Samuel Morrill served as a private in the Revolutionary War, enlisting at Atkinson New Hampshire in 1792 and serving for three years. Afterwards he was a farmer in Deering, New Hampshire. On the last page of the application is a listing of his estate as of 1820, consisting almost entirely of an array of animals, including cows, horses, and pigs. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Source Medium: Microfilm . [6]

[1]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;). .

[2]1800 US Census , Deering NH, p. 490. One son under ten, wife, and one other adult woman. Brother John also living in Deering. 1800 US Census.

[3]New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette (Name: Concord, NH;), 5 December 1825, p. 3. "In Hillsborough, Nov. 23, Mr. Samuel Morrill, aged 60: he was a respectable citizen, a revolutionary soldier, and a U. S. pensioner." New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette (Concord, NH), Source Medium: Newspaper .

[4]Date derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application. .

[5]Date inferred from age at the time of Revolutionary War Pension Application. .

[6]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File W17160.

[7]Date and place derived from 1850 census. .