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The Stephen Stone Family of Sumner County, Tennessee
Copyright (c) 1992-2007 by D La Pierre Ballard
22-APR-2007
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This webpage covers Stephen Stone,Sr (1750-1838), his wife Kezziah
A. ?? (1754-1836) and their family. Kezziah's maiden name is not
known. Stephen Stone,Sr was born in Caroline Co, Virginia. He
lived in Hanover Co, Virginia before 1800 and in Sumner Co,
Tennessee after 1800. He served in the American Revolutionary War in
Virginia.
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CHAPTER: 001: The Purpose of This Booklet
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This webpage covers the descendants of Stephen Stone,Sr who was
born in Caroline Co, Virginia in 1750 and who died in Sumner
Co, Tennessee in 1838.
The purpose of this webpage is to assemble information in
understandable form on all Key Persons. Key Persons were born before
the year 1900 and are in the lines of descent covered by this webpage.
The following information is desired for all of these persons and
their spouses.
1. The person's full name.
2. The person's occupation and religious faith.
3. The person's birth date and place.
4. The person's death date and place.
5. The person's burial place.
6. Whether the person's grave is marked or not.
7. The person's marriage dates and places.
8. The spouse's parents names and birth and death dates.
9. Info about any very unusual events in the person's life.
Additionally, full names and birth and death dates are wanted for for
various unrelated but unusually relevant persons.
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CHAPTER: 002: Those Who Helped With Information
Updated 2007/03/15, 2007/02/06, 2004/02/09
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The following people helped with information for this webpage.
However, they are not responsible for the shortcomings of it. Without
their research into the Stephen Stone,Sr family there would be
virtually no information in this webpage.
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Howard Stone Baulch did a fantastic work in locating information
from many sources for this webpage. He is a cousin six times over to
the author. Most of the information from the 1880 and later Censuses
was researched by him. He also did the definitive catalog on the
Stone-Baulch Cemetery north of Gallatin, Tennessee. We all owe Howard
a debt of considerable gratitude for his careful research.
Howard Stone Baulch \NOWGHH M. -
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These persons helped with the Susan Mary Stone Ward Beaird family.
Leola May Smith Ballard \SISEL F.1910-1996
Venoy Conrad Beaird \SISJV M.1925-2004
Carvis Odell Hasten \SISLMC M.1916-1993
Marie Estelle Hasten Howard \SISLMM F. -
Diane Howard Schmidt \SISLMMJD F. -
Crethie Munro Smith Mashburn \SISER F.1904-1990
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These persons helped with the Nicholas Munro Stone family.
Kathleen Richards Hill \SIJOK F. -
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These persons helped with the family of Stephen McKendree Stone.
Ed Lee Stone "Ed Lee" \STED M.1902-2005
Patricia Ann Stone Rodgers \STEDP F. -
Ryan O'Neil Stone \STIWJJR M. -
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These persons helped with the Higgason family.
Steve Pledger M. -
Deborah Susan Wheeler Downs \NWJBDD F. -
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The following persons helped with the Eusebius Stone family.
Jane Burgess \EBNA..J F. -
Lorraine Joy \EFAWML F. -
Elizabeth Stone Maddox \EFPOE F.1921-1992
Victor Stone M. -
Wayne Miller \EBLFSW M. -
Lorna Miller who is the wife of Wayne F. -
Maralee Moore Phillips \ESSTM F. -
Winifred B. Schwab F. -
Kathryn R. Scott F. -
Sammy Jo Starts \EFAO.S F. -
Lily Walker \EBWMRL F. -
Joel Courtney White \EFAJJTDJ M. -
Deborah Sue Thomason White F. -
John Denning M. -
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These persons helped with the family of Nicholas Stone, the Quaker.
Robert Jernigan M. -
Sue Jernigan Wilkinson F. -
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These helped with the family of John Stone and Mary O'Brissell.
Andrea Alonso F. -
Jim Lynch Stone-Winn Family of Lunenburg Co,VA M. -
Timothy Coffin Ward M. -
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The following persons helped with the Nicholas Stone family:
Cynthia Ann Eatherly Stickney F. -
Mary Beth Eatherly Ambrose \NSWWWRM F. -
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Deborah Susan Wheeler Downs \NWJBDD F. -
Sarah Jane Stone Parrish \NSWTS F. -
Robert Hugh Stone \NSRAR M. -
Hugh Douglas Stone \NSRBH M.1926-
Donna Marie Jones Wheeler \NWJBD F. -
Gail M. Poindexter \NWWDG F. -
Joe Shannon Wilkinson \NOMMCJ M. -
Gerald Stone "Jerry" \NJJOG M. -
William Stone "Bill" \NJJOW M. -
Joe Hottinger \NRECPJ M. -
Jack Baker Shepherd \NRECZJ M. -
Howard Stone Baulch \NOWGHH M. -
Sarah Baulch McGinley \NOWGHS F. -
Mary Bright Hunter Young \NOWHJM F. -
Jessie Beatrice Nimmo Hunter \NOWHJ F.1904-1988
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The following persons helped with the William Stone family.
Juanita Louise Martin Tucker \WAJMEJJ F. -
Robert Franklin Abbott \WMHHR M. -
Henry Preston Abbott,Jr \WMHHH M. -
Carolyn Luton Crain Geittmann \WAJNCC F. -
Ann Shoemaker F. -
Steve Harris M. -
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These persons helped with the Loving family.
Madilene Huff F. -
George Allen Stone \NSWTMG M. -
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The following persons helped with special areas.
Judith Crouch Ballard travelling and research F. -
Alisa Crouch Ballard searching of Cemeteries F. -
William David Byrn historian for Obion Co,TN M. -
Charles Cantrell for Stone-Baulch Cemetery. M. -
Mary Cantrell for Stone-Baulch Cemetery. F. -
Oleta Gregory about Sumner County, Tennessee F. -
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At the back of this webpage is the bibliography, name index, county
index and lastly the table of contents.
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CHAPTER: 003: Descent Tags: Telling How Everyone Is Related
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Descent Tags have been assigned to each person in this webpage who is
descended from Stephen Stone,Sr. A Descent Tag tells in a coded
form how the person to whom it is applied is descended from Stephen
Stone,Sr. A Descent Tag consists of a backslash followed by some
letters. The letters designate the ancestors in the line of descent
from Stephen Stone,Sr to the person in question. Periods which are
included indicate persons known to have existed but whose first names
are unknown.
Stephen Stone,Sr is denoted by the solitary backslash. Each of his
children is denoted by a backslash followed by a single capital letter
which usually is the first letter of that person's first name.
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Nicholas Stone of Rugeley M.1587-1679
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Richard Stone of Rugeley M.1620-1681
John Stone the Immigrant M. -1736
William Stone of Caroline Co, VA M.1700-1775
Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Stephen Stone,Jr \S M.1785-1862
Nicholas Munro Stone "Monroe" \SI M.1825-1896
Susan Mary Stone "Sue" \SIS F.1848-1939
Leola James Ward "Ola" \SISE F.1876-1914
Leola May Smith "Leola" \SISEL F.1910-1996
D La Pierre Ballard "D" \SISELD M. -
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The above chart shows the descent of the author from the earliest
known Stone ancestors using the Name Line format used in this webpage.
In this format the person's name is followed by what the person was
normally called or in some cases what the person is called in this
webpage. Then comes the Descent Tag followed by the sex and birth and
death dates. Since this webpage is only concerned with Stephen
Stone,Sr and his descendants, the Descent Tags begin with him.
The Descent Tag for Stephen Stone,Sr is just the backslash. His
son Stephen Stone,Jr has the backslash followed by an "S" which is
the first letter of that son's first name. The Descent Tag for
Nicholas Munro Stone has an added "I" to his father's Descent Tag.
Nancy who was the older sister of Nicholas Munro Stone got the "N"
for the final letter in her Descent Tag so Nicholas had to do with the
second letter in his first name for the final letter in his Descent
Tag. Likewise, Leola James Ward got the "E" because her older
sister Lula had already use the "L".
In some cases persons are descended more than once from Stephen
Stone,Sr. When a person's mother and father both have descent from
Stephen Stone,Sr the Descent Tag shows the line of descent through
the father.
If you know the Descent Tags for two different persons you can tell
how they are related to each other.
Here is an example of how this works.
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Franklin G. Wilson brick mason CSA \SKF M.1830-1900
Henry Harrison Abbott saddle maker CSA \WMH M.1844-1918
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The two Descent Tags differ starting with the first letters to the
right of the backslash. The first pair of differing letters represent
siblings. Each pair moving to the right from there represents one
degree of cousinship. Therefore, we count the letters to the right of
the S for the first man. This gives two since there are two letters to
the right of the S. Likewise, we count two letters for the second man
to the right of the corresponding W. The count is two for each man
since the Descent Tags are the same length. Therefore, these two men
are second cousins. Since the Descent Tags are the same length these
two men are second cousins zero times removed. In other words we would
normally say that they are second cousins. Both men had military
service with the Confederate States of America so the additional "CSA"
indicates that. If the person's occupation is known and will fit into
the Name Line it is sometimes put after the name.
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Here is another example.
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Octavia Catherine Creswell \SKMO F.1852-
John W. Higgason CSA \SNJ M.1832-1864
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For Octavia there are two letters beyond the letter that differs. Her
letter K differs from the N for John so for Octavia the letters M and
O differ giving her a count of two. For John there is only one letter
J beyond the one in his Descent Tag that differs which gives him a
count of one. The count for Octavia is two and for John it is one. The
smaller number is the degree of cousinship while the difference
between it and the larger number gives the number of times removed.
John's count of one shows that they are first cousins. The one
difference between his one and her two says that they are once
removed. Therefore, they are first cousins once removed.
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CHAPTER: 004: The Early Stone Family
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The Stone family from which Stephen Stone,Sr descended began in
America with John Stone, the Immigrant, and his wife Mary
O'Brissell. John Stone immigrated from Rugeley, Staffordshire,
England. Mary O'Brissell was born in Virginia. It is believed that
John Stone's father was named Richard Stone and that his
father was named Nicholas Stone. These two lived in Rugeley,
Staffordshire, England.
It is now believed that Nicholas Stone, the Sculptor, who was
appointed Master Mason in the court of King James I of England was not
an ancestor.
Nicholas Stone the Sculptor M.1587-1647
Here is the line of descent down to Stephen Stone from the
earliest known Stone family in England.
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Nicholas Stone of Rugeley M.1587-1679
Spouse: Jane Banister F.1592-1625
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They had the following son.
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Richard Stone of Rugeley M.1620-1681
Spouse: Dorothy ?? F.1635-
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They had the following son.
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John Stone the Immigrant M. -1736
Born: Rugeley, Staffordshire, England
Died: 1736 Caroline Co, Virginia
Spouse: Mary O'Brissell F. -
Married: 10-NOV-1687 Middlesex Co, Virginia
Born: Virginia
Father: Thomas O'Brissell M. -1697
Grandfather: Eusebius O'Brissell M. -1689
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They had the following son.
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William Stone of Caroline Co, VA M.1700-1775
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann ?? F. -
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They had the following son.
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Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Born: 12-OCT-1750 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 16-APR-1838 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Stone-Baulch Cemetery, north of Gallatin, TN, marked
Spouse: Kezziah A. ?? F.1754-1836
Born: 1754 Virginia
Died: 1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Stone-Baulch Cemetery, north of Gallatin, TN, marked
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CHAPTER: 005: John Stone the Immigrant and His Wife Mary O'Brissell
Updated 2002/09/23
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The grandparents of Stephen Stone,Sr were John Stone from
Rugeley in Staffordshire, England and Mary O'Brissell who was
born in Virginia. They were married at Christ Church on 10-NOV-1687 in
Middlesex Co, Virginia. Mary O'Brissell's name is sometimes
written as Mary O. Brissell as is that of her sister, father and
grandfather.
Mary's grandfather was named Eusebius O'Brissell, and it is from
him that the first name of Eusebius came into the Stone family. He
came from Ireland and died in Middlesex Co, Virginia in 1689.
Mary's father was named Thomas O'Brissell. He came from Ireland
and died in Virginia in 1699.
Mary O'Brissell had a sister named Elizabeth O'Brissell who
married John Lewis of New-Kent Co, Virginia on 24-OCT-1681 at
Christ Church in Middlesex Co, Virginia. Their family is well
known but is not covered here.
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Elizabeth O'Brissell F. -
Spouse: John Lewis M. -
Married: 24-OCT-1681 Christ Church, Middlesex Co, VA
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John Stone, the Immigrant, received a land grant in 1725 in what
was to become Caroline Co, Virginia. John died in 1736, and his
wife Mary was the executor of the estate. His estate was probated on
13-JAN-1737 in Caroline Co, Virginia.
