Jan 1796, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr or May 1889 (Age 93 years)
    +  7. Male RUSSELL, Robert,   b. 3 Nov 1798, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1878, Izard County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +  8. Male RUSSELL, Alexander,   b. 10 Nov 1800, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1864, Union County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +  9. Female RUSSELL, Faith,   b. 15 Jul 1802, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1878 (Age 76 years)
    +10. Male RUSSELL, Isaac,   b. 22 Feb 1805, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863 (Age 57 years)
    +11. Male RUSSELL, Rev. Ransom Roscoe,   b. 4 Sep 1807, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1877, Andrew County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +12. Male RUSSELL, Alfred King,   b. 5 Jan 1813, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1862, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F1705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2025 

  • 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]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Nov 1767 - Province of Maryland, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - in the Salisbury District - 1790 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on the North Fork of the Holston River - Abt 1793 - Washington County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on Cane Creek, near where the present day town of Ben Hur is located, - 1794 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Feb 1830 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Riverside Cemetery
    Pennington Gap, Virginia
    USA - - Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA
    Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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
      Birth Record - Rachel Hobbs


    3. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, Rachel Hobbs Russell, Memorial #160287649.

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

    5. [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.

    6. [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
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs


    7. [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.

    8. [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.

    9. [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
      Death Record - Rachel Hobbs


    10. [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
      Marriage Record - John Russell Sr. & Rachel Hobbs


    11. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Jul 2017, accessed 31 July 2017<, John Rupple Russell, Memorial #175596142.

    12. [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.

    13. [S1553] The American Genealogical Research Institute, editor, Book - Russell Family, (Arlington, VA: n.p., 1972.), 19 Apr 2025, p 40.

    14. [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
      Census - 1790 - Guilford County, NC - Capt. John Russell


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

    16. [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
      Census - 1820 - Lee County, VA - Russells


    17. [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
      Census - 1830 - Lee County, VA - Russells



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