Descendants of George STANDLEY

DNA Testing in March 2007 proved a 100% (25/25 GD-0) match with the Stanley Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia. This file has been updated to reflect uncertainty concerning the exact common ancestor.

Ahnentafel between George Standley and Burgess P. Standley

First Generation

1. Burgess P. Standley, living. He married 1 July 1953 Caroline Joyes Dabney. (DNA Participant)

Second Generation

2. Arthur B. Standley, b. 5 June 1888; d. 11 Oct. 1981. He married 3 July 1920 Ruth Preston.

Third Generation

4. Arthur Standley, b. Beverly, MA 4 June 1859. He married 1887 Harriet Darling Burgess.

Fourth Generation

8. George A. Standley, b. Beverly 17 April 1831. He married 16 Aug. 1856 Lydia Ann Prince.

Fifth generation

16. Wells Standley, b. Beverly 12 Oct. 1797; d. Beverly 6 May 1858. He married at Beverly 30 April 1823 Rebecca Lovett.

Sixth Generation

32. Benjamin Standley, b. Beverly 18 Aug. 1760; d. Beverly14 May 1816. He married at Beverly 6 Feb. 1787 Susanna Stone.

Seventh Generation

64. Wells Standley, b. Beverly 20 June 1732; d. Beverly 6 Feb. 1797. He married at Beverly 4 Sept. 1753 Emme Haywood.

Eighth Generation

128. Benjamin Standley, b. Beverly 7 March 1704; d. 25 May 1751. He married (int. 19 March 1727) Hannah Wells.

Ninth Generation

256. George Standley, b. Beverly c. 1668; d. Beverly about Dec. 1715. He married at Marblehead, MA 4 Nov. 1692 Jean Stacy.

Tenth Generation

512. George Standley, b. c. 1635; d. Beverly before 18 July 1698. He married before November 1668 Bethia Lovett.

Descendants of George STANDLEY

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE¹ STANDLEY was born Abt. 1635, and died Abt. 1698 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married BETHIAH LOVETT Abt. 1670 in Salem, Essex, MA, daughter of JOHN LOVETT and MARY GRANT. She was born June 13, 1652.

Notes for GEORGE STANDLEY:

Source: Gedcom published at ancestry.com by Leonard W. Crean (crean@aol.com.) of Salem, MA. Through subsequent contact, Mr. Crean added further information regarding lineages of George Standley's sons. A primary source was sources the Beverly mirofilm of the city books were in family format.

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA.

Hardback text of "Vital Records to 1850, Essex Co., Beverly, MA, Vol. I, Births, pub. by Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield Historical Society, 1906, Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, Salem, Mass. (Purchased by me from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, MA 1963 and remains in my possession). {Sept., 1998}

From the preface: "Nov. 07, 1668, at a session of the General Court, the vote of the town of Salem consenting to the separation was presented and 'The Court, on pervsll of this returne (sic) judge it meete to grant that Basse River be henceforeth a towneship of themselves, referring it to Salem to accomodate them with lands and bounds suitably for them, & that it be called Beverly'. On Sept. 11, 1753, part of Salem was annexed. On April 27th, 1857 part of the town was annexed to Danvers. March 23, 1894, the town was incorporated as a city. ...........By 1765, the population of Beverly was 2,164."

Bethia was most probably Bethia LOVETT. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", page 701, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1985 states her maiden surname as Lovett. However, there is an error probably a typographical error, which gives b. date 1671. and think it was meant to read m. date 1671.

Source: Stephen P. Hall (newengroot@aol.com) of Beverly, MA. (High school classmate of Lenny Crean)

I am a professional genealogist and historical researcher. For more than 10 years I have been working [part time] on a book on the "Desc. of George and Bethiah STANDLEY of Beverly, Mass." Because of this the "Standley book project" sits on the back burner most of the time. But, about once ever two months I get a letter like yours and I fill in a few more page's [and add a few weeks of additional research] to the project. The book is over 300 pages currently and will probably grow too about 500 before I stop [or die].

My line to old George 1 is as follows Geo 1 to John2 to William3, to David 4, to David 5, to Harriet 6 who married Paul H. Hall in 1834, to Alfred J. Hall 7 to Edward L. Hall 8 to Wallace Legro Hall 9 to me, Stephen Peter Hall 10. So I am a 10th generation descendant of old George1.

A Matthew STANLEY [no known relation to George1 ] was also living in Essex County in the late 1600s. Most of the Matthew line was in the Topsfield, MA, area in the 1650s [another town in Essex Country] and then most, but not all, of the 2nd generation moved to the Attleboro, MA, area. If I ever finish the

George STANDLEY book I have sources notes for the first 6 generations of Matthew's family.

Matthew and most of his descendants spelled the name without the "d." But I also found that after the 3rd or 4th generation of George's family some dropped the "d" also, so it is unwise to use the spelling as any kind of guide as to which STANDLEY/STANLEY family someone might belong to.

George1 died about 1698. Not in Dec 1715. I have a photocopy of the will probate record that settled the estate and named his wife Bethia as executrix dated 18 July 1698. Most of his children are also listed in the will. It was his son George 2 husband of Jane STACY who died in Dec 1715. I found on the original Beverly record's, [not the printed transcription of 1906] the application for tax relief due to the death of

Jane's husband George2. Also, you will note, the last child of this union in born in 1715, and on 21 Apr 1726 she marries John STONE as her 2nd husband.

Source: Salem Quarterly Court records and files.

Page 88: Court held at Salem, January 26, 1668. Georg Stanley and his wife, for fornication before marriage were fined. (Note: Beverly presentment. Witnesses William dixe and John Rayment. her maiden name was Bethya Lovett.)

Page 221: Presentments dated June 24, 1673, and signed by Walter Price in the name of the rest of the Grand Jury. George Stanley of Makrell Cove, for lying, saying to Robert Leech that two yards of broadcloth which he paid to Robert Leech cost him 22s per yard, which cloth did cost but 15s, which they conceived to be a cheat or extortion. Witnessed Rob. Leech, Sr., and Jr., Stphin Haksett, Joseph Phippen and Christ Babedg.

Page 362: The Worshipfull Major Hathorne's return of fines: George Stanly and Thomas Woodbery, on November 13, 1672 for breach of the peace.

Page 400: Those who have taken the oath of fidelity in Beverlee, December 3, 1677: among many others was George Stanlee, fisherman.

Page 311: September 25, 1679. Georg Stanly, aged about forty-four years, testified that about the time that Salem new meeting house was built, "I being in company with Captain Lawthrop, Capt. More and Capt. Joseph Gardner at Capt. Gardner's house I heard Capt. Gardner say to Capt. Lawthrop I think said he wee must haue your Bell for our meeting hous is bigger than yours and your bell is bigger than ours. I think wee may doe well to change bells. Captain Lawthrop Replyed hee knew no need of that our bell said hee is very well where it is. The bell was giuen to mee for the place where it now is: Captain More answered him that allthough the bell weere giuen to you yet said hee I dont knowbut I might haue kept thebell as well as you for I brought it home and I neuer gaue a bill of lading for it neither was I euer paid for the freight of it. Captain Lawthrop answered Captain More that hee might haue kept such and such things naming seueral things as well as the bell for I had no more bill of lading to show for them said hee then for the Bell: Come Come said Captain Mor let us drink up our wine and say no more ot it. I suppose wee shall neuer trouble you none for them. Sworn in court.

Page 238: Summons dated April 29, 1681 to Ephraim Herick for telling a pernicious lie ... signed by Jonathan Biles, agent for George Standley, Constable of Beverly.

More About BETHIAH LOVETT:

Christening: June 13, 1652, BAPTISED C.R.1BEVERLY, MA.

More About GEORGE STANDLEY and BETHIAH LOVETT:

Marriage: Abt. 1670, Salem, Essex, MA

Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and BETHIAH LOVETT are:

2. i. JOHN² STANDLEY, b. February 24, 1670/71, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. 1757, Beverly, Essex, MA.

3. ii. GEORGE STANDLEY, b. November 09, 1673, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. December 1715, Beverly, Essex, MA.

iii. BETHIA STANDLEY, b. May 24, 1674.

Notes for BETHIA STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA.

More About BETHIA STANDLEY:

Baptism: May 24, 1674, Beverly, Essex, MA

4. iv. SANS STANDLEY, b. 1676, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. April 26, 1702, Jamaica.

5. v. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. January 18, 1679/80, Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. North Carolina.

vi. DAVID STANDLEY, b. June 06, 1681, Beverly, Essex, MA.

Notes for DAVID STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA.

vii. DOROTHY STANDLEY, b. March 02, 1683/84, Beverly, Essex, MA.

viii. SAMUEL STANDLEY, b. October 29, 1686, Beverly, Essex, MA.

ix. RODA STANDLEY, b. August 1688.

Notes for RODA STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA. This Roda was listed in lineage in " Vital Records to 1850, Essex County, Beverly, MA, Vol. 1, Births" page 310.

x. KEZIA STANDLEY, b. August 17, 1690, Beverly, Essex, MA.

xi. MARY STANDLEY, b. May 16, 1693.

Notes for MARY STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA. This Mary was listed in lineage in " Vital Records to 1850, Essex County, Beverly, MA, Vol. 1, Births" page 305.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² STANDLEY (GEORGE¹) was born February 24, 1670/71 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died 1757 in Beverly, Essex, MA. He married REBECCA LARCOM Abt. 1699.

Notes for JOHN STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA. This John was not listed in lineage in " Vital Records to 1850, Essex County, Beverly, MA, Vol. 1, Births"

More About JOHN STANDLEY and REBECCA LARCOM:

Marriage: Abt. 1699

Children of JOHN STANDLEY and REBECCA LARCOM are:

i. WILLIAM³ STANDLEY, b. August 31, 1700, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. October 16, 1778, Beverly, Essex, MA.

Notes for WILLIAM STANDLEY:

Source: Vital Record of Beverly, Massachusetts.

Information recorded in the Vital Recoreds of Beverly have been included to indicate possible relationships. There is no proof at this point that the kinship suggested here is valid, however, the names and dates appear to match the established lineages.

1. Vital Records list Sands Standley, son of William, baptized 02/25/1738. First Parish Unitarian Church.

2. Vital Records list Sands Standley, Jr. married Rebecca Thistle (Thissel) on 05/15/1823

Birth records list:

Rebecca Ober Standley, daughter of Sands Jr. and Rebecca, 7/13/1828

Mary Emaline Standley, daughter of Sands and Rebecca, 6/26/1834

3. Vital Records list Sans Standley married Joanna Stanley 12/17/1789. Joanna's death is recorded as 2/24/1845 at 74 years.

Birth records list:

Hannah Standley, daughter of Sands and Joanna, 4/8/1790

Joanna Standley, daughter of Sands and Joanna, 2/19/1792

Sands Standley, son of Sands and Joanna, 12/28/1797

Sarah Standley, daughter of Sands and Joanna, 7/13/1794

4. Revolutionary Pension Files list William Stanley of Essex, MA, born 11/27/1748.

Birth records list:

Sands Standley, son of William Standley, Jr. and Joanna, born 5/2/1767. First Parish Unitarian Church.

Death records list:

Joanna Standley died 2/20/1809 at 77 years. She died " by burn on face, neck and breast occassioned by her fall into the fire."

ii. REBECKAH STANDLEY, b. September 30, 1703.

iii. BETHIA STANDLEY, b. February 25, 1706/07; d. July 1785, Essex, MA.

More About BETHIA STANDLEY:

Burial: July 5, 1785 at 80 years, recorded at First Parish Unitarian Church.

iv. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, b. December 05, 1712, Beverly, Essex, MA; m. THOMAS PATCH, December 20, 1736, Beverly, Essex, MA.

More About THOMAS PATCH and ELIZABETH STANDLEY:

Marriage: December 20, 1736, Beverly, Essex, MA

3. GEORGE² STANDLEY (GEORGE¹) was born November 09, 1673 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died December 1715 in Beverly, Essex, MA. He married JANE STACY November 04, 1692 in Marblehead, Essex, MA. Vital records of Beverly list Gorge Standly and Jean Stasy married 11/4/1692..

Notes for GEORGE STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA. This George was not listed in lineage in " Vital Records to 1850, Essex County, Beverly, MA, Vol. 1, Births"

More About GEORGE STANDLEY and JANE STACY:

Marriage: November 04, 1692, Marblehead, Essex, MA. Vital records of Beverly list Gorge Standly and Jean Stasy married 11/4/1692.

Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and JANE STACY are:

i. SAMUEL³ STANDLEY, b. August 04, 1693, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. November 13, 1714.

ii. MERCY STANDLEY, b. February 20, 1694/95; m. PHILLIP CURNE, September 20, 1730, Beverly, Essex, MA.

More About PHILLIP CURNE and MERCY STANDLEY:

Marriage: September 20, 1730, Beverly, Essex, MA

6. iii. GEORGE STANDLEY, b. November 14, 1697, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. April 29, 1768.

7. iv. JEAN STANDLEY, b. November 04, 1699, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; d. May 20, 1797, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

8. v. JOSEPH STANDLEY, b. November 11, 1701, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. February 14, 1791.

9. vi. BENJAMIN STANDLEY, b. March 07, 1703/04, Beverly, Essex, MA.

10. vii. DAVID STANDLEY, b. April 23, 1706, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. February 1737/38, At Sea.

11. viii. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. March 07, 1709/10, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. July 02, 1773.

ix. SAMUEL STANDLEY, b. July 24, 1715, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. August 06, 1715, Beverly, Essex, MA.

4. SANS² STANDLEY (GEORGE¹) was born 1676 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died April 26, 1702 in Jamaica. He married ABIGAIL HASCHAL Abt. 1701 in Beverly, Essex, MA. No record listed in Vital records of Beverly., daughter of JOSIAH HASCHAL and SARAH GRIGGS.

Notes for SANS STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA. Note spelling of name is Sands, not Sans, as recorded in town records or church records. Such was common custom in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Birth and death records also listed in Vital Records of Beverly. Died at 26 years.

More About SANS STANDLEY:

Baptism: September 12, 1676, Beverly, Essex, MA

More About SANS STANDLEY and ABIGAIL HASCHAL:

Marriage: Abt. 1701, Beverly, Essex, MA. No record listed in Vital records of Beverly.

Child of SANS STANDLEY and ABIGAIL HASCHAL is:

12. i. SANS³ STANLEY, b. September 14, 1702.

5. JONATHAN² STANDLEY (GEORGE¹) was born January 18, 1679/80 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died in North Carolina. He married (1) ELIZABETH FOSTER January 25, 1703/04 in Boston, MA.. She was born Abt. 1680 in Essex County, MA. He married (2) UNKNOWN Bef. 1713.

Notes for JONATHAN STANDLEY:

Source: Additional information provided by Gloria Konikoff of Baton Rouge, LA.

Source: Stephen P. Hall of Beverly, MA.

(Reference from correspondence between Larry Stanley and Stephen Hall)

In your e-mail you ask:

1. Jonathan Standley of Essex who married Elizabeth Foster in 1705. They had one son, Jonathan. There was a Jonathan (and Elizabeth) in Perquimans County, NC by 1707 dealing in land transactions. This Jonathan was known to have at least two children, Jonathan and George.

