Brevet Brigadier General William Washington RUSSELL
1735 - 1793 (57 years)
Person ID: I539034537 | Last Modified: 14 Feb 2024
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Name William Washington RUSSELL Title Brevet Brigadier General Birth 9 Mar 1735 [1, 2] Christening 15 Mar 1735 Broadway, Worcester, England 
[3, 4] Gender Male Died 14 Jan 1793 Shenandoah, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 5] Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA [2, 6] - US Continental Army Brigadier General. At the start of the Revolutionary War, he was a Virginia colonist when he enlisted as a Private in the Virginia Militia. He rose through the ranks to Colonel of the 5th Virginia Regiment and fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant. He commanded a substantial part of the American forces at the Battle of Kings Mountain and was brevetted Brigadier General for his service. After the war, he produced salt in Saltville and served in the Virginia State Senate. Russell County, Virginia is named after him.
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Parents
Father Lt. Col. William RUSSELL (ID:I539037414), b. 19 Dec 1679, England d. 18 Oct 1757, Orange, Culpepper, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mary HENLEY (ID:I539037415), b. 1691, Creeksea, Essex, England d. 1784, Culpeper, Virginia, USA (Age 93 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 1730 [11, 12, 13] Genealogies 
William Russell and his Decendants and The Russell Family in Virginia Children 1. Henry RUSSELL (ID:I539037424), b. 1735 d. 1770 (Age 35 years)+ 2. 
Katherine RUSSELL (ID:I539037425), b. 1740 d. Yes, date unknown+ 3. Brevet Brigadier General William Washington RUSSELL (ID:I539034537)
(current person)
, b. 9 Mar 1735 d. 14 Jan 1793, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years) -
Family 1
Wife 1 Tabitha ADAMS (ID:I2409), b. 1737, Virginia, USA d. 1776, Clinch, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)
Marriage 1755 [14, 15, 16] Children 1. Henry Elijah RUSSELL (ID:I539037077), b. 1756, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1773, Powell Valley, Wise, Virginia, USA (Age 17 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 2. Colonel William RUSSELL (ID:I2414), b. 6 Mar 1758, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jul 1825, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Anne "Nancy" PRICE m. 1786+ 3. Mary Henley RUSSELL (ID:I2415), b. 16 Feb 1760, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1827, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Captain William BOWEN m. 17774. Robert Spotswood RUSSELL (ID:I2416), b. 28 Mar 1762, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 19 Jan 1842, Callaway, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Deborah M. ALLEN m. 17875. Tabitha Adams RUSSELL (ID:I539037772), b. 1764 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ William CAMPBELL m. 17846. Arthelia RUSSELL (ID:I539037773), b. 1766 d. 1766 (Age 0 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]7. Katherine RUSSELL (ID:I539037774), b. 1767 d. 1767 (Age 0 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 8. John Coates RUSSELL (ID:I2410), b. 1768, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 17 Nov 1822, Butler, Kentucky, USA (Age 54 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Ann CLAY m. Yes, date unknow9. Samuel RUSSELL (ID:I539037775), b. 1770 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Lucy ROBERTS m. 179410. Celah RUSSELL (ID:I539037776), b. 1772 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Robert WILSON m. 179011. Henley RUSSELL (ID:I2418), b. 1774, Virginia, USA d. 1839, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 12. Chloe RUSSELL (ID:I2417), b. 1776, Tazewell, Virginia, USA d. 1850, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Reverend Hubbard SAUNDERS m. 2 Dec 1792Documents 
North America Family Histories 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book NSDAR Volume 137 1917-1918 Pg 285 Family 2
Wife 2 Elizabeth HENRY (ID:I2403), b. 10 Jul 1749, Hanover, Virginia, USA d. 18 Mar 1825, Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
Other Partners: William CAMPBELL m. Yes, date unknowMarriage aft. 1776 [17, 18] Children 1. Henry Winston RUSSELL (ID:I539037542), b. 1784, Aspenville, Washington, Virginia, USA d. 1784, Aspenville, Washington, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]2. Elizabeth Henry RUSSELL (ID:I2413), b. 15 Sep 1785, Aspenville, Washington, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1804 (Age 19 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Francis SMITH m. 10 Jan 18043. Patrick Henry RUSSELL (ID:I539037543), b. 31 May 1788, Aspenville, Washington, Virginia, USA d. 1788 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 4. Jane Robertson RUSSELL (ID:I539037544), b. 31 May 1788, Aspenville, Washington, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Dr. William Patton THOMPSON m. Yes, date unknow -
Other Personal Events
Land17 Nov 1767 Augusta, Virginia, USA [7] Books1774 BATTLE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA [8] Military1 Jul 1779 Virginia, USA [9] Books1915 Virginia, USA [10] Sons of the American Revolution Application 15 Feb 1963 Florida, USA [1] Patriarch & Matriarch 
Joseph John RUSSELL, b. 8 Sep 1583, Castle Beoley, Yorkshire, Englandd. 1 Jun 1676, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 92 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Mary BAKER, b. 29 Jun 1668, Walthamstow, Essex, Englandd. Jan 1733, Sussex, England (Age 64 years) (Grandmother) -
Photos General William Russell Headstones 
General William Russell Headstone 
William Russell (SAR Headstone)
Plot: Sec. 1, Lot 314-A, Grid MN-34/35Church Records 
Worcestershire England Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 Broadway Parish Registers 1703-1812
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Event Map
Christening - 15 Mar 1735 - Broadway, Worcester, England 
Land - 17 Nov 1767 - Augusta, Virginia, USA 
Military - 1 Jul 1779 - Virginia, USA 
Died - 14 Jan 1793 - Shenandoah, Virginia, USA 
Buried - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA 
Books - 1915 - Virginia, USA 
Sons of the American Revolution Application - 15 Feb 1963 - Florida, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Brevet Brigadier General William Washington RUSSELL". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I539034537&tree=mhkr (accessed April 28, 2024).
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Source Citations
[S642] National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, 89448.- [S2216] Find a Grave, Find a Grave Memorial ID: 9893, 9893.
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[S2967] Thomas Lewis Preston, A sketch of Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, wife of General William Campbell, and sister of Patrick Henry, 8.- [S827] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator., U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019.
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[S2573] Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Virginia Biography Volume I-II Virginia City Information Pg 243, 243.- [S2582] Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, database online: Source number: 23908.002.
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[S2953] Margaret Campbell Pilcher, Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Famililies, 278.- [S2574] Ancestry, North America Family Histories 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book NSDAR Volume 137 1917-1918 Pg 285, 285.
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