General Information

Birth
1769
Guilford County, NC
Death
1818

Notes

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.

Parents

John Rankin
- Father
1736 - 1814
Birth
27 JUN 1736
New Castle County, Delaware
Death
27 MAR 1814
Guilford County, NC
Burial
Buffalo Church Cemetery, Guilford County, NC
Hannah Carson
- Mother
1746 - 1814
Birth
1746
Newark, Deleware
Death
26 MAY 1814
Guilford County, NC
Burial
Buffalo Church Cemetery, Guilford County, NC

Spouse

Mary Scott
- Wife
1778 - 1856
Birth
1778
Married
24 DEC 1800
Guilford County, NC
Death
1856

Children

Nancy E. Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
1812
Guilford County, NC
Margaret Rankin
- Daughter
1809 - 1844
Birth
1809
Death
1844
Rebecca Rankin
- Daughter
1807 - 1879
Birth
1807
Death
1879
John Scott Rankin
- Son
1806 - 1866
Birth
1806
Death
1866
Alexander Rankin
- Son
1804 - 1805
Birth
1804
Death
1805
Hannah Rankin
- Daughter
1803 - 1883
Birth
1803
Death
1883
William Rankin
- Son
1801 - 1832
Birth
1801
Guilford County, NC
Death
BEF 1832