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Samuel Caldwell
b.Est 1720
d.Bef Aug 1772
Facts and Events
| Name |
Samuel Caldwell |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Est 1720 |
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| Marriage |
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to Elizabeth Page |
| Death? |
Bef Aug 1772 |
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Samuel Caldwell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 595.--23d May, 1764. Joseph Love and Mary to Samuel Caldwell, £150. 400 acres on South River Shanando, Beverley Manor line, part of 660 acres deeded to John Willson's father by Joseph Mills, 24th June, 1742. Teste: Pat. Cunningham. Samuel Love, Walter Davis, Robert ( ) Crawford. Delivered to Samuel Culwell.
- Page 461.--21st May, 1766. Joseph Love and Mary, one of the daughters of Joseph Tees, deceased, and William Tees, eldest son and heir of Joseph Tees, to Samuel Caldwell, late of the Province of Pennsylvania, but now of County of Augusta. Joseph Tees devised to his daughter Mary Love, by the name of Mary, the place he bought of John Wilson during her life, &c., if she lived thereon, but she revomed, and the wdow, thinking the title descended to her, conveyed it to said Joseph Love, her son-in-law, and he to Samuel Caldwell, now then is in doubt whether the widow could convey. To remove that doubt this conveyance is made. £5 to Joseph and £10 to William, 400 acres in Beverley Manor on Shenandoah River. Teste: William Wright, Robert Thomson, William Karr. Delivered: Caldwell, November, 1767.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - FEE BOOKS OF AUGUSTA COURT - 1767-- page 143, Samuel Caldwell, South River.
- Page 509.--21st August, 1772. John Caldwell to Thomas Stuart, yeoman, tract conveyed by Joseph Lane and William Teas to Samuel Caldwell, father to John, in whom the property is become invested by being heir-at-law to devise the said land, and joining that part of said tract belonging to William Long; mortgage. Delivered to John Caldwell by Stuart's order, March Court, 1778.
- Page 324.--14th April, 1773. John Caldwell, South River, and Sarah to Mathews, part of 400 acres conveyed to Samuel Caldwell by Love and wife, and Tease, 20th May, 1766. and descended to John as son and heir of Samuel, the other two hundred acres being made over to his brother, Robert Caldwell, since his father's decease. This 200 acres have a saw mill and oyle mill thereon.
- Page 488.--29th April, 1777. Sampson Mathews and Mary and George Mathews and Ann to John Caldwell, 4 tracts--A, on head South River with saw mill and Oyle mill, part of 400 acres conveyed to Samuel Caldwell by Love and Tease 20th May, 1766, and descended to John as eldest son and heir, who conveyed one-half to his brother Robert; B. C. D. patented to Sampson and George 5th July, 1774. Delivered: Daniel Kidd, January, 1779.
- Page 486.--20th August, 1782. Robert Callwell to Robert Black, of Bartley [likely s/b "Berkeley"] County. Elizabeth Caldwell, widdow of Samuel Caldwell, deceased, relinquished dower, conveyed to Robert by John Caldwell.
- Vol. 1 - AUGUST 21, 1782. - (420) Deed from Robert Caldwell to Robert Black ordered recorded, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Caldwell, relinquished dower.
- Vol. 2 - Austin vs. Brand--O. S. 300; N. S. 107--From Augusta. _____ Caldwell died, intestate; left sons (eldest), John and Robert. [Note: this record is undated, but appears to be around 1810-1816, it may be referring to Samuel Caldwell (perhaps a suit surrounding one of his tracts of land), who did indeed have two proven sons, John and Robert. Additional research may yield some information].
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