Abt 1790 Christian Co, KY. Following the death of his father, hismot her moved the family and there he grew up and married Polly.Following h er death he was named in her stead in the will of herfather.
1810 Where was Samuel that year at census time? He was not in KY.
1811 Bond Co, IL. It has been said that the family moved with atleas t three of Samuel's brothers and the Whitley clan.
11/25/1812 Samuel served in the War of 1812 under Capt Amos Squire int he only battle on Illinois soil during the Fort Wisconsin Campaign.
4/7/1817 Bond Co, IL, was recorded as his residence when he purchased1 58.63 acres in Clinton Co, for $2.00/acre at a Federal sale.Brother-in -law, Miles Whitley, was in the same county at that time.
1818 Bond Co, IL. The state's first census listed Samuel "Lindly"with a h ousehold of 1 white male over 21 and 5 other whites. In thesame count y were John and Simon Lindley while in Bond Co were John,Joseph and Wi lliam Lindley, as well as John, John Jr and MillsWhitley.
1820 Perryville Twp, Bond Co, IL. At census time Samuel's familycons isted of: 2 males under 10 years of age, Samuel at 26-45, 3females und er 10, 1 female aged 16-26, 1 person was engaged inagriculture. Down t he road was William Lindley with Abraham Batemanbetween them. In the o ther direction was Henry Hall, probably arelative of first wife Polly.
1828 Moultrie Co, IL. Supposedly the first church services held inth e county were held in Samuel's cabin that year by Rev. Hart, aMethodis t. There is no evidence Samuel ever owned any property inMoultrie or i n Shelby Co.
Although no land entries have been found for Samuel, a county historys aid one "important thing he did was to go down to what is now knownas t he Whitfield farm with his ox teams and break out some prairieland for t he Waggoners" (the second family to arrive in the countybehind the Whi tleys.)
1830 Clark Co, IL. That year at census time, he lived next door tobr other-in-law, Randolph Whitley. Living in Samuel's house were 1male u nder 5, 1 aged 5-10, 1 at 10-15, 1 was 15-20, Samuel was 40-50,1 femal e under 5, 1 at 5-10, 1 was 10-15, 2 at 15-20, and 1 was30-40.
1833 DeWitt Colony, TX. On the move again, the family settled in theG onzales Co area.
1834 Montgomery Co, TX. Apparently he and several of the Whitleyfami ly moved together again. Court records verify that all ofSamuel's chil dren were born to Elizabeth Whitley except the first andlast.
11/7/1834. The Governor of IL signed his entrance to TX through thePo rt of Nacogdoches
Same date. He received Spanish Land Grants that were later recognizedb y the Republic of TX
Another researcher said that the family moved to Montgomery Co, aftert he Battle of San Jacinto but that did not occur until 4/1836 and inlig ht of the previous and next items they were there earlier.
1835 Danville, Montgomery Co, TX. There he "founded the town,acquire d additional land and became a well known planter andcattleman," accor ding to relative Richard Lindley of Houston.
1840 No census records are available for TX that year.
10/4/1850 That year at census time, Samuel was a 62 year old farmerwi th real estate valued at $5000. Wife Martha was 60 and living withthe m were John, 20, James, 19, Mahala, 17, Elijah, 15, and Amanda,10.
Samuel died intestate, the estate was probated 11/1859 andadministered i n 1860. The probate and settlement of his estateevolved into a legal d ispute between his children and his fourthwife, wherein the children p revailed with their petition. DaughterSarah, child of the first wife, a nd all of Elizabeth's children wereincluded as heirs. His last child A manda was not part of thesettlement.
The estate, valued at $26, 299.50, consisted of:
7 slaves valued at $5, 950.00
personal property worth $3,475.75
700 acres of land at $8,400.00
700 acres of unimproved land on Caney Creek valued at $4,200.00
other parcels worth $3,8776.25 and $497.50.
It has been said he had so much land he never did walk on some of it.S amuel's current wife, Martha Taylor Allphin, tried to get the wholeest ate but his children took the matter to court and won, but becauseof t his, they would never put a marker on his grave.
