Col Samuel Dunavan
Birth 13 May 1780
Virginia, USA
Death 22 Jun 1816 (aged 36)
Saint Louisville, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Burial Evans Cemetery
Saint Louisville, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Fought in the War of 1812, with Williamson's Ohio Militia as a Captain.
Married Elizabeth Lair on Dec. 22, 1807. Had three sons: William Lair Dunavan on Nov. 9, 1808, Joseph Albert Dunavan on Mar. 31, 1812, and George Milton Dunnavan on Mar. 9, 1815.
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Col. Samuel Dunavan, was native of the famous Shenandoah Valley, Va., and took part and won his title in the last British war, fighting chiefly against the Indian allies of the English government. The Col.'s farm adjoined that of Joseph Armstrong. notes from David Dunavan 1938.
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It seems that Samuel went by a couple of different spellings of his last name. Dunnavan was used on some military papers and Dunaven was listed on his service records, when he enlisted for the War of 1812 as a Captain. One of his son's continued the Dunnavan spelling. When he died, his stone lists Dunavan and two of his son's continued that spelling.
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War of 1812 Service Records (shows served between July 31 to Sept 5, 1813.)
about Samuel Dunaven
Name:Samuel Dunaven
Company:1 REGIMENT WILLIAMSON'S, OHIO MILITIA.
Rank - Induction:CAPTAIN
Rank - Discharge:CAPTAIN
Roll Box:62
Roll Exct:602
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Stone reads:
"Let this vain world engage no more.
Behold the gapeing tomb:
It bids us seize the present hour,
Tomorrow death may come."
Close by is buried his brother George's wife Eleanor (Lair)Dunnavan. and his wife's parents Joseph Lair & Persis (Warren). It seems a couple of brothers married a couple of sisters.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18964168/samuel-dunavan
