Samuel Hill McChesney (1808 - 1838)

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Biography

Samuel Hill McChesney^[1] was born on 28 May 1808 (probably in Washington County), Virginia, the fifth of nine children and the second son of Thomas and Sarah "Sallie" Sharpe McChesney.

1830 census

Samuel appears in the 1830 census for Washington County, Virginia as Samuel McChesny, living in a household of six persons, four free whites and two slaves.

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1830 census for Samuel Hill McChesney, 1808-1838

His household was comprised of one Free White Male - 40 thru 49: one Free White Female - 5 thru 9: one Free White Female - 10 thru 14: one Free White Female - 40 thru 49: one Slave Female Under 10, one Slaves Females - 24 thru 35. Thus there were a Total of four Free White Persons and two Slaves, for a grand total of six persons.^[2]

On 11 July 1834, when he was 26 years old, Samuel married his second cousin who had not yet turned eighteen. Rosanna Melissa McConnell (1816-1855), the daughter of William and Elizabeth "Betsie" King McConnell, a fairly prosperous family (William reported $7200 of real property in the 1850 census).

Note: Rosanna eloped against, her father's will.^[3]

Samuel lived less than three and a half-years after their marriage and died of unknown causes on Christmas Eve 1838, at the age of thirty.^[4] He had fathered two children, both boys, Thomas and Wallace.

Alternate date of death: 24 Dec 1837.^[5]

Samuel was buried in Green Spring Cemetery, Green Spring, Washington County, Virginia.^[6]

Gravestone for Samuel Hill McChesney, 1808-1838

from Findagrave.com

Samuel H McChesney

Birth: May 28, 1808; Death: Dec. 24, 1838.

Family links: Parents: Thomas McCHESNEY (1778 - 1836), Sallie Sharpe McCHESNEY (1780 - 1816); Spouse: Rosamond Melissa McConnell Lowrey (1816 - 1855); Children: William King McChesney (1837 - 1910); Siblings: Susan Berry McChesney McConnell (1802 - 1880), Elizabeth S. McChesney Young (1804 - 1845), Rebecca B. McChesney Maxwell (1810 - 1876), Sarah Rosanna McChesney Campbell (1814 - 1864), Thomas Sharp McChesney (1816 - 1889).

Burial: Green Spring Cemetery, Green Spring, Washington County, Virginia, USA^[7]

Citations

1. ↑ McCormick, Leander James, comp, Family Record and Biography (Chicago: ©1896). Archive.org. URL: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordbiog00mcco. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 19 June 2018 p366 McCormick does not give the middle name -- just the initial "H.". gives only his year of death and shows him as the 4th son of James, b Co Armagh who m "Miss Patterson"
2. ↑ 1830 Census, Washington County, Virginia, Series M19, Roll: 200, Page 272, Family History Library Film: 0029679, Ancestry.com. Record URL: http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=BIq233&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1830usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=samuel&gsfn_x=0&gsln=mcchesney&gsln_x=0&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C49%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=8&h=943981&recoff=5%206%2017%2018&ml_rpos=9; Image URL: http://interactive.ancestryheritagequest.com/8058/4411348_00531?pid=943981&backurl=http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DBIq233%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1830usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dsamuel%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmcchesney%26gsln_x%3D0%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26msrpn_PInfo%3D5-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D8%26h%3D943981%26recoff%3D5%25206%252017%252018%26ml_rpos%3D9&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=BIq233&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 14 Feb. 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
3. ↑ I can find no mention of her elopement in the source I gave, namely McCormick, Leander James, comp, Family Record and Biography (Chicago: ©1896). Archive.org. URL: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordbiog00mcco. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 19 June 2018. I don't know where I got that tidbit! ( Patricia Prickett Hickin, 20 June 2018)
4. ↑ McCormick, Leander James, comp, Family Record and Biography (Chicago: ©1896). Archive.org. URL: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordbiog00mcco. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 19 June 2
5. ↑ McCormick, Leander James, comp, Family Record and Biography (Chicago: ©1896). Archive.org. URL: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordbiog00mcco. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 19 June 2018, p366 McCormick does not give the middle name -- just the initial "H..". Gives only his year of death and shows him as the 4th son of James, b Co Armagh who m "Miss Patterson"
6. ↑ rebecca belcherbecky, "Samuel Hill, McChesney," Findagrave.com. Record added: May 16, 2009. URL: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mcchesney&GSiman=1&GScid=50451&GRid=37165815& Accessed 14 Feb. 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
7. ↑ rebecca belcherbecky, "Samuel Hill, McChesney," Findagrave.com. Record added: May 16, 2009. URL: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mcchesney&GSiman=1&GScid=50451&GRid=37165815& Accessed 14 Feb. 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile McChesney-42 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

Sources

• rebecca belcherbecky, "Samuel Hill, McChesney," Findagrave.com. Record added: May 16, 2009. URL: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mcchesney&GSiman=1&GScid=50451&GRid=37165815& Accessed 14 Feb. 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• McCormick, Leander James, comp, Family Record and Biography (Chicago: ©1896). Archive.org. URL: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordbiog00mcco. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 19 June 2018, p366 McCormick does not give the middle name -- just the initial "H..". gives only his year of death and shows him as the 4th son of James, b Co Armagh who m "Miss Patterson."