Samuel Tolbert (1753 - aft. 1840)

Born 1753 in Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1 Jun 1840 after age 87 in Benton County, now Calhoun County, Alabama, United States

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Biography of Samuel Tolbert

Captain Samuel Tolbert served with 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Samuel Tolbert

Birth 1753 Virginia

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Samuel Tolbert

Matilda Tolbert

Death1840

BurialHanna Cemetery; Joseph Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama^[1]

Life Story of Samuel Tolbert

Samuel Tolbert served as a Private during the Revolutionary War. Not much information has been located about this patriot. The following documents show he was a Captain in the 2nd Pennsylvania.

Revolutionary War Military record:

Name: Samuel Tolbert

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 1775

Event Place: United States

Event Place (Original): Pennsylvania

Age:

Military Rank: Captain

Birth Year (Estimated):

Death Date:

Affiliate Publication Number: M246

Affiliate Publication Title: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.

Affiliate Film Number: 1

GS Film Number: 000830280

Digital Folder Number: 007196920

Image Number: 00094^[2]

Name: Samuel Tolbert Military Date: Jun 1777 Military Place: Pennsylvania, USA Rank: Captain Military Unit: Second Regiment Pennsylvania. Pay $40 per month. Under Major William Williams. Also May 1777 in Barracks, Philadelphia. Also Nov 1777 2nd Penns Co of Foot under Capt Joseph Howell. Also Oct 1777 he was sick in the country. Also Dec 1777 on furlough, Colonel Henry Bicker, allowed by Congress. Had been commissioned 1 Jan 1777, promoted to Captain March 1777. From 2.5 to 4. years in service into 1780. Their are pay receipts into 1784. One page reads Capt 2nd Inf. Regt. ^[3]

A plaque presented and displayed to honor the Revolutionary War soldiers in Benton, now Calhoun County, Alabama has him listed.

Samuel Tolbert, Revolutionary War Soldier

In a reference to a grandson of Samuel Tolbert, information about the birth place of the Revolutionary War Soldier, Samuel Tolbert, is now known.

An account on Edward Tolbert stated, "Edward Tolbert was born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina September 5, 1836 and is a son of Sam and Christian Norris Tolbert. The paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, but early in life moved to South Carolina, where he followed farming and blacksmithing.

The Samuel Tolbert on the 1820 census is likely the same person as this Samuel Tolbert: 1820 Federal Census Record:

Name: Samuel Tolbart

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1820

Event Place: Lewis, Virginia, United States

Note:

Page: 16^[4]

Digital Folder Number: 005156993, Image Number: 00188^[5]

1838 Property acquistion in Randolph County and Calhoun County, Alabama

Name: Samuel Tolbert

Issue Date: 17 Aug 1838

Place: Randolph, Alabama, USA

Land Office: Mardisville

Meridian: Huntsville

Township: 18-S

Range: 12-E

Section: 29

Accession Number: AL3050__.195

Document Number: 3239

Authority: April 24, 1820 - Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Total Acres: 79.86^[6]

1840 United States Federal Census

Name: Samuel Tolbert

Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Benton, Alabama

Birth Year: abt 1753

Age: 87

Military Service: Veteran

Name: Samuel Tolbert

Age: 87

Res: Benton county

C:omment: June 1, 1840.--Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.^[7]

Samuel Tolbert likely was the same person by that name who was crippled most of his life. He was born in South Carolina, and moved to what became Calhoun County, Alabama. He was a blacksmith and a gunsmith by trade; he devoted some time to the agricultural trade. Further research will be done to verify this.

Samuel Tolbert had a son named Samuel Tolbert, listed above, who had a son named Edward Tolbert. An account on Edward Tolbert stated, " Edward Tolbert was born in Chesterfield District, South Carolina September 5, 1836 and is a son of Sam and Christian Norris Tolbert. The paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, but early in life moved to South Carolina, where he followed farming and blacksmithing. Sam Tolbert was reared in South Carolina, subsequently removed to Calhoun County, Alabama. He was a cripple the greater part of his life and was a blacksmith and gunsmith by trade. He also devoted some attention to farming. His death occurred in 1867. Mrs Tolbert, the mother of our subject died in 1882, at the age of seventy-two years. She was the mother of eight children, of whom two are living: Edward and Wiley..."^[8] The paternal grandfather is Samuel Tolbert, Revolutionary War soldier. The Sam Tolbert, who was a cripple, was the son Samuel Tolbert.

Name: Samuel Tolbert

Issue Date: 17 Aug 1838

Place: Calhoun, Alabama, USA

Land Office: Mardisville

Meridian: Huntsville

Township: 13-S

Range: 9-E

Section: 34

Accession Number: AL3050__.196

Document Number: 3240

Authority: April 24, 1820 - Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Total Acres: 79.67^[9]

1840 List of Pensioners for Revolutionary War service.

Name: Samuel Tolbert

State: AL

County: Benton County

Township: No Township Listed

Age 87

Year: 1840

Page: 148

Database: AL 1840 U.S. Pensioners Index^[10]

Notes

• Calhoun County, Alabama, was formed in 1858. Prior to that year, it was Benton County.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16277713/samuel-tolbert : accessed 18 April 2022), memorial page for Pvt Samuel Tolbert (1753–1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16277713, citing Chosea Springs Community Cemetery, Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Kathy S. (contributor 46944127) .
2. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-44M8 : 21 December 2016), Samuel Tolbert, 1775 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WB-8HD1?i=93&cc=2068326&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2DG-44M8
3. ↑ U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783
4. ↑ The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Publication Number: M33. Film Number: 133, GS Film Number: 0193692
5. ↑ Citing this Record:"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLZ-9D1 : accessed 5 November 2017), Samuel Tolbart, Lewis, Virginia, United States; citing p. 16, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 133; FHL microfilm 193,692
6. ↑ Bureau of Land Management. "Samuel Tolbert in the U.S. General Land Office Records for Alabama." BLM GLO Records. U.S. Department of the Interior, 17 Aug. 1838. Accessed 26 June 2017
7. ↑ Alabama Department of Archives and History. Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama. Montgomery, AL, USA: The Brown Printing Co., 1911
8. ↑ The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing, 1889
9. ↑ Bureau of Land Management. "Samuel Tolbert in the U.S. General Land Office Records for Alabama." BLM GLO Records. U.S. Department of the Interior, 17 Aug. 1838. Accessed 26 June 2017
10. ↑ Alabama, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Revolutionary War Residents, 1776-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. (Original data: Alabama Revolutionary War Residents, 1776-1783. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.)