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DABNEY, Samuel

DABNEY, Samuel

Male 1752 - 1812  (60 years)   Has 18 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name DABNEY, Samuel  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 14 Apr 1752  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 51755086 
    Death Dec 1812  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Age 60 years 
    Burial Dabney Cemetery, Orchid, Louisa, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Address:
    Dabney Cemetery
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I4091  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

    Father DABNEY, Col. William,   b. 1707, King William County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1773, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother BARRETT, Anne,   b. 1715, Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1779, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F2551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MERIWETHER, Jane,   b. 8 Apr 1757, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1833, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1775  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6] 
    Age at Marriage He : 22 years and 9 months - She : 17 years and 9 months. 
    Children 
       1. Male DABNEY, William,   b. 22 Sep 1776, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
       2. Male DABNEY, Dr. Samuel,   b. 1 Mar 1778, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1829, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
       3. Male DABNEY, Thomas M.,   b. 29 Nov 1779, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1810, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
       4. Male DABNEY, Francis,   b. 1 Jul 1781, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1856, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
       5. Female DABNEY, Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 9 May 1783, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1845, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
       6. Male DABNEY, George,   b. 11 Mar 1785, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  7. Male DABNEY, Col. Charles,   b. 5 Dec 1786, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1833, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
       8. Male DABNEY, Richard,   b. 15 Nov 1788, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1825 (Age 36 years)
    >  9. Female DABNEY, Mildred Meriwether,   b. 5 Sep 1790, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1851, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     10. Male DABNEY, Robert Lewis,   b. 17 Jan 1793, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1818, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     11. Male DABNEY, Edmund,   b. 31 Aug 1794, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1837 (Age 43 years)
     12. Male DABNEY, John Thornton,   b. 8 Aug 1797, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1833 (Age 35 years)
     13. Female DABNEY, Mary Ann,   b. May 1799, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1805, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
    Family ID F1664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Apr 1752 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jan 1775 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Dec 1812 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Dabney Cemetery
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA - - Dabney Cemetery, Orchid, Louisa, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 19 Aug 2015, accessed 19 August 2015), ID #: I4666, Samuel Dabney; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    2. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 25 Aug 2025, accessed 25 August 2025), Samuel Dabney; Dabney-306.

    3. [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), Samuel Dabney, Person ID 221.

    4. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 19 Aug 2015, accessed 19 August 2015<, Memorial #51755086, Samuel Dabney.

    5. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 19 Aug 2015, accessed 19 August 2015), ID #: I130, Jane Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    6. [S1189] Kathleen Booth Williams, editor, Book - Marriages Louisa County, VA 1766-1815, (1959; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989.), 27 Jun 2022, p 25.


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