1762 Samuel SC/GA/AR/OK
Warning: this very long message won't interest anyone but descendants of Samuel born1762.
Most researchers of Samuel Q (b. 1762 - d 1849 Polk Co, Ark) are familiar with the genealogy listed for him at the FHC which states that his father was Samuel who died 1787 in Chester Co, SC and that his grandfather was Henry Quintyne of Granville Co. SC and his great grandfather was Richard Quintyne of Berkley Co. SC. We have proven that Henry Quintyne had no children- so he and Richard Quintyne are out as ancestors.
I also believe that the Samuel Quinton who died 1787 was not the father of Samuel (b. 1762). I would really like to have some help from another serious researcher on this.
The same names are reused so often in this family line that it becomes difficult to determine who is who at times. The changing names of the counties and border between between North and South Carolina also make things hard to track.
I'll try to simplify my theory as much as possible and give a date to identify different people with the same name.
In or before 1770 James and Samuel Quinton (d 1787), who were probably brothers, got land on Allison Creek.
Thisarea was once in North Carolina (called Rowan Co, Tryone Co, etc) but when the final state divsion was made, it became Chester Co. S.C.
Samuel (d 1789) remained in Chester as did three of his sons - John, Andrew and Samuel.
James, the brother of Samuel (d. 1789) moved to 100 acres which was bordered on the east by the Broad River. This land became part of Union County. This 100 acres eventually went to another Samuel who, when he sold it in 1797, desribed himself as"the sonand heir of James Quinton, decease."
The Samuel who was born in 1762 filled out a Rev War pensionpaper prior to his death in Polk Co. Arkansas. In it he said that he lived in Union Co., SC during the Rev War and REMAINED THERE for several years. He then moved to Rutherford Co, NC for 2 years. He said he lived in Cass and Cobb Co. GA before moving to Arkansas.
In the 1820 SC census, one Samuel is living in Union County and one is living in Chester (proving there were two Samuels.)
The one living in Chester had only 2 under 10 boys living with him. The Samuel living in Union Co. had 10 sons ranging in age from the Under 10 bracketto the under 26 age bracket.
By 1830 the Union Count SC Samuel was goe and was on the GA census while the Chester County Samuel remained in Chester.
When Samuel (b 1762)sold his land in Cobb Co. Georgia to move to Arkansas he had several of his sons co-sign with him. They were Samuel, James, William, Henry, Nathaniel, and John who signed for Joseph. (Many of these children and their families end up in Arkansas and Oklahoma)
I think that Samuel the son of James (and Jean) fits the life description of the 1762 Samuel who was in the Revolutionary War and died in Polk County Arkansas.
Gayl