Our Samses started out in Virginia (possibly).
Beck Sams thinks South Carolina is a possibility.
At any rate, our story (true or not) begins in Old Rappahannock County (part of
which became Essex County in 1694), Virginia - 1686 - with James Sams.
James moved further west to Spotsylvania County between 1716 and 1723. He died
there in 1726.
Next ancestor William moved further west to what is now Henry County (the
property, near Martinsville, was originally in Lunenburg County (1746), then Halifax
(1752), then Pittsylvania (1767), and finally Henry (1777). William died in Henry
County in 1779.
Next ancestor William, b. 1755, moved still further west, to North Carolina
(possibly), then Kentucky, then Illinois.
Henry County
Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia tax payers, 1782-87, other than those published by the United States
Census bureau.. ([Richmond? Va.] 1940).
name poll tax? slaves county earliest year
Sams, William 1 Henry 1782
Adams, Lela C. Henry County, Virginia, deed books I & II, 17 February 1776 through 22 July 1784 : including surveys made from March 1778 through June 10, 1783 (Bassett, Va. : Adams, c1975.)
p. 58 John Sams - survey made March 20 1778 - branches of Turkey Creek of Smith River
William Sams - adjoining property s. side of Smith River
list of surveys - Cascade (location) acr. 411, Wm Sams and someone else
ditto - Matrimony Creek - 215 acres
Adams, Lela C Abstracts of deed books III & IV of Henry County, Virginia, August 1784 through June 1792 (Bassett, Va. : Adams, 1978.)
DB5 p. 318-9 26 Oct 1796 - PR 27 Feb 1797
William Mills to Elijah Sams of Henry Co 100 pounds for ~300 acres on both sides
of Matrimony Creek
Adams, Lela C. Henry County, Virginia will abstracts, vol. 1 & II, 1777-1820. (Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, c1985.)
I-17 LWT Merry Webb, sr, sick & weak ....6 Feb 1774
Pr 15 Feb 1799 wife Elizabeth Webb, daughter Elizabeth Sams
Adams, Lela C. 1778-1780 tax lists of Henry County, Virginia (Bassett, Va. [1973])
1778 -
Sams James, William, John, Edmund, William sr
1779 -
Samms William sr, jr, John
1780 -
Sams John William sr
Williams, Mike K.1820 Henry County VA census (Signal Mountain, Tenn. : Mountain Press, 1988.)
Sams - Elijah 231301-10001
William 100100-00100
Murray, Nicholas Russell. Computer indexed marriage records of Henry County,
Virginia. (Hammond, La. (P.O. Box 278, Hammond 70404) : Hunting for Bears, [1986-)
[v.13] Henry County, Virginia, 1778-1849.
1821 Jan 12 Sams John - Nancy Pratt
1842 Jan 8 Elijah Samms - Caroline Watkins
1843 June 26 Elijah Samms - Sally Nance
1846 Aug 3 Sams Catherine - Charles Doland
Spotsylvania County
Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia tax payers, 1782-87, other than those published by the United States Census bureau.. ([Richmond? Va.] 1940)..
name poll tax? slaves county earliest year
Sams, John Spotsylvania 1782
Joseph 1 2 ditto
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