Decendents of John Stephenson Sr

84. Sarah "Sallie" Ellen Stephenson (Jenkins⁶², Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born on 28 Jan 1806 in Harrellsville, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA and died on 19 Feb 1856 in Murfreesboro, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA at age 50. {FGID: 179620482}

General Notes: This information was given to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 444 -- Wade Garris 47, farmer, $1085 Real, Sarah Garris 44, Lavinia Garris 16, William L. Garris 14, Sarah A. Garris, 12, Elizabeth H. Garris 10, Harriet A. Garris 9, Patrick H. Garris 8, Wade H. Garris 5, Daniel W. Garris 3.
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Also, information about Sarah Stephenson can be found on Familysearch.org.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179620482/sarah-ellen-garriss
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Sarah married Wade Hampton Garris on 8 Jan 1827 in Northampton County, NC. Wade was born 28 Jan1803 in Harrellsville, Hertford County, North Carolina, USA and died on 14 Sep 1871 in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina, USA. {FSID: 9K8S-CQZ, FGID: 179620380}

General Notes: Information from Familysearch.org
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Find A Grave--
According to Family Search.Org Place of Death
Mufreesboro Hertford Co North Carolina
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127 F iv. Elizabeth Frances Garris was born on 1 Sep 1838 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA, died on 31 Oct 1926 in Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA at age 88, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. {FGID: 38100635}

General Notes: I originally had her name as Elizabeth H. Garris, born 1840.
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Find A Grave--
Biographical Information.
Elizabeth Frances Garris. Born 1st September. 1838. Northampton Co, North Carolina.
To Wade Hampton And Sarah Stephenson Garris. Who Married. 8th January 1827.
Northampton Co, North Carolina.
Elizabeth Frances was one of 14 Siblings.
She Married. Frank M Brown. 18th February 1869. Northampton Co, North Carolina. Parents of Five Children.

In 1920 Elizabeth Brown. Portsmouth Washington Ward, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia. Female. Age listed 81 Marital Status Married.
White. Relationship to Head of Household Wife.
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Elizabeth married Frank M. Brown. Frank was born on 9 Nov 1846 in Hertford County, North Carolina, USA, died on 9 Feb 1924 in Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA at age 77, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. {FGID: 48251046}

General Notes: Find A Grave--
Co E, 68th NC Inf Regt, CSA
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86. Charity Stephenson (Jenkins⁶², Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born after 1806. {FSID: MYVG-GYT}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Charity Stephenson:

Charity’s date of birth is estimated based on the fact that she was still being represented by a guardian in 1827. See item 6 under Estate Records in the Notes for Jenkins.

Tax Records:

1. 1828 Tax List (District 7): Charity Stephenson, following John and Burkit Stephenson and above Matilda Stephenson [John was their guardian]-52-5/8 acres of land valued at $107.

Charity married William (Bill) E. Garris on 8 Dec 1828 in Northampton County, NC. William was born in 1807 and died in 1845 in North Carolina, USA at age 38. {FSID: MYVG-GY2}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for William Garris:

The identity of Charity's husband is based on information taken from research notes of Gilbert T. Stephenson (date unknown); not independently verified.
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/55223205/person/412087127364/facts
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+ 132 M i. William Peter Garris was born on 3 Apr 1837 in Hertford County, North Carolina, USA and died on 26 Feb 1909 in Hertford County, North Carolina, USA at age 71.

87. Matilda Stephenson (Jenkins⁶², Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1810 in North Carolina. {FSID: L8PG-G2K}

General Notes: The following information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 631 - Matilda vick 40, $200 Real, William Vick 16, Henry Vick 13, Mawrtha J. Vick 11, Elisha Vick 8.

Note: No marriage bond or will located.

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Matilda Stephenson:

Matilda’s date of birth is estimated based on the fact that she was still being represented by a guardian in 1827. See item 6 under Estate Records in the Notes for Jenkins. According to Alan, Matilda was born after 1806.

Tax Records:

See introductory note under Tax Records in Notes for William.

1. 1828 Tax List (District 7): Matilda Stephenson, following John, Burkit and Charity Stephenson [John was their guardian]-25-7/8 acres of land valued at $103.

General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Amos Vick:

The identity of Matilda’s husband is based on information taken from research notes of Gilbert T. Stephenson (date unknown); not independently verified

135 F iii. Martha J. Vick was born in 1839 in North Carolina. {FSID: KD3W-9Q1}

136 M iv. Elisha Vick was born in 1842 in North Carolina and died on 1 Oct 1878 in Woodruff County, Arkansas at age 36. {FSID: MYV2-S2C}

General Notes: From Woodruff County, Arkansas: Loose Probate Records 1862 - 1900 - Abstracted by Marion Stark Craig, MD and Edited by Desmond Walls Allen:

Vick, Elisha
Drawer 7, Folio 3, Roll 38

"Died 1 October 1878. On 3 October 1878, Samuel C. Stephenson appointed administrator. Heirs: Fanny Vick, the widow, residence North Carolina, "if living"; S. C. Stephenson and Benjamin Stephenson of Woodruff Co.; Matilda Vick, Eleanor Vick, and Hattie -?- of North Carolina."

Elisha Vick was a second cousin to Samuel Charels and Benjamin Stephenson.

89. Jesse Stephenson (Arthur⁶³, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born 1804 or 1806 in Northampton County, North Carolina and died in 1854 in Northampton County, North Carolina at age 50. {FSID: MYVP-1YX}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 9, Jesse Stephenson 44, farmer $3748 b. NC, Rhoda 33, Abram 16 student, lorenza 9, Martha Martin 70, Rebecca Stephenson 37.

Marriage: Northampton County- Bond
Jesse Stephenson to Rhoda Martin on 5 December 1831

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Alan says Jesse was born in 1804 in Northampton County, North Carolona, and died in 1854 in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Notes for Jesse Stephenson:

Marriage Bonds:

Jesse Stephenson, goom; Rhodah Martin, bride; December 5, 1831; k. Powell, bondsman. NH Marriage Bonds, p. 187.

Deeds:

1. Etheldred Odom to Jesse Stephenson dated February 10, 1833, $[illegible] for Odom’s right, title and interest in a piece of land [acreage not specified] formerly belonging to Etheldred Martin and one slave, Jinny; witnessed by [illegible] Martin and Noah Odomn. NH DB 26:142

2. James Martin to Jesse Stephenson dated June 25, 1833, $[illegible] for Martin’s divided interest in 4 slaves, [first two names illegible], Malon and Sammy, that had belonged to the estate of his father Etheldred Martin; witnessed by A. Powell. NH DB 26:141.

3. Martha Martin to Jesse Stephenson dated [torn off], 1833, $[torn off] for the land left to her during her first widowhood [acreage not specified] and [description of adjoining land torn off].

4. William B. Wise (of Hertford Co.) to Jesse Stevens dated September 16, 1844, $775 for two tracts of land: (a) the “house tract” of 175 acres where William Goodman formerly resided and then occupied by Nicholas Boone on the public road leading to Murfreesboro and adjoining James W. Hill, Henry White and others, and (b) the second tract of 102 acres on the south side of the road to Murfreesboro and touching the former tract adjoining Howell Francis, Henry White and others; witnessed by Henderson Martin and Danny Deloach. NH DB 32:192.

5. William Britt to Jesse Stephenson dated February 4, 1848, $880 for 350 acres on Kirby Creek extending on the creek from Ramsay’s mill tail to the Meherrin River adjoining Lucy Peebles and Uriah Vaughan, of which about 80 acres was bought from Foreman and others and 270 acres formerly belonged to Crawford Tyner; witnessed by William Smith and Alexander Britt. NH DB 32:349.

Estate Records:

1. Jesse died intestate. His widow Rhoda was initially appointed administrator of the estate. See bond dated December 4, 1854, signed by Rhoda Stephenson [with a mark], David Stephenson [with a mark], Abram Stephenson and Henry White [with a mark]. [The Abram who signed the bond must have been Jesse’s son Etheldred J. Abraham. Jesse’s brother Abraham had died prior to this date in 1854.]

2. In the 1854 December Term of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rhoda petitioned for her dower rights in the “house tract” adjoining James W. Hill, Henry White and others and in the “Meherrin tract”, and named Jesse’s sons Etheldred J. A. Stephenson and Joseph [Lorenzo J. W.] Stephenson as minors without a guardian. It appears that an allotment of land to Rhoda did not occur until 1859 (see items 4 and 5 below).

3. Also in the 1854 December Term, Rhoda petitioned the court for one year’s support for her and her family and for an allotment to Rhoda of one feather bed and furniture and one wheel and pair of cards as her property. On January 5, 1855, Rhoda was awarded 5,200 pounds of pork, 175 barrels of corn, 15,000 pounds of fodder, 50 bushels of seed peas, 10 bushels of salt, one bed and furniture, one spinning wheel, one pair of cards, one cow and calf, one sow and pigs, 150 pounds of picked cotton, 250 pounds of brown sugar, 75 pounds of coffee, 10 gallons of molasses and 4 barrels of flour.

