Son of Isaac Bell Jr. (Deceased) and Unknown (Deceased).
Married to Nancy Shrader-Bell (1803-Deceased) on Sep. 24, 1924 in Tazewell County, WV.
Father of David Bell (1826-1903), Benjamin Bell (1828-Deceased), James Edward Bell (1828-1909), John Granville Bell (1831-Deceased) & Samuel Bell (1838-1898).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/RESEARCH:
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Page 141 Isaac Bell served in Captain John Russell & Captain Kelly’s Ohio Militia WC-34805 SC-24813.
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Pension data lists Nancy Shrader as the third wife of Isaac Bell, Jr.
The following to Karen EAGLE Moman from:
Robert Wayne Legg, Jr: Belcher/Bell/Shrader Family History via e-mail 1998
Isaac Bell, Jr., was born abt 1792 in Beaver Co., PA. A lot of confusion about this birthplace. It has also been stated that he was born in 1793 in Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA.
Issac served in military from 28 July, 1813 til 8 Sept. 1813. WAR OF 1812.
Pension application and service records reflect that he enlisted on 28 July, 1813 at Portsmouth, Ohio, into Captain John Kelly and Russell’s Ohio Militia. He was discharged at Chilicothe, Ohio, on * Sept., 1813. The pension application from the 1870’s gave his residences since service as:
Lawrence CO., OH
Tazewell CO., VA
Mercer Co VA
He was a farmer and a miller.
In the 1850’s and 1860’s they lived in Mercer Co., VA/WV. In the 1870 Census they were in Logan Co WV. He and Nancy were living with their son, James and his family in the 1880 Mercer Co., WV., Census.
The 1818 Lawrence Co., OH., Taxpayers list the following Bells:
Benjamin Bell
Isaac Bell, Sr
Isaac Bell
Ephram Bell
“Hardesty Lake Atlas” History of Lawrence Co., OH
Page 216
Concerning the history of Rome Township, Ohio, (Hardesty Co):
“In 1808 the first grist mill was built by Benjamin and Isaac Bell. The mill was made of logs, had one set of stones (the device that ground the grain), and was run by water-power.”
The following from two sources:
“Observer” 17 June, 1992 (Mercer Co., WV?)
Wade Wilburn-Christiansburg, VA.- 13, Aug.,1999
From and article by William Archer: “Old Log Structure Demonstrates Artistry of Pioneers”
(There were two pictures one showing detailing at joint)
Although currently owned by the descendants of Alfa Lea Roy and John Graham Moore, this old log structure was erected by Isaac Bell and his wife Nancy Sanders* (wrong-it was Shrader) Bell, according to information supplied by the Moore family. It was built in 1855 out of chestnut timber harvested fram a stand of chestnut trees nearby. The property upon which the structure stands was given to Mr. Bell through a land grant dated 1850.
Bell was a native of England and was born circa 1793. He apparently served in the English Navy during the War of 1812, and married in 1824. The Bells had five sons: Benjamin, James, John, Samuel and Davey. The Moore family purchased the home and land from the youngest Bell son in 1929. At the time the land was deeded to Mr. Bell the elder, Mercer County, like all of the counties of what is now West Virginia, was Virginia. The old log house is located in Shinbrier, a small community just outside of Cooper, Mercer Co., WV. B. G. Moore resides in his family’s house which is located near the structure.
For many people, the history of the twin-state region begins with the initial commercial exploitation of the area’s rich coal reserves. Of course, there were people living in the area prior to the opening of the mine at Jordan Nelson’s “coal bank” in 1882. In fact, the log structure was part of the Mercer County countryside well before I. A. Welch made his famous survey of Pocahontas coalfields in 1873, and even longer before William Lathrop of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company came to establish the town of Pocahontas.
........