Jonathan 2[Geo1] STANDLEY: In checking the draft of my book I notice that I wrote in the margin, " no death record on Jonathan or wife Elizabeth locally, must have moved, check further, ditto on son Jonathan."

Text of correspondence:

Jonathan2 [Geo1] STANDLEY, bpt. 18 Jan 1680, Beverly, MA, who m. Elizabeth FOSTER, at Boston, 25 Jan 1704, had only one son [as you noted] born in Beverly.

That son was Jonathan 3 [Jonathan2, Geo1]STANDLEY. I could find no further record of any of these three people staying in New England after 1706. So I would say your theory has a great deal of merit.

It is also supported by the fact that a Jonathan and Elizabeth appear on a NC land deed in 1707 on which he identified himself as a Mariner, and that Jonathan and Elizabeth (NC) are known to have at least two sons, Jonathan and George. Further, the name of Sands Stanley appears on a Dobbs Co., NC land deed (1746-1750).

The fact that this Jonathan and wife Elizabeth STANDLEY would name sons with names matching those of Jonathan2's other siblings [i.e. George and Sands] is very strong secondary evidence.

Sands or Sans is a very unusual name and I have never found anyone in my 20 years of researching familes in New England, who had that name that did not descend from George1 and Bethia STANDLEY. It is very likely that SANDS was the surname of on of George or Bethia's ancestors.

As I indicated I have been unable to find court, marriage, birth, or death records in the New England area for Jonathan and Elizabeth or their son after 1706. I think you are on the correct track. I just don't know if you will ever find any proof positive that this is a match.

George(1) had nine children, two of whom disappear.

Jonathan(2) baptised 18 January 1679/80, married Elizabeth Foster 25 January 1704 (McGlennen, Boston Marriages) and had a son Jonathan born 16 July 1705. Jonathan(2) was listed as a mariner of Boston when his father's estate was settled in 1706 and then there is no more trace of him in Massachusetts that I can find.

Samuel(2) was born 29 October 1686. He was alive in 1715 when he received a share of his father's estate, but I have no marriage or other information.

From Perquimans County Deed Book A, # 269

No. 269. Wm Glover of Perq precinct, Esq—for £28 pd by Jonathan Stanley, of same, Mariner—“all my Plan” 316a on South-west side of Little River, between Lands of John Arnold, & Thomas Holloway. Reg April 15, 1707. Test’ Robert Hosea, John Arnold, Joseph Glover, John Willoughby.

No. 326. April 1, 1713. Jonathan Stanley of Perq Pre'ct, & Elizabeth his wife, to Cornelius Ratcliff, of same, for £35 sold a Plan’, which “I purchased of Hon'ble Wm Glover Esq”—313a between lands of John Arnold & Thomas Holloway. Reg Aug 13, 1713. Test’ T Knight, Richard Sanderson.

No. 359. Oct 1, 1715. Richard Ratcliffe, Planter—of Perq Pre'ct, to Wm Hall, Blacksmith—by order of my Brother Cornelius Ratcliffe, Carpenter—Late of Perq Pre'ct for £40 pd by said Hall assigns Plan’ which my Brother Cornelius bought of Jonathan Stanley, & Elizabeth his wife—313a on Westside of Little River, between Lands of John Arnold, & Thomas Holloway. Test’ Daniel Guthrie, Christopher Dudley.

North Carolina, Bertie County BOOK A - G

Patent BK C PG. 190

John Barfield to Jonathan Standley, Sen. 10 pds for 260 A on SS Ahotsky Swamp. Part of patent formerly granted to John Molton in 1717 adj. John Molton and Turkey Swamp. Witnesses: Thomas Crew, Alexander Southerland, and William Sholar Feb Court 1729.

BK D PG. 16

Edward Moor to Jonathan Standley Nov 13, 1733. 30 pds for 250 A on SS Ahotsky Swamp adj. John Davidson whereon Stephen Howard did live at Turkey Swamp adj. John Molton and John Barfield. Witnesses: Thomas Crew, John Collins Nov Court 1733.

BK E 390

Jonathan Stanley, Sr. to Thomas Hudson

Mar 21, 1737/38 30 pds for 100 acres on WS TURKEY SWAMP. adj Stanley "at a line of marked trees made by consent of both parties" Wit: John Brown, William Ronsham, William Mears Feb Ct 1738

BK G PG. 173

Jonathan Standly, Sen. to George Standly Dec 13, 1748. 40 pds for 300 A "...George Standly the son of Jonathan Standly..." Land granted to John Molton by patent Mar 9, 1717/18 on SS Ahotsky Swamp", " ...only one hundred except called by the name of Jurnagins thicket..." Witnesses: John___, Anthon Webb. Feb Court 1748.

G 364 Jonathan Standly, Sr. of Johnston Co to Nathaniel Nickless (Nichols) Feb 28, 1750 53 pds for 300 acres on SS Ahoskey Swamp at Turkey Swamp adj Thomas Hudson, George Standly "being the plantation whereon I lately lived.." Wit: George Standly, William Lewis May Ct 1751

From Bertie County, "A List of Taxables taken by John Hill for the Year 1757". (Note: No key given for #'s--assume single digit means total):

Jonathan Standley -8

"A List of Taxables taken by John Brown for year 1757":

George Stanley NM (Negro Man or men) Ben & Sharper -3

A listing of North Carolina Taxpayers (1679-1790) listed:

Standley, David Bertie 1781

Standley, Isaac Dobbs 1780

Standley, Moses Wayne 1786

Standley, Sandy Sr. Dobbs 1780

Standley, Shadrack Dobbs 1780

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY:

Baptism: January 18, 1679/80, Beverly, Essex, MA

Marriage Notes for JONATHAN STANDLEY and ELIZABETH FOSTER:

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Marriage location conformed by Deborah Nowers, April 14, 1999. As she said " I searched there because of the 'Boston Mariner' reference."

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY and ELIZABETH FOSTER:

Marriage: January 25, 1703/04, Boston, MA.

Notes for UNKNOWN:

DNA testing proved in March 2007 that the family of Shadrack Stanley, represented by The Stanle Family of Gwinnett County, Georgia, is a 100% match to the family of George & Bethia Lovett Standley.

Confirmation of the exact lineage, whether it is through Jonathan or another of that family, i snot yet known.

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY and UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Bef. 1713

Child of JONATHAN STANDLEY and ELIZABETH FOSTER is:

13. i. JONATHAN³ STANDLEY, b. July 16, 1705; d. 1773, Bertie County, North Carolina.

Children of JONATHAN STANDLEY and UNKNOWN are:

14. ii. GEORGE³ STANLEY, b. Abt. 1720, North Carolina; d. 1784, Wilkes County, Georgia.

15. iii. SANDS STANLEY, b. Abt. 1725.

Generation No. 3

6. GEORGE³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born November 14, 1697 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died April 29, 1768. He married ABIGAIL MORGAN April 08, 1720, daughter of ROBERT MORGAN and ANNA OBER. She was born April 02, 1702.

More About GEORGE STANDLEY and ABIGAIL MORGAN:

Marriage: April 08, 1720

Children of GEORGE STANDLEY and ABIGAIL MORGAN are:

i. SAMUEL⁴ STANDLEY, b. Abt. May 27, 1722.

More About SAMUEL STANDLEY:

Date born 2: January 24, 1725/26

ii. BETHIAH STANDLEY, b. February 03, 1722/23.

7. JEAN³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born November 04, 1699 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS, and died May 20, 1797 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS. She married JOHN MORSE December 24, 1724 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS. He was born 1700 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS, and died March 14, 1780 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

More About JOHN MORSE and JEAN STANDLEY:

Marriage: December 24, 1724, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS

Children of JEAN STANDLEY and JOHN MORSE are:

i. JOHN⁴ MORSE, b. December 05, 1725.

ii. SAMUEL MORSE, b. September 02, 1728.

iii. JANE MORSE, b. January 24, 1729/30.

16. iv. WILLIAM MORSE, b. December 03, 1732, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; d. September 29, 1805, Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts.

v. MARCY MORSE, b. March 18, 1733/34, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; m. REUBEN KNOWLTON; b. LONDONDERRY.

vi. CHRISTIAN MORSE, b. June 30, 1734.

vii. ANDREW MORSE, b. July 31, 1737.

viii. MARK MORSE, b. May 11, 1740, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; m. JEMIMA LARCOM, November 05, 1727, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; b. 1704; d. May 20, 1797, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

More About MARK MORSE and JEMIMA LARCOM:

Marriage: November 05, 1727, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS

ix. DAVID MORSE, b. July 05, 1741.

8. JOSEPH³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born November 11, 1701 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died February 14, 1791. He married MARY SALLOWS December 31, 1724 in Beverly, Essex, MA, daughter of ROBERT SALLOWS and MARY THISTLE.

More About JOSEPH STANDLEY and MARY SALLOWS:

Marriage: December 31, 1724, Beverly, Essex, MA

Children of JOSEPH STANDLEY and MARY SALLOWS are:

i. JEAN⁴ STANDLEY, b. April 20, 1726.

17. ii. ANDREW STANDLEY, b. April 22, 1728; d. 1760.

iii. MATTHEW STANDLEY, b. January 02, 1730/31.

iv. ROBERT STANDLEY, b. August 23, 1734, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. January 16, 1821.

Notes for ROBERT STANDLEY:

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Source: Vital Record of Beverly, Massachusetts.

Marriage records: Robert Standley married Lydia Ober 11/18/1756. Robert married (2nd) Mrs. Hannah Morgan 9/15/1786

v. GEORGE STANDLEY, b. June 22, 1738, Beverly, Essex, MA; d. June 09, 1818; m. ABIGAIL LEE, November 08, 1772, Vital records of Beverly list marriage at First Parish Unitarian Church 11/26/1772..

More About GEORGE STANDLEY and ABIGAIL LEE:

Marriage: November 08, 1772, Vital records of Beverly list marriage at First Parish Unitarian Church 11/26/1772.

9. BENJAMIN³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born March 07, 1703/04 in Beverly, Essex, MA. He married (1) HANNAH WELLS March 19, 1726/27 in Vital records of Beverly list marriage at First Parish Unitarian Church 10/23/1741, daughter of THOMAS WELLS. He married (2) PHEBE STONE October 23, 1742 in Beverly, Essex, MA.

More About BENJAMIN STANDLEY and HANNAH WELLS:

Marriage: March 19, 1726/27, Vital records of Beverly list marriage at First Parish Unitarian Church 10/23/1741

More About BENJAMIN STANDLEY and PHEBE STONE:

Marriage: October 23, 1742, Beverly, Essex, MA

Child of BENJAMIN STANDLEY and HANNAH WELLS is:

i. GEORGE⁴ STANDLEY, b. November 02, 1727.

Children of BENJAMIN STANDLEY and PHEBE STONE are:

ii. PHEBE⁴ STANDLEY, b. December 28, 1743; m. EBENEZER ROGERS, February 21, 1768, Vital records of Beverly list marriage..

More About EBENEZER ROGERS and PHEBE STANDLEY:

Marriage: February 21, 1768, Vital records of Beverly list marriage.

iii. SARAH STANDLEY, b. February 13, 1744/45; m. (1) THOMAS WOODBURY, November 01, 1757; m. (2) WILLIAM WOODBURY, November 09, 1766.

More About THOMAS WOODBURY and SARAH STANDLEY:

Marriage: November 01, 1757

More About WILLIAM WOODBURY and SARAH STANDLEY:

Marriage: November 09, 1766

10. DAVID³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born April 23, 1706 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died February 1737/38 in At Sea. He married MARY FLUANT November 12, 1730, daughter of MOSES FLUANT and MARY.

More About DAVID STANDLEY and MARY FLUANT:

Marriage: November 12, 1730

Children of DAVID STANDLEY and MARY FLUANT are:

i. MARY⁴ STANDLEY, b. January 06, 1730/31.

ii. ANNA STANDLEY, b. December 29, 1733.

iii. JANE STANDLEY, b. Abt. March 20, 1736/37.

11. JONATHAN³ STANDLEY (GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born March 07, 1709/10 in Beverly, Essex, MA, and died July 02, 1773. He married MERCY SALLOWS November 21, 1734, daughter of ROBERT SALLOWS and MARY THISTLE.

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY and MERCY SALLOWS:

Marriage: November 21, 1734

Children of JONATHAN STANDLEY and MERCY SALLOWS are:

i. ABIGAIL⁴ STANDLEY, b. July 13, 1735.

ii. ROBERT STANDLEY, b. May 20, 1737.

iii. ELIZABETH STANDLEY, b. November 07, 1738.

iv. JONATHAN STANDLEY, b. April 12, 1747; m. LYDIA PRESTON, April 17, 1766, Vital records of Beverly list marriage..

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY and LYDIA PRESTON:

Marriage: April 17, 1766, Vital records of Beverly list marriage.

v. MERCY STANDLEY, b. October 26, 1755.

12. SANS³ STANLEY (SANS² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born September 14, 1702. He married MARY CHARDER October 01, 1724 in Marblehead, MA. She was born Abt. 1700, and died Aft. 1746.

Notes for SANS STANLEY:

Source: Family lineage posted at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/i/e/Charles-Liebow/

Genealogical Home Page "Charles Liebow : Cranberry Island History and Genealogy" sponsored by Charles Liebow, 7 Harbor Ave., Southwest Harbor, Me. 04679-0298

Source2: Family lineage gedcom posted at www.ancestry.com, submitter not named.

Source3: Stew Emberson.

Source4: Stephen P. Hall of Beverly, MA.

Sans3 [George1] STANDLEY bpt. 12 Nov 1676, m. Abigail HASKELL, she b. 16 Aug

1683, dau. of Josiah2 [Roger1] HASKELL and his wife Sarah GRIGGS. Their son

Sans3, b. [after his fathers death] 14 Sep 1702, m. Mary CHARDER 1 OCT 1724,

at Marblehead, MA. as his only wife. Mary was the dau. of Samuel and Mary (KNIGHT) CHARDER of

Marblehead, MA. The children of this union all born in Marblehead are:

Mary, bpt. 9 Jan 1725/6, d. young

Sans, bpt 17 Feb 1726/7, d. 9 Oct 1727, 8 mo.

Sans, bpt. 27 Apr 1729, m. Mary HOMAN, 27 Sep 1748

Joseph,bpt. 28 Feb 1730/1, m. Ann BARTLETT, 3 May 1753

William, bpt. 30 Sep 1733

John, bpt. 19 Oct 1735, m. 1 Abigail ?, 2nd, Margaret LECRAW, 5 Feb 1756

Mary, btp. 24 Sep 1738,

Abigail, bpt. 28 Feb 1741/2, m. John SEARLS, 12 May 1771

Thomas, bpt. 18 May 1746, m. 1st Elizabeth SELMON , she d. in Marblehead, "a.