John Stone, the Immigrant, and his wife Mary O'Brissell had
five known sons as follows.
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John Stone M.1690-
From recent research by Jim Lynch, it appears nearly certain that
the Stone-Winn family of Lunenburg Co, Virginia is descended from
John Stone, the son of John Stone and Mary O'Brissell.
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One noted member of this family was Horace Lawson Hunley who was
the developer of the Confederate submarine, the H. L. Hunley. It was
the first submarine which was used successfully in combat.
Who: Horace Lawson Hunley M.1825-1863
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William Stone of Caroline Co, VA M.1700-1775
He and his wife were the parents of Stephen Stone,Sr and are
covered in the next chapter.
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Nicholas Stone the Quaker M.1703-1778
He and his family were well known Quakers in early Virginia. They fled
to North Carolina to avoid the persecution of the Quakers.
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Eusebius Stone M. -
He received a land grant in Orange Co, Virginia. The grant was for
400 acres at Marsh Run which was located at the forks of the
Rappahanock and Westwood branch of the Sherrando River. This was on
30-MAY-1734. He died before 1753 when his estate was sued in
Caroline Co, VA. Nothing is known about any descendants he may
have had.
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Stephen Stone M. -1778
Nothing is known about his descendants if any.
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Four of the five names of the sons of John Stone, the Immigrant,
and his wife Mary O'Brissell match the names of the four sons of
Stephen Stone,Sr and his wife Kezziah A. ??.
A look at the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA regarding Rugeley in
Staffordshire, England reveals that there is a Rugeley which in
fact is in Staffordshire. Staffordshire is in the slightly
upper west central part of England and produces much coal and dairy
products. Interestingly, the English town of Stone is located in
Staffordshire very close to the town of Rugeley.
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CHAPTER: 006: William Stone of Caroline Co, VA
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William Stone of Caroline Co, VA was a son of John Stone
the Immigrant and Mary O'Brissell. William Stone and his wife
Elizabeth Ann ?? were the parents of Stephen Stone,Sr and his
brothers. Stephen Stone,Sr had five brothers who are listed below
with their spouses.
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Eusebius Stone M.1732-1798
Born: 1732 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 1798 Henry Co, Virginia
Spouse: Susannah Ballard F. -1825
Married: 1753
Eusebius and his wife had eight children in Henry Co, Virginia. He
served as a lieutenant in the French and Indian War about 1758 under a
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young George Washington who was in charge of all Virginia troops in
the later stages of that war. A great deal of information is available
on the many descendants of Eusebius Stone and his wife Susannah
Ballard. Some of their descendants lived in Overton Co,
Tennessee.
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Jeremiah Stone,Sr M.1742-1827
Born: 1742 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 1827 Grayson Co, Virginia
Spouse: Susannah Grayson F. -
Jeremiah and his wife were pioneers at Elk Creek in Grayson Co,
Virginia. They had nine children and still have many many descendants
living in that far western Virginia county. Much information is
available on them. Timothy Coffin Ward who provided some
information for this webpage is a descendant of them.
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Micajah Stone M.1745-1799
Born: 1745 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 1799 Bedford Co, Virginia
Spouse: Apphia Hurt F.1755-1813
Micajah and his wife had eleven children in Bedford Co, Virginia.
Some of their family moved to Lincoln Co, Tennessee.
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Manoah Stone M.1748-
Born: 1748 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: Fauquier Co, Virginia
Spouse: Sarah Feagan F.1750-1825
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Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Born: 12-OCT-1750 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 16-APR-1838 north of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN
Buried: Stone-Baulch Cemetery, north of Gallatin, TN, marked
Father: William Stone of Caroline Co, VA M.1700-1775
Mother: Elizabeth Ann ?? F. -
Spouse: Kezziah A. ?? F.1754-1836
Born: 1754 Virginia
Died: 1836 north of Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Stone-Baulch Cemetery, north of Gallatin, TN, marked
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William Stone M.1755-1797
Born: 1755 Caroline Co, Virginia
Died: 1797 Henry Co, Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth ?? F. -
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In this Stone family the common family names for boys were: Eusebius,
Stephen, Micajah, Manoah and William. Several of the brothers of
Stephen Stone,Sr had sons with some or all of these names as did
their sons. It appears that their uncle, Nicholas Stone, did not
have his name carried on except by Stephen Stone,Sr and his
descendants, perhaps, because that uncle was well known as a Quaker.
The name Eusebius came from an early Christian who was prominent both
as a historian and as a theologian. Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea lived
from 260 A.D. until 339 A.D. The spelling Eusebius is correct even
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though hundreds of different spellings of it occur in the records of
the early Stone family of Virginia. The name is pronounced as though
one were saying the following four english words: you, see, be, us.
Men named Eusebius were usually called Seb or Sabe.
Source: Elizabeth Stone Maddox
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CHAPTER: 007: Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
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Stephen Stone,Sr was born on 12-OCT-1750 in Caroline Co,
Virginia. About 1770 Stephen Stone,Sr married and moved just south
of Caroline County to Hanover Co, Virginia. The wife of
Stephen Stone,Sr was Kezziah A. ?? who lived from 1754 to
1836. Her maiden name is not known.
Cousin Lorraine Joy has pointed out that perhaps Kezziah was
Keziah Oliver, the daughter of John Oliver and Mary Wyatt
who was born on 05-APR-1754 according to page 146 of the Overwharton
Parish Register of Stafford Co, Virginia.
Keziah Oliver F.1754-
John Oliver M. -
Mary Wyatt F. -
Stephen Stone,Sr served a total of six months as a Private in the
forces from Virginia during the Revolutionary War under Captain
William Overton Winston and a Captain Hardiman. Nothing else
is known about the Captain Hardiman.
Captain Hardiman M. -
William Overton Winston M. -1804
William Overton Winston was a close cousin to the patriot Patrick
Henry who was the most notable politician from Hanover County.
There can be no doubt that Stephen Stone,Sr during the thirty or
so years that he lived in Hanover Co, Virginia either knew Patrick
Henry or had heard him give a speech.
About 1800 most of the Stephen Stone,Sr family moved to Sumner
Co, Tennessee. Tennessee had just become a state in 1796. Prior to
1796 Tennessee was part of North Carolina. Sumner County which is
located north and east of Nashville on the Cumberland River had been
established in 1786 and was the most populous county in Tennessee in
those early days of statehood. The town of Gallatin which was and is
the county seat of Sumner County was started in 1801. Gallatin is
pronounced with the accent on the first syllable.
Stephen Stone,Sr died on 16-APR-1838 at the age of eighty-eight in
Sumner Co, Tennessee. He and his wife, Kezziah A. ?? are
buried in the old Stone-Baulch Cemetery one and three tenths miles
north of the city limits of Gallatin, Tennessee on Highway 109 about
500 feet east on the property of Charles Cantrell just south of
Computer Lane.
Charles Cantrell M. -
Mary Cantrell F. -
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CHAPTER: 008: Obituary of Stephen Stone,Sr
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The following is the obituary for Stephen Stone,Sr. It appeared in
the UNION PAPER at Gallatin, Tennessee on 27-APR-1838. D. C.
Gaskill was the editor and publisher of the newspaper.
D. C. Gaskill M. -
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OBITUARY
MR GASKILL---
While we treasure a remembrance of the amiable virtues and brilliant
talents of the statesman and divine who have slept the sleep of death,
we would not forget those who are justly called the bone and sinew of
society, (viz:) the honest farmer. STEPHEN STONE, sen. the subject of
this memoir lived to the advanced age of eighty eight years, forty of
which was spent in the service of his God. He lived during that time
an acceptable member of the Methodist Church: so living as to
constrain those around him to acknowledge him not only the honest man,
but the Christian, and finished his race on the 16th of April, in full
assurance of an inheritance which awaited him at the right hand of
God. "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be
like his."
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CHAPTER: 009: Pension Papers for Stephen Stone,Sr
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The following are the papers submitted by Stephen Stone,Sr as his
application for a Revolutionary War service pension. Minor changes in
punctuation, spelling and grammar have been made to make it more
readable. Stephen Stone,Sr is referred to by the designation S3966
on his pension papers. For his Revolutionary War service he was
allowed a pension of twenty dollars per year retroactive to
04-MAR-1831. One of the supplementary papers indicates that Stephen
Stone was in no battle.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County, SS
On this 22nd day of August A.D. 1832 there personally appeared in open
court before William Edwards, Thomas Anderson and John L. Swaney,
Esquires, Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quartersession of said
county now sitting, Stephen Stone.
Stephen Stone is a resident citizen of said county, aged eighty
one or two years, having lost the register of his age. He, being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress
passed the 7th of June, 1832.
That the applicant entered the service first in the year 1776 or 1777
in Hanover County, State of Virginia as a drafted militia man for
the term of three months. And, that he joined his company at
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Hanover Courthouse and was commanded by Captain William
Winston. And, that he was marched from Hanover Courthouse down
to Williamsburg and was stationed there while his term of service
expired when he was discharged.
After this the applicant was drafted as many as four times for the
term of three months each and hired a man to take his place as it was
not convenient for him to leave his family. Sometime, he believes, in
the year 1781 he was again drafted for the term of three months. And,
that he was mustered into service at Richmond, that the company he
belonged to was commanded by Captain Hardiman, that he was a
stranger to the applicant and he does not recollect his given name.
The regiment or the field officer he does not recollect. And, that he
continued at Richmond during his term of service when he was
discharged. He does not know what has become of his discharge.
And that he was born in Caroline County, State of Virginia, about
the year 1750. That, he resided in Hanover County when he entered
service. That, he removed from Hanover County to Sumner
County, Tennessee, where he now resides and has lived for more than
thirty years. That, he has no written or documentary evidence of his
service, that he was in... He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to in open court his
August 22, 1832. Stephen X Stone
A. H. Douglass, Clerk mark
I John Tinsley, residing in Sumner County, hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Stephen Stone who has sworn and
subscribed the above declaration for a pension. And, that we believe
him to be eighty one or two years of age. And, that he is reputed and
believed to be a soldier of the Revolution in the neighborhood where
he resides and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to in open court John Tinsley
August 22, 1832
A. H. Douglass, Clerk
We, Joseph B. Wynne, a clergyman, and Alfred H. Douglass hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Stone who has
subscribed and sworn the above declaration for a pension, and that we
know him to be a man of unexceptionable Moral Character and that any
statement of his would be entitled to full credit.
Sworn to in open court Joseph B. Wynne
August 22, 1832 A. H. Douglass
A. H. Douglass, Clerk
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John Tinsley M. -
John Tinsley who testified in support of Stephen Stone's
pension application may have been a relative of Cornelius Tinsley
and Frances Stone Tinsley. Frances Stone Tinsley was a
daughter of Stephen Stone,Sr. He may have been the John
Tinsley who was a Revolutionary War veteran living in Sumner
County.
Joseph B. Wynne was a Methodist minister who had been at New Salem
Methodist Church, north of Gallatin. This church was founded in 1828
and was attended by the Nicholas Stone family and by Stephen
Stone,Sr and his wife. Nicholas Stone was a son of Stephen
Stone,Sr. Nicholas Stone was on the board of this church at
the time that Joseph B. Wynne was minister there. Beside this church
is a cemetery which today is called Old Salem Church Cemetery and has
several Stone family members buried in it.
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CHAPTER: 010: Stephen Stone,Jr \S M.1785-1862
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Stephen Stone,Jr was a son of Stephen Stone,Sr and his wife
Kizziah A. ??. Stephen Stone,Jr was born in Hanover Co,
Virginia in 1785. About the year 1800 most of the Stone family moved
to Sumner Co, Tennessee.
On 24-DEC-1803 Stephen Stone,Jr married Mary Loving who went
by the name Polly. She was born in 1787 in Sumner County before
statehood when Tennessee was still part of North Carolina.
Stephen Stone,Jr and his wife Mary Loving had a total of
fourteen children of whom ten lived to adulthood. She died on
02-AUG-1833 and was buried in the Stone Cemetery on their land located
about halfway on the road between Gallatin and Cairo. The town of
Cairo was located on the Cumberland River and was about five miles
east and a little south of Gallatin, Tennessee.
On 23-DEC-1836 Stephen Stone,Jr married Sarah Essex Schabell
in Sumner County. They had no children together, and she died the
following year.
Stephen Stone,Jr died on 17-MAR-1862 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
There is a strong probability that he is buried in the old Stone
Cemetery which is located on land he had southeast of Gallatin. His
first wife is buried in this cemetery and has a marker. Since he died
during the Civil War he very probably was buried beside her but
had only a wooden marker which has long since gone.
At the time Stephen Stone,Jr died the Civil War was in full fury.
Only eighty miles west of Gallatin, in Sumner Co, was Fort
Donelson, in Stewart Co. Fort Donelson, a major Confederate fort
on the Cumberland River, was taken by Union forces under Ulysses S.
