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John Bagwell of Brunswick Co., Virginia



Brunswick, Virginia Order Book 1, page 286. 7 Feb 1739

Ordered that the Church Wardens bind Sarah Bagwell and Frederick Bagwell, children of John Bagwell, decd, to James Martin, as the law directs. Ordered that the Church Wardens bind Daniel Bagwell, son of John Bagwell decd to William Martin, as the law directs.

"While Richard (d. 1790 in Brunswick Co., VA) is not listed as a son, I would think it is very likely that he was." (The above information from Lew Dowd).

I. Frederick Bagwell b. 1759 Virginia, d. 13 Feb 1851 Fayette Co., Alabama

II. William Bagwell b. 1760 Halifax Co., N. C., d. after 1843 Greenville Co., S. C.

III. John Daniel Bagwell, a Revolutionary War Soldier, b. ca 1761, d. 4/10/1855 Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., Ga. m. 1/27/1791 Halifax Co. N. C., Rachael Chamblee, b. 1770/1775 Va., d. 1837 Anderson Co., S. C. They had son, James William Bagwell, b. 10/12/1808 Anderson Co., S. C., d. 1/12/1848 Anderson Co., S. C., who m. Nancy Harper, b. 11/14/1809 Pendleton dist, S. C., d. 1/21/1896 Gwinnett Co. Ga. John Newton Bagwell, son of James William Bagwell and Nancy Harper, was b. 11/20/1834 Honea Path, Anderson Co., S. C., d. 3/27/1906 Blair, Shelby Co., Tx., buried Ramah Cemetery, Tenaha, Shelby Co. Tx, m. 2/14/1660 Gwinnett Co., Ga. Mary Ann "Venie" McCord, b. 10/22/1836, d. 9/1/1891 Gwinnett eo., Ga., bur. Union Grove cemetery. He was a Confederate Soldier, Co. I, 55 Regt, Ga. Inf., removed the family to Shelby Co. Tx. abt 1891. Issue:

A. Lawrence Robert Bagwell, b. 11/17/1860 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 2/22/1943 Choice, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Center Ridge cemetery, m. 1/9/1882 Gwinnett Co., Ga. Fannie Walker.

B. Caldonie Bagwell, b. 3/11/1662 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 1/31/1916, Paxton, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Ramah cemetery, Tenah, Shelby Co. Tx., m. 11/23/1877 Gwinnett Co., Ga., Lucillus B. Caldwell.

C. Mariah C. Bagwell, b. 4/30/1665 GwinnettCo., Ga., d. 4/12/1911, Center, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Fairview Cemetery, m. 1887 Gwinnett Co. Ga., William O. Wilson.

D. Nancy Ann Bagwell, b. 5/24/1667 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 10/1898, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Center Ridge Cemtery, m. 3/3/1890 Gwinnett Co. Ga. James Forest Johnson.

E. Thirza Bagwell, b. 4/16/1669 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 4/14/1897 Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Center Ridge cemetery, m. 12/11/1892, Shelby Co., Tx., John Henry Wilson.

F. Martha Jane Bagwell, b. 8/9/1871 Gwinnett Co. Ga., d. 10/5/1890, Gwinnett Co., Ga., bur. Union Grove cemetery, unmarried.

G. Mary Ann Bagwell, b. 6/20/1875 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 7/22/1946 Tx, bur. Fairview cemetery, Center, Tx., m. 12/29/1897 ShelbY Co., Tx., Joseph F. Saunders.

H. James Henry Franklin Bagwell, b. 8/8/1879 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 6/30/1964 Waco, McLellan Co., Tx., m. 9/24/1921, Arkansas, Lena Burns Holley, and 2d, 9/6/1904, Clara Duke.

I. George Newton Bagwell, b. 8/16/1877 Gwinnett Co., Ga., d. 1/9/1944 Tenaha, Shelby Co., Tx., bur. Ramah Cemetery, Tenaha, Tx, m. 1st 11/10/1904, Nannie Hill, 2d, 10/2/1906 Shelby Co., Tx., Eliza Templin Issue: Lawrence Raymond, b. 8/15/1907; Justin Franklin; Gladys; Sarah Irene; George Newton, Jr.

IV. Nathan Bagwell, d. after 1839 Wake Co., N. C.

V. Thomas Bagwell b. ca 1770 Halifax Co., N. C., d. 1838 Roane Co., TN.
Lawrence Bagwell
Lawrence Bagwell 1861-1943, buried Center Ridge Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas.

References: 1860-1880 Gwinnett Co., Ga. Census; Ramah Cemetery, Tenaha, Texas; Shelby Co., Texas Marriages; Halifax Co., N. C. Marriages; #AFN:MZ76-1C, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Note: The Ancestral File references could contain errors.