Colonel William RUSSELL

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Name	William RUSSELL
Title	Colonel
Birth	6 Mar 1758	Culpeper, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Died	3 Jul 1825	Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA   [1, 4, 6]
Buried	Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA   [7]
	Soldier, pioneer, and politician from Virginia and Kentucky. Bio provided by Mary Harrell-Sesniak Salem Gazette (Salem, MA), Aug. 2, 1825, p. 3: At his residence in Fayette county, Ky. Colonel William Russell, aged about 66 years. Few men have been better known in Kentucky, than Col. Russell. The soldier of all our wars ; he was for forty years the defender or servant of his country. At the age of 16 he entered the armies of the Republic, during the Revolutionary war, as a foot soldier, and rose through several gradations to the rank of Colonel. He served about twenty campaigns and represented this country for many years, both in the Virginia and Kentucky Legislatures.--Ky. Reporter. Bio provided by David Reese He was born in Culpepper County, Virginia to William Russell and Tabitha (Adams) Russell. William Russell, Sr., was a prominent citizen of southwestern Virginia and a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1773, the elder Russell took his family, including William Jr., westward in the first attempt by British colonists to establish a permanent settlement in Kentucky. The expedition, guided by Daniel Boone, was abandoned after an attack by American Indians. Boone's son James and Henry Russell, brother of William Russell, Jr., were captured and tortured to death in the attack. During the Revolutionary War, William Russell, Jr., fought as a captain in the Virginia militia, taking part in the Battle of Kings Mountain as an aide to Colonel William Campbell. After the war he relocated to Kentucky, settling in 1783 in Fayette County on land that had been granted to his father for military service. He served as a colonel of Kentucky militia in the Northwest Indian War. During the War of 1812, he was colonel of the 7th Infantry Regiment, taking part in the Siege of Fort Harrison and the Peoria War. Russell served in the Virginia state House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791 and in the Kentucky house in 1792, 1796-1780, 1802, and 1823. Russell County, Kentucky is named for him, but Russellville, Kentucky and Russell County, Virginia are named for his father. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (University Press of Kentucky, 1988), p. 259. The Kentucky Encyclopedia.

Parents

Family ID: F1228 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	Brevet Brigadier General William Washington RUSSELL (ID:I539034537),   b. 9 Mar 1735   d. 14 Jan 1793, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years) Other Partners: Elizabeth HENRY  m. aft. 1776
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Tabitha ADAMS (ID:I2409),   b. 1737, Virginia, USA d. 1776, Clinch, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	1755  [9, 10, 11]
Documents		North America Family Histories 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book NSDAR Volume 137 1917-1918 Pg 285
Children	1. Henry Elijah RUSSELL (ID:I539037077),   b. 1756, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1773, Powell Valley, Wise, Virginia, USA (Age 17 years) + 2. Colonel William RUSSELL (ID:I2414) (current person) ,   b. 6 Mar 1758, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jul 1825, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years) + 3. Mary Henley RUSSELL (ID:I2415),   b. 16 Feb 1760, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1827, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)   4. Robert Spotswood RUSSELL (ID:I2416),   b. 28 Mar 1762, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 19 Jan 1842, Callaway, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years)   5. Tabitha Adams RUSSELL (ID:I539037772),   b. 1764   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Arthelia RUSSELL (ID:I539037773),   b. 1766   d. 1766 (Age 0 years)   7. Katherine RUSSELL (ID:I539037774),   b. 1767   d. 1767 (Age 0 years) + 8. John Coates RUSSELL (ID:I2410),   b. 1768, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 17 Nov 1822, Butler, Kentucky, USA (Age 54 years)   9. Samuel RUSSELL (ID:I539037775),   b. 1770   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Celah RUSSELL (ID:I539037776),   b. 1772   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Henley RUSSELL (ID:I2418),   b. 1774, Virginia, USA d. 1839, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years) + 12. Chloe RUSSELL (ID:I2417),   b. 1776, Tazewell, Virginia, USA d. 1850, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)

