Person:Matthew Sample (1)

Matthew, Matthew R., and Moses L. Samples Barren Co., KY

• Grantee - Matthew Sample, 200 acres, 29 Aug 1799, County of Barren, watercourse Trace Creek, Book 24.
• Grantee - Matthew Sample, 200 acres, 05 Sep 1799, County of Barren, watercourse of Big Barren River, Book 20.
• Barren Co., KY Deed Book M, Page 284, September 1, 1831. Matthew R. Samples to Zur Combs.
• Grantee - Moses L. Sample, 30 acres, 12 Jun 1838, County of Barren, watercourse Glovers Creek, Book N-2.

Matthew Samples Blount Co., Tennessee Land Record

Land Records, Territory South of French Broad-Land Grants, Transcribed by David Templin

• No.117 JOHN HAMERSLY-253 ¼ acres-on a branch of Nile Mile Creek, waters of Tennessee River-CC JOHN WALLACE and WM. FINLEY Granted April 27, 1807 Assigned to MATTHEW SAMPLES consideration $600 December 29, 1807 Witnesses JONATHAN EPPS and JOHN M. CRAWFORD

Source Information:

Dodd, Jordan. Tennessee Marriages to 1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.

Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.

• Matthew Samples and Polly Sexton m. 28 Feb 1814 in Blount County, Tennessee by Andrew Jackson J.P.

An Interesting note about Andrew Jackson Justice of the Peace. Andrew was b. 07 March 1761, Caeeickfergus, Ulster Distict, Ireland; d. 31 December 1815, Blount Co. TN. Son of Samuel Jackson. He married Jean "Jane" Sloan on the 08 June 1797, Blount Co. TN.; Jean 'Jane' Sloan was b. 15 March 1768, PA. ? NC. ?; d. 01 January 1835, Blount Co. TN the daughter of Archibald Sloan URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fmitchel/sloan/myarch.html

1. ↑ Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family
   Descendants of Moses Samples.
2. ↑ Challacombe, W. A. The Benjamin Blackburn family and notes on Blackburns in America. (Carlinville, Ill.: W.A. Challacombe, 1942)
   Page 61, 62, 63.
3.   Genealogy Trails.

   Land Records, Territory South of French Broad-Land Grants, Transcribed by David Templin
   http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/sevier/fblgPg1.html

4.   Will E. Parham. Will E. Parham Papers. (McClung Collection, Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, TN).

   Will E. Parham papers are kept at the Blount County Library Reference Section. Parham was a professional genealogist in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There is a card file by last name. Loose leaf by family name. There are also family files from other people who have added information. Notes on William Finley m. Jean Kennedy and daughter Mary 'Polly' Finley m. Davy Crockett. Will E. Parham papers also mention William Finley's daughter Ann married John Caldwell who was a brother to the Mary Caldwell who married John Finley. John Finley, son of William, and brother of this Ann, names nephew John Caldwell as one of his executors. This would be a son of sister Ann and her husband, John Caldwell.

5.   Swann, Joe. The Old Path, Route of the Great Indian War Trail vanishing quickly in East Tennessee. (Jefferson County, Tennessee, Historical Society).
6. ↑ United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33)
   Barren County, Kentucky.

   MATTHEW SAMPLES
   Barren County, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
   Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 9
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Family Data Collection - Individual Records.

   Name: Matthew Samples
   Spouse: Samples Jane
   Parents: Moses Samples, Ruth Wood
   Birth Place: Augusta Co, VA
   Birth Date: 1770
   Marriage Date: 20 Jan 1791
   Death Date: 1829

8.   Samples Family Deed Records of Barren County, KY.