Birth: 23rd of January, 1754 Augusta, Virginia, United States[1]
Marriage: Mary Rutherford married on November 3, 1787[1][2]
Death 16th Day of January 1830 as recorded in Family Bible [1]
Possible Brothers and Sisters
The Bible of Moses and Mary Samples[1] has dates of birth for Moses Samples, Mary Rutherford Samples and others listed on the first page. The others listed are believed to be the brothers and sisters of Moses Samples.
They are as follows:
Moses was 33 and Mary Rutherford was 28 when the married in 1787.
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Residence
1782 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
23 Apr 1787 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA.
22 Mar 1797 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA.
1807 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
1809 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
1810 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (No mention of two sons, so they must have moved away and Moses moves away soon thereafter too since no tax record for 1811.)
Rockingham County Personal Tax and Land Tax Records; Date: 1782; Publisher: Binns Genealogy, Yvonne Binns, Email: YSBinns@BinnsGenealogy.com. Quote: Company number two; 1 Horse. Note: Likely father, Robert, and likely brother, Alexander, are adjacent to each other on the same page. Records are not in alphabetical order in the years 1783 through 1786, so thus far they are not located in those years.
Rockingham County Personal Tax and Land Tax Records; Date: April 23, 1787; Publisher: Binns Genealogy, Yvonne Binns, Email: YSBinns@BinnsGenealogy.com. Quote: 1 White; 1 Horse; 5 Cattle. Note: Likely father, Robert, and likely brother, Alexander, are on the same page. Records are not in alphabetical order in the years 1783 through 1786, so thus far they are not located in those years.
Rockingham County Personal Tax and Land Tax Records; Date: 1810; Publisher: Binns Genealogy, Yvonne Binns, Email: YSBinns@BinnsGenealogy.com. Quote: 1 White Tithable; 4 Horses; Total Tax: $0.48. Note: Not found in Rockingham tax records after 1810. Bethuel Samples is listed on previous page.
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4 "Mosef & Mary Rutherford Samples Family Bible"; Submitted in the late 1980's by D. M. Reagan; See attached PDF for images from Bible. (Accessed December 11, 2014) Samples Family Bible
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Moses by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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