Mary Brown Bridgman

Mary Brown Bridgman was born November 3, 1808, in Wythe County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Bridgman and Mariam Brown.   (Mary's name may have been Mariam, after her mother.)

Mary's father moved his family to Campbell County, Tennessee, between 1813 and 1815.

Mary married Sampson David in 1829, in Campbell County, Tennessee.

Sampson David was born November 19, 1806, in Tennessee, the son of James David and Elizabeth Reeves.  James David was born March 20, 1778, in Virginia and died June 10, 1878, in Tennessee.  He was the son of George David (born about 1723, in Wales; died in Tennessee) and Mary Morgan (born about 1725, in Pennsylvania and died in Tennessee).  (James David was a brother to Sampson David who married (Mary's aunt) Martha Bridgman.)  Elizabeth Reeves was born  May 10, 1783, in South Carolina and died 1863, in Tennessee.

Children of James David and Elizabeth Reeves included: (1) George David, b. 1802, TN; (2) William Dickson David, b. 1804, TN; (3) Sampson David, b. 1806, TN; (4) Seth David, b. 1808, TN; (5) Sophia David, b. 1814, TN; (6)  Felix Robertson David, b. 1817, TN and (7) Timothy Reeves David, b. 1820, TN.

The 1830 Fentress County, Tennessee census shows Sampson David as a male 20-29 with a female (Mary) also age 20-29.   

Sampson David was the Administrator of the Estate of Mary's father William Bridgman in 1840.  

The 1840 Campbell County census shows Sampson David's family as one male 20-30 (Sampson); one male 5-10 (William); one male under 5 (James); one female 20-30 (Mary); and one female 15-20 (unknown, but probably a relative).   Listed next to Sampson David was his uncle Caleb M. David.  Listed two farms away was Sampson's father-in-law, William Bridgman.

The 1850 Campbell County, Tennessee, 17th Subdivision, census shows Sampson David, 43, carpenter, real estate valued at $500; Mary B., 41; William J., 15; James F., 13; Eliza, 9; Thomas B., 7; Emily R., 5; and Charlotte, 9 months old.   Listed one family away was Mary's sister and brother-in-law, Charlotte and Richard Wheeler.

The family moved to Walker County, Georgia prior to 1860.  The 1860 Walker County census shows Sampson David, 53, farmer, $1500 real property, $600 personal property; Mary B., 52; Eliza, 19; Thomas B., 17; Emily C., 15 and Charlotte I., 10.   Living nearby was Mary's widowed sister-in-law, Jane Bridgman and her children. 

In the early 1860's several members of both the David, Stanfield and Bridgman families migrated to Arkansas.  We believe Sampson and Mary were among them.  Their daughter Eliza married about 1865 in Arkansas.

Sampson David died October 1, 1868, probably in Arkansas.  Mary died two days later on October 3, 1868.

Children of Sampson David and Mary B. Bridgman