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Cpt Edmund Sams

Cpt Edmund Sams

Male 1755 - 1845  (90 years)   Has 8 ancestors and 65 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Edmund Sams
    Prefix Cpt
    Birth 1750/1755  Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _UID D4D3888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000CB32 
    Death 21 Jul 1845  Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Newton Academy Cem, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4388  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2025

    Father William Sams,   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 Nancy Young,   b. 13 Nov 1752, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Marriage Bef 1777  Henry Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID E96D0979CF6E304A8D2F288B7E49496C7AA7 
    Children 
     1. Burdit Sams,   b. 8 Nov 1777   d. 14 Jun 1846, St Clair Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Orra Sams,   b. 22 Oct 1778, Washington Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1853, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Benoni Sams,   b. 1784/1790, Washington Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1840, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)
     4. Greenlee Sams,   b. 1784/1790, Washington Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Marion Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     5. Edmond M Sams,   b. 1791/1792, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1871, Madison Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F2898  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;



      !COURT: 5 Feb 1783 Washington Co, NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Volume 1 1778-1779, pg 197 Mark off Road ... Edm'd SAMS ... Wm SAMS ...;

      !COURT: 7 Nov 1785 Washington Co, NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Volume 1 1778-1779, pg 264 Edmond SAMMS, entered himself special bail for Wm GADGES at the suit of James WILLIAM;

      !COURT: 7 Nov 1785 Washington Co, NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Volume 1 1778-1779, pg 266 Edmond SAMMS, entered himself special bail for Isam BROCK at the suit of Patrick MURPHY;


      !CENSUS:1790 X
      * Lost for TN;


      !COURT:Jan 1793 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Thomas HOPPER, Constable; Edmund SAMS, security;

      !COURT:Jul 1793 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord by court that following persons be a jury to view mark and lay off a road the nearest and best way form Buncombe Court House to the Bull Mountain Road near Robert LOVEs ... Edmund SAMS ...;

      !COURT:Jul 1793 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Jurors for Oct Term ... Edmund SAMS ...;

      !COURT:Jan 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Road from the Court House to Bull Mountain Road. Ord that Edmund SAMS be overseer;

      !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 ...;

      !COURT:Oct 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord by court that ... Edmund
      SAMS ... Andrew MILLER ... lay off a road form Martin GASHES to Samuel
      FORGEYS on ---;


      !CENSUS:1800 Buncombe Co., NC p. 188
      Edmond Sams age 45+ (bef 1755)
      12101-21001-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 45+ (before 1755) Edmund Sams (1750/55)
      1m 16-25 (1774/1784) Burditt Sams (1777) son
      2m 10-15 (1784/1790) 1. Benoni Sams (1784/90) son
      .................... 2. Greenlee Sams (1784/90) son
      1m 0-9 (1790/1800).. Edmund Sams (c1792) son
      1f 45+ (before 1755) Nancy Young Sams (1752) wife
      1f 10-15 (1784/1790) Daughter?
      2f 0-9 (1790/1800).. 1. Daughter?
      .................... 2. Daughter?


      !CENSUS:1810 Buncombe Co., NC p. 87
      Edmund Sams age 45+ (bef 1765)
      00111-02001
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 45+ (before 1765) Edmund Sams (1750/55)
      1m 26-44 (1765/1784) Son? (Benoni or Greenlee?)
      1m 16-25 (1784/1794) Edmund Sams (c1792) son
      1f 45+ (before 1765) Nancy Young Sams (1752) wife
      2f 10-15 (1794/1800) 1. Daughter?
      .................... 2. Daughter?


      !CENSUS:1820 Buncombe Co., NC p. 82
      Edmond Sams age 45+ (bef 1775)
      100001-00001-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 45+ (before 1775) Edmund Sams (1750/55)
      1m 0-9 (1810/1820).. Grandson?
      1f 45+ (before 1765) Nancy Young Sams (1752) wife;


      !CENSUS:1830 Buncombe Co., NC p. 236
      Edmund Sams age 70-79 (1750/1760)
      0000000001-0000000001
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 70-79 (1750/1760) Edmund Sams (1750/55)
      1f 70-79 (1750/1760) Nancy Young Sams (1752) wife;


      !VOTER:1835 Buncombe Co, NC Asheville Precinct. Edmond SAMS;


      !CENSUS:1840 Buncombe Co., NC p. 140
      E. Sams Senr age 80-89 (1750/1760)
      00000000001-00000000001
      My analysis (who each person *might* be)
      1m 80-89 (1750/1760) Edmund Sams (1750/55)
      1f 80-89 (1750/1760) Nancy Young Sams (1752) wife;



      !DEATH:22 Jul 1845 near Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC from "Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, NC Newspapers 1840-1870 an Index" by Robert M. TOPKINS, N.C.G.S. 1977 page 120 "Edmund SAMS age 95, died Jul 22, 1845 near Asheville, was Revolutionary Soldier";

      !REFERENCE:THE SAMS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA. "Edmund Sams Born 1757, son of William, Sr (Born 1717)and Mary Sams having been born in Henry County, Virginia married Anne (Nancy) young. Edmund moved in 1778 to the Watauga Settlements in Washington County, Tennessee to Greasy Cove on the Nolachucky River. Edmund and John his brother witnessed the will of Dillard in 1784 along with John Webb who had married Stacy Young, sister of Nancy Young.";


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