Genealogy Report: Ancestors of J.D. Maness
Ancestors of J.D. Maness
26.Jr. Stephen Wilcox75,76, born 1801 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina; died Aft. 1847 in Madison County, Illinois.He was the son of 52. Sr. Stephen Wilcox and 53. Fanny.He married 27. Mary "Polly" Piper July 10, 1824 in Madison County, Illinois.
27.Mary "Polly" Piper76, born Abt. 1807 in Georgia; died Abt. 1892 in Franklin County, Arkansas.She was the daughter of 54. James Nutter Piper and 55. Catherine Vineyard.
Notes for Jr. Stephen Wilcox:
He was one of the commissioners to locate a state road from Edwardsville to Decatur."Public Laws of 1847", p. 100.
From Kathleen Diane Cormack: "Stephen Wilcox Jr. purchased several tracts of land in both Madison and Macoupin Counties.On 13 December 1831, he acquired 80 acres in the E SE section of Madison County.Additional acreage of 40 acres each was obtained on 27 Nov 1837 and 27 Dec 1837, respectively. At the Macoupin County Courthouse in Carlinville, " this indenture made this twenty-sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Forty Five, between Stephen Wilcox and Polly his wife of the County of Madison and State of Illinois of the one part and Josiah Gillham of the County of Macoupin and State aforesaid, of the other part Witnessed:That the said Stephen Wilcox Jr. and Polly his wife for and in consideration of the sum of twenty dollars to them in hand paid,........... all tracts or parcels of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Macoupin and State of Illinois known and designated as lots No. Five, Six, Seven, Eight in Block No. Four in the town of East Staunton." Stephen Wilcox was appointed Justice of the Peace in Madison County on 23 Jan 1826.This is found on Pages 55 & 66 of House Journal 1826, Executive Record 1818-1826 Vol 1. He was a candidate again for Justice of the Peace on 6 Aug 1827 and 25 July 1829 per ExecutiveRecord 1818-1832 Madison County, Illinois Vol 1 page 209.He ran for sheriff on 4 August 1834-Election Returns Vol 23, page 35."
More About Jr. Stephen Wilcox:
Census 1830: 1830, Madison County, Illinois
Record Change: June 14, 2003
Resided: 1847, Madison County, Illinois
Notes for Mary "Polly" Piper: From Kathleen Diane Cormack: "This is a story that was submitted to the Staunton Star-Times, on 23 February 1912 by Mrs. J. A. Wilder of West Prairie.It was in response to the newspaper asking for "Old Settler Stories."This collection of articles was reprinted by the Macoupin County Genealogical Society. "As told to me by mother when a child. In the latter part of the 18th century, my great-grandparents Piper by name, lived on the hill that Otto Funderburk lives on and at the present time, on the road going from Staunton to Bunker Hill near Cahokia bridge.In those days there were a great many so called friendly Indians in this part of the country, also a few unfriendly panthers.At one time my great-grandfather was confined to his bed with a severe spell of sickness.At the time grandmother was a young lady (Mary Piper).One day she was piecing a quilt when some Indian squaws came on the rounds of begging.One of them went to grandma and jerking the quilt out of her hand and wrapped it around her own shoulders, began dancing around the room, while the other squaws clapped their hands in glee.When she was done with it , she handed it back to grandma telling her in her own language, how pretty it was. In a few days she came again, this time grandmother was carding some wool, getting them ready to spin.They were preparing to weave some cloth for winter clothing.They were always prowling into everything that they could get their hands on that could be eaten and great-grandmother always divided everything that she could for although they claimed to be friendly, they were very treacherous at times.This time, they spied some pumpkins under the bed. The bedstead being an old high poster, the Indians were soon rolling them out over the floor and one of them, on discovering a decayed place in the pumpkin, ran her hand on it and pulling it out, she went around holding her hands to the other squaws noses and soon had them making faces. Going to grandma, she rubbed the rotten pumpkin all over her face.That made grandma so mad that she raised a card to hit the squaw