Lewis Isham Stanley
1750 - 1810
While at Washington Memorial Library another volume was found. It is the unpublished work of Florence and John McQueen Guttery, of Jasper, Alabama (1964). It is titled STANLEY and KINDRED FAMILIES.
This research deals with the lineage of Lewis Stanley, who lived in Spartanburg and Pendleton counties of South Carolina.
The following is copied:
FAMILY TRADITIONS
It is family tradition that three brothers: George, John and Joshua Stanley, Hat Makers, came to Virginia long before the American Revolution from England and continued their trade in Virginia. One brother went up East and the other two remained in the South. George, the immigrant, was our ancestor. Another branch of the family says that George came from Ireland and settled in Georgetown, South Carolina.
Lewis Stanley served in the Revolutionary War under George Washington. There are stories (concerning) the family of Lewis during the war, like when "the King's men raided the home, took all the bed linens even the pallet little Annie was lying on very ill. Lewis was home on sick leave with small pox. His wife kept him hidden in the woods with only a cowhide for protection" and other incidents which have been handed down from generation to generation.
We know there was once a "family history" owned by Mr. Miles Stanley (Midland, Texas), grandson of Benjamin Stanley. Miles left no issue, though he had a foster son. After several years (Florence Guttery) got in touch with the wife of this foster son. She did not know anything about the book, which is most regretful as it could have proved the ancestors beyond any doubt
GEORGE STANLEY
The Immigrant
All we know concerning George Stanley is from an old Bible record belonging to a great, great grandson, William Thomas Stanley. The name of his wife is unknown, also how many children. We have proof of but one son, Lewis Stanley.
The family legend that "George came from Ireland and settled in Georgetown, South Carolina, and Georgetown was named for him" probably started as a joke and was passed down in the family.
The only record in our file of George Stanley is where he is listed on a roll of the First Regiment of the Continental Line as a private, with the notation, "Fifth Regiment."
This record gives no information about him, not even dates of service, and is simply proof that he had service in one of the Continental Regiments. We checked the Index to Wills, Revolutionary files at the South Carolina Department of Archives and found none for George Stanley.
From EARLY RECORDS OF GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY by Grace Davidson, 1932, published by J. W. Burke, Macon, Georgia, Volume I, page 41. Folio 20, Small Book of Mixed Records, 1781-1783:
George Stanley deceased. Inventory July 27, 1784. Household goods only. Appraisers were Jacob McLendon, Jacob Bobbett and Hugh Gilmore.
This date of 1784 could easily be right for the George Stanley we are interested in, as some of our kin went to Georgia. The Bible record belonging to his great, great grandson, William Thomas Stanley, born 5 February 1852, was sent by his daughter, Mrs. John Elgin Roten of Itasca, Texas:
George Stanley - Georgetown, South Carolina
His son: Lewis Stanley - Spartanburg, SC
Sons: 1. Ezekiel Stanley
2. George Stanley
3. Lewis Stanley
4. John Stanley
5. Benjamin Stanley
6. Joshua David Stanley
Daughters:
7. Lela Stanley married Kilby
8. Elizabeth Stanley married McCay
9. Ann Stanley married Ledbetter
10. Rhoda Stanley married Roberts
NOTE: One of Lewis Stanley's sons is not named in the record. His name is said to have been Jesse Stanley, who went from South Carolina to Georgia. Lewis and Adah Stanley had seven sons listed in the 1790 Census.
Lewis Stanley, son of George Stanley, was born about 1750, and is the only child of whom we have any record. We believe there were other children.
Lewis Stanley married Adah, daughter of James Martin, Esquire, of York County, South Carolina. Another references states that Adah Martin was born 1750 in Tryon County, North Carolina. The first recorded deed to Lewis Stanley was from James Martin, Esquire of York County, to lands on Cherokee Creek, then Spartanburg District (would now be Cherokee County, South Carolina). This was in 1793 for 250 acres, Deed Book F, page 164. Found in Spartanburg County, SC.
In 1772, Buffalo Baptist Church was organized near Grover, North Carolina. Lewis Stanley was a charter member, and remained a member until he moved to Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1807. His farm was located on Cherokee Creek in Spartanburg District. James Martin also lived in this area.
An early record of Lewis Stanley is found in CENSUS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND HER PEOPLE, compiled by Thorn Rathburn, Liberty, South Carolina. Lewis Stanley was a witness to the Will of William Walker. Walker purchased the farm of George and Ader Stanley in Camden District, SC in 1775. The farm was on Fishing Creek in either York or Chester County, South Carolina. The Walker Will was proven in 1784, and is on file in the present courthouse of York County.
In 1807, Lewis and wife Adah made a deed to the above tract acquired from James Martin to Major Hancock. Deed Book P, page 212. The deed was not recorded until 1817. The land was bound by Ezekiel Stanley, deceased; Charles Hester; John Hester; and, William Londen. Daniel McCay and John Williams witnessed the deed probated in May 1810. (Daniel McCay and John Williams are later found in Anderson County, South Carolina).
