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State of Service: NC/VA
Qualifying Service: Private
Author: Dale Albert Brake
Samuel Weaver, the son of Daniel Weaver, was born November 26, 1755 at Cumberland County. Virginia. When the Revolutionary War started, Samuel was living in Surry County, North Carolina and he enlisted as a private and served three months under Captain Jacob Camplin, a neighbor of the Weaver>. After his discharge, Samuel made his way home only to learn that his father had been drafted to serve for three months. According to his pension statement, Samuel's mother was in very poor health and he did not want his father to leave her, so Samuel volunteered to serve as a substitute for his father. Soon after arriving back home, Samuel joined the Surry County Militia serving under Captain William Bostic's North Carolina Company and was involved in three Of four skirmishes with the Tories. In his pension statement, he stated that during this enlistment, General Marion and a British officer came into camp but he did not know why they were there; however, at the time he was roasting some sweet potatoes over coals for his breakfast. General Marion stepped up with the British officer and said he believed he would take breakfast. Pvt. Weaver pulled the sweet potatoes out of the coals, placed them on a pine log (which was all the provisions they had) and General Marion and the British officer partook of them. Pvt. Weaver was proud of this request and the incident was also recorded in a biography about the life of General Marion. After this three month enlistment was finished, Samuel went to Henry County, Virginia where his uncle lived. Shortly after arriving in Virginia, Col. George Hastin called for volunteers to go and meet the British under Lord Cornwallis. Samuel VOlunteered and joined Cot Hastin's soldiers. Col. Hastin marched his soldiers into North Carolina and arrived at Guilford at the dose of the battle. Instead of fighting, his soldiers ended up retreating for several miles. The next day Samuel was sent back to bury the dead. The soldiers were dispersed as soon as they got back to Virginia. Shortly after eetting back to Henry County. Virginia, SamueJ received a letter from Captain Complin in Surry County, North Carolina asking him to come and see him. He immediately left to go see Captain Camplin and upon arriving in North Carolina enlisted as a Minute Man until the dose of the war, His unit was involved in several skirmishes and on several occasions they joined the "Swamp Fox .. " Captain Francis Marion, and his men to make attacks on the British. After the Revolution, Samuel Weaver moved to Washington County, Tennessee and served under Captain John Wood and Co!. Sevier in an expedition against the Cherokees, On October 7, 1783, Samuel married Mary Ann Bollinger. In 1814, the Weavers moved to Laurel County, Kentllcky where they raised their family of eleven children. Samuel died November 14, 1842 and he ana his wife Mal"! are buried in Laurel County, Kentucky. Samuel and Mal"! Weaver's son, Peter Weaver, left Kentucky and came to Missouri in the 1850's eventually settling in Shannon County near Birch Tree, Missouri. Peter and his wife, Anne Chesnut also had a large famify and many of their descendants still reside in Shannon County and adioinlng counties today.
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