Fannin-Towns-Union County GaArchives Obituaries.....Russell, Jackson June 10 1929
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Jason Lee Edwards colmayo@msn.com January 12, 2005, 11:31 pm

Blue Ridge Summit Post, 6-15-1929
Blue Ridge Summit Post, 6-15-1929

“Uncle” Jack Russell Dead

“Uncle” Jack Russell, colored, died at his home here last Monday and was 
buried Wednesday.
“Uncle” Jack did not know how old he was, but always answered the question by 
saying he was “more than a hundred”.
He came here from Hayesville, N.C., about twenty or more years ago and had the 
respect of the good white people who knew him as well as his own race.

Additional Comments:
(Jackson “Jack” Russell was born in January of 1837 on the George Dickey 
plantation in Cherokee County, North Carolina. In 1842 he was purchased by 
John Russell, son in law of George Dickey, for $304.00. He work on the John 
Russell plantation in Union (later Towns) County until about 1870 when he 
married Priscilla Padgett. They lived in Clay County, North Carolina, until 
about 1909 when they moved to Blue Ridge. He died on June 10, 1929, and is 
buried in the Padgett’s Chapel Cemetery.)

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/fannin/obits/r/gob2113russell.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/

File size: 1.5 Kb