It is necessary to explain some of the geographical changes that occurred at the boundary of North and South Carolina before the start of the Revolutionary War. The area shown in the sketch below (Ivan Maurer) was part of Tryon County, NC from 1768-1773. It was then given to South Carolina. South Carolinians called it the “New Acquisition” and it was an election district prior to 1790. It was not until 1897 that Cherokee County was created from Spartanburg, York and Union counties. York and Chester counties were created in 1785.
The South Carolina federal census records for this family follow:
1790 - Spartanburg County, 96th District
4 males over 16, including head of house 4 males under 16 5 females
1800 - Spartanburg County
1 male 45 and up
2 males to 16
3 males to 10
1 female 45 and up
3 females to 16
1810 - Pendleton County
1 male 45 and up
1 male 16 - 26
2 males 10 - 16
1 female 45 and up
1 female 16 26
2 females 10 16
The 1810 record is the last census found for this family in South Carolina.
On 7 July 1805 Lewis Stanley, son George, and son-in-law Daniel McCay witnessed the will of Ezekiel Stanley.
The last deeds made by Lewis Stanley, Sr. are found in Anderson, South Carolina. Deed Book M, page 312.
... Love to wife Adah Stanley. Furniture, cattle hogs. Dated 24 August 1814. witnessed by Daniel McCay
... Love to sons David and John. 250 acres bounded by James Morris, Mathew Clark, Lewis Stanley. Dated 29 August 1814. Witnessed by Daniel McCay'
No Will or administration of estate has been found. It is assumed that, since he was a land owner, he moved into Georgia before his death. (It is possible that the above records indicate his final desires and settlement of his owning).
Only two sons of Lewis and Adah Stanley moved into Alabama: Benjamin and Joshua David.
A very close relationship has existed between the descendants of George Stanley, who went to Indiana, and those of Ezekiel Stanley, who moved to Cobb County, Georgia.
One of the documented lineage charts for the family of Lewis Stanley. This enumeration was provided by Joseph Dickson of Burlington, Massachusetts, and is published at www.familytreemaker.com.
Descendants of Lewis Isham STANLEY
Generation No. 1
1. LEWIS ISHAM4 STANLEY (GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1750 in Probably Bertie Co., NC, and died 1815 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He married ADAH MARTIN Unknown in South Carolina. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Notes for LEWIS ISHAM STANLEY:
LEWIS was born about 1750, probably in Bertie County, NC. He married ADAH,
believed by some to have been ADAH MARTIN, daughter of JAMES, of Tryon, NC.
She was born about 1750 in Anson County, NC.
In 1772, the Buffalo Baptist Church was organized near Grover, NC. LEWIS was
a charter member, and remained on the membership rolls there until he moved
to Pendleton District, SC, in 1807. His farm was located on Cherokee Creek
in Spartanburg District. JAMES MARTIN also lived in this area. The church
roll also listed a RHODA MARTIN, deceased January 26, 1808. This may have
been the wife of JAMES and the mother of ADAH.
One Stanley family tradition is that LEWIS served under GEORGE WASHINGTON in
the Revolutionary War. At one time during the war, the King's men raided his
home and took all the bed linens, even taking the pallet his small daughter,
ANNIE, was lying on very ill. LEWIS him-self was at home on leave at the
time, having contacted smallpox. His wife kept him hidden out in the woods
with only a cowhide for protection. If this story is true, LEWIS and his
father GEORGE were in the Revolution at the same time. Revolutionary War
Records list LEWIS as a private in the Regular Light Dragoons, Continental
Troops.
In 1777, LEWIS was a witness to the will of a WILLIAM WALKER. WILLIAM had
purchased the farm of GEORGE and ADER STANLEY in 1775, on Fishing Creek.
Census records from Spartanburg County, SC show:
1790. LEWIS STANLEY
4 white males under 16 (GEORGE, LEWIS and JOHN)
4 white males 16 and over, including head of household (JAMES, WILLIAM,
THOMAS and LEWIS SR.)
5 white females, including head of family (RHODA, ANN, ELIZABETH, ADAH)
1800. LEWIS STANLEY
3 males under 10 (DAVID, BENJAMIN, JESSE)
2 males 10-16 (LEWIS JR., GEORGE)
1 male 45+ (LEWIS SR.)
3 females 16-26) (RHODA, ANN, ELIZABETH)
1 female 45+ (ADAH)
Spartanburg County records, 1785-1799, show:
"Ordered that LEWIS STANDLEY be exempted from a judgement against him for
Estray, upon paying the costs, as he produced a satisfactory probate for the
same, which showed that it was proven away and not converted to his own
use."
"Agreeable to a petition for a road from Capt. DANIEL McCLAREN'S to
intersect a road leading to Union Court House near the big meadows setting
forth that DANIEL McCLAREN, LEWIS STANDLEY, and JOHN COOPER lay off the same
and for said STANLEY to open, oversee and keep the same in order, is granted
by the Court...."
