MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY INDIAN WAR Capt Alexander Russell- 1836 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres WwLSARANDOLPH@aol.com Captain Russell's Volunteers Monroe County Georgia Militia Muster roll dated May 27, 1836 The men were discharged on Jul 13, 1836 Columbus Georgia Russell, Alexander Captain Born: 1 May 1801 Died:28 Dec 1893 Place:Lawrence Co. MS Brewer, Septimus Lieutenant June 27, 1817 - May 12, 1873 Buried: Corbitt Cemetery (also known as Brewer Cemetery) Bryant, William T Sergeant Jones, Seaborn Ensign Privates: Alexander, Willis Alston, James Baldwin, John C Banks, John H [Born 1815, died 1884 Monroe County GA, Beckham, Solomon G [Born 1814, died in Texas] Bryant, John L [Born 1797, died 1851 Alabama] The John L Bryant is John Lewis Bryan 16 Mar 1797-10 June 1851 Daleville, AL (buried Providence Church, Clayhatchee, AL). I wonder if the William T. Bryant is really John Lewis Bryan's eldest son, William Price Bryan. I have a birthdate of 15 Dec 1815 but no further info except he seems to be in the hh of John's 1830 Monroe Co., GA census. Researcher:Meredith Clapper" Butts, Joshua Callaway, Josiah Chambless, John [Born 1797, died 1880 Monroe County GA] Culpepper, Mariner [Born 1797, died after 1840] Danelly, Frances [Danielly] Delmar, Francis Dwight, Holden Evers, James O [Born 1815, died 1896 Tallapoosa County Alabama] Floyd, Dolphin Gaulding, A.A. [Gatlin] Henry, Benjamin Hall, Henry W Hamilton, Cudgel Hardin, James [Born 1797, died 1862 Brooks County GA] Hardy, Alfred W [Born 1809, died 1850 Alabama] Hydle, Dionicious P [Hidle] [Born 1810, died 1861 Civil War] Hydle, Phillip T. [Hidle] [Born 1815, died 1862 Civil War] Hydle, William R [Hidle] [Born 1812, Died Civil War] Jones, Washington King, Geraldus Lockett, Cullen [Born 1814, died 1893 GA] McCord, Andrew [Born 1818, died 1888 Tallapoosa County AL] McInvale, Robert Morgan, John T [Born 1805, died after 1860 Pike County GA] Pearson, Richmond [Born 1813, died 1900 Chambers County AL] Perry, William M. Perryman, Harvey [Born 1816, died Civil War] Powell, Thomas W Pritchard, Sion B Spurlock, James M [Thought to have died in Laurens County GA] Stroud, Littleberry Ross, Larkin Ross, Robert Staton, William Tate, Samuel [Born 1814, died 1884 Clayton County GA] Widow filed for pension. http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/military/indian/pensions/tatesam.txt Thompson, James Turman, Robert C [Turnham] Underwood, Reuben [Born 1807, died 1888, Macon GA] Warren, Robert Whitten, William Wilkins, Robert Wynn, Robert [Wynne] [Born 1818, died 1858 Texas] Exempts: Evers, Richard-Dead [Born 1807, died 1836 Monroe County GA] Hart, Jesse O'Neal, Theophilus Sammons, Henley Story, Mitchel Thompson, N.B Varner, Alexander NOTES: Per Pensions records: Capt. Russell Col Hardeman's Regiment (48 men enrolled) Time of service: June 1836 - July 1836 Ruffin, James J. 4th Serg Private Runnels, John NOTE: Alexander Russell's household listing in the 1830 Monroe County, Georgia, Census on page 194 1827 drew land Lee County Dist29 LL17 Russell, Alexander - Monroe County, Capt Phillips District Russell, Alexander 1 male 30-40 1 male 0-5 1 female 20-30 1 female 15-20 1 female 0-5 1840 Bibb County pg 69 Alexander Russell 2 males 5-10 1 male 10-15 1 male 30-40 1 female 5-10 1 female 10-15 1 female 20-30 1 female 30-40 Alexander Russell is listed as a witness in the will of James Low dated 12-1-1832 proved 2-5-1833 Alexander Russell is listed as a son and as executor in the will of Elizabeth McCary dated 10-10-1827 proved 6-11-1828 A daughter, Mary Ann McCary is also listed Witnesses Tarpley Holt and John Russell Alexander Russell, was listed as a trustee of the Russellville Academy by the General Assembly of Georgia in 1837 and in all probability was the one for whom Russellville was named. He lived about a half mile up the road to Barnesville from Russellville. Sister Precious Russell might have been the wife of Alexander Russell. This information is taken from the Sesquicentennial book published in 1973. Family History (LDS) Pedigree file Capt Alexander Russell 1 May 1801 Place: Georgia Death: 28 Dec 1893 Place: Lawrence Co. MS Spouse: Elizabeth Smith Parents: Father: Lloyd Russell Mother: Margaret Metcalf I notice also that a John Russell was in the Godfreys Dist., of Bibb Co. on the 1840 census. One Alexander was in the 2nd Ward of Bibb County in 1840. ( If they were the same ones?)