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Samuel Wilkes
Male  - 1813

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  • Gender  Male 
    Died  1813  , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3314  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  05 May 2008 
     
    Father  Francis Wilkes,   b. 14 Jan 1699, St. Mary, Whitechapel, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1784, , Loudoun, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Martha Unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID  F1325  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Rebecca Unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified  05 May 2008 
    Family ID  F1339  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • The following notes were written by Pat Sherman McAllister
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      He was born in Pennsylvania or Virginia, settled in Culpepper, Virginia [HFH 1]. He died in 1813 in a shipyard accident
      Samuel was listed on the 1771 Tithable List [LTL 1]and on the petition in 1782: A petition from Sundry Inhabitants of Yahogania and Monongalia To Be Laid Before the Assembly 1782 - to His Excellency Harris [sic], Governor of the State of Virginia. James Wilkes [identity unknown] was also listed on the petition.
      Samuel was a witness to a will in Loudoun County in 1775
      Rebeckah Wilks was among 26-31 people who witnessed the marriage of Jacob Painter and Mary Hunt on 16 April 1789, and signed the marriage certificate. Three years later Samuel Wilks signed the marriage certificate, as a witness, on 17 May 1792, when Joseph Rea and Susannah Garwood were married. [HFH 2]
      Samuel Wilks was listed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1790. Samuel's father had owned land in Pennsylvania earlier.
      In 1791 John E. Oelschazel and wife Hannah of Culpeper sold Samuel Wilks land on Rush River, on an Island, at the food of Fodder Stack Mountains, for 50 pounds. A witness was William Wilkes. [CDB 1]
      A William Wilkes married Ann Adams in 1794 in Culpeper. William has not been identified.
      On November 19, 1795 Samuel and Rebecca of Culpeper County sold George Calvert a tract of land in Culpeper which was located, one corner to George Wheeler and Andrew Belty, and Velty on th bank of the Rush River, etc. Signed by Samuel and Rebecca Wilkes.
      In another transaction, William Wright and Susannah of Pitts County, Virginia sold Samuel Wilks Sr, and heirs of Culpeper County, Virginia 100 acres of land for the sum of 20 pounds. Witness, Thos. Estes, Jas. Jett, Jr, and Geo. Calvert, July 20, 1795. As Samuel was called senior in this deed he and Rebecca may have had a son by the name Samuel for whom records have not been obtained.
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      One source lists three children and wives, William Benjamin and Joseph. The others came from somewhere else
     
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