Person:Samuel Withrow (3)

Samuel Withrow

Samuel Withrow 1744-1813 married Jane Gray in 1766 in Rowan Co., NC. In 1768 he received a grant of 300 acres on Hunting Creek near the present Rutherford-Sunshine Rd. In 1772 Samuel died leaving his young wife, Jane, and 3 small children. Jane sold the land to Robert Rankin who was a brother-in-law of Samuel and bought another tract of land near George Black on Camp Creek. George Black was also a brother-in-law of Samuel. On April 27, 1774 Jane received letters for administration of the estate of her husband, Samuel Withrow, in Rowan Co., NC. After Samuel's death, Jane married Captain Samuel Pottinger in Nelson Co., KY. Jane followed the other Withrow's into the new Cane Creek settlements.

1.   Adams, Evelyn Crady. Goodin’s Fort (1780) in Nelson County Kentucky, in Filson Historical Society (Louisville, Kentucky). The Filson Club history quarterly. (Louisville, Kentucky: The Club, 1930-2000)
   Vol. 27, January 1953.

   These were among the people at Goodin's Fort (According to Edgar Porter Harned)
   
   Samuel Goodin, Sr. , John Houston, Capt. Samuel Pottenger, Isaac Goodin, Samuel's son, Atkinson Hill, Samuel's son-in-law; Samuel Goodin, Jr., Samuel's son; Peter Kennedy (Indian scout); Thomas Goodin, Samuel's son; Elizabeth Goodin, Samuel's daughter; Catherine Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Letitia Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Sarah Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Elizabeth Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's dau; Abraham Goodin, son of Samuel and Elizabeth; General Braddock^S2 (only slave mentioned at fort, freed in 1797); Abraham Van Meter, died about 1782; Beck Swank^S2, married General Braddock^S2; Abnego Carter; Unknown Hamilton; Aaron Atherton Sr.; Peter Atherton, son of Aaron; John S. Atherton, son of Peter; John M. Atherton, son of Peter; Peter Lee Atherton, son of John M. Atherton.
   
   The fort was the logical refuge for the following adjacent families: David Crady; Richard Edlin; Christopher Bush; Samuel Miller; Anthony Chambers; Daniel Vittitow; Samuel Vittitow (ie. Withrow); Stephen Vittitow; Zachariah Maraman; Leonard Johnson's son Clemmy, fiddler from Maryland.
   
   Page 5 - Atherton's Ford
   Page 7 - Aaron Atherton Sr. and family
   Page 18 - Milton Atherton
   Page 19 - B.F. Atherton, Finetta Atherton
   Page 26 - 16 Dec 1823, Suit of Purcell vs Atherton, in Hardin County Court
   Page 27 - Atherton Family. W.H. Perrin, op.cit., 1887, p. 781.
   
   When Samuel abandoned the Fort Goodin, he moved across the Rolling Fork to one of his plantations in present LaRue County, KY. He apparently retained more than half of his original land entries which approximated two thousand acres. He died on his plantation in the Edlintown area in 1807. He left no will.There seems to be some confusion about the names, "Goodin, Goodwines, and Goodwins" . There seemed to be a lot of them in early Kentucky, especially in Nelson and Hardin Counties.. And, they seemed to share the same given names as well. Several writers have attempted to sort this out.

2.   Dr. John C. Butler, in Jacob Van Meter Family & History.

   The son, Abraham Van Meter, had at least one slave he brought with him from Virginia. This was "General Braddock", who earned his freedom through killing nine Indians. He moved from the Severns Valley settlement to Goodin's fort in the Rolling Fork when Abraham Van Meter's widow, who had inherited "General Braddock" from her husband, following his death from a poison Indian arrow, married Samuel Goodin. The slave was appraised at 100 pounds. On March 19, 1797 he was "set free forever". He afterwards married Becky Swan and lived on a small farm near Elizabethtown. This verifies that the Swans, who came out with the Van Meter party, also brought slaves to Kentucky. The son, Abraham Van Meter, had at least one slave he brought with him from Virginia. This was "General Braddock", who earned his freedom through killing nine Indians. He moved from the Severns Valley settlement to Goodin's fort in the Rolling Fork when Abraham Van Meter's widow, who had inherited "General Braddock" from her husband, following his death from a poison Indian arrow, married Samuel Goodin. The slave was appraised at 100 pounds. On March 19, 1797 he was "set free forever". He afterwards married Becky Swan and lived on a small farm near Elizabethtown. This verifies that the Swans, who came out with the Van Meter party, also brought slaves to Kentucky.