Samuel
James Tindall, the son of Margaret and Samuel Tindall, was born in Sumter
District on July 8, 1821. On
November 28, 1839, Samuel married Martha
Perdreau Wells, the daughter of Esther
Perdreau and Edward Wells. The
wedding was performed by the Rev. Noah
Graham. Martha was born in Sumter
District on August 2, 1824.
According
to the 1840 Census of Sumter District (Page
16), Samuel J. Tindall was born between
1820 and 1825. In his home was one
female born between 1820 and 1825.
According to the census, there were two
people involved in agriculture and one
slave.
On
January 20, 1843, Samuel J. Tindall sold
103 acres for $300.00 to his sister-in-law
Mary E. Lynam . Martha signed her
dower on January 25, 1843. The
witnesses were Henry H. Wells and Alex
Norris. The property, described as
Plat No. 5 on a General Plat of Property
owned by Edward Wells, was bounded on the
east by the Privateer Branch and property
of Mary E. Lynam, on the north by
property of H. H. Wells, on the
south by property of William Harvin, and
on the west by property of P. E.
Wells (Sumter County Court House, Book
LL, Page 100).
On
January 3, 1845, Samuel J. Tindall and
Robert J. Holladay mortgaged three and
one fourth acres in Manchester to William
F. Gordon for $300.00 (Sumter County
Court House, Book M, Page 204). On
January 16, 1845, Samuel J. Tindall and R.
J. Holladay mortgaged two slaved (Mereman
and Peggy) to T. F. Rhame for $600.00 (Sumter
County Court House, Book M, Page 101).
On
October 25, 1847, Samuel J. Tindall
mortgaged four acres in Manchester to
Samuel Tindall for $1,000.00 (Sumter
County Court House, Book MM, Page 467).
Samuel J. Tindall had purchased this land
from William F. Gordon. On February
8, 1848, Sheriff Thomas J. Wilder sold
four or five acres of land in Manchester
to Samuel Tindall for $5.00 (Sumter
County Court House, Book N, Page 523).
This property had belonged to Samuel J.
Tindall.
Martha
died during the month of October in 1848.
According
to the 1860 Census of Charleston County (Page
118), Samuel J. Tindall, age 40,
was living alone in Saint Andrews
Township where he worked as an overseer.
According to the census, he was born in
Sumter, SC.
On
February 4, 1867, Samuel J. Tindall
mortgaged a gray mare to William S.
Mitchell for 147.00 (Sumter County Court
House, Book R, Page 569). On March 3,
1869, a crop lien was given by S. J.
Tindale and Mrs. S. Garrett to E. W.
Moise. Again on April 17, 1869, a
crop lien was given by S. J. Tindale and
J. J. Wideman to E. W. Moise (Sumter
County Court House, Book S, Pages 169 and
365).
Samuel
died sometime after April 17, 1869.
Issue:
1.
Esther Margaret Tindall was born on
Monday, September 6, 1841, at 5:00 p.m.
She died in Sumter District, South
Carolina, before November 16, 1866.
2.
Samuel Priestley Tindall was born on May 2, 1843,
and died on June 8, 1901. In Sumter
County, South Carolina, on November 20,
1867, Samuel married Susan Eloise Reese (1850-1922).
The wedding was performed by the Rev.
Noah Graham. Susan was the daughter
of Mary Jane Harvin (1829- 1890) and
William M. Reese (1822-1902).
Samuel and Susan are buried in the
Marlowe Cemetery in Cameron, Texas.
3.
Anna Tindall was born on January 12, 1845.
She married Benjamin Lewis Broadway, the
son of Elizabeth Weeks and Louis Augustus
Broadway. Benjamin was born on May
3, 1844. Anna and Benjamin had
seven children: Adger Austin who married
Judson C. Bradham, Margaret, Zula,
Benjamin Lewis who married Mary Alice
Bradham, Mattie Tindal who married Donald
McQueen White, Samuel Priestly who
married Hattie Maliney Beatson and Mary
Susan who married James Marion Bradham.
Anna died on January 17, 1913, and
Benjamin died on December 26, 1919.
Anna and Benjamin are buried in the
cemetery at Home Branch Baptist Church in
Clarendon County, South Carolina.
4.
Richard W. Tindall was born about 1846.
According to the 1860 Census of
Manchester, Sumter District, South
Carolina, Richard (age 14) was living
with his grandmother, Eliza Tindall.
On April 20, 1864, at the age of 19, he
enlisted at Columbia, South Carolina, in
Company C, Hampton Legion (an Infantry
Regiment). He was wounded at
Tillman's Gates and was admitted to
Jackson Hospital on July 28, 1864, with
gunshot wounds to his right thigh.
On August 6, 1864, he was sent home from
Receiving Wayside Hospital in Richmond,
Virginia, for a 50 day furlough.
According to Dick Tindall, a descendent
of Samuel Priestley Tindall, Richard lost
a leg during the Civil War. On
December 13, 1874, in Hardeeville, South
Carolina, Richard married Almeta (Meta) W.
Coburn, the daughter of the Rev. J. R.
Coburn.
Published sources:
Haynsworth-Furman
and Allied Families, 1942.
Marriage
Notices From the Southern Christian
Advocate 1867 - 1878, by Brent H.
Holcomb, 1994.
[Descendants of Samuel
Tindall Tree]
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