January 19, 2003 from Wanda (Fox) Evenson to Karen EAGLE Moman-Wanda received from Elbert Lee Harris III [email protected]
My ggg-grandparents, Isaac and Nancy Shrader Bell, built this log home about 1850. Isaac received a large plot of land as the result of the Bounty Land Warrant act enacted by Congress in 1850. This act provided land in Virginia, and other locations, to the War of 1812 Veterans. The land that Isaac and Nancy received became known as Shinbrier. The land that is now Coopers was once a part of Shinbrier. Of course, there was very little if anything there at the time. This log home is the very foundation of Shinbrier's history and heritage. It is in no way connected to Bramwell's history or pioneer days. It has everything to do with Shinbrier's pioneer days. It predates Bramwell by several decades. We are appalled that you and the new owners
have so little regard for what is Shinbrier's most important historic site. That the choice is $20,000.00 or we will let it fall down. It would be as if we purchased the Cooper Mansion and wanted to move it to Princeton for example, couldn't you imagine the uproar on the part of the Bramwell citizenry. And rightfully so. But you see nothing wrong in doing this very same thing to Shinbrier. The Cooper Mansion is a Bramwell Historic Site just as the log home is a Shinbrier Historic Site. It belongs in Bramwell no more than the Cooper Mansion belongs in Shinbrier.
I do not doubt you have a good heart and that the owners are good and decent folks but you are not as knowledgeable as perhaps you should be. If we cannot stop the moving of the log home we would much prefer it go to the Pinnacle Rock Foundation or taken to Princeton by the Mercer County Historical Society. It would get its proper historical
recognition at either of these sites. Under no circumstances do we want it taken to Bramwell and displayed as part of Bramwell's pioneer days, which it is not.
The present Mayor, Ken Beard, has some knowledge of Shinbrier and honored us by having a large Shinbrier sign posted as you enter the community. I am asking the Mayor to resist all attempts to bring the log home to Bramwell and hopefully Town Council will see fit to oppose the idea also.
For Isaac and Nancy's Descendants
Dizzy Harris
E. L. Harris
1718 Hamilton St.
Warren, OH 44485
http://community.webtv.net/DizHarris/SHINBRIERALMOST
* When Nancy Shrader married Isaac Bell on 21 September, 1824, in Tazewell Co., VA., her name was listed as Nancy Sanders. That was due to the fact that William Shannon had not recorded her name correctly. He had turned in his marriage records only once in five years. Marriages that were performed between 19 Feb., 1824 (James Jackson & Any-should be Amy Taber)to 16 Nov 1829 (Alexander Tomblinson & Polley Workman), were all sent in at once. In that one period there was several mistakes of names. Mary Shrader married Frances Tabor on 20 Oct., 1825, and her name was also recorded as Sanders. Mary was a first couisin to Nancy Shrader being the daughter of Henry Shrader, Sr., the brother of Nancy’s father, David “Dave” Shrader, Sr.
** Conflicting data as to the place of his birth.
1840 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
ISAAC BELL
3 males age 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60
1 female 40-50
1850 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 505
ISAAC BELL age..57 farmer b. PA
.....Nancy age... 45 b. VA
.....James age ...21 farm laborer b. VA
.....John age.....19 farm laborer b. VA
.....Samuel age...16 b. VA
1860 MERCER CO VA CENSUS #277
ISAAC BELL age 67 miller b. PA
.....Nancy age... 60 wife b. VA
1870 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 22 SPANISHBURG -ROCK TOWNSHIP
BELL, ISAAC age 80 b. PA
.....Nancy age... 69 b. VA
1880 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 177, Rock Dist, ED# 84, census read June 19, 1880
JAMES BELL age ..52 farmer b. VA, he and his parents b. VA
.....Julia Ann age ..46 keeping house b. VA as were her parents.....Sarah Ann age 18 works in house, b. VA
.....Charles age .....11 works on farm, b. WV
.....Eddy age 8
ISAAC BELL age ....88 old invalid b. VA (we know this is incorrect it should be PA)
NANCY BELL age ...77 keeping house b. VA
Married to Nancy Shrader-Bell (1803-Deceased) on Sep. 24, 1924 in Tazewell County, WV.
