Samuel Colver (September 10, 1817 – February 15, 1891[1][2]) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon, where he co-founded (along with his brother, Hiram) the town of Phoenix.

Samuel and Hiram founded the small community of Phoenix, initially called Gasburg, settling on donation land claims.

[5][6] Samuel's daughter Isabelle died of diphtheria on April 12, 1885, in Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon.

[1] Grief-stricken over the loss of both of his children, Samuel Colver was confined for a month to the Oregon State Insane Asylum in Salem.

A third child is suspected to have been born to Samuel and Huldah, named Alice Colver, but she died in infancy in Ohio.