DAR Record #62714:
Samuel moved to KY in 1789. He, with his four brothers, took part in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Samuel was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was a private in the Virginia troops.
36th Vol. VA magazine, p. 261:
Samuel on list of citizens furnishing supplies, arms, teams, etc., or rendering other service to the Continental Army, who received certificates calling for payments. Account thereof, at various sessions of the County Court of Campbell Co. between 7th Mar 1782 and 4th Apr 1783."
[MCELROY, SAMUEL - Ancestor #: A076644
Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 GOOCHLAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 5-4-1807 WASHINGTON CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 113
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES TO CONTINENTAL ARMY]
(Susan Knight Gore, 16 Apr 2016)
The McElroy Family Newsletter, No. 1:
Samuel had two brothers who also married Irvine girls; all migrated to Marion County, KY in 1789 and settled with a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 50 years.
His parents James McElroy and Sarah McCune were born in County Down, Ulster, NI, and died in Prince Edward Co, VA.
10 Mar 2021 - Suggested edit: We are missing a brother. Archibald was killed at Kings Mountain.
Here is Samuel's complete story.
Samuel McElroy DAR Patriot #62714
Revolutionary Ancestor of Rae Anna Victor
About the year A.D., 1729, James McElroy, with his young wife, Sarah McCune {or McCue, or McHugh} left County Down, Ireland for America on the ship "George and Ann," sailing from Belfast. A number of other immigrants accompanied them including the Rev. John Irvine and his wife. They landed at Philadelphia and stopped for a time in Bucks County.
Thence they went west to Cumberland County, toward which the current of Scotch-Irish immigration was about that time flowing very strongly. There, on the extreme frontier, amid privation and perils, they lived some twenty-five years. The Indians were numerous and troublesome, and becoming more and more hostile. A daughter of Rev. John Irvine, Nancy, some 15 years of age, was captured by the savages but subsequently rescued by a party of kinsmen and neighbors. The French and Indian war was looming in the distance, precluding the further advance of migration westward, and as the emigrant ships continued to arrive at Philadelphia, the flow of immigrant travel was deflected southward from Cumberland and Franklin counties into the great valley of Virginia toward the south. Thousands of home hunters about the year 1760 and later took this route, as Providentially ordered, and found homes in Southern Virginia and the Carolinas. Such was the lot of the families of James McElroy and Rev. John Irvine. They settled in Campbell County, Southern Virginia. It is probable that the two older sons of James McElroy married in Pennsylvania. During the stormy years of the Revolution these families resided in Campbell County, and there the parents are supposed to have reached the end of life's journey.
In 1789, the three younger sons removed with their families to the extreme frontier in Kentucky. They and their numerous descendants have given name to the entire tribe of which James McElroy was the head, "The Kentucky McElroys."
The five sons of James and Sarah, John, Archibald, Hugh, Samuel, James, and their father were participants in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary wars. Archibald was killed in the battle of Kings Mountain and Samuel was present as a soldier at the surrender of Cornwallis. During the war he provided beef for the troops as a patriot soldier. His brother John was a soldier under General Green and was killed at Guilford Court House March 15, 1781.
The three younger sons married three of Rev. Irvine's daughters. Hugh was married to Esther, Samuel to Mary, and James to Margaret. Samuel and Mary, and James and Margaret, located at Lebanon, Kentucky.
Samuel was born in Cumberland Co, Virginia, about the year 1745 and died in Kentucky before {ante} May 4, 1806, at the age of 61 years. He and Mary Irvine were married in 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia and had 13 children – 5 girls and 8 boys. Several children died as infants. Mary was born circa 1749 in Virginia and died December 24, 1821 at age 72. They were married for 55 years.
Samuel is buried in Hardin's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Lebanon with 250 to 300 graves. The gravestones were removed, and many destroyed in 1958 to build a playground. All that remains today are a few stones grouped together. Many of the original graves have not been moved but are no longer marked by gravestones. The cemetery is located on Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon, Kentucky. Many of those in the Hardin's Creek Cemetery were moved to the Ryder's Cemetery.
Approval has been received to place a Revolutionary War Historic Marker next to the large McElroy family gravestone of Samuel's son, William Edwin and his wife, Keturah. There are also other members of the family in the cemetery. The marker will be next to Plot: Section C, Memorial ID: 77465057. Ryder Cemetery is located on a hill above East Main street and west of Cedarwood Restaurant and intersection of Rt # 2154 and #52/ #68.
The expected dedication date is March 20, 2021.
Thanks so much.