4. In the 1858 December Term of the Northampton County Court, Howell Francis, to whom Rhoda was then married, and Rhoda petitioned the court for a division and allotment of slaves, who numbered 25 or 26, in Jesse’s estate, one-third to Howell Francis in right of his wife and one-third each to E. J. A. Stephenson and L. J. W. Stephenson, L. J. W. being a minor without a guardian. Howell Francis and Rhoda also petitioned for a division and allotment of land between them and E. J. A and L. J. W. that included 700 acres adjoining Wade H. Garris and 300 acres adjoining James B. Banes.

5. On July 17, 1859, a jury that included Augustus Stephenson awarded 210 acres to Howell Francis in right of his wife Rhoda, representing one-third of the total value of the land in Jesse’s estate. The award included a plat of this tract, which appears to include the “house tract” described in deed 4 above. The tract awarded included the dwelling house and out houses and was bounded by the road leading from Genomi Park’s to Providence Meeting House [probably present county road 1360, the Murfreesboro road [probably present county road 1351] and James Garris.

6. The records include notes from Thomas Bolton and M. W. Smallwood for $137 for the hire of a slave, Samuel, for the year 1859 and $106 for the hire of a male slave [name not specified] for the year 1859, such slaves “to be furnished with usual clothing a hat and blanket and [are] to work on no public work”.

Census Records:

1. Jesse does not appear in the 1820 or 1830 Federal censuses.

2. 1840 Federal Census (page 124): Jesse Stephenson-1 white male under 5; 1 white male 5-9;1 white male 30-39; 1 white female 20-29; 1 white female 60-69; 8 slaves.

3. 1850 Federal Census (page 1): Jesse Stevenson-Jesse, age 46; Rhoda, age 33; Abram [E. J. A.], age 16; listed as a student; Lorenzo, age 9; Martha Martin [Rhoda’s mother], age 70; Rebecca [Jesse’s sister], age 37; John Belch, age 21, listed as a laborer; both Abram and Lorenzo had attended school within the past year; Rebecca and John Belch are shown as illiterate.

Tax Records:

See introductory note under Tax Records in Notes for William.

1. 1834 Tax List (District 7): Jesse Stephenson-51 acres of land valued at $142.

2. 1837 Tax List
--(District 7): Jesse Stephenson-1 free poll; 4 black polls; 200 acres of land valued at $500; “on the Bennet road”.

--(District 8): Jesse Stephenson-1 free poll; 4 black polls; 200 acres of land valued at $500; situated “on a branch of Martin’s Mill”. [This appears to be the same land as the land listed in District 7. The land may have extended into both districts.]

3. 1838 Tax List (District 8): Jesse Stephenson-1 free poll; 4 black polls; 200 acres of land valued at $500.

4. 1846 Tax List
-- (District 8): Jesse Stephenson-200 acres valued at $500.
--(District 12): Jesse-1 free poll; 5 black polls; 279 acres of land valued at $717. [Both tracts were shown in the tax list for District 12 and are clearly two different tracts. It appears that Jesse was living in District 12, which is consistent with the information in deed 4 under Deeds and item 5 under Estate Records above.]

Slave Schedules:

1. 1850 Schedule of Slave Inhabitants (page 1): Jesse Stevenson-males (age): 1 (43); 1 (34); 1 (30); 1 (41); 1 (17); 1 (8); 1 (6); 1 (5); 1 (3); 1 (8 months); 1(35); 1 (33) --- females (age): 1 (35); 1 (13); 1 (9); 1 (8); 1 (1)-total: 17.

More About Jesse Stephenson and Rhoda Martin:
Marriage: December 5, 1831

Jesse married Rhoda Martin, daughter of Etheldred Martin and Martha Unknown, on 5 Dec 1831 in Northampton County, NC. Rhoda was born in 1817.

138 M ii. Larenzo Joseph W. Stephenson was born in 1841 and died in 1864 at age 23.

General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Lorenzo Joseph W. Stephenson:

See Names under Notes for Etheldred, Lorenzo’s brother.
Civil War Records:

Lorenzo served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He enlisted at the age of 21 as a volunteer at Garysburg in Northampton County on May 23, 1861, for an initial period of one year, and was mustered into Company A of the 5th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry in June, 1861. Nine other Stephensons, Amos Jr. (age 29), Charles N. (age 24), James A. (age 30), John T. (age 28), Joseph E. (age 24), Junius E. (age 23), Patrick H. (age 27), Robert P. (age 33), and William W. (age 29), also enlisted on the the same date and served in Company A. On November 14, 1861, the 5the North Carolina Volunteers was re-designated as the as the 15th North Carolina Infantry N. C. Troops (5th Regiment N. C. Volunteers). In addition, James D. Stephenson initially served in the 2nd Regiment North Carolina Calvary but was transferred to Company A of the 15th North Carolina in 1862, making a total of 11 Stephensons from Northampton County to serve in this unit. Company A was known as the Northampton Guards. See Confederate Military History Extended Edition, Robert S. Bridgers, ed. (1987), Cumulative Index,
Vol. 1, A-H, p. XC. Muster Rolls slips state that the period of enlistment with the 15the NC was for a period of three years or the duration of the war.

The regiment was initially sent to Yorktown, Virginia as part of the command of General John B. Magruder, assigned to the 1st Division commanded by General G. J. Rains. In early 1862 the regiment was sent to North Carolina to meet an invasion of Union troops on the coast and was placed under the command of General Howell Cobb as part of Cobbs’s brigade. The regiment was returned to Yorktown in April, 1862, and assigned to the 2nd Division commanded by General Lafayette McLaws.

The 15th Regiment participated in several battles of the Seven Days, including the last of these battles at Malvern Hill, as part of the Army of Northern Virginia, which repulsed McClellan’s Union Army in his Peninsula Campaign. The Army of Northern Virginia was initially commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston, who was succeeded in command by General Robert E. Lee after Johnston was wounded on May 31, 1862.

Later in 1862, the regiment participated in the battles of Second Bull Run (Manassas) in August, Sharpsburg (Antietam) on September 17 and Fredericksburg in December.

In early 1863, the regiment was transferred to various commands in the Carolinas to meet Union attacks along the coast there. Later in 1863 the regiment returned to Virginia and was assigned to General Henry Heth’s division of A. P. Hill’s corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

In May 1864, Heth’s division participated in a number of battles, including the battles of Spotsylvania Court House and Cold harbor against General Grant’s union Army.

In early 1865, the 15th Regiment participated in the defense of Petersburg and surrendered with Lee’s army at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. When the army was paroled on April, only 138 men of the 15th NC were present to receive their paroles.

North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Vol. V (1975). See also Walter Clark, ed., Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 18611865, Vol. I (1901).

Original Civil War Service Records:

1. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for June 10, 1861-listed as present.

2. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for July and August 1861-listed as present.

3. Hospital Register, Richmond-admitted: May 13, 1862; disease: “fever intern [illegible]; remarks: “Lynchburg June”.

4. Regimental Return (Co. A, 15th NC) for May 1862-listed as an absent enlisted man accounted for in Richmond.

5. Hospital Register, Danville-complaint: debilitas; returned to duty: August 6, 1862.

6. Roll of Honor (15th NC)-promoted to fifth sergeant September 26, 1862 [nine days after the Battle of Antietam].

7. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for November and December 1862-listed as present.

8. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for January and February 1863-listed as present; remarks: furloughed February 3 for 16 days; returned February 18. [This furlough probably coincided with the death of his brother Etheldred.]

9. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for March and April 1863-listed as present.

10. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for May and June 1863-listed as present; remarks: Sergeant of the Pioneer Corps.

11. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for July and August 1863-listed as present.

12. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for September and October 1863-listed as present.

13. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for November and December 1863-listed as present.

14. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for January and February 1864-listed as present.

15. Company Muster Roll (Co. A., 5th NC) for March and April 1864-listed as present.

16. Hospital Register, Petersburg-admitted: June 20, 1864; complaint: acute diarrhea; remarks: transferred to Richmond June 22, 1864.

17. Hospital Register, Petersburg-admitted June 20, 1864; disease: diarrhea.

18. Hospital Register, Richmond-admitted: June 22, 1864. [It is likely that Lorenzo died as a result of this illness, possibly during this hospitalization.]

The above records indicate that it is likely that Lorenzo participated in the battles of Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg and Antietam and possible the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, but a company muster roll for May 1864 for Lorenzo has not been found in the records. Lorenzo died, probably of illness, sometime between June and September 1864.

Estate Records:

See also Estate Records in Notes for Etheldred.

1. Lorenzo died while serving in the Confederate Army without leaving a will. Henry W. Maddry, who also served as administrator of Etheldred’s estate, was appointed administrator (see bond of Henry Maddry dated September 5, 1864) and served until his death in 1867. James L. Lassiter was then appointed administrator of the estate. See bond of James L. Lassiter dated September 2, 1867.

2. A December 1864 accounting of sales of property by the estate shows the worsening economic effects of inflation and shortages during the final months of the Civil War. Corn is purchased for $65 a barrel, 4 fat hogs in pen no. 1 bring $600 and 3 sows in pen no. 4, $500. However, a violin is sold for only $10 and a cart and wheels, for $5. Purchasers at the estate sale include Howell Francis, Starkey Woodard and Joseph Deberry. Due primarily to the sale of vegetables and livestock, the estate sale brings in the nominal amount of $13,135.37. A statement filed by Henry Maddry inb the 1864 June Court shows the estate holding liquid assets, including promissory notes (which turned out not to be so liquid), having a nominal value of $16,923.74, including proceeds of the estate sale and the hire of slaves for rent of land.

