Descendants of Isiah Bellew

 

Generation No. 1

1. ISIAH1 BELLEW was born Abt. 1793 in Union County, South Carolina1, and died Aft. 1880 in Giles County, Tennessee2. He married CHRISCHINA "CHERRY" MIZE3 Bef. 1822 in South Carolina, daughter of SAUL MIZE and POLLY (---------). She was born Abt. 1801 in South Carolina, and died 18 October 1863 in St. Clair County, Alabama4.

Children of ISIAH BELLEW and CHRISCHINA MIZE are:

i. RHODA2 BELLEW5, b. 20 September 1822, Union County, South Carolina; d. 24 July 1901, Steele, Etowah County, Alabama; m. RICHARD JOHNS, 13 October 1842, St. Clair County, Alabama; b. 25 May 1814, Darlington, South Carolina; d. 19 November 1850, St. Clair County, Alabama.

ii. WILLIAM BELLEW, b. 06 May 1825, Georgia; d. 19 December 1899, Blount County, Alabama; m. MARY BEARDEN6, 10 January 1868, Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama7; b. 12 April 1836, St. Clair County, Alabama; d. 10 November 1910, Blount County, Alabama.

More About WILLIAM BELLEW:

Burial: Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama

More About MARY BEARDEN:

Burial: Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama

iii. SAUL BELLEW, b. 1831, Georgia; m. MARTHA J. GOLDEN, 25 November 1852, St. Clair County, AL8.

iv. SARAH BELLEW, b. 1834, Georgia; m. ADARINE WATERS, 13 October 1853, St. Clair County, AL8; b. Abt. 1834, St. Clair County, AL.

v. MARTHA E. BELLEW, b. 24 February 1835, Georgia; d. 25 December 1903, Giles Co. TN.

More About MARTHA E. BELLEW:

Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee

vi. JAMES M. D. BELLEW, b. 1838, Newton County, Georgia; m. NANCY ANN CHAMBERS, 25 December 1860, St. Clair County, AL8.

vii. LUCY ANN BELLEW9, b. 04 February 1840, Newton County, Georgia; d. 13 May 1903, Giles County, Tennessee; m. (1) WILLIAM CARROLL JOHNS9, 04 February 1862, St. Clair County, Alabama10; b. 1834, St. Clair County, Alabama; d. 16 July 1866, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee; m. (2) WILLIAM G. RUTHERFORD, 1873, Giles County, Tennessee; b. 08 December 1827, Lincoln County, Tennessee11; d. 17 February 1904, Giles County, Tennessee.

More About LUCY ANN BELLEW:

Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee12

More About WILLIAM CARROLL JOHNS:

Burial: Old Dearman Chapel Cemetery, St. Clair County, Alabama

viii. DAVID RICHARD F. BELLEW, b. 09 May 1844, St. Clair County, Alabama; d. 06 January 1901, Jennings, Pawnee County, Oklahoma13; m. MARY JANE POTTER, 23 December 1868, Pulaksi, Giles County, Tennessee14; b. Abt. 1845, Tennessee; d. Aft. 04 May 1905, Jennings, Pawnee County, Oklahoma.

More About DAVID RICHARD F. BELLEW:

Burial: Jennings Cemetery, Jennings, Oklahoma

 

 

Endnotes

1. 1850 U. S. Census Records.
2. 1880 U. S. Census Records, Giles County, TN. show Isiah Bellew, age 87, living in the William G. and Lucy Bellew Johns Rutherford household.
3. The Mize Families Of North Alabama, by Tammy Young Lyles, 1998
4. William Henry Bellew Bible.
5. "History of Steele, Alabama" by Vivian Buffington Qualls.
6. Ancestors and Descendants of the Dearman-Deerman and Related Families.
7. Civil War Records, National Archives, Washington, DC.
8. St. Clair County Marriage Records 1818-1899,.
9. National Archives Pension Application.
10. St. Clair County Marriage Records 1818-1899,.
11. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Soldier's Application for Pension.
12. Giles County, Tennessee Cemetery Records.
13. Civil War Records, National Archives, Washington, DC.
14. Old Records Dept., Giles County Courthouse, Pulaski, TN.

 

Submitted by Rilla Mewbourn