Other records from the same county show:
Oct. 31, 1793: JOHN MARTIN, Esq., to LEWIS STANDLEY, Spartanburgh, for £50
S.C. money sold 250 ac. on both sides Cherokee Creek...." March 25, 1801.
"JAMES MARTIN to EZEKIEL STANDLEY, Spartanburgh, for $50 sold 139 ac. on
Cherokee Cr.; border: EZEKIEL STANDLEY, LEWIS STANLEY and RICHARD ARNOLD.
Witness LEWIS STANLEY and RHODA STANLEY...." (RHODA was EZEKIEL'S wife, and
LEWIS also had a daughter named RHODA. EZEKIEL'S will, dated July 17, 1805,
mentioned his wife RHODA. It was witnessed by LEWIS and GEORGE STANLEY and
DANIEL McCOY, and filed August 3, 1805.)
LEWIS and ADAH moved to Pendleton County, SC in 1807, after selling their
land in Spartanburg:
"Dec. 22, 1807: LEWIS STANLEY and wife ADAH (Spartanburgh) to Major Hancock
for $300 sold 230 ac. on waters of Cherokee Creek on W. side of Broad Road.,
border: EZEKIEL STANLEY desc....Signed LEWIS STANLEY and ADAH'S mark."
The 1810 census for Pendleton County, SC:
LEWIS STANLEY Males Females
10-16 2 2
16-26 1 1
45+ 1 1
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August 29, 1814: "Deed of Gift. LEWIS STANLEY SR., to sons DAVID and JOHN
STANLEY, 250 acres where I now live, adjoining JAMES MORRIS, MATTHEW CLARK,
LEWIS STANLEY JR., & RICHARD ASKINS. To wife ADAH STANLEY, household
furnishings and cattle. Recorded Dec. 19, 1814."
No probate records or death record can be found.
>From other records, we learned that LEWIS and ADAH had at least the
following children: (Also may have had a son named EZEKIEL; LEWIS is
believed to have had a brother named EZEKIEL, too.)
JOHN (lived in Pendleton District in 1816)
GEORGE (1786-1861), married ELIZABETH SMITH, moved to Indiana LEWIS JR.
(c1788- ), married JUDITH CROWE, moved to Georgia/Virginia BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN (1791-1867), married NANCY THOMAS, sister of FATIMA, moved to
Alabama ELIZABETH (C1780- ), married JOHN CUMMINS; DANIEL McKAY (McCOY) (?)
JOSHUA DAVID (1793-1881), married FATIMA THOMAS
LELA, married ____ Kilby
ANNIE, married WILLIAM LEDBETTER
RHODA (c1783- ), married WILEY ROBERTS, moved to Georgia
JESSE (c1793-1866), married DIANNAH GALLMAN, moved to Alabama
BENJAMIN and NANCY are buried in the Stanley Cemetery near Sterling in
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. ELIZABETH and JOHN were married at the
residence of LEWIS STANLEY JR., on December 26, 1859, by R. Dodson,
minister.
LEWIS and ADAH'S son, JOSHUA DAVID, is our next direct ancestor.
JOSHUA DAVID STANLEY
JOSHUA DAVID, or DAVID, as he is known in most records, was born June 16,
1793, in South Carolina. He was given land by his father in 1813 in
Pendleton District. Soon after his father's death, DAVID went to Tennessee,
where he first married DELILAH JOHNS about 1815. He was in Wilson County in
1820, and Bedford County by 1830.
1820 Wilson County Census:
JOSHUA DAVID STANLEY, 1 male under 10, 1 male 18-26, 1 male 26-45, 2 females
under 10, 1 female 16-26. (Who the male 18-26 was is unknown.)
1830 Bedford County Census:
JOSHUA DAVID STANLEY, 2 males under 5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 1 female
5-10, 1 female 10- 15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30.
They had four known children, but perhaps six according to the census: ELIZA
ANN, who died at age 8; SARAH EMMALINE; MARTHA CLEMENTINE; and FELIX
ROBERTS.
DELILAH died in 1823, when FELIX was four days old.He was raised by the
FRANCIS MARTIN ARNOLD family in Bedford County, TN. The Arnold family lived
near LEWIS STANLEY in South Carolina in 1808. It is said that FELIX later
went to Arkansas and no further records have been found of him.
After DELILAH died, DAVID moved to Alabama and settled there. On February
15, 1827, he married FATIMA THOMAS in Tuscaloosa County. She was born in
1806, the daughter of JOSHUA THOMAS and REBECCA WHEELER. DAVID'S brother,
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, married FATIMA'S sister, NANCY, and they also lived in
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It is not known which family settled there
first.
The 1840 census in Tuscaloosa County shows:
DAVID STANLEY with 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 at 40-50, 1
female 5-10, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40, and 1 female 40-50.
In 1850, still in the same county, the census shows:
DAVID STANLEY, 56
TIMA, 44
GEORGE, 22
THOMAS, 19
DELILA, 17
HORTON, 15
ELVIRA, 12
WILLIAM, 7
ANGELINE, 5
MARTHA WEATHINGTON, 48, widow (FATIMA'S sister)
Children of DAVID and FATIMA were:
GEORGE WASHINGTON BENJAMIN L.
