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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Samuel Emack/Amyx/Amack was born about 1761 in Botetourt County, Virginia, a son of Mathew Emacks.
His spouse is not known and is not named in his Will. He was the father of the following children: Isaac, Andrew, Margaret “Peggy,” Elizabeth, Easter/Esther, Susannah, and Elinor.
During the American Revolution, Samuel Amyx was a private in the company of Captain Pawling of the Sixteenth District Militia of Botetourt County, Virginia. Amyx received a land grant for his service under the name Amacks.
Amyx died before January 1819 in Botetourt County, Virginia. His final resting place is not known.
Sources:
Botetourt County, Virginia Will Books, Vol. A-C, 1770-1824, Page 158.
Kegley, Frederick Bittle, Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest, the Roanoke of Colonial Days, 1740-1783, with Maps and Illustrations. Virginia. Roanoke: The Southwest Virginia Historical Society, 1938, page 522.
Stoner, Robert Douthat: A Seed-bed of the Republic: A Study of the Pioneers in the Upper (Southern) Valley of Virginia, Virginia. Roanoke: Roanoke Historical Society, 1962, pages 122-125.
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