The following information comes from Ancestry.com's public Family Tree of the Bell-Terrell family: Milton Bell b. abt. 1805 Wilson Co. TN, d. 22 Jan 1878 Belleview, Iron Co. Missouri, Parents: James Robert Bell Sr. and Susannah Lewis, Spouse: Jane Warner. This info comes from 6 family trees: Drennan Family Tree, CS Gallaher Family Tree, One World Tree, Suddarth and Freeman Ancestors, lisastree, and Allmyfamily. Thomas Newton Bell b. abt. 1807 (or 1810 or 1814) Green Co. TN (4 others have no county listed TN) d. 18 Oct 1887 Paris, Monroe Co. Missouri (or Black, Reynolds, Missouri), Parents: James Henry Bell and Sarah Newton, Spouse: Mahala E. Cain. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 2:09 AM Subject: [TNSUMNER] Thomas Newton and Milton Bell > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: CorennePearson > Surnames: Bell > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/4632/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Yes, I'm posting again...haha. Maybe the more I post, the more people > might see what I'm trying to find and may be able to gather new > information? > > Anyway, I'm looking for some of my direct descendants: Thomas Newton Bell > and Milton Bell. Milton's my 3rd great-grandfather, and Thomas Newton was > his brother. They ran from home at the ages of 14 and 16, were captured > by Indians, and then set free by two other "friendly" Indians. They > eventually settled here in Missouri by way of running with a 'West-bound' > group, in Washington County. > > Milton was born approximately 1805, and Thomas Newton approximately 1807, > in Tennessee. I'm looking for their parents, and any other > ancestors/descendants. Supposedly, they may have originated in either > Sumner or Robertson Counties in TN? Could anyone out there help me with > this information? It's like the Bell's just dropped off the face of the > earth before these two...they had to come from somewhere! > > Thank you for any and all research! > > -Amy Bell > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNSUMNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >