William Sams

1717 - 1779  (61 years)

• Name	William Sams
  Birth	9 Dec 1717	Essex Co, VA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	540
  _UID	CED3888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000C5D2
  Death	1779	Henry Co, VA
  Person ID	I4385	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James Sams,   b. 1686/1694   d. Abt 6 Dec 1726, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Katherine Alden,   b. 1685, Middlesex Co, VA d. Aft 17 Jun 1735, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age > 50 years)
  Marriage	1715	Essex Co, VA
  Family ID	F2896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary,   b. 10 May 1718, VA d. 1780, Henry Co, VA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1744	Spotsylvania Co, VA
  Children	1. John Sams,   b. 3 Sep 1749, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 9 Sep 1820, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 71 years)   2. James Sams,   b. Bef 1755, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. Aft 1820, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) (Age > 67 years)   3. Lt William Sams,   b. Bef 1752, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. 1828, Union Co, IL (Age > 76 years)   4. Cpt Edmund Sams,   b. 1750/1755, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. 21 Jul 1845, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 90 years)   5. Littlebury Sams,   b. 1754, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA)   6. Rice Sams,   b. 1755/1765, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. 1812, Rockingham Co, NC (Age 47 years)   7. Elijah Sams,   b. 1765/1766, Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. Aft 1850, Stokes Co, NC (Age > 85 years)   8. Hannah Sams,   b. 1770/1775   d. 8 Jun 1848, Rutherford Co, NC (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Marty Grant's 7th Great Grand Father; !REFERENCE: http://martygrant.com/genealogy/sams/sams-william-henry-va.html !REFERENCE: Reference the books "Sams Family of Virginia," Dr. Crawford F. Sams, Conway C. Sams and Col. Robert C. Hackett, 1981, (out of print) and "The Sons and Daughters of Sams, Volume I," Beck Sams, 2007. (Available from Lulu.com) Both are great resources for the Sams family, and also the reasons I didn’t do much first hand Sams research until recently. I’ve not attempted to verify everything in the books, but I have done my best to verify a lot of it; !NOTES:I do not know the source for William's birth date of 9 Dec 1717; !PATENT:29 Jun 1739 VA Patents 18-356 Spotsylvania Co, VA to William SAMMS and James SAMMS, 244a both sides of Cattail Swamp, a branch of Mattapony River. North side of Cattail Swamp in James STEVENS line, being a corner of John TALBERTs land near his plantation; !TAXLIST:1748 Lunenburg Co., VA - No Sams; !TAXLIST:1749 Lunenburg Co., VA List of Matw. Talbot Wm Sams, 1 tithe; !TAXLIST:1750 Lunenburg Co., VA - No Sams; !TAXLIST:1751 Lunenburg Co., VA - No Sams; !COURT:-- Jul 1766 Halifax Co., VA Court Orders Please No 5, 1764-1767 p. 249 Robert Chandler is appointed surveyor of the road from Marrowbone Creek to Smiths River ... he with Elisha Harbour and his male labouring tithables, Elijah Harbour, Francis Kingston, Jesse Langkston, Richard Whitt, Edward Whitt, Preston Hendrick, --- Cockram, Edward Cockram, John Gillispie, ** William Edwards, ** Thomas Edwards, ** Thomas Edwards Jr, --- Mayo, ** James Edwards, William Rice, James Elkins, ** William Sams, ** John Sams, James Bolling, George Daniel, (Charles Burns), John Bolling, John Ray, Merry Webb, Martin Webb, James Wilson and ** William Dugger do forthwith clear and keep the said road in repair according to law. !TAXLIST:1767 Pittsylvania Co., VA Robert Chandler's list James Sams William Sams Peter Perkins' list John Sams; !TAXLIST:1770 Pittsylvania Co., VA Robert Chandler's List From The Southside Virginian Vol. 5, No. 2, Apr 1987 by J. C. Kolbe * Now available online at archive.org Name Tithes Land (Value) John Sams 1-0 William Sams 1-0 !DEATH:1779 Henry Co, VA 10 miles NW Martinsville VA per Margaret Driskill;