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Sams, James

Sams, James

Male Bef 1755 - Aft 1820  (> 67 years)   Has 8 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Sams, James
    Birth Bef 1755  Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Reference Number 540 
    _UID FED2888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000F4C3 
    Death Aft 1820  Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4281  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2025

    Father Sams, William,   b. 9 Dec 1717, Essex Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1779, Henry Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Mother Mary,   b. 10 May 1718, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, Henry Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Marriage Abt 1744  Spotsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID E8AC51B1C760F04BAE15B5D0E2924FFF02A2 
    Family ID F2819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Warren, Mary Agnes,   b. 1753, Spotsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1792, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    Marriage Abt 1770  Pittsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 3995C64B150DF44C95CB6BB89CA07AED672D 
    Children 
     1. Sams, Warren,   b. 1770/1775   d. Aft 1830, Rhea Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 56 years)
     2. Sams, James,   b. 1775, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820/1830, Cumberland Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     3. Sams, John,   b. 1773/1774, Pittsylvania Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. Sams, Lott,   b. 29 May 1784, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1863, Edwards Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     5. Sams, Reubin,   b. 1790, Washington Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1838, Forsyth Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     6. Sams, William Hackley,   b. 1790/1794, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1830, Clay Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 37 years)
    Family ID F2818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Uncle.;


      !REFERENCE:
      http://martygrant.com/genealogy/sams/sams-william-henry-va.html


      !REFERENCE:
      Reference the books "Sams Family of Virginia," Dr. Crawford F. Sams, Conway C. Sams and Col. Robert C. Hackett, 1981, (out of print)
      and
      "The Sons and Daughters of Sams, Volume I," Beck Sams, 2007. (Available from Lulu.com)
      Both are great resources for the Sams family, and also the reasons I didn’t do much first hand Sams research until recently. I’ve not attempted to verify everything in the books, but I have done my best to verify a lot of it;


      !TAXLIST:1767 Pittsylvania Co., VA
      Robert Chandler's list
      James Sams
      William Sams
      Peter Perkins' list
      John Sams;


      TAXLIST:1771 Surry Co, NC;

      TAXLIST:1772 Surry Co, NC;

      MOVED:1774 to VA;

      MOVED:1789 Washington Co, TN;


      !CENSUS:1790; x


      !COURT:Apr 1792 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord that Hickman HENSLEY,
      George BAKER, Henry HENSLEY ... James SAMS ... jury to lay off road from
      waggon ford of Rime Creek to Turkey Cove to Robert HINTONs on Lindseys Creek
      of Cove River ...;

      !COURT:Jul 1792 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Jury to lay off road from Ivy
      River to Caney River ... James SAMS ... William SAMS ... George BAKER ...
      John BAKER, James HENSELY, Henry HENSELY and John EDWARDS;

      !COURT:Jan 1793 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord by court that ... James SAMS ... lay off a road from William DEAVERs Sr on Rime Creek to Capt CHOATES on Ivy;

      !DEED:1794 Buncombe Co, NC;

      !COURT:Apr 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Grand Jury ... James SAMMS ..;

      !COURT:Apr 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ordered by Court that William RAMSEY be overseer of road from Widow CHANEYs place to Aston CHOATES ... The following persons to work on said road: ... James SAMS ... Joseph SAMS ...;

      !COURT:Jul 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ordered jury for Oct session: ... Edmund SAMS ... James SAMS ...;

      !COURT:Oct 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Jury ... Edmund SAMS ... James SAMS ...;


      !CENSUS:1800 Buncombe Co., NC p. 189
      James Sams age 45+ (bef 1755)
      12001-01010-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 45+ (before 1755) James Sams (bef 1755)
      2m 10-15 (1784/1790) 1. Lot Sams (1784) son
      .................... 2. Reuben Sams (c1790) son
      1m 0-9 (1790/1800).. William H. Sams (c1790/94) son
      1f 26-44 (1755/1774) Mary Agnes Warren Sams (c1753) wife
      1f 10-15 (1784/1790) Daughter?


      !DEED:1802 Buncombe Co, NC;


      !CENSUS:1810 x
      !CENSUS:1810 Buncombe Co., NC p. 252
      Hackly Sams age 16-25 (1784/94) or 45+ (bef 1765)
      00101-00100-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 45+ (bef 1765)... James Sams (bef 1755) Father*
      1m 16-25 (1784/1794) William H. Sams (c1790/94)
      1f 16-25 (1784/1794) Maria (---) Sams (1784/94) wife
      * James is supposedly still alive in 1810, so this might be him;




      !CENSUS:1820 x


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