THOMAS
DELILA
DAVID HORTON
ELVIRA ANN
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
MARY ANGELINE
SAMUEL THOMPSON
Family history says the Stanleys lived on a cotton plantation and owned
slaves.
By 1860, they appear in Walker County, Alabama, on the census as:
DAVID STANLEY, 57 (should be 67)
FERTIMY, 54
ELVIRA ANN, 21
WM. H., 17
MARY A., 15
SAMUEL THOMPSON, 12
By 1870, JOSHUA DAVID and FATIMA were in Itawamba County, Mississippi. He
was 77; she was 62, and her sister, MARTHA WEATHINGTON, 68, was with them.
Sometime before 1880, regardless of his advanced age, JOSHUA DAVID and
FATIMA moved to Texas with their son WILLIAM, where JOSHUA DAVID died in
1881. FATIMA'S death date is not inscribed on her headstone, but both are
buried in the Morrow Cemetery, southeast of Cleburne, in Johnson County,
Texas. Their son, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON STANLEY, is the next of our direct
ancestors in this line. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON STANLEY
The following was written by ERVIN STANLEY, son of WILLIAM. It was
discovered among his papers several years after ERVIN'S death, and is
reprinted here to give us a better idea of the life of WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON STANLEY.
"WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON STANLEY was born August 24, 1842, died January 31,
1927. He served the full four years in the Civil War in the southern
cavalry under General Forest.
WILLIAM enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 14, 1861, at
Montgomery, Alabama. He was a part of Companies B and C, serving in the
17th Alabama Infantry. He was a private, later promoted to First Sergeant.
The only other information about his service was taken from the Muster Roll
records, which said that he was granted a leave in January, 1863, for two
days at Blakely, Alabama. At one point, in August and September of 1863, he
was listed as an Ordination Sergeant at Battery Tracey, Alabama.
After the war, and his travels around Texas, WILLIAM went back to Alabama to
get his parents. His sister ELVIRA and brother SAMUEL came along, as did
his aunt MARTHA, who was his mother's sister.
The 1880 census in Johnson County, Texas, shows:
WM. H. STANLEY, 37, farmer
SAMUEL T. STANLEY, 32
ELVIRA STANLEY, 40
DAVID, 87, father
FATIMA, 73, mother
PATSY DILL, 80, aunt (This was MARTHA, who had first married a
Weathington.)
On January 7, 1886, WILLIAM married MARY NANCY ELIZABETH KIRKLAND, twenty
years his junior. They had five children:
EARL, born 12/1/1886, died 3/4/1967, married (1) ALMA BRAWNER, sister of
NELLIE BRAWNER, (2) LOUELLA BOLIN FRANKS. Their children were CHESTER BOLIN
STANLEY, CLYDE PAGE STANLEY, RUTH STANLEY. ERVIN, born 11/26/1888, died
9/28/1980, married NELLIE LEE BRAWNER. See following.
VERNON, born 8/2/1892, died 6/1959, married HATTIE PUTMAN. Their children
were: VERNON, VIRGIL, and BOBBIE SHIRLIE STANLEY (male). VERNON and HATTIE
were tragically murdered in their home.
MYRTLE OMA, born 9/4/1895, married GUY K. HORTON. Their children were:
GUYRENE, DOROTHY MYRTLE, and BETTIE EVELYN HORTON. FRED CARLTON, born
11/30/1902, married BEULAH MAYE HOLLIS. Their children were: FRED CARLTON
JR., and JAN PHILIP STANLEY.
The 1900 Johnson County, Texas census shows:
WM. H. STANLEY, born Aug. 1842, age 57
NANCY E., born July, 1862, age 37
EARL, born Dec. 1886, age 13
IRVIN, born Nov. 1888, age 11
VERNON, born Aug. 1892, age 7
OMA M., born Sept. 1895, age 4
The 1910 Soundex, same county:
WM. H. STANLEY, 67
LINA, 47 (should be LIZZIE, or ELIZABETH)
EARL, 23
ERVIN, 21
VERNON, 17
OMA, 14
CARLTON, 7
And, in 1920, the Soundex shows:
WILLIAM H. STANLEY, 77
LIZZIE, 57
F. CARLTON, 17
IRVIN, 30
NELLIE, daughter-in-law, 27
WILLARD, grandson, 4
ARTIE L., granddaughter, 3
Baby, granddaughter, 11/2 (This was NELL)
WILLIAM HENRY died in 1927. After his death, NANCY ELIZABETH moved to
Lubbock and lived with her son, CARLTON, until her own death in 1952, at age
90. Her body was shipped back to Johnson County for burial beside her
husband in Caddo Cemetery, west of Joshua. Obituaries from local papers
follow:
"Friday, April 1, 1927. W.H. STANLEY dies at old home Thursday. W.H.
