Joseph Sewell

A Patriot of the American Revolution for North Carolina with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A102143

JOSEPH3 SEWELL (ABRAHAM2, JESSE1) was born March 1753 in Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, and died September 04, 1847 in Cumberland County, Kentucky.

Notes for JOSEPH SEWELL: According to his pension application, Joseph was born in Howard County, Maryland in 1753. He enlisted in the Army in Wilkes County,North Carolina in 1775, and fought against Tories and Indians. He and his wife, Mary Tompkins lived on Clear River in Wilkes County, North Carolina for a time then, in about 1785, they moved to Carter County, Tennessee. About 30 years later they moved to Cumberland County, Kentucky, where he died around 1847. The family also lived in Overton County, Tennessee for a time between the time they lived in Carter County and their move to Kentucky. Joseph Sewell is reported to be buried in the "Sewell Cemetery" in Cumberland County, Kentucky on land owned now by the heirs of Elmer Thurman.

Wife’s origins

“He married MARY GARDINER TOMPKINS December 10, 1779 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, daughter of JAMES TOMPKINS and ELIZABETH JACKSON. She was born May 27, 1744 in Morristown, New Jersey, and died May 18, 1828 in Cumberland County, Kentucky.”

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Tompkins_(42)

Find a Grave and other genealogical sites identify her with the Mary Tompkins, daughter of James Tompkins, baptized in Morristown, New Jersey in 1744. However, this appears to be due to a consolidation of at least two different James Tompkins, and it is unlikely that this is true.

Family

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/e/w/James-R-Sewell-Jr/GENE2-0003.html

The following is an excerpt from, "Goodspeeds' History of Tennessee - Johnson County - 1887".

....Among the settlers on the Laurel were James Keys, Charles Anderson and the Wills. Of the remaining settlers of the county prior to 1800 many have been forgotten, while the names of others' are'perpetuated by their descendauts. A few only can be enumerated here. These were Peter and John Cain, Benjamin and Daniel Cuthbert, Peter Snyder, Abraham, Dorson and Joseph Sewell, Joseph, John and Garland Wilson, Robert and John Walters, William Woodby (now Widby), William Netherly and Anthony and William Fisher......

Children of JOSEPH SEWELL and MARY TOMPKINS are:

• 6. i. Benjamin4 Sewell, b. 1781, Caswell County, North Carolina; d. February 26, 1848, Clairborne County, Tennessee.
• 7. ii. Stephen Sewell, b. 1783, North Carolina; d. 1878.
• 8. iii. James Albert Sewell, b. 1785, North Carolina; d. 1865.
• 9. iv. John C. Sewell, b. 1790, Russell County, Virginia; d. 1846, Clairborne County, Tennessee.
• 10. v. William Dawson Sewell, b. July 14, 1797, Carter County, Tennessee; d. June 30, 1881, Cumberland County, Kentucky.
• 11. vi. Joseph P. Sewell, b. 1800, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850.
• 12. vii. Jesse D. Sewell, b. August 13, 1800, Carter County, Tennessee; d. November 20, 1884, Fentress County, Tennessee.
• viii. Nancy Sewell, b. Abt. 1801, Carter County, Tennessee; m. White [ ].
• 13. ix. Jonathon Abraham Sewell, b. May 08, 1804, Carter County, Tennessee; d. October 06, 1879.

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References

1. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/w/James-R-Sewell-Jr/...
2. https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=P12057&tr... cites
   1. [S347985581] Research of James R. Sewell, Jr., (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/w/James-R-Sewell-Jr/...).
   2. [S347985581] Research of James R. Sewell, Jr., (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/e/w/James-R-Sewell-Jr/...).
   3. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 Name: Joseph Sewell Gender: Male Bond Date: 10 Dec 1779 Bond Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA Spouse: Mary Tompkins Spouse Gender: Female Event Type: Bond
   4. [S347986428] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60548).