(unknown) Donnell, (son?)

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1760, North Buffalo, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1771, North Buffalo, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Her People, Greensboro, N.C. by Reverend S. M. Rankin, p. 42 & 43.

"The four [Donnell] families that located near North Buffalo Creek (now Guilford County, North Carolina) must have been closely related. Thomas, Sr., and Robert, Sr., who came in 1753, were brothers; James, Sr., who came in 1760, and Robert, II, who came in 1771, may have been nephews of Thomas and Robert, Sr. In 1790, the Donnell families had a great reunion, and one of the old men laughingly asked, "What do you suppose has become of the "O" we cast overboard at sea, by this time?" This would indicate that they all came overseas together, and the name was O?Donnell in Ireland. They were all descendants, or related to, Donald I (861-863), King of Scotland. The writer was told by the late Dr. John McDonald, editor of the Toronto, Canada, that the Donnells, O? Donnells, Donalds and McDonalds were all of the same blood with a common ancestor."

Also from Rankin's book, p. 42, "Robert Donnell, the second, came from York County, Pennsylvania, and located on the north side of North Buffalo in 1771. His wife was Mary, and their children appear to have been William, Elizabeth, Daniel, Samuel, Sarah, Robert and George. William married Mary, daughter of Samuel Bell, in 1773 and moved to Tennessee in 1797; Elizabeth married Robert Donnell, son of Thomas, Sr., in 1775; Daniel (#105) married first Mary (#106), daughter of Robert Ervin, and second Catherine, daughter of Ralph Gorrell, Sr., in 1816; Samuel became a Presbyterian minister and was pastor of Spring Creek Church, Tennessee; Sarah married John Donnell, son of Robert, Sr, in 1779; Robert married first Jennie Morrison, in 1790, and second Mrs. Nancy Cabe Latta, daughter of John and Mary Strayhorn Cabe, of Orange County, in 1820; George married Lydia, daughter of Arthur and Lydia Forbis, and located on the Reedy Fork."
http://susanleachsnyder.com/Genealogy/Generation9RobertDonnell.html

Family/Spouse: Mary (..) Donnell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1789, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

From History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Her People by Rankin p. 125. "William Donnell was the oldest son of Robert, the second. He married Mary, the daughter of ruling elder Samuel Bell, in 1773. He moved to TN in 1797, and died in 1798. His son , Robert, became a distinguished minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Sketch of Rev. Robert Donnell states that his father was a ruling elder in Buffalo Church".
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html


Residence:
William left Guilford Co NC in 1789. His family goods and Bible destroyed by Indian raid at Nikcajack on the TN frontier. Reached Spring Creek in Lower Sumner Co which later became Wilson Co., and settled near where the village of Lebanon was formed.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html

William married Mary Bell in 1773 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Mary was born about 1750 in of, Guilford Co, North Carolina; died in of, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Catherine Gorrell on 16 Oct 1816 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Catherine (daughter of Ralph Gorrell, Sr. (Immigrant) and Mary "Nancy" Kerr) was born in 1773 in of, Greensboro, North Carolina; died on 7 Oct 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Mary "Polly" Ervin about 1780. Mary was born in 1760; died on 21 May 1814 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; was buried in Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Robert Donnell in 1775. Robert (son of Thomas Donnell, Sr.) was born about 1755; died after 1780 in of, North Buffalo, Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Donnell in 1779. John (son of Robert Donnell, Sr.) was born about 1759; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 9 May 1815, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Other-Begin:
administrator of will of Samuel Donnell, his brother.

Robert married Jennie Morrison in 1790. Jennie was born about 1770; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Nancy Cabe-Latta in 1820 in Orange Co, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of John Cabe and Mary Strayhorn) was born about 1790; died after 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 21 Jan 1818, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Property: 4 Mar 1818, Wilson Co, Tennessee; no will

Notes:

From: "Raymond D. Donnell"
Subject: Re: [DONNELL] Re: Donnell in Tenn.
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:34:39 -0500

Some data on Robert Albert Foster and Nancy Donnell. Robert was son of John Foster b ca 1748 Little Brittain twnshnp, PA. This Nancy appears to have been dau. of Robert Donnell-II and wife Mary who came with some famiy to the Nottingham Colony of Presbyterians in 1771, the year Guloford Co. was
formed from Rowan CO.