STANLEY, age 85 years died Thursday morning at 4 o'clock at his home ten
miles north of Cleburne on the old Fort Worth Road. While very advanced in
age Mr. Stanley had been enjoying his usual health and the day before his
death when he complained of not feeling well and the next morning he expired
at the home stated. Funeral services probably will be held at the family
residence for Mr. Stanley and the remains will be interred at Old Caddo Friday afternoon, the
exact hour of services not having yet been determined owing to the expected
arrival of members of the family."
"Friday, May 22, 1952. Mrs. LEZZIE STANLEY, 90, died Thursday in Lubbock,
Texas. Survivors are four sons, EARL and ERVIN STANLEY of Joshua, VERNON
STANLEY of Fort Worth, and CARLETON STANLEY of Lubbock, and one daughter,
Mrs. G.K. HORTON of Hereford. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. today from
the Joshua Baptist Church with Rev. C.N. GILBERT officiating. Burial was in
the Caddo cemetery under the direction of Crosier-Pearson Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were J.B._____, MARK DEASON, W.A. KELLY, EVERT RAY, JIM SIMS and
T.F. PARKER."
ERVIN STANLEY
ERVIN was born November 16, 1888, in Johnson County, Texas. He married
NELLIE LEE BRAWNER on August 1, 1914. The couple lived on a farm west of
Joshua, and had four children, JESS WILLARD, ARTIE LOUISE, NELL, and ANDY.
When his brother, VERNON, and VERNON'S wife HATTIE, were murdered, ERVIN
made many trips to Fort Worth to prod the investigation on its way. He even
attempted to do some investigating himself, asking questions of people who
knew the couple, trying to find out some bit of information that might help
solve the case. The brutal murders weighed heavily on his mind for many
years, but unfortunately, the case was never solved.
NELLIE died on February 8, 1980, of a stroke. ERVIN said on the day of his
wife's death that he would not live another six months without her. He died
one month later than his prediction, on September 28, 1980. Both are buried
at Caddo cemetery west of Joshua, Texas.
My Granddad
JESS WILLARD STANLEY, born 5/31/1915, Johnson County, Texas, married TERESA
WHITE on 3/16/1939. Their children:
CAROLYN JANELLE STANLEY, married (1) BILL HOWELL, (2) ROBERT PERKINS, (3)
CLAUDE FERGUSON, had issue: GARY HOWELL, ;
TERESA KAY FERGUSON, ; CLAUDE FERGUSON III "JIM," ; JOHNNY KEITH FERGUSON, ;
KEVIN SETH FERGUSON, LINDA EARLENE, , married CECIL EDWARD MURPHY, had issue: EDDIE ROSS, CATHY LYNN, DAVID GLENN, JIM, and GINA RENEE' MURPHY. SHARON JUDY, , married PAUL PERKINS, had issue: PAUL JR., MARK and TIM PERKINS.
VIRGINIA KAY, married (1) LANNIE BROWN, (2) MIKE ______, (3) ROY GOULD, had
issue: ANGELA and GLENDA BROWN, RANDY & MIKE ______; and TRACY GOULD.
ARTIE LOUISE STANLEY, born 12/16/1916, Johnson County, Texas, married ARTHUR
EARL SIMMONS on 11/30/1940. Their children were POLLYE JEANE, WILLIAM DAVID,
and SUSAN CELESTE. See Simmons information, Volume I. ARTIE LOUISE married
(2) CLARENCE M. GILLIAM on 10/14/1965. There was no issue by this marriage.
CLARENCE died in September, 1988 and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in
Fort Worth. (Also see following information, this chapter.)
NELL STANLEY, born 11/12/1918, Johnson County, Texas, died 1992, California,
married (1) OTIS ROLLINS on 1/28/1939, (2) VIRGIL ZACHRY.
Children of first marriage were:
JO ANNE, married CHRISTIAN ROBERT PRESCOTT, had issue: GARY DAVID, KENNETH
WAYNE and JAMES ALLEN PRESCOTT.
MARY LOU, , married FRED THOMASON on 11/20/1959, had issue:
LANETTE JEAN, ; CARL LEE, ; THOMAS GLENN, born
GARY DAVID, , died 1/27/1946
ANDY STANLEY, born 2/26/1922, Johnson County, Texas, died 9/4/1993,
Burleson, Texas, married (1) 12/28/1943, ELVIRA "SIS" BARE, (2) DOROTHY
CLAYBROOK, (3)
MADGE _____.
Children by first marriage were:
TWILA LOU, married and had four daughters
MARILYN KAY, married and had issue
ANNETTE, died as infant
More About LEWIS STANLEY and ADAH MARTIN:
Marriage: Unknown, South Carolina
Children of LEWIS STANLEY and ADAH MARTIN are:
i. JOHN5 STANDLEY.
ii. ANNA STANDLEY.
2. iii. EZEKIEL STANLEY, b. November 01, 1771, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. July 1805, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
iv. JESSE MARTIN STANLEY, b. 1773; d. 1823.
