Samuel Love (abt. 1735 - abt. 1781)

Born about 1735 in Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Dorcas (Bell) Love — married 30 Jul 1759 in Augusta Co, VA

Descendants

Died about Mar 1781 at about age 46 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Samuel Love performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Biography

This profile pertains to the Virginia patriot who married Dorcas Bell. Based only on a baptismal record for County Chester, England, showing a Samuel Love born 11 Aug 1725 to Robert and Mary Love, and Christened on 26 Aug 1725.^[1], it has been suggested that these are one and the same Samuel Love, a conjecture which has no further justification than the name itself.

This profile traces the records of a Samuel Love born in America to Ulster Scot ancestry.

Records ... tell of one Ephraim Love who emigrated from the Ulster area of Ireland about 1740 and after living in Pennsylvania, settled in Orange County (later Augusta County), Virginia. There he was a Captain in the militia (Captain of Foot and Horse), and was prominent in affairs of the community. Some researchers claim he is the father of Samuel Love, who begins our Love ancestry, and his brother Joseph.^[2] Other researchers claim that is not necessarily so and believe that our Love line may have originated from an even earlier immigrant to the New World.

Although it cannot be said with any certainty that Ephraim was the father of Samuel and his brother, Joseph, it is generally accepted by researchers that Samuel and Joseph were born in America and were of Ulster Scot ancestry.^[3]

The site goes on to give biographical notes on Samuel:

Samuel Love (ca 1739 – 1781): Samuel married Dorcas Bell, daughter of James “South River” Bell, in 1759 and shortly after purchased 300 acres on Christian’s Creek, near Tinkling Springs, Virginia. Then, in 1774-5, Samuel and his brother Joseph relocated their families to a plantation in Wythe County, Virginia.^[4] It is believed Dorcas died shortly before this relocation.

Later Samuel made two attempts (1775-1777) to relocate his family to Carter’s Valley, Tennessee, but fled both times because of Indian attacks. He returned with his family to his home in Virginia, where he died in 1781.

Samuel and Dorcas had seven children, including Robert and Thomas, both of who were prominent in the early history of Waynesville, North Carolina.^[5]

Road surveyor.^[6]

Marriage bond, 3 Jul 1759.^[7]

He purchased 300 acres for 150 pounds on August 17, 1759 from Thomas Black. Land was on Christian's Creek in Beverley Manor.^[8] He witnessed the purchase of 242 acres by William Bell in Beverley Manor on Christian's Creek.^[9] On May 22, 1765 he and his wife Dorcas conveyed 44 acres to Joseph Love on Black's Run of Christian Creek.^[10] After his wife Dorcas died, he married a Rachel (unknown maiden name) . They were living in North Carolina at the time.^[11]

"In the winter of 1775, and spring of 1776, Samuel and his sons, Robert, James and Thomas, left Montgomery County [VA] with the intention of exploring the country southwest, and finding some desirable lands upon which to locate and settle. They settled and planted crops (corn) that Spring at the forks of the Holston, in Carter's Valley, near Long Island and Fort Patrick Henry, in what is now Hawkins (Sullivan) County, Tennessee. They were driven out shortly by the Indians, who raided the settlement, and inflicted injuries to some of the settlers: they later returned and again were driven out by the Indians. This time they returned to their farm in Montgomery County, now Wythe County, and remained."^[12]

Both Samuel and Joseph Love were in Montgomery County as late as 1782. That year Samuel died, and his son, Robert, then twenty-two years old, on June 4th 1782, appeared before the County Court of Montgomery County, made bond and qualified as guardian of Samuel's children [his siblings]: James, Thomas, Sarah and Mary, William being with the Bells. ^[13]

"Franklin Love decided, as later researchers have also shown, that Samuel and Joseph Love of Augusta County, Virginia, were not the sons of Ephraim Love, even though all three came to the Valley of Virginia from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Love then focuses his attention on a Robert Love who seems to have lived in Augusta County from about 1771 to 1779. As Franklin Love says, Robert Love 'seems to have been so very inconspicuous, and by reason thereof escaped attention' of previous genealogists."^[14]

Samuel Love, of Pennsylvania, married Dorcas Bell, of August County, Virginia, July 3rd in the year 1759. They lived near Tinkling Spring Church, in which later place, their eldest son, Robert, was baptized by the blind Preacher, Waddell(?), a near relative of Dorcas Bell. Mr. Waddell had charge and care of Robert and Thomas Love after the death of their Mother(?). The other children, to wit: William, James, Sarah, Mary, Dorcas, and Winifred remained with the Bell family. The Bells opposed the marriage of Samuel Love and Dorcas Bell.

