Samuel Hynes Vick (1863 - 1946)

Born 1 Apr 1863 in Castalia, Nash County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Maria (Washington) Vick — married 19 May 1892 in Wilson, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1946 at age 83 in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Samuel Vick is Notable.

This profile is part of the Wilson, North Carolina One Place Study.

Samuel Hynes Vick was an educator, politician, businessman, real estate developer, church leader.

Samuel Hynes Vick was born in 1861^[1] or 1863,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} likely enslaved, in Nash County, North Carolina, United States.^[6] There were several Vick slaveholders in Nash County. According to a bio on Black Wide-Awake, he was born at Castalia.^[7]

His parents were Daniel Vick and Fannie (Blount) Vick (daughter of Violet Blount).^[8][9] In the 1870 census Samuel (age 8) was in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina.^[9] In the 1880 census Samuel (age 16), At School, was the son of Daniel Vick in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, United States.^[10]

He graduated from Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1884.^[6](More in See Also, below)

Samuel (age 29), son of Daniel Vick & Fannie Vick, married Annie M Washington on 19 May 1892 in Wilson, North Carolina, United States.^[2][11] Their children were born in Wilson, North Carolina.

1. Elma Vick b. Apr 1893^[3][4]
2. Daniel L. Vick b. Feb 1897^[3][4]
3. Samuel W. Vick b. 1900^[12]
4. George Vick b. 1903^[4]
5. Anna Vick b. 1905^[4]
6. Robert Vick b. 1908^[4]
7. Monte L. (Vick) Cowan b. 1918^[12]

Samuel was a member of the Wilson County, North Carolina, school board from 1896 to 1898. He was also a former president of the Wilson Commercial Bank.^[6]

He served as postmaster in Wilson for quite a few years, from 1889 to 1904.^[6]

In the 1900 census Samuel (age 37), Post Master, was the married head of household in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina.^[3] He and Annie had two children in the home.^[3] Also with them was a cousin, fifteen-year-old Bessie Parker.^[3]

In the 1910 census Samuel (age 47), Dealer in Real Estate, was the married head of household in Wilson Ward 3, Wilson, North Carolina, United States.^[4]

Samuel and his wife sold a quarter acre lot for $150 in 1911 to R. G. Briggs and C. M. Fleming. ^[13]

In the 1930 census Hines (age 62), a dealer in real estate, was the married head of household at 622 East Green St, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, United States.^[12] He owned his home, valued at $4,000. His children Samuel and Monte were in the home.

In the 1940 census Sam (age 77) was the married head of household in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina.^[5]

Samuel, son of Daniel Vick & Fannie Blunt, died on 8 July 1946 (age 83) at his home in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, United States. His funeral was held at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, and he was buried in Rountree Vick Cemetery, both in Wilson. ^[8][6]

Research Notes

• Need to look at the Vick slaveholders in Nash County. One source located is the Nash County, NCGenWeb.^[14]

• Another is the 1850 Slave Schedule: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?f.collectionId=1420440&q.anyDate.from=1800&q.anyPlace=Nash%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina&q.surname=Vick

• 1860 Slave schedule for Nash County: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?f.collectionId=3161105&q.anyDate.from=1800&q.anyPlace=Nash%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina&q.surname=Vick

• Then look through probate records and inventories for each. We would be looking for the father, Daniel Vick.

• Samuel Vick, born in 1863 and died in 1946, would make his age was 83 or close to it. There may be a discrepancy in his handwritten death record. It appears he self-reported 1863 (or corresponding age) several times during his lifetime. This may be the year he believed he was born.

• Further research is needed to see if a month and day of his birth can be located. FG has a date of 1 April 1863, but no photo of a memorial, and it appears this information was not recorded in his death record.

Sources

1. ↑ Death:"North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8908 #4996225 (accessed 2 February 2023)
   Samuel H Vick death 8 Jul 1946 (age 85) in Wilson, North Carolina.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Marriage: "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011", database with images, North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #7271359 (accessed 20 January 2023), Samuel H Vick (29) marriage to Annie M Washington on 19 May 1892 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: 1225; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1241225, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #50630199 (accessed 20 January 2023), Samuel H Vick (37), married, Post Master, head of household in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census", database, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilson Ward 3, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1137; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1375150, Ancestry Record 7884 #20874261 (accessed 20 January 2023), Samuel Vick (47), married, Dealer in, head of household in Wilson Ward 3, Wilson, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02990; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 98-32, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #156707996 (accessed 20 January 2023), Sam Vick (77), married head of household in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina. Born in Nash. The circled X by his name indicates that he was the informant for himself and the household.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Newspaper obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118113983/the-news-and-observer . "Prominent Negro Dies at Home in Wilson", The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), 10 July 1946, p. 10.
7. ↑ https://afamwilsonnc.com/2015/12/16/samuel-h-vick/
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Death: "North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976", database with images, North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1121 #1786160 (accessed 19 January 2023), Samuel H Vick death 8 Jul 1946 (age 85), son of Daniel Vick & Fannie Blunt, in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 572A, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #26542472 (accessed 19 January 2023), Samuel Vick (8), At Home, in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
10. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: 987; Page: 241C; Enumeration District: 304, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #13687709 (accessed 20 January 2023), Samuel Vick (16) son, At School, in household of Daniel Vick (38) in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina.
11. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, citing FHL microfilm: 246571; Record number: 678, FamilySearch Record: F8K4-7RM (accessed 20 January 2023), Samuel H Vick (29) marriage to Annie M. Washington (22) on 19 May 1892 in Wilson, North Carolina, United States.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 2341463, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #102514932 (accessed 20 January 2023), Hines S Vick (62), married, Dealer, head of household at 622 East Green St, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina.
13. ↑ https://afamwilsonnc.com/2023/01/14/vicks-sell-a-quarter-acre-lot/
14. ↑ https://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/african-americans/division-of-slaves-1829-1866/

• Death: "North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8908 #4996225 (accessed 2 February 2023)
  Samuel H Vick death 8 Jul 1946 (age 85) in Wilson, North Carolina.

See Also

• Find A Grave: Memorial #187710134

• Lincoln University was chartered in Pennsylvania in April 1854, as Ashmun Institute. It was renamed in 1866 as Lincoln University, for President Abraham Lincoln. This university was "the first institution found anywhere in the world to provide a higher education in the arts and sciences for male youth of African descent."

• • Bond, Horace Mann, "Education for Freedom:A History of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania", Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976, XX + 550 pp.

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2021/06/22/the-vick-house-by-night/

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2016/01/22/beautifully-located-high-and-healthy/

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2018/02/22/civil-servants/

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2017/10/01/negroes-take-advantage-vick-is-an-unusual-negro/

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2022/04/07/the-vicks-take-a-loan-from-a-friend/

• https://afamwilsonnc.com/2019/03/09/the-collapse-of-the-vick-empire/