Grant in February 1862. This loss led to the domination of Middle
Tennessee by Union forces. There were fifteen thousand Confederate
soldiers taken prisoner after the fall of Fort Donelson. Included in
these men were at least six who were grand sons, nephews or great
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nephews of Stephen Stone,Jr. Stephen Stone,Jr died after the
Union soldiers occupied Gallatin and before the terrible conflict at
Shiloh, in Hardin Co, in April 1862 when Confederate forces under
P. G. T. Beauregard would have crushed the Union forces under
Ulysses S. Grant except for the arrival during the night of
reinforcement Union forces under Don Carlos Buell.
Ulysses S. Grant b.Point Pleasant, Ohio M.1822-1885
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard b.Louisiana CSA M.1818-1893
Don Carlos Buell b.Lowell, Ohio CSA M.1818-1898
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CHAPTER: 011: Stephen McKendree Stone CSA \ST M.1824-1889
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Stephen McKendree Stone was born 09-JAN-1824 on the Stephen
Stone,Jr home place between Gallatin and the town of Cairo in
Sumner Co, Tennessee. He was the son of Stephen Stone,Jr and
Mary Loving.
He was almost certainly given the middle name McKendree after William
McKendree, also of Sumner County. William McKendree was
appointed by Bishop Francis Asbury to be the second Bishop for the
United States for the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1808.
William McKendree REV M.1757-1835
Francis Asbury "First Methodist Bishop for US" M.1745-1816
The Stone family had been strong Methodists since 1798. On 17-OCT-1861
Stephen McKendree Stone married Sarah Katherine Moore who was
born on 30-NOV-1836 in Sumner County.
During the Civil War Stephen McKendree Stone served with Company A
of the Seventh Tennessee Cavalry Battalion of the Confederate States
of America. Company A was organized on 19-OCT-1861 at Hartsville,
Tennessee which at that time was in Sumner County but which today
is in Trousdale County. This occurred two days after Stephen
McKendree Stone was married. Sometimes this battalion is called
Smith's Cavalry. He only stayed in service a few months because of
poor eyesight.
In 1868 the Stephen McKendree Stone family moved to Union City in
Obion Co, Tennessee where his younger brother, Nicholas Munro
Stone had moved with his family late in 1867. His wife Sarah
Katherine Moore Stone was one of the eight founding ladies of
Pleasant Valley Methodist Church in Union City.
Stephen McKendree Stone died in Obion Co, Tennessee on
20-FEB-1889 and is buried with his wife in City View Cemetery in Union
City. She lived until 03-MAY-1909. They had six children.
Many descendants of Stephen McKendree Stone still live in Union
City in Obion Co, Tennessee.
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CHAPTER: 012: Nicholas Munro Stone \SI M.1825-1896
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Nicholas Munro Stone was born on 08-NOV-1825 in Sumner Co,
Tennessee. He went by the name Munro or Monroe as it was often
misspelled. Sumner County is north and slightly east of Nashville.
His father was Stephen Stone,Jr and his mother was Mary "Polly"
Loving.
On 23-NOV-1847 Nicholas Munro Stone married Rhoda M. Hamilton
who was born in Sumner Co, Tennessee on 06-OCT-1823. Nicholas
Munro Stone and Rhoda M. Hamilton had five children of whom
three lived to maturity and had descendants. Only two of their
children have descendants living today.
Prior to the Civil War the Nicholas Munro Stone family lived east
of Gallatin towards Cairo near the old Stephen Stone,Jr home
place. He worked as a blacksmith and kept livestock used for breeding.
After the Civil War in late 1867 they moved to Union City in Obion
County in far northwest Tennessee.
In Union City in 1875 his wife, Rhoda M. Hamilton Stone, along
with his two daughters, Susan Mary Stone Ward and Liola Elizabeth
Stone, and along with his widowed sister, Elizabeth Stone
Adams, his daughter-in-law, Mary Amanda Hampton Stone, and his
sister-in-law, Sarah Katherine Moore Stone, all helped found
Pleasant Valley Methodist Church just south of Union City.
In March of 1881 the Nicholas Munro Stone family moved to
Denton Co, Texas. Nicholas Munro Stone died on the 22-OCT-1896
in Denton, Denton Co, Texas and was buried in Prairie Mound
Cemetery near Argyle in Denton Co, Texas. Rhoda M. Hamilton
Stone died in Denton, Texas on 08-FEB-1911 at age eighty-seven and was
buried at Prairie Mound Cemetery which is southwest of Denton.
In Denton Co, Texas Nicholas Munro Stone and his wife lived in
a dugout or sod house. Each fall they would pile a new layer of dirt
on the sides and the top of the sod house to get ready for the winter
to be followed by the Spring rains. Their grand daughter Nina Lee
Smith Rogers remembered visiting the sod house when she was a
little girl.
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CHAPTER: 013: Susan Mary Stone Ward Beaird \SIS F.1848-1939
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Susan Mary Stone was born in Gallatin, Tennessee on 22-SEP-1848
and died in Norman, Oklahoma on 17-JUL-1939. She was the daughter of
Nicholas Munro Stone and Rhoda M. Hamilton. They lived in
Gallatin, Tennessee in Sumner County. In late 1867 the whole
Nicholas Munro Stone family moved from Gallatin to Union City in
Obion Co, Tennessee. Union City is in the far northwest corner of
Tennessee and is only thirty miles east of the Mississippi River. This
Stone family had been strong Methodists since 1798 when Nicholas Munro
Stone's grandfather, Stephen Stone,Sr had become one.
On 11-NOV-1869 Susan Mary Stone married James T. Ward who was
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born in Obion Co, Tennessee on 25-APR-1835 and who died there on
28-AUG-1876. He was thirteen years older and had been in Company B of
the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
The fact that his unit had been under the dynamic General Nathan
Bedford Forrest during the Civil War made him seem all the more
dashing. It was considered quite a distinction for a Confederate
veteran to be able to say: "I rode with Forrest".
The bondsman for Susan Mary Stone in her marriage to James T.
Ward was her first cousin Pleasant Worth Wilson.
Between 1870 and 1876 Susan Mary Stone Ward and her husband James
T. Ward had five children, a boy and four girls, all of whom were
born in Union City. The five children were Baxter, Virgie, Orra, Lula,
and Leola. Their youngest daughter, Leola who was always called Ola,
was born on 02-JAN-1876. On 28-AUG-1876 James T. Ward died leaving
Susan Mary Stone Ward a widow at twenty-seven years of age with
five small children all under six years of age. On 29-AUG-1876 Charles
Baxter Ward, who was called Bud at the time, turned six the day
after his father died. James T. Ward is buried at Bethlehem
Cemetery which is about two miles north of Union City in Obion Co,
Tennessee. It is believed that James T. Ward died of one of the
many diseases which plagued the South after the Civil War.
In 1881 the entire extended Nicholas Munro Stone family moved to
Denton Co, Texas by covered wagon. It is now known that various
cousins of his had been living in north central Texas since Texas was
still a republic. Susan Mary Stone Ward and her five children were
in the covered wagon. Her sister Liola Elizabeth Stone was
travelling with them. Her brother John Richard Stone and his wife,
Mary Amanda Hampton Stone, and son were along. Elizabeth Stone
Adams who was an aunt to Susan Mary Stone Ward was along too.
On the way they had to cross the Trinity River, in Texas, which was
quite swollen from spring rains. The wagon and horses became
unmanageable and her father, Nicholas Munro Stone, who was the man
in charge, had to get out of the wagon to lead the horses by hand to
control them so the wagon would not be lost in the river.
Carvis Hasten remembered hearing this story many years ago from
his Grandmother Lula Frances Ward Nowlin who as a seven year old
daughter of Susan Mary Stone Ward was in the covered wagon.
Carvis Odell Hasten \SISLMC M.1916-1993
On 12-NOV-1884 Susan Mary Stone Ward married Benjamin Butler
Beaird who was a widower in Denton Co, Texas. In 1888 they
moved into Greer County which at that time was claimed by the
state of Texas but which today is in Oklahoma. Curiously, Ben
Beaird was a distant cousin of the Beaird family in Union City,
Tennessee.
On 13-JUN-1891 Susan Mary Stone Ward Beaird gave birth to another
son, Jesse Butler Beaird. She and her husband, Benjamin Butler
Beaird, were down in a storm cellar half filled with water when
she started giving birth to their son. A severe tornado storm must
have been raging outside. Her husband was overcome by the total stress
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of the situation and lay down on the other bed in the cellar. Very
tragically the next day her husband Benjamin Butler Beaird died of
what is believed to have been a stroke. Susan Mary Stone Ward
Beaird lived from 22-SEP-1848 until 17-JUL-1939.
From about 1920 on she and her daughter Virgia Abigail Ward lived
in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
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CHAPTER: 014: Amanda Melvina Stone \EFA F.1829-1917
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Here is the line of descent to Amanda Melvina Stone from Stephen
Stone,Sr. He was her great grandfather.
Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Eusebius Stone "Sabe" \E M.1773-1827
Fountain Garrett Stone \EF M.1809-1858
Amanda Melvina Stone \EFA F.1829-1917
Amanda was born in Maury Co, Tennessee but moved with her family
when she was about nine years old to near Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The
etc. is after her name because she was married three times and
outlived each of her husbands. Her first two husbands were Alexander
Robinson and his brother James L. Robinson. Each of them died
after a very short time. She was not quite eighteen when she was
already a widow twice.
Her third husband was James S. Sorrell who was the brother of the
wife of her brother William Eusebius Stone. She married each of
her husbands in Arkansas. About 1854 most of her family picked up and
moved to Bastrop Co, Texas which is just east of Austin.
She was widowed three times by the time she was forty-four. As a widow
she raised nine children to maturity of her own and five to maturity
left orphans who were her double nieces and nephews. Her brother
William Eusebius Stone was lost at the Civil War Battle of
Millikens Bend in Louisiana in June of 1863. His wife Sarah Frances
Sorrell who was a sister to Amanda's third husband James S.
Sorrell died 15-SEP-1867. Amanda inherited their five children to
raise with her nine. Her own third husband James S. Sorrell died
14-FEB-1873 when she was just forty-four years old. She also had taken
on her niece Laura Addison Bailey who was also orphaned about this
time.
When Amanda's husband James S. Sorrell died she sold her property,
put the money in buckets on the floor of her wagon, loaded all of the
small children into the wagon and headed west through Austin to
Dripping Springs, Hays Co, Texas where her married daughter, Maria
Ellen Sorrell Norwood lived.
In her later years she brought up the children of her nephew Jacob
Eusebius Stone after his wife died in 1902. Amanda in her lifetime
did so much for her own children and for her nieces and nephews that
they just could not praise her enough.
One interesting story which was probably handed down by Amanda to the
many children she raised is that she was descended from Pocahontas. It
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is unsure whether this line of descent was on the Stone side or
whether it was on the Sorrell side of her family. So far this story
has not been corroborated. The husband of Pocahontas was the English
Colonist John Rolfe.
Pocahontas Rolfe daughter of Powhatan F.1595-1617
John Rolfe M.1585-1622
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Source: Lorrain Joy
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CHAPTER: 015: Letter: Nicholas Howard Stone to Joseph Henry Stone
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The following letter was included in lawsuit 8501 in the loose records
of the Sumner County Archives. This letter was written by Nicholas
Howard Stone of Sumner Co, Tennessee to his brother Joseph
Henry Stone who was living at the time in Kentucky Town,
Grayson Co, Texas. The letter was dated 03-DEC-1859 which was less
than a month after one of their sisters and one of their brothers had
died.
While the spelling and the grammar have been greatly improved to make
this letter readable, the wording has been left untouched to retain
the favor of the original. Most of the persons mentioned were brothers
or sisters of Nicholas Howard Stone and were children of Nicholas
Stone and his wife Elizabeth Loving Stone.
Here is a list of most of the persons mentioned plus the other
siblings of Nicholas Howard Stone. The center column in
parentheses has the person's name which is used in this letter.
Nicholas Stone "Father" \N M.1787-1857
Elizabeth Loving Stone "Mother" F.1792-1858
Stephen Stone "Stephen" \NS M.1811-1867
Mary S. Stone Brazier "Polly" \NM F.1812-1859
Zachariah Brazier "Polly's husband" M.1812-1846
Sophia Stone Baulch "Sophy" \NO F.1814-1885
Frankey Stone "Frankey" \NF F.1816-1835
Keziah Anne Stone Jernigan "Cuza" \NK F.1824-1863
Lucinda Stone \NL F.1818-1875
Joseph Henry Stone "Joseph" CSA \NJ M.1820-1895
Francis A. Stone "Frank" CSA \NR M.1822-1882
William M. Stone CSA \NW M.1826-1890
Fountain P. Stone "Fountain" \NU M.1828-1857
Nicholas Howard Stone "N.H." \NN M.1830-1900
Sarah Matilda E. Stone Duke "Tild" \NA F.1832-1868
Alexander G. Stone "Alec" CSA \NE M.1834-1878
James Thomas Stone "Tommy" \NT M.1837-1859
The following person was the Methodist minister who presided at the
funerals mentioned in the letter. His son Jessie Evans had married
Elizabeth Ann Luton whose grandfather William W. Stone was a
brother to the father, Nicholas Stone, of above.
