Samuel CROSS
Land records of Wilson County, Tennessee, 16 Apr 1805 - sold 120 acres on Smith's Fork to William Leach
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Wilson County, Tennessee land records (14 Nov 1814)
Legislative Petition #76- Nov 1831, Tennessee State Library & Archives
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Samuel Cross was in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He wasin Sumner County, Tennessee in 1795. Afterwards in Wilson County, Tennessee. Had land dealings in Iredell County, North Carolina on 15 February 1809 and 20 November 1812. On 14 November 1814 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Samuel Cross sold 100 acres on a branch of Smith'sFork on the Caney Fork to William Leach (brother-in-law). Court Minutes, 9 August 1786: Samuel Cross, age 15 yrs, 6 mo., orphan of Samuel Cross, deceased, bound to Robert Bogle to learn the trade of a taylor (tailor).
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
He married Margaret Leach Abt 1792 at Rowan, North Carolina . Margaret Leach was born at Rowan, North Carolina Abt 1769 daughter of John Leach and Margaret Courtney .
They were the parents of 8
children:
William Cross
born Abt 1793.
John Leach Cross
born Abt 1795.
Mary (Polly) Cross
born Abt 1796.
Nancy Cross
born Abt 1798.
Rachel Cross
born Abt 1800.
Samuel Cross
born Abt 1803.
Daniel Cross
born Abt 1806.
Sarah Cross
born Abt 1809.