Samuel Morrow
Revolutionary War Soldier
(Greenwood Cemetery, Plot 3.259)
Revolutionary War Soldier
(Greenwood Cemetery, Plot 3.259)
Samuel Morrow was born about 1743 in Ireland and died on March 8, 1835, at the age of 92. At the age of 15, he immigrated to the colony of South Carolina, landing at Charleston. He married Elizabeth Knox in 1776.
In February of 1776, Mr. Morrow enlisted with Capt. William Brown in the Chester District of South Carolina militia and served with him as a private until Capt. Brown was promoted to the rank of Major. After that, Mr. Morrow served with Captain William McLintock. Later, he served with Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumpter and Col. William Henderson.
After the British instigated Cherokee raids, Mr. Morrow’s 6th Regiment, under Capt. William Brown, was sent to attack the Cherokee settlements. One of the most notable battles was the Battle of Seneca, now near the campus of Clemson University. Later, on November 20, 1780, Mr. Morrow fought at the Battle of Blackstock under Brig. Gen. Sumpter. The British Lt. Col. Tarleton was suddenly called from his pursuit of Col. Francis Marion (Swamp Fox) and ordered to attack Brig. Gen. Sumpter who was at Blackstock and threatening the British outpost at Ninety-Six. Gen. Sumpter was wounded in this battle. Lt. Col. Tarleton was, eventually, forced to retreat. British military occupation of South Carolina was never firmly established because of Brig. Gen. Sumpter and his troops. Mr. Morrow was at the Siege of Charleston, as well as the Siege of Savannah. He went on to Sunbury, Altamaha River, which was in constant peril against the British forces and their Indian allies. From there he went to Tuckaw (Tuckahoe?) Swamp, where he was discharged.
After faithfully serving his country throughout the American Revolution, Samuel Morrow moved to Kentucky, where he was a pioneer settler of that state. At the age of 80, with his wife Elizabeth, he moved to Fayette County, Alabama, and then to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He purchased land in Tuscaloosa in 1826 with a grant from John Quincy Adams and the Land Act of 1820. In 1831 he began receiving a pension for his service at the rate of $45.77 per year. He died in 1835 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Sources:
Alabama Department of Archives and History (File Folder on Revolutionary Material)
Pension Application of Samuel Morrow – S15288
The American Revolution in North Carolina - Cherokee Expedition 1776 - Rutherford's
Campaign (carolana.com)
Thomas Sumter (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
https://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_battle_of_blackstocks.html
Fort Barrington Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
The Kentucky Land Grants; Volume Number: 1; Part: 1; Title: Chapter IV Grants South Of Green River (1797-1866); Section: The Counties of Kentucky; Source Page Number: 368
Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama by Thomas McAdory Owen
Also, Descendants of James Knox and Elizabeth Craig Knox