Father of David Bell (1826-1903), Benjamin Bell (1828-Deceased), James Edward Bell (1828-1909), John Granville Bell (1831-Deceased) & Samuel Bell (1838-1898).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/RESEARCH:
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Page 141 Isaac Bell served in Captain John Russell & Captain Kelly’s Ohio Militia WC-34805 SC-24813.
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Pension data lists Nancy Shrader as the third wife of Isaac Bell, Jr.
The following to Karen EAGLE Moman from:
Robert Wayne Legg, Jr: Belcher/Bell/Shrader Family History via e-mail 1998
Isaac Bell, Jr., was born abt 1792 in Beaver Co., PA. A lot of confusion about this birthplace. It has also been stated that he was born in 1793 in Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA.
Issac served in military from 28 July, 1813 til 8 Sept. 1813. WAR OF 1812.
Pension application and service records reflect that he enlisted on 28 July, 1813 at Portsmouth, Ohio, into Captain John Kelly and Russell’s Ohio Militia. He was discharged at Chilicothe, Ohio, on * Sept., 1813. The pension application from the 1870’s gave his residences since service as:
Lawrence CO., OH
Tazewell CO., VA
Mercer Co VA
He was a farmer and a miller.
In the 1850’s and 1860’s they lived in Mercer Co., VA/WV. In the 1870 Census they were in Logan Co WV. He and Nancy were living with their son, James and his family in the 1880 Mercer Co., WV., Census.
The 1818 Lawrence Co., OH., Taxpayers list the following Bells:
Benjamin Bell
Isaac Bell, Sr
Isaac Bell
Ephram Bell
“Hardesty Lake Atlas” History of Lawrence Co., OH
Page 216
Concerning the history of Rome Township, Ohio, (Hardesty Co):
“In 1808 the first grist mill was built by Benjamin and Isaac Bell. The mill was made of logs, had one set of stones (the device that ground the grain), and was run by water-power.”
The following from two sources:
“Observer” 17 June, 1992 (Mercer Co., WV?)
Wade Wilburn-Christiansburg, VA.- 13, Aug.,1999
From and article by William Archer: “Old Log Structure Demonstrates Artistry of Pioneers”
(There were two pictures one showing detailing at joint)
Although currently owned by the descendants of Alfa Lea Roy and John Graham Moore, this old log structure was erected by Isaac Bell and his wife Nancy Sanders* (wrong-it was Shrader) Bell, according to information supplied by the Moore family. It was built in 1855 out of chestnut timber harvested fram a stand of chestnut trees nearby. The property upon which the structure stands was given to Mr. Bell through a land grant dated 1850.
Bell was a native of England and was born circa 1793. He apparently served in the English Navy during the War of 1812, and married in 1824. The Bells had five sons: Benjamin, James, John, Samuel and Davey. The Moore family purchased the home and land from the youngest Bell son in 1929. At the time the land was deeded to Mr. Bell the elder, Mercer County, like all of the counties of what is now West Virginia, was Virginia. The old log house is located in Shinbrier, a small community just outside of Cooper, Mercer Co., WV. B. G. Moore resides in his family’s house which is located near the structure.
For many people, the history of the twin-state region begins with the initial commercial exploitation of the area’s rich coal reserves. Of course, there were people living in the area prior to the opening of the mine at Jordan Nelson’s “coal bank” in 1882. In fact, the log structure was part of the Mercer County countryside well before I. A. Welch made his famous survey of Pocahontas coalfields in 1873, and even longer before William Lathrop of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company came to establish the town of Pocahontas.
........
