Re: Mary Stafford / Washington Co. TENN 1850

I'm not 100% sure of this but it's a start.

Descendants of Elias STAFFORD - 8 Dec 2005
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FIRST GENERATION

1.Elias STAFFORD died about 1818.

He was married to Lucy STREET (daughter of Thomas STREET and Lucy).Lucy STREET was born about 1790.1She died about 1860 in North Carolina.2Elias STAFFORD and Lucy STREET had the following children:

       +2       i.       Nimrod Street STAFFORD (born on April 15, 1808).
       +3       ii.       Robert T. STAFFORD (born about 1808).



SECOND GENERATION

2.Nimrod Street STAFFORD was born on April 15, 1808 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.He died on January 3, 1847 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.

He was married to Sarah Love WALLACE (daughter of Nathaniel WALLACE and Elizabeth Groves GROVES) on October 23, 1832 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.Bride was listed as Sarah Wallis.Sarah Love WALLACE was born in 1814 in North Carolina.She appeared on the census in 1850 in Cain Creek, Rutherford Co., North Carolina.Listed as Sarah Stafford with children Andrew, Martha, Francis, Dewitt, Sarah, Rosswell and Catherine.She appeared on the census in 1860 in Whiteside Settlement, Rutherford Co., North Carolina.Listed as Sarah Stafford with children Dewet, Sarah, Roswell and Catharine.Nimrod Street STAFFORD and Sarah Love WALLACE had the following children:

       4       i.       Andrew STAFFORD was born about 1834 in North Carolina.
       +5       ii.       Martha Jane STAFFORD (born on August 22, 1836).
       6       iii.       Francis STAFFORD was born about 1839 in North Carolina.
       7       iv.       Dewitt STAFFORD was born about 1841 in North Carolina.
       8       v.       Sarah STAFFORD was born about 1842 in North Carolina.
       9       vi.       Rosswell (Roswell) STAFFORD was born about 1844 in North Carolina.Possibly Roswell E. Stafford.
       10       vii.       Catharine STAFFORD was born about 1847 in North Carolina.

3.Robert T. STAFFORD was born about 1808 in North Carolina.He appeared on the census in 1840 in Washington Co., Tennessee.He died before 1850 in Tennessee.This line not proven.Robert is a possible son of Elias and Lucy Stafford.

He was married to Mary "Polly" HUTCHINS (daughter of Wright HUTCHINS and Margaret) about July 13, 1828 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.Bond Date: 13 Jul 1828Bond #: 000136180
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 004019
County: RutherfordRecord #: 01 291Bondsman: Alexander HillWitness: Jos Taylor

Mary "Polly" HUTCHINS was born about 1808 in North Carolina.She appeared on the census in 1850 in Washington Co., Tennessee.She appeared on the census in 1860 in Lynn Camps, Knox Co., Kentucky.Robert T. STAFFORD and Mary "Polly" HUTCHINS had the following children:

       11       i.       Vira STAFFORD was born about 1832 in North Carolina.
       12       ii.       Nimrod STAFFORD was born about 1833 in North Carolina.
       13       iii.       Margaret STAFFORD was born about 1837 in North Carolina.
       +14       iv.       James STAFFORD (born about 1837).
       15       v.       Malinda STAFFORD was born about 1842 in Tennessee.
       +16       vi.       Andrew J. STAFFORD (born about 1844).
       17       vii.       Susan STAFFORD was born about 1847 in Tennessee.
       18       viii.       Sarah STAFFORD was born about 1847 in Tennessee.



THIRD GENERATION

5.Martha Jane STAFFORD was born on August 22, 1836 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.She died in 1912 in Oklahoma.

She was married to Thomas Franklin WILSON (son of Samuel Poston WILSON and Sarah WATSON).

14.James STAFFORD was born about 1837 in North Carolina.

He was married to Phamia.Phamia was born about 1842 in Kentucky.

16.Andrew J. STAFFORD was born about 1844 in Tennessee.He appeared on the census in 1870 in Florida Twp., Parke Co., Indiana.Listed as A. J. Stafford, a farmer, with wife Ann & Mary and Sarah Doty ages 10 and 3 b. IN.He died between 1873 and 1880 in Rockville, Parke Co., Indiana.

He was married to Ann HAWKINS on May 4, 1869 in Parke Co., Indiana.Ann HAWKINS was born in May 1843 in Indiana.She appeared on the census in 1880 in Florida Twp., Parke Co., Indiana.Listed as a widow with daughter Sarah Doty (Stafford)and son Robert N..Late husband born in IN (?).Parents born in KY.Andrew J. STAFFORD and Ann HAWKINS had the following children:

       +19       i.       Robert Newton STAFFORD (born in June 1873).
SOURCES

1.Stafford Genforum Message.#3509 on 18 Mar 2004 by Sarah Erwin.
2.Ibid.#3509 on 18 Mar 2004 by Sarah Erwin.