Contributor: Rae Victor (47012853)
Samuel moved to KY in 1789. He, with his four brothers, took part in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Samuel was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was a private in the Virginia troops.
36th Vol. VA magazine, p. 261:
Samuel on list of citizens furnishing supplies, arms, teams, etc., or rendering other service to the Continental Army, who received certificates calling for payments. Account thereof, at various sessions of the County Court of Campbell Co. between 7th Mar 1782 and 4th Apr 1783."
[MCELROY, SAMUEL - Ancestor #: A076644
Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 GOOCHLAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 5-4-1807 WASHINGTON CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 113
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES TO CONTINENTAL ARMY]
(Susan Knight Gore, 16 Apr 2016)
The McElroy Family Newsletter, No. 1:
Samuel had two brothers who also married Irvine girls; all migrated to Marion County, KY in 1789 and settled with a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 50 years.
His parents James McElroy and Sarah McCune were born in County Down, Ulster, NI, and died in Prince Edward Co, VA.
10 Mar 2021 - Suggested edit: We are missing a brother. Archibald was killed at Kings Mountain.
Here is Samuel's complete story.
Samuel McElroy DAR Patriot #62714
Revolutionary Ancestor of Rae Anna Victor
About the year A.D., 1729, James McElroy, with his young wife, Sarah McCune {or McCue, or McHugh} left County Down, Ireland for America on the ship "George and Ann," sailing from Belfast. A number of other immigrants accompanied them including the Rev. John Irvine and his wife. They landed at Philadelphia and stopped for a time in Bucks County.
Thence they went west to Cumberland County, toward which the current of Scotch-Irish immigration was about that time flowing very strongly. There, on the extreme frontier, amid privation and perils, they lived some twenty-five years. The Indians were numerous and troublesome, and becoming more and more hostile. A daughter of Rev. John Irvine, Nancy, some 15 years of age, was captured by the savages but subsequently rescued by a party of kinsmen and neighbors. The French and Indian war was looming in the distance, precluding the further advance of migration westward, and as the emigrant ships continued to arrive at Philadelphia, the flow of immigrant travel was deflected southward from Cumberland and Franklin counties into the great valley of Virginia toward the south. Thousands of home hunters about the year 1760 and later took this route, as Providentially ordered, and found homes in Southern Virginia and the Carolinas. Such was the lot of the families of James McElroy and Rev. John Irvine. They settled in Campbell County, Southern Virginia. It is probable that the two older sons of James McElroy married in Pennsylvania. During the stormy years of the Revolution these families resided in Campbell County, and there the parents are supposed to have reached the end of life's journey.
In 1789, the three younger sons removed with their families to the extreme frontier in Kentucky. They and their numerous descendants have given name to the entire tribe of which James McElroy was the head, "The Kentucky McElroys."
The five sons of James and Sarah, John, Archibald, Hugh, Samuel, James, and their father were participants in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary wars. Archibald was killed in the battle of Kings Mountain and Samuel was present as a soldier at the surrender of Cornwallis. During the war he provided beef for the troops as a patriot soldier. His brother John was a soldier under General Green and was killed at Guilford Court House March 15, 1781.
The three younger sons married three of Rev. Irvine's daughters. Hugh was married to Esther, Samuel to Mary, and James to Margaret. Samuel and Mary, and James and Margaret, located at Lebanon, Kentucky.
Samuel was born in Cumberland Co, Virginia, about the year 1745 and died in Kentucky before {ante} May 4, 1806, at the age of 61 years. He and Mary Irvine were married in 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia and had 13 children – 5 girls and 8 boys. Several children died as infants. Mary was born circa 1749 in Virginia and died December 24, 1821 at age 72. They were married for 55 years.
Samuel is buried in Hardin's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Lebanon with 250 to 300 graves. The gravestones were removed, and many destroyed in 1958 to build a playground. All that remains today are a few stones grouped together. Many of the original graves have not been moved but are no longer marked by gravestones. The cemetery is located on Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon, Kentucky. Many of those in the Hardin's Creek Cemetery were moved to the Ryder's Cemetery.
Approval has been received to place a Revolutionary War Historic Marker next to the large McElroy family gravestone of Samuel's son, William Edwin and his wife, Keturah. There are also other members of the family in the cemetery. The marker will be next to Plot: Section C, Memorial ID: 77465057. Ryder Cemetery is located on a hill above East Main street and west of Cedarwood Restaurant and intersection of Rt # 2154 and #52/ #68.
The expected dedication date is March 20, 2021.
Thanks so much.