January 19, 2003 from Wanda (Fox) Evenson to Karen EAGLE Moman-Wanda received from Elbert Lee Harris III [email protected]
My ggg-grandparents, Isaac and Nancy Shrader Bell, built this log home about 1850. Isaac received a large plot of land as the result of the Bounty Land Warrant act enacted by Congress in 1850. This act provided land in Virginia, and other locations, to the War of 1812 Veterans. The land that Isaac and Nancy received became known as Shinbrier. The land that is now Coopers was once a part of Shinbrier. Of course, there was very little if anything there at the time. This log home is the very foundation of Shinbrier's history and heritage. It is in no way connected to Bramwell's history or pioneer days. It has everything to do with Shinbrier's pioneer days. It predates Bramwell by several decades. We are appalled that you and the new owners
have so little regard for what is Shinbrier's most important historic site. That the choice is $20,000.00 or we will let it fall down. It would be as if we purchased the Cooper Mansion and wanted to move it to Princeton for example, couldn't you imagine the uproar on the part of the Bramwell citizenry. And rightfully so. But you see nothing wrong in doing this very same thing to Shinbrier. The Cooper Mansion is a Bramwell Historic Site just as the log home is a Shinbrier Historic Site. It belongs in Bramwell no more than the Cooper Mansion belongs in Shinbrier.
I do not doubt you have a good heart and that the owners are good and decent folks but you are not as knowledgeable as perhaps you should be. If we cannot stop the moving of the log home we would much prefer it go to the Pinnacle Rock Foundation or taken to Princeton by the Mercer County Historical Society. It would get its proper historical
recognition at either of these sites. Under no circumstances do we want it taken to Bramwell and displayed as part of Bramwell's pioneer days, which it is not.
The present Mayor, Ken Beard, has some knowledge of Shinbrier and honored us by having a large Shinbrier sign posted as you enter the community. I am asking the Mayor to resist all attempts to bring the log home to Bramwell and hopefully Town Council will see fit to oppose the idea also.
For Isaac and Nancy's Descendants
Dizzy Harris
E. L. Harris
1718 Hamilton St.
Warren, OH 44485
http://community.webtv.net/DizHarris/SHINBRIERALMOST
* When Nancy Shrader married Isaac Bell on 21 September, 1824, in Tazewell Co., VA., her name was listed as Nancy Sanders. That was due to the fact that William Shannon had not recorded her name correctly. He had turned in his marriage records only once in five years. Marriages that were performed between 19 Feb., 1824 (James Jackson & Any-should be Amy Taber)to 16 Nov 1829 (Alexander Tomblinson & Polley Workman), were all sent in at once. In that one period there was several mistakes of names. Mary Shrader married Frances Tabor on 20 Oct., 1825, and her name was also recorded as Sanders. Mary was a first couisin to Nancy Shrader being the daughter of Henry Shrader, Sr., the brother of Nancy’s father, David “Dave” Shrader, Sr.
** Conflicting data as to the place of his birth.
1840 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
ISAAC BELL
3 males age 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60
1 female 40-50
1850 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 505
ISAAC BELL age..57 farmer b. PA
.....Nancy age... 45 b. VA
.....James age ...21 farm laborer b. VA
.....John age.....19 farm laborer b. VA
.....Samuel age...16 b. VA
1860 MERCER CO VA CENSUS #277
ISAAC BELL age 67 miller b. PA
.....Nancy age... 60 wife b. VA
1870 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 22 SPANISHBURG -ROCK TOWNSHIP
BELL, ISAAC age 80 b. PA
.....Nancy age... 69 b. VA
1880 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 177, Rock Dist, ED# 84, census read June 19, 1880
JAMES BELL age ..52 farmer b. VA, he and his parents b. VA
.....Julia Ann age ..46 keeping house b. VA as were her parents.....Sarah Ann age 18 works in house, b. VA
.....Charles age .....11 works on farm, b. WV
.....Eddy age 8
ISAAC BELL age ....88 old invalid b. VA (we know this is incorrect it should be PA)
NANCY BELL age ...77 keeping house b. VA
Son of Isaac Bell Jr. (Deceased) and Unknown (Deceased).
