Samuel (Ingraham) Ingram Sr (1736 - 1799)

Born 9 Dec 1736 in Cranborn, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Ann (Stewart) Ingraham — married 1760 in Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1799 at age 62 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

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Please note*** this Samuel Ingram is presumed to NOT be the child of John Ingram and Hannah Pines. From accounts of descendants he is believed to have been born in England, while John and Hannah's children were born in Virginia. John and Hannah appear to be a different group of Ingrams. While they may be related further back, no satisfactory documentation has linked them to this Samuel. ***

Biography

The stated birth of Samuel in Cranborn, Dorset, England with father noted as Josiah Ingram has not been confirmed. Another Samuel Ingram is recorded on the books at St. Matthew's church in Walsall, Staffordshire County, England with a Baptism date of 23 Oct 1733 with parents John & Elizabeth Chester Ingram (m. 21 May 1733). Siblings of this Samuel, born of these parents and listed in the same church include John (bap. 12 Feb 1734) Margaret (bap. 19 May 1736), Thomas (bap. 15 Nov 1737), Edward (bap. 9 Jan 1739), Mary (bap. 12 Nov 1743), Elizabeth (bap. 13 Aug 1745), Catherine (bap. 10 Jan 1750). As sister Catherine was born in 1749/1750 the family would not have arrived in America until after her baptism. Samuel would have been about 17 at the time she was born. There is no confirmation this birth date/place, or the one listed on the profile is the correct birth date/place for this Samuel.

The first record of Samuel in Virginia is of land purchased near present day Newbern in 1769 (approximate age 34) and was a tract of 300 acres of "unpatented lands in the District of Washington and Montgomery " for "the amount composition of ten schillings (one pound sterling) paid by Samuel Ingram"... Samuel continued to purchase acreage in/on Peek's Creek in present day Pulaski County having over 600 acres by 1796.

• "Early Adventures on the Western Waters, Vol. 2" by Mary Kegley & B.F. Kegley, copyright 1982

2nd Oct 1769: Purchase of 124 acres "lying and being in the county of Augusta on a branch of Peek Creek" from John Strupe for the amount of five schillings. Botetourt deed book 1, pg 16 & 17

15 May 1771, BCOB 1, p. 329 Ordered that Samuel Ingram be appointed Surveyor of the Road from Majr Inglishes to Peak Creek

• 'Historic Roads of Virginia - Botetourt County Road Orders 1770-1778' by Ann Brush Miller; Virginia Transportation Research Council

5 January 1773, MCOB 1, p. 4 Samuel Ingram is appointed Surveyor of the Road from the Sinking Spring to Peek Creek and that he with the Tithables that shall be appointed by Stephen Trigg he clear and keep the same in good repair .

3 September 1776, MCOB 2, p. 149 Samuel Ingram is appointed overseer of the road from the Sinking Spring to Peek Creek and that he with the usual hands keep the same in repair according to Law.

• 'Historic Roads of Virginia - Fincastle County Road Orders 1773-1776' by Betty E. Spillman and Shirley P. Thomas; Virginia Transportation Research Council

6 October 1779, MCOB 2, p. 269 Ordered that Captain James Montgomery John Miller Robert Miller James and Joseph Montgomery Josiah Ramsey Francis Day, John Adams, and Frederick Edwards or any five of them being first sworn view a way from Samuel Ingrams by James Montgomeries to James Finleys and make report of the conveniences and Inconveniences to the next Court. [Note: There is no corresponding entry in MCOB 3.]

• 'Historic Roads of Virginia - Montgomery County Road Orders 1777-1806' by Betty E. Spillman and Shirley P. Thomas; Virginia Transportation Research Council

Samuel was initially enlisted to fight in the Revolutionary War in Captain McCorkle's Company and sworn in by Stephen Trigg on the 6th of Sep 1777. While initially Samuel was credited with service from 1777 to early 1780 and available as a patriot for the DAR/SAR, he was accused of treason in October 1780 with 55 others as having involvement in the Tory plot against the lead mines in South Carolina. While some of those charged were specifically noted as having been proven guilty, or specifically proven innocent, Samuel's case was not specifically noted as either, as was the case with several other of the accused men. Some of those specifically noted as found not guilty still volunteered to join the continental army, as did Samuel and those others without a final verdict (in Samuel's case his sons Jonathan and James volunteered on his behalf, likely because of his age). This volunteering may have simply been a show of good faith, especially for those specifically proven not guilty. Currently the DAR has him red-lined as a patriot and he cannot be used as lineage for membership.<dar.org>