3. An inventory dated December 15, 1864, shows the estate assets included (a) slaves: man Tony, woman Lila, boy Sam, girl Sarah, girl Margaret, boy George, man Isaac, man Sermon, girl Martha, boy Reed, woman Matilda and girl Nancy, (b) beds and steads, (c) farm utensils and tools, (d) saddle and 1 cart and wheels, (e) 30 hogs and 7 sheep, and (f) vegetables, fodder and other items.

4. Since Lorenzo died without a wife or children, his only heirs at law were his mother, who was then married to Howell Francis, and his nephew Joseph, Etheldred’s son. In December 1864, on a petition by Howell Francis in right of his wife Rhoda, William Boone. Justice of the Peace, John B. Sherrod, James B. Barnes, Joseph B. Barnes and James Atkinson were appointed commissioners to divide and allot the slaves included in Lorenzo’s estate between them and Joseph. Lot No. 1 drawn by Howell and Rhoda Francis consisted of man Tony, woman Lila and child Sam, girl Sarah, girl Margaret and boy George. Lot No. 2 drawn by Joseph consisted of old man Isaac, man Sermon, girl Roena, girl Martha, boy Reed, old woman Matilda and child Nancy.

5. As was the case in the estate of Etheldred, Rhoda Sherrod was appointed guardian for Joseph, as heir of Lorenzo.

6. A statement in 1869 shows the estate was entitled to $661.88, including $75 for the rent of land to J. C. Fleetwood. An 1873 statement shows amounts owed by the estate to the attorney David Barnes, for tax to B. Park Township and to Hill Spiers & Co. The debt to the latter appears on a bill showing the purchase in 1862 of check, cotton and woolen goods, “Bever” cloth and 5-1/2 yards of “cassimere”. The records include receipts for payments by the estate to various parties, including Kirby Township for taxes.

7. Lorenzo’s estate appears to have been wound up by 1874. The records include a bond signed by Rhody [Rhoda] Sherrod, John B. Sherrod [presumably her husband at that time) and Joseph A. Garris to permit a final distribution of assets to Rhoda, as guardian for Joseph. The records do not state how much was left in the estate, but the amount of the bond was $1,170.18, which may be the value distributed to Joseph.

Census Records:

1. See also 1850 Federal Census under Census Records in Notes for Jesse.

2. 1860 Federal Census (p. ): L.J.W., following Etheldred-L.J.W., age 27 [age is incorrect; see 1850 Federal Census and Civil War Records above]: occupation farmer; value of real estate: $4,000; value personal estate: $10,000.

Slave Schedules:

1. 1860 (p. 88): L. J. W. Stephenson-males (age): 1 (50); 1 (24); 1 (15); 1 (2)-females (age): 1 (45); 1 (20); 1 (8); 1 (4); 1 (1)-total: 9.

Agricultural Schedules:

1. 1860: L. J. W. Stephenson-Acres of land: 150 improved, 150 unimproved; Cash value of farm: $$4,000; Livestock: 1 horse, 1 ass and mule, 2 milch cows, 5 other cattle, 50 swine; Value of livestock: $300; Produce during the year: none listed.

90. Abraham Stephenson (Arthur⁶³, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1813 and died in 1857 at age 44. {FSID: MYV5-9GS}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Ed. Barnes.

Census:
1850: Dwelling 467 - Abram Stevenson 37, Farmer, $1,705, real, NC, Louisa Stepehson 35, NC, Rhoda Stevenson 14, Jesse Stevenson 12, William Stevenson 10, Penny Stevenson 8, David Stevenson 5, Adelia Stevenson 1, John Britton, 30, Overseer.

Marriage: Northampton County Bond - Abraham Stephenson to Elizabeth Powell on October 1, 1833, Bond / Witness: David (x) Stephenson

Real Property Transaction: Northampton County
Deed Bood 35, page 5 - December 6, 1852, Abraham Stephenson to Starkey Woodard, son-in-law, for love and affection, beginning at a fork in the road leading to Margaretsville then up that road to a persimmon tree standing near the road then something like a north course to George Tyner's line then to the road leading to Boykins Bridge Road then along that road toward the Chapel until it comes near the place where the said Woodard intends building then across the road to take in one acre over the road against the house then to the road again then along the road to the first station.
Signed Abraham Stephenson Witness: Jesse Woodard. Recorded December 9, 1852.

Deed book 37, page 20 - Division of Land - December Court 1857 - (Abstract) Appoints Henry Maddrey, a Justice of the Peace, William boone, James Atkinson, Beononi Park and Drewry Strickland as Commissioners......the County Surveyor....go upon a certain tract of land in this County containing three hundred & ninety five acres and formerly the property of Abram Stephenson and adjoining the lands of Drewry Strickling (sic) et als and divide....and set apart to Rhoda F., Jesse, Penny, Kinchen, David, Cordelia, and Arthur Stephenson tenants in common one share each.....the commissioners shall charge the more valuabel divident or dividends, with sums of money as will make the division equal.....Issued this 16th day of December 1857. Signed Issac Peele, C.C.C. (county court clerk)
State of North Carolina, Northampton County:
Lot No. 1, Delia Stephenson 72 1/2 acres, valued $145.00 receives from No 4, $21.00
Lot No. 2, Rhoda F. Stephenson 71 acres, valued $160.00 receives from No 4 $6.00
Lot No. 3, David C. Stephenosn 69 3/4 acres, valued $160.00 receives from No 4 $6.00
Lot No. 4, Arthur E. Stephenson 59 acres, valud $295.00 pays No 1 $21, 2 $6, 3 $6, 6 $16, 7 $80.
Lot No. 5, Jesse b. Stephenson 68 1/4 acres, valued $ pays No. 7 $19.00
Lot No. 6, William K. Stephenson 48 1/2 acres valud $150.00 receives fro No 4 $16
Lot No. 7, Penelope E. Stephenson 67 3/4 acres valued $57 receives from No 4 $80 and No. 5 $19
Given under our hands and seals this 22nd day of December A. D. 1857.
Signed Wm. boone, James Atkinson, Drewry Strickland, Benoni Park.
Lot No. 1. Drawn by delia Stephenson containing -- 72 1/2 acres....beginning at a corner pine on the road running thence said road S 38 W 73 poles to a state then S 53 1/2 E 163 poles to J. F. Johnson's line then his line N. 34 E 74 poles to his corner pine then N 54 1/2 W 158 poles to the first station.
Lot No. 2. Drawn by Rhoda F. Stephenson, 71 acres....containing seventy one acres beginning at a stake on the road the corner of No. 1 running by lot No. 1 S 57 1/2 E 163 poles to said Johnson's line then his line S 34 W 21 poles to a dead pine (Johnson) then Woodard's line S 47 W 56 poles to a pine stump then N 57 W 100 poles to a stake then N 37 E 25 poles to a stake then N 54 W 58 poles to the road 78 poles to the first station.
Lot No. 3. Drawn by David C. Stephenson, 69 3/4 acres ..... beginning at an old corner blackjack & running S 33 W 46 poles to a corner pine & oak then N 49 W 78 poles to a corner on the road then down said road to a branch then up said branch a certain distance and out to the Boykin Bridge road so as to exclude one acre for Starkey Woodard then up the said road to a corner pine or stake then a dividing line S 54 E 178 poles across the road to a corner stake then S 33 1/5 W 25 poles to a corner in the old line then said line N 57 W 12 poles to the first station.
Lot No. 4. Drawn by Arthur E. Stephenson, 59 acres, beginning at a corner pine and oak running then S 33 1/2 W 41 poles to a red oak then S 22 W 82 poles to a corner maple thence N 35 W 38 poles then said road to Woodards cross roads then thru the Boone Bridge road to a corner then S 49 E 78 poles to the first station.
Lot No. 5. Drawn by Jesse B. Stephenson, 68 1/4 acres, in two pieces, lot A lying between the Tyners line and then Boykins road, Lot B.....beginning at Starkey Woodard's persimmon tree on the road leading to Francisville running thence said Woodards line N 164 poles to his corner in the line thence said line N 43 1/2 W 88 poles to a corner pine in a branch thence down said branch to the aforesaid road then along said road to the beginning. The angular piece at "A" containing fourteen & one fourth acres. The lot "B" fifty four acres. The lot "A" beginning at Starkey Woodard's corner state in the Boykin Road Running thence Woodard's line N 43 1/2 W 58 poles to George Tyner's corner thence his line of marked trees to the road aforesaid thence the road to the first staton.
Lot No. 6. Drawn by William K. Stephenson containing 48 1/2 acres including the dwelling house & beginning at a corner mulberry in the line of N. 3 on the boon Road running thence said line N 54 W 120 poles to a corner stake on the Boykin road thence along said road 74 poles to a corner pine (for No. 7) thence S 51 1/2 E 167 poles to a stake in the first named road thence said road S 38 W 50 poles to the beginning.
Lot No. 7. Drawn by P. E. Stephenson containing sixty six and three fourths acres beginning at a corner pine in the George Tyner line on the boon Bridge road running thence Tyners line N 54 1/2 W 50 poles to a pine stump thence N 68 1/2 W 124 poles to a corner.....?....... then said Tyners line S 7 W 42 poles to a pine a corner for this and No. 6 thence S 51 1/2 E 167 poles to a stake in the Boon Bridge Road thence said road N 38 E 81 poles to the first station.