23" on 25 Dec 1771,

He m. 2nd,Sarah Smith 8 Sep 1773

The first 2 child died young. The 2nd child named Sans, b in 1729, m. Mary

or "Margret" HOMAN, bpt. in M'head 31 Jan 1730/1, the dau. of Peter and Mary

(HOYLE) HOMAN, and she died in Marblehead, on 13 Sep 1807, a. 73y, 8m. 14 d."

Most of the remainder of this family married in Marblehead and had children

but then moved to the Mt. Desert/Cranberry Isles area of Maine, about 1778

[They may have been loyalists], except for Thomas who remained in Marblehead.

Check history of Cranberry Island, Maine records for details.

More About SANS STANLEY:

Date born 2: September 14, 1702, Beverly, Essex, MA

More About SANS STANLEY and MARY CHARDER:

Marriage: October 01, 1724, Marblehead, MA

Children of SANS STANLEY and MARY CHARDER are:

i. MARY⁴ STANLEY, b. January 09, 1725/26, Marblehead, MA; d. Abt. 1738.

ii. SANS STANLEY, b. February 17, 1726/27; d. October 09, 1727.

18. iii. SANS STANLEY, b. April 24, 1729, Marblehead, MA.

iv. JOSEPH STANLEY, b. February 28, 1730/31.

v. WILLIAM STANLEY, b. September 30, 1733.

19. vi. JOHN STANLEY, b. October 19, 1735, Marblehead, MA; d. May 07, 1783, Little Cranberry Island, Maine.

vii. MARY STANLEY, b. September 24, 1738; m. (1) JOHN SEARLS; m. (2) JOHN SEARLS.

viii. ABIGAIL STANLEY, b. February 28, 1741/42; m. JOHN SEARLS, May 12, 1771.

More About JOHN SEARLS and ABIGAIL STANLEY:

Marriage: May 12, 1771

ix. THOMAS STANLEY, b. May 18, 1746, Marblehead, MA; m. (1) ELIZABETH SELMON; d. December 25, 1771, Marblehead, MA; m. (2) SARAH SMITH, September 08, 1773.

Notes for ELIZABETH SELMON:

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Source: Stephen P. Hall.

Elizabeth Selmon died at age 23.

More About THOMAS STANLEY and SARAH SMITH:

Marriage: September 08, 1773

13. JONATHAN³ STANDLEY (JONATHAN², GEORGE¹) was born July 16, 1705, and died 1773 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He married ANN GARDNER in Bertie County, North Carolina. She died 1775 in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Notes for JONATHAN STANDLEY:

BERTIE COUNTY

COLONIAL BERTIE COUNTY, NC , ABSTRACTS OF DEED BOOK B & C , 1725

, 1730 - VOL 11 by Mary Best Bell

P 78 , DB C p 32 , Richard Bracewell, Sen & wife to Jonathan Standly Jr , 20 April

1728 , SS Kkesiah Swamp, adj Bracewell

Will of Jonathan Standley 5 Mar 1773 proved Apr Ct 1773 [abstract by Gammon]

"..being very sick and weak.."

Son David Standley - land I bought of Moses Hare on Roquis, Negro Sue, bed cows, calves which he has already received.

Son Edmond Standley - land I bought of Dillard Harris and my land in Piney Woods that I had of John Barnes Jr also bed, cows, calves and Negro Sam.

Daughter Elisabeth Roades - mulatto Cate, bed cows, and calves.

Daughter Jemima Kittrell - Negro Nance and an equal part of my estate for her lifetime and at her death the said Negro will go to her son Joshua Spivey.

Daughter Esther Spivey - Negro Dina and her three children which she now has.

Daughter Susanna Baker - Negro Jenney, bed, etc.

Daughter Mary Stallings - Negro Jada [Juda?] bed, etc which she has already received.

Daughter Martha Standley - my manner plantation where I now live and 50 ac of land that I bought of John Crickett, also Negro Sarah, bed, etc.

Goddaughter Sarah Thomas, junr. - the child my Negro Rose now goes with, but if Sarah should die without issue the Negro will go to my children.

Wife Ann Standley - lend 200 ac at Lumber Bridge, Negroes Mingo, Peg and Nance, cows, walnut chairs, smoaking chair, etc. Profits of the orchard are to be divided between my daughter Martha and my wife.

David Standley is to give Edmond Standley 50 ac of his island land on Roquis, otherwise Edmond is to have forty pounds out of David's equal part.

EX: son David, son-in-law Thomas Roades

WIT: Cader Cherry, Sollomon Cherry, Martha Cherry

Notes for ANN GARDNER:

Will of Martain [M] Gardner 6 Oct 1755 proved Jan Ct 1760 Bertie Co . [abstact by Gammon]

gentleman "..being very sick and weak of body..."

Wife Annah - Negro Jim, bed.

Son James Gardner - Negroes Pompe, Ben, bed and my plantation and land where I now live.

Son John Gardner - 440 ac adj. my land on Deep Run and Cashy.

Daughters Ann, Annah and Jane - cows and calves.

Daughter Ann - Negro Peg.

Daughter Annah - Negro Ward.

Daughter Jane - Negro Beck.

Son William Gardner - heifer.

Daughter Catorn - mare.

Daughter Elisebeth - cow and calf and that is to be their shares.

Son Martin Gardner - heifer.

Rest of estate I loan to my wife during her lifetime and at her death to be divided among my three sons and three daughters Martain, John, James, Ann, Annah and Jane.

EX: youngest son James, friend Needham Bryan, my wife

WIT: Benjamin [B] Carter, Joseph Holland.

Deed Book M - 35 David Standly, Edmand Standly, Martha Standly, Thomas Rhodes, Jemima [x] Kittrell, George Spivey, Jonathan Baker, & Mary Stallings all of [Bertie] Co. 30 Mar 1773. Quit their claim to the negroes Peg, Pane, Mingo & certain personal property & livestock; also quit their claim for land sold by their father Jonathan Standly dec'd for 33 pounds 6 sh 8 p proclamation, which was Ann Gardner's portion at the time of her marriage with our sd father. Acquit sd items to Ann Standly widow of sd Jonathan Standly. Wit: Zed Stone, Cader Cherry, William Cherry. May Ct 1774. John Johnston CJC

Ann (GARDNER) STANDLEY will, 1775

Posted by Michelle Taunton <mtaunton@mindspring.com> on Sat, 18 Dec 1999

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/BertieWill?read=11

Surname: Gardner, Standley, Jernigan, Sparkman, Pervis, Purvis, Holland, Carter

Vizt in the Name of God Amen I Ann Standly of the County of Bertie County in the provence of North Carolina Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and yt and yet it is appointed for all woman once to die I do make this my Last Will and Testament as followeth.

Vizt first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Gad that gav it and as to the Worldly Estate that it hath pleased God to give to me I give and bequeath in the manner and form following:

I give and bequeth unto my sister Elizabeth Jernigen ten pounds prock money

And Secondly I leave my three Negroes Pegg, Mingo and Nance with all my household goods and Chattels to be Equally divided between Martin Gardner and John Gardner and James Gardner my Brothers and sisters Anne Sparkman and Jane Pervis

now it is the True intent and meaning of the my Last Will and Testament that if my Brothers or Sisters or any other claiming under or for them or any of them shall be any ways discontented at this my Last Will and Testamt so as to bring any Suit in the Law or take any of the Good by me left to another that such person so offending shall forfit all their part of my Estate and be cut off with one Shilling Sterling & their par shall have been theirs shall be divided among my other Brothers and Sisters by Joseph Holland and John Gardner whom I do constitute appoint and Impower to be my true and Lawful Executors of this my Last Will and Testament

and I do hereby utterly disallow & disannull all and every other former will and Testament in wintess where of I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred and Seventy five and in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign King George the third.

Signed Sealed and published & An (X) Standly (seal)

Delivered in presence of

Benjamin Carter, Jurt

James Gardner, Jurt

Samuel Gardner

Bertie County August Court 1775: proved by Banjamin Carter and James Gardner. Test. John Johnston, CJC.

More About JONATHAN STANDLEY and ANN GARDNER:

Marriage: Bertie County, North Carolina

Children of JONATHAN STANDLEY and ANN GARDNER are:

i. DAVID⁴ STANDLEY, m. SARAH (WIDOW) LASSITER, June 10, 1788, Possibly a 2nd wife, or wife of a son named David..

Notes for DAVID STANDLEY:

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A partial listing of North Carolina Militia follows. Return of the officers of the North Carolina Militia, undated, Bertie County Regiment. Jonathan and son, David, were the only Standleys listed on the Bertie Roster.

Rank Name Remarks

Captain Standley, Jonathan Troop of Horse

(nine men were named as Captain)

Lieutenant Standley, David Standley's Company

(nine men were named as Lieutenant)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/court.htm#justice:

Justices of the Peace presided over this court. These Justices were usually men owning property and leaders of the community. They were appointed by the Governor who took the advice of the legislators. Any 3 justices made up a quorum to conduct business.

In 1760 these included: John Campbell, John Dawson, Cullen Pollock, Edward Rasor, Lillington Lockhard, Humphry Nichols, David Standley and William Gray.

The Court Records are usually not indexed, but provide genealogical gems for the persistent researcher! This court was abolished in 1868 with the reorganization of counties after the Civil War.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/history.htm#province: North Carolina Provincial Congress

August 25, 1774, delegates were sent from the Counties (two from Bertie) to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in New Bern to discuss matters and select delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Safety Committees in towns and counties were also proposed, as England and Colonial matters worsened.After this 1st Provincial Congress, 4 others were held in preparation for the War.

1st Provincial Congress: New Bern 25th Aug 1774

John Campbell

2nd Provincial Congress 1775 - Hillsboro

William Gray

Jonathan Jacocks

Charles Jacocks

William Brimmage

William Bryan

Zedekiah Stone

Thomas Ballard

Peter Clifton

David Standley(justice of peace and sheriff of Bertie)

John Campbell

John Johnston

More About DAVID STANDLEY and SARAH LASSITER:

Marriage: June 10, 1788, Possibly a 2nd wife, or wife of a son named David.

ii. EDMUND STANDLEY, m. MARGARET PERRY.

Notes for EDMUND STANDLEY:

Posted at http://home.comcast.net/~kyseeker/b14991.htm#P45791 (10/1/2005)

Brenda Kay Stewart Reeder

2321 Earles Court Road

Taylorsville, Utah 84119-6010

801-967-0109

Children were:

i. Perry STANDLEY.

ii. William STANDLEY.

iii. Abscelia "Arabell" STANDLEY.

iv. Edmund STANDLEY Jr..

v. Jonathan STANDLEY.

vi. Sarah STANDLEY.

vii. Margaret STANDLEY.

viii. Jerusha STANDLEY.

ix. Mary STANDLEY was born about 1762 in Bertie County, North Carolina. She died on 12 Apr 1825 in Trigg County, Kentucky.

1. JOHN4 BARNES (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Bef. 1762, and died Bef. 1800

in NC. He married JERUSHA STANDLEY Abt. 1782, daughter of EDMUND STANDLEY and

PERRY.

More About JOHN BARNES:

Census: 1790, Berite Co.,NC Census-5 children-4slaves

More About JERUSHA STANDLEY:

Census: 1800, Bertie Co,NC-age 26-45-widow-

Residence 1810- Pos Christian,Caldwell Co,KY??? Her brothers and sisters were

here.

Residence: 1823, Moved to Obion Co,TN after death of husband

iii. ESTHER STANDLEY.

iv. SUZANNAH STANDLEY.

v. MARTHA STANDLEY.

14. GEORGE³ STANLEY (JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1720 in North Carolina, and died 1784 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He married ADER. She was born Abt. 1720.

Notes for GEORGE STANLEY:

Known son of Jonathan Standley by NC deed dated 1748. North Carolina, Bertie County BOOK A - G

(Note* Ahoskie Swamp is located in Hertford Co., NC: Potecasi Creek a.k.a. Meherrin Creek is also in Hertford Co., NC(about 10-20 miles apart): Roanoke River a.k.a. Moratuck River runs through the following counties, Bertie, Washington, Martin, Halifax, Northampton, and Warren Counties.)

** Note: Dempsey Jordan stated his birthplace as Meherrin Creek.

Patent BK C PG. 190

BK D PG. 16

BK G PG. 173

Feb Court 1748.

***

Abstracts of Wills Bertie Co., NC - 1722 - 1774

by David B. Gammon

Pages 43, 44

(157) NATHANIEL NICHOLAS 17 Sep 1755 Oct Ct 1755

(Nuncupative will)

Son JOSIAH NICHOLAS - plantation where I live. Son WILLIAM NICHOLAS - land called

JOHNACKIN's Thicket. The land in the Piney Woods upon Heart's Delight is to be divided

between the said WILLIAM and JOSIAH. Daughter ELIZEBETH - the first child of the wench

Beck. Daughter MATHEW NICHOLAS (sic) - second child of the wench Beck. Daughter

MILLAH - third child of Beck. Any other children Beck may have are to be divided among all

my children.

(Probate indicates the will was proved on the oaths of THOMAS HUDSON, GEORGE STANDLY

and WILLIAM WILLIFORD. The widow MARY NICHOLAS was granted administration. WILLIS

NICHOLS also signed the will.)

Deposition by GEORGE STANLEY (STANDLY) and his wife ANNE STANLEY (Sept. 22, 1755)

indicates they were at the home of the deceased, who appeared to be sick but of sound sense

and memory. Record indicates the dec'd. made the following bequests: Daughter ANNE

NICHOLAS - one Negro Amey. Son WILLIAM - a gun, case of pistols, etc. Wife MARY - a

Negro Toney for her lifetime. Son JOSIAH - gun.

***

One GEORGE served in the 5th Regiment during the Revolutionary War, and

transferred to the 1st Regiment in February, 1780. He is listed on the roll

of the lst Regiment, Continental Line, as a Private. Beside his name in the

notation "5th Regiment." He was on the roster at Ft. Sullivan, SC, from

1776-1780 (Ft. Moultrie). On August 27, 1775, there was a Sgt. GEORGE

STANDLY in Col. Thomson's Regiment of Rangers from South Carolina. His age

was given as 38. He was in a 700-man army at the tip of Sullivan Island near

Charleston.

(Our GEORGE should have been closer to age 55 if he was indeed born in

1720.)

A Land Bounty Warrant was issued in Wilkes County, Georgia on March 1, 1784,

to GEORGE STANDLEY. The Warrant was executed July 16, 1784, for 100 acres

bounded on the west by Fishing Creek (Warrant #890). Apparently, GEORGE died

about the spring of 1784, and the Grant was issued to his wife, ADER, and

dated October 13, 1785. A letter of Administration on probate of the GEORGE

STANDLEY estate was granted to ADER May 28, 1784 in Wilkes County. Inventory

was taken and presented in court July 27, 1784, and recorded in October.

More About GEORGE STANLEY:

Name 2: George STANDLEY

Date born 2: Abt. 1720

Died 2: Abt. 1783, Wilkes County, Georgia

Notes for ADER:

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Children of GEORGE STANLEY and ADER are:

20. i. LEWIS ISHAM⁴ STANLEY, b. Abt. 1750, Probably Bertie Co., NC; d. 1815, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

21. ii. EZEKIEL STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1755, Probably Bertie Co., NC; d. 1835, Covington, Newton Co., GA.

