Son of William Blythe and wife, Sarah Osborne Blythe
Married Elizabeth Patton in 1747 in Mecklenburg Co NC
Their children were:
James b. 15 Jan 1748 m. Martha Poynter
Richard b. 1750 m. Margaret "Peggy" Patton
Jean/Jane b. Oct 1752 m. Andrew Spratt
Ann B. b. 1753 m. Thomas Martin
Mary b. 1755 m. Thomas Walker, moved to Alabama, raised 6 chidren
Twins born in 1756:
Samuel J. II m. Martha "Patsy" Bonds
Eleanor m. William Conner
Joseph b. 1757 m. Elizabeth Frances Allston and moved to Georgetown County SC where they had at least 3 daughters
Elizabeth b. 1764 m. William Howard and moved to Union County NC where they raised at least 4 children
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The Blythe Homestead from Samuel I until present day:
The Will of Samuel I directed that his house and plantation go to his grandson, William Conner, at the time of Samuel's widow's death. William inherited the property at his grandmother's death in 1789. William was the son of Samuel I's daughter, Eleanor "Ellen", and her husband, William. In 1798, grandson William Conner, deeded 19.7 acres of the plantation to a William Henderson and donated another one acre to the Trustees of Gilead Church in 1804.
Samuel's I's daughter, Ann Blythe Martin and husband, Thomas Martin, lived near Sugaw Creek Presbyterian on the north side of Charlotte NC. Thomas is buried there at the Old Sugaw Creek Church Cemetery #02 which is across North Tryon Street from the church. If Ann is buried there, her tombstone is not standing now. In 1789, Samuel I deeded 100 acres of his 400 acres to his son-in-law, Thomas Martin. This 100 acres is about 5 miles from the church where Thomas is buried.
In 1789, Samuel I also deeded 125 of his 400 acres to his son, Richard, which is believed to be the property on which the Blythe Homestead is located now.
It is believed by some descendants that Richard and his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Patton Blythe lived on the property and had two children, Rebecca Blythe and Samuel J. Blythe III, while living there.
Richard died at age 50 in 1800 and it is assumed by some descendants that Peggy and their two children moved back to the home of her father, Charles Patton, located on Gar Creek in nearby Hopewell community.
Nine years after Richard's death, their daughter, Rebecca, married Anderson Sadler on 20 Apr 1809 in Mecklenburg County NC with her maternal grandfather, Charles Patton, was the bondsman.
In May 1818, Anderson Sadler gave his brother-in-law Samuel Blythe III a quitclaim deed for property "on the East side of Catabaw [sic] river near to Gillead [sic] Meeting house & East of sd. House being about 162 acres owned & possessed by Richard Blyt". This is same month that Anderson's wife, Rebecca Blythe Sadler, died. Three months later in August 1818, Joseph McKnitt Alexander sold to Samuel Blythe III forty acres "on the Waters of the East side of the Catawba river near "Gillead [sic] Meeting House."
This property was part of a two hundred and fourteen acre tract "subdivided from Samuel Blythe's tract of 400 acres" Alexander had purchased at a sheriff's sale in 1813. If would appear that part of Samuel I's property was sold by the sheriff in 1813 possibly to settle his estate or for non-payment of taxes by his heirs but these are only conjectures since no court documents have been found to explain the reason the sheriff was selling Samuel's land.
Twelve years later, by the 1830 Census, Samuel J. III and his wife, Isabella Nantz/Nance Blythe, were living on the Blythe Homestead land in either the house where Samuel III grew up or in a house he built on the property.
Samuel III is credited by current descendants with successfully and literally saving the family farm by buying back his quitclaim deed from his brother-in-law, Anderson Sadler, and by purchasing back the land from Joseph Alexander, who had bought it from the sheriff's sale.The descendants of Samuel III and Isabella have retained ownership of the property by inheritance down through the generations and their descendants own the property and live there now.
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It should also be noted that the church now known as Gilead Associate Presbyterian Reformed (ARP) Church at 15303 Beatties Ford Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 was known simply as Gilead Church in 1791 and 1804 when the church trustees became the recipient of 2.5 acres of Samuel I's land in 1791 by a deed from him. In 1804, Samuel's grandson, William Conner, also donated another acre of the land he inherited from Samuel I to the church.The church website http://gileadarp.org shows "The first church building was built of logs which stood directly off of Beatties Ford Road. John Boyse, born in Ireland, came to America to Abbeville, South Carolina. Graduating from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, he came to Gilead and was ordained as the first pastor on July 1, 1789." Land was donated by Samuel 2 years later and by his grandson, William Conner, in 1804.
