Richard
Williams
Bell
Born in Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Bell Sr.
and Lucy Mourning (Williams) Bell
Brother of
Jesse Egbert Bell, Benjamin Bell, John Bell Jr., Drewry Bell, Esther (Bell) Porter, Zadock Bell II, Elizabeth (Bell) Powell and Joel Egbert Bell
Husband of
Sally Martha (Gunn) Bell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
James Allen Bell
Died
at age 46
in Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2011
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Biography
Richard Bell was a Tennessean.
Richard was born in 1811. He died in 1857. [1]
Richard was married three times but had only two children, one of whom was TN State Rep Allen Bell. [2]
Marriages:
In 1846 wrote a comprehensive eyewitness account of family haunting by "Kate", titled "Our Family Trouble"
Home in 1850: District 6, Robertson, Tennessee, USA [5]
- Joel E Bell, 36
- Rebecca Bell, 28
- Charles C Bell, 12
- Joel E Bell, 10
- Marandah Bell, 14
- Mary A Bell, 0
- R W Bell, 39
- Eliza Bell, 31
- Mary E Bell, 17
- Jas A Bell, 15
- Lucy W Bell, 9
- Nineon O Bell, 3
Will Probate: [6]
- Name: R W Bell
- Probate Date: 1858
- Probate Place: Robertson, Tennessee, USA
- Inferred Death Year: Abt 1858
- Inferred Death Place: Tennessee, USA
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed February 17, 2024), memorial page for Richard Williams Bell (6 Jan 1811–24 Oct 1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #237393408, citing Bellwood Cemetery, Adams, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA; Burial Details Unknown; maintained by Governor Gordon Browning Museum (contributor 50169716), drawing of headstone and map photos.
- ↑ Please see official website by Pat Fitzhugh for extensive information on the Bell Witch Haunting, as well as his book The Bell Witch: The Full Account.
- ↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
- ↑ Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.. Film Number: 00364550
- ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census; Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Robertson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_894; Page: 48A; Image: 99
- ↑ Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008; Estate Settlements, 1850-1900; Index, 1850-1900; Author: Tennessee County Court (Robertson County); Probate Place: Robertson, Tennessee
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