• 'Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio 1779-1781' : Historical Society of Wisconsin Collection 24, Draper Volume 5, 1917 (pg 262)

A possible explanation for some of the people being accused of loyalism was suggested by Richard Osborn: "Those who joined the Loyalists were promised ,0.20.6 per day and 450 acres of land without any obligation to pay quit rents for twenty-one years. Such incentives give a hint that those involved in loyalism may have represented individuals without much land who resented the wealthy Preston and others of his elite group who had controlled land sales for years in the southwest,"

• 'William Preston and the Revolutionary Settlement' : Journal of Backcountry Studies BY RICHARD OSBORN - 1990 University of Maryland dissertation, directed by Professor Emory Evans, to be republished in JBS. Dr. Osborn is President of Pacific Union College.

Additionally, it seems Samuel Ingram had somewhat of a unscrupulous nature and was often found in the Montgomery Co. courts as a defendant. Several times he was accused of taking money for the sale of land and failing to file the sale with the courts leaving the purchaser with no land and a loss of money. Samuel was also accused of counterfeiting money and attempting to use this fraudulent currency to pay debts.

Samuel appears in the following court cases in Montgomery Co. Virginia :

• 1783 - Daniel Trigg vs. Samuel Ingram
• 1783 - Wm Blanton vs. Samuel Ingram
• 1786 - Adam Hance vs. Samuel Ingram
• 1789 - Samuel Ingram vs Wm Christian Et. Al.
• 1794 - Samuel Ingram vs. Ephraim Dunlop

It was also known to many in the vicinity that Samuel Ingram and Col. William Preston were adversaries, although Samuel was surely not the only one to dislike Preston. - "William Campbell in writing to (William) Preston had also heard of the plan to kill Preston: "You are, it seems, yourself a principal Object of those Wretches hellish Contrivance." 19 April 1779, PP-LC, 1018. Preston also served as the target of another death threat later in the year when Samuel Ingram was arrested for saying he would "shoot and maim" Preston."

• 21 and 23 October 1779, Montgomery County Records, Miscl. Records, Correspondence and personal papers, VSL, Folder O"

Samuel's will was probated in 1801 in the August Court of Montgomery County, VA (will book 1 pg 118). He left his lands divided equally between two of his sons Aaron and William. William was also to care for his mother and provide her with a sum of 100 dollars.

Samuel's burial place is unknown, however it is possible he was laid to rest somewhere on his property in a family plot.

Name

Name: Samuel /Ingraham/^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1738

Place: England^{[7][8][9][10]}

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Ingraham

Wife: Ann Stewart

Marriage:

Date: 1760

Place: Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia^[11]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1788

Place: Taxation list for Montgomery Co. VA/Montgomery County, Virginia

Residence:

Date: 1792

Place: Taxation list for Montgomery Co. VA/Montgomery County, Virginia

Death

Death:

Date: 17 JAN 1799

Place: Montgomery County, Virginia ^[12][13]

Reference: Will probated in Wayne Co., Kentucky

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S86 Page: Source number: 2404.045; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 CONT Birth place: VA CONT Marriage date: CONT Marriage place: of VA
2. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1736 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
3. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1738 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
4. ↑ Source: #S103 Data: Text: Birth date: 1740 CONT Birth place: Virginia
5. ↑ Source: #S83 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
6. ↑ Source: #S83 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
7. ↑ Source: #S86 Page: Source number: 2404.045; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 CONT Birth place: VA CONT Marriage date: CONT Marriage place: of VA
8. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1736 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
9. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1738 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
10. ↑ Source: #S103 Data: Text: Birth date: 1740 CONT Birth place: Virginia
11. ↑ Source: #S86 Page: Source number: 2404.045; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 CONT Birth place: VA CONT Marriage date: CONT Marriage place: of VA
12. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1736 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
13. ↑ Source: #S11 Data: Text: Birth date: 1738 CONT Birth place: England CONT Death date: 17 Jan 1799 CONT Death place: Montgomery, Virginia CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States

• Source: S103 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1
• Source: S11 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository: #R1
• Source: S83 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
• Source: S86 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R1
• England & Wales Christening Index, 1530-1980
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• Kentucky, Land Grants, 1780-1924

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Charlotte Graves for creating WikiTree profile Ingraham-314 through the import of Charlotte's Family Tree(1)_2013-12-29 JQ INGRAM II.ged on Dec 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Charlotte and others.