From 1775-1778 Samuel lived in Port Tobacco, East Hundred, Charles Co., MD with four children, according to the Census of St. James Parish.60 He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Benjamin Cawood’s Co., 26th Battalion, from Charles Co., MD.60 Source for his service appearst in The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987, page 162.

Apparently Samuel never lived in PA; the family homestead lay near the present Lake Lynn, Fayette Co., PA, but south of the Mason-Dixon line in Monongalia Co., WV.60

DAR members have traced to Samuel through sons Henry Lewis Darnell and John Darnell (National #657042 [through son James T.], #757959 [through son Samuel], #881334 [through son Henry], and #881333 [through son Henry]).

Samuel Darnall, b. ca 1741 in Maryland, married in 1765. Source: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Elsewhere it is said that Samuel and Chloe married in 1766 in Greene Twp., Greene Co., PA; no citation.

Elsewhere, stated that Samuel married around 1766 in Greene Co., PA, Hannah Tibbs (1749-1843); no citation, and conflicts with marriage to Chloe. That researcher may be conflating Samuel’s marriage to Chloe about 1766 with Samuel, son of Samuel, who married Hannah Tibbs (b. ca 1793).