Samuel was born in 1825. He was the son of John Meadows and Elizabeth Wyant. He passed away in 1910. Enlisted 16 April 1862 and mustered in the same day to Company I, 36th Virginia Infantry. Away without leave 16 July 1862, on rolls 15 Feb. 1862, prisoner of war at the 3rd Battle of Winchester, 19 Sept. 1864, and arrived at Point Lookout, Maryland, 21 Sept. 1864. He was exchanged 15 March 1865, and then taken prisoner again at some point (Battle of Waynesboro?) and paroled 14 June 1865.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DS-QWM : 4 April 2020), Saml Meadows, Giles county, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing family 814, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC57-SY8 : 15 July 2017), Saml Meadows, Walkers Creek, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 34, sheet 89D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,367.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNQ-QZH : accessed 8 September 2020), Samuel Meadows, Walker Creek District (east part), Giles, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 14A, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,709.
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