Russell was born in 1800.
Appears on the tax rolls of Wayne County, KY 1835-1839 along with Moses and brother Pleasant; he then appears again in 1843,1846,1848
He first appears on the tax rolls of Fentress County TN in 1833
He received a land grant by court order for 100 acres along the Little South Fork
He is specifically named in his father Moses' will in 1848 in Wayne County probate records.
He appears next door to his son William Moses Anderson in the 1860 census noted below
Year: 1840; Census Place: Fentress, Tennessee; Page: 13 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-Z23
Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Scott, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1271; Page: 193; Family History Library Film: 805271 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-81Y
Collection: The Kentucky Land Grants; Volume Number: 1; Part: 2; Title: Chapter X. Grants In The County Court Orders (1836-1924); Section: The Counties of Kentucky; Source Page Number: 973
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