Reverend Samuel Doak

1749 - 1830  (81 years)

• Name	Samuel Doak  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Title	Reverend
  Birth	1 Aug 1749	Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1775	Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Princeton
  Education	1818	Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, USA
  	He and his son Rev Samuel Witherspoon Doak founded Tusculum College.
  Burial	1830	Washington County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Death	12 Dec 1830	Washington County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 5, 6, 8]
  Person ID	I9048	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Doak,   b. Abt 1725, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Mitchell,   b. Abt 1730, Northern Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Houston Montgomery,   b. 27 Feb 1755, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jul 1807, Washington County, Tennessee, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1775	New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Julia Doak,   b. 10 Aug 1776, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 1857, Brown County, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Rev John Whitfield Doak,   b. 1778   d. 1820 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Reverend Samuel Witherspoon Doak,   b. 24 Mar 1785, Washington, North Carolina, USA d. 3 Feb 1864, Greene County, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Margaretta Houston,   b. 10 May 1756, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Sep 1831, Greene County, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1809	Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F30613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

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  Graduation - Princeton - 1775 - Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 1809 - Tennessee, USA Education - He and his son Rev Samuel Witherspoon Doak founded Tusculum College. - 1818 - Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, USA Burial - 1830 - Washington County, Tennessee, USA Death - 12 Dec 1830 - Washington County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: JOHN AND ESTHER HOUSTON MONTGOMERY 1719 - 1973 by Anderson et. al., pub Maryville, TN 1974. REF: Erick Montgomery, 606 Oberlin Road, Augusta, GA 30909, April, 1993. REF: DAR Application No. 749199 for Rebecca Jane Fisk Bridgeman, Wife of William Edward Bridgeman, 310 State St. Alvord, TX 76225. Dr. Doak served as President of Washington College from it establishment in 1795 until 1818.

  
  

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