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Alan indicates, Abraham was born about 1813, and died 1854.

Notes for Abraham Stephenson

Marriage Bonds:

Abraham Stephenson, groom; Eliza Powell, bride; October 1, 1833; David [X] Stephenson, bondsman; Richard W. Weaver, witness, NH Marriage Bonds, p. 186.

Estate Records:

1. Abraham died intestate, and Starkey Woodard was appointed administrator of his estate. See bond dated June 6, 1854.

2. An inventory of the estate dated July 19, 1854, included promissory notes of third parties, 4 beds and furniture, 3 tables, 7 chairs, one buffet and contents, a looking glass, 2 chests, kitchin furniture, a loom, 3 horses, 56 goats, 6 sows and pkigs, 23 sheep, 22 head of cattle, 25 bushels of corn, 400 pounds of bacon, the growing crops, the “usual farming and plantation utensils”. The inventory also listed the following slaves: woman Rose, man Drew, man Elisha, woman Elizabeth, girl Levina, old man Tom, woman Sarah, man Sip, man Moses, boy Newsom, boy Noah, boy Levi, boy Bill, girl Jane, Henry and girl Sarah.

3. On November 30, 1854, Abraham’s widow, who is sometimes referred to as Louiza or Louisa in the records, was allotted one year’s support for herself and family, which included 72 bushels of corn, 3,000 pounds of blade fodder, 3,500 pounds of fat pork, 2 bushels of flour, 150 pounds of brown sugar, 60 pounds of coffee, 10 gallons of molasses, a bed and furniture, spinning wheels and one pair of cards, one cow and calf, and one sow and pigs.

4. Accounting of an estate sale dated November 30, 1854, included (a) a blue chest, small dressing table, a looking glass, buffet and contents, a desk, 8 sitting chairs, a pair of andirons, a candle stick, two guns, a box of knives and forks, a saddle and bridle, a cart and wheels, a buggy and harness, a tray service, and a safe and its contents purchased by the widow, (b) a bed and furniture purchased by Rhoda Stephenson, presumably the wife of Abraham’s brother Jesse, (c) two carts and wheels purchased by David Stephenson, (d) a set of carpenter tools purchased by Starkey Woodard, and (e) livestock, vegetables and numerous other items including a canoe.

5. Abraham’s widow petitioned for her dower rights in Abraham’s land in the 1854 December Term of the Northampton County court. On December 22, 1854, 180 acres was allotted to her, which including the dwelling house and out buildings and adjoined a branch near Starkey Woodard, the Boon bridge road, the Boykins bridge road and to Starkey Woodard’s, one acre lot around his shop. These landmarks appear on a plat of the land dated February 23, 1855. Starkey Woodard’s occupation was listed as “mechanic” in the 1860 Federal Census. Starkey Woodard’s shop was where present day Pendleton is located, and the location was knows as “Starkey Woodard’s Shop” until 1886. Footprints in Northampton (Northampton County Bicentennial Committee 1976) (“NH Bicentennial History”), p. 167. The road to Boykins bridge was probably where Route 35 is now located, and the road to Boon’s bridge may be county road 1337.

6. A statement of the proceeds of the hire of slaves and rent of land dated January 1, 1857, shows $100 for the hire of two men slaves and $150 for another, $65 for the hire of two boy slaves, $30 for the hire of a girl slave and $20 for the hire of old Rose.

7. A division of slaves dated December 23, 1857, indicates a total for the slaves to be about $8, 900 and reports the following division:
--man Elisha value at $900 drawn by Mrs. Eliza Stephenson
--man Sip valued at $900 drawn by Starkey Woodard in right of his wife Mary
--Lavina and Rose valued at $900 drawn by Rhoda F. Stephenson
The remaining slaves were to remain held in common by Jesse, Penelope, Kinchen, David, Cordelia and Arthur.

A later division dated December 19, 1859, allotted man Moses, valued at $1,200, to Jesse.

8. At the 1857 December Term of the court, Jesse, Penny, Kinchen, David, Cordelia and Arthur, as infants without a guardian, petition for a division of 390 acres of land adjoining Drury Strickland.

9. Starkey Woodard was appointed guardian for Jesse, Kinchen, Penelope, David, Cordelia and Arthur. See bond dated March 17, 1858.

10. A statement shows the proceeds of the hire of slaves and the rent of land belonging to the orphans of Abraham for the year 1858. It included the hire of boy Moses to Abraham Stephenson, presumably Etheldred J. Abraham, son of Jesse, for $100; and rent for land belonging to Arthur including the Barnes house and gardens and the Manley house and gardens, and land belonging to Cordelia including the Robin field. A similar statement for 1859 shows Moses again hired to Abraham for $100; and the rent for land belonging to Jesse consisting of the fresh field, and for the Barnes and Manley fields to Arthur, and the Robin field belonging to Cordelia. A statement for 1862 includes the hire of Newsom to John B. Sherrod, whom Rhoda Martin Stephenson would eventually marry as her third husband; and under rent of land; “rice of old land” to “wider” [widow].

11. A statement of accounts of the estate in 1859 shows that in 1855, $119.93 was paid for a reward and traveling and other expenses for a runaway slave Dock. H. W. Maddry receive $10 plus $2.29 interest for “going after Dock”.

12. A statement of expenses of the estate showed payments for doctor bills, $12 for a coffin and burial expenses for a slave girl Jane in 1859, and $6 for a coffin and burial expenses for a slave boy Drew in 1861. In 1862, the statement show $10 for a coffin and burial expenses for a slave boy Levi, and $4 paid to Rose Garris as midwife to slave Elizabeth, who did not survive the birth because 16 days later there is $12 for a coffin and burial expenses for Elizabeth. Also in 1862, the estate incurred $20 in expenses for a coffin for slave man Noah and his burial, including “trouble digging grave”.

13. The records include an 1860 bill for David N. Stephenson for a “cassimier” coat, two hats, a violin and two violin strings, a pair of gloves and pearl buttons, and a statement of expenses the same year for a hlat and two pairs of shoes for Arthur Stephenson.

14. Abraham’s son Jesse B. died in 1864. In the 1866 Fall Term of the county court, a petition was filed on behalf of S. S. Woodard and wife Mary J., B. K. White and wife Rhody F., Penelope E. Stephenson, David N. Stephenson, William K. Stephenson, Cordelia A. Stephenson and Arthur E. Stephenson stating that Jesse B. had died in 1864 intestate and without wife and children and that his brothers and sisters, the petitioners, held with him as tenants-in-common with him land adjoining S. S. Woodard, John A. Martin, Thomas B. Stephenson and Harry Vick and others containing 68 acres and requesting partition or sale of the land. The land was sold, after auction, to Thomas B. Stephenson for $330.

15. On August 14, 1868, Starkey Woodard was reappointed by the court as guardian for Arthur, Cordelia and David. The records include an order to Starkey Woodard dated December 18, 1869, to show cause “why he did not renew his bond as guardian to Arthur, Cordelia and David Stephenson, orphans of Abram Stephenson, as he was bound to do by law, at Sept. Court 1869”.

Census Records:

1. 1840 Federal Census (page 33): A Stephenson-1 white male under 5, 1 white male 20-30; 2 white females under 5; 1 white female 20-30; 6 slaves. [It is not clear that this is Abraham.]

2. 1850 Federal Census (page 29): Abram Stevenson-Abram, age 37; Louiza, age 35; Rhoda, age 14; Jesse, age 12; William, age 10; Penny, age 8; David, age 5; Adelia, age, 1, John Britton, age 30; listed as an overseer. Louiza is listed as illiterate. Jesse and William are listed as having attended school within the past year.

Tax Records:

See introductory note under Tax Records in Notes for William.

1. 1834 Tax List (District 12): Abram Stephenson-1 free poll.

2. 1836 Tax List (District 7): Abram Stephens-1 free poll; 1 black poll; 146 acres of land valued at $401.

3. 1837 Tax List
-- (District 7): Abram Stephenso-1 free poll; 1 black poll; 146 acres of land valued at $478; situated “on the north of the road leading from Tyner’s Mill to Martin’s X Roads adj. B. Boon and others”; log house.
-- (District 11): Abram Stevenson-5 black polls; 249-1/4 acres of land valued at $795

4. 1838 Tax List (District 7): Abram Stevenson-1free poll; 2 black polls; 196 acres of land valued at $588.

5. 1846 Tax List (District 7): Abram Stephenson-1 free poll; 3 black polls; 196 acres of land valued at $588.

Slave Schedules:

1. 1850 Schedule of Slave Inhabitants (page 18): Abraham Stevenson-males (age): 1 (50); 1 (16); 1 (77); 1 (19); 1 (9); 1 (8); 1 (6); 1 (4); 1 (1);--- Females (age): 1 (60); 1 (40); 1 (20); 1 (38); 1 (15); 1 (7); 1 (1)---total: 16.

More About Abraham Stephenson and Eliza Powell:
Marriage: October 1, 1833

Abraham married Elizabeth Powell, daughter of Elias Powell and Helen Kathleen Johnson, on 1 Oct 1833 in Northampton County, NC. Elizabeth was born in 1815 and died before 1857. {FSID: MYV5-9GD}

+ 139 F i. Mary Jane Stephenson was born on 26 Sep 1834 and died in 1906 at age 72. {FSID: MYV5-HF1}

141 M iii. Jesse B. Stephenson was born in 1839 and died on 29 Mar 1864 at age 25. {FSID: MYVP-1BL}

General Notes: This information was provided to my by Ed Barnes:

Children: None identified.