15. SANDS³ STANLEY (JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1725. He married UNKNOWN Abt. 1740 in Probably Dobbs Co., North Carolina.

Notes for SANDS STANLEY:

ACTUAL IDENTITY AND PARENTAGE OF THIS SANDS STANDLEY IS NOT PROVEN!

The ancestry of George Stanley (d. 1784 in Wilkes Co., GA) and Sands (d. 1796 in Cheraws Dist. SC) leads to their residence in North Carolina in the early to mid-1700s. The ancestry of George Stan(d)ley, a son of Jonathan Standley, has revealed a connection to the Essex County, MA Standley family which included men named Jonathan, George, David and Sands. The name 'Sands' has not been found in any other Stanley lineage. The MA, NC, SC, GA lineages are most probably the same family.

1. His age shown by presence in NC deed records (1746-1750) probably place him in this family.

2. This Sands may be a son of Jonathan and Carolyn Standley (second wife). Jonathan Sr. had sons Jonathan Jr. born 1705 and George born abt. 1720.

3. This Sands may be a son of Sands (1676-1702) and Abigail HASCHAL Standley, but no proof has been found. There is record of only one child of this union, Sands b. 1702 and married Mary Charder in 1724.

4. This Sands may be a son of David or Samuel Stanley, sons of George and Bethia Stanley. As yet we have no lineage information for either of these men.

5. There is an unconfirmed family of Captain George Stanley and his son, Samuel Sands Stanley, of Maine. A possible lineage is George and Bethia Stanley, (2) son George and Jane Stacy, (3) son George and Abigail Morgan, who had a son George born May 27, 1722. That son could have been Samuel Sands Stanley.

From Elaine Campbell: I have come across some notes that came from Dr. W.Stanley Hoole of the University of Alabama (this was1978). He gives Thomas Stanley and wife from England settled in New Kent Co. Va. in 1600. They had three children James born 1688, Thomas 1689, John 1691. He said our family was from John Sands Stanley who settled in NC and Sands II who settled in SC. The reason I'm sending this is I wondered if the Sands father of Sands wife Zipha) could be this John Sands that he told me we were desended from.

(Larry S. Note) Actual letter from W. Stanley Hoole to Elaine Campbell included a family chart placing Sands (b. 1742) in the lineage of John Stanley (b. 11-11-1691 and documented in Quaker records) with a question mark. His chart is not clear about how Sands fit into the lineage of John Stanley. W. S. Hoole did state he was convinved that Sands (b. 1742) was a son of the elder Sands Stanley (b. abt 1725), which is highly plausible.

Notes for SANDS STANDLEY:

JOHNSTON/DOBBS/LENOIR COUNTIES GRANTOR INDEX

BOOK 1: November 1746 - April 1750

From To Page #

Bright, Simon Sands Stanly 135

Standley, William John Standley 172

Standley (Standly), John William Standly 223

This Sands Stanly, to be legal age at the time, was born before 1730. While no assumption of relationship can be made from the Grantor/Grantee list, some connection may exist between these early settlers of old Johnston County.

JOHNSTON/DOBBS/LENOIR COUNTIES GRANTOR INDEX -

BOOK 6: 1756 - 1757

From To Page #

Edwards, Thomas Sands Stanly (Stanley) 284

Stanly (Stanley), Isaac Benj Bruton 289

Stanly, Benjamin James Herberd (Herbert) 384

Stanly, Jonathan & wife William Waddle 520

Thomas Edwards was to become the father-in-law of Sands Stanley (b. 1742) who married Zilpha Edwards. Jonathan Stanly listed here was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Foster Standley.

The Roster of the Patriots in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776, lists (probably) the sons of the elder Sands Standley:

Shadrack Stanley, of Dobbs County, served as a sergeant under Captain Benjamin Sheppard and Colonel Abraham Sheppard. Since his officers participated in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, Stanley was possibly in the encounter. (Journal "A", 109)

Sands Stanley, of Dobbs County, served as a corporal under Captain Benjamin Sheppard and Colonel Abraham Sheppard. Since his officers participated in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, Stanley was possibly in the encounter. (Journal "A", 109)

More About SANDS STANLEY:

Name 2: Sands STANDLEY

More About SANDS STANLEY and UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Abt. 1740, Probably Dobbs Co., North Carolina

Children of SANDS STANLEY and UNKNOWN are:

22. i. SANDS⁴ STANLEY, b. Abt. 1742, North Carolina; d. November 19, 1799, Darlington County, South Carolina.

23. ii. SHADRACK STANLEY, b. Abt. 1750, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1830, Marengo Co., Alabama.

Generation No. 4

16. WILLIAM⁴ MORSE (JEAN³ STANDLEY, GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born December 03, 1732 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, and died September 29, 1805 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts. He married ELIZABETH BADCOCK May 16, 1756 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM BADCOCK and MARY ESCOT. She was born Abt. 1734 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, and died August 01, 1805 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts.

More About WILLIAM MORSE:

Christening: April 28, 1734, BAPTIZED

More About WILLIAM MORSE and ELIZABETH BADCOCK:

Marriage: May 16, 1756, Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts

Child of WILLIAM MORSE and ELIZABETH BADCOCK is:

24. i. FANNY⁵ MORSE, b. July 10, 1781, MANCHESTER , MASSACHUSETTS; d. November 26, 1854, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

17. ANDREW⁴ STANDLEY (JOSEPH³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born April 22, 1728, and died 1760. He married MARGARET ELIOTT July 31, 1750.

Notes for ANDREW STANDLEY:

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Source: Vital Record of Beverly, Massachusetts.

1. Marriage records: Andrew Standley married Margret Eliott 7/31/1750

2. Death records: Andrew Standley --- 1760, " Coming from North Carolina."

3. Marriage records: Andrew Standley married Mrs. Abigail Obear 2/11/1772.

4. Marriage records: Andrew Standley married Lydia LeFavor 12/29/1796

5. Marriage records: Bethial Standley of Wenham, daughter of Andrew Standley, married Elisha Pride, widower, 30 year old cordwainer. He was son of Peter and Clarissa Pride. Intention to marry 8/28/1847

Source: Stephen P. Hall of Beverly, MA.

Joseph Standley of Essex had a son Andrew. The Vital records of Beverly show:

Marriage records: Andrew Standley married Margret Eliott 7/31/1750

Death records: Andrew Standley --- 1760, " Coming from North Carolina."

Issue of Andrew and Margaret (ELLIOT) STANDLEY all b. in Marblehead:

Andrew, b. 22 Oct 1750, m. Abigail OBER, 11 Feb 1772

Thomas, b. 5 Aug 1755

John, b. 25 Jul 1758, d. "infant child of Andrew__ 1758"

Margaret, b. 30 Jul 1760, Benj. CLEAVES, 15 Jan 1793, She d. 9 Aug 1832. He d. 15 Sep 1827. had issue see CLEAVE's Genealogy.

After Andrew died in 1760 Margaret (ELLIOT) STANDLEY m. 2nd, William BUTMAN 27 Dec 1769 at Beverly.

More About ANDREW STANDLEY and MARGARET ELIOTT:

Marriage: July 31, 1750

Children of ANDREW STANDLEY and MARGARET ELIOTT are:

i. ANDREW⁵ STANDLEY, b. October 22, 1750; m. MRS. ABIGAIL OBEAR, February 11, 1772.

More About ANDREW STANDLEY and MRS. OBEAR:

Marriage: February 11, 1772

ii. THOMAS STANDLEY, b. August 05, 1755.

iii. JOHN STANDLEY, b. July 25, 1758; d. 1758.

iv. MARGARET STANDLEY, b. July 30, 1760; d. August 09, 1832; m. BENJAMIN CLEAVES, January 15, 1793; d. September 15, 1827.

More About BENJAMIN CLEAVES and MARGARET STANDLEY:

Marriage: January 15, 1793

18. SANS⁴ STANLEY (SANS³, SANS² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born April 24, 1729 in Marblehead, MA. He married MARY (MARGRET) HOMANS September 27, 1748 in Marblehead MA, daughter of PETER HOMAN and MARY HOYLE. She was born January 31, 1730/31 in Marblehead, MA, and died September 13, 1807 in Marblehead, MA.

Notes for MARY (MARGRET) HOMANS:

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Source: Stephen P. Hall.

Mary Homan died in Marblehead, MA at age 73 years, 8 months, 14 days.

More About SANS STANLEY and MARY HOMANS:

Marriage: September 27, 1748, Marblehead MA

Children of SANS STANLEY and MARY HOMANS are:

25. i. MARY⁵ STANLEY, b. February 28, 1750/51, Marblehead Ma.

ii. THOMAS STANLEY, b. June 24, 1764; d. February 27, 1843; m. HANNAH MANCHESTER; b. 1763; d. 1835.

19. JOHN⁴ STANLEY (SANS³, SANS² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born October 19, 1735 in Marblehead, MA, and died May 07, 1783 in Little Cranberry Island, Maine. He married (1) ABIGAIL STANLEYWIFE Bef. 1756 in Marblehead MA. He married (2) MARGUERITE LECROIX February 05, 1756 in Marblehead, MA. She was born Abt. 1735.

Notes for JOHN STANLEY:

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Source: Vital Record of Beverly, Massachusetts.

More About JOHN STANLEY and ABIGAIL STANLEYWIFE:

Marriage: Bef. 1756, Marblehead MA

More About JOHN STANLEY and MARGUERITE LECROIX:

Marriage: February 05, 1756, Marblehead, MA

Children of JOHN STANLEY and MARGUERITE LECROIX are:

26. i. MARGARET⁵ STANLEY, b. October 31, 1756, Marblehead, MA; d. Bef. 1820.

ii. JOHN STANLEY, b. August 17, 1760; d. May 10, 1847.

iii. JONATHAN STANLEY, b. Abt. 1765; d. May 10, 1847; m. PHEBE RICH, Bef. 1790, Mount Desert Maine; b. April 05, 1763, Marblehead Ma; d. January 23, 1830, Islesford Maine.

More About JONATHAN STANLEY and PHEBE RICH:

Marriage: Bef. 1790, Mount Desert Maine

20. 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

***

Posted by Jean Dalrymple, <motherd@theriver.com>

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.

27. 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

28. v. ANNA STANLEY, b. 1780; d. Abt. 1860, Bedford County, Tennessee.

29. vi. RHODA STANLEY, b. 1783; d. Unknown.

30. vii. GEORGE STANLEY, b. March 28, 1786, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. August 16, 1852, Fayett County, Indiana.

31. viii. LEWIS STANLEY, JR., b. 1788, Spartanburg County, South Carolina; d. Unknown.

32. ix. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY, b. February 07, 1791, South Carolina; d. April 23, 1867, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.

33. 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

34. xiv. ELIZABETH STANLEY, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

21. EZEKIEL⁴ STANDLEY (GEORGE³ STANLEY, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1755 in Probably Bertie Co., NC, and died 1835 in Covington, Newton Co., GA. He married (1) ALBINIA WILKINSON. He married (2) ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE June 10, 1813 in Clarke Co., Georgia.

More About EZEKIEL STANDLEY and ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE:

Marriage: June 10, 1813, Clarke Co., Georgia

Children of EZEKIEL STANDLEY and ALBINIA WILKINSON are:

i. JOHN⁵ STANDLEY.

ii. MILLICENT STANDLEY.

iii. PARTHENIA WINIFRED STANDLEY, m. THOMAS LOWE.

iv. THOMAS WILKINSON STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1770; d. February 04, 1835, LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia; m. ELLEN RAMSEY.

v. SHERWOOD STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1775; d. Bef. November 26, 1825, Madison, Greene Co., Georgia; m. MARTHA LOWE, Abt. 1797, Covington, Newton Co., Georgia.

More About SHERWOOD STANDLEY and MARTHA LOWE:

Marriage: Abt. 1797, Covington, Newton Co., Georgia

vi. EZEKIEL STANDLEY, b. March 1785; d. September 18, 1846, Monroe Co., Georgia; m. CYNTHIA C. MOORE, Abt. 1818.

More About EZEKIEL STANDLEY and CYNTHIA MOORE:

Marriage: Abt. 1818

vii. LEWIS L. STANDLEY, b. Abt. 1792, Greene Co., Georgia; d. June 19, 1855, Barbour Co., Alabama; m. (1) SARAH GREER, Abt. 1813; m. (2) ELIZABETH WALKER, Abt. 1841, Meriwether Co., Georgia.

More About LEWIS STANDLEY and SARAH GREER:

Marriage: Abt. 1813

More About ELIZABETH WALKER:

Name 2: Elizabeth WALKER

More About LEWIS STANDLEY and ELIZABETH WALKER:

Marriage: Abt. 1841, Meriwether Co., Georgia

viii. NANCY STANDLEY, b. February 14, 1794, Clarke Co., Georgia; m. WILLIAM C. DOBBINS, February 07, 1809, Clarke Co., Georgia.

More About WILLIAM DOBBINS and NANCY STANDLEY:

Marriage: February 07, 1809, Clarke Co., Georgia

22. SANDS⁴ STANLEY (SANDS³, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1742 in North Carolina, and died November 19, 1799 in Darlington County, South Carolina. He married ZILPHA EDWARDS Abt. 1759 in North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1740 in Jones County, North Carolina, and died March 31, 1808 in Darlington County, South Carolina.

Notes for SANDS STANLEY:

From "Sands Stanley of the Pee Dee Valley", Haywood A. Stanley (1978):

SANDS STANDLEY -- Born before 1742. About 1759 he married Zilpha Edwards. We believe Zilpha was born about the same time in the general vicinity of Jones County in eastern North Carolina. Sands died Nov. 19, 1799; Zilpha died Mar. 31, 1808.

The name Zilpha occurs four times in Sands' will in 1796. In DAR application National #486112, it is spelled Zilphah. Sands' son, Thomas, in his will in 1813, spelled it Zilpha. Most historians seem to favor Zilpha. The name Sands is occasionally spelled Sans, as in one of the records quoted in this book. The name Standley occurs in many early Darlington County records. About 1812 they began to drop the "d" and it soon became only Stanley. It was found both ways for about two generations.

In 1930, Sarah Amanda Stanley, a fourth generation of our Sands Stanley, told her nephew, James S. Stanley that "two brothers, Sands and Sims Stanley, came from Scotch-Irish and settled on the coast of North Carolina, near the Virginia line." An inquiry to authorities at Windsor, County seat of Bertie County, NC, on the coast 20 miles from the Virginia border failed to produce any definite information.

Records show that Zilpha Edwards had sisters: Winnifred Edwards; Nancy Shephard, Pitt Cty., NC; Molly Hill, Lenoir- Cty.,NC; Elizabeth, m Blaney Harper, Greene Cty,NC; Polly, m William Murphy, Washington, NC; and Sally, m John Heath, Washington, NC. Also brothers: William, Cullen, Henry, Theophilus and Thomas Edwards; in that area.

