Samuel Davidson (bef. 1766 - 1845)

Born before 1766 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Logan) Davidson — married 15 Feb 1797 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1845 after age 79 in Macon, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Oldest son of George Davidson and Mary Woods. Husband of Sarah Logan.

Samuel Davidson was born 1766 in Albermarle County, VA and died 12 Sep 1845 in Marion County, IL. He married Sarah Logan 15 Feb 1797 in Lincoln County, KY, daughter of John Logan and Ann McClure. Sarah was born 1780 in VA and died 7 Jan 1838 in Marion County, IL. Samuel was a veteran of the War of 1812 but did not fight the British, he fought the Indians.

Samuel and Sarah had 12 children: William Davidson, Elizabeth Davidson Weathers, John S. Davidson, Mariah Woods Davidson Jennings, George Davidson, Ann McClure Davidson Jennings, Sarah A. "Sallie" Davidson Carrigan Fulton Huff, Nancy J. Davidson Carrigan, Samuel Robert Davidson, and Susan Davidson Faridee, and two more who died in infancy.

(courtesy of genealogical research from Marilyn Davidson of Williamston, MI and Al Mieswinkel) 23 May 2014, with more information from "Footprints of Marion County."

Life of Samuel Davidson

Samuel Davidson was a native of Virginia, but his father moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, when Samuel was a small child, and there he was raised and lived until 1820 when he moved to Clinton County, where he stayed one summer and then moved to Carrigan Township and built a cabin on Section 36. He broke and planted twenty acres in corn the first year. This was considered a very large crop at that day and as there were no domestic animals within miles of him and fences were no bar to "varmints” which abounded all around him, he raised this crop without fencing it. When he started from his Kentucky home he had a family of ten children. His daughter Betsy was married Louis Weathers: she sickened and died on the road, when her bereaved husband went hack to his old home in Kentucky. All the other nine lived to he married and make homes for themselves in this county. The sons were William, John, George and Samuel Jr., three of whom were grown when the family left Kentucky. William was the eldest and used on the original farm. He was a prominent man, having been twice elected sheriff of the county and once a member of the legislature. He was married three times, but left only two children, a son and a daughter. He died in 1847 front the effects of a fall from a wagon. The daughters of Samuel Davidson Sr., married as follows: Maria married Charles Jennings and was the grandmother of that great American, William Jennings Bryan: Ann married Israel Jennings: Sallie married Robert Carrigan and Nancy. James M. Carrigan: Susan was the wife of Stewart W. Faridee.

Samuel Davidson Sr., was a man who ranked high in his old home in Kentucky. He was major in the regiment of Col. Dick Johnson, during the War of 1812, and saw much service on the frontier, with that fearless commander and was doubtless, with Johnson's command at the battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh was killed by Colonel Johnson. He died on the farm he had improved in 1848, full of years and honors. His wife died about 1838.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=-HszROzDtO0C&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=Maj.+Samuel+Davidson&source=bl&ots=j7qg_6r51b&sig=ACfU3U0ZCSRXq9Viy1MEwNb9cHh_ysav_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjM_vrBzPDpAhXkAZ0JHZ8oAcYQ6AEwB3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Maj.%20Samuel%20Davidson&f=false

• 1790 KY, Lincoln County Witness to Sale of Land to John King Lincoln County, Kentucky Circuit Court case files (equity case files, ca. 1780-1856; ordinary case files, ca. 1790-1858; equity indexes, 1780-1865) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKH-W3FB-7

• https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/34481?page=50&given=George&surname=Davidson&place=Orange,%20Virginia,%20United%20States
• Lincoln County, KY
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Samuel_Davidson_%2847%29
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99526309/samuel-davidson