George Russell, Sr. was born ca 1735 in County Antrim, Ireland. It is not known when he came to America. He was married ca 1767, probably in Virginia, to Mrs. Mary "Polly" (Underwood) Whiteside, widow of John Whiteside Sr. and daughter of Joseph Underwood and Mrs. Molly (?) Brown, (Mrs. Molly (?) Brown was the widow of John Brown.) Mary (Underwood) had three children by John Whiteside: Thomas Whiteside, born ca 1754, Virginia, died 1816, Rutherford County, N.C., married Mary Kelly; Mary Whiteside Jr., born ca 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, died 1840 in Boliver, Polk County, Missouri, married Henry Kelly; and John Whiteside Jr., born 18 May 1758, Augusta County, Virginia, died 18 March 1835, Buffalo Creek, Rutherford County, N.C., married 1st to Eleanor Kelly, 2nd to Sarah Cook. Descendants of these Whiteside children are scattered all over the United States, many in upper Georgia.
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