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Very little information is know about Samuel I's children James, Ann Blythe Martin, Eleanor "Ellen" Blythe Conner and their spouses. Please sent edits or emails (see Contributor Page for email address) if you have any information to share.
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Samuel Blythe I was a Revolutionary War Patriot serving as a 1st Lt in Capt Bowman's Co 1st Regiment North Carolina Line
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Lived in Beatties Ford Rd area of Mecklenburg Co NC where he built The Blythe Homestead in 1772 which is a historical property of Mecklenburg Co NC. The street address of the homestead is now 16001 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville, N. C. 28078 and is still owned by family members.
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From "The Blythe Homestead" on www.cmhpf.org:
"The Blythe Homestead does possess special significance in terms of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. The Commission bases its judgment on the following consideration: 1) the Blythe Homestead is an intact homestead dating back to the land acquisition by Samuel Blythe in 1772; 2) the house located on the Blythe Homestead is architecturally significant as an intact and finely preserved example of rural, vernacular architecture constructed in the mid-19th century; 3) the setting of the Blythe Homestead with its pastoral vista is a reminder of Mecklenburg County's farm past; 4) the outbuildings of the Blythe Homestead represent traditional forms and a variety of construction techniques including a log outbuilding; and 5) the Blythe Homestead, still owned by descendants of Samuel Blythe and including the house, outbuildings, and fields, provides valuable insights into life for early settlers and yeomen farmers of Mecklenburg County.
Prepared by:
John C. Blythe, Jr.
Samuel Blythe (1727?- 1795?) is reported to have immigrated to America from the northern part of Ireland or Scotland about 1740. In 1772, he acquired from John Wilson four hundred acres of land in Mecklenburg County on the north side of the Catawba River. This is the only listing for Samuel Blythe in the "Grantee Index to Real Estate Conveyances -- Mecklenburg County." Samuel Blythe is believed to have lived in a house that was located on the east side of Beatties Ford Road, less than a mile south of the extant Blythe House."
Note: The exact date of death of Samuel Blythe is shown differently on several different records. Some records show September 25, 1791 and some show the following day of September 26, 1791.
Married Elizabeth Patton in 1747 in Mecklenburg Co NC
Their children were:
James b. 15 Jan 1748 m. Martha Poynter
Richard b. 1750 m. Margaret "Peggy" Patton
Jean/Jane b. Oct 1752 m. Andrew Spratt
Ann B. b. 1753 m. Thomas Martin
Mary b. 1755 m. Thomas Walker, moved to Alabama, raised 6 chidren
Twins born in 1756:
Samuel J. II m. Martha "Patsy" Bonds
Eleanor m. William Conner
Joseph b. 1757 m. Elizabeth Frances Allston and moved to Georgetown County SC where they had at least 3 daughters
Elizabeth b. 1764 m. William Howard and moved to Union County NC where they raised at least 4 children
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The Blythe Homestead from Samuel I until present day:
The Will of Samuel I directed that his house and plantation go to his grandson, William Conner, at the time of Samuel's widow's death. William inherited the property at his grandmother's death in 1789. William was the son of Samuel I's daughter, Eleanor "Ellen", and her husband, William. In 1798, grandson William Conner, deeded 19.7 acres of the plantation to a William Henderson and donated another one acre to the Trustees of Gilead Church in 1804.
Samuel's I's daughter, Ann Blythe Martin and husband, Thomas Martin, lived near Sugaw Creek Presbyterian on the north side of Charlotte NC. Thomas is buried there at the Old Sugaw Creek Church Cemetery #02 which is across North Tryon Street from the church. If Ann is buried there, her tombstone is not standing now. In 1789, Samuel I deeded 100 acres of his 400 acres to his son-in-law, Thomas Martin. This 100 acres is about 5 miles from the church where Thomas is buried.
In 1789, Samuel I also deeded 125 of his 400 acres to his son, Richard, which is believed to be the property on which the Blythe Homestead is located now.
It is believed by some descendants that Richard and his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Patton Blythe lived on the property and had two children, Rebecca Blythe and Samuel J. Blythe III, while living there.
Richard died at age 50 in 1800 and it is assumed by some descendants that Peggy and their two children moved back to the home of her father, Charles Patton, located on Gar Creek in nearby Hopewell community.