Public records of Dobbs (now Craven) County, NC were destroyed by fire. However, we know Sands Stanley was in Dobbs Cty., 1769-1783, before moving to Darlington, SC.

Many Stanleys of Virginia and North Carolina were of the Friends Faith (Quakers). Many records of Quakers are available, but an extended search of these records failed to associate Sands or Sims Stanley with the Virginia or North Carolina Quakers.

In Revolutionary Accounts of Cancelled Vouchers filed at N. C. Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina:

"New Bern Dist:rict - No. 218

This may certify that SANDS STANLEY of Dobbs County was allowed the sum of four thousand and thirty-nine pounds for sundries as (food and other supplies). Voucher rendered and filed April 178_"

"New Bern District - No. 869

This may certify that SANDS STANLEY is allowed the sum of twenty-six pounds for a horse and saddle. -Dated March 27, 1783 North Carolina."

Sands is listed in -the Daughters of American Revolution Index as follows:

"STANLEY, SANDS, born c I742, died after Feb. 26, 1796, married Zilpha Edwards - Patriotic Service - N. C.

Mary Allen Files McCormick, National No. 527611, used the two above vouchers in her application for DAR membership which was approved Sep. 11, 1967. Mrs. McCormick was a direct descendant of Sands Stanley through his daughter, Sarah (S-C), Mrs. William Witherington.

February 2001, Research request to the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh:

We have searched Treasurers and Comptrollers Papers, Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers

1. Standley, Sands, # 379, New Bern District, Dobbs County, unspecified claims -- April 178-

2. Standley, Sands, #869, New Bern District, Dobbs County, for horse and saddle -- 27 March 1783.

Attached

Source: Conveyances Recorded at Clerks Office, Darlington County, SC 1786.

Lease and release for 300 acres Land, dated 19th and 20th days of July 1786. From Thomas Powe to Sans Stanley for 75 Pounds. *** This record shows residence in Darlington County (Cheraws District) South Carolina by 1786.

The 1769 Tax List - Dobbs County, NC was submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by Jerome Tew. This list shows the number of white males in the household.

STANLEY, Isaac 1

STANLEY, Moses 1

STANLEY, Sands 1

BOOK 10 - Old Dobbs County - April 1773 - April 1775

From To Page #

Miller, Joshua Isaac Standley 304

Nuton (Newton), William Moses Stanly (Standly) 24

Standly, Jonathan Thomas Uzzell 130

Standley (Standly), Moses William Whitfield 199

Standley (Standly), Jonathan Moses Standley 232

Standly, Sands John Mealin (Medlin) 271

Standly, Stands Nathaniel Wildair 281

Standley, Jonathan John Hanks 349

Standley (Standly), Jonathan Simm Fontevine (Tolevine) 521

No relationship can be assumed and was not listed in the Grantor/Grantee Index. However the presence of, and land transactions between, other Stanleys may represent other children, nephews, etc. to either of the elder Jonathan or Sands Standley.

Source: Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. IX, page 590: Sands Stanley served as a member of the Committee on Claims of the North Carolina Assembly at New Bern in 1733.

Elaine Campbell provided the following information:

Ga. Genealogical Mag. Oct. 1969, page 2359

Mont. Co., Ga. Bk D, Deeds, page 5

Stephen Powell to Sands Stanley, both of Washington Co., Bill of Sale, dated

7 Jan. 1792 for a slave; Witt; S. Wood, John Bryan

James Herring to Sands Stanley, both of Wash. Co., Bill of Sale for a slave

dated 13 March 1793; Witt; Willis Wood, Johathon Eammes

Jesse Wiggins of Effingham Co. to Sand Stanley of Washington Co., deed dated

19 June 1790 for 200 acres in Washington Co. on Big Ohoopee Creek, being the

lower half of 400 acres, 7 Feb. 1787; Witt; Mory Vivion, ___Vivion J.P.

Jesse Wiggins of Effingham Co. to Willis Wood of Burke Co, dated 5 Nov. 1790

for 200 acres lying on North side of Great Ohoopee River and being 1/2 of

400 acre tract granted. 7 Jan. 1787 adjoining lands of Sands Stanley and

Nathaniel Hicks; Witt; William Wood, George Henry

Georgia Gen. Mag. #47, Winter 1973

Surveyor Record Books D-E

Sans Stanley, 200 acres, p.26, warrant from Irwin Evan Walt, warrant dated 6

Oct. 1789

Sans Stanley, 287 1/2 acres, pg. 434, warrant dated 1 April 1793, date

surveyed 5 April 1793, adjoining Dr. Eammes & Stanley

More About SANDS STANLEY:

Name 2: Sands STANDLEY

Died 2: 1796, Darlington Co., South Carolina

Residence 1: Known to have relocated to Cheraws District, Darlington Co., SC by 1783.

Residence 2: Applications for bounty land grants in both SC and GA in 1784-1786 may represent his son, Sands.

Notes for ZILPHA EDWARDS:

Greene County, NC Project Families!

Part of the NCGenWeb and USGenWeb Projects

Colonel Thomas Edwards, d. 1816, Contributed by Roger Kammerer and Elizabeth Ross.

Col. Thomas Edwards died without issue in Greene Co., NC, when he was shot and killed by a slave. [see also Marriage and Death Notices]. His widow brought suit, in 1817, against the heirs of Thomas, as represented by administrator James Glascow SHEPHERD.

Winnefred was engaged in the latter part of 1808 to be married to Col. Thomas Edwards, and was married January 1809. He died in 1816 and left no children.

The court case listed the heirs:

Theophilus Edwards, brother of Thomas

Henry Edwards, brother of Thomas

John HEATH and wife Sally, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of

Washington Co., GA

Blaney HARPER and Elizabeth wife, sister of Thomas Edwards,

Molly HILL of Lenoir Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards,

Nancy SHEPPARD of Pitt Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards,

William MURPHY and wife Polly, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of

Washington Co., GA

Children of dec'd. bro. of Thomas [not clear if same as above, or a different bro.]:

Thomas Edwards

John Edwards

Isaac Edwards

William Edwards

Dempsey Edwards

Sally Edwards

Nancy Edwards

Absala Edwards

Joel ALTMAN and wife Elizabeth of Wayne Co., NC

Benjamin HARDEE and Polly wife

Children of Zilpha STANLY, a dec'd. sister of Thomas Edwards; all of South Carolina:

John Stanly

William Stanly

Thomas Stanly

James Stanly

Mary Stanly

Zilphia Stanly

Elizabeth Stanly

Sarah Stanly

Matthew Stanly

Sources:

Abstracted from NC Supreme Court Records, Case #1024: Winnefred Edwards -vs.- Shepherd and Edwards - 1817. NC Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.

Additional notes on Zilpha Edwards Stanley, as published in the book Stanley Ties, by James Savage Stanley, Jr., of Dallas, TX, in 1982:

Zilpha Edward, b. ca. 1740, d. Mar. 31, 1808, in Darlington Co., SC; m. ca. 1759 to Sands Stanley of Dobbs Co., NC, b. ca. 1738, d. Nov. 19, 1799, in Darlington Co., SC. Sands Stanley, Sr., left a will, probated Dec. 18, 1799, in Darlington Co., SC, Willbook C.

They had 13 children, born ca. 1760 to 1778 (in order of birth):

Penelope, Shadrack, Zilpha, John, William, Mary (Polly), Thomas, Elizabeth, Sands Jr., Ann, James, Sarah (Sallie), and Martha.

More About SANDS STANLEY and ZILPHA EDWARDS:

Marriage: Abt. 1759, North Carolina

Children of SANDS STANLEY and ZILPHA EDWARDS are:

i. PENELOPE⁵ STANLEY, b. Abt. 1760; m. ?? HALL.

More About PENELOPE STANLEY:

Name 2: Penelope STANDLEY

35. ii. SHADRACK STANLEY, b. Abt. 1761, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1830, Florida.

36. iii. ZILPHA STANLEY, b. Abt. 1762.

37. iv. JOHN STANLEY, b. Abt. 1763, North Carolina.

38. v. WILLIAM STANLEY, b. Abt. 1764, North Carolina.

39. vi. MARY "POLLY" STANLEY, b. Abt. 1766, North Carolina.

40. vii. THOMAS STANLEY, b. Bef. 1770, North Carolina.

41. viii. ELIZABETH STANLEY, b. Abt. 1770, North Carolina.

42. ix. SANDS STANLEY, JR., b. Abt. 1772, North Carolina; d. 1828, Henry Co., Alabama.

43. x. MARY ANN STANLEY, b. Abt. 1773, North Carolina.

44. xi. JAMES STANLEY, b. Abt. 1775, North Carolina.

xii. SARAH "SALLIE" STANLEY, b. March 22, 1777; m. WILLIAM WITHERINGTON.

xiii. MARTHA STANLEY, b. Abt. 1778; m. DAVID WADDELL.

More About MARTHA STANLEY:

Name 2: Martha STANDLEY

23. SHADRACK⁴ STANLEY (SANDS³, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1750 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1830 in Marengo Co., Alabama. He married (1) PENINNAH JORDAN Abt. 1780 in Wilkes County, Georgia, daughter of CHARLES JORDAN and MARTHA. She was born Abt. 1760 in Perquimans area, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1820 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married (2) 'UNKNOWN' MOON Aft. 1820 in Alabama. She died in Possibly Marengo Co., AL.

Notes for SHADRACK STANLEY:

The oral tradition in Jordan Stanley's family states that Jordan's father was Shadrack Stanley. That is supported by the family Bible of J.W. Stanley, and his contact with other family members. That bible lists Shadrack's children as Ada, Jordan, Samuel and Stephen. The Bible did not list James Stanley of Gwinnett Co., GA. It also states that Shadrack married a Moon. Land deeds from Georgia and Alabama show proximity and a relationship with John Moor. It is possible the second marriage was to a Moor.

Dates and ages for four Shadrack Stanleys were determined by census and other records. The known men of the name were (1) a brother of Sands Stanley Sr. from Cheraws Dist., SC.; (2) the son of Sands Stanley from Cheraws Dist., SC. This man was in Tattnall Co., GA and later in Alachua Co., FL; (3) the son of John Stanley from Virginia/North Carolina Quaker records; and (4) a son of John and Jerusha Fitch Stanley who resided in Wilkes County, NC.

Research by Larry Stanley and others indicates the first of these men is the most likely man to be father of Penainy Jordan's children. It is probable that he was a brother of Sands Stanley. Sr. of Cheraws Dist., SC. It is also probable he was a son of a Sands Stanley who had NC land transactions in 1746-1750.

The ancestry of George Stanley (d. 1783 in Wilkes Co., GA) and Sands (d. 1796 in Cheraws Dist. SC) leads to the residence in North Carolina in the early to mid-1700s. The ancestry of George Stan(d)ley, a son of Jonathan Standley, has revealed a connection to the Essex County, MA Standley family which included men named Jonathan, George, David and Sands. The name 'Sands' has not been found in any other Stanley lineage. The MA, NC, SC, GA lineages are most probably the same family.

Historical Records ---------

February 2001, Research request to the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh:

We have searched Treasurers and Comptrollers Papers, Revolutionary Army Accounts, Revolutionary Pay Vouchers and the Colonial Records of North Carolina___ without finding Shadrack Stanley.

During the late 1700s, particularly after 1780, the name Shadrack Stanley appeared in Georgia. Later records showed they both hailed from old Dobbs County, North Carolina. The uncle Shadrack was in Georgia by 1782 for the birth of his first son, Jordan Stanley. The nephew Shadrack was in Darlington, South Carolina from about 1783 when his parents (Sands and Zilpha) moved there. He was in South Carolina for the 1790 census, but that does not mean he would be absent from Georgia records.

Because they both resided in old Washington County, Georgia it is difficult to determine correct assignment for the various historical records. However, one man remained in the northeast part of the state in Wilkes, Lincoln and Jackson counties. The other resided in Washington, Tattnall, Montgomery and Liberty counties to the southeast. There is no known evidence to place the uncle Shadrack in the southern part of Georgia or otherwise geographically close to the nephew. Some of the included North Carolina and Georgia references could apply to either man. An attempt was made here to assign records according to the location, north or south, in old Washington County.

** See Related File: "The Shadrack Time Line"

DOBBS/LENOIR/GREENE COUNTY, NC - Taxlist - Dobbs 1780 Taxlist.

# District Geographic Location by current county designations

10 GRANGER Greene County - From Snow Hill to south as far as Wheat

Swamp, including Hookerton vicinity, and westward to

include Arba.

The Journal of North Carolina, Summer 1966, volumes 11-12 name this district as Halifax.

District # 10 GRANGER

Greene County - From Snow Hill to south as far as Wheat Swamp,

including Hookerton vicinity, and westward to include Arba.

DIST/Payee FIRST LAST NAME VALUE COMMENT

# #

10-34 Shadrack Standly 400

10-60 Sandi Standly, Sr. 5,262

* Explanation: first number, as 10, shows voucher on file at Archives of North Carolina in Raliegh. Second is number of acres; third number is the valuation.

Source: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original Documents. Land Warrant # 12021 states "This is to certify that Shadrack Stanley is entitled to two hundred & fifty Acres of Land, as a Bounty agreeable to an Act of Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 20th day of August 1781. Att Certificate Col Clarke. Given under my hand at Savannah the 26th day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four. Signature unreadable"

Source: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original Documents. Certificate states

"STATE OF GEORGIA This is to certify, That Shadrack Stanley hath steffstly done his duty, to wit, on the 20th of August 1781, until the total Expulsion of the British from this State; and the said Shadrack Stanley cannot, to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of plundering or distressing tje country; and is, therefore, under the said Act, entitlted to a Bounty of Two Hundred Fifty Acres of good Land, free from taxes for ten years. Given under my hand at Savannah the Second day of February 1784. Signed Elijah Clarke by his Aide H. Freeman.

Source: WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA TAX RECORDS 1785-1805, by Frank Parker Hudson. Shadrick Standley; Capt. Thompson's Dist., 1785, Washington County, 287 ac. (Several references state the 250 acre bounty was actually presented as 287 1/2 acres)

Source: Wilkes County Lookup. Volume II, page 32 1790 Wilkes County Tax digest, Shadrick Standley, taxed on one poll, 287 acres of 2nd quality land in District QQ, Captain Benjamin Thompson's District. Washington County, Ga.

This is from Frank Parker Hudson's "Wilkes County Georgia Tax Records, 1785-1805, Volume I. Mr. Hudson refers to district QQ as "The district arbitrarily designated as District QQ was commanded by Captain Thompson when the tax returns were received in 1785. It was the only complete district in the area of Defacto Wilkes County put into Greene County in February 1786. Most of the persons making returns in this district in 1785 in Wilkes County can be found in the following districts of the 1788 Greene County Digest: Captain J. Cain's, Captain Benj. Gilbert's and Captain Michael Gilbert's.

Source: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original Documents. The hand written Head Rights Warrant states " Georgia. By the Court of Justices of the County of Washington to the County Surveyor for the said County you are hereby authorized and required to measure and lay out or cause to be measured and laid out unto Shadrick Standley, a tract of land which shall contain One Hundred and fifty Acres in the Said County of Washington On Head Rights.