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Wife	Anne "Nancy" PRICE (ID:I2419),   b. 1768   d. 1830 (Age 62 years)
Marriage	1786  [3, 5]
Children	1. Eliza Price RUSSELL (ID:I2420),   b. 14 Sep 1787   d. 23 Mar 1857 (Age 69 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Daniel BRADFORD  m. 14 Feb 1807   2. Tabitha Adams RUSSELL (ID:I2485),   b. 11 Feb 1789   d. 25 Oct 1826 (Age 37 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Robert WILEY  m. 8 Feb 1821   3. Maria RUSSELL (ID:I2486),   b. 5 Oct 1790   d. 15 May 1794 (Age 3 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Matilda D. RUSSELL (ID:I2487),   b. 24 Mar 1792   d. 3 Jun 1824 (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 5. William RUSSELL (ID:I2488),   b. 17 Oct 1793   d. 17 Aug 1830 (Age 36 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Eugenia MCTIRE  m. Yes, date unknow   6. Samuel Price RUSSELL (ID:I2489),   b. 16 Aug 1795   d. 28 Dec 1838, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Eliza Theresa DAVENPORT  m. 20 May 1824   7. Caroline Evaline RUSSELL (ID:I2490),   b. 16 Jun 1797   d. 14 Aug 1875 (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Carter Henry HARRISON  m. 31 Jan 1822;   Elder Thomas P. DUDLEY  m. 1848   8. Isabella C. RUSSELL (ID:I2491),   b. 16 Jan 1799   d. 12 Aug 1823 (Age 24 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. Mary Henley RUSSELL (ID:I2492),   b. 5 May 1800   d. 19 Jan 1883 (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Edward WILSON  m. 21 Jan 1822   10. Miriam B. RUSSELL (ID:I2493),   b. 22 Dec 1801   d. 18 Jan 1803 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   11. Catherine Roberts RUSSELL (ID:I2494),   b. 29 Apr 1803   d. 17 Mar 1829 (Age 25 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William WHITEHEAD  m. 8 Jan 1825   12. Henry RUSSELL (ID:I2495),   b. 13 Apr 1805   d. 1807 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 13. Robert H. RUSSELL (ID:I2496),   b. 3 Apr 1807   d. 5 Apr 1863 (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth R. TODD  m. 1837   14. Felix Grundy RUSSELL (ID:I2497),   b. 16 Feb 1809   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Mary DUDLEY  m. Yes, date unknow   15. Ann M. RUSSELL (ID:I2498),   b. 25 Feb 1811   d. 3 Jul 1867 (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Abram F. DUDLEY  m. Yes, date unknow   16. Sarah Virginia RUSSELL (ID:I2499),   b. 9 Oct 1813   d. 20 Feb 1877 (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rev. James W. DUDLEY  m. Yes, date unknow

Other Personal Events

Military	30 Oct 1793	Kentucky, USA   [8]
Name: William Russell Muster Date: 30 Oct 1793 State or Territory: Kentucky, USA Service Year: 1793 Military Unit: Russell's Regiment, Cavalry, Volunteers Rank: Lt Col
Sons of the American Revolution Application	21 Jan 1898	Illinois, USA   [1]
	Name: William Russell SAR Membership: 10898 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 21 Jan 1898 Father: William Russell Mother: Tabitha Adams Russell Spouse: Nancy Price Russell Children: Caroline Evalind Russell Harrison
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Joseph John RUSSELL,   b. 8 Sep 1583, Castle Beoley, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Jun 1676, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 92 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Tabitha ADAMS,   b. 1737, Virginia, USA d. 1776, Clinch, Virginia, USA  (Age 39 years)  (Mother)

Documents		Applestons Cyclopeadia of American Biography Vol V Pg 354 William Russell
		US Compiled Service Records Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers 1784-1811 William Russell

Headstones

Col William Russell and Anne Price

Genealogies

Pages 43 through 55 from William Russell & his Descendants by Anna Russell des Cognets-William Russell

Newspaper Clippings

US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast 1704-1930 Massachusetts Columbian Centinel Death Col William Russell




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	Birth - 6 Mar 1758 - Culpeper, Virginia, USA Military - 30 Oct 1793 - Kentucky, USA Died - 3 Jul 1825 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Buried - - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Sons of the American Revolution Application - 21 Jan 1898 - Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

Reference

Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Colonel William RUSSELL". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2414&tree=mhkr (accessed May 13, 2024).

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