Cornelius Evans "Neely" M.1790-1872
Particularly interesting is the mention of "the old graveyard". Today,
this cemetery is the Stone-Baulch Cemetery which is north of Gallatin,
Tennessee. The letter mentions that Tommy wanted to be buried by
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Fountain who was by Frankey and Mother and Father and our Grandparent.
This is exactly how the graves are today. The headstones face east:
Fountain and the others are just south of Tommy in the order mentioned
in the letter. The Grandparent is Kezziah A. ?? who is just north
of her husband Stephen Stone,Sr.
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December the third 1859, N. H. Stone to J. H. Stone and family.
Dear brother, I am blessed with an opportunity of writing you a few
lines to let you know that we are not well but alive, some of us yet.
I will say that our sister Polly died on Monday morning about four
o'clock on the seventh day of November and was buried on the next day
at eleven by her husband at the old graveyard.
And again I will say that our brother Tommy died on the next Monday
evening at seven o'clock on the fourteenth day of November and was
buried on the next day at three o'clock in the evening. We had his and
Polly's funerals preached by old Uncle Neely Evans at the old place
before Tommy was buried.
This was a very sad time indeed losing sister and brother in one weeks
time and having the funerals preached by an old friend who had known
them both all of their lives and talked of them as though there was no
doubt but that they were in a better world.
Tommy said several days before his death, that he was ready to die and
told where he wanted to be buried. He wanted to be buried by Fountain,
so he was, and Fountain is by Frankey and Father and Mother and our
Grandparent all together.
Tommy's leg had commenced mortifying and the doctors concluded that it
would be the best to cut it off as all knew that he could not live as
he was. So they cut it off Saturday about noon and he died on the next
Monday night.
Polly died with the same complaint as you have heard before. She had a
new doctor and he was seemingly a curing her. I was there on Saturday
before she died and from what I could see and what she said that she
was a mending very fast. She had a chill the next morning and then a
fever and that night all went to bed as usual and she coughing along
through the night as common. And at four she coughed and still lay on
her back and they knew that was not common. So they got up and she
could not speak and never spoke any more and died in about an hour.
She has left her family, though, almost grown. They have broken up
housekeeping and are a going to live and work about, as they can
successfully. They will soon marry I think.
Tommy made a will, if the old deed of father's is not broke the most
that he had will go to Alec. He gave the rest all 200 dollars each,
Stephen 400 dollars, me he gave a small piece of land and the negro
boy and so on, Polly he gave 500 dollars. 200 dollars to each one of
their...
The neighbors and the kinfolk especially are generally sick and have
been since Tommy's death especially those that went to see him and
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waited on him while he was sick last. We have had something very much
like the eracifular though I reckon that it is not that. Soreness and
swelling in the throat and limbs, aching and fever and very bad head
ache.
I am just getting about and am not able to work any yet though I was
worse off than any of the rest. The rest of them are most all well.
Some of them that have been lately taken. Tild went to see Tommy once
and she is down now though she is getting some better now. Some are
not sick more than three or four days and some two or three weeks. I
have been sick three weeks or ever since the next day after he was
buried.
My father-in-law is very bad off and don't know that he will live.
Sophy and her family don't pester themselves much about any of us.
Cuza has been very sick for a long time before Tommy died and it was
thought among us that she wouldn't live though she is getting up
again.
Last night and today is very sleety and windy and cold.
Joseph, write if you feel like as there are some of us alive yet
though we don't know how long it will be. I write to you but never get
any answer...
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CHAPTER: 016: The Stephen Stone,Jr Estate Documents
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Stephen Stone,Jr died on 17-MAR-1862 on his homeplace about two
miles southeast of Gallatin, Tennessee in Sumner County. On
22-APR-1865 some of the many heirs of Stephen Stone,Jr filed a
lawsuit against some of the other heirs and the administrator of the
estate to get the estate settled and the property sold. The estate was
not settled until the summer of 1871. The lawsuit was filed just after
the Civil War ended on 09-APR-1865.
Source: Lawsuit: N. M. Stone vrs. J. H. Stone, Sumner Co,TN 1865.
The two hundred or so pages of legal documents pertaining to this
lawsuit contain a lot of valuable genealogical data regarding Stephen
Stone,Jr's descendants. Excerpts from this document are quoted
below.
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Complainants would respectfully show to the court that the above named
parties are the heirs of Stephen Stone[,Jr] who died in Sumner
County in the year 1862. The said N. M. Stone, S. M. Stone, J.
N. Stone and James H. Stone are sons of Stephen
Stone[,Jr], deceased.
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Notes:
Nicholas Munro Stone "Monroe" \SI M.1825-1896
Stephen McKendree Stone "Stephen" farmer CSA \ST M.1824-1889
John Nelson Stone "Nelson" farmer \SO M.1822-
James H. Stone "James" miller \SJ M.1819-
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And Malinda Hudson, Ann Askew and Elizabeth Adams are daughters of
said Stephen Stone[,Jr].
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Notes:
Malinda Stone Hudson \SM F.1817-1894
Ann Stone Askew \SA F.1805-1885
Elizabeth Stone Adams \SE F.1812-1892
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Another daughter [of Stephen Stone,Jr], Nancy Higgason, is now
dead leaving as her heirs: Douglas Higgason, a minor without
regular guardian, and Jane intermarried with William Stone,
Benjamin Higgason and Thomas Higgason. And John W.
Higgason, another son of Nancy Higgason, has died since the death
of Stephen Stone[,Jr] leaving a widow Elizabeth and children, viz
Sarah, John, Fountain, Nancy and Alice; all are minors without regular
guardian and are citizens of Sumner County.
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Notes:
Nancy Stone Higgason \SN F.1809-1858
Douglas Higgason \SND M. -
Elizabeth Jane Higgason \SNE F.1834-1927
Spouse: William M. Stone CSA \NW M.1826-1890
Benjamin H. Higgason CSA \SNB M.1840-
Thomas H. Higgason farmer, shoe maker CSA \SNT M.1842-1928
John W. Higgason CSA \SNJ M.1832-1864
Spouse: Elizabeth F. Baulch Higgason \NOE F.1834-1895
Sarah E. Higgason \SNJS F.1856-1917
John W. Higgason \SNJJ M.1858-1869
Fountain Herbert Higgason "Fount" \SNJF M.1859-1937
Nancy Jane Higgason \SNJN F.1862-1944
Alice A. Higgason \SNJA F.1863-
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Another daughter [of Stephen Stone,Jr], Mrs Z. Wilson, is dead
leaving a daughter, Mary Elenor, who intermarried with M. Criswell,
and three sons viz. Franklin, Richard and Worth Wilson.
Respondents say...that Keziah Wilson, a daughter of Stephen
Stone[,Jr] died leaving a daughter by the name of Martha who
intermarried with Byrd Mayes, and said Martha died in the lifetime
of Stephen Stone[,Jr] leaving an only child, and that said child
died as Respondents are informed sometime in August or September 1862:
the father Byrd Mayes surviving.
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Notes:
Keziah K. Stone Wilson "Kuzzy" \SK F.1806-1852
Spouse: Zachariah D. Wilson M.1802-1880
Mary Eleanor Wilson \SKM F.1826-1907
Spouse: W. Minor Creswell or Criswell M.1804-
Mary and her husband W. Minor Creswell were related somehow.
Franklin G. Wilson brick mason CSA \SKF M.1830-1900
Stephen Dixon Wilson "Dick or Richard" CSA \SKT M.1839-
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Pleasant Worth Wilson "Worth" \SKP M.1847-
Martha A. Wilson Mayes \SKA F.1829-
Died: before 17-MAR-1862
Spouse: Byrd W. Mayes CSA M.1820-
Martha and her husband Byrd W. Mayes were related somehow. They
had the following son:
James R. Mayes \SKAJ M.1852-1863
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Another daughter, Sarah wife of Pleas Wilson, of said Stephen
Stone[,Jr] died some years since.
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Notes:
Sarah Ann Stone Wilson She died before 1850 in Texas.
Pleasant Wilson "Pleas" M.1805-
They moved to the Republic of Texas about 1840.
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...and Pleasant R. Nall, Willis L. Nall and James A. Nall
minor children of Sarah A. Nall, deceased, who was a daughter of Sarah
A. Stone [who was a daughter of Stephen Stone,Jr].
...and it having been ascertained that Sarah who was the daughter of
Sarah Wilson died before her grandfather and left three children, to
wit, Pleasant R. Nall, Willis L. Nall and James A. Nall
who are minors residing in Grayson County, Texas.
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Notes:
Pleasant R. Nall \SSSP M. -
William L. Nall "Willis" \SSSW M. -
James A. Nall \SSSJ M. -
It is believed that their father was: Will Nall who lived in
Grayson Co, Texas and later in Denton Co, Texas.
The following is from a document by Stephen Stone,Jr which he did
on 13-JUN-1861 about eight months before his death. He was about
seventy-five years old at the time. The son he refers to is of course
Stephen McKendree Stone.
Stephen McKendree Stone did indeed eventually receive the thousand
dollars his father left him when his fathers estate was being settled.
He also received several hundred dollars in interest.
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Whereas my son Stephen M. Stone has lived with me ever since he
has been of age and during that time has worked for me and attended to
my business, never having made him remuneration for the same; and
whereas he expects to live with and remain with me in the same manner
during my lifetime, now I do hereby agree and bind myself that the
said Stephen M. for the services aforesaid shall be paid out of my
estate after my decease the sum of one thousand dollars, which sum he
is not to be charged with in the distribution of my estate... Witness
my hand and seal this 13th day of June 1861.
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Stephen Stone[,Jr]
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...that the lands of the late Stephen Stone[,Jr] consist of about
365 acres, about 200 acres of which is cleared and the balance in
grass or timber, and that there are ten original heirs. Some of whom
have died leaving a larger number of heirs and representatives.
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Notes:
The above is from a report by the Clerk and Master of the Court of
Sumner County regarding the disposition of the land in the estate
left by Stephen Stone,Jr. Notice that it indicates that there were
ten original heirs. It is believed that Stephen Stone and his wife
Mary Loving had fourteen children. One died so young that nothing
is known about him or her. The ten remaining children all reached
maturity with nine of them having children. Here are three daughters
who never married and who had died by 1860.
Louisa D. Stone \SL F.1815-1857
Martha J. Stone \SR F.1827-1841
Susan H. Stone \SU F.1830-1857
The following is from the deposition given 10-MAY-1866 by G. O. Harris
who rented part of the Stephen Stone,Jr property during the Civil
War and who knew James H. Stone very well. G. O. Harris was a
witness for James H. Stone in the lawsuit. James H. Stone, son
of Stephen Stone,Jr, lived on his father's lands during this time
and managed them. This deposition is included here because it has
historical value in addition to genealogical value. Much is said
regarding both slavery and the occupation of Sumner County by
Union soldiers. Slavery was abolished in areas occupied by Union
forces.
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G. O. Harris of lawful age being duly sworn deposed as follows.
I am acquainted with the place of Stephen Stone: he died in about
1862. I think the Federal soldiers held this county at the time of his
death and continued to hold it up to the time of the peace. Mr. James
Stone remained on the place after his father's death. I lived with
him during the year 1864-65.
He kept all the negroes on the place except one, I think: I don't
remember when he left. Slaves at this time were regarded as valuable
by a majority of the owners, and they used their utmost endeavors to
keep them on their places. Previous to 1863 I frequently passed by the
said place. I don't think the negroes, during the time I was at work
there, made more than a support. And I think Stone had to hire
them. There were five negroes: one man, two women and two children.
None of the women worked out on the farm.
I don't think the county was in condition to keep stock on a place
during this time. Pasture lands were not profitable at this time. The
fences were down: soldiers every day were riding in every direction.
J. Stone did all he could to keep the fences up, but the
Government wagons were hauling through the place which actively kept
them down. I think he done very well and as much as any other man
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could do considering all the circumstances. He clothed and fed the
negroes.
In view of the conditions at the time, did James H. Stone make
more off the land than the support of the negroes for the years
1862-1865 required?
It was not worth anything to him.
Did James H. Stone make any statements while on the place and in
your presence as to why he remained on the premises?
