Sampson Greathouse
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Dec 1808 - , Jessamine County, Kentucky
Christening:
Death: 2 Feb 1885 - Point Township, Posey County, Indiana 467
Burial: in Mount Vernon (south of - near Hovey) -Greathouse Cemetery , Posey County , Indiana
Cause of Death:
Events
• He appeared on the census in 1820 in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana. 311
Listed with David Greathouse
as 1 of 3 males 10 to 16 (Sampson, and 2 others?)
• Land Patent: 10 Apr 1829, , Posey County, Indiana. 134 Patentees: Sarah Greathouse (mother), Sampson Greathouse, George Greathouse, John Greathouse, Lorenzo D. Greathouse - 147.04 Acres, Aliquot Parts 2, Sec 36, Township 7-S, Range 14-W, 2nd PM Meridian, Posey County, Indiana.
• He appeared on the census in 1840 in Robinson, Posey County, Indiana. 245
Sampson Greathouse
1 male under 5 (David)
1 male 15 under 20 (?)
1 male 30 under 40 (Sampson)
1 female under 5 (Barbara)
1 female 15 under 20 (?)
1 female 20 under 30 (Sarah)
Note: The male and female ages 15 under 20 would have been born before we show Sampson's first marriage to Ann Jones.
• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 72
Sampson Greathouse, age 40, male, b. KY
Sarah Greathouse, age 30, female, b. Ia (IN)
Barbary Greathouse, age 12, female, b. Ia (IN)
David Greathouse, age 10, male, b. Ia (IN)
Margaret Greathouse, age 7, female, b. Ia (IN)
Sarah Greathouse, age 3, female, b. Ia (IN)
Joel Redman, age 20, farmer, b. Ia (IN)
• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 313
Sampson Greathouse, age 52, male, farmer, b. KY
Sarah Greathouse, age 44, female, b. IN
David Greathouse, age 20, male, farmer, b. IN
Margaret Greathouse, age 17, female, b. IN
Sarah S Greathouse, age 14, female, b. IN
Geo S Greathouse, age 6, male, b. IN
John Kitchell (later marries Caroline Greathouse, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Greathouse), age 9, male, b. IN
Bethiera Welborn, age 13, female, b. IN
Wm I Welborn, age 10, male, b. IN
John Welborn, age 8, male, b. IN
Crassey Cole, age 26, male, farm hand, b. IN
Davias Deed, age 25, male, farm hand, b. OH
• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 106
Sampson Greathouse, age 63, male, white, farmer, b. KY
Sarah Greathouse, age 54, female, white, housekeeper, b. IN
George S. Greathouse, age 16, male, white, b. IN
Mary E. Greathouse, age 10, female, white, b. IN
John R Greathouse, age 19, male, white, adopted, b. IN
Enoch Welborn (Sarah's father), age 73, male, white, boarding, b. NC, blind
Sarah J. Aldrich, age 17, female, white, housemaid, b. IN
• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. 453
Sampson Greathouse, white, male, age 71, b. KY, f. PA, m. PA
Sarah Greathouse, white, female, age 65, b. IN, f. NC, m. NC
Elizabeth Greathouse, white, female, age 17, b. IN, f. KY, m. IN
• Lived in: 1882, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. 468 He is listed as a farmer.
Parents
Father: David Greathouse (Abt 1782-1827) 15,16
Mother: Sarah Callender (1790-1853)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Welborn (18 Dec 1815 - 27 Oct 1893) 72
Marriage: 2 Mar 1837 - , Posey County, Indiana 469
Children:
1. Barbary A. Greathouse (Abt 1838- ) 72
2. David A. Greathouse (1840-1864)
3. Margaret Greathouse (1843-1874) 72,150,151
4. Sarah S. Greathouse (1846- ) 72
5. John R. Kitchell Greathouse (Abt 1851- ) 106 (Father: Adopted ) (Mother: Adopted )
6. George S. Greathouse (1854- ) 102,103,106
7. Mary Elizabeth Greathouse (1861-1940) 106
2. Ann Jones (Abt 1813 - 24 Apr 1835)
Marriage: 15 Apr 1830 - , Posey County, Indiana 470