Marriage: Northampton County Bonds - Jesse b. Stephenson to Julia W. Park on December 26, 1859

Other:
North Carolina Troops, Vol 5, page 246, Infantry, 12th Reg. Company, Jesse B. Stephenson, Sergeant, born in Northampton County where he resided prior to enlisting in Northampton County at age 22, August 2, 1861. Mustered in as Sergeant. Present and accounted for until transferred to Company D, 32nd Regiment, N.C. Troops in October 1861
North Carolina Troops, vol 9, Infantry, page 44, Company D, 32nd Reg, Jesse B. Stephenson, Sergeant, previously served in Company O, 12th Regiment N. C. Troops (2nd Regiment N.C. Volunteers), Transferred to this Company in October 1861 with the rank of Sergeant. Present and accounted for until he died at Camp Terrill, Va. March 29, 1864 of disease.

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Jesse B. Stephenson

Civil War Records:

Jesse B. Stephenson served in the Confederate army. He enlisted in Company O of the 12th Infantry Regiment North Carolina Troops at the age of 22 in Northampton County on August 2, 1861, and was mustered in at the rank of sergeant. In October 1861, he was transferred to Company D of the 32nd Infantry Regiment North Carolina Troops. Jesse B. died during the Civil War.

142 F iv. Penelope E. H. "Penny" Stephenson was born on 20 Jan 1843 and died on 2 Mar 1914 at age 71.

General Notes: from information provided by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson: birthyear for Pennelope is 1842

Penelope next married Richard Thomas Lassiter. Richard was born in 1848 and died in 1870 at age 22.

143 M v. William Kinchen "Poss" Stephenson was born in 1840. {FSID: MGG2-1KM}

General Notes: This information was provided to my by Ed Barnes:

Other:
North Carolina Troops, Vol 5, page 246, Infantry, Co O, 12th Regiment, William K. Stephenson, Sergeant, born in Northampton County where he resided prior to enlisting in Northampton County at age 21, August 5, 1861. Mustered in as 1st Sergeant. Present and accounted for until transferred to Company D, 32nd Regiment, N.C. Troops in October 1861.
North Carolina Troops, Vol 9, page 36, Infantry, Co. D, 32nd Regiment, William K. Stephenson, Captain, previously served as 1st Sergeant of Company O, 12th Regiment N.C. Troops (2nd Regiment N.C. Volunteers), Transferred to this Company in October 1861 with the rank of 1st Sergeant. Elected Captain on May 1, 1862. Present and accounted for until captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, May 10, 1864. Confined at Fort Delaware, Delawere May 17, 1864. Released at Fort Delaware on June 16, 1865 after taking oath of allegience.

+ 145 F vii. Cordella A. Stephenson was born on 5 Aug 1849 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 10 Nov 1878 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA at age 29, and was buried in Roberts Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Pendleton, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. {FSID: KCTF-T2R, FGID: 92118386}

+ 146 M viii. Arthur Elias "Coon" Stephenson was born on 19 Feb 1852 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 2 Oct 1926 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA at age 74, and was buried in Roberts Chapel Cemetery, Pendleton, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA. {FGID: 90080174}

95. Betsy Stephenson (Arthur⁶³, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹).

General Notes: The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Joseph Summer:

The identity of Betsey’s husband is based on research notes of Gilbert T. Stephenson (date unknown); not independently verified.

98. Littleberry Stephenson (Arthur⁶³, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born 1813 or 1818 in Northampton County, NC and died in 1895 at age 82. {FSID: KLX4-TV2}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 1005, Littlebury Stephenson 32, farmer, real 386, Rebecca Stephenson 30, Mary J. Stephenson 10, Nathaniel Stephenson 7, martha J. Stephenson 5, Joseph C. Stephenson 2, Sarah Maddery 65.

Marriage: Northampton County
Littleberry Stephenson to Rebecca Maddery on 9 December 1839

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Alan indicates Littleberry was born 1813.

Notes of Littleberry Stephenson

Marriage Bonds:

Littleberry Stephenson, groom; Rebecca Maddry, bride; December 9, 1839; Edwin Bridgers, bondsman. NH Marriage Bonds, p. 188.

Census Records:

1. 1840 Federal Census (page 92): Littleberry Stevenson-1 white male under 5; 1 white male 20-30; 1 white female under 5; 1 white female 20-30; 2 slaves.

2. 1850 Federal Census (page 61): Littleberry Stephenson-Littleberry, age 37; Rebecca, age 30, Mary, age 10; Nathaniel, age 7; Martha, age 5; Joseph, age 2; Sarah Maddry, age 65; Mary and Nathaniel are shown as having attended school within the past year; Rebecca and Sarah Maddry are shown as illiterate.

3. 1860 Federal Census (page 83): Littleberry Stevenson-Littleberry, age 42; Rebecca, age 40; Mary, age 20; Nathaniel, age 16; Martha, age 14; Joseph, age 12; Adalaide, age 10; Thomas, age 7; Cartin [?], age 5; Rosa, age 3; Allice [sic], age 1; value of real estatge, $1,200; value of personal estate, $3,000. [The ages of Littleberry and Nathaniel appear to be incorrect compared to the 1850 census.]

More About Littleberry Stephenson Rebecca Maddry:
Marriage: December 9, 1839

Littleberry married Rebecca Maddery on 9 Dec 1839 in Northampton County, NC. Rebecca was born in 1820. {FSID: L8J2-875}

100. Dorothy (Dolly) Martin (Amy Stephenson⁶⁴, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1803. {FSID: KHXB-X5W}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson

Marriage: Northampton County Bond index -
Soloman Fly to Dorotha Martin on 1 August 1833, Bd, - Allen Pearcel, Wit. Richard Weaver

Census:
1850: Dwelling 491 - Soloman fly 46, farmer, %580, Dorothy Martin 47, Louiza Martin 14, George Martin 12, Thomas Martin 11, Dorothy Martin 8, Mary Martin 6, Jane Martin 5, Sarah Martin 2.

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

The identity of Dolly's husband is based on research notes of Gilbert T. Stephenson (date unknown); not independently verified.

More about Solomon Flythe and Dorthy (Flythe):
Marriage: August 1, 1833.

Dorothy married Soloman Flythe on 1 Aug 1833 in Northampton County, NC. Soloman was born in 1804. {FSID: LZXN-9FX}

103. Marian Martin (Amy Stephenson⁶⁴, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1815. {FSID: 9Z48-2QP}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 437 - Joseph Britt 36, farmer, $355 (VA), Marian Britt 35, Mary E. Britt 11, Julia A. Britt 10, Joseph Britt 5.

Marriage: Northampton County marriage index -
Joseph Britt to Mariam Martin on 21 June 1836. Bd. Samuel Britt

Marian married Joseph (Joe) Britt on 21 Jun 1836 in Northampton County, NC. Joseph was born in 1814. {FSID: MYV5-4W3}

General Notes: From Alan C. Stephenson: The identity of Miriam's husband is based on research notes of Ed Barnes.

104. Penelope (Penny) Martin (Amy Stephenson⁶⁴, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1815. {FSID: 2MBY-W3G}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850 Dwelling 1037 - Gideon Garris 36 MW None NC, Penian Garris 35 NC, Eliza T. Garris 11, Mary F. Garris 9, martha Garris 6, Adelia J. Garris 2. Note: Living next door to John W. and Amy Garris.

Marriage: Northampton County
gideon Garris to Penny Martin on April 19, 1836, Bond - James Garris

Penelope married Gideon Garris on 19 Apr 1836 in Northampton County, NC. Gideon was born in 1814. {FSID: KJMD-JJG}

106. James Thomas Carter Martin (Amy Stephenson⁶⁴, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1825 and died in 1911 at age 86. {FSID: LH2G-8H5}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 153 - James T. C. Martin 25, farmer, $200 real, Martha Martin 26.

Marriage: Northampton County - James T. C. Martin to Martha Johnson on January 15, 1850. Witness: Samuel Britt.

Will: Northampton County
james Thomas Carter Martin, dated September 28, 1909, probated April 4, 1911. To wife, Martha Martin, three tracts of land for life, home place of 175 acres, my old place 96 acres, tract purchased from M. L. Coggins and husband, W. C. Coggins.......To son C. W. Martin rent of my old place so long as I or my wife lives, for $35 per year......Personal property to wife Martha Martin......at death of wife the Coggins property of 9 7/8 acres (bounded by lands of J. C. T. Martin, Charlie Johnson, B. R. Johnson and others) to grand daughter Lottie J. Johnson and feather bed, sted(?) covers, Boulster and pillows kept up the stairs room over my sitting room......To niece Martha Ricks, to be paid after the death of my wife......residue after the death of my wife both real and personal to sons, J. M. Martin, C. W. Martin, daughters Roxanna Davis, Mary E. Nelson Heirs, Levi, Ada Gilliam, Anatasia......Son C. W. Martin, Executor,
Signed, J. T. C. (x) martin. Witness: B. F. Bartin, F. E. Martin.