Married to Nancy Shrader-Bell (1803-Deceased) on Sep. 24, 1924 in Tazewell County, WV.
Father of David Bell (1826-1903), Benjamin Bell (1828-Deceased), James Edward Bell (1828-1909), John Granville Bell (1831-Deceased) & Samuel Bell (1838-1898).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/RESEARCH:
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Page 141 Isaac Bell served in Captain John Russell & Captain Kelly’s Ohio Militia WC-34805 SC-24813.
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Pension data lists Nancy Shrader as the third wife of Isaac Bell, Jr.
The following to Karen EAGLE Moman from:
Robert Wayne Legg, Jr: Belcher/Bell/Shrader Family History via e-mail 1998
Isaac Bell, Jr., was born abt 1792 in Beaver Co., PA. A lot of confusion about this birthplace. It has also been stated that he was born in 1793 in Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA.
Issac served in military from 28 July, 1813 til 8 Sept. 1813. WAR OF 1812.
Pension application and service records reflect that he enlisted on 28 July, 1813 at Portsmouth, Ohio, into Captain John Kelly and Russell’s Ohio Militia. He was discharged at Chilicothe, Ohio, on * Sept., 1813. The pension application from the 1870’s gave his residences since service as:
Lawrence CO., OH
Tazewell CO., VA
Mercer Co VA
He was a farmer and a miller.
In the 1850’s and 1860’s they lived in Mercer Co., VA/WV. In the 1870 Census they were in Logan Co WV. He and Nancy were living with their son, James and his family in the 1880 Mercer Co., WV., Census.
The 1818 Lawrence Co., OH., Taxpayers list the following Bells:
Benjamin Bell
Isaac Bell, Sr
Isaac Bell
Ephram Bell
“Hardesty Lake Atlas” History of Lawrence Co., OH
Page 216
Concerning the history of Rome Township, Ohio, (Hardesty Co):
“In 1808 the first grist mill was built by Benjamin and Isaac Bell. The mill was made of logs, had one set of stones (the device that ground the grain), and was run by water-power.”
The following from two sources:
“Observer” 17 June, 1992 (Mercer Co., WV?)
Wade Wilburn-Christiansburg, VA.- 13, Aug.,1999
From and article by William Archer: “Old Log Structure Demonstrates Artistry of Pioneers”
(There were two pictures one showing detailing at joint)
Although currently owned by the descendants of Alfa Lea Roy and John Graham Moore, this old log structure was erected by Isaac Bell and his wife Nancy Sanders* (wrong-it was Shrader) Bell, according to information supplied by the Moore family. It was built in 1855 out of chestnut timber harvested fram a stand of chestnut trees nearby. The property upon which the structure stands was given to Mr. Bell through a land grant dated 1850.
Bell was a native of England and was born circa 1793. He apparently served in the English Navy during the War of 1812, and married in 1824. The Bells had five sons: Benjamin, James, John, Samuel and Davey. The Moore family purchased the home and land from the youngest Bell son in 1929. At the time the land was deeded to Mr. Bell the elder, Mercer County, like all of the counties of what is now West Virginia, was Virginia. The old log house is located in Shinbrier, a small community just outside of Cooper, Mercer Co., WV. B. G. Moore resides in his family’s house which is located near the structure.
For many people, the history of the twin-state region begins with the initial commercial exploitation of the area’s rich coal reserves. Of course, there were people living in the area prior to the opening of the mine at Jordan Nelson’s “coal bank” in 1882. In fact, the log structure was part of the Mercer County countryside well before I. A. Welch made his famous survey of Pocahontas coalfields in 1873, and even longer before William Lathrop of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company came to establish the town of Pocahontas.
........