Robert Love married, Mary Ann Dilliard, daughter of Genl. Thomas Dilliard, or Pittsylvania County, Virginia, afterwards of Tennessee. They had had six sons and seven daughters. Before the Revolutionary War, Genl. Dilliard married a Miss Webb, sister of John Webb, who married Miss Stacy Young. The Webbs, Dilliards and Bells were English, and settled near Washington, D.C.

Col. Robert Love was b. in Augusta County, Virginia on Saturday the 23rd , day of August 1760. He died in Waynesville, N.C. on the 17th, of July 1845 at 7 o'clock A.M. His wife, Mary Ann Dilliard, was b. on the 21st, day of September 1767, and died on the 25th day of March 1842. Both are buried in "Green Hill Cemetery" Waynesville, N.C., where a beautiful double marble shaft marks their last remaining place. This Cemetery was given to the town of Waynesville by Robert Love. This site for every public building, including the old and new court house sites, the railroad stations, churches, etc, have all been given by the Love family.

Robert Love founded Waynesville, N.C., and named it for Genl. Anthony Wayne, of Pennsylvania, for whom as a solider, he had unbounded admiration.

Extract from "Wheeler's Reminiscences of N.C."

Research Notes

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings (see Sources).
2. ↑ Some sources identify Joseph's parents as Robert Love and Mary Montgomery.
3. ↑ Watson, 1999, p. 26 [PDF] or online at "family Love" [webpage].
4. ↑ Wythe County was not formed from Montgomery County until 1789.
5. ↑ Biographies of both brothers, Robert and Thomas, can be found at Arthur, 1914, p. 124-128. In profiling Robert, Arthur says: "His father was Samuel, son of Ephraim Love, captain of the Colonial Horse".
6. ↑ Chalkey, Vol. 1, p. 198. Also DAR.
7. ↑ Chalkley, Vol. 2, p. 276.
8. ↑ Chalkley, Vol. 3, p. 357.
9. ↑ Chalkley, Vol. 3, p. 396.
10. ↑ Chalkley, Vol. 3, p. 424.
11. ↑ Mention of Rachel, wife of Samuel Love, Chalkley, Vol. 3, p. 543.
12. ↑ Rootsweb online genealogy for Samuel Love. [1]
13. ↑ Franklin Love, chapter "Loves of the Valley of Virginia".
14. ↑ Paper by Don Collins, "Descendants of Robert Love". See also: [2]

Sources

• Access Genealogy [3]
• Allen, George W. Love History and Genealogy. La Porte, IN: Allen Press, 1937.
• Arthur, John Preston. Western North Carolina: A history from 1730-1913. Asheville, NC: Daughters of the American Revolution, Edward Buncombe Chapter, 1914.
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Vol. 1. Bosslyn, VA: The Commonwealth Company, 1912.
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Vol. 2. Bosslyn, VA: The Commonwealth Company, 1912.
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Vol. 3. Bosslyn, VA: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912.
• DAR Ancestor Search, Ancestor #: A071826: Samuel Love, Civil Service, Virginia, Road surveyor, Augusta Co., 1778. Spouse: Dorcas Bell.
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch database.
  • Baptisms and Burials, Hyde Chapel (Presbyterian), Hyde, County Chester, p. 8-B (image 12), line 2 (#254): (Saml Love) "[Illegible] son of Robt and Mary Love of Haughton, baptised at their house", [born] 11 Aug 1725; [baptized] 26 Aug."
• FamilySearch Details page for Samuel Love (1735-1790). Currently linked to both sets of parents.
• Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons > Fay Webb Gardner Collection > Genealogical Research > Love Family > Documents and Genealogy Notes.
• Love, Franklin Deaderick. An outline of the Taylor, Love, and Alexander families of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina and their allied families of Virginia". Georgetown, TX: Publisher unknown, 1929.
• Love, Robert A. General Thomas Love of Western North Carolina and Western Tennessee and his Brothers Robert and James". 2nd Edition. (With Addendum of Articles and Photos collected by Harold Cunningham). St. Petersburg, FL: Published by the Author, no date.
• Matson, Ron. The Ancestry of Bart Welch. Camarillo, CA: Published by the author, 1999. Available online in HTML and PDF formats.