Samuel Augustus ERWIN^{[1, 2]}

1786 - 1854  (68 years)

• Name	Samuel Augustus ERWIN
  Birth	17 Mar 1786
  Gender	Male
  Misc	Casey Co., KY
  	After death of spouse, Sarah/Sally Riffe Erwin, Sam left area.
  	He allowed his two young children to become guardians of maternal grandfather, Christopher Riffe, a well thought of man in Casey Co., KY.
  Occupation	Honey Grove, Fannin Co, TX
  	surveyor, postmaster
  Residence	1837 & 1854	HONEYGROVE, TX
  	Samuel Augustus Erwin has large gravestone marker in Honey Grove, TX, stating that: " Virginia-born Samuel Erwin was married in 1819 in Tennessee to Sally Rodgers Crisp (1795-1860), in a ceremony performed by locall magistrate David Crockett. First settler in the Honey Grove area, Erwin arrived here in 1837 and surveyed land grants for other pioneers. A surveyor by profession, he platted the townsite for his frient B.S.Wolcott in 1848. He was the town's first postmaster and one of Fannin County's earliest Justices of the Peace." Crockett Park Monument, same area, indicates that Honey Grove was named by Crockett, but he died before it could become a town. Old friend, Sam Erwin, continued on and became the founder. Monument reads in part, that Crockett traveled by riverboat, horseback and on foot, entering Texas along the Red River, camping at a site half a mile northeast of this park, he found wild bees and honey in hollow trees...and called the campsite a " Honey Grove." it is said that he told his friends he would settle here later, but in a few weeks he died in cause of freedom. at the Alamo. One of Crockett's old friends, Tennessee Surveyor Samuel A. Erwin..became the first settle here (1839( and first postmaster (1846)..Benjamin S. Wolcott, arriving in 1846, added land of his own to his wife's legacy from James Gilmer. With Erwin as co-founder, he platted the town of Honey Grove on the Gilmer Grant..."
  Death	13 Jun 1854	Honey Grove, Fannin Co, TX
  Person ID	I1744	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family 1	Sally RODGERS CRISP,   b. 1795   d. 1860 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1819	TN
  	spouse #2; married in TN by longtime friend, Justice David Crockett. They then moved to TX.
  Family ID	F1243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah\Sally RIFFE
  Marriage	Bef 1813	Casey Co., KY
  	RE; LETTER FROM TOM EVANS DATED AUG 1, 1998 ;
  Children	+ 1. Mary\Polly Ann ERWIN,   b. 25 Dec 1813, Ellisburg, CASEY CO, KY d. Yes, date unknown + 2. William Carroll ERWIN,   b. 22 Sep 1815   d. 1848, Ellisburg, CASEY CO, KY (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F1576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Honeygrove, TX story http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5d652a82-fdb9-4cf8-8ebc-c b1025e61b73&tid=2143358&pid=-1858943433

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] Imported GEDCOM file. [S193] Imported GEDCOM file.