January 19, 2003 from Wanda (Fox) Evenson to Karen EAGLE Moman-Wanda received from Elbert Lee Harris III [email protected]
My ggg-grandparents, Isaac and Nancy Shrader Bell, built this log home about 1850. Isaac received a large plot of land as the result of the Bounty Land Warrant act enacted by Congress in 1850. This act provided land in Virginia, and other locations, to the War of 1812 Veterans. The land that Isaac and Nancy received became known as Shinbrier. The land that is now Coopers was once a part of Shinbrier. Of course, there was very little if anything there at the time. This log home is the very foundation of Shinbrier's history and heritage. It is in no way connected to Bramwell's history or pioneer days. It has everything to do with Shinbrier's pioneer days. It predates Bramwell by several decades. We are appalled that you and the new owners
have so little regard for what is Shinbrier's most important historic site. That the choice is $20,000.00 or we will let it fall down. It would be as if we purchased the Cooper Mansion and wanted to move it to Princeton for example, couldn't you imagine the uproar on the part of the Bramwell citizenry. And rightfully so. But you see nothing wrong in doing this very same thing to Shinbrier. The Cooper Mansion is a Bramwell Historic Site just as the log home is a Shinbrier Historic Site. It belongs in Bramwell no more than the Cooper Mansion belongs in Shinbrier.
I do not doubt you have a good heart and that the owners are good and decent folks but you are not as knowledgeable as perhaps you should be. If we cannot stop the moving of the log home we would much prefer it go to the Pinnacle Rock Foundation or taken to Princeton by the Mercer County Historical Society. It would get its proper historical
recognition at either of these sites. Under no circumstances do we want it taken to Bramwell and displayed as part of Bramwell's pioneer days, which it is not.
The present Mayor, Ken Beard, has some knowledge of Shinbrier and honored us by having a large Shinbrier sign posted as you enter the community. I am asking the Mayor to resist all attempts to bring the log home to Bramwell and hopefully Town Council will see fit to oppose the idea also.
For Isaac and Nancy's Descendants
Dizzy Harris
E. L. Harris
1718 Hamilton St.
Warren, OH 44485
http://community.webtv.net/DizHarris/SHINBRIERALMOST
* When Nancy Shrader married Isaac Bell on 21 September, 1824, in Tazewell Co., VA., her name was listed as Nancy Sanders. That was due to the fact that William Shannon had not recorded her name correctly. He had turned in his marriage records only once in five years. Marriages that were performed between 19 Feb., 1824 (James Jackson & Any-should be Amy Taber)to 16 Nov 1829 (Alexander Tomblinson & Polley Workman), were all sent in at once. In that one period there was several mistakes of names. Mary Shrader married Frances Tabor on 20 Oct., 1825, and her name was also recorded as Sanders. Mary was a first couisin to Nancy Shrader being the daughter of Henry Shrader, Sr., the brother of Nancy’s father, David “Dave” Shrader, Sr.
** Conflicting data as to the place of his birth.
1840 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
ISAAC BELL
3 males age 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60
1 female 40-50
1850 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 505
ISAAC BELL age..57 farmer b. PA
.....Nancy age... 45 b. VA
.....James age ...21 farm laborer b. VA
.....John age.....19 farm laborer b. VA
.....Samuel age...16 b. VA
1860 MERCER CO VA CENSUS #277
ISAAC BELL age 67 miller b. PA
.....Nancy age... 60 wife b. VA
1870 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 22 SPANISHBURG -ROCK TOWNSHIP
BELL, ISAAC age 80 b. PA
.....Nancy age... 69 b. VA
1880 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 177, Rock Dist, ED# 84, census read June 19, 1880
JAMES BELL age ..52 farmer b. VA, he and his parents b. VA
.....Julia Ann age ..46 keeping house b. VA as were her parents.....Sarah Ann age 18 works in house, b. VA
.....Charles age .....11 works on farm, b. WV
.....Eddy age 8
ISAAC BELL age ....88 old invalid b. VA (we know this is incorrect it should be PA)
NANCY BELL age ...77 keeping house b. VA
Married to Nancy Shrader-Bell (1803-Deceased) on Sep. 24, 1924 in Tazewell County, WV.
