Samuel Abney, Sr.

Abt 1742 - 1781  (39 years)

• Name	Samuel Abney  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1742	Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1779	To Township Listed, Ninety-sixth District, SC   [4]
  Residence	1780	Below Ninety-Six Court House, Ninety Six District, South Carolina, United States   [3]
  Death	Nov 1781	96 District, South Carolina, USA   [6, 8]
  	Killed by Bloody Bill Cunningham while serving in Pickens' Brigade; Cunningham perpetrated a series of bloody massacres in South Carolina's backcountry in the fall of 1781 .A.13; U160; Patriot Index, Annuitants Claims
  Person ID	I31022	CMW Most Recent 2026_0429
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	George Abney,   b. 1695, Gloucester County, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1 Oct 1766, Halifax County, VA, British Colonial America (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Unity Meredith
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Virginia, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F11769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	George Abney,   b. 1695, Gloucester County, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1 Oct 1766, Halifax County, VA, British Colonial America (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Unity Meredith
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Virginia, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F10689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Harriet Hamilton,   b. 1750   d. 1817, Edgefield District, South Carolina, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1771	Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, British Colonial America   [2, 8]
  Children	1. Samuel Abney,   b. Between 1772 and 1776, 96 District, South Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1802, Edgefield District, South Carolina, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Martha Abney,   b. 1774, Edgefield, Saluda Co., South Carolina  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Rebecca Abney,   b. 1778, Edgefield, Saluda Co., South Carolina  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Zachariah Abney,   b. 10 Feb 1782, Edgefield, Saluda Co., South Carolina d. 3 Feb 1838, Bethany, Edgefield, South Carolina (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Dorcas Abney,   b. 1776   d. 20 Feb 1804, Edgefield Co., South Carolina (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

• Notes

  DAR #816337;

  
  

• Sources

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