Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of THE BELL FAMILY. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 158 THE BELL FAMILY. The Bells of Greenbrier are of Scotch descent. Joseph Bell, the great-great grandfather of Henry Thomas Bell, came to America about 1735 and settled near where Staunton now stands. He was one of several who laid off the town into thirteen and one-half-acre lots, each man taking a lot at $16.66 2-3. The Augusta National Bank stands on a part of the lot taken by Joseph Bell. William H. Bell, the father of Henry Thomas, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, October 29, 1810. He moved with his father to Goshen in 1820, then called Bells Valley. His wife was Martha Alexander Wilson, born July 13, 1818. They were married, February 14, 1839. Their children were: Estaline, born July 3, 1840; Susan Poague, April 2, 1843; Frances Ann, March 3, 1846; William Mason, September 26, i848; John Robert, April 8, i85o; Henry Thomas, October 21, 1856; Grace Stuart, November 21, 1861.