James married Martha Johnson on 15 Jan 1850 in Northampton County, NC. Martha was born in 1824. {FSID: LH2G-8VY}

108. Sarah Anne "Sallie" Stephenson (Charles⁶⁵, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born about 1820 in North Carolina, USA and died on 13 Jul 1898 in Branchville, Southampton County, Virginia, USA about age 78. {FSID: KGQL-JY9}

Sarah married Silas Taller. Silas was born aabt 1819 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA and died about 1889 in Margarettssville, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA about age 70.

+ 172 F i. Ella Jane Taller was born in Oct 1853 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA and died about 1901 in North Carolina, USA about age 48.

112. Charles Hosie Stephenson (Charles⁶⁵, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born on 30 Aug 1831 and died on 9 Dec 1891 at age 60.

Charles married Mary Ellen Ward, daughter of William Ward and Martha Unknown, on 9 Dec 1857 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born on 19 Mar 1836 and died on 2 Feb 1879 at age 42.

+ 173 F i. Elizabeth (Bessie) Moore Stephenson was born on 1 Jan 1872 in North Carolina, USA, died on 3 Mar 1961 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA at age 89, and was buried in Old section of the Windsor, North Carolina cemetery.

113. Sara (Sally) Stephenson (Benjamin Thomas⁶⁶, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1810 and died before 1850. {FSID: KZC8-6XV}

General Notes: This information was provided to me by Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Neither Sally or Etherdred located in Northampton County. Believed to have died prior to 1850. Children are living with grandfather, Ben Stephenson and Aunt Patience Everett.

Marriage:
Etherdred Fly to Sally Stephenson, 12 January 1839, Bond - Alfred Elderidge.

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Informations provided by Mary Catherine Flythe -- mflythe@ida.org, -- November 15, 2009

1. Sally Stevenson #382 b. ABT 1824, m. 12 Jan 1839, Etheldred Flythe #20, b. ABT 1812, Northampton Co., N.C., (son of Enos Fly #10 and Mary Odom #18) 11 Nov 1839, Northampton Co., Va.
Children:
i Henry T. Flythe #383 b. ABT 1842, Northampton Co., N.C., d. ABT 1864, Elmira, N.Y., 10 Sep 1861, Wheelersville, Northampton Co., N.C.
2. ii Lavinia Ann Milenna Flythe #385 b. 6 Apr 1842.
iii John J. Flythe #384 b. ABT 1844, Northampton Co., N.C., d. ABT 1864.

Second Generation

2. Lavinia Ann Milenna Flythe #385 (1.Sally1) b. 6 Apr 1842, Northampton Co., N.C., m. (1) ABT 1860, in Northampton Co., N.C., Drewery T. Davis #386, m. (2) 29 Sep 1869, in Northampton Co., N.C., Ira Burgess Davis #387, b. 20 Jun 1831, Northampton Co., N.C., (son of John Allen Davis #388) d. 3 Nov 1825, Northampton Co, N.C. Lavinia died 14 Jan 1924, Northampton Co., N.C.
Children by Drewery T. Davis:
i Delia Carter Davis #1431 b. 6 Dec 1861, Northampton Co., N.C., d. 9 Jan 1941.
Children by Ira Burgess Davis:
ii Henry Thomas Davis #2137 b. 24 Sep 1871, Northampton Co., N.C., m. Nettie Taylor #2138. Henry died 9 Aug 1947.
iii William Webb Davis #2139 b. 1872, Northampton Co., N.C., d. 6 Feb 1910.

Sara married Etherdred Flythe, son of Enos Flythe and Mary Odom, on 12 Jan 1839 in Northampton County, NC. Etherdred was born about 1812 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA and died before 1850. {FSID: LZXN-9VM}

General Notes: I have seen the name spelled Etheldred. I don't know which is correct.

174 M i. Henry T. Flythe was born in 1842 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA and died on 7 Jan 1865 in Elmira POW camp, New York, USA at age 23. {FSID: KHWV-STR}

General Notes: The following information was obtained from Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 886. Benjamin Stephenson 62 Farmer $2208 Real NC, Edith 52 NC, Henry 22, Edith 22, Mary 21, Susan 20, John 17, Henry Flythe 8, John Flythe 6.

Other:
N.C. Troops. Vol. IX, page 40- Henry T. Flythe- Private, Resided in Northampton County where he enlisted at age 19 on or about October 1, 1861. Present and accounted for until captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia May 10, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, May 18, 1864. Transferred to Elmiria, New York, August 3, 1864. Died on January 7, 1865 of "pneumonia".

176 M iii. John J. Flythe was born in 1844 in North Carolina, USA and died on 10 May 1864 in Killed at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, USA at age 20. {FSID: KCN8-8PG}

General Notes: The following information was obtained from Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 886. Benjamin Stephenson 62, Farmer $2208 Real NC, Edith 52 NC, Henry 22, Edith 22, Mary 21, Susan 20, John 17, Henry Flythe 8, John Flythe 6.

Other:
NC Troops, VOL IX, Page 40 - John J. Flythe, Private - Previoussly served as private in Company O, 12th Regiment N.C. troops (2nd Regiment NC Volunteerss) Transferred to this company in October 1861. Present and accounted for until killed at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 10, 1864.

114. Patience Stephenson (Benjamin Thomas⁶⁶, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1813 in Northampton County, NC and died in 1877 in Northampton County, NC at age 64. {FSID: MYVL-YDV}

General Notes: The following information was obtained from Jeannie Stephenson Stinson:

Census:
1850: Dwelling 58 - Henry Everett 58, Va, patience Everett 37, NC, Henry T. Everett 5 months, Emily Stephenson 28, NC, Lavinia F. Fly 8, NC.

Marriage: Henry everett to Patience Stephenson, 8 January 1847, Bond - Willie Odom, (w) Jhn B. Odom CCC.
(Index) William H. Newsom to Patience Everette on February 24, 1869.

This information came for the US census 1850, Northampton County, North Carolina, page 6B

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868:
Bride: Patience Stephenson
Groom: Henry Everitte
Marriage Bond: date 8 Jan 1847, Northampton County, Record #: 01 073,
Bondsman: Wilie Odom
Witness: Jno B. Odom, Clerk of County Court
Bond #: 000090297

Will:
C. R. 071.801.32 - Patience Newsom, dated March 29, 1877, probated Aug 30, 1877. Names niece Lavinia Ann Millinia Susan Davis to receive entire tract of land of 43 acres where I now live and various personal items, niece Sarah Stephenson one years support and various personal items, nephew William Benjamin Ricks (Ben J. Ricks) one small trunk, and sisters Edith, Emily, and Mary Ann Stephenson a sow and various personal items. Note: no children named. Assume son Henry Everette is dead by 1877.

Patience married Henry Everitte on 8 Jan 1847 in Northampton County, NC. Henry was born in 1792 in Virginia and died before 1869. {FSID: MYVL-YDH}

General Notes: This information was taken from the US Census 1850, North Carolina, Northampton County, Page no. 6B

Occupation - farmer

I've seen the name spelled Everitte.

177 M i. Henry F Everitte, Jr. was born in 1849 in Northampton County, NC and died before 1877.

Patience next married William H. Newsom on 24 Feb 1869 in Northampton County, NC. William died before 1877.

115. Jenkins Stephenson (Benjamin Thomas⁶⁶, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1815 in North Carolina, USA and died before 1873. {FSID: L852-FFV}

General Notes: According to family, Jenkins, only lived to be 38 years old. He supposedly died of a spider bite. Assuming he was born in 1815 he then would have died in about 1853; however, he had a daughter born in 1855, (and that date could be wrong) otherwise, it is known that he died before 1873.

I have seen his name spelled as Jenkinson.

Census:
1850: Dwelling 630 - Jenkins Stephenson 35, farmer, $125 Real, Tabitha Stephenson 33, Sara Stephenson 9, Henry Stephenson 7, Nathan Stephenson 5, Samuel Stephenson 2.

Marriage: Jinkins Stevens to Tabitha Britton, 1 April 1839, Bond - Abraham Stevens

Real Estate:
Deed book 36, page 486 in 1857, where the Sheriff sold the lands of Jenkins (two tracts totaling about 220 acres) to satisfy debts owed to Uriah Vaughan, James H. Lassiter, Benjamin Spies(?) and Benoni Parks. The last three were the purchasers of the land. One tract adjoining Elilzabeth Garris and the other on Kirby Creek.

Book 35, page 170, June Court 1853 - Division of the estate of Nathan Britton - 209 acres adjoining the lands of David Stephenson, William K. Howell and others. To Lucendia wife of Henry A. Wade, Tabithia wife of Jenkins Stephenson, Sarah wife of Edwin Bryan, Jane(?) wife of Lewis Bryan, John W. Britton, Nathan J. Britton, Henry T. Britton. Tabithia's lot was 31 1/2 acres.

Other:
Jean Stephenson Stinson- (Descendant of Samuel Charles Stephenson)- E-mail 1/30/2000 - "I am descended through Benjamin's son, Jenkinson Stephenson, He was born 1815 died before 1873 supposedly from a spider bite. He was married to Lucy Tabitha Britton on April 1, 1839."

