R . T. MARTIN WROTE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SIX BELL BROTHERS, WHO CAME TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN 1797. ( R. T. Martin, Muhlenberg county historian, was born on Feb. 27, 1841. He was the third son of Thomas L. and Mahala (Bell) Martin. Mahala Bell was the daughter of Josiah Bell. In 1910 Mr. Martin wrote a short but very complete history of the Bell connections in Muhlenberg from which I quote: "One hundred and thirteen years ago (1797) six Bell brothers came to Kentucky from Virginia. They were William, Josiah, Samuel, Robert, Thomas, and James. James, the youngest brother, located in Louisville, Ky., where he remained several years and then returned to Virginia where he lived and died. He was born in 1778." Samuel, the third of the Bell brothers, born in 1772, located at Glasgow, Barren County, Ky., which county was organized in 1789. Samuel never married. He lived and died at Glasgow. TO MUHLENBERG William, Josiah, Robert, and Thomas Bell came to Muhlenberg County in 1797 and assisted in the organization of the county. William Bell, the oldest of the Bell brothers, born in 1768, died 1826, was one of the first magistrates of the county, and acted as one of the first associate Circuit Judges of the county. He represented the county in the Legislature in 1814. He was married in Virginia to Sarah Nighting and to this union were born and reared six boys and three girls. The boys were Samuel, who married Mary Bell, the daughter of Robert Bell. To Mary and Samuel Bell were born two sons and one daughter, John, Joseph and Mary. The family moved to Illinois where Bell died. His wife married James Smith. He died and then she married a Rev. Williams. ANSLEM BELL Anslem, a son of Judge William Bell, born in 1802, married Rebecca Robertson, daughter of David Robertson. To that union were born and reared four girls and one son, Sarah, Josephine, Cintha and Emily; David the boy died in early manhood. William Bell Jr., son of Judge Bell, born in 1807, died 1867, first married Lucy Smith, who died in 1851. She was a daughter of William Smith, and to that union was born one son, Thompson in 1834, and is now (1910) in his seventy-sixth year. He is the only living monument to represent the name of the Bell brothers in the county. They had three daughters, Sarah, Susan and Ellen. William Bell, Jr., married the second time to the widow of Aaron Smith. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Poole, daughter of Joseph Poole, who was the father of Ferdinah, Reason, Henry, Pincney and David Poole, all dead. To William Bell, Jr., and Mildred Poole was born and reared one daughter, Elizabeth, who now survives. .JESSE K. BELL Jesse K. Bell, a son of Judge William Bell, left the county when a young man and went down South. He became a steamboat captain and ran the rivers for many years from New Orleans to Louisville. James and Wylie Bell, sons of Judge Bell, Located in the western part of the state near Paducah. Wylie Bell never married. James Bell raised a family, perhaps some of them yet survive. Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Judge Bell, married Jas. Taggart, a man of prominence, once surveyor of the county. He also represented the county in the Legislature in 1838. To this union were born and reared four sons and three daughters, Liza Ann, Elvira, Elizabeth, William, James, Thomas and Jesse. William Taggart married Elizabeth Craig. James, Jr., married Anne Poole, daughter of Joseph Poole. Thomas Taggart married Mary Lee. Jesse went to Kansas. Eliza Ann married Harvey Robertson, Elvira married Henry Welborn. ELIZABETH MARRIED PARKS DOCKINS, THE SON OF WILLIE DOCKINS, WHO ON MARCH 14,1827, MARRIED FANNY GOODALL. WILLIE DOCKINS CAME TO MUHLENBERG FROM WILSON COUNTY TENN. FANNY DIED MAY 30, 1908, AND WAS BURIED AT HAZEL CREEK. TO THE UNION OF PARKS GOODALL DOCKINS AND SARAH ELIZABETH TAGGART WERE BORN FOUR SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS. THE OLDEST THOMAS FRANKLIN BORN JUNE 5, 1857, MARRIED LUCINDA JANE POOLE FROM LOGAN COUNTY, LIVED FROM SEPT. 1861 TO JUNE 12, 1921. TO THIS UNION THREE SONS WERE BORN, WILLIAM PINKY, 1878, TO, 1968,MARRIED GEORGIA JONES, 1879, TO, 1964. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. LEYO FRANKLIN AUG. 13, 1883, TO JAN. 1, 1975, MARRIED MAUDE B------- AUG. 16, 1883 TO NOV. 22, 1964. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. ESTELLE FEB. 4, 1888, TO DEC. 27, 1963, MARRIED SARAH FLORENCE JERNIGAN JUNE 19, 1892, TO JULY 25, 1983 -----Original Message----- From: Jean Wells [mailto:jwells1937@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:17 PM To: KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] Re: KYMUHLEN-D Digest V05 #47 Nell, I have checked the Muhlenberg County Cemetery books by Marian Hammers I did not find David or Rachel Robertson/Robinson/Robeson/ or Roberson I did find the others you mentioned. I am not familiar with either of these cemeteries so have copied the location of the cemetery as Mrs. Hammers has it in her books. Vol II George Fohl Cemetery: Located on Highway 176 (south of) on first road south after passing Jernigan Chapel Road on left side of an unimproved road about 1000 feet from the Highway. Elmer Dukes owned the property at time the cemetery was copied-May 24, 1975 Rebecca Bell Anselem L. Bell January 19, 1805 August 22, 1802 August 12, 1878 April 12, 1844 Vol III page 10 Casebier Cemetery-located 1/2-1 mile south east of Dallas Whitmer farm on old Paradise Road. copied May 28, 1973 W.S. Hay Isyphean, wife of W.S. Hay February 3, 1806 February 15, 1811 October 1, 1886 April 19, 1881 Vol. IV page 48 Geibel Cemetery-on top of hill at Depoy near water tower. copied May 23, 1971 with assistance from Cortland Foster H.H. Luckett Jane M. (or H.) Luckett May 13, 1802 September 23, 1808 August 22, 1874 September 23, 1808 Nell Lewis <nlewis@cox-internet.com> wrote: This Outgoing message has been scanned by Norton's Anti Virus 2005 and is virus free. Would anyone be able to do several Cemetery Look Up's for me in Cemetery Books for Muhlenberg Co., please? I don't know if these dates are too early for records or not. David Robertson or Robinson b. abt. 1774 d. March 1882 in Greenville, Muhlenberg Co. KY and his wife Rachel (Dennis) Robertson - Robinson b. 1778 d. pu Jan 1837 in Greenville, Muhlenberg Co. KY. And some of their children all born in Muhlenberg Co. KY: (These are the children that stayed in Muhlenberg Co. KY) Rebecca (Robertson-Robinson) Bell w/o Ansolem L. Bell b. 19 Jan 18005 d. 12 Aug 1878 in Muhlenberg Co. KY of typhoid fever Jane (Robertson-Robinson Lucket w/o Hiram H. Lucket. Jane b. 23 Sept 1808 d. 23 Sep 1866 Muhlenberg Co. KY\ Isaphene Robertson-Robinson) Hay w/o Wiley S. Hay. Isaaphene (various spellings) b. 15 Feb 1811 d. 19 Apr 1881 Muhlenberg Co. KY THANK YOU Nell ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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