William Bell 1754-1825 m. Margaret Ann Montgomery 1755–1798
BIRTH 1754 • Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
DEATH 3 SEP 1825 • Monticello, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States
Parents:
Siblings:
Thomas Bell b. – d. 1798
John Bell b. – d. 1819
Margret Bell b. –
William Bell b.1754 – d. 1825
Children:
William Bell, 1775-1845
James Bell, 1779-1809
Margaret Bell McGill, 1780-
John Bell, 1781-1849
Charles Bell, 1785-1844
Thomas Bell, 1785-1850
Hugh Bell, 1789-1864
Elizabeth “Betsy” Bell McKell, 1790-1842
Adam Bell, 1791-1833
Robert Bell, 1795-1848
Isabella Bell Montgomery, 1797-1891 (son in law Hugh Montgomery executor)
Grandchildren: William Bell, Margaret Watt, Nancy Bell, James Bell, Sarah Bell – Children of his son James Bell decd).
Grandchildren: Margaret Hawthorn, Isabella Hawthorn, Mary Hawthorn, Nancy Hawthorn (Children of John Hawthorn)
Events:
1800 US Census in Fairfield Co, SC with William Bell:
1800 US Census in Fairfield SC of William Bell
1810 US Census in Fairfield County, SC with William Bell Junior (son of William Bell):
1810 US Census in Fairfield SC of William Bell Jr
1810 US Census in Fairfield SC with William Bell Sr and Robert Bell:
1810 US Census in Fairfield SC w William Bell Sr and Robert Bell
Find A Grave site for William Bell: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=BEL&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSsr=2961&GRid=25402886&
Land bounded by: James Davis, James Mosty decd, William Hodge, Adam Bell, John Pearson decd.
William Bell will written 1824 May 14, proved 1825 Sept 2:
Summary: William Bell will written 1824 May 14, proved 1825 Sept 2
Son: William Bell, James Bell decd, Adam Bell, Robert Bell, John Bell, Charles Bell, Thomas Bell, Hugh Bell, Betsy McKell, Isabella Montgomery. (son in law Hugh Montgomery executor)
Daughter: Margaret McGill, Mrs. John Hawthorn (first name of this daughter not given).
Grandchildren: William Bell, Margaret Watt, Nancy Bell, James Bell, Sarah Bell – Children of his son James Bell decd).
Grandchildren: Margaret Hawthorn, Isabella Hawthorn, Mary Hawthorn, Nancy Hawthorn (Children of John Hawthorn) .
Land bounded by: James Davis, James Mosty decd, William Hodge, Adam Bell, John Pearson decd.
Name: William Bell Senior
Probate Date: 2 Sep 1826
Probate Place: Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1826
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Books 3-18, 1787-1839
Link to William Bell Sr will at Ancestry.com
OTHER BELL WILLS in or near Fairfield, SC:
John Bell will 1794:
Name: John Bell
Probate Date: 15 Sep 1794
Probate Place: Chester, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1794
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Books A-M, 1789-1839
Link to John Bell will at Ancestry.com
Thomas Bell will 1798:
Summary: Thos Bell will
1798 June 11
Sister: Jenny Craig – her son James Craig
Brother: William Bell
Brother: John Bell
Sister: Margret Bell
(Mother still alive)
Jane McCunes (named in will)
Name: Thomas Bell
Probate Date: 11 Jun 1798
Probate Place: Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1798
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Books 3-18, 1787-1839
Link to Thomas Bell will at Ancestry
Valentine Bell will 1799:
Name: Valentine Bell
Probate Date: 6 Apr 1799
Probate Place: Chester, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1799
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Books A-M, 1789-1839
Link to Valentine Bell will at Ancestry.com
George Bell will 1802/03:
Summary: George Bell will written 1802, proved up 1803 July 8th
Daughter: Agness Floids child (?)
Daughter: Mary
Daughter: Jean
Daughter: Elizabeth,
Grandchildren: Sarah and Mary Bell
William Feemster, Samuel Feemster, Adam Cooper, and Samuel Johnson executors.