Jenkins married Lucy Tabitha Britton, daughter of Nathan Britton and Sarah Elizabeth Davis, on 1 Apr 1839 in Northampton County, NC. Lucy was born in 1817 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA. {FSID: L8WR-JCW}

General Notes: Her family search ID L852-FJ8 has been deleted.
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Sources--
1839 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS2-YMG

1850 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B6-NY8

1872 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9X-1YFW

1880 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX6-ZVR

Citation
Nathan Britton Will, 1841, Northampton, North Carolina, Probate December 1844

178 F i. Sarah J. Stephenson was born in 1841 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA and died after 1900. {FSID: LDRK-M6Y}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Census: Northampton County
1850 - Dwelling 630 - Jenkins Stephenson 35, farmer, $125 Real, Tabitha Stephenson 33, Sara Stephenson 9, Henry Stephenson 7, Nathan Stephenson 5, Samuel Stephenson 2.
1880 - Kirby Township - page 35, Dwelling 348 - Mary Stephenson 40 Farmer, Emma Stephenson 44 yrs, 4 children, 1 living; James H. Stephenson 39, son, November 1860, farm manager, Susan A. C. Stephenson, daughter in law 34, Married 16 years, 1 child, 1 living; Gilbert t. Stephenson 15, Grandson, December 1884, Sarah J. Stephenson, niece, 50, August 1849. Note: Thomas had only one brother, Jenkins. In spite of the differences in ages on the census reports, it is believed that Sarah is the daughter of Jenkins Stephenson.

Death: Unable to locate any death information on Sarah.

179 M ii. Henry Stephenson was born in 1843 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA and died before 1873.

General Notes: The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Other:
Note #1 - Northampton County - Deed Book 46, page 380- Recorded May 1876. Division of property of Benjamin Stephenson, Deceased - Benjamin Stephenson, Samuel Stephenson, Sarah Stephenson, Elizabeth Stephenson Garris were named to receive a distribution of lot of 11 acres. Henry Stephenson not being named tends to confirm his death prior to the division. Also not named in will of Benjamin Stephenson, dated July 1873.

180 M iii. Benjamin Thomas (Civil War) Stephenson was born in 1845 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA and died on 19 Jan 1917 in Revels, Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA at age 72.

General Notes: He went into the Civil War at age 26 in 1861. Information now says he went to war at age 18...check this out?

I was told he came from Durham, North Carolina, and that he drew a civil war pension while in Arkansas

Was also told that he was married for a short time to "Cordia" ???

Jeannie Stephenson Stinson has information indicating he was born in 1837.

A death date of January 19, 1918 comes from the family Bible in the possession of Jenk Stephenson. However, I've changed the date to be 1917. According to the probate of his will, his death is before June 1917 so his death date could be January 19, 1917.

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The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Census:
1870 - Woodruff County, Arkansas - Augustus Twp. Sheet 453 - Dwelling 358 - Benjamin Stevension 25, farm laborer, NC, Nathan Stevension 23, farm laborer, NC, Samuel Stevenson 19, farm laborer NC, Thomas Stevenson 18, farm laborer, NC.

Other:
N.C. Troops, Vol. V, page 246- Infantry, company O, 12th Regiment- Benjamin T. Stephenson, Private- Resided in Northampton county where he enlisted at age 18, August 5, 1861. Present and accounted for until transferred to Company D, 32nd Regiment, NC. Troops in October 1861.

Note #1 - Jean Stephenson Stinson (Descendant of Samuel Charles Stephenson) E-mail 1/30/2000, "Samuel, Benjamin and Nathan Stephenson left Northampton sometime after the Civil War to start a life in Woodruff County, Arkansas.....Benjamin Stephenson, born after 1848, died after 1899 in Woodruff County, Arkansas. To my knowledge, he never married"

181 M iv. Nathan Stephenson was born in 1847 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 8 Feb 1871 in Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA at age 24, and was buried in I assume the Stephenson Cemetery. {FSID: LZ1P-ZYF}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Census:
1850 - Dwelling 630 Jenkins Stephenson 35, farmer, $125 Real, Tabitha Stephenson 33, Sara Stephenson 9, Henry Stephenson 7, Nathan Stephenson 5, Samuel Stephenson 2.
1870 - Woodruff County, arkansas - Augustus Twp. Sheet 453 - dwelling 358 - Benjamin Stevenson 25, farm laborer, NC, Nathan Stevenson 23, farm laborer, NC, Samuel Stevenson 19, farm laborer NC, Thomas Stevenson 18, farm laborer NC

Estate:
Woodruff county, Arkansas - Estate book Page 333, Estate of Nathaniel Stevenson, dec. Probate court Sept 18 1874, "Now this day the final settlement of W. O. Berry Adm. of Estate of Nathaniel Stevenson, dec. filed January 26, 1874 was examined and found correct..."

Other:
NC Troops, Vol. II, page 345 - Light Artillery, Co. A. 3rd Battalion - Nathaniel J. Stephenson, private - Born in Northampton County where he resided as a farmer and enlisted at age 18, March 3, 1862 for the war. Present and accounted for through December 1864. Paroled at Greensboro April 27, 1865.

Note #1 - Jean Stephenson /Stinson - (Descendant of Samuel Charles Stephenson) E-mail 1/30/2000, "Samuel, Benjamin and Nathan Stephenson left Northampton sometime after the Civil War to start a life in Woodruff County, Arkansas......Nathan Stephenson, born - Unknown, died 2/8/1871 in Woodfrull County, Arkansas. To my knowledge, he never married."

Note #2 - Northampton County - Deed Book 46, page 380, Dated......, Division of Property of Benjamin Stephenson, Deceased - Benjamin Stephenson, Samuel Stephenson, Sarah Stephenson, and Elizabeth Stephenson Garris were named to receive a distribution of lot of 11 acres. Nathan Stephenson not being named tends to confirm his death prior to the division.

Note #3 - Probably named for his maternal grandfather Nathan Britton.

+ 182 M v. Samuel Charles Stephenson was born on 14 Feb 1848 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 14 Mar 1898 in Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA at age 50, and was buried in Stephenson Cemetery near Revels, Arkansas, USA. {FSID: L852-FHS, FGID: 44198007}

117. Thomas Boone Stephenson (Benjamin Thomas⁶⁶, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1825 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 25 Mar 1916 in Northampton County, Kirby Township, Pendelton, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA at age 91, and was buried Roberts Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. {FSID: MYVP-HBF}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Children: James Henry Stephenson (1860 - ) Note: 1900 Census indicates that there were four children but only one living in 1900.

Census:
1850 - Thomas not identified - not in hosehold of Benjamin Stephenson
1850 - Dwelling 38, page 6, mary Woodard 55 F W 349 NC, Nancy Woodard 28 FW 225 NC, Matthias Woodard 10 MW NC, John Woodard 15 MW NC.
1870 - Dwelling 65, page 353, Thomas Stephenson 49, Farmer, Real $800, Personal $400, Nancy 49, James H. 10, William Mann 33, Penny Danielson 50.
1900 - Thomas B. Stephenson 72, May 1828, Farmer, Nancy J. Stephenson 79, Feb 1821, married 45 years 4 children / 1 living; James H. Stephenson 39, son, Nov. 1860, farm manager, Susan A. C. Stephenson, daughter in law, 34, Jan 1865, married 16 years / 1 child / 1 living, Gilbert T. Stephenson 15, Grandson, Dec 1884, Sarah J. Stephenson, niece, 50, Aug 1849

Marriage: Thomas B. Stephenson to Nancy J. Woodard, 18 Dec 1856, Witness: John E. Stephenson - Married by J. H. Deberry, Justice of the Peace.

Will:
Not located - No evidence of probate - Probably intestate.

Death Certificate: North Carolina Archives, Death Certificate Book 160, page 022. Thomas Boon Stephenson, on march 25, 1916; Place - Northampton County, Kirby Township, Pendleton; Widower, date of birth not entered, age 89, malel, while, born Northampton County, Father - Benjm. Stephenson, Place unknown- Mother Edith Jinkins, Northampton county, Doctor certificate not entered with notation "No MD", Burial - at Home, March 17, 1916, Undertaker - Watson Bros. Severn, Informant - J. H. Stephenson, Pendleton Note: The graves of Thomas boone Stephenson and Nancy Woodard Stephenson are located in Roberts Chapel Church cemetery.

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The following information was provided by Alan C. Stephenson, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25, 2010:

Notes for Thomas Boone Stephenson:

All information about the descendants of Thomas Boone is based on (1) a hand-drawn chart of the various branches of the Stephenson family compiled in Pendleton, North Carolina, in December 1956, by W. Harry Stephenson, a descendant of Arthur (d. 1823) through his son Abraham (d. 1854), Gilbert T. Stephenson, a descendant of Benjamin Stephenson (d. 1875), and Ray W. Stephenson, a descendant of Arthur (d. 1823) through his son Jesse (d. 1854); and (2) an expanded version of this chart in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Much of the information on the charts has not been verified by reference to public records. However, information that has been verified is generally consistent with the records, except that the charts incorrectly show an Arthur (stated as married to an Elizabeth on the expanded chart), as the first generation and father of Benjamin, Jesse and Abraham, and the 19565 chart states that this Arthur was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. In fact, Arthur (d. 1792), whose wife was named Elizabeth, was the grandfather of Benjamin through his son Abraham and the great grandfather of Jesse and Abraham through Arthur’s son Abraham and Abraham’s son Arthur. In addition, Abraham, the son of Arthur (d. 1792), is the ancestor whose name appears in the Revolutionary War records. See Notes for Abraham (d. Abt 1823). The authors of this chart can be forgiven for being confused by all the generations of Arthurs and Abrahams.

