Samuel Rockwell (1788 - 1841)

Born 1788 in Albany, Albany County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Spencer) Rockwell — married 3 Dec 1808 in Albany, New York

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1841 at about age 53 in Midgeville, georgia

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Biography

"SAMUEL ROCKWELL was the 7th generation of Rockwells in America. He was born in 1788 in Albany, New York and died in Milledgeville in 1841. His death notice which appeared on August 17th, 1841 in the Savannah Georgian stated "Died at his residence near Milledgeville on Wednesday, the 4th Inst. Col. Samuel Rockwell, endowed with a high order of intellect, and having for many years been a leading member of the bar, his absence will be sensibly felt by the community. He was buried with Masonic and military honors."

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Samuel Rockwell served in the Georgia Militia as Inspector of the 3rd Division and Adjutant General under General Sanford during the Creek Indian War (1836). Prior to his law practice in Milledgeville he served as an attorney in Savannah, announcing in the Daily Georgian in 1820 that he and Joseph L. Hepburn had formed a law office under the firm name of Rockwell and Hepburn. The notice also stated that they would be willing to work in several other counties including Baldwin. By 1828 Samuel Rockwell was a slave holder and land owner in Baldwin County., and by 1831 owned property in Milledgeville proper. Samuel Rockwell was on the building committee for the first buildings at the State Lunatic Asylum. A name frequently associated incorrectly with the construction of (the Samuel Rockwell House) is W. S. Rockwell. This is William Spencer Rockwell (1809-1870) who was Samuel Rockwell's son and also an attorney."^[1]

In Georgia, the most eminent of the name (Rockwell) was Samuel Rockwell, a prominent lawyer of Milledgeville, Ga., and a Colonel in the Indian War of 1836. ^[2]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-YC2 : accessed 28 August 2015), Samuel Rockwell, 1810.

Entry on Bottom Half of page:

1 male under 10: William Spencer

1 male 16-26: Self

1Female 16-26: Sarah Ann

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM: http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/78000961.pdf

A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family By Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch pages 22-24: http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/A_History_and_Genealogy_of_the_Habersham_Family_1000731280/35

1. ↑ an excerpt from the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM, PDF format pages 3 and 7
2. ↑ A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family Page 22