↑ First-hand information as remembered by Michele West, Friday, September 26, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF92-MMF : 16 January 2021), Samuel Downey and Anna Cook, 05 Apr 1786; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,469.
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-CQD : accessed 7 February 2021), Samuel Downey, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 516, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-WS6 : accessed 7 February 2021), Samuel Downey, Salisbury, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 648, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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