Thomas married Nancy J. Woodard on 18 Dec 1856. Nancy was born in Feb 1821 and died in 1912 at age 91. {FSID: MYVP-HB5}

General Notes: Died at the age of 91 - Information came from the book WE CAME HOME TO WARREN PLACE by Gilbert T. Stephenson.

In the autobiography of Gilbert T. Stephenson, he says his grandmother died in 1912, page 165.

+ 184 M i. James Henry . Stephenson was born on 17 Nov 1860 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA and died on 18 Apr 1941 in Northampton County North Carolina, USA at age 80. {FSID: KLJ8-BM3}

121. Elizabeth Susan Stephenson (Benjamin Thomas⁶⁶, Abraham³⁶, Arthur Sr.¹⁷, Abraham Sr.³, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1830 in Northampton County, NC and died before 1873. {FSID: LZX6-TPS}

General Notes: The following information was provided by Ed Barnes via Jeannie Stephenson Stinson.

Marriage bond: Northampton County
Cullen T. Rix to Sarah Atkinson on December 21, 1858
C. T. Ricks to Elizabeth S. Stephenson on February 14, 1866, Bond by Henry H. Vick, Witness: N. R. Odom, C.C.C.

Census:
Need to check census for 1850, 1860, and 1870 for C. T. Ricks, Tom Ricks, C. Tom Ricks, or Cullen T. Ricks or Rix. Ages? Could Elizabeth be the second wife of Tom?
1850: Page 8, Dwelling 117, Mildred Watson 79, Edwin Ricks 33, Elizabeth Ricks 35, Edwin Ricks 8, William Ricks 3, George Ricks 2, Parthenia Ricks 1, Thomas Ricks 20.
1850: page 27, John A. Atkinson 54, born Va. Elizabeth Atkinson 52, Sarah L. Atkinson 15, Eliza A. Atkinson 13, Caroline L. Atkinson 8, Henrietta Atkinson 7, Sarah Hutchings 33.

Other: N.C. Troops 1861-18, Volume IX, Infantry, Page 44, Company D, 32nd Regiment, Ricks, Cullen T., Private - Resided in Northampton County where he enlisted at age 30 on or about October 1, 1861. Present and accounted for until wounded in th eleft leg and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-5, 1863. Hospitalized at Gettysburg. Transferred to Davids Island, New York Harbor on or about July 23, 1863. Paroled at Davids Island and transferred to City Point, Virginia, where he was received on September 8, 1863, for exchange. Reported Absent wounded or absent sick through February, 1863.

Elizabeth married Cullen Thomas "Tom" Ricks on 14 Feb 1866 in Northampton County, NC. Cullen was born in 1831 and died before 1870. {FSID: KNHB-4WM}

+ 185 M i. Benjamin J. Ricks was born on 2 Feb 1867 in Northampton County, North Carolina, USA, died on 19 Jun 1956 in Conway, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA at age 89, and was buried in Roberts Chapel Cemetery, Pendleton, Northampton County, North Carolina. {FSID: KNHB-SWJ, FGID: 92118341}

123. George Stephenson (David⁸⁰, Solomon Jr.⁵⁴, Solomon Sr.³⁴, William Jonathon⁸, (William) John Jr.², John Sr.¹) was born in 1813 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA, died on 15 Apr 1886 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA at age 73, and was buried in Nimrod Stephenson Memorial Cemetery. {FSID: KGSP-D7W, FGID: 22216642}

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Will of George Stephenson

Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh,
NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 3, 1868-1892, p. 410-412.
Devised February 3, 1882,
Proven April 17, 1886.

State of North Carolina
Johnston County
I, George Stephenson, being of sound mind, but knowing the uncertainty of
life, and desiring to make a certain disposition of my property, do make and
declare the following to be my last Will and Testament.
1st, I wish all my just debts to be paid, and provision made out of my general
estate for my decent burial.
2nd, I give and bequeath to Amanda Dixon, Agnes Dixon, and Haywood Dixon,
children of my Daughter Mary (now deceased) the sum of two hundred Dollars to
be divided equally among them.
3rd, I give and bequeath to my daughter Pennie Creech the sum of two hundred Dollars.
4th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Nicey Clifton the sum of two hundred Dollars.
5th, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ary Higgins the sum of two hundred Dollars.
6th, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Emily Stephenson the sum of two hundred Dollars,
one feather bed, and a cow and calf.
7th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Rebecca Langdon the sum of two hundred Dollars.
8th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ellie Johnson the sum of two hundred Dollars.
9th, The balance of my property, if any, I wish to be divided equally among
all my children, sons and daughters - namely, Manly Stephens(on), Nazareth
Stephenson, Henry Stephenson, Calvin Stephenson, Nimrod Stephenson, Pennie
Creech, Nicey Clifton, Arey Higgins, Emily Stephenson, Rebecca Langdon, Ellie
Johnson, and the children of my daughter Mary Dixon Dec'd.
10th, I wish my son Nazareth Stephenson and M. J. Langdon to execute and carry
out my wishes and bequests as herein set forth. I affix my signature to above
as my last will and Testament. This the 3rd day of February 1882.
Signed in
presence of George Stephenson
J. T. Ellington
S. G. Austin

Johnston County, In the Probate Court
Certificate of Probate. The 17 day of April 1886.
In the Matter of the Will of George Stephenson Deceased.

A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of George
Stephenson deceased, is exhibited for Probate before me, L. R. Waddell, CSC
for said county, by Nazareth Stephenson and M. J. Langdon the Executors
therein named, and J. T. Ellington and S. G. Austin, the subscribing witnesses
thereto, having been duly sworn, each deposed and said: That they are each a
subscribing witness to said will, and that George Stephenson subscribed the
same in their presence. They further said that the said George Stephenson at
the time of subscribing the same, declared the said writing to contain his
last will and testament; and they did each thereupon, at the request and in
the presence of the said testator, subscribe their name as an attesting
witness thereto. And further, that at the time of the subscribing, as
aforesaid, the said George Stephenson was of sound mind and memory, of full
age to execute a will, and under no restraint, to their knowledge and belief.
Thereupon, It is adjudged by the Court that the said paper writing,
and every part thereof, is the last will and testament of the said George
Stephenson, and the same is ordered to be recorded and filed.
And thereupon Nazareth Stephenson and M. J. Langdon, Executors as
aforesaid are duly qualified as such. Let Letters Testamentary issue
accordingly.

L. R. Waddell, C.S.C.

[Recorded Copy only]
State of North Carolina
Johnston County In the Probate Court
A paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of George Stephenson
decd. is exhibited before me the undersigned Clerk of Superior Court for said
County by Nazareth Stephenson & M. J. Langdon the Executors therein mentioned,
and the due execution thereof by the said George Stephenson is proven by the
oath and examination of J. T. Ellington and S. G. Austin the subscribing
witnesses thereto, who being duly sworn doth depose and say and each for
himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness to the paper
writing now shown him, purporting to be the last will and testament of George
Stephenson, that the said George Stephenson in the presence of this deponent
subscribed his name at the end of said paper writing, which is now shown as
aforesaid and which bears date of the 3rd day of February 1882.
And the deponent further saith, that the said George Stephenson the testator
aforesaid did at the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid, declare the
said paper-writing so subscribed by him and exhibited to be his Last Will and
Testament. And this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of
said Will as an attesting witness thereto and at the request and in the
presence of the said testator. And this deponent further saith, that at the
said time when the said testator subscribed his name to the said last Will as
aforesaid, and at the time of deponents subscribing his name as an attesting
witness thereto as aforesaid, the said George Stephenson was of sound mind and
memory, of full age to execute a will, and was not under any restraint to the
knowledge, information, or belief of this deponent. And further these
deponents say not.
Severally sworn and subscribed
This 17th day of April 1886 before me J. T. Ellington (Seal)
L. R. Waddell, C.S.C S. G. Austin (Seal)

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC.

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Find A Grave - 22216642
Son of David Stephenson (ca. 1772-1851) and Arey Johnson (ca. 1776-1858). Husband of Penelope "Penny" (Lassiter) Woodall (ca. 1810-ca. 1852) and Mary "Polly" Lassiter (ca. 1820-ca. 1881). Marker placed in cemetery by his grandchildren.
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George married Mary "Polly" Lassiter. Mary was born in 1820 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA, died in 1881 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA at age 61, and was buried in Nimrod Stephenson Memorial Cemetery. {FSID: LZ2G-V7B, FGID: 22243564}

General Notes: Find A Grave - 22243564
Daughter of William Lassiter (ca. 1792-1875) and Lucy Stephenson (ca. 1795-1877). Wife of George Stephenson (ca. 1813-1886). No marker, but believed to be buried here. (Nimrod Stephenson Memorial Cemetery)

+ 186 M i. Nimrod Stephenson was born on 8 Aug 1858 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA, died on 9 Apr 1903 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA at age 44, and was buried in Nimrod Stephenson Memorial Cemetery. {FSID: MY97-JH2, FGID: 22216500}

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Feb 2014), entry for Unknown Britain, person ID M7ZM-DD8.

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