More About JESSE MARTIN STANLEY:
Name 2: Jesse STANDLEY
3. v. ANNA STANLEY, b. 1780; d. Abt. 1860, Bedford County, Tennessee.
4. vi. RHODA STANLEY, b. 1783; d. Unknown.
5. vii. GEORGE STANLEY, b. March 28, 1786, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. August 16, 1852, Fayett County, Indiana.
6. viii. LEWIS STANLEY, JR., b. 1788, Spartanburg County, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
7. ix. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY, b. February 07, 1791, South Carolina; d. April 23, 1867, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.
8. x. JOSHUA DAVID STANLEY, b. June 16, 1793, South Carolina; d. 1881, Texas.
xi. JOHN STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
xii. LELA STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. KILBY, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About LELA STANLEY:
Name 2: Lela STANDLEY
More About KILBY and LELA STANLEY:
Marriage: Unknown
xiii. ANNA STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL LEDBETTER, JR., Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About DANIEL LEDBETTER, JR.:
Fact 1: Brother of Rhoda Ledbetter
More About DANIEL LEDBETTER and ANNA STANLEY:
Marriage: Unknown
9. xiv. ELIZABETH STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. EZEKIEL5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born November 01, 1771 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and died July 1805 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He married RHODA LEDBETTER Abt. 1798 in South Carolina. She was born February 28, 1780, and died Unknown.
More About EZEKIEL STANLEY:
Name 2: Ezekiel STANDLEY
Date born 2: November 01, 1771
More About EZEKIEL STANLEY and RHODA LEDBETTER:
Marriage: Abt. 1798, South Carolina
Children of EZEKIEL STANLEY and RHODA LEDBETTER are:
i. ANNA6 STANLEY, b. April 22, 1796.
ii. WINNIFRED STANLEY, b. November 27, 1797, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
iii. WILLIAM AUGUSTAN STANLEY, b. 1799, Green County, Georgia; d. December 31, 1873, Elmore, Georgia.
iv. NANCY STANLEY, b. May 01, 1799.
v. ISHAM STANLEY, b. July 12, 1801, South Carolina; d. July 10, 1848, West Point, Georgia.
More About ISHAM STANLEY:
Fact 1: 1840, Census-Bluffton/Lanett Alabama lists Isham as
Fact 2: having 41 total in household with 28 of these
Fact 3: being slaves - He is listed as a farmer
vi. ELIZABETH STANLEY, b. June 02, 1803, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. May 28, 1855.
vii. EZEKIEL STANLEY II, b. May 06, 1805; d. December 18, 1889.
Notes for EZEKIEL STANLEY II:
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3 months old when his father died
3. ANNA5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born 1780, and died Abt. 1860 in Bedford County, Tennessee. She married WILLIAM LEDBETTER. He was born March 09, 1786 in Granville County, North Carolina, and died September 27, 1840 in Bedford County, Tennessee.
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Name 2: Anna STANDLEY
Child of ANNA STANLEY and WILLIAM LEDBETTER is:
i. MARTIN S6 LEDBETTER, b. Unknown.
4. RHODA5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born 1783, and died Unknown. She married WILEY ROBERTS Unknown. He was born 1781, and died Unknown.
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Name 2: Rhoda STANDLEY
More About WILEY ROBERTS and RHODA STANLEY:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of RHODA STANLEY and WILEY ROBERTS are:
i. JOHN STANLEY6 ROBERTS, b. October 26, 1816, South Carolina; d. December 04, 1889.
ii. BENSON ROBERTS, b. October 22, 1822; d. December 21, 1869.
iii. WILEY ROBERTS, JR., b. March 22, 1828, South Carolina; d. June 15, 1896.
iv. THOMAS ROBERTS, b. Unknown, South Carolina.
v. GEORGE ROBERTS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About GEORGE ROBERTS:
Fact 1: Note: Children listed under Harriett, may have belonged to her sister Jo
vi. ELIZA ROBERTS, b. Unknown.
vii. WILLIS ROBERTS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
5. GEORGE5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born March 28, 1786 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and died August 16, 1852 in Fayett County, Indiana. He married ELIZABETH SMITH 1810. She was born November 07, 1789 in Georgia, and died February 26, 1861 in Deer Creek, Indiana.
More About GEORGE STANLEY:
Name 2: George STANDLEY
Date born 2: March 28, 1786
Notes for ELIZABETH SMITH:
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James Smith, a Mason, is buried in Smith plot next to George (Stanley) and Elizabeth (Smith) Stanley, who is near the age of Elizabeth and probably her brother.
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Marriage: 1810
Children of GEORGE STANLEY and ELIZABETH SMITH are:
i. SAMUEL6 STANLEY, b. December 06, 1815; d. Unknown.
ii. JAMES STANLEY, b. October 05, 1822, Fayett County, Indiana; d. January 1896.
More About JAMES STANLEY:
Fact 1: Left Cass County, Ind in 1887.
