General Information

Birth
BET 1732 AND 1740
Chester County, PA
Death
16 DEC 1814
Gaston County, NC
Burial
Goshen Presbyterian Church, Belmont, Gaston, County, NC

Notes

Samuel Rankin was born 1740 in Newark, New Castle County, Delaware and died after 1782 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He own property in Guilford County, NC, North Carolina in 1760 selling this farm in 1763 moving to Guilford County, NC, North Carolina. He lived between 1740 and 1776 in Newark, New Castle County, Delaware; lived in 1770 in Lincoln County, North Carolina and later near Mt. Holly, North Carolina where he died.

He served in the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of King's Mountain.

A will dated December 16, 1814, Mecklenburg County, NC, probated April 1826, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Parents

Robert Rankin
- Father
Birth
1700
Rebecca Armstrong
- Mother
Birth
ABT 1700
Death
Guilford County, North Carolina

Spouse

Ellen Alexander
- Wife
1743 - 1805
Birth
16 APR 1743
Married
ABT 1760
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death
26 NOV 1805
Gaston County, NC
Burial
Goshen Presbyterian Church, Belmont, Gaston, County, NC

Children

Anne Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
1783
Jane Rankin
- Daughter
1771 - 1836
Birth
1771
Lincoln County, NC
Death
8 SEP 1836
Mecklenburg County, NC
Burial
Goshen Presbyterian Church, Belmont, Gaston, County, NC
Samuel Rankin
- Son
Birth
BEF 1775
David G. Rankin
- Son
1768 - 1830
Birth
16 JAN 1768
Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Death
3 FEB 1830
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Robert Rankin
- Son
1749 - 1820
Birth
ABT 1749
North Carolina
Death
ABT 1820
Caldwell County, Kentucky
Eleanor Nelly Rankin
- Daughter
1786 - 1848
Birth
1786
Death
4 APR 1848
Joseph Rankin
- Son
1777 - 1841
Birth
1777
Guilford County, NC
Death
1841
William Rankin
- Son
1761 - 1853
Birth
JAN 1761
Rowan County, North Carolina
Death
9 DEC 1853
Richard Rankin
- Son
1769 - 1804
Birth
1769
North Carolina
Death
23 MAR 1804
North Carolina
Alexander Rankin
- Son
1778 - 1849
Birth
1778
Death
18 FEB 1849