Father of David Bell (1826-1903), Benjamin Bell (1828-Deceased), James Edward Bell (1828-1909), John Granville Bell (1831-Deceased) & Samuel Bell (1838-1898).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/RESEARCH:
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Page 141 Isaac Bell served in Captain John Russell & Captain Kelly’s Ohio Militia WC-34805 SC-24813.
“War of 1812 Pensioners”
Pension data lists Nancy Shrader as the third wife of Isaac Bell, Jr.
The following to Karen EAGLE Moman from:
Robert Wayne Legg, Jr: Belcher/Bell/Shrader Family History via e-mail 1998
Isaac Bell, Jr., was born abt 1792 in Beaver Co., PA. A lot of confusion about this birthplace. It has also been stated that he was born in 1793 in Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA.
Issac served in military from 28 July, 1813 til 8 Sept. 1813. WAR OF 1812.
Pension application and service records reflect that he enlisted on 28 July, 1813 at Portsmouth, Ohio, into Captain John Kelly and Russell’s Ohio Militia. He was discharged at Chilicothe, Ohio, on * Sept., 1813. The pension application from the 1870’s gave his residences since service as:
Lawrence CO., OH
Tazewell CO., VA
Mercer Co VA
He was a farmer and a miller.
In the 1850’s and 1860’s they lived in Mercer Co., VA/WV. In the 1870 Census they were in Logan Co WV. He and Nancy were living with their son, James and his family in the 1880 Mercer Co., WV., Census.
The 1818 Lawrence Co., OH., Taxpayers list the following Bells:
Benjamin Bell
Isaac Bell, Sr
Isaac Bell
Ephram Bell
“Hardesty Lake Atlas” History of Lawrence Co., OH
Page 216
Concerning the history of Rome Township, Ohio, (Hardesty Co):
“In 1808 the first grist mill was built by Benjamin and Isaac Bell. The mill was made of logs, had one set of stones (the device that ground the grain), and was run by water-power.”
The following from two sources:
“Observer” 17 June, 1992 (Mercer Co., WV?)
Wade Wilburn-Christiansburg, VA.- 13, Aug.,1999
From and article by William Archer: “Old Log Structure Demonstrates Artistry of Pioneers”
(There were two pictures one showing detailing at joint)
Although currently owned by the descendants of Alfa Lea Roy and John Graham Moore, this old log structure was erected by Isaac Bell and his wife Nancy Sanders* (wrong-it was Shrader) Bell, according to information supplied by the Moore family. It was built in 1855 out of chestnut timber harvested fram a stand of chestnut trees nearby. The property upon which the structure stands was given to Mr. Bell through a land grant dated 1850.
Bell was a native of England and was born circa 1793. He apparently served in the English Navy during the War of 1812, and married in 1824. The Bells had five sons: Benjamin, James, John, Samuel and Davey. The Moore family purchased the home and land from the youngest Bell son in 1929. At the time the land was deeded to Mr. Bell the elder, Mercer County, like all of the counties of what is now West Virginia, was Virginia. The old log house is located in Shinbrier, a small community just outside of Cooper, Mercer Co., WV. B. G. Moore resides in his family’s house which is located near the structure.
For many people, the history of the twin-state region begins with the initial commercial exploitation of the area’s rich coal reserves. Of course, there were people living in the area prior to the opening of the mine at Jordan Nelson’s “coal bank” in 1882. In fact, the log structure was part of the Mercer County countryside well before I. A. Welch made his famous survey of Pocahontas coalfields in 1873, and even longer before William Lathrop of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company came to establish the town of Pocahontas.
........