Yes, he did. He said that his object was to keep the negroes together
and to take care of the place as well as he could.
Did James H. Stone injure the place or did he take as good a care
of it could under the circumstances?
I don't think he injured it any and took as much care of it as he
could under the circumstances.
What were the terms under which you occupied the place in the years
1864-1865?
I first went there as a renter, and afterwards we worked together. I
agreed to pay thirty dollars for the house and firewood and have out
half the crop. Stone furnished the negro boy that was on the place
which he hired.
Were the farming tools and stock on the place the property of James H.
Stone?
When I went there they were all his.
While James H. Stone was on the place, state whether he lost any
stock and how much.
I think he lost two mules and seven hogs: the mules were taken by the
U.S. soldiers.
Was James H. Stone single or married while you lived on the place?
He was a single man when I went there: he married in 1864.
Was the portion of the crop to which James H. Stone was entitled
for the years 1864-1865 more than sufficient to support and take care
of the family?
No. I hear there was a negro man about 21, one old woman and one
middle aged and one girl 13 and one seven or eight years old at this
time. They were hired by Stone. The boy was offered a portion of
the crop: the women did his cooking and washing. I don't think the
girls did anything.
Was it worth the rent of the 150 acres of land in 1862-1865, said land
being worth about two dollars per acre, to take care of a negro man 21
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years of age who worked on the farm, and of two negro women who washed
and cooked for the family, and of two negro girls large enough to work
about the house?
I don't think it was worth it. The place was not improved any by J. H.
Stone and was damaged a great deal by the soldiers. The government
wagons went through the woods lot and upon the cultivated lands.
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Here is the deposition by J. C. Newton.
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J. C. Newton of lawful age being duly sworn deposed as follows.
I am acquainted with the home place of S. Stone. I lived during
the years 1863-1865 about one and one half miles from the place. The
country during these years was in a very disturbed unsettled
condition. Abandoned places as a general thing were very much abused,
more so than those occupied. The fencing was destroyed on many farms.
The farmers made no attempt during these years to make more than a
support. They had no heart to endeavor to make anything farming: it
would be taken by the government or soldiers. They received no pay for
the property taken as a general thing, and what pay they did receive
was at low rates.
There was no demand for lands at this time. The labor of the negroes
was worth little at this time. The owners generally endeavored to keep
the negroes on the places thinking they might remain as property after
the war. I knew the Stone negroes, frequently passing the place during
the time J. H. Stone occupied it. It was difficult to keep farming
along the routes the soldiers went and this place lies on the public
road from Gallatin to Cairo. I don't think Stone got much work out
of the negroes during this time as I frequently saw them sitting about
playing cards. I don't think of Jim making much more than a support. I
never heard of him selling any products of the farm during this time.
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CHAPTER: 017: Thomas H. Higgason: Soldier CSA \SNT M.1842-1928
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About 1920 Thomas H. Higgason filled out one of the Civil War
Veterans questionnaires with which the Tennessee Library was
collecting information for the future. Since his mother was Nancy
Stone Higgason who was a daughter of Stephen Stone,Jr, he was
a great grandson to Stephen Stone,Sr.
Here is the basic known information on Thomas H. Higgason.
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Thomas H. Higgason farmer, shoe maker CSA \SNT M.1842-1928
Buried: Gallatin Cemetery, Gallatin, Tennessee, marked
Father: John Overton Higgason M.1796-1872
Mother: Nancy Stone \SN F.1809-1858
Spouse1: Mariah J. Parker F. -
Married: 25-APR-1872 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse2: Annie Elizabeth ?? "Elizabeth" F.1858-1923
Buried: Gallatin Cemetery, Gallatin, Tennessee, marked
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In the information he gives he refers several times to his parents
farm. This farm was located next to that of Stephen Stone,Jr
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southeast of Gallatin, Tennessee towards the town of Cairo, which was
on the Cumberland River.
The following is a paraphrase of the answers given by him.
His name was Thomas H. Higgason and he resided at Cottontown,
Tennessee. He was eighty years old, was born in Sumner Co,
Tennessee, and was living in Sumner County when he joined the
Confederate forces. Before the war his father and he were both
farmers. The only property which he owned was one horse. His folks
owned four slaves: one female and three males. His folks owned two
hundred twelve acres of land which he estimates was worth about four
thousand dollars, but he says he does not remember how land and other
things were valued at that time. Their house had been a one room log
house, but it had been built onto and was a five room two storey part
log and part frame house.
He did all kinds of farm work which was the same kind of work and
which was as much work as the individual slave did. His father was
crippled and could do no manual labor, but he was a magistrate for
many years. His mother did the cooking, spinning and weaving, and she
made clothes for all the family. They did not have any servants in
their house.
The non-slaves did the same work as the slaves right along beside one
another in equal proportions. It was rarely the case that non-slaves
led lives of idleness. There was no discrimination between those who
owned slaves and those who did not own slaves. Politicians who owned
slaves were not helped by this fact to any great extent according to
his memory. In the community in which he lived there was little
opportunity for an honest hard-working young man to save up enough to
buy a farm.
He attended a one room log house school which had one man for a
teacher and was about a mile from where he lived. He attended school a
total of about thirty months over a seven year period of time. In the
communities of Cairo and Walnut Grove there were schools which he
believes to have been public schools. School was held four or five
months each year, and attendance was good even though boys had lots of
work to do.
He joined the Confederate forces in 1861 in Sumner County at Fort
Trousdale. He was in the Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment. The other men
in his outfit that he remembers were: Tom Cox, Sumner Cox, Jim Soper,
William Barrow, Bill Escue, Alex Bandy, ?? Bandy and Andy Hudson.
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Comments:
Thomas W. Cox CSA M.1834-
Sumner F. Cox CSA M.1841-
James A. Soper as Cpl K Co, 18th Inf, TN CSA M.1843-1925
William H. Barrow as Pvt K Co, 18th Inf, TN CSA M.1843-
E. Alex Bandy "Alex" Pvt K Co, 18th Inf, TN CSA M.1832-
Jonathan Bandy as Pvt K Co, 18th Inf, TN CSA M.1829-
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The following two men were first cousins to Thomas H. Higgason.
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William M. Askew CSA \SAW M.1837-
William served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
Andrew M. Hudson CSA \SMA M.1844-
Andrew served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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His company was sent first to Bowling Green, Kentucky. He remembers
that it was eight or ten months before his company was engaged in a
battle. The first battle he was in was the Battle of Fort Donelson. He
was captured at Fort Donelson and sent to a prison in Illinois where
he received good treatment for seven months. He was then exchanged and
was sent to Atlanta. He was in the Battle of Murfreesboro and later in
the Battle of Chickamauga. In this last very fierce battle he was
"mortally wounded" and was captured again. He was again in prison for
nine months or so until the war was over. He could not recall the name
of this second prison he was in. He was helped by a family for eight
or ten days until he could get transportation money from home.
He went back to work on the farm to try to help his father recover
what his father had lost during the war. He has worked on the farm
since that time. He was a shoe maker for years, held no offices but
was a member of the Methodist Church. His father, John Overton
Higgason, was born in Virginia, lived in Gallatin, Tennessee and
served as a magistrate for many years His mother was Nancy Stone
who was a daughter of Stephen Stone, a resident of Gallatin,
Tennessee. His father's ancestors came from Ireland. Their name there
was Woodfork, but the name was changed when they came to America. His
pension number was 1194.
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CHAPTER: 018: William Nicholas Stone CSA \NSW M.1842-1896
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Here follows information from Sarah Jane Stone Parrish about the
Civil War Service of her grandfather, William Nicholas Stone. This
information came from her nephew George Allen Stone who is the
expert in the Stone family regarding the Civil War.
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William Nicholas Stone
Civil War Service
He enlisted with the 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment on 20-MAY-1861 at
Dixon Springs, Tenn. (He would have been 17 years old). He was in
Company A. There were 887 men in this regiment. His times and places
were:
21-JUL-1861 Huntersville, Virginia, Cheat Mountain Campaign.
16-DEC-1861 Port Royal, South Carolina.
01-JAN-1861 Skirmish at Port Royal ferry, South Carolina.
10-APR-1862 Corinth, Mississippi.
08-OCT-1862 Perryville, Kentucky, 38 casualties.
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29-DEC-1862 Murfreesboro, Stones River.
They had 306 casualties out of 474 engaged. They captured 11 pieces of
artillery and 1000 prisoners.
01-APR-1863 in Battle of Franklin.
19-SEP-1863 to 20-SEP-1863 Battle of Chickamauga.
24-NOV-1863 to 25-NOV-1863 Missionary Ridge.
14-DEC-1863 only 214 men were still effective.
20-JAN-1864 Atlanta.
09-MAY-1864 Battle of Rocky Face, Georgia.
15-DEC-1864 to 16-DEC-1864 Battle of Nashville.
He was paroled 01-MAY-1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina as a First
Corporal in First Consolidated Tennessee Volunteers which was five
regiments consolidated together. He survived the Civil War for the
duration, and his group was heavily decimated at the Battle of Stones
River. At Stones River he was in Polk's First Corp, First Division
Major General B. F. Cheatam's, First Brigade, Brigadier General D. S.
Donelson. When he surrendered he was in Hardee's Corp. This would
explain why one of his sons was named Hardee.
After the War he married Ellen Johnson Calhoun on 22-DEC-1867.
Source: Sarah Jane Stone Parrish
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CHAPTER: 019: Pleasant Valley Methodist Church, Union City, Tennessee
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Six ladies of the Stone family were involved in a most remarkable
project in 1875 at a time when ladies usually did not feel free to
make great changes. These six ladies with two other unrelated ladies
organized Pleasant Valley Methodist Church just south of Union City,
Obion Co, Tennessee. The church was organized in 1875 by the
following eight ladies.
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Malinda A. Parsley b.TN F.1827-
Willie Heveran F. -1888
Sarah Katherine Moore Stone F.1836-1909
Rhoda M. Hamilton Stone F.1823-1911
Liola Elizabeth Stone \SIL F.1860-1946
Elizabeth Stone Adams \SE F.1812-1892
Mary Amanda Hampton Stone F.1858-1886
Susan Mary Stone Ward \SIS F.1848-1939
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The first two of these ladies are not connected with the Stone family
as far as is known.
All of the relationships will be shown with regard to Stephen
Stone,Jr who was a son of Stephen Stone,Sr.
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Sarah Katherine Moore Stone was the wife of Stephen McKendree
Stone who was a son of Stephen Stone,Jr.
Rhoda M. Hamilton Stone was the wife of Nicholas Munro Stone
who was a son of Stephen Stone,Jr.
Liola Elizabeth Stone was the younger daughter of Nicholas Munro
Stone who was a son of Stephen Stone,Jr.
Elizabeth Stone Adams was an older daughter of Stephen
Stone,Jr.
Mary Amanda Hampton Stone was the wife of John Richard Stone
who was the son of Nicholas Munro Stone who was the son of Stephen
Stone,Jr. Susan Mary Stone Ward was the older daughter of
Nicholas Munro Stone who was a son of Stephen Stone,Jr.
Today this church is located at the intersection of Pleasant Valley
Road and Stone Road on the south east side of Union City in Obion
Co, Tennessee. The family of Stephen McKendree Stone has been
members since it was founded. Stone Road is named after the Stone
family, many of whom live nearby.
The James Kenneth Luton family attended Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church also. James Kenneth Luton joined the church in 1885. James
Kenneth Luton was a first cousin once removed to Stephen McKendree
Stone. His mother, Ann Stone, was a daughter of William
Stone who was a son of Stephen Stone,Sr. In 1876 Mrs. Sarah A.
Parker Luton joined Pleasant Valley Methodist Church. Her husband,
who joined in 1884, was William Shephard Luton who was a great
great grandson of Stephen Stone,Sr.
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CHAPTER: 020: Noted Stone Family Cemeteries
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The Stone Cemetery which is southeast of Gallatin, Tennessee is on the
property which belonged to Stephen Stone,Jr and on which he was
living when he died on 17-MAR-1862. It was on this property that his
children were born and raised. This property was the contention of a
difficult and lengthy lawsuit after Stephen Stone,Jr died.
Source: Lawsuit: N. M. Stone vrs. J. H. Stone, Sumner Co,TN 1865.
This lawsuit, which is available from the Sumner County Archives
as number 10872 of the loose records, dragged on six years. The vast
information contained in this lawsuit regarding the Stephen
Stone,Jr family is covered in another chapter.
In 1874 the Stephen Stone,Jr homeplace was sold to John W. Green
with the reservation that the Stone family cemetery would be available
to family members. Thirty dollars was knocked off the price of the
property so that the cemetery would be preserved and be available to
the heirs. Unless later transactions were made by the heirs, this
property still belongs to the great multitude of heirs of Stephen
Stone,Jr.
