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Hello,
I would like to speak with you at your earliest convenience. I am descended from a Samuels family of South Carolina, namely Elisha and Elizabeth (White) Samuels. This information has been provided to me by a cousin, so I don't have the supporting evidence myself.
Here is what I have on this family:
Descendants of Elisha Samuels
Generation No. 1
1. ELISHA1 SAMUELS was born Abt. 1790 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA, and died in Calhoun County, Alabama, USA. He married ELIZABETH WHITE October 16, 1822 in St. Clair County, Alabama, USA.
Children of ELISHA SAMUELS and ELIZABETH WHITE are:
2.
i. EDWARD (SAMMILLS?)2 SAMUELS, b. Abt. 1823, St. Clair County, Alabama, USA; d. Rockville, California, USA.
ii. GEORGE SAMUEL.
iii. ? SAMUEL.
iv. ? SAMUEL.
v. ? SAMUEL.
vi. ? SAMUEL.
vii. ? SAMUEL.
viii. ? SAMUEL.
ix. ? SAMUEL.
Generation No. 2
2. EDWARD (SAMMILLS?)2 SAMUELS (ELISHA1) was born Abt. 1823 in St. Clair County, Alabama, USA, and died in Rockville, California, USA. He married MARY MYRTLE GREGORY December 12, 1844 in Marshall County, Alabama, USA, daughter of ? GREGORY and ? GREGORY. She was born November 11, 1829 in Alabama, USA, and died April 27, 1901 in Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA.
Notes for EDWARD (SAMMILLS?) SAMUELS:
Came out West on horseback (Benicia, Rockville, Fairfield, Wragg Canyon) in 1852. Came back again.
Edmond and Mary sold their land, animals, and furnishings, and in the early Spring of 1852 started the great trek to California. They traveled to St. Joseph, Missouri by river steamer. There they purchased a covered wagon, a team of oxen, and provisions. They joined a wagon train where leaders were elected and rules and regulations were adopted. The trail led up the Platte River to Fort Laramie, detouring to Salt Lake City to allow the wagon trains to obtain fresh animals and provisons. After following the Humbolt River in Nevada, the trail went through the dreaded Humboldt sink, a fifty mile stretch of barren desert. They then traveled over the Sierras by the new Carson River Pass since the older Donner Pass was still regarded with dread.
Edmond settled on 160 acres in Gordon Valley in the southeastern corner of the Napa Valley. Wheat was the primary crop.
Edmond was a teamster, hauling the wheat to the shipping port of Napa to be subsequently barged to San Francisco. He had 6 mules, 15 horses, and several wagons.
There was a similarity between the life styles of Alabama and Gordon Valley, California. The family was almost self-sufficient, with gardens, fruit trees, and a smokehouse. At one time they had 36 hogs. Once a grizzly bear came and carried off a live pig.
Edmond always dreamed of a gold strike and when he hunted he always carried a pick and prospected in the mountains. In May of 1872 he was in the area of Wragg Canyon in the Blue Ridge Mountains exploring for gold. He had killed two deer and had loaded them on his mule. The mules stumbled in the footing of a steep trail and fell on Edmond, causing grave injuries. Edmond managed to make his way home where he survived for a few days. He told a rich gold strike that he had made in a big canyon on the east side of Blue Ridge, on the east side of Miller Canyon. He had left his pick and axe at the site. He brought back ore samples which were assayed and found to be rich in gold. Later his sons and other people searched for the site of gold discovery, but it was never found.
Edmond Samuels was buried in the Rockville Cemetery near Fairfield, California. A wooden marker, since destroyed by fire, marked his grave.
More About EDWARD (SAMMILLS?) SAMUELS:
Moved: 1847, Tishomingo County, Missippi
More About MARY MYRTLE GREGORY:
Burial: Aft. April 27, 1901, Monticello Cemetery, Spanish Flat, Napa Valley, Napa County, California
Children of EDWARD SAMUELS and MARY GREGORY are:
3. i. WILLIAM HENRY3 SAMUELS, b. December 24, 1859, Gordon Valley, Napa County, California, USA; d. March 05, 1944, Victory Hospital, Napa City, Napa County, Calfornia, USA.
4. ii. MARY E. SAMUELS, b. January 08, 1854, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; d. June 04, 1895, Napa County, California, USA.
5. iii. ELISHA CORNELIUS SAMUELS, b. April 02, 1846, St. Clair or Blount County, Alabama, (or Mississippi?) USA; d. June 20, 1920, Napa City, Napa County, Calfornia, USA.
6. iv. ELIZABETH JANE (JANE) SAMUELS, b. April 29, 1848, Tishomingo County, Missippi, USA; d. Abt. 1925.
7. v. ANGELINE MELINDA (ANGE) SAMUELS, b. September 02, 1850, Tishomingo County, Missippi, USA.
8. vi. NATHANIEL (NAT) SAMUELS, b. February 02, 1854, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; d. June 02, 1911, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California.
vii. JONATHON JASPER (JASPER) SAMUELS, b. June 11, 1857, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; d. Abt. 1873.
More About JONATHON JASPER (JASPER) SAMUELS:
Cause of Death (Facts Pg): 1873, Appendicitis
9. viii. GEORGE (GEO) WASHINGTON SAMUELS, b. May 23, 1862, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; d. October 28, 1957, Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA.
ix. MARTHA BELLE (BELLE) SAMUELS, b. June 06, 1864, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; m. HUGH COFFMAN; b. Abt. 1856; d. Abt. 1910.
10. x. AMELIA FLORENCE SAMUELS, b. February 21, 1865, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA; d. Abt. 1936.
11. xi. AMANDA (MANDY) E. SAMUELS, b. March 11, 1871, Gordon Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA.
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