This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burgess, Russell, Snider Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3819 Message Board Post: Was Washington County ever part of Russell County, Virginia, I heard once that it was who knows this history I am curious as I believe that Russell County was larger once and some of these other counties were once a part of it is this possible? i am looking for information on William Russell and Tamsen Burgess who may have had people in russell County and or Washington,County, Virginia, they had some of their children in Tennessee and some in Missouri he was a notary public in Grape Grove, Missouri in Russellville, Missouri but I believe they had their roots in Virginia any one know anything of this family please? The son of theirs that I descend from was Elijah Burgess Russell. he had a son by the name of James William Russell and James had a son of the name of Paul Harold Russell, Paul Harold was my paternal Grandfather, he married Marie Aloise Snider and they had my father, Donald Leonard Russell who is the father of me and my brothers, Harold, James, Frank, William, and sister Margaret Louise.

The following was copied from the Russell Rootsweb site. In 1745 the area now contained in Russell County was formed as a part of Augusta County. Between the years 1769 and 1785 it was contained in Botetourt, Fincastle and Washington Counties. Russell County was formed in 1786 from Washington County. The area which became Russell County contained about 3000 square miles or 1.9 million acres. The boundary lines extended northward from Clinch Mountain to Cumberland Gap on the Kentucky border and eastward to a point near present Bluefield, Virginia. In 1790, the population of the county was 3,338, which included 190 slaves. Other counties were then formed from Russell County. In 1793 Lee County was formed. In 1799, Tazewell County. In 1815 Scott County was formed from a portion of Russell and Lee Counties. In 1855 Wise County was formed and in 1858 Buchanan County was formed. In 1880, Dickenson County was formed from a portion of Wise and Buchanan Counties. ----- Original Message ----- From: joycerussell@tds.net To: VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:36 AM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Russell County/ Washington County This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burgess, Russell, Snider Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3819 Message Board Post: Was Washington County ever part of Russell County, Virginia, I heard once that it was who knows this history I am curious as I believe that Russell County was larger once and some of these other counties were once a part of it is this possible? i am looking for information on William Russell and Tamsen Burgess who may have had people in russell County and or Washington,County, Virginia, they had some of their children in Tennessee and some in Missouri he was a notary public in Grape Grove, Missouri in Russellville, Missouri but I believe they had their roots in Virginia any one know anything of this family please? The son of theirs that I descend from was Elijah Burgess Russell. he had a son by the name of James William Russell and James had a son of the name of Paul Harold Russell, Paul Harold was my paternal Grandfather, he married Marie Aloise Snider and they had my father, Donald Leonard Russell who is the father of me and my brothers, Harold, James, Frank, William, and sister Margaret Louise. ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== Messages of an inflamatory or abusive manner will not be tolerated on the mailing list. Messages of this type are to be sent in private either to the person they are directed toward or the list owner. Complaints should also be sent to the list owner. Violators of this rule are subject to suspension from the mailing list.