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It is very likely that this land was part of the six hundred forty
acres of land which was granted to Henry Loving for his service in
helping to defend residents of what was to become Tennessee from the
Indians prior to 1786. He was the father of Mary Loving who was
the first wife of Stephen Stone,Jr and the mother of his children.
The following is from the lawsuit concerning the home place sale.
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It is ordered by the court that the clerk and master make a deed to
said John W. Green giving the boundaries of the land. And in making
said deed the clerk and master shall reserve the family burial ground
and the right of way to the same, in consideration of the balance of
about thirty dollars still due on one of John W. Green's notes, the
parties having agreed to the same and said balance on said note will
be given up to said Green in consideration of the burial ground.
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Buried in this cemetery are Mary Loving Stone, who was the first
wife of Stephen Stone,Jr, their daughter Keziah K. Stone
Wilson and several other close family members. It is highly probable
that Stephen Stone,Jr is buried beside his first wife without a
marker. He died during the War for Southern Independence when grave
markers were extremely scarce. In the book SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE
CEMETERY RECORDS the location of this cemetery is described as being
one and three tenth miles east of Gallatin on Highway 25, then four
tenths of a mile southeast on Cairo road and then two tenths of a mile
south of the road located between the house and the barn on property
of the Ramsey family.
Another important Stone family cemetery is the Stone-Baulch Cemetery
located just north of Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee. In this
cemetery Stephen Stone,Sr and his wife Kezziah A. ?? are
buried. Also, Nicholas Stone, his wife Elizabeth Loving Stone
and many of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are
buried in the Stone-Baulch Cemetery. Many of the Baulch and Jernigan
descendants are buried here also. The property is owned by Charles
Cantrell and his wife Mary Cantrell.
It is very likely that this cemetery is on the property which Stephen
Stone,Sr purchased when he moved to Sumner Co, Tennessee in
1803. Later he gave this property to his son Nicholas Stone who
took care of Stephen and his wife Kezziah in their later years. The
following is an excerpt from the document which transferred the title
to Nicholas Stone.
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Stephen Stone,Sr. deed of gift to Nicholas Stone 107 acres on
big East fork of Station Camp Creek, being part of 640 acres of land
originally granted to Benj. Porter, "for good will and love which I
bear toward my son, after my death and death of my wife, Keziah
??", dated 22-MAY-1819. Registered 27-MAR-1820.
Witnesses: Will Edward, Ashley Stanfield, Stephen Stone.
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The third witness was Stephen Stone,Jr, the brother of Nicholas
Stone.
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All of the descendants of Stephen Stone,Sr owe a special thanks to
Hugh Douglas Stone and his three sons for providing for a new
fence around the Stone-Baulch Cemetery.
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CHAPTER: 021: The Stone-Baulch Cemetery Indexed by Howard Stone Baulch
Updated 2006/01/15, 2003/06/07
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Howard Stone Baulch and Sarah Baulch McGinley cataloged the
Stone-Baulch Cemetery and have allowed this webpage to include that
information. Minor reformatting has been done and "Who:" lines have
been added so that the persons appear in the index.
In some of the newspaper obituaries of Sumner Co, Tennessee which
were carefully transcribed by Linda Carpenter, the Stone-Baulch
Cemetery is called the Stone Burying ground.
Howard has collated the information which he and his sister recorded
with the information in the book SUMNER COUNT, TENNESSEE CEMETERY
RECORDS by Margaret Cummings Snider and Joan Hollis Yorgason
which is listed in the Bibliography. That book is referred to as
{SCTCR} in the following.
Howard Stone Baulch has also allowed the use of the information
from the Nicholas Howard Stone Family Bible which has been used
through out this webpage.
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The Stone-Baulch Family Cemetery by Howard Stone Baulch.
The Stone-Baulch Family Cemetery is located one and three-tenths miles
north of the city limits of Gallatin, Tennessee on Old Highway 109
about 500 feet east on the property of Charles and Mary Cantrell, just
south of Computer Lane. The cemetery is 93 feet wide and 81 feet deep.
The gate is in the center on the western side of the fenced cemetery.
The front row of stones is only narrowly within the fence, so it is
likely that the fence is on top of the graves of the persons buried in
the first row. Stones will be listed below in order from north to
south.
On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Howard Stone Baulch and Sarah Baulch
McGinley visited this cemetery to transcribe as much as possible
from the tombstones. Their earliest relative buried here is their
third-great-grandfather, Stephen Stone (1750-1838).
Note that many tombstones were broken and worn to the point that
reading the entire transcription was often difficult or impossible.
Rubbings (with newsprint and crayons) were done on the more worn
stones. This allowed a more complete transcription, but errors in
transcription may have occurred due to the poor condition of many
stones.
A comparison has been made between our transcription and what is
recorded in Sumner County, Tennessee Cemetery Records, Compiled by
Margaret Cummings Snider and Joan Hollis Yorgason, McDowell
Publications, 1981. The comparison notes are listed in braces as
follows: {SCTCR . } for each tombstone.
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Row 1, Stone 1
Riley Gernigan 1876-
Martha F. Gernigan 1878-1943
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: W. Riley Jernigan \NKJW M.1876-
Who: Martha F. ?? "Mattie" F.1878-1943
Row 1, Stone 2
M. A. J.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 1, Stone 3
Teddy Gernigan, Born & Died Nov. 25, 1905
Son of W. R. & M. Gernigan
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Teddy Jernigan \NKJWT M.1905-1905
Row 1, Stone 4
Freddy Gernigan, Born Nov. 25, 1905, Died Aug. 25, 1906
Son of W. R. & M. Gernigan
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Freddy Jernigan \NKJWF M.1905-1906
Row 1, Stone 5
Rufus Keen, Born Mar. 14, 1906, Died Sep. 11, 1906
Son of C. O. & A. L. Keen
{SCTCR concurs}
Row 1, Stone 6
Walter Keen, Born Mar. 30, 1908, Died Dec. 26, 1912
Son of C. O. & A. L. Keen
{SCTCR lists death date as Dec. 2nd; they are incorrect}
Row 1, Stone 7
R. G.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 1, Stone 8
R. K.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 1, Stone 9
W. K.
{not listed in SCTCR}
There is a large gap between the first and second rows in this
cemetery. We can only presume that there are a large number of
unmarked graves in this area.
Row 2, Stone 1
Abner Nicholas Stone, Born June 10, 1878, Died Mar. 21, 1912
Son of N. H. & M. E. Stone
{SCTCR spells Nicholas as Nicholus: our transcription is accurate}
Who: Abner Nicholas Stone \NNB M.1878-1912
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Row 2, Stone 2
Pearl Stone, Born Dec. 28, 1885, Died May 12, 1906
Daughter of N. H. & M. E. Stone
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Pearl Stone \NNP F.1885-1906
Row 2, Stone 3
Minnie Sophia Stone, Born Feb. 2, 1882, Died Dec. 5, 1894
Daughter of N. H. & M. E. Stone
{SCTCR lists birth year as 1881; the birth year is not clear, but it
appears to be round on the top of the final digit; the Nicholas Howard
Stone Family Bible lists the birth year as 1882}
Who: Minnie Sophia Stone \NNI F.1882-1894
Row 2, Stone 4 (monument)
Father: N. Howard Stone, Born Mar. 4, 1830, Died Mar. 13, 1900
Mother: Mary E. Hanna Stone, Born Apr. 12, 1844, Died Feb. 5, 1909
Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Nicholas Howard Stone "Howard" \NN M.1830-1900
Who: Mary Elizabeth Hanna "Bettie" F.1844-1909
Row 2, Stone 5
[Dove in flight]
Sarah Jane Stone
Born Aug. 17, 1835, Departed this life July 17, 1869
Aged 33 yrs & 11 mos
Wife of N. H. Stone
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Sarah Jane Gourley F.1835-1869
Row 2, Stone 6
Kezziah Stone, 1754-1836, Wife of Stephen Stone
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Kezziah A. ?? F.1754-1836
Row 2, Stone 7
Stephen Stone, October 12, 1750, April 16, 1838, VA Militia Rev. War
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Row 3, Stone 1
In Memory of James T. Stone
Son of Nicholas Stone & Elisabeth Stone
Was born March the 20th 1837
And departed this life Nov. the 14th 1859
I know that my Redeemer lives
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: James Thomas Stone "Tommy" \NT M.1837-1859
Row 3, Stone 2
In Memory of Fountain P. Stone
Son of Nicholas Stone & Elizabeth Stone
Was born Jan. 22, 1828
And departed life November 28, 1857
Age ... Years and ... months
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{SCTCR lists death as November 2nd and age as 29 years and 9 months;
they could be correct; the stone is quite worn and although it
appeared that there was a second digit to the birth date, it could
have simply been excessive wear on the stone}
Who: Fountain P. Stone "Fountain" \NU M.1828-1857
Row 3, Stone 3
In Memory of Frankey Stone
Daughter of Nicholas Stone and Elizabeth Stone
Was born November 6, 1816
And departed this life November 1835
Age 19 years
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Frankey Stone \NF F.1816-1835
Row 3, Stone 4
In Memory of Elizabeth Stone
Wife of Nicholas Stone
Was born 1792
And married 1808
And departed this life Sep. 28, 1858
Aged 66 years.
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Elizabeth Loving "Betsey" F.1792-1858
Row 3, Stone 5
In Memory of Nicholas Stone
Son of Stephen and Kizziah A. Stone
Was born 1788
Was married February 1808
And departed this life November 15, 1857
Aged 69 years and 11 months
{SCTCR concurs, but the birth year was very difficult to read; it
could have been 1787 as is believed through other sources; the age
listed on the tombstone supports a December 1787 or January 1788
birth}
Who: Nicholas Stone \N M.1787-1857
Row 3, Stone 6
Jane Miller Stone, Sept. 7, 1846, Aug. 11, 1879
{SCTCR concurs}
Row 4, Stone 1
William L. Hudgens, Alabama PVT 321 INF. S1 DIV, Dec. 11, 1937
{SCTCR lists 81 DIV; it looked like S1 DIV to us}
Row 4, Stone 2
Mary Elizabeth Hudgens, Nov. 25, 1896, July 28, 1974
"MAMA HUDDY"
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 4, Stone 3
[Holy Bible]
W. H. Hollis, Born June 14, 1838, Died Oct. 26, 1896
{SCTCR lists death year as 1898; the tombstone was fairly clear and
appears as 1896}
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Who: William Henry Hollis CSA M.1838-1898
Row 4, Stone 4 (monument)
BAULCH
Alfred N. Baulch, 1838 - 1918
1st Wife: Lizzie Miller 1875
2nd Wife: Mollie Hudson 1887
Children
Nettie Alice Baulch 1877-1877
Albert Walter Baulch 1881-1881
Clara Mabel Baulch 1885-1885
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Alfred Nelson Baulch \NOA M.1840-1918
Who: Elizabeth Miller Ryan "Lizzie" F.1843-1875
Who: Mollie T. Hudson F.1845-1887
Who: Nettie Alice Baulch \NOAN F.1877-1877
Who: Albert Walter Baulch \NOAA M.1881-1881
Who: Clara Mabel Baulch \NOAC F.1885-1885
Row 4, Stone 5
Willard Baulch 1879-1947
{SCTCR concurs with dates but notes incorrectly that Willard and
Maude are on the same stone}
Who: Clarence Willard Baulch \NOAW M.1879-1947
Row 4, Stone 6
Maude Baulch 1885-1967
{SCTCR concurs with dates but notes incorrectly that Willard and
Maude are on the same stone}
Who: Maude Baulch \NOAM F.1883-1967
Row 4, Stone 7
M. E. D.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 4, Stone 8
[unreadable]
Row 4, Stone 9
[unreadable]
Row 4, Stone 10
[unreadable]
Row 4, Group of Stones 11
[unreadable]
Row 4, Stone 12
R. L. B.
Row 4, Stone 13
Mary A. Jernigan, Born May 3, 1852, Died Oct. 12, 1865, Aged ...
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 4, Stone 14
[unreadable]
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Row 4, Stone 15
Bessie B. Daughter of W. H. & M. S. Hollis
Born Nov. 29, 1884 Died July 20, 1890
As a star that is lost when the daylight is given
she hath faded away to shine brighter in heaven.
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Bessie Bryant Hollis \NOMB F.1884-1890
Who: Martha Sofia Baulch \NOM F.1846-1922
Who: William Henry Hollis CSA M.1838-1898
Row 4, Stone 16
Sophia, Wife of J. R. Baulch
Born Aug. 6, 1814, Died Sept. 5, 1885
Emblem of innocence she's gone and left her children below
awhile on earth to mourn until they're called to go.