Nancy Donnell wife ot R.A.Foster was known as "Agnes" which was the nickname for Nancy at the time..SAhe and Roberet A. married in August 1784. Guilford Co. marriage bpnd is extant and in file at the NC Archives Raleigh. The Bond was issued August 6, 1784.

http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/DONNELL/2001-12/1008466479

Property:
Recorded in Wilson County, Tennessee, January 21, 1818

Soon after the death of Robert, Nancy petitioned the court of Wilson County for a widow's allotment so that she could have some of the property in order to live pending the settlement of his estate, and the following order is found in Will Book 1814-1819, page 314 dated January 21, 1818
We the undersigned commissioners agreeable to an order of the court to us directed have proceeded to allot to the widow of Robert Foster the following:
Seven hogs
Two cows
One beef
All the crop
Also $20.00 in money for the purpose of getting salt, sugar & coffee.

Signed:
Robert Edward
John Merrett

http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Property:
Nancy Foster only survived her husband a few years and then it was necessary for the courts to sell her personal property after she died without a will. This sale was conducted on February 28, 1821 and can be found in Wilson County, Tennessee Will Book 1819-1824, and pages 144 through 148.

The document is also in very poor condition and is illegible in parts.
(list given at source website)
James & Alexander Foster, Administrators [her sons]
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Died:
Although the death dates for Robert or Nancy Foster are uncertain, numerous documents can be found in the Wilson County courthouse concerning their deaths.

They both died without wills, and their estates were settled in the courts. It took almost 10 years before things to be settled and the property to be divided among their children.

Robert Foster died in about 1817 and Nancy followed him in death in about 1820. After the death of Nancy, the children were separated and placed in various relatives? homes in Wilson County.

Because Robert died without a will the Wilson County court directed an inventory be taken of his personal possession.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Nancy married Robert Albert Foster in Aug 1784 in Guilford Co, North Carolina, or Wilson Co, Tennessee. Robert (son of John Alexander Foster and Martha Morrison) was born about 1769 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died in 1818 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Religion: Spring Creek Church, Wilson Co, Tennessee; Presbyterian minister
• Religion: 1801, Presbyterian church, Wilson Co, Tennessee; minister
• Will: 9 May 1815, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Other-Begin:
In letter written by John Foster Doak in regard to Robert Donnell, "In the common acceptation of the term, he was "uneducated;" and it was regarded as presumption in that day, in the Presbyterian Church, to think of preaching without an education. Rev. Samuel Donnell, cousin of his father, was then teaching school in the neighborhood, and offered to educate him gratis. But Robert declined; took his Bible
and went to work, saying it was too long to spend five or six years learning to preach, when there was such a pressing call for laborers in the vineyard of the Lord." (see letter attached)


Religion:
"In 1801, Mr. Donnell joined the Presbyterian church on Spring creek (in Wilson county, Tenn.), of which Rev. Samuel Donnell, cousin of Robert's father, was pastor. Soon after joining the church, Mr. Donnell's mind was turned to the great work of the ministry."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html


Will:
Will abstract from Wilson Co TN Wills Books 1-12 1802-1850 by Thomas
E Partlow. Samuel Donnell Will: 9 May 1815.
Heirs: Wife Martha Donnell: all my daughters and tho named: and my sons as tho named.
Witness: Alexander Foster.
Administrators: Wife Martha Donnell, brother in Law David
Foster, and brother Robert Donnell. Recorded 1 Nov 1817 (p 291)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html

Samuel married Martha Alexander Foster in 1782 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Martha (daughter of John Alexander Foster and Martha Morrison) was born about 1776 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died after 1820 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia Forbis. Lydia died in of, Reedy Fork, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 10 Oct 1844, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

The following taken from a letter by Raymond D Donnell explaining the difference between the Williams in Guilford Co NC that have cause genealogist so much trouble. "William S Donnell b abt 1778 Guilford Co NC, son of William and Mary Bell Donnell. He married Margaret "Peggy" Sherrill. They lived in Wilson Co TN on a 274 acre farm near Spring
Creek in Wilson Co. William died Testate probably in Dec 1846 or Jan 1847.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html

Will:
William died Testate probably in Dec 1846 or Jan
1847. His will dated Oct 10 , 1844 was entered to Probate at the March term of court, 1847. The clerk of court noted on the will that he was William (Cedar Bill) Donnell.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/donnel01.html

