Little is known about Samuel Isaacs who was born in 1685. He came to The Colonies. Some say from Wales, Others say Scotland. DNA suggests there was Irish influence, also.
Many people seem sure of their story but true verifiable facts are hard to come by. We do know he raised Tobacco and made whiskey in or near Winchester, Virginia. Some spell the name Isaacks while other spell it the more traditional way, Isaacs. There is strong suggestions that he made 'Corn' for a gentleman named George Washington. He had children but the Mother is hard to pin down.
Isaacs was a Biblical Patriarchal name and many people assumed it with or without Jewish roots.
This blog is to investigate and inform. Hopefully it can become an accepted clearing house for Isaacs of all persuasions.
One thing is sure: Isaacs had a way of making friends with a lot of powerful people and never seem to have avoided war in America and always succeeded in serving Patriotism. There is little written directly about Isaacs but Isaacs are always around close to the action. Example: We rarely find Colonel Elijah Isaacs written about in American Revolutionary War battles but the files are full of Patriots who claim to have served with or for him and seek his endorsement in persuing Veterans Benefits after that war. There is little written about Isaacks in The Republic of Texas battles in the early days of the Republic. Still more than a dozen applied for pensions and had their service confirmed. Nothing is revealed involving Isaacs in The War of 1812 but look closely and one can find Elijah and presumably son Samuel marching off with Mississippi Volunteers as soldiers.
Isaacs named their children after Andrew Jackson and any number of American History Icons.
There are so many Samuels, Elijahs, Elishas that I use Roman Numerals to distinguish one from another. There's a "Wanderlust" gene in the family DNA somewhere. Only through the advances in DNA have we been able to match one Isaacs or Isaacks as descending from Samuel I. Anyone can have the name Isaacs but only the DNA tracks back to Winchester, Virginia. Equally enlightening, Not everyone with that DNA 'Y' string is named Isaacs. I like talking to different Isaacs around the country and learn what has been passed down over the centuries.
Isaacs made 'Corn Whiskey' as is common in Wales. Many Isaacs settled in Kentucky and Kentucky is famous for Bourbon. Bourbon distilling uses the same formula as is used in Wales for 'Corn Whiskey.' If you go to Tennessee and look at 'Sour Mash Whiskey' it is a different formula than Bourbon or 'Corn Whiskey' in Wales. I'll drink to that but I don't remember why.
There are pockets of Isaacs in Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina. In Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama. Mississippi was an early destination and led to Louisiana and The Republic of Texas. Samuel Isaacs is listed in, Stephen F Austin's Old 300 Anglo Settlers in Texas
Isaacs used rivers to get to Indiana and Illinois for early settlement. They then moved on to Missouri and through Arkansas to Northern Texas. Califirnia holds many Isaacs who share that common Samuel I gene pool. It's going to be exciting to explore it all.
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1744 FREDRICK COUNTY,VIRGINIA Tax Rolls show the following taxes levied on the Isaacs family Tobacco crop:
ReplyDeleteSon Elisha Isaacs gave 126 Lbs of his crop
Son Samuel Isaacs Jr.a 120 Lbs Tribute to taxes
Father Samuel Isaacs Sr.51 Lbs taxes in Tobacco
Elisha was born in 1728. His Brother Sam Jr was almost grown by the time Elisha was born. Sam Jr would have been about 34 y.o. and Elisha 16 y.o. when this crop was grown and taxed. On a total of nearly 300 Lbs in taxes paid if 10% was levied, hypothetically, the Tobacco crop that years was about 3000 Lbs. They also raised their own garden vegetable and enough Corn to make whiskey. That was their 2nd 'Cash Crop.' Good 'Corn' as whiskey was called was worth more than anything. The neighbor of Isaacs was scolded vehemontly by Washington for selling "Rot Gut" or poison whiskey to his soldiers nearby. George Washington was a Colonial Officer for The British nearby about 1750 or so. The French & Indian War started in 1754 or so. Samuel Isaacs Sr died in 1751 and Samuel Isaacs Jr died in about 1760. Samuel Jr had Elijah Isaacs in 1838 and Godfrey Isaacs several years later. Elijah was executor of the Will for his Father Sam Jr. After settling the estate he left his part of the farm to brother Godfrey and moved on to North Carolina's Western Mountains. His Uncle Elisha Isaacs had preceded him. Godfrey sold the farm to his Father-in-law ASHBY and moved with his new bride on top join his Uncle and Brother. All served in The American Revolutionary War as officers. Elisha and Nephew Elijah were Colonels in The North Carolina Milita. Godfrey was a Captain. Elijah's son Samuel III was an Indian Scout on the Western Frontier of the Mountains living near the Cherokees. Samuel III settled several miles from the main Cherokee Nation in an area of South Carolina called Ninety-Six for the miles removed it was from the main Cherokee Nation.
