Samuel A. 7 Family

born: ? 1834   Edgecombe Co.
died:  15 May 1862 CSA Richmond, VA in hospital of pneumonia
CSA 3rd Arty. (40th State Troops) Co. G.
See Pension Below

married:  Martha Ann Jordan m. 24 Jan 1861
died: 18 of Jan 1875 (Rocky Manor, NC)

Samuel H. and Martha Ann Jordan were actually first cousins. Their mothers, Nancy Bailey Gray and Sally Bailey Jorden, were sisters, daughters of Jonathan Bailey.  They were married by her brother, Cornelius Haywood Jordan. who was a minister.

• John Henry Ruffin (23 Nov 1861 - 2 Jan 1929)
  married: Nannie Williams Jan 1899
  
• William Edwin Ruffin (27 Feb 1865 - 7 Apr 1926) married:Lonie Lena Weaver 8 Nov 1893
  
• Mary Lawrence Ruffin

THE CONFEDERATE STATES
  To Martha Ann Ruffin.  widow of  Samuel A. Ruffin, deceased,
late private of Capt. W.P. Lloyd's Co.G
40 Reg't Light Artillery North Carolina Troops

      For pay of said deceased from March 1, 1862 the date of his
Enlistment, to May 27, 1862.
The date of his Death Two months & twenty seven days at .12 cnts per month
---------------------------------------$34.80				Comm(can't read it) for  (?)
Six Months----------$25.00
$59.80
       As per Certificate of Capt. W.P. Lloyd herewith
 Payable to Martha Ann Ruffin, widow of deceased care of
 John Norfleet, Tarboro, North Carolina

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Auditor's
January 27, 1865											          H.Keeling, Clerk
Comptroller's
Office,
July 6, 1865											 F.M. Nsl??y,
clerk
Contributed by Alycia Dale Morgan.

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