Person:Samuel Brandenburg (9)

Samuel Brandenburg
d.5 Aug 1855 Clark County, Ohio
Facts and Events
Name Samuel Brandenburg
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Mar 1784 Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Christening[1] 10 Nov 1784 Luthern Zion Church, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland USA
Marriage 4 Jan 1806 to Hannah Chittester
Marriage 17 Nov 1831 to Katherine Reyborn
Death? 5 Aug 1855 Clark County, Ohio
Burial? Aug 1855 Black Cemetery, Pike Twp, Clark, OhioSt Rt 235 near Marquart Rd Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio USA Black Cemetery
Other[2] Land

(Research):Material for the Samuel Brandenburg families was supplied by Linda E. Hollenbaugh of Roanoke, Indiana and by Annette Hack of Kentwood, Michigan. Other references used was "History of Clark County, Ohio" published in 1881, Micro-film A-2186 in the Springfield Ohio Courthouse.

References
  1. Sponsors at Samuel's baptism were Samuel & Maria (Brandenburg) Bossert (Maria, sister of Aaron Brandenburg).
  2. The Clark County, Ohio History states that Samuel came from Kentucky, entered land in Section 13 about 1811. He donated land for Bush Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, June 20, 1840 and the Boston Graveyard in Section 27, on the Valley Pike was one of the earliest in the township - an old burial place in Section 10 close to Donnelsville, now known as the Brandenburg Graveyard. Samuel had land granted to him by President James Monroe on May 3, 1815; this land ws in Section 30, Twp 3, Range 9 (now Pike Twp). In the settlement of Samuel's estate there was a large sale; also he held many notes which included names of his children. There are many documents in the Springfield, Ohio Courthouse which tells much of Samuel and his brother Henry.