Taking especial care that the Same has not heretofore been laid out unto any person or persons. And you are also hereby Directed and Required to Record the plat of the same in your office And to transmit a Copy thereof Together with this Warrant to the Surveyor General within six months of this date. Given under My hand as Senior Justice of the Said County this Sixth day of November 1786. Signed John Watts A.J. and Alex ___ Clerk"

Source: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original Documents. The hand written Head Rights Warrant states "Georgia. By the Court of Justices of Washington County to Fra Tennille Esquire County Surveyor for the Said County. You are hereby authorized and required to measure and lay out or cause ot be measured and laid out unto Shadrick Stanley a tractof land which shall contain Fifty Acres in said County of Washington on the Headrights of Samuel Camp. Taking especial care that the same has not heretofor been laid out to any other person or persons. You are also hereby directed and required to record a plat of the same in your office and to transmit a Copy thereof together with this warrant to the Surveyor General within the term of Two Years from this Date. Given under my hand as Senior Justice of the Said Court this Sixth Day of April One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty nine. Signed John Watts A.J. and Benjamin Tennille clerk."

Source: Georgia Military Affairs, Vol. 2, Part 1 1793-1800. Copied, Indexed and Bound with authority of John B. Wilson, Secretary of State, Under direction of Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Historian. 1940. Original papers in Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia. Page 92-93.

Dated 1793. State of Georgia. "A Muster Roll with an Inspection of Arms and Acuterments of the Gentlemen of Arms offercered Liable to do Military Duty by the militia Laws of this State residing in my Militia Company Destrict Commencing at Betty Path running thence to Williams Swomp thence up the swomp to the trail up the trail to Sandy Run Down Sandy unto Buffelow thense down Buffelow to Bettee Path"

Listed the following men, among others (indicating family names later seen in Jackson and Gwinnett Counties):

Capt. McCavy

Lieut. Cobb

Ins. Lilly

Privates

John Purkins

James Cain

Shade Standly

William Garmeny

Captain McCavy Muster Roll 5th Company 1 Battalion 2nd Regiment, Washington County

A cross reference for Militia Company District No. 3 reads:

"commensing at Green County Line wherein the saide line crosses Buffelow thence Down the Buffelow to the mouth of Sandy Run thence up the saide Sandy Run to the head thence across the Ridge to the head of Turkey Creeke thence Down the said Creake to Little Ogecha thence up the saide Ogecha to Green County Line thence along saide Line to the begining."

Listed the following men, among others (indicating family names later seen in Jackson and Gwinnett Counties):

Richard Bonner, Captain, Fuseleairs

John Kelley, Ensign, Fuseleairs

Joell Buckner, Sergeant

Inspection of early maps of Washington County reveal the location of Buffalo Creek, Williams Swamp Creek and Sandy Run. The area described, bound on the east by the Little Ogeechee River, is found at the southeast of today's Hancock County to the south and east of Sparta, and the northeast of today's Washington County. Of further interest is that the South Fork of the Little Ogeechee is also found within this description.

The description for the Third District Militia indicates the area to the north of the Fifth Company Militia District. And it states the "Green County Line wherein the saide line crosses Buffelow" north of Sandy Run. This is a clear indication that in 1793 Greene County included the part of today's Hancock County where Sparta is located.

The book "Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock County, Georgia" has two entries naming Shadrack Stanley, and apparently indicating two separate pieces of property:

8th September 1794. Shadrack Stanley of Washington county to Miles Rachael (Rachell) of Hancock County for the sum of forty pounds money for a tract of land in said County, late Washington County now Hancock, containing one hundred fifty acres, said land granted to Shadrack Stanley on 30th December 1788. Land excepting three or four acres cut off by Ruthaf(illegible) line. Wit: Peter Boyle, J. P. and Jno. S(illegible).

3rd January 1799. William Cureton of Hancock County to Nehemiah Smith of same place for the sum of one thousand dollars for a tract of land containing two hundred acres in Hancock County formerly Washington County, on Little Ogeechee and adjoining vacant land at the time of the survey, adjoining Shadrack Stanley's land and by McClendon's and the Little Ogeechee , granted to Shadrack Standley on 19th April 1790. Wit: H. Chandler and Barrett Brewer. Reg.: 24th April 1800.

As to where Shadrack Stanley lived and when, it is necessary to link the residence of Dempsey Jordan to the birthplace of Jordan Stanley, James Stanley, et al. Shadrack Stanley showed up in the same area as Dempsey Jordan in Greene and Talliafero counties in old Defacto Wilkes County; and Charles Jr. in Lincoln, Jackson and Gwinnett counties. The earlier locations for Charles Jordan Sr. were St. Paul Parish, Wilkes and Warren County. Washington/Wilkes/Warren is a close area and includes the location where Charles Jordan Sr. was killed in 1780. Shadrack's land on the Little Ogeechee places all of them in near proximity. It is important to note that Hancock County was formed 12/17/1793 from Greene and Washington; and, Warren County was formed 12/19/1793 from Columbia, Hancock, Richmond and Warren.

Source: Lincoln County Genealogy and History, page 210 Robert S. Davis, Jr. and James E. Dorsey.

July term, 1801, Petit Jury of Lincoln County lists Shadrack Stanley.

Index to Georgia Tax Digests list the following. No extant records could be located in Jackson County before 1803.

1799 James Huie Jackson County

1801 Shadrack Stanley Lincoln County

Robert Conine Greene County

Robert Young Jackson County

1804 Robert Young Ditto

Shadrack Stanley Ditto

Jordan Stanley Ditto

1809 Jordan Stanley Jackson County

Shadrack Stanley Ditto

Jonathan Betts Ditto

Robert Conine Ditto

George W. Clack Ditto

James Huie Ditto

Thomas Wadsworth Ditto (by Sarah as admin for Thomas's estate)

Sarah Wadsworth Ditto

James McMullen Ditto

Robert Young Ditto

1817 Samuel Stanley Jackson County, Hambleton District

______ Stanley Ditto

The earliest records of Jackson County, Georgia Tax Digests show the proximity of residences:

1803 Digest, page 54,55. Captain Sparks District. (( GMD 250. Created 1800 and has been known as Braswell, Gillaspie, Sparks, Scurlock, Lyle and Winn. Now a part of Tanner's District in Walton County. Elisha Winn served as Justice of the Peace in 1805)) Listing:

William Bolling 100 acres bought from Gillum, Jackson County on Appalachy

Boundary, adjoining Beauchamp

Shad Stanley Ditto

Samuel Jordan Ditto

Robert Howard Ditto

Moses Garrett Ditto

Jordan Stanley Ditto

Hugh Bowen 150 acres bought from Williamson, Jackson County on Appalachy

Boundary, adjoining Taylor

Charles Jordan Ditto

1804 Digest, page 42, 43. Captain Cupps District. ((The area of the Little Mulberry is now in GMD 248, which was created in 1803. It has been known as Reed, Key, Martin, McKinney, Deaton and Hanson)) Listing:

Shadrack Stanly 175 acres bought from Moore, on Little Mulberry

Jordan Stanley 64 acres bought from Cobb on Little Mulberry

Charles Jordan 64 acres bought from Cobb on Little Mulberry

1805 Digest (Book #1), page 14,44,45. Listing:

Robert Young 200 acres on Indian Creek adjoining vacant land. McKeever District.

Jordan Stanley 100 acres on Appalachy adjoining Beauchamp

Robert Conine Ditto

John Kelly Ditto

((Note that James Stanley married Elizabeth Conine and that Jordan Stanley

married Priscilla Kelly))

Charles Jordan 60 acres on Mulberry adjoining Crenshaw

Samuel Jordan 100 acres on Mulberry

1805 Digest (Book #2), page 47. McKinney District. Listing:

John Cupp 50 acres bought from Cobb on Little Mulberry, adjoining McKenzie

Henry Cupp Under Age. 64 acres adjoining John Cupp

Jordan Stanley Ditto

Charles Jordan Ditto

Shadrack Stanley 150 acres bought from Burford Jones on Appalachy Boundary,

adjoining McKnight

Samuel Jordan 100 acres bought from Burford Jones on Appalachy Boundary,

adjoining Pierce

1807-1811? Digest, page 2. Captain Key's District. ((GMD 248)) Listing:

Jordan Stanley 202.5 acres on Mulberry Fork

1807-1811? Digest, page 2. Captain Windham District. (( GMD 316, created about 1805. Also known as Windham and Cowan. It was in Jackson Co. 1805-1816; Gwinnett 1818-1914. Now Ben Smith District in Barrow County. Elisha Winn was Justice of Peace in 1813 ))

Shadrack Stanley 100 acres bought from Moore on Rocky Creek

Charles Jordan Ditto

1809 Digest, page 73,75. Listing:

James Huie 122 acres bought from Montgomery on Mountain Creek,

adjoining McCree

Jordan Stanley 248 acres bought from Shadrack Morris on Little Mulberry,

adjoining Hampton

Robert Conine 100 acres bought from Pennington on Mulberry, adjoining Martin

Shadrack Stanley 45 acres bought from A. Jones on Allen's Fork, adjoining Hemphill

1810 Digest, page 76. Listing:

Jordan Stanley 55 acres Jefferson on Walnut Creek

James Stanley 116 acres bought from Spruce on Mulberry

Jospeh Huie Ditto

Robert Huie Ditto

This following signed document is further evidence of a relationship between the family of Charles Jordan, Jr. and Shadrack Stanley.

Lincoln County, Georgia, Deedbook E, Page 103 1805-1809

Thomas Wadsworth and Sarah his wife of Jackson County to Thomas Howard. 31 July 1798. Deed for 100 acres on the fork of Grays Creek formerly granted to Charles Jordan adjoining Griffin Hogan. Witnessed: Thomas Curry, Mary Curry, Charles C. Jordan (by mark), and Shadrack Stanley (by mark). Registered April 15, 1809. Pages 463-64.

The following information was taken from Inferior Court minutes Jackson County, Ga 1800-1809. It shows a relationship between Jordan and Shadrack Stanley.

Inferior Court Minutes, Jackson County, Georgia, 1800-1809

... to the said Jordan Stanley & Shadrack Stanley & at this _?_ instance & request before that time sold & delivered & being so indebted _?_ the said Jordan & Shadrack in consideration there or afterward, the same day & year aforesaid undertook & faithfully promised your _?_ to to pay them the said sum of money when due they should be thereto afterward required. NEVERTHELESS the said Jordan & Shadrack regardless of their said promise to pay your petitioner the said sum of money altho after _?_ required have _?_ & still refuse to the damage of your petitioner one hundred dollars. Wherefore they pray that process may _?_ requiring the said Jordan & Shadrack appear on or by attorney to be & appear at the next Inferior Court to be held in aforesaid County then & there to answer your petitioners in an action upon the _?_

Georgia, Clark County

Felix H. Gilbert one of the firm of Wm. and Felix Gilbert in the sum of thirty five dollars twenty two cents & that he has just reason to apprehend the _?_ of said debt or some part thereof unless said Jordan Stanley & Shadrack Stanley are held to bail. Sworn to the 23rd Sept. 1805. Wm Crocker (sp?) J.P. and signed by Felix Gilbert

Georgia, Jackson County

To the Sheriff of Said county Greeting

Wm & Felix Gilbert vs Jordan Stanley & Shadrack Stanley

Defendants are hereby requested personally or by their attorney to both appear _?_ the Inferior Court of a Court to be held in and for the County of Jackson on _?_ in February next then and there to answer the demands of the Plaintiffs in an action on the _?_ or to his damage one hundred dollars in default thereof the _?_ to Justice shall ascertain.

Witnessed by his honor Buckner Harris, the Justice of said Court this 5th day of Nov 1805.

_?_ the defendants with true copy & took bail. 25th Nov 1805. Signed by H. Camp

Georgia, Jackson County (no date)

To his honor the Justice of the Inferior Court in the County aforesaid

The petition of William Gilbert & Felix Gilbert Merchants trading under the firm of Wm & Felix Gilbert Showeth that Jordan Stanley & Shadrack Stanley owe to & unjustly _?_ from your petitioner the sum of thirty five dollars & twenty two cents for _?_ the said Jordan & Shadrack _?_ on the first day of January eighteen hundred & three were justly indebted to your petitioner in the sum of thirty five dollars & twenty two cents for goods & merchandise by your petitioners... Edw Ad--- for Wm Pentecost Clk

Census, 1830 Marengo County, Alabama, shows Shadrack Stanley at 70-80 years and a female at 50-60 years. This woman is younger than Penninah Jordan. A subsequent marriage is indicated. This record combines with a land deed in Marengo Co., AL 1831 showing Jourdan Stanley as purchasing 80 47/100 acres. It may also resolve the J. W. Stanley Bible entry for marriage to "Unknown Moon".

Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type

1830 STANLEY SHADROCK Marengo County AL 335 Southern District Federal Population Schedule AL 1830

Database ID#

Federal Census Index ALS3a1753251

There is no further record for Shadrack Stanley in either Georgia or Alabama after the 1830 census.

More About SHADRACK STANLEY:

Census 1: 1793, Reconstructed Census of 1790: Washington Co., Shade Stanley. Capt. McCavy's Company, State Militia muster roll, 1793

Census 2: Bet. 1800 - 1801, Lincoln Co.: Jordan Stanley (1801), Dist. F, #116; Shadrach Stanley (1801). Poll Tax Dist. F, #68; · Shadrach Stanley (1800) Poll Tax Dist. F, #31; and, · Charles Jordan (1800)Dist. GD, #7. Charles Jordan had 100 acres on Cherokee Creek in 1800.

Census 3: 1830, Marengo Co., Alabama shows Shadrack Stanley at 70-80 years and a wife at 50-60 years.

Land Grant 1: 1788, Washington County was created in 1784 by the Creek Cession of Nov. 1, 1783. The seat is Sandersville.

Land Grant 2: 1788, Index to Headrights and Grants: Washington County, Shadrach Stanley, 150 acres.

Land Grant 3: 1790, Index to Headrights and Grants: Washington Co., Shadrach Stanley.

Tax Digest 1: 1791, Washington Co. tax digest.

Tax Digest 2: 1801, Index to Georgia Tax Digests: Shadrach Stanley, Lincoln County. Also noted is Jordan Stanley, Lincoln County.

Tax Digest 3: 1805, Jackson Co. listed Sha_d Stanley and Jordan Stanley.

Notes for PENINNAH JORDAN:

1836 Power of Attorney granted by Jordan, Samuel and Stephen Stanley to their named brother James Stanley named all the brothers and 'Penainy' Jordan as their mother. Research has determined that the Power of Attorney listed a phonetic spelling. The Old Testament book of Samuel reveals the name Penninah. In Hebrew it means Pearl.

More About PENINNAH JORDAN:

Name 2: Peninnah JORDAN

Died 2: Aft. 1820, Gwinnett County, Georgia

More About SHADRACK STANLEY and PENINNAH JORDAN:

Marriage: Abt. 1780, Wilkes County, Georgia

More About SHADRACK STANLEY and 'UNKNOWN' MOON:

Marriage: Aft. 1820, Alabama

Children of SHADRACK STANLEY and PENINNAH JORDAN are:

i. ADA⁵ STANLEY, b. Listed in family bible of J. W. Stanley.