Francis Marion (circa 1732 - February 26 or February 27, 1795) was an American Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War. He became known as the “Swamp Fox” for his ability to use decoy and ambush tactics to disrupt enemy communications, capture supplies, and free prisoners.
ReplyDeleteMarion was probably born at Winyah, near Georgetown, South Carolina, of Huguenot ancestry. In 1759 he settled on Pond Bluff plantation near Eutaw Springs, in St. John’s Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. In 1761 he served as a lieutenant under William Moultrie in a campaign against the Cherokees. In 1775 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress; and on June 21 was commissioned captain in the 2nd South Carolina regiment under W. Moultrie, with whom he served in June 1776 in the defence of Fort Sullivan (aka Fort Moultrie), in Charleston harbor.
In September 1776 the Continental Congress commissioned Marion as a lieutenant-colonel. In the autumn of 1779 he took part in the siege of Savannah, and early in 1780, under Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, was engaged in drilling militia.
After the capture of Charleston, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 and the defeats of Gen. Isaac Huger at Moncks Corner, South Carolina and Lt. Col. Abraham Buford at the Waxhaws (near the North Carolina line, in what is now Lancaster County, South Carolina), Marion organized a small troop, which usually consisted of between 20 and 70 men—the only force then opposing the British in the state.
Governor John Rutledge made him a brigadier-general of state troops, and in August 1780 Marion took command of the scanty militia, ill-equipped and ill-fed. With this force he was identified for almost all the remainder of the war in a partisan warfare in which he showed himself a singularly able leader of irregulars. On the August 20 he captured 150 Maryland prisoners, and about a score of their British guard; and in September and October repeatedly surprised larger bodies of Loyalists or British regulars.
Col. Banastre Tarleton, sent out to capture him, despaired of finding the “old swamp fox,” who eluded him by following swamp paths. When Gen. Nathanael Greene took command in the south, Marion and Colonel Henry Lee were ordered in January 1781 to attack Georgetown, but they were unsuccessful. In April, however, they took Fort Watson and in May Fort Motte, and they succeeded in breaking communications between the British posts in the Carolinas. On August 31 Marion rescued a small American force hemmed in by Maj. C. Fraser with 500 British; and for this he received the thanks of Congress. He commanded the right wing under General Greene at Eutaw Springs.
In 1782, during his absence as State Senator at Jacksonborough, his brigade deteriorated, and there was a conspiracy to turn him over to the British. In June of the same year he put down a Loyalist uprising on the banks of the Pedee river; and in August he left his brigade and returned to his plantation.
He served several terms in the South Carolina State Senate, and in 1784, in recognition of his services, was made commander of Fort Johnson, practically a courtesy title with a salary of $500 per annum. He died on his estate in 1795.
There has been some controversy about Marion’s personality, especially in connection with the Hollywood movie The Patriot (2000), which is based largely on his biography. Historian Christopher Hibbert said that Marion was “a wily and elusive character, very active in the persecution of the Cherokee Indians and not at all the sort of chap who should be celebrated as a hero. The truth is that people like Marion committed atrocities as bad, if not worse, than those perpetrated by the British.”
Copied from: South Carolina History of The American Revolutionary War/ Gen. Francis Marion
Ninety-Six was established in the early 1700s in the mistaken belief that it was 96 miles to the Cherokee Main Settlement called Keowee. Ninety Six also figured prominently in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. The first land battle south of New England was fought here. The British fortified the strategically important frontier town. From May 22 to June 18, 1781 Major General Nathanael Greene, with 1,000 patriot troops, staged the longest (yet unsuccessful) siege of the Revolutionary War against 550 loyalists who were defending Ninety Six.
ReplyDeleteThe Cherokee Path (also Keowee path) was the primary route from Charleston to Columbia, South Carolina in Colonial America, connecting all of the Cherokee territories. The path was mapped in 1730 by the Surveyor-General of S C. It ran 130 miles from Charleston to the colonial settlement of Ninety Six, to the Cherokee village of Keowee.
From Keowee the path fanned out into the Unaka Mountains, usually following streams and valleys, to Clayton, Georgia and up to Franklin and Murphy in North Carolina (the Middle settlements) and across to the Cherokee towns in Tennessee (the Overhill settlements) and Fort Loudoun which had been constructed by South Carolina troops in 1756.
