Thomas Bell and his Descendants

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This Bell Family section is dedicated to the late Mrs. Ruby Bell Muery.
It was she who compiled the Bell genealogies and collected the proofs.
She was very generous in sharing her information.

THOMAS BELL
b. 1754 
Chatham Co., NC (Marcy thinks "Edgecombe Co, now Nash ?")
m: MARY LASATER (Lassiter) in 1780
b. 1755
d. 18 Sep 1830 
Chatham Co., NC

Notes: 
Thomas Bell gave money as a Patriot during the American Revolution.
He is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution for it.

His mark for his livestock was recorded in the County courthouse
in Chatham, Co.,  N.C., as: 
A half moon under the right ear and a crop and two slits on the 
left ear. 
Recorded on 10 May 1779, in the court minutes.

According to EVA BELL BARBER, his parents were: 
Joseph Bell and Mary Fort Bynum. 
Thomas is not listed in the Bynum book as one of their sons.

Marcia Hurst Smith speculates that he is the son of James Bell, 
a known son of this Joseph Bell. 

In an interesting note: 
The ancestors of this Bell & Bynum line, lived in the 
same areas as some of our known Ward/Bracewell ancestors.

On a deed dated 18 Nov 1772 in Edgecombe Co., NC,: 
"A tract of 222 acres on the north bank of Swift Creek, it 
being a tract that was conveyed from Thomas Bell to Joseph Bell,
father of said James Bell, by deed of sale bearing date 
21 Nov 1749." 
[From "ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS OF EDGECOMBE CO. 
NC 1772-1788" by WATSON V1 p. 35]


ISSUE:

James Bell m: Lydia Chapman

Jonathan Bell m: Judith Crump

Thomas Bell, Jr.

ENOCH BELL 

Elijah Bell 

William Bell

Susannah Bell  m: William Clark  

THOMAS BELL	m: MARY LASATER
b. 1754	b. 1762
d. 18 Sep 1830	d. May 1840
(eight children)    One Being:
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ENOCH BELL	m: FRANCES MANGHAM
b. 2 Mar 1789	b. 3 Jul 1789
d. 28 Aug 1850	d. 2 Jun 1862
(six children)    One Being:
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ELIJAH BELL	m: NANCY ANN JONES
b. 18 Jan 1818	b. 29 May 1827
d. 27 Dec 1899	d. 11 Sep 1848
(two children)    One Being:
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ENOCH JONES BELL	m: ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE JONES
b. 2 Jan 1848	b. 5 Oct 1852
d. 16 May 1923	d. 26 Sep 1914
(ten children)    One Being:
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ELIJAH BELL	m: WILLIE ELEANOR ALLEN
b. 4 Aug 1888	b. 25 Jan 1900
d. 2 Sep 1954	d. 20 Mar 1973
(seven children)    One Being:
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JOHNNY JOSEPHINE BELL	m: DALTON EARL HALE
b. 2 Nov 1921	b. 25 Jul 1919
d. 31 Jul 2000	d. 22 Feb 1992
(two children)    One Being:
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WANDA ALICE HALE	married twice, issue both
b. 3 Jul 1940
d. 3 Feb 2009
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(four children)