.....Samuel Packwood was the son of Samuel Packwood and Penelope Stout. He married Elizabeth Turner about 1769. Elizabeth was the daughter of Shadrack Turner and Ann Pollard of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (became Henry County in 1776/7).

.....Samuel was a farmer, and owned a farm in Patrick County, and also owned land in Henry County.

.....Samuel's will was written 23 July 1824, in Patrick County, Virginia (Will Book 1, p. 141).

.....Samuel served in the Henry County Militia during the Revolutionary War, having fought in the Battle of Guilford Couthouse under Captain John Cunningham and Colonel Abram Penn. He served as a Gentleman Justice of the Peace in Patrick County, Virginia.

Samuel is a proven ancestor of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution, headquartered in Washington, DC):

Ancestor #A085705
Packwood, Samuel
Service: Virginia Rank(s): Private
Birth: Circa 1750 Lunenburg County, Virginia
Death: Ante 11--1825 Patrick County, Virginia
Service Source: VA MAG of HIST & BIO, VOL 17, PP 189-190
Service Description: 1) Henry CO Militia, Capt John Cunningham, Col Abram Penn
Residence: Henry CO: State: Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Turner

Samuel's residence was originally in Henry County, Virginia, but when Patrick County was formed, his farm fell within the boundary of the newly formed county of Patrick. He and his wife Elizabeth Turner Packwood died in Patrick County, Virgina.

Children of Samuel and his wife Elizabeth:
1)......Elisha H. Packwood
..........Born: 22 Feb 1773 Patrick County, Virginia
..........Died: 22 Dec 1865 El Dorado County, California
...........Buried: Cayucos- Morro Bay District Cemetery, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California (Note: Tombstone Marker includes Elisha, his son Charles, Charles daughter Annie, but not Elisha's wife Mary Burnett)
............Spouse: Mary Polly Burnett Packwood
2).........Captain Samuel Packwood, III
.............Born: 9 April 1775 Patrick County, Virginia
.............Died: 11 Dec 1847 Borden, Clark County, Indiana
..............Buried: McKinley & Packwood Cemetery, Borden, Clark County, Indiana
...............Spouse: Isabell McKinley Packwood
................He served in The War of 1812
3)..............Elizabeth "Betsy" Packwood Prillaman
..................Born: 23 May 1791 Patrick County, Virginia
.................Died: 1863
..................Buried: Prillaman Cemetery, Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia
..................Spouse: Abraham Prillaman
...................Note: In her father Samuel's will of 1824, she is mentioned as "Elizabeth Prilliman", along with nine other children. Elizabeth and Abraham Prillaman had seven children. Elizabeth in later years was called "Grandy Betsy", and lived near Callaway.

Samuel Packwood, II and Elizabeth Turner Packwood had seven other children.

Samuel's descendants migrated west, except his daughter Elizabeth Prillaman, who lived out her life in southwestern Virginia,......one of Samuel's most prominent descendants was Senator Robert Packwood of Oregon.

By: Rebecca Prillaman, 3rd great niece

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