This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oZEBAIB/4136 Message Board Post: My ggggg-grandfather was James Russell married to Jane Carson. He first shows up in Rowan Co., NC in 1762 on an early census that lists him as the son of John. Until I found that I'd thought his father was Robert. Anyway, there are several Russell's in the same area and I've had no luck yet putting any of them together, but I feel certain they have to be connected. Does anyone know anything about any of the following: John Russell - Rowan Co., early census 1755 through 1762 (he probably lived in what became Mecklenburg in 1763 or he died before the next Rowan census of 1768, because he's not there.) A John Russell also shows up on a 1751 Dan River Tax List about the same time a John Russell disappears from Lunenburg Co., VA. James Russell - Rowan Co., early census 1762 (listed as son of John) can't prove this is my James, though mine had his first child in 1758 so he would have been the head of a household in 1762. Robert Russell - Rowan Co., early census 1755 through 1768 ( In 1790 there are several in different counties) thought to be James' father until I found the above mentioned census listing, but James' first son is named Robert which follows the usual naming pattern of the first son being named after the paternal grandfather. Charles Russell - Rowan Co., early census 1762, then in Surry Co., NC about 1771. George Russell- Rowan Co., early census 1762 & 1768, then in Randolph Co., NC in 1790 (assuming this is the same George) William Russell - Rowan Co., early census 1762 & 1768 (James supposedly had a brother named William who married Jeanette Roberson and they moved to Abbeville Co., SC, but no one knows when. A Robert also shows up in Abbeville, but William's and Robert's pop up everywhere by 1790 and 1800.) David Russell - the only evidence of his existence is as bondsman for the marriage of Margaret Russell to John Rogers in 1789. He had to be either her father or her brother. I've found the will of a David Russell who died in Mecklenburg Co., NC in 1797 who has the following children: Matthew, David, Isbel, Margaret, Jinsey, Martha, Mary and Elizabeth; wife Jane. Did the above named Matthew marry Jane McIntire or was this a different Matthew? What happened to David? Isabella married Robert Mitchell, Margaret married John Rogers, Mary married George Campbell. What happened to Jinsey, Martha and Elizabeth? William Russell - married Elizabeth Hale in Rowan in 1782. Thomas Russell - married Sarah Irwin in Mecklenburg in 1792, Philip Weeks bondsman. James Russell - married to Susannah ? , died around 1790 or 1791. Sons were Levy and Joseph. Samuel Russell - bondsman for John Russell & Elizabeth Frazer in 1800, Randolph Co. & Sarah Russell and George Frazer in 1800, Randolph Co. Sinthe Russell - married Samuel McCracken in Cabarrus Co. in 1800, George Campbell bondsman. (Could this be Jinsey named above?) Peggy Russell - married James Noland in Rowan Co. in 1801, James Noland bondsman. Lydia Russell - married Stephen Noland in Rowan in 1803, Jesse Buckner bondsman. Betsey Russell - married John McCoard in Mecklenburg in 1803, Joseph Canon bondsman. I've found a couple of books that should prove helpful, but the cost prevents me from buying them all at the same time. Does anyone have access to "MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS, 1763 - 1779, Books 1 - 9" or "GENEALOGICAL DEED ABSTRACTS, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, BOOKS 10-14, Revised" and who would be willing to do look-ups for any of these Russell's? I've tried requesting help finding wills on some of these individuals from "RAOGK" - Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness", but so far I haven't had any luck. Any help greatly appreciated!!! Kathy Marler