It was used as a military road during the American Revolution. Today's S C State Hwy 11 (the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway).
Other battles Samuel III was involved in as a contributor as Soldier or Scout.
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, the last engagement of the war in the Carolinas.
On May 22, 1781, General Nathanael Greene of the Continental Army had attempted to storm the strong British post at Fort Ninety-Six but was repulsed.
On 8 September 1781 he attacked the British again at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina. In the first part of the action Greene was successful after a desperate conflict; in the pursuit, however, the Americans failed to dislodge the British from a stone house which they held, and their severe loss in both engagements was over 500 men. The British lost about 1,000, one-half of whom were prisoners.
Better success attended the American partisan operations directed by Greene and conducted by Marion, Sumter, Andrew Pickens, Henry Lee and William Washington. They fell upon isolated British posts established to protect the Loyalist population, and generally captured or broke them up. Rawdon found himself unable with his diminishing force to cover the country beyond Charleston; and he fell back to that place, leaving the situation in the south as it had been in the early part of 1780. On the American side, Greene was hailed as the deliverer of that section.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a fight in the Southern campaign fought on October 7, 1780. American Patriot militia forces overwhelmed the loyalist militia.
ReplyDeleteThis might be called The Battle of the Colonels as there was no overall command structure. Colonels William Campbell, John Sevier, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Cleveland, James Williams, and Isaac Shelby each appeared in command their militia units. Some of lesser rank, such as Captain Joseph Winston, Edward Lacey, and Frederick Hambright commanded units.
After Battle of Camden, British General Cornwallis was convinced that Georgia and S C had been brought back under British control, and he began to move into N C. However, a brutal civil war between the rebel colonists and loyalists (known as Tories), continued to rage. The frontiersmen, led by a group of self-proclaimed colonels of the rebellion—Isaac Shelby, Elijah Clark, and Charles McDowell—conducted hit-and-run raids on Loyalist outposts. To protect his western flank against the rebel American colonists, Cornwallis employed Major Patrick Ferguson to command the Loyalist militia.
Cornwallis invaded N C on Sept 9, 1780, and reached Charlotte on Sept 26, 1780. Ferguson followed and issued a challenge to the Patriot leaders to lay down their arms or he would: “lay waste to their country with fire and sword.” But the tough-talking words only outraged the frontiersmen of the Appalachian Mountains who decided to bring the battle to Ferguson.
All but Major Patrick Ferguson, were Americans. Ferguson commanded over 1,000 Loyalist milita, while the rebel Patriots, about 900 strong, were under the command of a group of frontiersmen colonels.
The battle opened on October 7, 1780 where 900 Colonial frontiersmen approached the base of Kings Mountain. The rebel army split up in eight groups intended to surround the mountain and destroy Ferguson’s Loyalists. Two storming parties, led by Colonels John Sevier and William Campbell, while six additional storming groups, led by Colonels Shelby, Williams, Cleveland, Chronicle, McDowell and Winston, would attack the main Loyalist group.
The frontiersmen crept up the hill and opened fire on the red clad Loyalists from cover of the rocks and trees. Ferguson rallied his troops and launched a bayonet charge against the frontiersmen being led by Campbell and Sevier. The frontiersmen were forced to retreat. But Campbell rallied his troops and returned to the base of the hill to open fire again against the Loyalists. Two more times, Ferguson launched bayonet attacks against the attacking rebel colonists. During one of the charges, Colonel Williams was killed, and Colonel McDowell was wounded. But each time, the frontiersmen retreated and returned once the Loyalist counter-assaults were spent.
Loyalist casualties were increasing, and the situation was grim for Ferguson. As the frontiersmen began to overrun the positions, Ferguson rode back and forth across the hill trying to rally his men to stand and fight by yelling orders and blowing his silver whistle used to signal charges. As the frontiersmen began over running the Loyalists positions, Ferguson was struck by about a dozen rifle balls fired by the frontiersmen and fell dead off his horse.
After seeing their leader fall, most of the Loyalists lost heart and began signaling their surrender. It was the Patriot frontiersmen who wouldn’t stop firing. Seeing the Loyalists beginning to surrender, they continued firing at them. Many of the rebel frontiersmen were in no mood to take prisoners. But after a few more minutes of bloodletting, the several American Patriot colonels began to slowly get their men under control and rounded up over 600 Loyalist prisoners.