Contributor: Rae Victor (47012853)
DAR Record #62714:
Samuel moved to KY in 1789. He, with his four brothers, took part in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Samuel was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was a private in the Virginia troops.
36th Vol. VA magazine, p. 261:
Samuel on list of citizens furnishing supplies, arms, teams, etc., or rendering other service to the Continental Army, who received certificates calling for payments. Account thereof, at various sessions of the County Court of Campbell Co. between 7th Mar 1782 and 4th Apr 1783."
[MCELROY, SAMUEL - Ancestor #: A076644
Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 GOOCHLAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 5-4-1807 WASHINGTON CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 113
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES TO CONTINENTAL ARMY]
(Susan Knight Gore, 16 Apr 2016)
The McElroy Family Newsletter, No. 1:
Samuel had two brothers who also married Irvine girls; all migrated to Marion County, KY in 1789 and settled with a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 50 years.
His parents James McElroy and Sarah McCune were born in County Down, Ulster, NI, and died in Prince Edward Co, VA.
10 Mar 2021 - Suggested edit: We are missing a brother. Archibald was killed at Kings Mountain.
Here is Samuel's complete story.
Samuel McElroy DAR Patriot #62714
Revolutionary Ancestor of Rae Anna Victor
About the year A.D., 1729, James McElroy, with his young wife, Sarah McCune {or McCue, or McHugh} left County Down, Ireland for America on the ship "George and Ann," sailing from Belfast. A number of other immigrants accompanied them including the Rev. John Irvine and his wife. They landed at Philadelphia and stopped for a time in Bucks County.
Thence they went west to Cumberland County, toward which the current of Scotch-Irish immigration was about that time flowing very strongly. There, on the extreme frontier, amid privation and perils, they lived some twenty-five years. The Indians were numerous and troublesome, and becoming more and more hostile. A daughter of Rev. John Irvine, Nancy, some 15 years of age, was captured by the savages but subsequently rescued by a party of kinsmen and neighbors. The French and Indian war was looming in the distance, precluding the further advance of migration westward, and as the emigrant ships continued to arrive at Philadelphia, the flow of immigrant travel was deflected southward from Cumberland and Franklin counties into the great valley of Virginia toward the south. Thousands of home hunters about the year 1760 and later took this route, as Providentially ordered, and found homes in Southern Virginia and the Carolinas. Such was the lot of the families of James McElroy and Rev. John Irvine. They settled in Campbell County, Southern Virginia. It is probable that the two older sons of James McElroy married in Pennsylvania. During the stormy years of the Revolution these families resided in Campbell County, and there the parents are supposed to have reached the end of life's journey.
In 1789, the three younger sons removed with their families to the extreme frontier in Kentucky. They and their numerous descendants have given name to the entire tribe of which James McElroy was the head, "The Kentucky McElroys."
The five sons of James and Sarah, John, Archibald, Hugh, Samuel, James, and their father were participants in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary wars. Archibald was killed in the battle of Kings Mountain and Samuel was present as a soldier at the surrender of Cornwallis. During the war he provided beef for the troops as a patriot soldier. His brother John was a soldier under General Green and was killed at Guilford Court House March 15, 1781.
The three younger sons married three of Rev. Irvine's daughters. Hugh was married to Esther, Samuel to Mary, and James to Margaret. Samuel and Mary, and James and Margaret, located at Lebanon, Kentucky.
Samuel was born in Cumberland Co, Virginia, about the year 1745 and died in Kentucky before {ante} May 4, 1806, at the age of 61 years. He and Mary Irvine were married in 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia and had 13 children – 5 girls and 8 boys. Several children died as infants. Mary was born circa 1749 in Virginia and died December 24, 1821 at age 72. They were married for 55 years.
Samuel is buried in Hardin's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Lebanon with 250 to 300 graves. The gravestones were removed, and many destroyed in 1958 to build a playground. All that remains today are a few stones grouped together. Many of the original graves have not been moved but are no longer marked by gravestones. The cemetery is located on Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon, Kentucky. Many of those in the Hardin's Creek Cemetery were moved to the Ryder's Cemetery.
Approval has been received to place a Revolutionary War Historic Marker next to the large McElroy family gravestone of Samuel's son, William Edwin and his wife, Keturah. There are also other members of the family in the cemetery. The marker will be next to Plot: Section C, Memorial ID: 77465057. Ryder Cemetery is located on a hill above East Main street and west of Cedarwood Restaurant and intersection of Rt # 2154 and #52/ #68.
The expected dedication date is March 20, 2021.
Thanks so much.