William married Margaret "Peggy" Sherrill in 1806 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Margaret was born on 24 Sep 1784 in North Carolina; died in 1866 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 25 Oct 1828, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Will: 30 Aug 1832, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Property:
distribution of Robert Foster's estate:
Lot No 1, EMSLEY D. FOSTER, which is bounded as follows: beginning at an elm on the southeast corner of Mary Doak's tract she now lives on, and then northeast corner of the tract belonging to the said heirs of Robert Foster dec'd running thence south one hundred and twenty two and one half poles to a white oak the southeast corner of said tract running thence west fifty poles to a white oak in the south boundary of said tract thence north one hundred and twenty two and a-half poles to a stake in Mary Doak's south boundary line running thence east with center line fifty poles to the beginning containing thirty-eight acres.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Will:
Emsley Donnell Foster, born about 1793, married Martha Ann Doak on November 30, 1831 in Wilson County, Tennessee. His will, which was probated on August 30, 1832, mentions his first unborn child being carried by his wife at the time he made this will.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Emsley married Martha Ann Doak on 30 Nov 1831 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Robert Doak and Martha "Patsy" Fielding) was born in 1814 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee; died after 1850 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 25 Oct 1828, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Albert G. Foster was born about 1795 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married Lucinda Major on Aug 12, 1828 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He was divorced from Lucinda on Oct 21, 1839. After his divorce from Lucinda, he moved to Shelby Co., IL and there he married Mrs. Jane Story. He was a blacksmith.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Property:
Lot No 2, ALBERT FOSTER, and boundary as follows beginning at a white oak the southwest corner of lot number 1, running west seventy five poles a sugartree thence north one hundred and twenty two and one half poles to a stake in said Mary Doak's south boundary line thence east with said line seventy five poles to the northwest corner of the center line thence south with the west boundary line of lot number 1, one hundred and twenty two and one half pole to the beginning containing sixty three and three quarters of an acre.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Albert married Lucinda Major on 12 Aug 1828 in Wilson Co, Tennessee, and was divorced on 21 Oct 1839 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Lucinda was born about 1795; died after 1839 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Mrs. Jane (..) Story after 1840 in Shelby Co, Illinois. Jane was born about 1795; died after 1840 in of, Shelby Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Aft 1821, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Property: 25 Oct 1828, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Birth:
She was minor heir of Robert Foster, placed under guardian ship of Josiah S. McClain as guardian. In 1829, some years after Isabell's mother died, he received a sum of $474.08 1/4 cash paid out for his guardian bond. Assuming she was maybe 10 yrs old?


Other-Begin:
In the ensuing years various documents were filed in the Wilson County, Tennessee courthouse relative to the Foster estate and including the following:
Will Book 1827-1835, Page 317
March 26, 1829
Josiah S. McClain, guardian for Isabella Ann Foster, minor heir of Robert Foster, respectfully reports to the worshipful County Court of Wilson, that he received the sum of $474.08 1/4 cents cash paid out of the guardian bond.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Property:
Lot No 3, ISABELLA FOSTER, and bounded as follows, beginning at the sugartree the southwest corner of lot number 2, running thence west one hundred and twenty six poles to the southwest corner of the said tract to a stake in Bingham's east boundary thence north with said Bingham's line one hundred and ten poles to a stake in said Bingham's northeast corner thence west with his north boundary eight poles to a stake thence north ten poles to a stake in said Mary Doak's southwest corner thence east one hundred and thirty six poles to the northwest corner of lot number 3, thence sough with the west boundary of said lot one hundred and twenty two poles & 1/2 to the beginning containing ninety six and one-half acres.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Isabella married William Rufus Donnell on 4 Sep 1834 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. William (son of Capt. William "Billy" Donnell, (son?) and Jane Bell) died in 1862 in Hickory Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 25 Oct 1828, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Property:
Lot No 4, WILLIAM R. FOSTER, and bounded as follows, beginning at an ash and hackberry marked "R.F.", a line forth six poles west of the northeast corner of a six hundred and forth are tract originally in the name of John Foster and in his north boundary running thence west with the said line eighty four poles crossing a west fork of Spring Creek in all one hundred and eight poles to a white oak thence north fifty four poles to two ironwoods in Robert Foster's south boundary line thence east with the said line seventy poles crossing said west fork of Spring Creek in all one hundred and eighteen poles to an elm thence sough fifty four poles to the beginning containing forty acres.
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

William married Susannah Lavina Lansden on 8 Jun 1833 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Susannah was born about 1811 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee; died after 1834 in of, Benton Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 4 Mar 1818, Wilson Co, Tennessee; father's estate
• Other-Begin: 28 Feb 1821, Wilson Co, Tennessee; mother's estate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 4 Mar 1818, Wilson Co, Tennessee; father's estate
• Other-Begin: 28 Feb 1821, Wilson Co, Tennessee; mother's estate