On the Loyalist side, 157 were killed and 163 were seriously wounded, and the remainder (698 men) were taken prisoner. The Patriot frontiersmen lost 28 killed and 62 wounded. As many as nine of the Loyalists were hanged when several frontiersmen discovered that they originally fought for the Rebellion and then changed sides.
Background
ReplyDeleteThe threatening situation in the Carolinas alarmed Congress and Washington and measures were taken to protect the distressed section. Before Cornwallis could be brought to bay he was faced successively by four antagonists–Generals Gates, Greene, Lafayette and Washington. They found in him the most capable and dangerous opponent of the war. Greene called him “the modern Hannibal.” With Lincoln’s surrender of nearly all the continental soldiers in the south, a new force had to be supplied to meet the British veterans. Two thousand men, mainly the Maryland line, were hurried down from Washington’s camp under Johann de Kalb; Virginia and North Carolina put new men into the field, and the entire force was placed under command of General Gates.
Battle
Gates marched towards Camden, S.C., and on the 16th of August encountered Cornwallis near that place. Each army by a night march attempted a surprise of the other, and fought a confused skirmish at Waxhaws. The next morning, both armies drew up face to face. Gates placed De Kalb’s troops on his right flank and the militia on his left, and ordered De Kalb forward. Cornwallis, meanwhile, sent his right flank forward as well, and Gates’ inexperienced militia fled. The British regulars wheeled around and flanked De Kalb.
Gates was utterly routed, and fled the field. The reputation he had won at Saratoga was ruined on the occasion by over-confidence and incompetence. De Kalb was killed in the action. General Greene, standing next to Washington as the ablest and most trusted officer of the Revolution, succeeded Gates. Cornwallis marched leisurely into North Carolina, but before meeting Greene some months later he suffered the loss of two detachments sent at intervals to disperse various partisan corps of the Americans. On the 7th of October 1780 a force of 1100 men under Major Patrick Ferguson was surrounded at King’s Mountain, S.C., near the North Carolina line, by bands of riflemen under Colonels Isaac Shelby, James Williams, William Campbell and others, and after a desperate fight on the wooded and rocky slopes, surrendered. Ferguson himself was killed. On the 17th of January 1781 General Daniel Morgan was attacked at Cowpens, south-west of King’s Mountain, by Colonel Banastre Tarleton with his legion. Both were leaders of repute, and a most stirring action occurred in which Morgan, with Colonel William Washington leading his cavalry, practically destroyed Tarleton’s corps. Despite the weakening his army suffered by these losses, Cornwallis marched rapidly through North Carolina, giving Greene a hard chase nearly to the Virginia line.
Aftermath
American casualties were 683 killed, wounded, and captured with another 50 missing, and included the loss of General Baron de Kalb. The Americans also lost most of the supplies currently in the Southern Department, and all of its artillery. British losses were 68 killed, 245 wounded, and 11 missing.
Samuel Isaacs III was involved in most of these in some way or another as was his father Col Elijah Isaacs of the North Carolina Militia. After the war this is one of the reasons the people of Tennessee such as Andrew Jackso, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett welcomed the Isaacs in settling and distributing land to all. Many loyalist soldier used Col Elijah Isaacs as a reference to confirm their war service for the Colonies. ColElijah Isaacs settled in Pendleton, South Carolina in the old Ninety-Six area. His son Samuel lived there as did many heros of the war effort. Twins: Elijah II and Elisha were born there in Feb 1775. Elisha was a tax paying land owner in Huntsville in 1828. Brother twin Elijah went to Tennessee and then Mississippi in about 1809 and fought in the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans in Jan. 1815. He was in Amite County, Mississippi for the first census of 1820 and a year or two later Elijah with Son Samuel was crossing The Sabine River that separates Louisiana from Texas South of Toledo Bend to the Guld Coast.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Isaacs from Lincoln could not have been the father of the twins.
DeleteLet me start with what is known by wills or settlement of estate papers.