45. ii. JORDAN STANLEY, b. December 1782, Wilkes Co., Georgia; d. March 04, 1867, Lowndes Co., Miss..

46. iii. JAMES STANLEY, b. 1785, Wilkes which became Greene County, Georgia; d. 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

47. iv. SAMUEL ARCHER STANLEY, b. 1792, Washington Co., Ga.; d. Bet. 1866 - 1870, Centerville, Bibb Co., Ala..

48. v. STEPHEN STANLEY, b. Abt. 1795; d. 1828.

Generation No. 5

24. FANNY⁵ MORSE (WILLIAM⁴, JEAN³ STANDLEY, GEORGE², GEORGE¹) was born July 10, 1781 in MANCHESTER , MASSACHUSETTS, and died November 26, 1854 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS. She married WILLIAM OBER November 20, 1806 in MANCHESTER, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS, son of JACOB OBER and PRUDENCE LOFTY. He was born Abt. 1783 in NEW BOSTON , NEW HAMPSHIRE, and died July 22, 1821 in BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

Notes for WILLIAM OBER:

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They are buried in the Hale St. Cemetery near the Charnock St. entrance in Beverly,Essex,Ma. in subdivion 4,lot 78. His estate probated in Salem, case 19960,states that he owned at his time of death a Grist Mill situated on the line between Beverly and Manchester at Chub's Creek.

More About WILLIAM OBER and FANNY MORSE:

Marriage: November 20, 1806, MANCHESTER, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS

Children of FANNY MORSE and WILLIAM OBER are:

i. WILLIAM⁶ OBER, b. May 21, 1807, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; d. 1870, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; m. (1) LUCY WILKINS, April 14, 1831, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. 1807, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; d. August 15, 1839, BEVERLY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; m. (2) ANN M. COOLEY, January 09, 1842, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. AMHERST, MASS..

More About WILLIAM OBER and LUCY WILKINS:

Marriage: April 14, 1831, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

More About WILLIAM OBER and ANN COOLEY:

Marriage: January 09, 1842, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

ii. JACOB LOFTEY OBER, b. April 22, 1809, SALEM, MASS.; d. December 23, 1867, DANVERS, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS; m. NANCY JACKSON BRIDGES, October 07, 1832, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; d. July 25, 1870.

More About JACOB OBER and NANCY BRIDGES:

Marriage: October 07, 1832, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

iii. BENJAMIN HILTON OBER, b. February 24, 1811; m. MARY HARRIS, December 04, 1834, CAMBRIDGE, SUFFORK, MASSACHUSETTS.

More About BENJAMIN OBER and MARY HARRIS:

Marriage: December 04, 1834, CAMBRIDGE, SUFFORK, MASSACHUSETTS

iv. FANNY OBER, b. July 07, 1813, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; d. January 08, 1851, LONDONDERRY, N.H.; m. DANIEL H. BATCHELDER, March 01, 1836, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. LOWELL, MASS..

More About DANIEL BATCHELDER and FANNY OBER:

Marriage: March 01, 1836, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

v. ABIGAIL F. OBER, b. December 23, 1815, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; d. February 09, 1889, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; m. JOHN B. BRIDGES, August 02, 1840, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. April 25, 1816, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; d. December 07, 1882.

More About JOHN BRIDGES and ABIGAIL OBER:

Marriage: August 02, 1840, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

vi. ANDREW OBER, b. March 13, 1818, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; m. SARAH ANN NEAL, May 08, 1842, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; b. SALEM, MASS..

More About ANDREW OBER and SARAH NEAL:

Marriage: May 08, 1842, BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

vii. PHILIP ESKOOT OBER, b. July 10, 1820, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; d. December 27, 1891, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH L. HERRICK, December 20, 1840, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; b. December 25, 1822, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; d. December 28, 1890, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

More About PHILIP ESKOOT OBER:

Christening: 1884, MASON & CEMENT BUSINESS 14 UNON ST BEV.

More About PHILIP OBER and ELIZABETH HERRICK:

Marriage: December 20, 1840, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

25. MARY⁵ STANLEY (SANS⁴, SANS³, SANS² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born February 28, 1750/51 in Marblehead Ma. She married BENJAMIN BUNKER 1777 in Mount Desert Maine. He was born July 22, 1759 in Harpswell Maine, and died Bet. 1828 - 1830.

More About BENJAMIN BUNKER and MARY STANLEY:

Marriage: 1777, Mount Desert Maine

Children of MARY STANLEY and BENJAMIN BUNKER are:

i. ABIGIAL⁶ BUNKER, b. May 16, 1780.

More About ABIGIAL BUNKER:

Fact 1: Bunker Genealogy

ii. PAUL DUDLEY BUNKER, b. April 24, 1783.

iii. MARGARET BUNKER, b. 1784.

iv. PETER BUNKER, b. 1787.

v. LOVIE BUNKER, b. 1791.

vi. BENJAMIN BUNKER, b. November 21, 1797.

vii. MARY BUNKER, b. August 26, 1799.

viii. SANS BUNKER, b. June 27, 1800.

26. MARGARET⁵ STANLEY (JOHN⁴, SANS³, SANS² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born October 31, 1756 in Marblehead, MA, and died Bef. 1820. She married PETER DOLLIVER February 07, 1778 in Marblehead, MA. He was born May 04, 1755 in Marblehead, MA, and died April 04, 1828 in Hancock County, Maine.

Notes for MARGARET STANLEY:

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Source: Stew Emberson .... descendant and researcher of this Standley lineage.

Message from WTAORU2@aol.com on March 22, 1999:

" Remembering that until 1823 Maine was still part of Mass,and most of the

original settlers of maine first started out in what is still Mass. They have

roots in what is still Mass.Some of the siblings stayed in Mass. Some went

north into what is now Maine. Some went south and west to other states. Prior

to New York becoming the primary point of entry for immigrants Mass.was a

major entry point. My father in law's family (Wells) for instance started out

in Mass. Then his branch headed south and settled in Georgia. By the Civil War

they had become true southerners and fought on the southern side. They still

have distant relatives and common ancestors in Mass, and Maine."

More About PETER DOLLIVER and MARGARET STANLEY:

Marriage: February 07, 1778, Marblehead, MA

Child of MARGARET STANLEY and PETER DOLLIVER is:

i. JOHN S.⁶ DOLLIVER, b. April 22, 1801, Tremont, Hancock Co., Maine; d. January 22, 1864, Tremont, Hancock Co., Maine; m. FANNY MOORE, March 30, 1820, Hancock County, Maine; b. March 13, 1802; d. September 13, 1875, Tremont, Hancock Co., Maine.

More About JOHN DOLLIVER and FANNY MOORE:

Marriage: March 30, 1820, Hancock County, Maine

27. 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

28. 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.

More About ANNA STANLEY:

Name 2: Anna STANDLEY

Child of ANNA STANLEY and WILLIAM LEDBETTER is:

i. MARTIN S⁶ LEDBETTER, b. Unknown.

29. 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.

More About RHODA STANLEY:

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.

30. 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.

More About GEORGE STANLEY and ELIZABETH SMITH:

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.

31. 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

32. 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.

More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY:

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.

More About JOSHUA STANLEY and MARTHA STANLEY:

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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. SHADRACK⁵ STANLEY (SANDS⁴, SANDS³, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1761 in North Carolina, and died Bef. 1830 in Florida. He married (1) NANCY HALL. He married (2) REBECCA GRUBBS April 08, 1816 in Tattnall Co., GA.

Notes for SHADRACK STANLEY:

Tattnall County, GA marriages records the name Tad K. Stanley as marrying Rebecca Grubbs.

Source: Elaine Campbell. ecampbel@tampabay.rr.com

Here is what I have in computer so far. I'm still weeding through. I still have to organize this data better. Some things are in twice. I have not taken anything from your site as yet. The three of us working on this, Tenny, Russ Henderson, and me are not certain that the Shadrack (son of Sands) is the one who came to Fl. Things point to it being his son Shadrack and other things point to it being him (as the 1830 census). We know that Shadrack was in the Patriot War for sure. The Shadrack born abt. 1761 would have been rather old for this and if indeed he did marry Rebecca Grubbs, one Shadrack was in Fl. at that time. Thanks for you help, Elaine

Shadrack Standley, having moved to Darlington, S.C. before Aug. 12, 1783, was issued the following land grants. Total grants 540 acres.

(1) Sep. 20, 1784...200 acres on Swift Creek. Bk. No. 1, page 96..Surveyed Oct. 28, & recorded Nov. 22, 1784.

(2) Jan. 25, 1787...230 acres on Indian Branch, Bk. No. 2, page 13, Surveyed Feb. 21, & recorded May 21, 1787

(3) Oct. 2, 1794...110 acres on east side of Indian Creek, Surveyed Oct. 3, 1794, recorded___?

Shadrack Standley, oldest son of Sands Standley, served under General Francis Marion (the swamp fox) in 1782 as a private for 30 days and claimed compensation for this service on Aug. 12, 1783. He would have been about 21 years of age at that time. (Sands Standley of the Pee Dee Valley, Haywood Standley) Also taken from original Rev. Audited Account of Shadrack Standley from the SC Archives.. order#7384..AA 7302. The 1790 Census S.C. showed that he had at that time 6 boys and two girls. (Haywood Stanley)

Shadrack is not listed in the 1800 SC Census.

After the close of the Rev. War, settlers began locating in Tattnall Co. territory, and especially along the Altamaha and Ohoopee Rivers. Most of all the early settlers were from S.C. The county government was said to have been carried on in the house of Zachariah Cox until 1807 when a courthouse was built on the west side of the Ohoopee River about 300 yds. from Sheppard's bridge. One of the builders of this first Tattnall Co. Courthouse is said to have been Shadrack Standley.

In the last decade of the eighteenth century, during their war against France, Britain and her ally Spain, preyed upon US shipping -- impressing seamen, capturing ships and confiscating cargo. The United States levied a claim against Spain for part of the damages suffered. If Spain were to cede the Spanish Territories of East and West Florida, this claim would be considered paid. If Spain did not cede the territories, and the United States were to somehow acquire the Floridas, the claim would not then be pursued.

In 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana from France. Not clearly defined was where the eastern boundary of Louisiana ended and where the western boundary of Florida began. The Spanish presence in the Floridas was limited to Mobile, Pensacola, St. Augustine and Fernandina. The remainder of the territory was home to roaming bands of Indians and land-hungry citizens of the southern U.S.

Without the approval of Congress, U. S. President James Madison and his Secretary of State James Monroe schemed to acquire West Florida by disputing where the eastern boundary of Louisiana was and annexing East Florida by settling the area and having the residents ask to become part of the United States. As an early result of this scheme hatched in early 1811, on 12 March 1812, a group of armed Georgians crossed the St. Marys River in East Florida and marched on Fernandina. The expectation was that Fernandina would be overrun, the United States would provide immediate support and the Georgian "Patriots" reinforced by federal troops would capture St. Augustine and thus be the revolutionary government of Florida. Other than federal gunships standing by off Amelia Island, no U.S. aid was forthcoming. Although months later, a contingent of US troops entered Florida to provide order, acceptance of the Patriots' declaration of independence from Spain and request for annexation by the United States was accepted by Congress.

On June 18th 1812 war with Great Britain was declared. Rumors of occupation of Florida by British troops offered another opportunity to invade and annex. Congress, dominated by the northern states, chose to attempt to acquire Canada instead. In January 1814, with Florida still a Spanish possession, Georgians came deep into the territory. On a prairie near King Payne's town a fort was built and The District of Elotchaway of the Republic of East Florida was established. A message signed by the residents was sent to President Madison requesting that Elotchaway be accepted as a territory of the Union. This offer was not accepted.

On 24 December 1815, a peace treaty was signed with Britain. With ratification on 16 February 1816, the war was officially over. No longer was protecting Florida from foreign occupation a rationale for U.S. invasion. In 1817, Indian depredations provided excuse for Andrew Jackson to invade Florida. While occupying part of Florida, 1819 negotiations with Spain resulted in purchase for five million dollars of outstanding debt. Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821.

Shadrack Standley is recorded several times during this period: as a land owner along the St. Mary's River 1800-1821, as a defender of Fernandina, selling property in Tattnall County, Georgia in 1813, as a soldier on the Altamaha River in Georgia in 1814, and as a 1814 signer at Ft. Mitchell in Elotchoway.

On 30 October 1813 in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley, Sr. of Tattnall County to Shadrack Standley, Jr. of Tattnall County for one dollar sold 150 acres of land in Tattnall County bounded by Brunson's line, Big Watermelon Creek, Little Watermelon Creek and Shadrack Standley, Sr. Signed: Shadrick [sic] Standley. Witnesses: Burell G. Whittington and Stephen Matlock. Recorded 11 November 1911.

Shadrack's son Shadrack came to Fl. with the group of 101 men at Ft. Mitchell (note it is not known for sure at this time if it was Shadrack or his son Shadrack (EC) on the lake at Gainesville, Fl. The men were suppose to be given 500 acres of land and supplies for a year. Shadrack was a surveyer. After three months the Indians killed their leader Harris. Spain objected and the men had to leave. The men went back to Ft. St. Mary's Ga. (McLelland) This was part of the Patriot War.

"The Republic of East Florida was established in 1811 in the vicinity of Fernandina, despite tacit disapproval by the Spanish, and a constitution was adopted on July 17, 1812. ... " (Roberts)

On Jan. 16, 1814 the Patriots stopped at Payne's old town in Alachua and two days later began the construction of a fort which they named in honor of former Gov. Mitchell. (McLelland) It stood app. 100 miles south by southwest of Coleraine, Ga. Within seven miles of Fort Mitchell lay a large lake. The block house at Ft. Mitchell was built on a prairie which was seven or eight miles wide and twenty long. (Patrick)

After the Patriots had established themselves on the former Indian land, they assembled on Jan. 25, 1814, as a legislative body. Buckner Harris was confirmed as "Director", Francis R. Sanchez became president of the legislative council and James Dell was the "Colonel Commandant" of the military force. The assembled Patriots declared their community a continuation of the 1812 Rev. force and entitled their country "The District of Eloctchaway of the Republic of East Florida". (Patrick)

" ... On January 25, 1814, the Republic of East Florida was ceded to the United States at a convention held at Fort Mitchell, situated on Lake Bryant, Marion County, about 18 miles east of Ocala. The fort, named for Governor David B. Mitchell of Georgia, was a two-story blockhouse erected in January 1814 by Georgia militia Colonel Buckner Harris with 150 settlers to protect an American settlement in defiance of Spanish officialdom. ..." (Roberts) Lake Bryant is in the Ocala National Forest 16 miles ESE of modern-day Ocala and is crossed at the nornern end by SR40.

