Overview
Location
Towns Co., GA
Date Constructed/ Founded
1830
Associated Surnames
Russell
Historical notes
John Russell and his family moved to Union County, Georgia, from Macon County, North Carolina, in the 1830's. The area they lived in became Towns County, Georgia, in the 1850's.
Associated Slave Workplaces
George Russell Plantation (Rutherford Co., NC), Hogback Plantation (Fannin Co., GA)
Associated Free Persons
- John Russell (b.ca.1830-d.1883) - plantation owner
- Nancy Dickey Russell (b.ca.1830-d.1859) - wife of John Russell; daughter of George Dickey (Hogback Plantation)
- George Wherry Russell (b.1829-d.1864) - son of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Amanda Jane Russell (b.1830-d.1904) - daughter of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Hannah Adeline Russell (b.1832-d.1910) - daughter of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Martha Russell (b.1834-d.1861) - son of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Albert Burton Russell (b.1836-d.1915) - son of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Arminta Matilda Russell (b.1838-d.1851) - daughter of John and Nancy D. Russell
- John Harrison Russell (b.1839-d.1881) - son of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Andrew Doriah Russell (b.1843-d.1907) - son of John and Nancy D. Russell
- Myrah Louisa Russell (b.1845-d.1893) - daughter of John and Nancy D. Russell
Associated Enslaved Persons
1830 Slaves of John Russell
From the 1830 US Federal Census,
1860 Slaves of John Russell
From the 1860 Slave Schedule (gender, age, color)
- Female 36 Black
- Male 22 Black
- Male 11 Black, Twin
- Female 11 Black, Twin
- Female 9 Black
- Female 7 “Black”
- Male 5 “Black”
- Male 3 “Mulatto”
- Female 1 “Black”
Russell Slave Families on John Russell Plantation
- Jane Russell (b.1823-d.?)
- James Russell (b.1847-d.aft.1880) - possible son of Jane Russell
- Easter Russell (b.1847-d.aft.1883) - daughter of Jane Russell
- Patsey Russell (b.1855-d.1890) - daughter of Jane Russell
- Joseph A. Russell (b.1857-d.ca.1880) - son of Jane Russell
- Mary Russell (b.1859-d.?) - daughter of Jane Russell
- Ellady Russell (b.ca.1860-d.ca.1880) - daughter of Jane Russell
- Jackson "Jack" Russell (b.Jan 1837-d.June 10, 1929) - Jackson “Jack” Russell was bought by John Russell in 1842 for $304.00 at the estate sale of George Dickey in Fannin County, Georgia. His mother was Susannah Dickey Hall (c.1810 - aft.1880). Susannah was purchased at the estate sale by E. M. Hall. John Russell and E. M. Hall were both sons in law of George Dickey.
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
- Federal Census, Towns County, Georgia
- Estate Papers of George Dickey, Gilmer County, Georgia, 1842
- Death Certificate of Jackson Russell, 1929
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