Is this Russell family related to the Russell family in Pope County Arkansas. Cookie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> To: <ncorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Russell, Webb, Thompson, Johnston, Anderson, McCarver > > John Russell and wife, Elizabeth Webb were married in Orange County in 1804. > They were founding members of Center Methodist Church which is now in > Alamance or Chatham, right on the border as I recall. Elizabeth was the > daughter of Johnson Webb and Gracy McCarver. Elizabeth died in 1850 and is > buried at the Center Methodist Church Cemetery. John Russell was born in > Ireland and was a weaver by trade, but I do not know his parents. He died > between 1830 and 1840, but I do not know his burial site. > > John and Elizabeth had 10 children: > > Johnson > Mary Ann > Nancy > James > Rebecca > William > Alexander > Alfred > David > John > > William married Jane Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Jane Alexander. > She was the widow of George Johnston. William and Jane migrated to Arkansas > in 1848. Some of her Johnston children went with them, but stopped in west > Tennessee. > > Alfred Russell also migrated to Arkansas. > > There was another John Russell family in Orange County at the same time and > the two families have often been confused. They had similar names for their > children (God bless those Scots-Irish naming patterns!) and both > intermarried with the Thompsons. > > I would love to find the parents of my original immigrant, John Russell. > > Sue Russell > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

No, they were in Saline County, AR, just south of Little Rock. -----Original Message----- From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Paulson Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:21 PM To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Russell, Webb, Thompson, Johnston, Anderson, McCarver Is this Russell family related to the Russell family in Pope County Arkansas. Cookie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> To: <ncorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Russell, Webb, Thompson, Johnston, Anderson, McCarver > > John Russell and wife, Elizabeth Webb were married in Orange County in 1804. > They were founding members of Center Methodist Church which is now in > Alamance or Chatham, right on the border as I recall. Elizabeth was the > daughter of Johnson Webb and Gracy McCarver. Elizabeth died in 1850 and is > buried at the Center Methodist Church Cemetery. John Russell was born in > Ireland and was a weaver by trade, but I do not know his parents. He died > between 1830 and 1840, but I do not know his burial site. > > John and Elizabeth had 10 children: > > Johnson > Mary Ann > Nancy > James > Rebecca > William > Alexander > Alfred > David > John > > William married Jane Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Jane Alexander. > She was the widow of George Johnston. William and Jane migrated to Arkansas > in 1848. Some of her Johnston children went with them, but stopped in west > Tennessee. > > Alfred Russell also migrated to Arkansas. > > There was another John Russell family in Orange County at the same time and > the two families have often been confused. They had similar names for their > children (God bless those Scots-Irish naming patterns!) and both > intermarried with the Thompsons. > > I would love to find the parents of my original immigrant, John Russell. > > Sue Russell > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message