Russell Russell Bean

William Bean initiated permanent settlement in eastern Tennessee when he arrived from Virginia in 1769 and built a rude cabin on Boone's Creek near its junction with the Watauga River. He was joined soon by others from Virginia to form a tiny community, the nucleus of the Watauga settlements. Bean's son, Russell, the first child born to permanent white settlers in Tennessee, was born in the cabin. The site has been inundated by Boone's Lake but a monument stands on the lake shore above the site.

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RUSSELL6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN (MACBEAN)3, WILLIAM 22, WILLIAM 11) was born May 1769 in Watauga Settlement, later Washington Co., Tennessee, and died September 01, 1826 in Washington, Co., Tennessee. He married (1) CATHERINE M.BEAN.R. UNKNOWN. He married (2) ROSAMOND ROBERTSON October 08, 1789. She was born 1772 in Washington Co., Tennessee, and died 1850 in Washington, Co., Tennessee.

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Russell was the white born west of Appalachia, after the family moved to Tennessee. Story says that he was a mean little cuss growing up. He was married in Nashville and bit one of his own children's ear off - or a piece of it anyway. General Jackson was said to have made Russell mad over something. Russell ran off and hid in a tree. Jackson sent some men to find him and return saying that they could not get him out of the tree. They told Jackson to "go get him yourself". Jackson ordered Russell out of the tree. When asked later about his "surrender" to Jackson, Russell replied that "if you'd seen the mean look on the old man's face, you'd have surrendered too."

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RUSSELL6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN (MACBEAN)3, WILLIAM 22, WILLIAM 11) was born May 1769 in Watauga Settlement, later Washington Co., Tennessee, and died September 01, 1826 in Washington, Co., Tennessee. He married (1) CATHERINE M.BEAN.R. UNKNOWN. He married (2) ROSAMOND ROBERTSON October 08, 1789. She was born 1772 in Washington Co., Tennessee, and died 1850 in Washington, Co., Tennessee.

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Russell was the white born west of Appalachia, after the family moved to Tennessee. Story says that he was a mean little cuss growing up. He was married in Nashville and bit one of his own children's ear off - or a piece of it anyway. General Jackson was said to have made Russell mad over something. Russell ran off and hid in a tree. Jackson sent some men to find him and return saying that they could not get him out of the tree. They told Jackson to "go get him yourself". Jackson ordered Russell out of the tree. When asked later about his "surrender" to Jackson, Russell replied that "if you'd seen the mean look on the old man's face, you'd have surrendered too."

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Inscription: Married Rosamond Robertson Son of Wm. And Lydia Russell Bean First white child born in Tenn. Erected by descendants in 1974; Dedicated July 1976.

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Biography ==Russell was the first white child born in what is now Tennessee. He was born shortly after his parents settled on Boone's Creek.

On October 8, 1789, in Washington County, Tennessee, Russell Bean married Rosamond Robertson, daughter of Colonel Charles Robinson and Susannah Nichols. She was born 1775 in Virginia, and died about 1850 in Tennessee.
Russell served as a 1st Lieutenant during the War of 1812 in Captian William McLin's Company of the East Tennessee Militia. He was detached to the armory where he presumably performed gunsmithing duties.

Children of Russell Bean and Rosamond Robertson are:

• Russell Bean, Jr. enlisted in the same unit as his father, but transferred to the West Tennessee troops.
• Baxter Bean, born about 1790 in Washington County, Tennessee; died 1858 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He married Margaret Leach.
• James Bean, born about 1793 in Washington County, Tennessee.
• Charles Bean, born about 1795 in Washington County, Tennessee; Servedas an armorer, in the same unit as his father, died after 1850 in Washington County, Tennessee.
• Joseph Bean, born about 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee. He married Mary Baxter about 1840 in Tennessee.
• Robert Bean, born 1802 in Tennessee; died about 1835 in Tennessee.
• Camilla Bean, born 1804 in Tennessee. She married John Garland 10 March 1827 in Tennessee;.
• Roseanna Bean, born 1806 in Tennessee; died about 1860 in Tennessee. She married Asa Shipley about 1824 in Tennessee. Russell is buried in Uriel Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee.

Sources

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• Notable Southern Families, Volumes I-II. Richmond, VA, 1918.
• John Allison, Dropped Stitches in Tennessee History, 1897*1782: Last Will and Testament of William Bean, Jonesboro, Tennessee Courthouse, Vol I, page 4
• 1820 Federal Census, TN, Shelby County, page 125.
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• Residence: Washington County, Tennessee, United States - 1790
• Residence: Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 1820