January 19, 2003 from Wanda (Fox) Evenson to Karen EAGLE Moman-Wanda received from Elbert Lee Harris III [email protected]
My ggg-grandparents, Isaac and Nancy Shrader Bell, built this log home about 1850. Isaac received a large plot of land as the result of the Bounty Land Warrant act enacted by Congress in 1850. This act provided land in Virginia, and other locations, to the War of 1812 Veterans. The land that Isaac and Nancy received became known as Shinbrier. The land that is now Coopers was once a part of Shinbrier. Of course, there was very little if anything there at the time. This log home is the very foundation of Shinbrier's history and heritage. It is in no way connected to Bramwell's history or pioneer days. It has everything to do with Shinbrier's pioneer days. It predates Bramwell by several decades. We are appalled that you and the new owners
have so little regard for what is Shinbrier's most important historic site. That the choice is $20,000.00 or we will let it fall down. It would be as if we purchased the Cooper Mansion and wanted to move it to Princeton for example, couldn't you imagine the uproar on the part of the Bramwell citizenry. And rightfully so. But you see nothing wrong in doing this very same thing to Shinbrier. The Cooper Mansion is a Bramwell Historic Site just as the log home is a Shinbrier Historic Site. It belongs in Bramwell no more than the Cooper Mansion belongs in Shinbrier.
I do not doubt you have a good heart and that the owners are good and decent folks but you are not as knowledgeable as perhaps you should be. If we cannot stop the moving of the log home we would much prefer it go to the Pinnacle Rock Foundation or taken to Princeton by the Mercer County Historical Society. It would get its proper historical
recognition at either of these sites. Under no circumstances do we want it taken to Bramwell and displayed as part of Bramwell's pioneer days, which it is not.
The present Mayor, Ken Beard, has some knowledge of Shinbrier and honored us by having a large Shinbrier sign posted as you enter the community. I am asking the Mayor to resist all attempts to bring the log home to Bramwell and hopefully Town Council will see fit to oppose the idea also.
For Isaac and Nancy's Descendants
Dizzy Harris
E. L. Harris
1718 Hamilton St.
Warren, OH 44485
http://community.webtv.net/DizHarris/SHINBRIERALMOST
* When Nancy Shrader married Isaac Bell on 21 September, 1824, in Tazewell Co., VA., her name was listed as Nancy Sanders. That was due to the fact that William Shannon had not recorded her name correctly. He had turned in his marriage records only once in five years. Marriages that were performed between 19 Feb., 1824 (James Jackson & Any-should be Amy Taber)to 16 Nov 1829 (Alexander Tomblinson & Polley Workman), were all sent in at once. In that one period there was several mistakes of names. Mary Shrader married Frances Tabor on 20 Oct., 1825, and her name was also recorded as Sanders. Mary was a first couisin to Nancy Shrader being the daughter of Henry Shrader, Sr., the brother of Nancy’s father, David “Dave” Shrader, Sr.
** Conflicting data as to the place of his birth.
1840 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
ISAAC BELL
3 males age 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60
1 female 40-50
1850 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 505
ISAAC BELL age..57 farmer b. PA
.....Nancy age... 45 b. VA
.....James age ...21 farm laborer b. VA
.....John age.....19 farm laborer b. VA
.....Samuel age...16 b. VA
1860 MERCER CO VA CENSUS #277
ISAAC BELL age 67 miller b. PA
.....Nancy age... 60 wife b. VA
1870 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 22 SPANISHBURG -ROCK TOWNSHIP
BELL, ISAAC age 80 b. PA
.....Nancy age... 69 b. VA
1880 MERCER CO WV CENSUS # 177, Rock Dist, ED# 84, census read June 19, 1880
JAMES BELL age ..52 farmer b. VA, he and his parents b. VA
.....Julia Ann age ..46 keeping house b. VA as were her parents.....Sarah Ann age 18 works in house, b. VA
.....Charles age .....11 works on farm, b. WV
.....Eddy age 8
ISAAC BELL age ....88 old invalid b. VA (we know this is incorrect it should be PA)
NANCY BELL age ...77 keeping house b. VA
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