Fact 2: Moved to Cobb County, Georgia
iii. DR. DAVID STANLEY, b. Abt. 1825, Fayett County, Indiana; d. March 02, 1892, Des Moines. Iowa.
iv. NANCY STANLEY, b. 1832, Indiana; d. 1866, Cass County, Indiana.
v. REBECCA STANLEY, b. 1833; d. Unknown.
vi. LEWIS STANLEY, b. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH WALKER.
vii. RHODA STANLEY, b. Unknown.
viii. MARGARET STANLEY, b. Unknown.
ix. EDA STANLEY, b. Unknown.
x. GEORGE STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
xi. JOHN STANLEY, b. Unknown.
xii. WILLIAM STANLEY, b. Unknown.
6. LEWIS5 STANLEY, JR. (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born 1788 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and died Unknown. He married JUDITH CROUE Abt. 1810 in Pendleton County, South Carolina. She was born 1790 in South Carolina, and died Unknown.
Notes for LEWIS STANLEY, JR.:
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On May 4, 1849, Big Shanty Dist., an election was held to elect a Colonel for the newly created Regiment of Militia in the county. Lewis Stanley one of the managers.
1850 Census Big Shanty Dist. Cobb Co., Ga. Dec 5th.
Lewis Stanley age 62 b. S.C.
Judith Stanley age 62 b. S.C.
Eliza H age 15 b. GA
Rebecca Croue age 75 b. S.C. (widow)
It's family tradition among our Stanley kin in Marietta, GA., that Lewis Stanley Jr. went to Va. and was living near Richmond during the Civil War, farming by that time. He would have been seventy-five years old.
More About LEWIS STANLEY, JR.:
Name 2: Lewis STANDLEY
Date born 2: 1788
More About JUDITH CROUE:
Fact 1: Assumed last name of Croue as Rebecca Croue born 1775 in SC was living with them
Fact 2: in 1850 in Cobb Co., GA
More About LEWIS STANLEY and JUDITH CROUE:
Marriage: Abt. 1810, Pendleton County, South Carolina
Children of LEWIS STANLEY and JUDITH CROUE are:
i. ELIZA H6 STANLEY, b. 1835, Cobb County, Georgia.
ii. HOYT STANLEY, b. Unknown.
More About HOYT STANLEY:
Fact 1: Buried in Mars Hill Cem. - said to be son of Lewis, Jr and Judith
7. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born February 07, 1791 in South Carolina, and died April 23, 1867 in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama. He married NANCY THOMAS October 25, 1814 in Jasper County, Georgia. She was born 1792 in Georgia, and died Aft. 1869 in Alabama.
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Name 2: Benjamin Franklin STANDLEY
Date born 2: February 07, 1791
Fact 1: November 21, 1814, War of 1812 under Capt. John Wilson in Ga Militia
Fact 2: March 08, 1815, Discharged at Darien, McIntosh Co., Georgia
More About NANCY THOMAS:
Fact 1: 1869, Known to be living
More About BENJAMIN STANLEY and NANCY THOMAS:
Marriage: October 25, 1814, Jasper County, Georgia
Children of BENJAMIN STANLEY and NANCY THOMAS are:
i. LEWIS T6 STANLEY, b. June 20, 1815, Jasper County, Georgia; d. November 17, 1896, Berry Alabama.
More About LEWIS T STANLEY:
Fact 1: Served in the Civil war
ii. WILLIAM LUCIUS STANLEY, b. December 16, 1816, Clark Colunty, Alabama; d. June 20, 1883.
Notes for WILLIAM LUCIUS STANLEY:
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Buried in the Old City Cem., Jasper, Ala. He was a pioneer of Jasper, Operated a general store more than thirty three years;postmaster in 1859. Treasurer of Walker Co., before and after Civil War.
iii. JOSHUA MARTIN STANLEY, b. June 11, 1818, Clark Colunty, Alabama; d. April 11, 1875, Walker County; m. MARTHA CLEMENTINE STANLEY, Unknown; b. May 01, 1821; d. Unknown.
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Marriage: Unknown
iv. DAVID M STANLEY, b. 1820, Clark County, Alabama; d. April 12, 1869.
v. REBECCA ANN STANLEY, b. October 12, 1823, Tuscaloosa County., Alabama; d. Unknown.
vi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY, JR., b. 1827, Tuscaloosa County., Alabama; d. Tennessee, While in school.
More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY, JR.:
Fact 1: Died in Tenn. while attending school
vii. JOHN WHEELER STANLEY, b. 1827, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama; d. Bef. 1866, Fayette Co., Alabama.
viii. JESSE MERCER STANLEY, b. May 15, 1829, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama; d. December 26, 1896, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.
ix. NANCY F STANLEY, b. 1834; d. Unknown.
x. BENSON STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
More About BENSON STANLEY:
Fact 1: Died young.
xi. FATIMA JANE STANLEY, b. Unknown.
xii. MARTHA E STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
8. JOSHUA DAVID5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born June 16, 1793 in South Carolina, and died 1881 in Texas. He married (1) DELILAH JOHNS. She died June 06, 1823 in Tennessee. He married (2) FATIMA THOMAS February 19, 1827. She was born 1806 in South Carolina.
