Absalom RUSSELL^{[1, 2]}

1760 - 1840  (80 years)

• Name	Absalom RUSSELL
  Birth	1760	Wilks Courthouse, VA
  	dates from Genealogy of Herbert Russell, Dee Bottom' familyfindings.homestead website; birthplace source Nina Overstreet, gr-granddaughter of Marcellas S. Russell, in a KY Historical abstract.
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1760	Wilks Courthouse, VA   [3]
  Burial	Homer Baldock fam. cem., Casey Co., KY   [4]
  Residence	1790	Halifax Co., VA; listed on tax list
  Residence	1793	still in VA
  	source: Genealogy of Herbert Russell...Dee Bottom's familyfindings site.
  Residence	1793	still in VA   [5]
  Military	Rev. War, & War of 1812	VA Militia & KY
  	served in the VA Militia during the Rev. War, and the KY Sixth Regiment, during War of 1812, under Lt. Col. Davenport and Captain Jesse Coffee (This regiment took part in the Battle of the Thames, in Canada, during which the great Indian Chief Tecumseh was killed.)
  Military	Rev. War, & War of 1812	VA Militia & KY   [6]
  Death	1840	Casey Co., KY   [7]
  Death	1840	Casey Co., KY
  	source Genealogy of Herbert Russell, Dee Bottom (Gotkin?)website
  Burial	Homer Baldock fam. cem., Casey Co., KY
  	on South Fork Creek.
  Person ID	I1863	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	William R RUSSELL,   b. ~1715, Orange, Culpeper Co. or Halifax Co., VA d. ~1777, Halifax Co., VA (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Anna BUCKNER
  Family ID	F1277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Francis GAINES,   b. ~1763, VA
  Marriage	~1783	Halifax Co., VA
  	first spouse and mother of Edmund and Sanders.
  Married	~1783	Halifax Co., VA   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Edmund RUSSELL,   b. 23 Dec 1785, Halifax Co., VA d. 6 May 1859 (Age 73 years) + 2. Sanders RUSSELL,   b. ~1786, Halifax Co., VA d. 1838, Boyle Co., KY (Age ~ 51 years) + 3. Sanders RUSSELL,   b. ~1786, Halifax Co., VA d. 1838, Mercer/Boyle Co., KY (Age ~ 51 years)
  Family ID	F1282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth GAINES
  Marriage	second wife, and mother to most of Absalom's children.
  Married	1793	VA   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Bird RUSSELL,   b. 14 Feb 1793, VA d. 6 Jul 1866 (Age 73 years) + 2. Nancy RUSSELL,   b. 1795, Halifax Co., VA d. Between Mar 1843 & 1850, Casey Co., KY (Age 55 years)   3. Lucretia RUSSELL,   b. ~1797, Halifax Co., VA   4. Elizabeth\Eliza RUSSELL,   b. 1799, Halifax Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown + 5. George RUSSELL,   b. 1800, Halifax Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary RUSSELL,   b. 1802, Halifax Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Nancy RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1810, Halifax Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] Imported GEDCOM file. [S193] Imported GEDCOM file. [S274] SOURCE #81. [S276] SOURCE #83. [S278] SOURCE #85. [S277] SOURCE #84. [S275] SOURCE #82. [S615] SOURCE #422. [S616] SOURCE #423.