Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records W

Samuel D. Weir & Elizabeth B. Vanlandingham

Husband: Samuel D. Weir
Born: possibly 1769, Fishing Creek, Chester County, SC
Married: about 1813
Will: Muhlenberg County Will Book 3 pages 84-85, proven November 1847
Buried: Weir Cemetery - “Our Father” - no dates.
Father: William Weir
Mother: Susannah Miller

Wife: Elizabeth B. Vanlandingham
Born: about 1787, Northumberland County, VA
Died: after 1880 census
Father: Ezekiel Vanlandingham
Mother: Elizabeth Bromley

Children of Samuel Weir & Elizabeth Vanlandingham:

  1. Susan Weir, born 25 September 1815, Muhlenberg County; died 13 October 1897, Muhlenberg; buried Rice Cemetery; married 24 July 1838, Muhlenberg County to Thomas Jefferson Rice (16 March 1804 - 07 April 1856)
  2. Elizabeth Weir, born 04 November 1817, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; died 09 June 1888; buried Weir Cemetery; married March 1835, Muhlenberg County, Isaac Roll (30 September 1812 - 16 February 1878)
  3. Sarah Oliver Weir, born about 1817, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; married 1) 14 February 1854, Muhlenberg, James B. Hancock; married 2) 24 May 1863, Muhlenberg, Arnold Malin.
  4. Nancy V. Weir, born 17 May 1823, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; died 27 July 1891. Buried Weir Cemetery; married 06 March 1839, Muhlenberg, Elijah Smith
  5. Samuel Miller Weir, born 08 November 1826, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; died 01 November 1908. Buried Weir Cemetery; married 01 January 1861, Elizabeth B. Vanlandingham, daughter of O.C. & Mary Ann (Drake) Vanlandingham.
  6. Margaret Jane Weir, born 01 April 1830, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; died 21 January 1915. Buried Weir Cemetery; married 10 December 1847, Muhlenberg, to O.C. Vanlandingham Jr.
  7. Easter/Esther A. Weir, born 08 November 1826, Paradise, Muhlenberg County; died 18 January 1891; married 03 February 1874, Muhlenberg, Josiah Maddox. (Esther's dates from Ancestry.com's World Connect. Another source gives her date of birth as 01 April 1830.)

Notes:

“A History of Muhlenberg County” by Otto A. Rothert:
pages 58-59, Footnote #2 for Samuel Weir

Pioneer Samuel Weir was born in South Carolina in 1769 and died near Paradise in 1830. His farm was one of the best-managed places in the county. It was at his home that his mother, Mrs. Susan Weir, died. On the marble slab marking her grave are no dates; the well-carved inscription reads simply, “Susan Weir, the Best of Mothers.” Samuel Weir married Elizabeth Vanlandingham, sister of pioneer Oliver C. Vanlandingham. They were the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, who was married to Isaac Roll; Susan, to T.J. Rice; Nancy, to Elijah Smith; Margaret, to O.C. Vanlandingham Jr.; Esther, to Josiah Maddox, and Samuel M., to Elizabeth B. Vanlandingham. Samuel M. Weir was born in 1826 and died near Paradise in 1908.

Muhlenberg County Court Order Book 1 page 230, 23 November 1801
Samuel Weir this day claimed a right to 400 acres of land on Pond River

1810 Muhlenberg County Census
Samuel Weir - 1 Male 26-45 - 1 Female 45+ and 1 slave

Muhlenberg County Will Book 3 page 84; dated 18 November 1845; proven November Court 1847
To wife Elizabeth; to son Samuel who is to provide a comfortable home for his mother and sisters, Esther, Sally and Margaret. He, Samuel Jr., is to furnish Thomas J. Rice and wife, and Elijah Smith and wife, one horse and saddle each on the marriage of his three sisters named above. Mentions giving Roll and wife their part before hand. A later codicil names son-in-law Isaac Roll. Witnesses to will and codicil were Moses F. Glenn and Greenberry Roll. Executors named: son Samuel Weir, nephew Edward R. Weir. (Source: Muhlenberg County KY Abstracts of Wills and Administrations by Marian G. Hammers)

Updated August 10, 2017