Nine years after Richard's death, their daughter, Rebecca, married Anderson Sadler on 20 Apr 1809 in Mecklenburg County NC with her maternal grandfather, Charles Patton, was the bondsman.
In May 1818, Anderson Sadler gave his brother-in-law Samuel Blythe III a quitclaim deed for property "on the East side of Catabaw [sic] river near to Gillead [sic] Meeting house & East of sd. House being about 162 acres owned & possessed by Richard Blyt". This is same month that Anderson's wife, Rebecca Blythe Sadler, died. Three months later in August 1818, Joseph McKnitt Alexander sold to Samuel Blythe III forty acres "on the Waters of the East side of the Catawba river near "Gillead [sic] Meeting House."
This property was part of a two hundred and fourteen acre tract "subdivided from Samuel Blythe's tract of 400 acres" Alexander had purchased at a sheriff's sale in 1813. If would appear that part of Samuel I's property was sold by the sheriff in 1813 possibly to settle his estate or for non-payment of taxes by his heirs but these are only conjectures since no court documents have been found to explain the reason the sheriff was selling Samuel's land.
Twelve years later, by the 1830 Census, Samuel J. III and his wife, Isabella Nantz/Nance Blythe, were living on the Blythe Homestead land in either the house where Samuel III grew up or in a house he built on the property.
Samuel III is credited by current descendants with successfully and literally saving the family farm by buying back his quitclaim deed from his brother-in-law, Anderson Sadler, and by purchasing back the land from Joseph Alexander, who had bought it from the sheriff's sale.The descendants of Samuel III and Isabella have retained ownership of the property by inheritance down through the generations and their descendants own the property and live there now.
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It should also be noted that the church now known as Gilead Associate Presbyterian Reformed (ARP) Church at 15303 Beatties Ford Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 was known simply as Gilead Church in 1791 and 1804 when the church trustees became the recipient of 2.5 acres of Samuel I's land in 1791 by a deed from him. In 1804, Samuel's grandson, William Conner, also donated another acre of the land he inherited from Samuel I to the church.The church website http://gileadarp.org shows "The first church building was built of logs which stood directly off of Beatties Ford Road. John Boyse, born in Ireland, came to America to Abbeville, South Carolina. Graduating from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, he came to Gilead and was ordained as the first pastor on July 1, 1789." Land was donated by Samuel 2 years later and by his grandson, William Conner, in 1804.
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Very little information is know about Samuel I's children James, Ann Blythe Martin, Eleanor "Ellen" Blythe Conner and their spouses. Please sent edits or emails (see Contributor Page for email address) if you have any information to share.
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Samuel Blythe I was a Revolutionary War Patriot serving as a 1st Lt in Capt Bowman's Co 1st Regiment North Carolina Line
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Lived in Beatties Ford Rd area of Mecklenburg Co NC where he built The Blythe Homestead in 1772 which is a historical property of Mecklenburg Co NC. The street address of the homestead is now 16001 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville, N. C. 28078 and is still owned by family members.
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From "The Blythe Homestead" on www.cmhpf.org:
"The Blythe Homestead does possess special significance in terms of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. The Commission bases its judgment on the following consideration: 1) the Blythe Homestead is an intact homestead dating back to the land acquisition by Samuel Blythe in 1772; 2) the house located on the Blythe Homestead is architecturally significant as an intact and finely preserved example of rural, vernacular architecture constructed in the mid-19th century; 3) the setting of the Blythe Homestead with its pastoral vista is a reminder of Mecklenburg County's farm past; 4) the outbuildings of the Blythe Homestead represent traditional forms and a variety of construction techniques including a log outbuilding; and 5) the Blythe Homestead, still owned by descendants of Samuel Blythe and including the house, outbuildings, and fields, provides valuable insights into life for early settlers and yeomen farmers of Mecklenburg County.
Prepared by:
John C. Blythe, Jr.
Samuel Blythe (1727?- 1795?) is reported to have immigrated to America from the northern part of Ireland or Scotland about 1740. In 1772, he acquired from John Wilson four hundred acres of land in Mecklenburg County on the north side of the Catawba River. This is the only listing for Samuel Blythe in the "Grantee Index to Real Estate Conveyances -- Mecklenburg County." Samuel Blythe is believed to have lived in a house that was located on the east side of Beatties Ford Road, less than a mile south of the extant Blythe House."
Note: The exact date of death of Samuel Blythe is shown differently on several different records. Some records show September 25, 1791 and some show the following day of September 26, 1791.
