BLACK: – Samuel Black was born in 1727 or 1728 and died at Beverly Manor, Augusta Co., Virginia, September 28, 1782. He married Jean or Jane in 1745. She died will dated March 15, 1814, at Beverly Manor, South River, Augusta Co., Virginia. Their children were: Jean or Jane Black married Mathew Alexander; Mary Black married William Black; Nancy Black married Gillispie; James Black married June 16, 1800, to Elizabeth Rice; Samuel Black married Sept. 9, 1806, to Louisa Ferguson. The said Samuel Black and James Black are spoken of as infants in the will of Samuel Black dated Augusta County, Va., December 20, 1782, proved April 15, 1783. The said Samuel Black qualified as a second Lieutenant in Captain Robert McCreary’s Company, the 22nd of October, 1778. Samuel Black born in Augusta Co., Va., September 9, 1782 ; married Louisa Ferguson in 1806. and died in 1830. Louisa Ferguson was born in 1784, and died in 1832. Samuel Black served in the War of 1812 in Captain William Gregory’s Company of Light Infantry, 4th Regt. (Boyd’s) of the Virginia militia. Commenced service April 19, 1814. Company Muster Roll for June 29 to August 3, 1814 shows expiration of service as August 3, 1814. Samuel Black and his bride rode on horseback from Virginia to Dayton, Ohio. They had three children, Samuel, James and Jane. Samuel Black born in 1808, Dayton, Ohio ; married Salina Ayers in 1828, and died January 12, 1853, at the age of 45 years, 11 months and 27 days. Salina Ayers Black died August 29, 1847 at the age of 37 years, 11 months and 16 days. Samuel Black came from Dayton, Ohio, and established a town in Indiana which he called Dayton. Indiana. He established a large tannery ana carried on a large business. The old vats are still standing and a part of the old brick house at this date, June 9, 1920. The children of the above were: William, died Sept. 11, 1837, age 3 years; James, died Aug. 28, 1839, age 3 years; Louisa, died Sept. 10, 1838, age 1 year; Sarah Jane died Aug. 20, 1842, age 11 years. Samuel Black was married the second time to Sarah Alexander, (born Dec. 12, 1827), Sept. 30, 1849, and died May 29, 1879. The children of the second marriage were: Sina Black. Samuel Black. Samuel Black was born Dec. 8, 1850, and married Alice Northcutt, March 26, 1872. He died July 8, 1911. Alice Northcutt was born in 1850 and died in 1886. The children of the above were: Samuel Freddie, born December 3, 1874, died September 13, 1875 ; Bertha, born Jan. 10, 1878 ; May, born April 2, 1880 ; Lina, born December 8, 1884, died August 4, 1893.

SOURCE: Vol, IX, No 11, March 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry