FOR ROLL CALL. -----Original Message----- From: Harry L Maxwell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 9:38 AM Subject: [VAWYTHE-L] Fw: Parents of Samuel Maxwell (B-1781, D-1848) > >-----Original Message----- >From: Harry L Maxwell <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, November 08, 1998 4:52 PM >Subject: Parents of Samuel Maxwell (B-1781, D-1848) > > >>Hi to all on the list: >>I need information on the parents of Samuel Maxwell (b-1781, d-1848). >>He first appeared in the personal property tax roll for Montgomery >Co. >>Va in 1801. He married Martha Patton there in 1802. She was the >>daughter pf Thomas Patton and had two brothers, Sampson and Henry >that >>were surety for the marriage. >>Samuel and Martha lived there through 1805 and then moved on . The >>next documented apperance was in Jackson Co. Tn when he was >>commisioned a captian in the Tennessee militain Jackson Co. Tn. In >>1814 he took a company of men from Jackson Co. Tn and walked to New >>Orelains and fought with Andrew Jackson against the British. One >>major battle occured and the British lost over 2000 men and Jackson >>lost only 13 men. >>After the war Samuel returned to Jackson Co. Tn, where he owned over >>800 acres and he reared 5 sons and 6 daughters. From the union of >>Samuel and Martha there are over 5000 decendents know. >>When he first appeared in Montgomery Co. He had a mule. This >indicates >>that he must have had family around some place for him to have a mule >>at only 20 years old. I have been in the suudy of trying to find his >>parents for about 10 years. I have made two trips to Va. and I would >>surely appreciate any clues that you might have that would help in >the >>problem. >>Thank you so very much. >>Harry L. Maxwell >>[email protected] > > >==== VAWYTHE Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% >..........................WYTHE MAILING LIST........................... >TO POST A MESSAGE TO OUR WYTHE LIST SEND IT TO: [email protected] >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% >