Carty, Haden and Samuel Wells, sons of Capt. Samuel Wells all seemed to have served in the American Rev., all had land grants.
Carty Wells died Shelby Co., Ky 1813
William Wells killed at Ft. Dearborn, Aug. 1812
Samuel Wells d. St. Charles, Mo. 1830. He was a Col. in 1812, and a mamber of Ky. Legislature from Jefferson co., 1798099.

Bourbon Co., Note-
Samuel Wells, heir at law of Samuel Wells enters 1000 Acres on preemption warrant No. 2696 in 1786.

In Shelby Co., Ky. found wills for Carty Wells,(son of Samuel) - listing wife Margaret, children (no Samuel)

Ibid

Found will of Thomas Wells, 1850, Clear Creek, Shelby Co., wife Nancy, children --- no Samuel

Will of George Wells 1817, 2nd wife Agnes, long list of children by each wife. Referred to Circuit court. One son stated his heir Samule Wells dead 1819, in Jefferson Col, Ky. (This George Wells lived on Bull Skin Creek, where Samuel Wells fo Jessamine County, lived before he went to Ill.)

• Samuel Wells - Mary Spear 12-30-1781 (Jefferson Co., KY)
• Yelverton Peyton Wells - Rebecca Prince, 1794
• Margaret Wells - James Harden - 6-7-1685 (Bond: Samuel Wells)
• Elizabeth Wells - George McCrocklin - 2-14-1826 (dau. of Samuel Wells, deceased)
• Patsy Wells(father Samuel Wells, Jr.) - Major Walers 11-19-1809 (Bondsman: Y. P. Wells)
• Polly Wells (father Samuel Wells) - James Audrain, 12-20-1806
• Rebecca Wells (father Samuel Wells) - Nathan Heald, 5-23-1811

From handwritten paper attached to page:

"Old Tippecanoe" page 94

Two veteran campaigners, Gen. Samuel Wells & Col. Abraham Owen of Ky. arrived with Geiger as volunteers. Harrison appointed Wells as Major of Ky Rifleman & enlisted Col. Owen.

Samuel Wells lived in Louisville. A meeting held there Col. Samuel Wells who had fought at Battle of Tippecanoe.
War Dept. ordered Harrison to put Col. Samuel Wells in charge of 17th Regt. with 3000 men from Pa and Va also Volunteers and Militia from Ky to make 6000 strong.
"River Raisin"

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