Mariah ABNEY
F, b. 1800, d. 15 January 1870
- Relationship
- 2nd great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Mariah ABNEY, daughter of Samuel ABNEY Jr. and Mary KENNEDY, was born in 1800 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.1 She was also known as Maria.
Mariah married James SAMPLE circa 1820.2
Mariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 7 August 1820, in the household of her husband James SAMPLE in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. She was listed as a free white female 16-25.
Mariah ABNEY and James SAMPLE appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 5 November 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as James Sample, age 60, farmer, born Georgia; Mariah, age 50, born georgia; Martha, age 19; Newton, age 18; and James, age 16. Also, listed in the household were "Old Mrs. Abney" [Mary Kennedy Abney], age 96, born Virginia; and Green McCully, a 26 year old laborer, born in South Carolina. All of the children were born in Alabama.2
Mariah ABNEY and James SAMPLE appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 24 July 1860 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. The household was listed as James Samples, a 61-year-old farmer and his wife Mrs. Samples, age 60, both born in South Carolina. He had real estate valued $3,500 and personal estate valued $10,000. Also in home was their son Samuel Samples, 32 and his two children Mary Samples, 12, attending school; and Eugenia Samples, 10, attending school. All three were born in Alabama.4
Mariah ABNEY died on 15 January 1870 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.5,6 She was buried in Gilmer City Cemetery.3
Mariah married James SAMPLE circa 1820.2
Mariah ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 7 August 1820, in the household of her husband James SAMPLE in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. She was listed as a free white female 16-25.
Mariah ABNEY and James SAMPLE appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 5 November 1850 in Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as James Sample, age 60, farmer, born Georgia; Mariah, age 50, born georgia; Martha, age 19; Newton, age 18; and James, age 16. Also, listed in the household were "Old Mrs. Abney" [Mary Kennedy Abney], age 96, born Virginia; and Green McCully, a 26 year old laborer, born in South Carolina. All of the children were born in Alabama.2
From: Autobiography of T. J. Allison, Md.
April 4, 1924
Spanish Fort, Texas
(note: The wife of the Jimmy Samples mentioned is Muriah Abney, sister of Emmaline Abney, John Sweet Killingsworth's wife. Jim Killingsworth is James A. Killingsworth.)
" When I was only two months old, five families, that of my father, Jimmy Samples, Grandfather Brown, Johnnie Killingsworth and his son Jim Killingsworth and wife all started for Texas in wagons some of which were drawn by horses and mules and some by oxen. I do not know the date of our starting but have been told that we were on the road three months and that we camped four miles East of the present site of the town of Gladewater on Christmas Eve night 1850. Jim Killingsworth's oldest child (Albert) was born on the way, in Harrison County. Albert became quite prominent, serving Gregg County in an official way for quite a number of terms. It was the intention of all the party to go to the Texas Prairies, but the camp mentioned above was only five miles from Sabine river which was reported so swollen that it was dangerous to cross (there being only a ferry, knows as "Kemp's Ferry"). So the party decided to wait a few days for the water to subside. During those days of waiting, people from the surrounding County visited our camp and gave a rather discouraging account of the prairie country. They said that we would find no wood or water and worst of all that the Indians were roaming over the prairies and would be likely to "get our scalp". So all hands decided to remain in East Texas a year and investigate before going further. At the expiration of the next year, however they had all bought homes. The Killingsworths settled a few miles North of the present site of Longview, Jimmy Samples about six miles West of Gilmer, Grandfather Brown four or five miles East of the present site of Big Sandy and my father three miles North of where Gladewater now stands. None of these towns, however, were in existence at that time except, perhaps Gilmer. So, we might say, that that party of emigrants have been "Water-bound" in East Texas for nearly 72 yrs, though most of the younger generations have succeeded in escaping from their environments.3 "
April 4, 1924
Spanish Fort, Texas
(note: The wife of the Jimmy Samples mentioned is Muriah Abney, sister of Emmaline Abney, John Sweet Killingsworth's wife. Jim Killingsworth is James A. Killingsworth.)
" When I was only two months old, five families, that of my father, Jimmy Samples, Grandfather Brown, Johnnie Killingsworth and his son Jim Killingsworth and wife all started for Texas in wagons some of which were drawn by horses and mules and some by oxen. I do not know the date of our starting but have been told that we were on the road three months and that we camped four miles East of the present site of the town of Gladewater on Christmas Eve night 1850. Jim Killingsworth's oldest child (Albert) was born on the way, in Harrison County. Albert became quite prominent, serving Gregg County in an official way for quite a number of terms. It was the intention of all the party to go to the Texas Prairies, but the camp mentioned above was only five miles from Sabine river which was reported so swollen that it was dangerous to cross (there being only a ferry, knows as "Kemp's Ferry"). So the party decided to wait a few days for the water to subside. During those days of waiting, people from the surrounding County visited our camp and gave a rather discouraging account of the prairie country. They said that we would find no wood or water and worst of all that the Indians were roaming over the prairies and would be likely to "get our scalp". So all hands decided to remain in East Texas a year and investigate before going further. At the expiration of the next year, however they had all bought homes. The Killingsworths settled a few miles North of the present site of Longview, Jimmy Samples about six miles West of Gilmer, Grandfather Brown four or five miles East of the present site of Big Sandy and my father three miles North of where Gladewater now stands. None of these towns, however, were in existence at that time except, perhaps Gilmer. So, we might say, that that party of emigrants have been "Water-bound" in East Texas for nearly 72 yrs, though most of the younger generations have succeeded in escaping from their environments.3 "
Mariah ABNEY and James SAMPLE appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 24 July 1860 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. The household was listed as James Samples, a 61-year-old farmer and his wife Mrs. Samples, age 60, both born in South Carolina. He had real estate valued $3,500 and personal estate valued $10,000. Also in home was their son Samuel Samples, 32 and his two children Mary Samples, 12, attending school; and Eugenia Samples, 10, attending school. All three were born in Alabama.4
Mariah ABNEY died on 15 January 1870 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.5,6 She was buried in Gilmer City Cemetery.3
Last Edited=30 Jul 2023
Children of Mariah ABNEY and James SAMPLE
- Martha Ann SAMPLE b. 3 Jan 1832, d. 27 Aug 1892
- Newton SAMPLE b. 1833
- James SAMPLE Jr. b. 1834
Citations
- [S4] 1850 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama.
- [S4] 1850 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, James Sample Household.
- [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Mariah (Abney) Samples, Record ID #138860199, Accessed: 30 JUL 2023.
- [S281] James Samples, age 61 and Samples, family #916, Gilmer, Western District, Upshur, Texas, 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C., Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record group #29, roll #M653_1306, page 457, digital image at Ancestry.Com. http://www.Ancestry.Com
- [S412] Rootsweb World Connect Project, 27 May 2001, Searched for Samuel Abney.
- [S805] Abney Hintgen Brewer, Legacy of Samuel Abney, pg. 191.
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