Frances 'Fannie' May
•Given Name: Frances 'Fannie' May
•Sex: F
•Birth: 1 Jan 1769 in North Carolina
•Death: 8 Jan 1851 in Russell County, Virginia
•Burial: Richard Fields Cemetery, Russell County, Virginia
•Event: North Carolina Alt. Birth Abt 1756

•Note:
1850 Census: Russell Co. Virginia (Annotated Version) by Michael Dye

w/o Richard Fields - Src., RCV Law Order Bk #8, pg. 385, grandmother of Calvin T. Fields

1850 Annotated Russell County, Virginia by Michael Dye

355 Fields Frances 94 NC w/Richard Fields - Sc., RCV Law Order Bk #8, pg. 385, grandmother of Calvin T. Fields

Marriage 1 Hiram Fields b: Abt 1764 in North Carolina •Married: Bef 1787

Children:
1. David Fields b: Abt 1787 in Tennessee
2. Asa 'Acy' Fields b: Abt 1787 in North Carolina
3. Isaac Fields b: Abt 1788 in North Carolina
4. William Jason Fields b: Abt 1790 in North Carolina
5. Preston Fields b: Abt 1795 in Russell County, Virginia
6. James Anderson Fields b: Abt 1795 in Raleigh, North Carolina
7. Jeremiah Fields b: Abt 1804 in Russell County, Virginia
8. John W. Fields b: Abt 1805 in North Carolina
9. Green C. Fields b: 11 Feb 1810 in Tennessee
10. Margaret Fields b: Abt 1812 in Russell County, Virginia

Marriage 2 Richard Fields b: Abt 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia
Fannie wwas Named in Richard's will.∼FRANCES "FANNY" ANN RUSSELL
*WIFE OF RICHARD FIELDS 1749-VA -DIED 1827 RUSSELL COUNTY, VA - his parentage is unknown - the name "James R. Fields" is a fabricated, non-existent name that cannot be found in history. It was NOT Richard's father's name. DNA shows that Richard's father lived in New England and his name may be Richard. Richard Fields' memorial contains many inaccuracies, but the maintainers do not care.

Died 8 JANUARY 1851
Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
Name Frances Ann "Fanny" Russell
Gender Female
Marriage Date 14 Feb 1804
Marriage Place Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Spouse Richard Fields
Frances Ann Russell
1769–1851
Birth 1 JANUARY 1769 • Botetourt County, VA
Married Richard Fields b 1749 after the death of his first wife Hannah Crabtree ( no children born to this union, but Frances raised Richard Fields youngest children.

Name Frances Ann "Franny" Russell
Gender Female
Marriage Date 14 Feb 1804
Marriage Place Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Spouse Richard Fields 1749-1827

Related to his wife: "Pursuant to an order of the Worshipful Court of Russell County to us described. We have laid off by certain makes and bounds to include the mansion house of the dower of Frances Russell Fields in tenements of her late husband Richard Fields deceased as follows to wit. ------"

At a court held for Russell County the 4th day February 1829, This assignment of dower to Frances Russell Fields was established by the court and ordered to be recorded.

PARENTS:
Andrew RUSSELL abt. 1735 "Lived at Long Meadow, Beverley Manor, just north of Staunton, Augusta Co. VA" Elizabeth ARMSTRONG 25 May 1762 Augusta Co. VA bet 5 May & July 1803 probate "Horseshoe Bend near Concord, TN (Knox Co.)" "ANDREW RUSSELL b. abt. 1735 lived at Long Meadow, Beverley Manor, just north of Staunton, Augusta Co. VA d. Knox Co TN bet May & Jul 1803 when will was proved m. 25 May 1762 Augusta Co. VA ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG b. abt 1742 d. aft. 1803. Her parents were Matthew & Lily (BEATTY) ARMSTRONG of Augusta Co VA & Mecklenburg (later Lincoln) Co. N.C. There were several ANDREW RUSSELLS in Augusta Co. VA. This Andrew & Ellizabeth RUSSELL had son MATTHEW RUSSELL b. 1759/60 Christian's Creek, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co. VA d. 17 May 1831 Knox Co. TN m. 1788 Rockbridge Co. VA. JANE HENDERSON b. 1765 VA. Matthew was a Revolutionary soldier. Both buried Holston College Cemetery Knox Co. TN near Friendsville & Louisville, TN. They had daughter Cynthia RUSSELL who married William Martin GALBRAITH

**RICHARD FIELDS B 1749 "DID NOT" MARY FRANCES ANN MAYS- SHE MARRIED HIRAM LANSFORD FIELDS IN TN


Richard Fields
•Given Name: Richard
•Surname: Fields
•Sex: M
•Birth: Abt 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia
•Death: 6 Dec 1827 in Russell County, Virginia
•Burial: Richard Fields Cemetery, Russell County, Virginia

