in Saltville.  Arthur resigned as administrator of Sarah’s estate, and moved to Middlesboro, Kentucky.

The Rebuilt Madam Russell Cabin in Saltville

Where She and General Russell Lived

           Madam Russell’s sister, Susannah Henry, had married Thomas Madison, a cousin of President James Madison.  In 1789 the court appointed Madison as guardian of Sarah in place of Campbell and Christian. The Madisons moved to the southeastern corner of the Campbell’s Choice tract, and built a log house there.  Sarah Buchanan Campbell was raised in that house by the Madisons.

           Thus the two Henry sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah, lived facing each other, about a mile apart.  The tradition is that they had inherited “the Henry voice”, and that they could carry on conversations with each other from their front porches.

          General Russell dug a well in the salt flats in front of his and Madam Russell’s house, and built an evaporator furnace for the commercial manufacture of salt.