Samuel Rankin

Sam and Mary lifed near Greensboro, NC, NC where he was a ruling elder in the Buffalo Creek Presbyterian Church. Samuel Rankin, son of John and Hannah Carson Rankin, married Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca Scott, in 1800, and located two miles north of the church. Their children were William, Hannah, Alexander, John Scott, Rebecca, Margaret and Nancy. William married Zillah, daughter of Samuel McLean, in 1827; Hannah married Rankin Donnell, son of Thomas and Nancy Rankin Donnell, in 1823; John Scott married Almira Matilda Alexander, of Mecklenburg County, in 1833 and located there; Rebecca married John Calvin McLean, son of Samuel, in 1829; Margaret married Dr. William D. Scott, son of Adam, in 1836; Nancy married Roddy E. Hanner, son of John and Sarah McAdoo Hanner, in 1841; Alexander died young.