Son of William Blythe and wife, Sarah Osborne Blythe
Married Elizabeth Patton in 1747 in Mecklenburg Co NC
Their children were:
James b. 15 Jan 1748 m. Martha Poynter
Richard b. 1750 m. Margaret "Peggy" Patton
Jean/Jane b. Oct 1752 m. Andrew Spratt
Ann B. b. 1753 m. Thomas Martin
Mary b. 1755 m. Thomas Walker, moved to Alabama, raised 6 chidren
Twins born in 1756:
Samuel J. II m. Martha "Patsy" Bonds
Eleanor m. William Conner
Joseph b. 1757 m. Elizabeth Frances Allston and moved to Georgetown County SC where they had at least 3 daughters
Elizabeth b. 1764 m. William Howard and moved to Union County NC where they raised at least 4 children
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The Blythe Homestead from Samuel I until present day:
The Will of Samuel I directed that his house and plantation go to his grandson, William Conner, at the time of Samuel's widow's death. William inherited the property at his grandmother's death in 1789. William was the son of Samuel I's daughter, Eleanor "Ellen", and her husband, William. In 1798, grandson William Conner, deeded 19.7 acres of the plantation to a William Henderson and donated another one acre to the Trustees of Gilead Church in 1804.
Samuel's I's daughter, Ann Blythe Martin and husband, Thomas Martin, lived near Sugaw Creek Presbyterian on the north side of Charlotte NC. Thomas is buried there at the Old Sugaw Creek Church Cemetery #02 which is across North Tryon Street from the church. If Ann is buried there, her tombstone is not standing now. In 1789, Samuel I deeded 100 acres of his 400 acres to his son-in-law, Thomas Martin. This 100 acres is about 5 miles from the church where Thomas is buried.
In 1789, Samuel I also deeded 125 of his 400 acres to his son, Richard, which is believed to be the property on which the Blythe Homestead is located now.
It is believed by some descendants that Richard and his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Patton Blythe lived on the property and had two children, Rebecca Blythe and Samuel J. Blythe III, while living there.
Richard died at age 50 in 1800 and it is assumed by some descendants that Peggy and their two children moved back to the home of her father, Charles Patton, located on Gar Creek in nearby Hopewell community.
Nine years after Richard's death, their daughter, Rebecca, married Anderson Sadler on 20 Apr 1809 in Mecklenburg County NC with her maternal grandfather, Charles Patton, was the bondsman.
In May 1818, Anderson Sadler gave his brother-in-law Samuel Blythe III a quitclaim deed for property "on the East side of Catabaw [sic] river near to Gillead [sic] Meeting house & East of sd. House being about 162 acres owned & possessed by Richard Blyt". This is same month that Anderson's wife, Rebecca Blythe Sadler, died. Three months later in August 1818, Joseph McKnitt Alexander sold to Samuel Blythe III forty acres "on the Waters of the East side of the Catawba river near "Gillead [sic] Meeting House."
This property was part of a two hundred and fourteen acre tract "subdivided from Samuel Blythe's tract of 400 acres" Alexander had purchased at a sheriff's sale in 1813. If would appear that part of Samuel I's property was sold by the sheriff in 1813 possibly to settle his estate or for non-payment of taxes by his heirs but these are only conjectures since no court documents have been found to explain the reason the sheriff was selling Samuel's land.
Twelve years later, by the 1830 Census, Samuel J. III and his wife, Isabella Nantz/Nance Blythe, were living on the Blythe Homestead land in either the house where Samuel III grew up or in a house he built on the property.
Samuel III is credited by current descendants with successfully and literally saving the family farm by buying back his quitclaim deed from his brother-in-law, Anderson Sadler, and by purchasing back the land from Joseph Alexander, who had bought it from the sheriff's sale.The descendants of Samuel III and Isabella have retained ownership of the property by inheritance down through the generations and their descendants own the property and live there now.
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It should also be noted that the church now known as Gilead Associate Presbyterian Reformed (ARP) Church at 15303 Beatties Ford Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 was known simply as Gilead Church in 1791 and 1804 when the church trustees became the recipient of 2.5 acres of Samuel I's land in 1791 by a deed from him. In 1804, Samuel's grandson, William Conner, also donated another acre of the land he inherited from Samuel I to the church.The church website http://gileadarp.org shows "The first church building was built of logs which stood directly off of Beatties Ford Road. John Boyse, born in Ireland, came to America to Abbeville, South Carolina. Graduating from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, he came to Gilead and was ordained as the first pastor on July 1, 1789." Land was donated by Samuel 2 years later and by his grandson, William Conner, in 1804.
