Samuel Donelson

Samuel Donelson

Male 1760 - 1803  (43 years)

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  • Name Samuel Donelson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 1760  Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Census 1790  Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Territory South of Ohio River 
    Occupation 1795  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    "licensed to practise as an Attorney in the Superior Courts of Law and Courts of Equity" 
    Death 1803  Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • (Clover Bottom)
    Burial Hermitage Churchyard Cemetery, Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Cemetery-Hermitage Churchyard (TN)
    Cemetery-Hermitage Churchyard (TN)
    Person ID I25689  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Colonel John Donelson,   b. 7 Apr 1718, Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1785, Barren County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rachel Stockley,   b. 1715, Accomack County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1794, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1749  Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Michie 'Polly' Smith,   b. 26 Apr 1781, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1857, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1796  Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Brigadier General Daniel Smith Donelson,   b. 23 Jun 1801, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1863, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [natural]
     2. John Samuel Donelson,   b. 1797, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1817, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [natural]
     3. Andrew Jackson Donelson,   b. 25 Aug 1799, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1871, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F10515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1760 - Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Territory South of Ohio River - 1790 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - "licensed to practise as an Attorney in the Superior Courts of Law and Courts of Equity" - 1795 - Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jun 1796 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1803 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Cemetery-Hermitage Churchyard (TN)
    Cemetery-Hermitage Churchyard (TN)

  • Sources 
    1. [S223] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).

    2. [S2138] Ancestry.com, U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 4; Page Number: 470; Family Number: 15.

    3. [S550] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Historic Sumner County, Tennessee : with genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass families and.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000


    4. [S2138] Ancestry.com, U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 4; Page Number: 445; Family Number: 39.

    5. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Samuel Donelson.

    6. [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
      U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970


    7. [S223] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002
      Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002