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Sampson Violett

Sampson Violett

Male Abt 1761 - Aft 1817  (> 56 years)

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  • Name Sampson Violett 
    Birth Abt 1754/1761  Loudon Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 7 Jun 1817  Pike County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P40295  Violette Family
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2025 

    Father John Violet, I,   b. 1734, Prince William Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1814, Leesburg, Loudoun, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Jemima Leith,   b. Abt 1734   d. 15 Dec 1816, Buck Creek, Urbana, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1752 
    Family ID F10003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Boydston   d. Bef 1812 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1810  Adams Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 1810

      MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married OH.
    Family ID F19850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eve Hoover,   b. 17 Sep 1786, Fayette Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1875, Lancaster Co., NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1815  Johnstown, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The marriage ceremony of Eve Hoover Philips to Sampson Violett was in Johnstown, Ohio and the two credible witnesses were Major Eli A. Pratt, a Revolutionary comrade of Sampson Violett and William Duke a nephew of Eve Hoover Philips. William Duke was the 3rd son of John Duke and Catherine Hoover Duke, a sister of Eve Hoover Philips, 10 years her senior, who was born in 1776. At the time of Eve’s marriage to Sampson Violett, she w as about 29 years old. Sampson, born in 1761 would be about 54 years of age. Where Sampson and Eve lived after their marriage is only tentatively suggested by a deed for a property to Sampson Violett at Galena, Ohio, Delaware County in 1817. This could have been Eve’s home when Richard Philips lived. At least in the search for any real assurance, the drive was made to Galena and a family name of Philips now live there on the place and is undoubtedly a descendent of a branch of the same family. There was still a story about "Sampson" building the "Chimney" which still stood at one end of the large room in 1941.

      Source: History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006
    Children 
     1. Reason Hamilton Violett,   b. 17 Nov 1816, Licking Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1888, Columbus, Franklin, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Justice Sampson Violett,   b. 28 Feb 1818, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1891, Columbus, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F19851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DOD: Eva stated that her husband left his home on or about the 7th day of June A.D. 1817 to go to the town of Newark on business in said county of Licking; that he never returned and as she is informed never arrived at the said town of Newark -- that said affiant believes him to be dead as she has never heard that he was living --History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006, pg 15
      DOM2nd: OH Marriage Records


      History of the Violett Family in America by Mary Catherine (Violett) Corbett 1947; edited and annotated by Martin Hammond Violette II 2006, pg 19, "according to Historical Atlas of 1874 when he enlisted in 1776 and that he served under General George Washington as a personal aid and scout and that he also was paid by the Commander-in-Chief as he told this fact to his wife, Eve Hoover (Philips) Violett. Sampson served until 1783 then enlisted under Capt. John Watts in Light Dragoons."

      The Violett Family in America by Genevieve Potts (Mrs. Perry A.) Dolle 1950 edited and annotated by Martin H. Violette ver. 1.00 2007, pg 64
      "Sampson Violett, married first in 1810 to Sarah Boydston in Adams Co., Ohio but had no children. Sarah Violett probably died in Adams County, Ohio. It is to be noted that he came to Adams County, Ohio with his brother John and family, as the land allotted them for their respective services in the War of the Revolution was located in this area. John's wife Mary Violett also died in Adams County, and it is apparent that both brothers became acquainted with young widows (who were sister-in-laws) Constance (DuTrembly) Philips and Eve(Hoover) Philips) the first named , John married, and the second name, Sampson married, at the age of 54 years,
      Sampson Violett, married Eve (Hoover) Philips, December 15, 1815 at Johnstown, Ohio (Licking County). She was the widow of Richard Philips, and the daughter of Henry and Eve (Henlein) Hoover; her parents were of German-Swiss stock (Huber, pronounced common1y as Hoover)."

      US Land Records, Military Records, Government Pensions: War of 1812, Service: Pvt, Capt Lucas, Ohio Mil., Bounty Land: H.21594-160-50