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Very little information is know about Samuel I's children James, Ann Blythe Martin, Eleanor "Ellen" Blythe Conner and their spouses. Please sent edits or emails (see Contributor Page for email address) if you have any information to share.
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Samuel Blythe I was a Revolutionary War Patriot serving as a 1st Lt in Capt Bowman's Co 1st Regiment North Carolina Line
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Lived in Beatties Ford Rd area of Mecklenburg Co NC where he built The Blythe Homestead in 1772 which is a historical property of Mecklenburg Co NC. The street address of the homestead is now 16001 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville, N. C. 28078 and is still owned by family members.
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From "The Blythe Homestead" on www.cmhpf.org:
"The Blythe Homestead does possess special significance in terms of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. The Commission bases its judgment on the following consideration: 1) the Blythe Homestead is an intact homestead dating back to the land acquisition by Samuel Blythe in 1772; 2) the house located on the Blythe Homestead is architecturally significant as an intact and finely preserved example of rural, vernacular architecture constructed in the mid-19th century; 3) the setting of the Blythe Homestead with its pastoral vista is a reminder of Mecklenburg County's farm past; 4) the outbuildings of the Blythe Homestead represent traditional forms and a variety of construction techniques including a log outbuilding; and 5) the Blythe Homestead, still owned by descendants of Samuel Blythe and including the house, outbuildings, and fields, provides valuable insights into life for early settlers and yeomen farmers of Mecklenburg County.
Prepared by:
John C. Blythe, Jr.
Samuel Blythe (1727?- 1795?) is reported to have immigrated to America from the northern part of Ireland or Scotland about 1740. In 1772, he acquired from John Wilson four hundred acres of land in Mecklenburg County on the north side of the Catawba River. This is the only listing for Samuel Blythe in the "Grantee Index to Real Estate Conveyances -- Mecklenburg County." Samuel Blythe is believed to have lived in a house that was located on the east side of Beatties Ford Road, less than a mile south of the extant Blythe House."
Note: The exact date of death of Samuel Blythe is shown differently on several different records. Some records show September 25, 1791 and some show the following day of September 26, 1791.
Married Elizabeth Patton in 1747 in Mecklenburg Co NC
Their children were:
James b. 15 Jan 1748 m. Martha Poynter
Richard b. 1750 m. Margaret "Peggy" Patton
Jean/Jane b. Oct 1752 m. Andrew Spratt
Ann B. b. 1753 m. Thomas Martin
Mary b. 1755 m. Thomas Walker, moved to Alabama, raised 6 chidren
Twins born in 1756:
Samuel J. II m. Martha "Patsy" Bonds
Eleanor m. William Conner
Joseph b. 1757 m. Elizabeth Frances Allston and moved to Georgetown County SC where they had at least 3 daughters
Elizabeth b. 1764 m. William Howard and moved to Union County NC where they raised at least 4 children
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The Blythe Homestead from Samuel I until present day:
The Will of Samuel I directed that his house and plantation go to his grandson, William Conner, at the time of Samuel's widow's death. William inherited the property at his grandmother's death in 1789. William was the son of Samuel I's daughter, Eleanor "Ellen", and her husband, William. In 1798, grandson William Conner, deeded 19.7 acres of the plantation to a William Henderson and donated another one acre to the Trustees of Gilead Church in 1804.
Samuel's I's daughter, Ann Blythe Martin and husband, Thomas Martin, lived near Sugaw Creek Presbyterian on the north side of Charlotte NC. Thomas is buried there at the Old Sugaw Creek Church Cemetery #02 which is across North Tryon Street from the church. If Ann is buried there, her tombstone is not standing now. In 1789, Samuel I deeded 100 acres of his 400 acres to his son-in-law, Thomas Martin. This 100 acres is about 5 miles from the church where Thomas is buried.
In 1789, Samuel I also deeded 125 of his 400 acres to his son, Richard, which is believed to be the property on which the Blythe Homestead is located now.
It is believed by some descendants that Richard and his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Patton Blythe lived on the property and had two children, Rebecca Blythe and Samuel J. Blythe III, while living there.
Richard died at age 50 in 1800 and it is assumed by some descendants that Peggy and their two children moved back to the home of her father, Charles Patton, located on Gar Creek in nearby Hopewell community.
