Elizabeth Bell (maiden name unknown) was born around 1803 in North Carolina. She married Walter Bell, and they had at least four children: Cornelius, born on June 30, 1832; John, born around 1834; Thomas, born around 1837; and William, born around 1840. They lived in Robertson County, Tennessee, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $1,250 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $3,300 of real estate and $17,500 of personal property, and they enslaved at least eleven people. She died in 1875.

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