Of Thomas Jewell's wife, Elizabeth, we know only that her mother was named Sarah and that a vague family tradition was that her father was named James. Records indicate that Sarah, subsequent to James death, married twice, to someone named Cox, and to a John Furrow. A Franklin county record of 1788 has Furrow, perhaps as the result of a sort of pre-nuptial agreement, deeding to Sarah's children the land she had inherited, presumably from Graham. Under Virginia law at that time, a widow's property accrued to her new husband. The deed names Elizabeth and all of her siblings. The 1850 census lists Elizabeth with Thomas in Montgomery County. The 1860 census lists her, at age 75, living at Shawsville in Montgomery County. [1].
1850 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas Jewell Age: 77 Birth Year: abt 1773 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: District 41, Montgomery, Virginia Gender: Male Family Number: 398 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Jewell 77 Elizabeth Jewell 75 Noah Richardson 30 Jane Richardson 32 Isaac Richardson 9 Russell Richardson 7 Madora Richardson 1 Nancy Barnett 17
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 Name: Thomas Jewell Birth Date: abt 1764 Birth Place: Sweden Death Date: 27 Nov 1853 Death Place: Montgomery County, Virginia Death Age: 89 Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male FHL Film Number: 2048578
