Samuel B Truax and Rebecca Abigail (Sarah) Stillwell
Samuel B Truax and Rebecca Abigail (Sarah) Stillwell are a GGGG Uncle and GGGG Aunt of Chester Carson.
While in the Fulton County Libary, I discovered a book by Harry Stuart Holman, M.A, published in 1980, titled "History of Tonoloway Baptist Church". It shed new light on these relatives of ours.
The Tonoloway Baptist Church still stands today, and in a future posting I will show you photos of it and the cemetery that contains several of our ancestors.
Samuel was born in 1740 in Woodbridge County, New Jersey. Sarah was born five years later, in the same county. They were married in about 1765.
We know that Samuel and Sarah were in Bedford County, PA by August of 1774, when they joined the Tonoloway Baptist Church at the time of its founding (when it was known as Sideling Hill Church).
Samuel was a member of the Rangers of the Frontier. The Rangers were a group of men in the early 1780's who road the countryside protecting settlers from Indians or other provocations.
In 1787 a land survey, performed on Samuel's behalf, identified 150 acres of land located just north of Little Cove Road, in Bethel, PA.
Samuel and Sarah had eight children: Rachel, Stillwell, Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jane, Rebecca, and Meriam.
Samuel died March 12, 1801. His wife, Sarah, died September 15, 1801
While in the Fulton County Libary, I discovered a book by Harry Stuart Holman, M.A, published in 1980, titled "History of Tonoloway Baptist Church". It shed new light on these relatives of ours.
The Tonoloway Baptist Church still stands today, and in a future posting I will show you photos of it and the cemetery that contains several of our ancestors.
Samuel was born in 1740 in Woodbridge County, New Jersey. Sarah was born five years later, in the same county. They were married in about 1765.
We know that Samuel and Sarah were in Bedford County, PA by August of 1774, when they joined the Tonoloway Baptist Church at the time of its founding (when it was known as Sideling Hill Church).
Samuel was a member of the Rangers of the Frontier. The Rangers were a group of men in the early 1780's who road the countryside protecting settlers from Indians or other provocations.
In 1787 a land survey, performed on Samuel's behalf, identified 150 acres of land located just north of Little Cove Road, in Bethel, PA.
Samuel and Sarah had eight children: Rachel, Stillwell, Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jane, Rebecca, and Meriam.
Samuel died March 12, 1801. His wife, Sarah, died September 15, 1801
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