Samuel Isaacks' {b1674} kids; (by his will P1)
1 Samuel Isaacs b1705
2 Elisha Isaacs b1708
3 Mary Isaacs b1715 {husband Thomas Hill}
4 Margaret Isaacs b1720 {husband Alexander Seuter}
Samuel Isaacs {b1705} kids (by his will P2)
1 Godfrey Isaacs b1732
2 Elijah Isaacs b1735
3 Jane Isaacs
4 Rebecca Isaacs
5 Mary Isaacs
6 Elizabeth Isaacs
Elisha Isaacs {b1708} kids {by his father's will P1}
1 John Isaacs b1728
2 Elisha Isaacs b1729
Elijah Isaacs {b1735} kids {by his will P3}
1 Samuel Isaacs b1759
2 Rebecka Isaacs
3 Abbee Isaacs
4 Jinny Isaacs
5 Winny Isaacs
6 George Isaacs {under 21 in 1799}
Samuel Isaacs {b1759} kids {by his settlement of his estate papers}(P4)
1 Elijah Isaacs b1778
2 Peggy Isaacs b1780
3 Sarah Isaacs b1786 {husband Lewis Shelton}
4 Elizabeth Isaacs b1789 {husband William Brown}
5 Abagail Isaacs b1790 {husband Bailey Rains}
6 John W. Isaacs b1795 {b1795-1804 by the 1820 census}
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(P1)
Will Book 1, page 366
Will of Samuel Isaac of Frederick County , Virginia.
dated: December 4, 1749 Proven: May 8, 1750
Son Samuel to be sole executor- Whole estate to be equally divided
between son Samuel Isaac and Elisha Isaac, Margaret Seuter and Mary
Hill. 2 grandsons: John Isaac, Elisha Isaac.
Samuel Isaac (X)
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Frederick Co. Va.- ref. will 19 Nov 1759 (will Book 2 page
376),SamuelIsaacs: he left 2nd so n, Elijah his plantation and adj.
landslying S.side of road(Approx 200 acers). To son Godfre y, remainder of
theland,north side of road. The remainder to be divided equally between hi
s4dau. Elijah was Executor.
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Elijah Isaacs Will 1799
In the name of God Amen.
I Elija Isaacs of Pendleton County
Being in perfect mind and memory but weak in body calling to mind that it
is apointed
once for man to die domak this my last will and Testament first of all. I
commit my
soole to God that gave it and my body to the dust to be decently
buriyed_______and
as to my worldly Estate to be disposed of as follows.
First I leave to my youngest sun Giorge Isaacs a Negro boy called Isak
and my sadle and a small sorrel mair. The Negro to be delivered to him
when he beacums twinty one years of age and if should die with ishu the
Negro to left to Jenny and Winney.
Secondly I leave to my daughter Rebecka Isaacs her bed and furniture and
a hor worth one hundred dollars________and the ballence of my Estate both
rail and pershenel I leave to my youngest daughter Winney Isaacs and do
apoint James Blair and Samuel Isaacs soole exacetors of this my last will
and testement witness my hand
this fourth day of April 1799.
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Re: TX Elijah Isaacs not son of TN Samuel
By Terese Bueker March 21, 1999 at 09:41:45
In reply to: TX Elijah Isaacs not son of TN Samuel
Terese Bueker 3/18/99
(P4)
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL ISAACS (ages unknown)were to split total of $4,963.40:
I. Abigail Isaacs Young Rains (& husband Baily Rains) - $709.06
II. John W. Isaacs - $709.06
III. Mary Margaret Isaacs Vanzant (& husband Jacob Vanzant)(deceased) - $709.06 (see below)
IV. Isaacs female (Sarah?) Shelton (deceased) - $709.06 (see below)
V. Peggy Isaacs Curtis (deceased) - $709.06 (see below)
VI. Elizabeth Isaacs Brown (& her husband William Brown) - (deceased)$709.06 (see below)
VII. Elijah Isaacs (deceased) - $709.06 (see below)
DeleteI. Baily Rains & Abigail got $709.06
II.Heirs of Peggy Isaacs Curtis got:
1. Elizabeth Curtis - $101.29
2. James Curtis - $101.29
3. John C. Cooksey (Curtis wife or grandchild) - $101.29
4. Bartelle Sims (Curtis wife or grandchild?) - $101.29
5. Richard Rutledge (Curtis wife or grandchild?) - $101.29
6. Samuel H. Reed (Curtis wife?) - $101.29
7. Children of daughter?
James & John Stewart
II.John W. Isaacs, son of Samuel - full share - $709.05, indicating that he was still alive.
III. Heirs of Mary Margaret Isaacs, deceased wife of Jacob Vanzant - dividing her $709.03 share:
1.Isaac Vanzant - $141.81
2.Thomas C. Jones (husband of Maria Vanzant) - $141.81
3.Robert Davis (husband of Emily Vanzant) - $141.81
4.J. C. (or H.) Hutchins (husband of Frances Vanzant) - $141.81
5.William Orgain (husband of Mary Ann Vanzant) - $141.81 - according to Jack Byrne: [William Orgain's name was left off the estate settlement even tho the money was distributed as reflected by the figures.]
IV.Heirs of Isaac's female, possibly Sarah, -wife of Lewis Shelton, dividing her $709.03 share:
1.James Little - $78.78
2.John (Jas?) P. Smith - $78.78
3.Baily Reynolds - $78.78
4.Vincent Shelton - $78.78
5.Abigail Shelton - $78.78
6.Sarah Shelton (minor) - $78.78
7.Jonathan Shelton (minor) - $78.78
8.Samuel Shelton (minor) - $78.78
9.Elijah Shelton - $78.78 (he was apparently 1st cousin to Cassa Isaacs, his wife, & also collected Cassa's $101.29 share from Elijah Isaacs' portion for his wife
V.Peggy Isaacs Curtis heirs (posted earlier)
Heirs of Peggy Isaacs Curtis got:
1. Elizabeth Curtis - $101.29
2. James Curtis - $101.29
3. John C. Cooksey (Curtis wife or grandchild) - $101.29
4. Bartelle Sims (Curtis wife or grandchild?) - $101.29
5. Richard Rutledge (Curtis wife or grandchild?) - $101.29
6. Samuel H. Reed (Curtis wife?) - $101.29
7. Children of daughter?
James & John Stewart
VI.Heirs of Elizabeth Isaacs Brown, deceased wife of William H. Brown - Dividing her $709.03 share
1.Thomas C. Brown - $94.13($101.29 - $7.16)
2.Allen Brown - $101.29
3.Wilson C. Pruett (husband of ?Elizabeth or E. P., Brown) - $77.51 + $23.18 ($10.29 - $ .60)
4.Hugh M. Brown - $101.29
5.William H. Brown - $101.29
6.John Brown - $101.29
7.Elijah Brown - $101.29
VII.These are the heirs of Elijah Isaacs, deceased son of Samuel.All are grandchildren of Samuel because they split their father's $709.06 (or .03) share:
1.Elijah Shelton (husband of Cassa Isaacs) - $101.29
2.Hiram Wiles (husband of Eliza Isaacs) - $101.29
3.Jeptha Wiles (husband of Sally Isaacs) - $101.29
4.John Findley (husband of Amanda Isaacs) - $101.29
5.Samuel Isaacs (son of Elijah) - $101.29
6.John W. Isaacs (son of Elijah) - $101.29
7.A. M. Isaacs (son or daughter of Elijah) - $101.29
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SAMUEL ISAACS and MARY WALLACE MORGAN
DeleteA few years back I seen where so one said that the info on Samuel Isaacs and Mary Wallace being the parents to Elijah and Elisha Isaacs twins born in 1775 had came from a bible record. {I have never seen this bible record yet} But if the bible record story is correct and we know that Samuel Isaacs {Lincoln Co. Tn.} only had a son named Elijah who was already dead by 1844. Samuel's estate paper's lists Elijah's kids and it is clear that Elijah Isaacs b1775 is not the same person. So if the bible record is correct and it has Samuel Isaacs and Mary Wallace Morgan were the parents of the twins then it was another Samuel Isaacs and Samuel {Lincoln Co. Tn.} did not marry Mary Wallace Morgan.
There is two Samuel Isaacs on the 1790 census {P1} for South Caroline. The Samuel Isaacs in Pendleton, South Carolina was the son of Elijah Isaacs b1733 because Elijah was also on the Pendleton census. So the Sam Isaacks in Edgefield South Carolina must have been the father to the twins and the husband of Mary Wallace Morgan. This Samuel Isaacs must have been either a son or grand son to Elisha Isaacs b1708.
Another hint that Samuel Isaacks from Edgefield, South Carolina is the father of the twins is the fact that Elijah's daughter Elizabeth married William Hardy Clark who was born in Edgefield, South Carolina in 1790. Also the Isaacs from Edgefield spelled their name with the K Isaacks.
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Name Samuel Isaacs
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Pendleton, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 2
Free White Persons - Females 5
Number of Household Members 8
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Sam Isaacks
County: Edgefield
State: South Carolina
Number of Free White Males Under 16: 2
Number of Free White Males 16 and Over 2
Number of Free White Females: 3
Number of Household Members:
Name: Saml Isaacks
[Samuel Isaacs]
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Edgefield, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 3
Elijah Isaacs who was the son of Samuel Isaacs (Lincoln Co. Tn) named two sons John Wallace and Allen Morgan supposedly after his mother Mary Wallace Morgan. It looks like Lincoln Co. Samuel was the one that married Mary Wallace.
DeleteLincoln County and later Moore County in Southeastern Tennessee continued to be settled by family from Col Elijah, son Samuel's and Grandson Elijah's family including Richard Isaacs who was with Col Elijah in the Pendle SC census of 1790 and 1800 Ashe County, NC and later in Lincoln County, TN census of 1820. Godfrey Isaacs family in the name of Fielding Ashby Isaacs went to Russell County Virginia in SW Virginia. Many settled into Kentucvky as did Uncle Elisha Isaacs (Another Col. Isaacs) went to raise tobacco and make whiskey. Two things Kentucky was known, over 200 years and still going.
ReplyDeleteLater generations got away from that and many became blacksmiths or farmers.
So Isaacs of that gene pool contributed greatly to the settling of America From Winchester, VA to NC to SC to KY to TN to AL to MS to TX to IL and then IN, OH and MO, OK and beyond.
Richard Isaacs died about 1818 in Ashe Co, NC. The 'Isaac' in the 1820 census in Lincoln Co, TN is a free African American. I am a descendant of Richard, and have small dna matches with descendants of Elijah's sisters Rebecca and Elizabeth and their brother or cousin John. I'm trying to figure out how Richard is related to them.
DeleteI am also a descendant of the Isaacks, and am researching the history. How do we go about getting the DNA testing? My great great grandmother was Mahala Isaacks, daughter of Elijah, when they came to Texas. I know I will test positive, but would still like to have it done, or help in researching further Samuuel I's roots.
ReplyDeleteYou can test at familytreedna.com and ask for their FAMILY FINDER test. It's cheap but you can do men or women. The problem is the test is relatively new and not all on out Isaacs Project have had that test done and it only checks against others who have tested FF.
DeleteI am the last of the ( Isaac ) in my family. I have traced my ancestory to Samuel Isaacs Sr. from Wales also. I have tracked down all the male Isaacs from him down to myself. Mostly starting in Virginia (Winchester), and going to NC,Kentucky, and eventually Missouri. I am trying to complete my tree for my 3 daughters to enjoy. Would love to chat with anyone interested. Ryan Isaac hapkidoist73@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteKeep up the Great Work, Tom!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. My mother was an Isaacs from Ky. I'm really glad to see spmeone has taken the time to document all of the isaacs genealogy . Based on what I've read I am the 11th descendent of Samuel Isaacs.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone discovered the actual survey by George Washongton for Samuel Isaacs II ?
Hi my nane is Dave Isaacs i'm related to Samuel Isaacs that was on my dad saide do you have any
Deletegood stores about the Isaacs or any pictures or nanes of the Isaacs.I got from my dad father his
name was Riley C Isaacs-Samuel Isaacs if you
have anything that whold help me here is my Email
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There are as many stories about Isaacs as there are Isaacs. I could go on all day long about Isaacs stories. I'll try to e-mail you.
Deleteold Sam I made whiskey for G.W. before the American Revolution. Washington was a young Lt in the British army before the French & Indian War long about 1750 or so. Whiskey was better pay than money. It held it's value better between colonies which all had their own money systems back then. For instance: a Maryland Pound note was worth more than a Virginia Pound note. But if you had a dollars worth of Isaacs whiskey in Virginia it was worth that or more in Maryland. Tobacco was his crop to pay his debts but Corn to make whiskey was his 'Cash Crop.'
DeleteWhat an interesting blog! Any recommendations on what DNA company to use? My father is the last male from our Isaacs line and is willing to
ReplyDeletetest for his girls(3). we were looking into 23 and me but would love any recommendations before we move forward.
go to www.familytreedna.com and check out PROJECTS. Look for alphabetical and click on 'I' for Isaacs. Scroll down and find us. Click on URL and 'Y' DNA. Order 37 'Y'(Male) DNA Test. We have about 60 Isaacs or people w/Isaac(k)s DNA but other last names. The USA Isaacs are R1b's and include several different branches to the Isaacs tree. But all go back to VA circa 1700.
DeleteI am also a descendant of the Isaacks, and am researching the history. This is my dad side i like to learn about the Isaacs family
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ReplyDeleteNice to see there's so many isaacs. out family reunion would be huge! I'd love to go visit wales where our family lived...I wish we had a better idea of where ralph and samuel sr were from )=
ReplyDeleteI also am a descendant of Samuel Isaacs my father for the longest time thought my grandfather passed away so he was adopted and given the last name Jones finally we found out my grandfather was still alive before he passed he wanted to get our names switched back to Isaacs.i have the whole list of Isaacs starting with Samuel Isaacs Sr down to my father all the children,births,deaths and what wars they fought in
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DeleteWhat was your Grandfather Jones Full Name?
