Samuel and Mildred had 9 children.
Samuel inherited half of the farm from his brother John in 1763, with provision that his father be permitted to live there until his death. The property was situated along the Tarr River in an area that became Brute County, North Carolina. The Hancock property was in the area that would no longer be Brute, but Franklin County by 1779. Samuel purchased additional acreage along the same river the following year, 1764, and again in 1768.
By 1771 he was back in Amherst Co. Virginia where on March 25, 1771 he bought 247 acres from Joseph Ballinger in two parcels. He then sold the property the following year to his father in law Martin Dawson.
Samuel and his sons seemed to have prospered in North Carolina in the years immediately preceding, during and following the American revolution. Very little of the fighting took place in Carolina, however it took sides.[
Samuel and Mildred had 9 children.
Samuel inherited half of the farm from his brother John in 1763, with provision that his father be permitted to live there until his death. The property was situated along the Tarr River in an area that became Brute County, North Carolina. The Hancock property was in the area that would no longer be Brute, but Franklin County by 1779. Samuel purchased additional acreage along the same river the following year, 1764, and again in 1768.
By 1771 he was back in Amherst Co. Virginia where on March 25, 1771 he bought 247 acres from Joseph Ballinger in two parcels. He then sold the property the following year to his father in law Martin Dawson.
Samuel and his sons seemed to have prospered in North Carolina in the years immediately preceding, during and following the American revolution. Very little of the fighting took place in Carolina, however it took sides.[
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