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    Sampson Grimes

    Male 1749 - 1828  (78 years)


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    • Name Sampson Grimes 
      Birth 8 Oct 1749  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Death May 1828  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I87  Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
      Last Modified 1 Jan 2007 

    • Headstones
      Grimes, Sampson
      Grimes, Sampson
      GPS: 35° 03.901' N, 077° 56.884' W

    • Notes 
      • Sampson Grimes, born October 8, 1749, moved with his family to Duplin County, and died there in May 1828. He married (l) Winifred Branch, who died before 1781, they had one child. (2) Bethsheba Winders, they were the parents of 3 girls and 3 boys, one of whom was Jesse who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and had a Texas county named after him. Sampson served as PRIVATE UNDER CAPT. WILLIAM TAYLOR AND COL. JAMES KENAN AT THE BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE.