NameCaptain Samuel Skidmore
Birth1792, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Death11 Jan 1876, Holly District, Braxton Co., West Virginia
BurialSterrett Cemetery
FatherJames Skidmore (1763-<1829)
MotherRachel O. Morrell (1764-1847)
Spouses
Birth2 Jan 1794, Hardy Co., (W) Virginia
Death8 Apr 1870, Missouri
BurialSterrett Cemetery, Braxton Co., West Virginia
FatherThomas Parsons II (1731-1804)
MotherElsie Alsia Miles (1761-1824)
Marriage6 Nov 1818, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Notes for Captain Samuel Skidmore
705Samuel [Skidmore] joined the 6th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, September 13, 1813. The Company marched to Norfolk, Samuel was on picket duty the night his brother John, a soldier of the same Company died. He settled on Holly, (what is now Braxton County) near his uncles, Levi and Reverend John. He served on the first grand jury after the County was formed, served as a Justice of the Court, worked, as a surveyor of lands, and was named Captain of Militia in 1835 (then Nicholas) County.

Samuel (Capt) SKIDMORE (151.James6, 113.John5, 66.Joseph4, 20.Joseph3, 5.John2, 1.Thomas1)
resided: Braxton Co, West Virginia
Children:
366. i Thomas W. SKIDMORE b. 1820.
+ 367. ii James SKIDMORE b. 1822.
+ 368. iii John J. SKIDMORE b. 23-Jul-1824.
369. iv Isaac V. SKIDMORE b. 1827.
370. v Jesse SKIDMORE b. 1830.
371. vi Mary SKIDMORE b. 1834.
372. vii Rachel SKIDMORE b. 1836.



706Captain Samuel Skidmore (1792_1876) was the son of James Skidmore and Rachel Morral. His paternal Grandparents were Capt. John Skidmore and Mary Magdalena Hinkle. Samuel married Elizabeth Parsons daughter of Samuel A Parsons. Capt. Samuel joined the 6th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, September 13, 1813. The company marched to Norfolk, Samuel was on picket duty the night his brother John, a soldier of the same company died. Capt. Samuel settled on Holly near his uncles. Her served on the first grand jury after the county was formed. Served as a Justice of the court, worked as a Land Surveyor and was named Captain of the Militia of Nicholas County in 1835.
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)

Father:  Thomas PARSONS III (AFN:GG4F-4B)
Mother:  Alsia MILES (AFN:GG4G-JJ) \

706another source says her parents are:
Samuel S. Parsons??
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