Person:Samuel Dew (4)

Samuel Dew was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Land Patent:

• Samuel Dew acquired a land patent of 227 acres on Potts Creek (Michael Aritt land), on the Cowpasture. ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].

Notes/Records

Birth: Oct. 14, 1733 Richmond County Virginia, USA Death: Oct. 3, 1810 Monroe County West Virginia, USA

First Marriage - Betsey (Betty) Ann Lewis Born: Aft 1730 Death: ABT 1817 Monroe, Co. WVA

Children

1. William Dew Born: 1760 in Richmond VA. Death: 1810

2. Sarah Dew (Conaway) Born: 1765 Death: AFT 1820

3. Charles Dew Born: 17 Jun 1767 Death: 11 Feb 1841

4. Mary Dew (Vanmeter) Born: 1769 Death: AFT 1790

5. Samuel Dew II Born: 20 Sep 1771 Death: 20 Feb 1827

6. Elizabeth Dew (Kean) Born: 17 Apr 1774 Death: AFT 1800

7. Lucy Dew Born: 18 Dec 1775 Death: 15 Jan 1835

8. Peter Dew Born: 29 Mar 1778 Death: 22 May 1856

9.John Robinson Dew (Rev.) Born: 17 Jul 1789 Death: 5 Sept 1840

Second Marriage - Elizabeth Davis Davis Born: Aft 1730 Marriage: 31 Jan 1766 Death: Aft 1760

Children No issue with Elizabeth

Samuel moved from (Rappahannock County) Richmond Co. to Hampshire Co. In 1761, Samuel was deputy clerk of Hampshire County. In 1761 Samuel purchased land in Hampshire county Virginia (which later became part of West Virginia).

Samuel moved to Potts Creek, Greenbrier territory in 1788. Samuel built Dew's Chapel in Botetourt County, Virginia about 1790. It is thought that Dew's Chapel may have been the first Methodist church established in Botetourt County. Monroe county was created on January 14th, 1799 from the territory of Greenbrier and Samuel was appointed as county clerk. Although the early Dew family was Quaker, Samuel was a close friend of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury.

The following information is submitted at the suggestion of bpojito105 (#47863569).

According to Ernestine Dew White (1937) "Samuel Dew, born Nov. 14, 1733, son of William Dew (11) and his wife, Elizabeth, migrated to Hampshire County, which at that time was a part of Virginia. Before leaving Richmond County he and his wife, Betty, on March 9, 1780, made a conveyance of 100 acres, northerly of Farnham Church, stating that is was formerly the property of his father, William Dew. He reserved about a quarter of an acre where "said William Dew and many of his ancestors and relatives are buried."

NOTE: There are no signs of any of these graves at the present time. Floods are said to have destroyed the cemetery."

SOURCE: White, Ernestine Dew. (1937) Genealogy of some of the descendants of Thomas Dew : colonial Virginia pioneer immigrant, together with genealogical records and biographical sketches of families in Virgina, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Tennessee. Greenville, S.C.:unknown publisher. p.84

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   Samuel Dew
   Birth 14 Oct 1733
   Richmond County, Virginia, USA
   Death 3 Oct 1810 (aged 76)
   Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
   
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