DeleteWhy does a lot of people think that Samuel Isaacks was born 1685? He came to America in 1698 and received land for transporting people from England. So it would seem that Samuel would have been around 25 in 1698 and he came from England. He would not have been 13 and received land? I think that Cavaliers and Pioneers Vol.3 is the only document that has any thing about his age and where he came from before America.
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He is found in
Cavaliers and Pioneers Vol.3, page 21 Richard Covington granted him 1091
acres in Essex Co. Va. April 26 1698 for transporting 23 persons from
England.
Also people has that Elisha Isaacs son of Samuel I was born 1728 but the deed below is dated 1734 so he would have been at least 21 so Elisha was born by 1713. Elisha had a son Elisha who was in Samuel I will. The son Elisha could have been born around 1728.
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Fairfax and Jost Hite Land Surveys, Shenandoah River, 1734-1735 Frederick Co., VA:
Elisha Isaacs, 200 acres, surveyed 16 October 1734 [no survey No.]
I have documents that show Sam Isaacs 1, received permission to sail to the Americas in 1690.He was Master of the ship Virginia Factor.
Deleteit's been a few years since this was posted, but I would love to see those documents Jake!
DeleteI am also a descendant of the Isaacs. My great grandfather was Granville, son of Hezekiah, son of James, Son of Samuel, son of Godfrey, son of Samuel Jr., Son of Samuel Sr. I have been helping my grandmother to trace back our family line. So good to see that there are so many Isaacs tracing back their family lines.
ReplyDeleteI am also a descendant of the Isaacs. My great grandfather was Granville, son of Hezekiah, son of James, Son of Samuel, son of Godfrey, son of Samuel Jr., Son of Samuel Sr. I have been helping my grandmother to trace back our family line. So good to see that there are so many Isaacs tracing back their family lines.
ReplyDeleteI am also a descendant of the Isaacs. My third great grandmother was Elizabeth Isaac Clark, daughter of Elijah, son of Samuel, Son of Brig. General Elijah, son of Samuel Jr., Son of Samuel Sr. I have been working on my Paternal Side of Family since 1997.
ReplyDeleteI am a Texas Isaacks. I love reading and listening to all the talk tales y'all have. Thanks so much for all the history.
ReplyDeleteBeen about 9 years since I 1st posted this. Appreciate the folks who have chosen to participate. The whole purpose was & is to have a place all Isaac(k)s could come to post & comment. All input s good whether it confirms my findings or not. I think 1685 Sam might be the son of Ralph Isaacs as stated elsewhere. It has since been found that Ralph did lead to Sam but eventually to Ed in Norwalk, Conn. Ed says he can walk to 6 Isaacs grand or GG Parents from his house. Ed is a member of our group on FTDNA. He is not the R-SRY2627 S.N.P. on DNA. He is an R-20 which is out of the Rhine Valley BWO Scotland. Interesting side note: One of his Isaacs guarded Abe Lincoln's assassin. It's a small world afterall. In Big "D" Tom B.
ReplyDeleteI have read your blog on the Isaacs family. I am trying to place Hiram Wiles and Elizabth Isaacs marriage. As of this writing I have found nothing and would very much like to know more. I dont know if Elizabeth Isaacs was the mother to Lafayette E. Wiles or not. The marriage dates I have for the women Hiram married just don't stand the test of time. Lafayette was born in 1831/32. Hiram born in 1807 if I remember correctly. The other women would have been 8 or 9 when Lafayette was born. I really did not believe Hiram and Elizabeth were connected in anyway until today when I saw this blog. I am still on a thin wire to understand, I have searched thousands of records and have founds no marriage cert. for them. I saw the records you have for the will and it does not really prove they were married. And no one I have talked to really knows either. With some of the people who put things in for their tree it is like follow the leader instead of proof. To put papers in for the DAR you have to prove it or they won't take your papers. If anyone out there has some sort of record for their marriage or bible record can you please end my misery and share the results. I would love to know the marriage dates to find out who Lafayette's mother was.
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Hello! I am an Isaacs from Jackson county, Kentucky. Loved reading all of this.
ReplyDeleteAfter years of research, I've determined Samuel Isaacs was Jewish and part of the Sephardi Levites from the R1B haplogroup. His non-Jewish last name appeared to be Bogle/Boyles and they were Sephardi bankers from Istanbul, Turkey. The family lent money to the Scottish and British governments in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
ReplyDeleteIt was really a wild ride with all the family history and DNA results. My Isaacs are from West Virginia, so it is funny to think they came from West of the Jordan, too.