Samuel Webster (1749 - abt. 1824)

Biography

Samuel Webster was a Virginia colonist.

Samuel Webster performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Samuel Webster is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A121355.

Samuel Webster was the son of Nathaniel Webster and Margaret Steele. He was married about 1770 to Susannah Bagby. He was named in the will of his father dated 9 Jul 1798.

He purchased 100 acres in Franklin County from his brother John in 1786 where he resided for the remainder of his life. The 1976 "Settlement Map of Franklin County, Virginia" locates Samuel's land in the northwestern section of the county ^[1] He passed away in 1823.

Will

Will of Samuel Webster, Franklin Co VA Will Book, p 606
In the name of God Amen I Samuel Webster of the County of Franklin and State of Virginia being very sick but in perfect memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do ordain this my last Will and Testament and first I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God who gave it and this my body to its kindred earth to be buried in decent christian burial nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same[.] And as touching such earthly things as it has pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Susannah Webster a negro girl by the name of Charlotte. I give and bequeath half my land my house household and kitchen furniture to be hers her lifetime and at her decease to be divided equally among my children[.] all my other property I give and bequeath to my children namely Susannah Billups Joseph Price James Webster Samuel Webster Betsy Webster Daniel Webster James Webster William C Webster, Polly Moss Reuben Webster Deborah Turner to be equally divided between each and every one of them except James Webster who shall have twenty pounds more than the rest[.] in Witness whereof I hereby acknowledge this to be my Last Will and Testament. NB I also desire my two eldest Sons namely Samuel and Daniel Webster to be administrators on my Estate As witness my hand this Seventh day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three

• • • • Samuel Webster

Sources

1. ↑ Gertrude C. Mann, J. R. Hildebrand, George A. Kegley, Franklin County Historical Society, and Roanoke Valley Historical Society, “A Settlement Map of Franklin County, Virginia : Giving the Names and Locations of Many of the Early Settlers in the Area from 1786 to 1886,” atlas grid 3C (Rocky Mount, VA: Franklin County Historical Society, 1976); imaged, Franklin County Public Library System (https://www.franklincountyva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/619/Settlement-Map-PDF : accessed 5 May 2025).

• [1]7 Aug. 1786 Deed from John Webster to Samuel Webster, 100 acres on North Fork of Blackwater for sum of 130 pounds current money. Relinquishment of Ann, wife of John Webster. Wit: James Akers, Luke Webster, Joseph Ga??. Franklin Co. VA Deed Book 1, p. 57 & 58.
• [2]1786 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List, Samuel Webster, Luke Webster, & John Webster.
• [3]1787 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List, Samuel Webster, Luke Webster, & John Webster.
• [4] Will of Nathaniel Webster 9 July 1798. Goochland Co. VA Deeds With Wills & Inventories Book 18. p. 139.
• [5]1820 Household of Samuel Webster, over age 45. Franklin Co., VA. image 38 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Family Search.
• [6]Will of Samuel Webster dated 4 Jan 1823, proved 3 Aug 1824. Franklin Co. VA Will Book 2, p. 606.

Tax Lists

• [7]1804 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [8]1805 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [9]1806 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [10]1807 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [11]1809 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [12]1810 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List
• [13]1812 Franklin Co. VA. P. P. Tax List

See also:

• Patriotic Service, Revolutionary War: Gave money for the military, Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24, p. 328/329. NSDAR Patriot Ancestor.

• Text: Family data, "Greensville" P. Turner Bible; original owned in 1984 by Col. Robert G. Turner (400 Eastview Terrace SW, Blacksburg VA 24060).

• Text: "Biographical Sketch of Samuel B. Webster," from The Illustrated Atlas, State of Indiana, 1874.

• Text: Roger Powell, will (1739), Goochland Co VA. Know all men by these presents that I Roger Powell of the County of Goochland for and ___ of the love and affection for which I have for my son-in-law Nathaniel webster consciously and voluntarily give and grant unto the said Nathaniel Webster one parcel of land containing eighty acres to be laid off ___ adjoining to the line of John Maddox in the county aforesaid & being on the North County of the tract of land I now live on and part of the same ___ to have and to hold ___ with all appurtenances and privileges the aforementioned 80 acres of land the same is granted by patent unto him, the said Nathaniel Webster and his heirs for ever. Eighteenth day of February year of our Lord 1739. Roger Powell. witnesses Carlton Woodson, Joseph Hughes, Stephen Somfore (?), Wm Palmer.

Research Notes

Death

• Death:
  • Date: 24 JAN 1823
  • Place: Franklin Co VA
    • Page: This Bible records the date of death as 15 Apr 1824.

Burial

• Burial:
  • Place: Back yard of the home place, west of Rocky Mount VA

Notes

• 1820 Franklin Co VA, p 167, Samuel Webster: 000001/00001
• 1810 Franklin Co VA, p 306, Samuel Webster: 00101/10101/4

• Maternal DNA shown on Gedmatch between 7th cousins once removed for Kit T402351 Connie Graves and M129966 Lois Billups Hathaway for 54.1 cM on 3 matching segments (chr 4,9,10) Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.0. Ancestor Samuel Steele and Katherine Hammond.

• Maternal DNA shown on Gedmatch between 7th cousins once removed Connie Graves and Brenda Perry Evans on Chromosome 7 for 9.9 cM. MRCA estimated 5.4. Common ancestors as shown by Wikitree Relationship finder are Samuel Steele and Katherine Hammond.

• Maternal DNA is shown by GEDmatch for 71.8 cM between T402351 Connie Graves and her second cousin twice removed A806079 Debra Isaacs. Gedmatch also shows a match on Chromosome 9 between Connie Graves, A806079 Debra Isaacs with Lois Billups Hathaway. Connie is a 7th cousin once removed with Lois and Debra is a 7th cousin twice removed with Lois. Their common ancestors are Samuel Steele and Katherine Hammond.