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Sophia Stone "Sophy" \NO F.1814-1885
Row 4, Stone 17
John R. Baulch, Born Oct. 11, 1810, Died July 20, 1892
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: John R. Baulch or Balch M.1810-1892
Row 4, Stone 18
Susan E. Baulch, Born Nov. 14, 1844, Died Dec. 3, 1899
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Susan Eliza Baulch "Eliza" \NOS F.1844-1899
Row 4, Stone 19
Lela Bell Smith, Feb. 1, 1907, Feb. 28, 1907
At rest
{SCTCR concurs}
Row 4, Stone 20
J. M. Gernigan, 1851-1898
Mattie Gernigan, 1861-
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: J. Martin Jernigan \NKJ M.1851-1898
Who: Mattie A. ?? F.1851-
Row 4, Stone 21
William Henry Hollis
PVT Co. E 30th Tenn Inf. Confederate States Army
Jun. 14, 1838, Oct. 26, 1898
{not listed in SCTCR}
Who: William Henry Hollis CSA M.1838-1898
Row 4, Stone 22
A. N. B.
M. H. B.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 5, Stone 1
Dora C. White, Dec. 2, 1877, Dec. 23, 1904
Will L. White, Jan. 5, 1875, Jan. 22, 1953
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{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Isadora C. Brazier \NMOD F.1877-1904
Who: Will L. White M.1875-1953
Row 5, Stone 2
Father & Mother
Roy Brazier, Nov. 26, 1893, Mar. 13, 1937
Lena Brazier, Mar. 15, 1895
At Rest
{SCTCR concurs}
Row 5, Stone 3
Ollie Franklin Brazier, Sep. 27, 1884 - Jun. 7, 1933
At Rest
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Ollie Franklin Brazier \NMOO F.1884-1933
Row 5, Stone 4
O. D. Brazier, Born Nov. 22, 1842, Died Nov. 22, 1907
Wife of O. D.
S. E. Jernigan, Born May 25, 1849, Died Feb. 25, 1926
Married Aug. 26, 1865
{SCTCR concurs but does not list marriage date}
Who: Orville Dillard Brazier \NMO M.1842-1907
Who: Sarah Elizabeth Jernigan \NKS F.1849-1926
Row 5, Stone 5
Nettie K. Brazier, Born Oct. 4, 1881, Died July 16, 1903
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Annette K. Brazier \NMON F.1881-1903
Row 5, Stone 6
Jasper Ray Brazier, Born May 27, 1885, Died Sept. 9, 1890
Son of O. D. & S. E. Brazier
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Jasper Ray Brazier \NMOJ M.1885-1890
Row 5, Stone 7
Boufy O. Brazier, Born Nov. 1877, Died July 23, 1889
Son of O. D. & S. E. Brazier
{SCTCR lists birth date as Dec. 2; the stone is very worn, but it
looked like Nov to us; the day was totally illegible at this point}
Who: Buford O. Brazier "Boufy" \NMOB M.1877-1889
Row 5, Stone 8
Annie E. Brazier, Born Aug. 20, 1869, Died Oct. 15, 1888
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Annie Elizabeth Brazier \NMOA F.1869-1888
Row 5, Stone 9
[Hand in hand]
Lucinda Stone, Born Aug. 30, 1818, Died Ma [stone broken here]
{SCTCR concurs, although they did not report any partial information
on the death date}
Lucinda Stone "Cinthey" \NL F.1818-1875
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Row 5, Stone 10
In Memory of Mary Brazier
Daughter of Nicholas Stone & Elisabeth Stone
born Dec the 6th 1812
and departed this life Nov the 7th 1859
My home is beyond the skies
{SCTCR spells Elisabeth as Elizabeth and lists the death year as 1852;
on many of these stones it was difficult to discriminate between a 2
and a 9, so an error here is understandable}
Who: Mary S. Stone "Polly" \NM F.1812-1859
Row 5, Stone 11
Zachariah Brazier
Son of Isaac Brazier and Martha Brazier
Born Dec. the 19th 1812
and Departed this life March the 29nd 1846
{SCTCR concurs}
Who: Zachariah Brazier M.1812-1846
Row 6, Stone 1
Mother
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 6, Stone 2
Father
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 6, Stone 3 & 4
[no markings but seem too close to be two graves]
Row 6, Stone 5
Sister
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 6, Stone 6
N. K. B.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Row 6, Stone 7
[no markings]
Row 6, Stone 8
[no markings]
Row 6, Stone 9
J. M. G.
{not listed in SCTCR}
Found four broken stones separately, then pieced together
[break in stone]
.......
........
J. H. D.
D...E, Born June 14, 1832, Died July 15, 1868
{SCTCR concurs and fills in missing information as Sarah M. E., Wife
of J. H. Duke}
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Who: Sarah Matilda E. Stone "Tild" \NA F.1832-1868
Who: John Harvey Duke "Harvey or John" CSA M.1829-
One long narrow stone laying on ground
A. N. S.
{not listed in SCTCR}
One mostly unreadable stone laying on ground
.. L. S. ....
......
.......
......
.......
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CHAPTER: 022: Who was in the Civil War
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Quite a number of the descendants of Stephen Stone,Sr or their
spouses fought in the Civil War. C.S.A of course stands for
Confederate States of America. Here is a list of those who served in
the Civil War. In some cases this service to the Confederacy has not
been definitely confirmed.
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John Henry Bond CSA \ECO M.1835-1904
John served as a Pvt. D Co. 3rd "Clack's" Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Burnett W. Bond 'Methodist minister CSA \ECZ M.1838-1862
Burnett served as a Pvt. C Co. 3rd "Clack's" Inf. TN, C.S.A.
He died in the battle for Ft. Donelson and is buried there.
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Franklin G. Wilson brick mason CSA \SKF M.1830-1900
Franklin served (?) as a Sgt. K Co. 3rd "Clack's" Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Henry Harrison Abbott saddle maker CSA \WMH M.1844-1918
Spouse3: Anna Laura Oliver F.1863-1942
Henry served as a Corp. Co. C, 7th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
He was discharged because he was too young.
Later he served as a Corp. in Burrough's Arty Co. TN, C.S.A.
Annie applied for a Tennessee Confederate widow's pension.
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John Harvey Duke "Harvey or John" CSA M.1829-
Spouse: Sarah Matilda E. Stone "Tild" \NA F.1832-1868
John served (?) in the 7th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Stephen McKendree Stone farmer CSA \ST M.1824-1889
Stephen served as a Pvt. A Co. 7th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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James W. Pearson CSA \DKJ M.1838-
James probably served as a Pvt. Co. C, 7th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Thomas Barnes CSA \CLT M.1843-
His name was probably Thomas J. Barnes.
Thomas probably served as a Pvt. A Co. 7th Cav. Bn. TN, C.S.A.
He probably served as a Pvt. D Co. 22nd "Barteau's" Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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William Nicholas Stone CSA \NSW M.1842-1896
Spouse: Ellen Johnson Calhoun F.1849-1934
William served as a Corp. A Co. 8th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
Ellen applied for a Tennessee Confederate widow's pension.
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Francis Cunningham "Frank" CSA M.1829-1896
Spouse: Harriett Stone \NSH F.1838-1861
Frank served as a Capt. C Co. 8th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Alexander Green Brazier CSA \NMA M.1837-
Alexander served as a Pvt. A Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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John W. Higgason CSA \SNJ M.1832-1864
John served as a Pvt. A Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
He died of measles while a prisoner of war in Chicago, Illinois.
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James Monroe Williams,Sr CSA M.1810-
Spouse: Caroline K. Stone \NSC F.1840-
James served as a Corp. D Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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William M. Stone CSA \NW M.1826-1890
William served (?) as a Pvt. E Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Alexander G. Stone "Alec" CSA \NE M.1834-1878
Alexander served as a Pvt. G Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Thomas H. Higgason shoe maker CSA \SNT M.1842-1928
Thomas served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Benjamin H. Higgason CSA \SNB M.1840-
Benjamin served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th, Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Andrew M. Hudson CSA \SMA M.1844-
Andrew served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Byrd W. Mayes CSA M.1820-
Spouse: Martha A. Wilson \SKA F.1829-
Byrd served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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William M. Askew CSA \SAW M.1837-
William served as a Pvt. K Co. 18th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Rufus Asbury Stone CSA \NRR M.1844-1863
Rufus served as a Corp. E Co. 20th Texas Cav., C.S.A.
He died during service and is buried in Ft. Smith, Arkansas at the
Fort Smith National Cemetery, section 3, grave 1279.
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Edward D. Bond CSA \ECD M.1840-
Edward served as a Pvt. B Co. 22nd "Nixon's" Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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John T. Askew,Jr CSA \SAJ M.1833-
John served as a Pvt. F Co. 24th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
On 05-JAN-1865 he was a prisoner of war in a Union prison.
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Nicholas James Brazier "Jim" CSA \NMN M.1839-
Jim served as a Pvt. C Co. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Jim also served as a Pvt. B Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
Jim died from a shoulder wound during the Civil War.
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James Kenneth Luton "Jim" engineer CSA \WAJ M.1832-1918
Jim served as a Corp. K Co. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Zachariah Brazier CSA \NMZ M.1842-
Zachariah served as a Pvt. F Co. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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William Franklin Brazier CSA \NMW M.1841-
William served as a Pvt. F Co. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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James Albert McCormack CSA \WSJ M.1842-1915
James served as a Pvt. 7th Cav. Battalion, C.S.A.
He enlisted on 19-OCT-1861 at Cottontown in Sumner Co, TN.
James served in Co D, CR Bartow's Regiment, Buford's Division,
Bell's Brigade, Forrest Corps of Obion Co, Tennessee.
James received a Confederate pension, application #28393, from
Red-River Co, Texas in JUN-1914.
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William Henry Hollis CSA M.1838-1898
Spouse: Martha Sofia Baulch \NOM F.1846-1922
William served as a Pvt. E Co. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
Martha applied for a Tennessee Confederate widow's pension.
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Elisha Tarver Jernigan,II CSA M.1847-1890
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Luton Dyer \WAJM F.1852-1929
Elisha served as a Corp. 30th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
Elisha descended from Nicholas Stone, the Quaker.
Nicholas Stone the Quaker M.1703-1778
Molly and Elisha are fifth cousins descended from John Stone, the
Immigrant, and his wife Mary O'Brissell.
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Milton Grimes CSA \EDM M.1841-
Milton served (?) as a Pvt. Co. I, 31st Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Henry Harrison Loving CSA \DH M.1814-1872
Henry served as a Corp. A Co. 34th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Cicero Franklin Ragsdale CSA M.1843-1925
Spouse: Octavia Catherine Creswell \SKMO F.1852-
Cicero served as a Pvt. I Co. 47th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
Octavia applied for a Tennessee Confederate widow's pension.
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Stephen Dixon Wilson "Dick" CSA \SKT M.1839-
Dick served as a Pvt. A Co. 47the Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Robert C. Goosetree M.1835-
Spouse: Elizabeth Abbott \WME F.1837-
Robert served as a Pvt. A Co. 49th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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William King Luton carpenter CSA \WAW M.1831-1888
William served as a Pvt. F Co. 50th Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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James T. Ward "Jim" CSA M.1835-1876
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Spouse: Susan Mary Stone \SIS F.1848-1939
Jim served as a Pvt Co B 12th Kentucky Cavalry C.S.A.
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Benjamin Butler Beaird CSA M.1839-1891
Spouse: Susan Mary Stone \SIS F.1848-1939
Ben served as a Pvt in Co E 46th Georgia C.S.A.
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Joseph Wilson CSA \SKO M.1840-1862
Joseph served from Obion County.
He died during the Civil War.
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Wesley Wilson CSA \SKW M.1842-1862
Wesley served from Obion County.
He died during the Civil War.
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Thomas W. Burton CSA \EST M.1839-1894
Thomas served as a Pvt. B Co. 4th Reg't Inf. MO, C.S.A.
He wounded in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi which occurred
from 03-OCT-1862 to 05-OCT-1862.
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James S. Burton CSA \ESJ M.1842-1862
James served as a Pvt. B Co. 4th Reg't Inf. MO, C.S.A.
He died in battle at South Fork, Howell Co, MO on 13-MAR-1862.
He was shot in the chest with a mini ball.
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William Eusebius Stone CSA \EFW M.1828-1863
William served as 1st Corp. in Captain W. W. Apperson's TX Troops. He
served as 3rd Sgt in Capt J. Z. Miller's Co B Volunteer Inf. of Col.
R. T. P. Allen's Regiment. He first enlisted in MAR-1861 and the
secondly in MAY-1861. William died in the Battle of Millikens Bend,
Louisiana, JUN-1863.
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Wyatt Mitchell Stone CSA \EFY M.1842-1863
Wyatt served as a Pvt. K Co. 17th "Allen's" Texas Inf. C.S.A.