Contributor: Rae Victor (47012853)
Samuel moved to KY in 1789. He, with his four brothers, took part in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Samuel was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was a private in the Virginia troops.
36th Vol. VA magazine, p. 261:
Samuel on list of citizens furnishing supplies, arms, teams, etc., or rendering other service to the Continental Army, who received certificates calling for payments. Account thereof, at various sessions of the County Court of Campbell Co. between 7th Mar 1782 and 4th Apr 1783."
[MCELROY, SAMUEL - Ancestor #: A076644
Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 GOOCHLAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 5-4-1807 WASHINGTON CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 113
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES TO CONTINENTAL ARMY]
(Susan Knight Gore, 16 Apr 2016)
The McElroy Family Newsletter, No. 1:
Samuel had two brothers who also married Irvine girls; all migrated to Marion County, KY in 1789 and settled with a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 50 years.
His parents James McElroy and Sarah McCune were born in County Down, Ulster, NI, and died in Prince Edward Co, VA.
10 Mar 2021 - Suggested edit: We are missing a brother. Archibald was killed at Kings Mountain.
Here is Samuel's complete story.
Samuel McElroy DAR Patriot #62714
Revolutionary Ancestor of Rae Anna Victor
About the year A.D., 1729, James McElroy, with his young wife, Sarah McCune {or McCue, or McHugh} left County Down, Ireland for America on the ship "George and Ann," sailing from Belfast. A number of other immigrants accompanied them including the Rev. John Irvine and his wife. They landed at Philadelphia and stopped for a time in Bucks County.
Thence they went west to Cumberland County, toward which the current of Scotch-Irish immigration was about that time flowing very strongly. There, on the extreme frontier, amid privation and perils, they lived some twenty-five years. The Indians were numerous and troublesome, and becoming more and more hostile. A daughter of Rev. John Irvine, Nancy, some 15 years of age, was captured by the savages but subsequently rescued by a party of kinsmen and neighbors. The French and Indian war was looming in the distance, precluding the further advance of migration westward, and as the emigrant ships continued to arrive at Philadelphia, the flow of immigrant travel was deflected southward from Cumberland and Franklin counties into the great valley of Virginia toward the south. Thousands of home hunters about the year 1760 and later took this route, as Providentially ordered, and found homes in Southern Virginia and the Carolinas. Such was the lot of the families of James McElroy and Rev. John Irvine. They settled in Campbell County, Southern Virginia. It is probable that the two older sons of James McElroy married in Pennsylvania. During the stormy years of the Revolution these families resided in Campbell County, and there the parents are supposed to have reached the end of life's journey.
In 1789, the three younger sons removed with their families to the extreme frontier in Kentucky. They and their numerous descendants have given name to the entire tribe of which James McElroy was the head, "The Kentucky McElroys."
The five sons of James and Sarah, John, Archibald, Hugh, Samuel, James, and their father were participants in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary wars. Archibald was killed in the battle of Kings Mountain and Samuel was present as a soldier at the surrender of Cornwallis. During the war he provided beef for the troops as a patriot soldier. His brother John was a soldier under General Green and was killed at Guilford Court House March 15, 1781.
The three younger sons married three of Rev. Irvine's daughters. Hugh was married to Esther, Samuel to Mary, and James to Margaret. Samuel and Mary, and James and Margaret, located at Lebanon, Kentucky.
Samuel was born in Cumberland Co, Virginia, about the year 1745 and died in Kentucky before {ante} May 4, 1806, at the age of 61 years. He and Mary Irvine were married in 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia and had 13 children – 5 girls and 8 boys. Several children died as infants. Mary was born circa 1749 in Virginia and died December 24, 1821 at age 72. They were married for 55 years.
Samuel is buried in Hardin's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Lebanon with 250 to 300 graves. The gravestones were removed, and many destroyed in 1958 to build a playground. All that remains today are a few stones grouped together. Many of the original graves have not been moved but are no longer marked by gravestones. The cemetery is located on Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon, Kentucky. Many of those in the Hardin's Creek Cemetery were moved to the Ryder's Cemetery.
Approval has been received to place a Revolutionary War Historic Marker next to the large McElroy family gravestone of Samuel's son, William Edwin and his wife, Keturah. There are also other members of the family in the cemetery. The marker will be next to Plot: Section C, Memorial ID: 77465057. Ryder Cemetery is located on a hill above East Main street and west of Cedarwood Restaurant and intersection of Rt # 2154 and #52/ #68.
The expected dedication date is March 20, 2021.
Thanks so much.
Contributor: Rae Victor (47012853)
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