Person:Samuel Erwin (2)

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

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• January 2, 1797. Samuel Irvin was deeded by William Bush 100 acres of land on Silver Creek.

• October 16, 1806. Samuel Irvin, of Madison County, was deeded by William Bush, of Clark County, Kentucky, 40 acres of land on Hay's Fork of Silver Creek.

• January 1, 1810. Samuel Irvin conveyed to Samuel Snoddy 10½ acres of land on Hay's Fork of Silver Creek.

• April 3, 1815. Samuel Irvine conveyed to Williamson Irvine eight acres of land, including the tanyard on Hay's Fork of Silver Creek, in Madison Co., Ky., part of tract on which Samuel Irvine lived.

• July 8, 1816. Samuel Irvin conveyed to John Henderson and Stephen Walker all his interest and claim to a grist mill and saw mill

• May 29, 1817. Samuel Irvin conveyed to Brison Irvin (his second son) 129½ acres of land on the south side of Hay's Fork of Silver Creek.

• October 6, 1821. Samuel Irvin and wife Jennett, Bryson Irvin and wife Martha B. conveyed to John Todd 32 acres of land on the south side of Hay's Fork of Silver Creek, and to Moses Davidson 88 acres on south side Hay's Fork of Silver Creek, in Madison County, Kentucky.

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   Samuel Irvine was born near Miller's Iron Works, on Mossy Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, February 1760. These facts have been left with his numerous descendants. My uncle, James Doak Irvin, who had the most remarkable and reliable memory I ever knew, and lived to be past ninety, and died a little more than a year ago, was fourteen years old when his grandfather (Samuel Irvin) died at his father's home. He remembered distinctly of hearing his grandfather speak of his brothers and sisters and their home on Mossy Creek, near Miller's Iron Works, "back in old Virginia." He learned through him that they were wealthy people and owned a large amount of land in that vicinity. He often heard him tell of raising hemp and tobacco and about how they rolled their tobacco in hogsheads to Harper's Ferry for market. It took them many days to make the trip, and they would have to take their provisions for themselves and for the horses to last the trip. Sometimes they went down the valley to some other place, but I have forgotten the name.
   
   The fact that Rev. Benjamin and Samuel were brothers has been borne out by facts that cannot be disputed. In the will of James Brewster, of Rockingham County, Virginia, and who died in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1807, made bequest to Sarah, wife of Benjamin Irvine; Jane, wife of Samuel Irvin, both of Madison County, Kentucky.
   
   Samuel Irvin was a Revolutionary soldier; was with General Greene in South Carolina and with him in his retreat into Virginia, and was in the battle of Cow Pens. His war record was established on the affidavit of his grandson, James Doak Irvin, who was fourteen years old when his grandfather died, August 3, 1837, at his father's home, three miles east of town, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind. On his deathbed he called his grandson, James D. Irvin, to his bedside and gave him the razor he carried with him in the Revolutionary War, saying, "Keep this as a relic of the war and hand it down the male line." Unfortunately this relic was lost by fire in June, 1880, when this. grandson's dental office was destroyed by fire.
   
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