Name: George Bell
Probate Place: Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Wills, 1785-1865
Link to George Bell will at Ancestry.com
James Bell probate papers 1801: 
Name: James Bell
Probate Place: Union, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Probate Records, Box 3, Packages 1-67
Link to James Bell’s probate papers at Ancestry.com
Robert Bell will 1802:
Name: Robert Bell
Probate Date: 12 Oct 1802
Probate Place: York, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1802
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, 1770-1815
Link to Robert Bell’s will at Ancestry.com
Name: Robert Bell
Probate Place: York, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1802
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Case Number: 52
Item Description: Records of Estates, File No. 2266-2316
Link to Robert Bell’s loose probate papers at Ancestry.com
William Rasor Bell will in 1803:
Name: William Rafor Bell
Probate Date: 26 Dec 1803
Probate Place: Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1803
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Estate Records, Bundles 10-16, 1784-1960
Link to William Rasor Bell’s will at Ancestry.com
Mathew Bell will in 1803:
Summary: Mathew Bell will written 1803 Dec 25, Proved 1804
Wife: Elinor Bell
All my children: started to write “Mathew” but crossed out and said “All my children”
Daughter: Elley
Son: James
Alexander Clark, James Hutchinson, William McGaw exectors.
Name: Mathew Bell
Probate Date: 25 Dec 1803
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1803
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, 1787-1815
Link to Mathew Bell’s 1803 transcribed will in Abbeville, SC
Name: Mathew Bell
Probate Date: 25 Dec 1803
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1803
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1787-1837
Mathew Bell 1803 will in Court Minutes on Ancestry.com
Name: Matthew Bell
Probate Date: 1803
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1803
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Probate Records, Boxes 7-10, Packages 113-204, 1782-1958
Link to Mathew Bell’s loose probate papers for 1803 at Ancestry.com
Thomas Bell will in 1806:
Name: Thomas Bell
Probate Date: 10 Jul 1806
Probate Place: Union, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1806
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Books A-C, 1777-1849
Link to Thomas Bell’s will in 1806 in Union SC on Ancestry.com
Robert S. Bell will in 1807:
Name: Robert Sinclair Bell
Probate Date: 28 Jul 1807
Probate Place: Union, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1807
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Will Books, Vol A-C, 1792-1868
Link to Robert S Bell 1807 will at Ancestry.com
Sarah Bell will in 1809:
Name: Sarah Bell
Probate Date: 21 Aug 1809
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1809
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, 1787-1815
Link to Sarah Bell’s 1809 will on Ancestry.com
James Bell probate papers 1809-1810:
Name: James Eli Bell
Probate Place: Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Probate Records, Book A Vol 3-Book C Vol 5, 1800-1812
Link to James Bell probate papers 1809 in Fairfield on Ancestry.com
John Bell will in 1813:
Name: John Bell
Probate Date: 4 Dec 1813
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1813
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, 1787-1815
Link to John Bell will 1813 on Ancestry.com
Jonathan Bell will 1815:
Name: Jonathan Bell
Probate Date: 2 Dec 1815
Probate Place: Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1815
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, Books A, Aa, M, 1774-1849
Link to Jonathan Bell will 1815 on Ancestry.com
Lewis Bell will 1816:
Name: Lewis Bell
Probate Date: 1816
Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1816
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Probate Records, Boxes 7-10, Packages 113-204, 1782-1958
Link to Lewis Bell will and loose papers 1816 on Ancestry.com
John Bell will 1819 in Fairfield Co, SC:
Summary: John Bell will written 1819 Jan 22, proved June 22 same yr
Wife: Nancy
Wife’s Daughters: Sarah and Libby
Son: Robert, Alexander, William,
Daughter: Mary, Elizabeth Hughes, Isabella Turner,
Executors: Robert Bell, Alexander Bell, and Charles Bell
Name: John Bell
Probate Date: 22 Jan 1819
Probate Place: Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1819
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Wills, 1785-1865
Link to John Bell will 1819 in Fairfield SC on Ancestry.com
Benjamin F. Bell will in 1824:
Name: Benj F Bell
Probate Date: 16 Nov 1824
Probate Place: Richland, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1824
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 2, Books G, H, K, 1787-1853
Link to Benjamin Bell will on Ancestry.com
James Bell will in 1824:
Name: James Bell
Probate Date: 27 Mar 1824
Probate Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1824
Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Item Description: Index and Will, Vol 1, Books A, C1, D1, 1766-1825
Link to James Bell will 1824 on Ancestry.com
