Frodo lämnar allt till Sam när han seglar över havet. Från "The Gray Havens", kapitel 9 i bok sex:
"But you are my heir: all that I had and might have I leave to you."
Årets tal, Bilaga B beskriver hur Sam valdes till borgmästare sju gånger och sedan i 1482:
Death of Mistress Rose, wife of Master Samwise, on Mid-year's Day. On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End. He comes to the Tower Hills, and is last seen by Elanor, to whom he gives the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Among them the tradition is handed down from Elanor that Samwise passed the Towers, and went to the Grey Havens, and passed over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.
Och även om det inte är uttryckligt, visar familjeträdarna i bilaga C Sams sonson, Harding, som beskrivs som "Harding of the Hill", som förmodligen hänvisar till Hobbiton Hill och därför innebär att familjen fortfarande lever i Bag End, som låg under den kullen. (Harding var descended från Sams andra barn, Frodo: hans första, Elanor, gift med Faströd på Greenholm och tillsammans inledde de en ny bosättning på Westmarch, som de blev förmyndarna till.)
Men du borde också veta att Sackville-Bagginses inte längre är fiender i slutet av boken: Lobelia visade stort mod när hon stod upp till Sharkey (Sarumans) bandebanden och förlåtas av alla inklusive Frodo:Then there was Lobelia. Poor thing, she looked very old and thin when they rescued her from a dark and narrow cell. She insisted on hobbling out on her own feet, and she had such a welcome, and there was such clapping and cheering when she appeared, leaning on Frodo's arm but still clutching her umbrella, that she was quite touched, and drove away in tears. She had never in her life been popular before. But she was crushed by the news of Lotho's murder, and would not return to Bag End. She gave it back to Frodo, and went to her own people, the Bracegirdles of Harbottle.
When the poor creature died next spring - she was after all more than a hundred years old - Frood was surprised and much moved: she had left all that remained of her money and of Lotho's for him to use in helping hobbits made homeless by the troubles. So that feud was ended.
Om du ännu inte har läst Shouring of Shire rekommenderar jag det: för mig är det en av de bästa delarna av boken.