•Note:
1782 Washington County, Virginia Tax List

Colonel Aaron Lewis' Precinct
[Parts of this list were very faded and thus difficult to decipher.]
Name Tithes Horses Cattle Slaves Slave Names
Fields, Sameul 1 1 -
Lynn, Adam 1 2 6
Lampdale, Jeremiah 1 1 4
Field, Richard 1 3 7
Field, Elizabeth - 1 2 6

The 1787 Russell County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List

Fields, Joseph 1 - - - - 4
Fugate, Joseph 1 - 1 1 7 13
Fugate, Randolph 1 - - - 1 1
France, William 1 - - - 8 40
Fields, John 1 - - - 1 -
Fields, Richard 1 - - - 3 3
Fields, William - 1 - - 1 -
Fields, Eliz. - - - - 1 1

1793 Russell Co. VA Tax List
UPPER DISTRICT

Crabtree, Abraham - 156 Ac. Preeces, William - 214 Ac.
Crabtree, Jacob - 50 Ac. Price, Richard - 300, 250 & 60 0 Ac.
Daniel, James - 100 Ac. Price, Richard, assignee of
Deskins, Daniel - 200 Ac. Hansford - 150 Ac.
Deskins, John - 400 Ac. Price, Thomas - 236 Ac.
Dolsberry, Lyles - 100 Ac. Puckett, Drury, estate - 200 Ac.
Dowel, Patrick, estate - 128, Raresnake, Jacob - 200 Ac.
50 & 71 Ac. Robinson, Samuel - 175 Ac.
Dysart, James, administrator of Roman, William - 220 Ac.
Fowler - 400 Ac. Rourke, James, estat e - 100 Ac.
Elam, William - 100 Ac. Saddler, John - 100 Ac.
Elam, William, assignee of Scot, James - 170 Ac.
John Arthur - 196 Ac. Shoemaker, James - 368 Ac.
Ewing, Samuel, 20 & 900 Ac. Short, John - 300 Ac.
Ferrel, John, assignee of Smith, Eli, assignee of
Thomas Ferral - 71 Ac. Ericus Smith - 60 Ac.
Ferrall, Thomas - 71 Ac. Smith, Ericus, assignee of
Fields, Richard, assignee of Andrew Smith - 200 Ac.
W. Ewing, - 80 Ac. Smith, Henry - 2559 Ac.
Fields, Samuel - 80 Ac.

Page 97 - Richard Fields...65 ac...in the Rich Valley on the east end of his settlement survey...Treasury Warrant...Beginning corner to Moses Belshers tract...Warrant #9829, dated December 12, 1781
Page 97 - Richard Fields...200 ac...in the Rich Valley...Commissioners Certificate...Beginning on the side of Clinch Road corner of James Crabtrees survey...April 13, 1782 - Richard Fields, assignee of John Crabtree...200 ac...on the head springs of Elkhorn branch...129 ac surveyed for John Crabtree, May 27, 1774, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1772...August 27, 1782

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Richard died sometime between September 4, 1827 and December 6, 1827. The appraisal of Richard's estate was recorded December 6, 1827 in Will Book 4, page 352.

Pursuant to an order of the worshipful court of Russell County to us directed. We Benjamin Johnson, Wilson Brown, John Ferguson and Andrew Ferguson, have examined and appraised the slaves and personal estate of Richard Fields deceased as follows. (Will lists several pages of items. Including 7 slaves)

There were also notes owed to Richard at the time of his death. Some of the people that were in debt to the estate were Benjamin Snead, Shadrack Colly, Anderson Hendricks, Bowling Snead, John and James Ervin, James Fields, Joseph Fields, Richard Fields Jr., Joseph Belcher, Jerimiah Belcher, Jessee Belcher, James Musick, John Hickman, Benjiman Mosley and Randolph Buckley.

Related to his wife: "Pursuant to an order of the Worshipful Court of Russell County to us described. We have laid off by certain makes and bounds to include the mansion house of the dower of Frances Fields in tenements of her late husband Richard Fields deceased as follows to wit. ------"

At a court held for Russell County the 4th day February 1829, This assignment of dower to Frances Fields was established by the court and ordered to be recorded.

See notes under Francis (wife of Richard Fields)

Shortly after Richards death most of his children had moved from Russell County. Squire Fields had moved to Scott County, VA. Ezekial B. Fields had moved to Hawkins Co., TN. Crabtree Fields had moved to Southern Ohio. Margaret Fields Brown moved to Pike County Kentucky. Lavina Fields married John Boswell and Elizabeth Fields married Andrew Boswell. They both moved to Overton Co., TN. John Fields joined the army in 1812 and didn't return. Richard Fields Jr. may have stayed in Russell Co., VA but I haven't found any information on him.

All of these notes were taken from an email dated 9 June 2003, written by Tom Fields to Bill Fields.
On Feb. 14, 1804, Richard Fields married Frances Ann Russell of Boutecourt County, Virginia