Nine years after Richard's death, their daughter, Rebecca, married Anderson Sadler on 20 Apr 1809 in Mecklenburg County NC with her maternal grandfather, Charles Patton, was the bondsman.
In May 1818, Anderson Sadler gave his brother-in-law Samuel Blythe III a quitclaim deed for property "on the East side of Catabaw [sic] river near to Gillead [sic] Meeting house & East of sd. House being about 162 acres owned & possessed by Richard Blyt". This is same month that Anderson's wife, Rebecca Blythe Sadler, died. Three months later in August 1818, Joseph McKnitt Alexander sold to Samuel Blythe III forty acres "on the Waters of the East side of the Catawba river near "Gillead [sic] Meeting House."
This property was part of a two hundred and fourteen acre tract "subdivided from Samuel Blythe's tract of 400 acres" Alexander had purchased at a sheriff's sale in 1813. If would appear that part of Samuel I's property was sold by the sheriff in 1813 possibly to settle his estate or for non-payment of taxes by his heirs but these are only conjectures since no court documents have been found to explain the reason the sheriff was selling Samuel's land.
Twelve years later, by the 1830 Census, Samuel J. III and his wife, Isabella Nantz/Nance Blythe, were living on the Blythe Homestead land in either the house where Samuel III grew up or in a house he built on the property.
Samuel III is credited by current descendants with successfully and literally saving the family farm by buying back his quitclaim deed from his brother-in-law, Anderson Sadler, and by purchasing back the land from Joseph Alexander, who had bought it from the sheriff's sale.The descendants of Samuel III and Isabella have retained ownership of the property by inheritance down through the generations and their descendants own the property and live there now.
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It should also be noted that the church now known as Gilead Associate Presbyterian Reformed (ARP) Church at 15303 Beatties Ford Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 was known simply as Gilead Church in 1791 and 1804 when the church trustees became the recipient of 2.5 acres of Samuel I's land in 1791 by a deed from him. In 1804, Samuel's grandson, William Conner, also donated another acre of the land he inherited from Samuel I to the church.The church website http://gileadarp.org shows "The first church building was built of logs which stood directly off of Beatties Ford Road. John Boyse, born in Ireland, came to America to Abbeville, South Carolina. Graduating from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, he came to Gilead and was ordained as the first pastor on July 1, 1789." Land was donated by Samuel 2 years later and by his grandson, William Conner, in 1804.
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Very little information is know about Samuel I's children James, Ann Blythe Martin, Eleanor "Ellen" Blythe Conner and their spouses. Please sent edits or emails (see Contributor Page for email address) if you have any information to share.
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Samuel Blythe I was a Revolutionary War Patriot serving as a 1st Lt in Capt Bowman's Co 1st Regiment North Carolina Line
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Lived in Beatties Ford Rd area of Mecklenburg Co NC where he built The Blythe Homestead in 1772 which is a historical property of Mecklenburg Co NC. The street address of the homestead is now 16001 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville, N. C. 28078 and is still owned by family members.
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From "The Blythe Homestead" on www.cmhpf.org:
"The Blythe Homestead does possess special significance in terms of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. The Commission bases its judgment on the following consideration: 1) the Blythe Homestead is an intact homestead dating back to the land acquisition by Samuel Blythe in 1772; 2) the house located on the Blythe Homestead is architecturally significant as an intact and finely preserved example of rural, vernacular architecture constructed in the mid-19th century; 3) the setting of the Blythe Homestead with its pastoral vista is a reminder of Mecklenburg County's farm past; 4) the outbuildings of the Blythe Homestead represent traditional forms and a variety of construction techniques including a log outbuilding; and 5) the Blythe Homestead, still owned by descendants of Samuel Blythe and including the house, outbuildings, and fields, provides valuable insights into life for early settlers and yeomen farmers of Mecklenburg County.
Prepared by:
John C. Blythe, Jr.
Samuel Blythe (1727?- 1795?) is reported to have immigrated to America from the northern part of Ireland or Scotland about 1740. In 1772, he acquired from John Wilson four hundred acres of land in Mecklenburg County on the north side of the Catawba River. This is the only listing for Samuel Blythe in the "Grantee Index to Real Estate Conveyances -- Mecklenburg County." Samuel Blythe is believed to have lived in a house that was located on the east side of Beatties Ford Road, less than a mile south of the extant Blythe House."
Note: The exact date of death of Samuel Blythe is shown differently on several different records. Some records show September 25, 1791 and some show the following day of September 26, 1791.
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