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 1750 - 1815 (65 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Sewell |
| Birth |
1750 |
Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Feb 1815 |
Franklin County, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I132 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
20 Sep 2008 |
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| Headstones |
 | Sewell, Samuel
GPS: N34 deg 24 min 31 sec; W83 10 min 19 sec |
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| Notes |
- In 1777, Samuel was a Private in the Continental Army, serving in Capt. Graham’s Company of Rowan County, NC.
In 1778, Samuel and his father are both listed on the “Old Taxables” of Rowan County, in Capt. Richard Graham’s District.
Pay receipts from October of 1779, Samuel was paid 342 pounds for his horse, which was lost during service. He was a guard as well.
Based on another pay receipt,dated December of 1781, Samuel was paid 2 pounds & 5 schillings for his NC military service.
He served at Cowpens and Kings Mountain. In his will he gave his rifle used at Cowpens and Kings Mountain to his descendants.
- He married 1 Feb 1780 Christine "Kitty" White and had children James 1783, John 1785, Mary 1789, Nicholas 1790, Rachel 1792, Samuel III 1798, and Isaac 1801.
"Kitty" died 26 Sep 1822; Samuel's estate was appraised at $1,098.31. After Samuel's death Kitty moved to Madison Co., Georgia, where she lived with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Joseph Long. (Samuel and "Kitty" had 7 children-see above)
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