Elizabeth Campbell Russell Chapter

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ORIGIN OF CHAPTER NAME

The chapter is named in honor of Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, sister of Patrick Henry. She was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1749, and first married to Revolutionary War General William Campbell, "the hero of King's Mountain." The couple made their home in Aspenvale, near Seven Mile Ford, Virginia. After General Campbell's death, she married General William Russell, a prominent military person and a member of the State Legislature of Virginia.

In 1788, the Russells moved to Saltville, Virginia, to a home located beside the spot where the Madam Russell Memorial United Methodist Church now stands. The Russells attended the first Methodist Conference on waters that did not flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Mrs. Russell was converted and her home in Saltville became the meeting place for traveling ministers. In 1812, Mrs. Russell moved to another log home near Chilhowie to be nearer the Great Road. In 1824, a Methodist Church was dedicated in her name-The Elizabeth Chapel. Land was given for use as a public cemetery and it still bears her name-the Elizabeth Cemetery in Saltville, Virginia. Madam Russell is credited with bringing Methodism to this part of the country. Mrs. Russell died in 1825 and is buried in Smyth County, Virginia.

 

Office Title
Officer Name
 
Regent Angie Whitmer
Vice Regent Karon Brown
Chaplain Janice Fox
Corresponding Secretary Mary Berry
Recording Secretary Carol McClure
Treasurer Glenda Polley Harris
Registrar Doris Cartmill Phillips
Historian Nancy Mallory Moore
Librarian Martha Hargrove
Chapter Webmaster Sandra Phillips Galyen
 
CHAPTER PATRIOTS
 
CALLUM HOLMAN BAILEY of Virginia MATTHEW MASON of North Carolina
THOMAS BASTIN of Virginia EPHRAIM McLEAN
PETER BINKLEY of North Carolina STEPHEN McPHERSON of Virginia
LEROY BRIZEDINE of Virginia JEHIEL MUNGER of Massachusetts
HENRY CARTMILL of Virginia PETER NORTHERN of Virginia
JOHN CARTMILL of Virginia JESSE OATES of North Carolina
JOHN COLLIER of Virginia THOMAS PATTERSON of Virginia
WILLIAM COY of Maryland TOBIAS PENROD of Pennsyvania
JAMES CRAIG of Virginia NICHOLAS PHELPS of Virginia
JOSHUA CRUMP of Virginia ROBERT POAGUE of Virginia
JOHN DANKS of Virginia PETER POLLEY of Virginia
WILLIAM DORRIS of Virginia HENRY RHOADS of Pennsylvania
JOSEPH DUNCAN of Virginia JAMES ROGERS of Virginia
BAYLES EARL, SR. of Virginia WILLIAM SACKETT of Massachussetts
LOUIS FRANKLIN of North Carolina JAMES SCOTT of Virginia
PHILIP FULKERSON of New Jersey ISHAM SELLERS of North Carolina
CHRISTIAN GISH, JR. of Pennsylvania ANDREAS SHAFFER of Pennsylvania
CHRISTIAN GISH, SR. of Pennsylvania THOMAS SHERROD of Pennsylvania
ISAIAH HANCOCK NICHOLAS SHRUM of North Carolina
WILLIAM HOUSTON of North Carolina PETER SHRUM of North Carolina
JOHN HARPER of Pennsylvania JOHN SIMMONS of North Carolina
JAMES HART of North Carolina PETER SMITH of Virginia
JOHN HUNT of North Carolina PHILLIP TAYLOR of Virginia
SAMUEL JOHNSTON of Virginia CHARLES VINCENT of Virginia
JAMES KENNERLY of Virginia OLIVER WALLACE of Virginia
ISAAC LARUE, SR. of Virginia PHILEMON WATERS of Virginia
WILLIAM JACKSON LILE of Virginia PATRICK WHALLEN of Virginia
WILLIAM MALLORY, SR. of Virginia WILLIAM YOUNG of Virginia
THOMAS MARTIN of Virginia  
 

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