More About JOSHUA DAVID STANLEY:
Name 2: Joshua STANDLEY
Date born 2: June 16, 1793
More About JOSHUA STANLEY and FATIMA THOMAS:
Marriage: February 19, 1827
Child of JOSHUA STANLEY and DELILAH JOHNS is:
i. MARTHA CLEMENTINE6 STANLEY, b. May 01, 1821; d. Unknown; m. JOSHUA MARTIN STANLEY, Unknown; b. June 11, 1818, Clark Colunty, Alabama; d. April 11, 1875, Walker County.
More About JOSHUA STANLEY and MARTHA STANLEY:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of JOSHUA STANLEY and FATIMA THOMAS are:
ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 STANLEY, b. December 02, 1827, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama; d. March 19, 1888.
iii. BENJAMIN STANLEY, b. 1829.
iv. THOMAS STANLEY, b. 1831.
v. DELILA STANLEY, b. 1833.
vi. DAVID HORTON STANLEY, b. 1835.
vii. ELVIRA STANLEY, b. 1838.
viii. WILLIAM STANLEY, b. 1843.
ix. ANGELINE STANLEY, b. 1845.
x. SAMUEL STANLEY, b. 1848.
9. ELIZABETH5 STANLEY (LEWIS ISHAM4, GEORGE3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born Unknown, and died Unknown. She married DANIEL MCCAY in Spartanburg, SC. He was born December 1756 in Scotland, and died Abt. 1816 in prob Pendleton Co., SC.
Notes for DANIEL MCCAY:
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According to the publication, The Martin Stanley Mc Cay and Martha Collins Mc Cay Family Genealogy by ?, Daniel Mc Cay was the son of Thomas Mc Cay and a grandson of William Mc Cay or William Thomas Mc Cay of Scotland.
According to family tradition he was born in mid-December of 1756 in Scotland. He had red hair, was 6 feet, 9 inches tall, and had a light complexion. A Daniel Mc Cay arrived in New York in 1773 and family tradition says he did arrive in New York with ten gold guineas (about $25.00) in his pocket.
According to this book, Daniel was 16 years of age and wanted to go to America and his mother finally agreed to let him go with his Uncle Peter Mc Cay, her husband's brother or uncle. Other stories have circulated that he wanted to come to America to see where his father, Thomas, was buried.
Keep in mind that Ruth Margaret (Cook) McDaniel has said that her Mc Cay ancestor came over during the RW and then returned because he liked America. This would be a compressed view of the same story and lends credence to the fact that some ancestor had come from Scotland about the time of the RW.
At any rate, Daniel did serve in the RW and his military record was in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the RW". He joined the American Army (not fighting as a British soldier as Mom-Ruth McDaniel- thought) on 19 April 1775 at Lexington and Concord under Major Bradish in Col. Finny's Regiment from the province of Maine.
During the winter of 1777-1778, Daniel served under General George Washington at Valley Forge. Beginning in January 1780, Daniel was Sergeant-Major under Captain Sylvanus Smith and Colonel Timothy Bigelow. In 1781 he apparently was a sergeant under Captain Smith and Colonel Rufus Putnam at West Point. He had been transferred from the Massachusetts 15th Regiment to the 5th with Smith. As of January 10, 1781, Daniel was 24 years and one month old. His record continued until February 1782 when he was at Garrison West Point.
Daniel had been wounded in hip in 1778 when he was on a gunboat on Lake Champlain and a gun burst. That wound was sewed up and then he was wounded again at Saratoga with injuries to his left breast and right knee.
After the war, Daniel migrated to Spartenburg County, SC and then to Pendleton County where he filed for a RW pension on 25 October 1814. He stated in his application that he was formerly of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the part that became Maine. He needed financial assistance to support himself and a nearly blind wife and four small children. He was finally granted two-thirds of an Ensign's pension but it is believed he died shortly after completing the application in 1816.
More About DANIEL MCCAY:
Fact 1: December 1756, record of Jan 10 1781-24 yrs and 1 month old
Fact 2: August 03, 1805, Witness on a will in Spartenburg Co., SC
Fact 3: Bet. 1796 - 1800, Married Elizabeth (Betsy) STANLEY
Fact 4: December 04, 1809, 200 acre grant due to RW service on Scioto River in Ohio.
Fact 5: October 25, 1814, Filed for RW pension, Pendleton Co, SC
More About DANIEL MCCAY and ELIZABETH STANLEY:
Marriage: Spartanburg, SC
Children of ELIZABETH STANLEY and DANIEL MCCAY are:
i. DANIEL S.6 MCCAY, b. 1792, Pendleton Co., SC; d. WFT Est. 1843-1884, prob Fannin Co., GA or Polk Co., TN.
ii. MARTIN STANLEY MCCAY, b. July 19, 1806, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. June 19, 1876, Martin, Franklin county, Georgia.