Follow Us
Like Us
Historical records matching Col Samuel Churchill
view all 20
Immediate Family
-
daughter -
daughter
-
daughter
-
-
-
daughter
-
daughter
-
-
-
-
daughter
About Col Samuel Churchill
Samuel and Abigail Churchill has 15 Children, one died at 12 days old in July-1821 and a set of twins died at birth in August-1827. They were the parents of Governor Thomas James Churchill, 13th Governor of the State of Arkansas, 1881 - 1883.
Son of Armistead Churchill, Jr. & Elizabeth Blackwell.
1814-1819: represented Jefferson County in the Kentucky Senate. 1830: elected to the State House of Representatives.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Churchill Downs was built on land from his old estate. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ky...
One source states in regards to Churchill Downs...."The track is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased 80 acres of land to their nephew, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. (grandson of explorer William Clark). Clark was president of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, which formed in 1874."
https://www.americasbestracing.net/tracks/churchill-downs
Wikipedia states "It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Downs
---------------------------------------------------------------
Reburial Date 10/10/1910* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2019, 5:00:15 UTC
view all 17
Col Samuel Churchill's Timeline
| 1779 |
June 10, 1779
|
Middlesex County, VA, United States
|
|
| 1804 |
April 14, 1804
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1806 |
August 14, 1806
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1808 |
August 12, 1808
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1810 |
October 27, 1810
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1812 |
December 6, 1812
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1814 |
September 14, 1814
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1817 |
March 9, 1817
|
Spring Grove, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
|
|
| 1822 |
September 7, 1822
|
Louisville, KY, United States
|
|
| 1824 |
March 10, 1824
|
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
|