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Lewis Isbell1,2,3,4,5

born 1751, died 5 April 1830

Family: Ann Anderson (born 1760)

  • Jane Isbell+ (born 24 November 1795, died 4 March 1811)

Facts and Notes

  • Birth: 1751; Goochland County, Virginia, USABGO2,5
  • Marriage: 17 November 1775; Ann Anderson; Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, USABGO6
  • Marriage: 17 November 1775; Ann Anderson; St James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, USABG3
  • Anecdote: Before 1830; Lewis Isbell, a wealthy planter in Cumberland County, Virginia, is credited with developing a famous strain of wheat known as Isbell’s Forward Wheat in about 1782. Others say Lewis’s brother or cousin (both named Henry) discovered the forward wheat strain. In any event, Isbell’s Forward Wheat ripened quicker and proved hardier than the standard variety.5
  • Death: 5 April 1830; Cumberland County, Virginia, USABGO2,5
  • Burial: After 5 April 1830; Willow Bank Plantation Cemetery, Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia, USABG2,5

Citations

  1. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=32916930&indiv=try, Record for Jane Lewis
  2. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=56224643&indiv=try, Record for Lewis Isbell
  3. [S452] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1VirginiaMarriages&h=4795278&indiv=try, Record for Ann Anderson
  4. [S366] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=770011&indiv=try, Application for Kenneth Madison McDonald, descendant of William Isbell
  5. [S362] Online database, Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98970981, database and images, memorial page for Lewis Isbell (1751–5 Apr 1830), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98970981, citing Willow Bank Plantation Cemetery, Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Ray Isbell (contributor 47188697). Accessed 24 August 2023
  6. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=56224560&indiv=try, Record for Ann Isbell