but her father spoke to her quickly, telling her not to do that. After the Indians went away, he told her never to anything to provoke them or sometime they would murder the whole family. It was there, that grandmother was married to Steven Wilcox, going from there to Silver Creek to live.Now grandmother used to come over on horseback to visit her parents, usually starting in the afternoon and staying.So one day, taking my mother up in back of her and baby in her arms, she started to West Prairie.At that time a public road came up to the creek from the south toward the bridge and there was heavy timber on either side of the road.As grandma was riding along, probably crooning a lullaby to her baby, she saw some berries that people used for coloring and on riding out to examine them to see if they were ripe, she heard the snapping twigs and looking over some bushes and saw a panther smiling there.Well it didn't take her so very long to get back to the road with the panther following close at her heels; she couldn't ride very fast for fear of the little girl falling off, but she kept watching the beast and every time it started wagging its tail, she would make the horse trot so, in this manner she kept out of its reach until she came to a bunch of cattle lying down where Chas. Hoffstetter lives. There it took after the cattle and grandma was soon on the hill with her parents. After grandfather bought or homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of what is at this time the business portion of Staunton and was the owner of the first grocery store that was ever in that city.After deciding to go to a warmer climate, he sold his farm, receiving a small payment and reserving a small part, only seven blocks, for sale or future use.He them emigrated to Arkansas, dying there without he or his heirs realizing anything more for the sale of their home, after going though many hardships of the war.Grandma died 20 years ago, at the ripe old age of 91." |
More About Mary "Polly" Piper:
Record Change: June 14, 2003
Marriage Notes for Stephen Wilcox and Mary Piper:
Or married August 1824.
Child of Stephen Wilcox and Mary Piper is:
13 | i. | Harriet Jane Wilcox, born March 16, 1829 in Madison County, Illinois; died July 02, 1917 in Ratcliff, Logan County, Arkansas; married Sr. Francis Marion Nixon Bet. 1847 - 1850 in Arkansas. |
28.Squire Hunter77, born 1805 in Weakley County, Tennessee; died 1861 in Franklin County, Arkansas.He was the son of 56. Unknown Hunter.He married 29. Rebecca Burden in Tennessee.
29.Rebecca Burden77, born 1808 in Weakley County, Tennessee; died Abt. 1863 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas.She was the daughter of 58. Unknown Burden.
Notes for Squire Hunter:
P. 13, line 8, family 162. Squire was well educated and was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. P. 1027, family 462, dwelling 480, line 3.
More About Squire Hunter:
Census 1830: November 30, 1830, Warren County, Tennessee
Census 1840: October 17, 1840, Jackson, Taney County, Missouri
Census 1850 - free: September 13, 1850, Ozark County, Missouri
Census 1860 - free: July 16, 1860, Marion, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Church membership: Abt. 1856, Tennessee
Record Change: June 14, 2003
Resided: Abt. 1854, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Notes for Rebecca Burden: "The maternal ancestors were founders and large property owners of Stanton, Va., where they were born." |
More About Rebecca Burden:
Record Change: June 14, 2003
Child of Squire Hunter and Rebecca Burden is:
14 | i. | William M. Hunter, born Abt. September 01, 1828 in Sparta, White County, Tennessee; died April 25, 1917 in Sebastian County, Arkansas; married Sarah Ann Ellis 1866. |
30.Isaac Ellis77, born Abt. 1806 in Tennessee; died in Benton County, Arkansas.He married 31. Nancy.
31.Nancy, born 1809; died in Y.
More About Isaac Ellis:
Census 1840: 1840, Warren County, Missouri
Census 1850 - free: October 21, 1850, White River, Benton County, Arkansas
Census 1870: 1870, Benton County, Arkansas
Record Change: June 14, 2003
More About Nancy:
Record Change: June 14, 2003
Child of Isaac Ellis and Nancy is:
15 | i. | Sarah Ann Ellis, born May 11, 1835 in Missouri; died December 16, 1913; married William M. Hunter 1866. |