Wyatt died in the Battle of Millikens Bend, Louisiana, 07-JUN-1863.
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Thomas Granville Stone CSA \EFT M.1844-1866
Thomas served in 4th Corp, J. Z. Miller's Co, 17th "Allen's" Texas,
C.S.A.
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Francis A. Stone "Frank" CSA \NR M.1822-1882
Frank probably served in the 3rd Cav. TX, C.S.A.
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Finis Asbury Stone CSA \EFF M.1839-1915
Finis enlisted in 1861 and served, C.S.A.
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Joseph Henry Stone CSA \NJ M.1820-1895
Joseph enlisted in 1863 and served, C.S.A.
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The following are additional persons who had Civil War service who are
mentioned in this webpage.
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Samuel Walker Bell CSA M.1836-1911
Samuel served as a Pvt. G Co.4th "McLemore's" Cav. TN, C.S.A.
The two following men were his sons in law.
Marshall Lee Stone \NSR M.1865-1921
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Stephen C. Stone \NSWS M.1868-1896
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Jeremiah Phebus "Jeff" CSA M.1825-1906
Jeff served as a Pvt. A Co. 10th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
Jeremiah is the father in law of:
Isaac Walton Stone \STI M.1873-1946
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CHAPTER: 023: A Letter About the Eusebius Stone Family
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Here is the line of descent for the persons in this chapter.
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Stephen Stone,Sr REV \ M.1750-1838
Eusebius Stone "Sabe" \E M.1773-1827
Sarah Ann Stone "Sally" \ES F.1815-
Sarah Ann Burton \ESS F.1847-1880
Thomas Donald Moore \ESST M.1877-1930
Maralee Moore Phillips \ESSTM F. -
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The following is a letter written by Maralee Moore Phillips to her
cousin, Justine Burton Teasley, about Sarah Ann Stone Burton
and her daughter, Sarah Ann Burton Moore. Sarah Ann, "Sally",
Stone Burton was Maralee's and Justine's great grandmother. Her
daughter, Sarah Ann Burton Moore, was Maralee's grandmother. The
son of Sarah Ann Stone Burton, William Henry Burton, was
Justine's grandfather.
Maralee has lovingly researched the life and the times of her great
grandmother and of her grandmother for many years. Maralee refers in
her letter to Sarah Ann Burton Moore as "Little" Sarah Ann. Her
letter reflects the research she has done as well as her love and care
for Sarah Ann and "Little" Sarah Ann.
Justine Burton Teasley \ESWTJ M. -
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05-SEP-1986
Justine, My Dear Cousin!
Your telephone call was so wonderful to receive last night. What a
dear cousin you are. You asked me to tell you something about "Sally",
my dear Sarah Ann Stone Burton, my great grandmother. Yes, I will,
and maybe I shall tell you something about "Little" Sarah Ann
Burton Moore, my grandmother.
Sarah Ann, "Sally", Stone was born about 1815 near Gallatin,
Sumner Co, Tennessee and married 06-APR-1837 near Columbia,
Maury Co, Tennessee to Thomas Daniel Burton.
My dear Sarah Ann, you are much more to me than a name, a date, a town
and state. You are my great grandmother and I love you very much. Oh,
how I have looked for your mother for over fifteen years. Your father,
Eusebius Stone, must have been a wonderful man. You named a son
after him as did some of your siblings.
Eusebius Stone, your father, was born about 1770-1775 in Virginia,
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probably Hanover Co, Virginia. The records of Hanover County
have been lost in wars. So many wars, so many court houses were
burned, so many records were lost. I do not know when your father
married first. The Census shows us that your mother was also born in
Virginia and that Eusebius and his family were living in Sumner
Co, Tennessee prior to 1800. That part of Tennessee was then part of
North Carolina so that is why your oldest sister, Catherine, said she
was born in North Carolina.
The children of your father were:
1. Catherine "Kitty" Stone was born 09-NOV-1797 in North Carolina,
and was married 20-DEC-1819 in Sumner Co, Tennessee to John
Baptist Bond. Kitty and John lived and died in Maury Co,
Tennessee and their graves are in Hunter Cemetery, south of Mt
Pleasant, Maury Co, Tennessee. Kitty died on 11-SEP-1845. She and
John Baptist Bond died the same year and month.
2. Barnett W. Stone was born in 1801 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
I wonder if the "W" is for William, your father's brother? He married
on 05-AUG-1825 in Maury Co, Tennessee to Catherine Gilbreath,
daughter of Hugh Gilbreath and Honara Connover. They moved on
over to Cooper Co, Missouri. Barnett W. Stone and family were
living in Moniteau Co, Missouri in 1850 and 1860.
3. Fountain Garrett Stone was next. I suppose he is my favorite of
your brothers and sisters. Many years ago, maybe thirty years ago, a
dear cousin Elizabeth Stone Maddox started on the Stone genealogy.
She is a great granddaughter of Fountain Garrett Stone. She and I
worked together for about ten years.
Fountain Garrett Stone was born on 28-SEP-1809 in Sumner Co,
Tennessee. He married on 13-JAN-1827 in Maury Co, Tennessee to Ann
Marie McDonald. They were the parents of nine children. The first
five children were born in Tennessee. The sixth child was born in 1839
near Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Ann Marie died in 1856 in Arkansas, and
Fountain Garrett Stone married Sarah J. Vaughan in about 1857.
They had one child. It is interesting to note that Fountain Garrett
named his first child William Eusebius Stone. Fountain Garrett
Stone died on 17-FEB-1858 in Hempstead Co, Arkansas. His
family moved on over to Austin, Texas.
4. Eli Stone was born between 1806 and 1810 in Sumner Co,
Tennessee. He married on 10-MAY-1828 in Maury Co, Tennessee to
Mary "Polly" Jones. Eli Stone moved on up to Cooper Co,
Missouri with his brother Barnett W. Stone. Eli was still living
in Missouri in 1840.
5. Matilda Stone was born between 1804 and 1808 in Sumner Co,
Tennessee. She married John R. Elliott on 03-JUN-1829 in Maury
Co, Tennessee. Research needs to be done on this family.
6. Mary, "Polly", Stone was born in 1812 in Sumner Co,
Tennessee. She married on 01-JAN-1832 in Maury Co, Tennessee to
Matthew B. Small. I know nothing more about them.
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7. "Docin" or "Theadocin" Stone was born about 1810 in Sumner
Co, Tennessee. She married on 17-SEP-1829 in Maury Co, Tennessee
to Harry Grimes. Someone needs to research this family.
8. Sarah Ann Stone was born about 1815. My Sarah Ann, "Sally", I
believe you were the last to be born to your mother and Eusebius
Stone. Your mother died between 1815 and 1820 since she was dead
when the 1820 Census was taken. Maybe she died in 1815 when you were
born. The 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee Census lists Eusebius
Stone with seven children, four under ten years old. If you were
the youngest then that would be four children born between 1810 and
1815 when your mother probably died. Your sister, Catherine, Eusebius'
first child was married, having been married in 1819. Eusebius lived
alone with his seven little children until 1821 when he married
Elizabeth Boyles.
Elizabeth had been married twice before, but had never had a child.
Elizabeth owned quite a lot of land and several slaves over in
Simpson Co, Kentucky. In those days when a man and a woman married
everything the woman owned was then her husband's. I know they had a
wedding, because William Stone wrote in a Court Document "that he
was at his brother Eusebius' wedding when he married Mrs Elizabeth
Boyles". This marriage did not turn out very well. It seems as though
Eusebius and Elizabeth sold off much of her property and deeded many
of her slaves to his children as follows.
"Deed of Gift from Eusebius Stone"
Court Date: May 1824, Sumner County, Tennessee
To son, Barnett W. Stone, a negro, "Mungo".
Mungo ?? M. -
To son, Fountain G. Stone, a negro, "May".
May ?? F. -
To daughter, Matilda Stone, two negroes, "Mary" and "Loisa".
Mary ?? F. -
Loisa ?? F. -
To son, Eli Stone, a negro, "Blackman".
Blackman ?? M. -
To daughter, Kitty Bond, a negro, "Esther".
Catherine Stone Bond "Kitty" \EC F.1797-1845
Esther ?? F. -
To daughter, Polly Stone, two negroes,
"Stephen" and "Harriet".
Stephen ?? M. -
Harriet ?? F. -
To daughter, Docia Stone, a negro, "Abraham".
Abraham ?? M. -
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To daughter, Sally Stone, a negro, "Handerson".
Handerson ?? M. -
David Denning M. -
Well, the Brackin Boys, Elizabeth's brothers, were interested in those
slaves as was David Denning, who held a claim on them. So there
was a BIG lawsuit. No one lost or won. At the end each party paid
their court cost and that was that!
In FEB-1824 your father, Eusebius Stone, left Sumner County to
go to Maury Co, Tennessee to look for a farm to buy or rent. His
land around Gallatin was worn out and he was a farmer. Soon after,
John B. Bond, Kitty's husband, returned to Sumner County and
moved your family to Maury County to live. You were about nine
years old by then. Your step mother, Elizabeth, stayed in Sumner
County. The lawsuit went on in 1826 and 1827.
Life did not get any easier for you, my dear Sarah, as your father,
Eusebius, died in 1827 in Maury County. You were about fourteen
years old by then so you lived with older sisters and brothers until a
very happy day in Maury County on 06-APR-1837 when you married a
wonderful Christian man, Thomas Daniel Burton. He was born in
Smith Co, Tennessee. He had moved with his family down to
Maury County after his father had died. He lived with his mother,
Nancy Hall Burton, and she was to live with you all the rest of
her life. It appears as though the Stone children went all directions
after their marriages. I suppose because both their mother and father
had died. So, my dear Sarah Ann, you became a Burton! You and Thomas
and his mother, Nancy, moved over to Carroll Co, Tennessee. In
1850 Thomas Daniel Burton was licensed to preach. That was in
Lexington, Tennessee. On the 1850 Census you had seven children. Soon
you and Thomas and Nancy and the children moved to Missouri.
Five families moved with your family to Missouri. The other four
families were the Starkeys, who were Burton cousins, the Kelloughs,
three of your children married into this family, the Coopers, a couple
of your children married into this family, and the Black family. These
five families moved to Howell Co, Missouri and started a little
community by South Fork called Mt. Zion. It is about fifteen miles
south of West Plains.
By 1860, my dear Sarah, you had ten children. The oldest was
twenty-one years old and the youngest was three years old. The sounds
of WAR are being heard. Your family will feel the winds of the South
as you and your family have been Southern forever. Howell Co,
Missouri is a border state, a split state, to be trod upon by both the
North and the South. Now no one is left, not one family, so you and
your family must flee too. You and yours go up North to Gasconade
Co, Missouri to stay until the war was over. This was a cruel war, as
all wars are cruel. They took your sons, one being killed, James S.
Burton, born 1842, was shot in the chest with a mini ball in the
battle of South Fork, 13-MAR-1862. He was only twenty years old. The
North and the South were hard on Howell Co, Missouri. What they
did not destroy, the bushwhackers did destroy. Your dear
mother-in-law, Nancy, you lost her during the war too. I do not know
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when or where between 1860 and 1870.
So, the war between the states is over. But wait, I must talk about
the second Sarah Ann, "Little" Sarah Ann Burton Moore, my
grandmother!
"Little" Sarah Ann Burton was born 01-MAR-1847 near Columbia in
Maury Co, Tennessee, the sixth child of Sarah Ann Stone and
Thomas Daniel Burton. You took your family to Gasconade County
for protection. So, what has happened to your daughter, your name
sake, "Little" Sarah Ann. She has fallen in love with a Union boy
named Henry Moore. Henry Moore with two of his brothers and
his two brothers-in-law, all Union, have just returned from the war to
Gasconade County. Henry had gone with General Sherman to Atlanta
and the march to the sea. There must have been a very deep love
between Henry and "Little" Sarah Ann and a lot of understanding and
forgiveness between all of the families. You do what you must do and
then continue with your life! At any rate "Little" Sarah Ann and Henry
Moore went to West Plains to be married. They were my
grandparents. They returned to Gasconade Co, Missouri to live for
a while, only to return to Howell Co, Missouri to buy and to
homestead land and make their home.
My dear "Little" Sarah Ann, my grandmother, history shall repeat
itself. You shall die young as did your grandmother and leave a house
full of little children, and so it was!
Sarah Ann Burton Moore, born 01-MAR-1847, married 24-MAR-1867 to
Henry Moore, was the mother of seven children. Five were living
when you died 18-MAR-1880 at thirty-three years old. The youngest was
a baby but three weeks old, and my father, Thomas Donald Moore,
was two years old.
Let us get back to the first Sarah Ann Stone Burton. I do not know
when you died, or where your grave is located. You were there to bury
some of your ch