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James Sample

Male 1770 - 1853  (82 years)

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  • Name James Sample  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Birth 14 Feb 1770  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 22 Mar 1817  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Mentioned in Mother's Will 
    Land 1849  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Provides in his will for plantation he inherited from Father-in-Law Robison 
    Name Cpt James Sample  [16] 
    Will 4 Sep 1849  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    LW&T 
    Residence 1850  Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Burial 1853  Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 15, 16] 
    Death 7 Jan 1853  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 13, 16] 
    Person ID I31856  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Martha Montgomery, William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father William Azmon Sample, Jr,   b. 1736, New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1791, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Alexander,   b. 17 Nov 1746, Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1822, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1760  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 17] 
    Family ID F1735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Patsy Robison,   b. 22 Sep 1777, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1861, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jun 1802  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10, 14] 
    • Bondsman John Robison; Witness Tho Henderson
    Children 
    >1. Rev William Azmon Sample,   b. 15 Apr 1803, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1877, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Hannah Sample,   b. Abt 1804  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Mary Polly Therisa Sample,   b. 1 Sep 1805, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1884, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Robert Milas Sample,   b. 9 May 1807, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1855, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Joseph Elam Sample,   b. 22 May 1810, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1871, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. John Milton Sample,   b. 14 Mar 1812, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Martha Caroline Sample,   b. 1 Apr 1814, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1891, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Feb 1770 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jun 1802 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Mother's Will - 22 Mar 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T - 4 Sep 1849 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1853 - Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jan 1853 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: County Court Records - FHL #0546461-0546466.
      Record for James Sample

    2. [S455] Davis, Kimberly Bonta McCoy, Email from Kimberly Davis 2010, July 6, (Name: Date: 6 Jul 2010;;), Kimberly is a descendant of William Azmon Sample.

    3. [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.

    4. [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, NC; Date:1939, Reprint 1987;;), Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies ofmembers, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S.

    5. [S663] Carlson, Gladys, Through Mecklenburg County, (Name: Location: Pensacola, FL; Date: 1991;;), "Through Mecklenburg County, Eight Family Lines From MecklenburgCounty, North Carolina" Book found in Charlotte Library, includes biographical information on 8 families, NCR 929.3756a M43 C28.

    6. [S667] Heritage Book Committee, Heritage of Old Mecklenburg County, (Name: Name: Walsworth Publishing; Date: 2006;;), "The Heritage of Old Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1763-2003",book found in Charlotte Public Library. Has many articles contributed by family members about history and biographies of Old Mecklenburg Art 808 Sample-Alexander by Mildred Jo Roberts Owens, NCR 929.3756a M43 C85.

    7. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.
      After son James died in 1833, Joseph added a codicil to his will

    8. [S793] Montgomery, W Vaughan, Letter of W V Montgomery to W F Sample 1942, (Name: Location: Selma, AL; Date: 5 Dec 1942;;), Letter from W V Monmtgomery to W F Sample, discussing Sampledescendants and also Henderson descendants. Lists Bible records of Miss Florence Jamison.

    9. [S4587] Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestors, (Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;), DAR Ancestor A099471 Sample, William (1736-1791) Accessed KRM 22 Jun 2025 7:14am https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=findlist&p_id=A099471.
      Daughters of the American Revoluntion
      https://www.dar.org/
      https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=findlist&p_id=A099471

    10. [S881] DAR Ancestor A097715, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Robert Robison.

    11. [S1749] Sample, Mary E, Email from Mary E Sample 3 May 2012, (Name: Location: Florida; Date: 3 May 2012;;).

    12. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll:M432_637; Page: 28A; Image: 61.

    13. [S2967] Ancestry.com, Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1716-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    14. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1770; Birth city: New Munster; Birth state: MD.

    15. [S335] Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA;), Lists of person buried at Hopewell Presbyterian Church http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecords.asp?id=76 Website has drilldowns for more info on individuals http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=174139&CScn=Hopewell&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1710& 10500 Beatties Fort Road Huntersville, NC.

    16. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Robert Milas Sample
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=141219608&indiv=try

    17. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 2776.038; Source type: Family groupsheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
      Record for William Sample



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