"The settlement collapsed after Harris was killed by Indians and the settlers returned to Georgia. The fort was burned shortly afterward by possibly the same Indians." (Roberts)

In the War of 1812, Shadrack Stanley was a private in Captain John R. Blackmon's Company, Tenth Battalion (Tattnall County), Second Brigade (General Samuel Byrne's), First Division, Georgia Militia. The last of his enlistments was for one month and twenty-two days from January tenth to March tenth, 1814, under command of Lieutenant Edmond Page Wester at stationed at Fort James on Milligan's Bluff Pain's Landing , on the Altamaha river , two miles above the mouth of Beard's Creek , for the protection of the frontier against Indian attack, the "frontier" being the Altamaha River. As a private, Shadrack's pay was 8 dollars per month.

In 1815 Shadrack was given 300 acres on the St. Mary's River in Fl by the King of Spain. When the English took over they tried to take Shadrack's land. He went to court and won his 300 acres, waste land and they had to give him the 500 acres promised him at Ft. Mitchell. (McLelland) East Fl. was attractive to Americans. Opportunist crossed the St. Mary's River boundary at will. Due to its proximity to Ga. and the Carolinas, the impact of settlers was felt initially in the area between the St. Mary's and St. Johns Rivers.

Shadrack Standley moved to the Territory of East Florida settling near the St. Mary's River. Governor Coppinger ordered G. J. F. Clarke to distribute lands to all who contributed to the defense of Fernandina in 1817. Shadrack Standley claimed title to 300 acres of land on the St. Mary's River bounded to the north by the river, to the east by Charles Love, and to the south and west by vacant lands. Survey made by George Clarke 10 December 1817 in conformity of the royal order of 29 March 1815. Shadrack Standley claimed to be in actually possession of the land and was at the time of the cession and that he was a citizen of the United States and a resident of East Florida. This Spanish grant was later confirmed by the board of commissioners reviewing land grants which had existed prior to January 1818. Confirmation was given December 20, 1824. In October 1828, Shadrack Standley also claimed 640 acres which he lived on and cultivated before and during 1818. He claimed he had occupied the land since 1800. He was then 21 years of age and head of a family with 3 or 4 negroes and a number of children. The claim was rejected as the deadline for filing had expired.

On 15 August 1815 in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley, Sr. of East Florida to Jesse and John Standley of East Florida for one dollar sold 480 acres of land in Tattnall County bounded by Stephen Matlock, P. Standley and the Altamaha River. Signed: Shadh Standley. Witnesses: Stephen Matlock and Ezekl Stafford. Recorded 9 November 1911. The deed was entered in probate on 14 March 1829. Recorded 9 March 1911.

On October 10, 1820 Shadrack Standley was a signer on a petition to the Governor from "The Inhabits of the St. Mary's-St. John's District for the "Organization of a Municipality"

On 15 June 1822 on the St. Johns River, Florida, Shadrack Standley signed a Memorial to Secretary of State regarding making Jacksonville a port of entry.

In 1825 in Alachua County, Florida, Shaderick Stanley [sic] signed a petition against the indian agent for allowing indians to roam.

On 10 February 1828, in Alachua County, Florida, Shadrack Standley was an administrator of the estate of William Standley, deceased.

The 1830 federal census of Alachua County, Florida near Courthouse/Santa Fe River lists Shadrack Standley as head of household of one free white male age 20-30, one free while male 70-80 years old and one free white female between 70-80 years old. On 25 December 1830, in Alachua County, Florida, Shadrack Standley signed a petition to the president to retain Governor Duval.

Secondary Sources: Masters thesis of Graynella McLelland;" Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: TheMilitary, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States," by Robert B. Roberts; "Florida Fiasco," by Robert W. Patrick;

<< 1804 (8/1) Shadrack buys land (575 ac.) in Tattnall from McKeen Green.

<< 1804 (7/13) 500 acres granted to Shadrack in Tattnall. Source: Georgia indenture from Jesse Standley to Stephen Medlock.

<< 1813 (10/30) Shadrack Sr. of Tattnall sells 150 ac. to Shadrack Jr. of Tattnall for $1.

<< 1813 (11/23) "On 23 November 1813 in Tattnall County, Georgia, James Stafford of Camden County to Jesse Stanley for 100 dollars sold 300 acres of land in Tattnall County originally granted John Leigh and bounded on all sides by vacant land. Signed: James Stafford. Witnesses: John Standley and E___ Stafford. The deed was entered in probate on 10 May 1814. Recorded 10 November 1911."

<< 1813 (10/13) Shadrack of Tattnall sells land to Stephen Metlock for $1. (Husband of Mary Stanley.) John & Jesse witness.

<<1813 (10/22) Shadrack of East Fl. sells land by Tattnall courthouse to James Hancock. "On 13 October 1813 in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley of Florida, formerly of Tattnall sold town lot #1 containing 3/4 acre to James Hancock. (Reportedly in Deed Book B, page 176 according to what appears to be a Georgia Genalogical Magazine extract)"

<<1816 (1/1) John of Tattnall and Zilpha of McIntosh marriage license in Liberty Co. Ga. Charles Flowers of Liberty bonded with John.>>Bond is testament allowing proceeding with marriage. A separate license is issued and executed. Some times marriage is days or weeks later (or maybe never happen).

<< 1817 Shadrack contributes to the defense of Fernadina.

<<1819 (1/23) Sands sells for $30.00 to Stephen Matlock 900 acres in Tattnall Co. WHO WAS THIS SANDS? Alot of acres for $30.00

Note that there is a Sands Standley as witness on the 1/14/1820 indenture Jesse Standley to Joseph McClendon.

<<1820 (1/14) Jesse sells land in Tattnall to Joseph McClendon.

<< 1821 Shadrack's land on St. Mary confirmed.

<< 1822 (6/15) Shadrack signs a petition stating he is on St. Johns's. And, in 1825 in Alachua County, Florida, Shaderick Stanley [sic] signed a petition against the indian agent for allowing indians to roam. (The Territorial Papers of The United States Volume XXIII The Territory of Florida 1824-1828, page 406.)

<< 1825 Shadrack Standley signs a petition against the Indians. "Memorial to Congress by Citizens of Alachua Co." (Territoral Papers XXIII) <<1827 (2/14) Jesse buys land from B. Whittington (250 acres)

<<1829 (11/20) John (of McIntosh) gives Jesse (of Tattnall) for $1 his 1/2 of land from Shadrack. I think that the date is actually 20 November 1827. On 2 November 1829 (the transcript has "nine" written out, but everywhere else dates are written as 1827) in Tattnall County, Georgia, John Stanley [sic] of McIntosh County to Jesse Stanley [sic] for one dollar sold 1/2 of the parcel of land in Tattnall County bounded by Stephen Medlock, John Stanley and the Altamaha River. Signed: John Standley. Witnesses: Joshua Fletcher and Robert Berrin. Recorded date not given. Zilpha Standley, wife of John Standley relinquished dower rights. Recorded 9 November 1911.

<<1829 (12/29) Jesse sells land to Stephen Medlock for $300. (over 500 acres) John witness.

<<Shadrack on the St. Mary's 1815-1824. On 25 January 1814, at Fort Mitchell in Spanish Florida, Shadrack Stanley [sic] was among the 105 "Citizens of the District of Elotchaway In the Republic of East Florida " who signed a petition to Congress for admission into the Union. Included in the signers were other names associated with Shadrack Standley and Tattnall County, Georgia: McKeene Green, Enoch Daniel, George Henderson, Ezekiel Stafford and James Stafford.

American State Papers Documents Legislative and Executive of the Congress The United States, ... Volume III, page 776; American State Papers Documents of the Congress of The United States In Relation to Public Lands

... Volume IV, pages 260, 346, 401, 404 and 425 ; American State Papers Documents of the Congress of The United States In Relation to Public Lands

... , Volume VI, pages 58, 61, 108, and 109; Spanish Land Grants in Florida, Briefed Translations from the Archives of the Boards of Commisioners for Ascertaining Claims and Titles to Land in the Territory of Florida, Vol I

Unconfirmed Claims, prepared by The Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration, pages xiv-xxxii, and 294; Spanish Land Grants in Florida, Briefed Translations from the Archives of the Boards of Commisioners for Ascertaining Claims and Titles to Land in the Territory of Florida, Vol V Confirmed Claims S-Z, prepared by The Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration, page 121.

On 18 September 1823, "Shadrack Standly [sic] presented his memorial to this board for three hundred acres of land lying on St. Mary's river, with a plat and certificate of survey to said Standly, dated the 10th of December, 1817; which are ordered to be filed." The board members were Alexander Hamilton and William W. Blair members of the United States Board of Commisioners for East Florida.

On 26 April 1824, the Land Claims Board sitting in St. Augustine, Territory of Florida, called for the case of Shadrick Stanley [sic] regarding 200 acres of land owed him. His attorney was not ready for trial, so it was postponed. On 21 June 1824, the Land Claims Board called for the case of Shadrick Stanley regarding 300 acres of land owed him. George J. F. Clark was examined but not enough information for decision was provided. On 21 December 1824, the Land Claims Board confirmed the claim of Shadrick Standley [sic] for 300 acres of land. (The 200 acres of the 26 April 1824 entry should probably have been 300 acres. - JRH)

On 1 January 1825, the Land Claims Board sitting in St. Augustine, Territory of Florida, published a list of claims approved by the Commissioners for the District of East Florida. Included was Shadrack Standley's claim for

Florida lands owed him when the area was still under Spanish rule. Claim number 118 from claimant Shadrick Stanley [sic], was for 300 acres originally granted him on 20 October 1817 by (Spanish Governor - JRH)

Coppinger in accordance with authority granted in 29 March 1815 to those who had participated in the defense of Fernandina . The land on the St. Mary's River had been surveyed 10 December 1817 by G. J. F. Clarke (George J. F. Clarke, Surveyor General of Spanish Florida - JRH) and occupied by Shadrack from 1815 to 1824. The land was situated on the St. Mary's River, south of the river and bounded by Charles Love and vacant lands.

Instructions provided the Surveyor General, among other things, required that grants be laid out in rectangular parrallelograms, the narrower portion front rivers, creeks and roads, to be one-third the depth which was to

extend inland. If necessary to prevent empty spaces, he was to increase the frontage and correspondingly decrease the depth.

On 20 January 1829, the Commissioners of the Land Office in St. Augustine published its final report on the land claims of East Florida. Included was Shadrack Standley's claim for Florida lands owed him when the area was still

under Spanish rule. Claim number 13 of Abstract number 6 was Shadrack Standley's claim for 640 acres of land on the St. Mary's River. The Commissioners wrote: "This would have been a good claim had it been filed

sooner. It was presented here October 1828. The evidence is this: That claimant occupied the land on St. Mary's river in the year 1800, and continued there until the year 1821; that he was then 21 years of age, and

the head of a family consisting of a number of children and three or four negroes. The witnesses, J. D. Hart and John Warren, never heard of his claiming any land under the Spanish or British government." The time for

filing claims had expired 1 November 1827. (Other entries when speaking of heads of families refer to "wife" as well as children. I conclude that Shadrack was wifeless as some point during the dates mentioned in this claim

and others: 1800 & 1821 and 1815 & 1824 -JRH)

At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was available

there for white settlers. Early in 1826, a post office was established in the area called "Dell's P.O." It derived its name from the Dell brothers, who had first visited the Alachua region during the "Patriot War" (1812-1814) and had later returned to settle there. The Indians were living south of Alachua Co. in 1826, but there were continuing disturbances in the area. Hunger often drove the Seminoles outside the reservation for food. In 1828, the settlement near Dell's P.O. was officially made the Alachua County seat and named "Newnansville" in honor of a Patriot War hero, Daniel Newnan. Newnansville became the junction of several important trails through

frontier Florida, including the Bellamy Road, a cross-Florida route authorized by Congress in 1824 as the first federal road in the new territory. In 1832, when Columbia County was formed, it included Newnansville. Newnansville was returned to Alachua County when the Santa Fe River became the county line in 1835. During the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), hundreds of displaced refugee settlers were settled at settled at Newnansville and also at Fort Gilleland, a nearby military post built in 1836.

After the hostilities were concluded, Newnansville prospered as a commercial center for the expanding Middle Florida frontier. The chief products of the area were corn, cotton, and after the Civil War, citrus. Except for a few years between 1832 and 1839, Newnansville served as the Alachua County seat until 1854. In that year, the political center of the county was moved to the new railroad town of Gainesville. During the next three decades, Newnansville slowly declined in population and importance. The community was dealt a final blow in 1884, when the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad bypassed it. A new town, Alachua, grew up near that

railroad. As the years passed, the residents of Newnansville moved there or elsewhere. By the 1970's only a few traces remained of the former community, most notable of which is the Newnansville Historic Cemetery.

Shadrack Standley Data. This is data on Standley's in S.C., Ga., Fl.

1750 -1760 Shadrack Stanley born (1830 federal census Alachua County, Fl )(RussHenderson'sRDFnotes)

1775 - 1794 Shadrack Standley born (1820 federal census Tattnall County, Georgia) (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

In 1777 in Liberty County, Georgia, Martha, daughter of Shadrack Standley was born. (Russ Henderson's RDF notes) To my mind this may not be correct. EC. 1782 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in South Carolina Militia. (Elaine Campbell note)

Shadrack Stanley served in the American Revolution. "Certificate of Elijah Clarke, Col., Feb. 2., 1784. Petitioner prays bounty in Washington Co. Desiring to remove from South Carolina to Georgia, he also prays head

rights for self and six in family in Washington Co." Certificates of Service in American Revolution, page 165.

1784 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in prays bounty to Washington County. (Elaine Campbell note)

1785 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in Cheraw District, South Carolina. (Elaine Campbell note)

1785 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1787 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in Cheraw District, South Carolina. (Elaine Campbell note)

1787 Sands Stan(d)ley had grant in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1790 Federal Census of South Carolina, All Saints Parish, lists a Shadrack Standley as head of household. Also listed as heads of families in Charleston-St. Philip-St. Michael Parish are Peter Standley, Eaton Standley,

Benjamin Stanley, Jacob Stanley, James Stanley, Lewis Stanley and Richard Stanley. In Cheraw County are Samuel Standley, Sans Standley, Shadrack Standley, Thomas Standley, William Standley, Josua Standley, Natianiel Standley and William Standley.

1790 Shadrack Stan(d)ley had a grant in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1790, Shadrack Standley received a headright grant for 50 acres of land in Washington County, Georgia.

1790 Sands Stan(d)ley bought land in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1790 June 19, in Montgomery County, Georgia, Jesse Wiggins of Effingham County to Sands Stanley of Washington County sold 200 acres of land in Washington County on the Big Ohoopee Creek, being the lower half of 400 acres granted grantor 7 February 1787. Witnesses: Mary Vivion, Thacker Vivion, JP.

1792 Sands Stan(d)ley bought slave in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1792 Jan. 7, in Montgomery County, Georgia, Stephen Powell of Washington County to Sands Stanley of Washington County sold a slave. Witnesses: S. Wood and John Bryan.

1793 "Washington County,GA, Muster Roll, ; Shadrach Stanley (Capt. McCavy's Co.) (Washington:Montgomery (1801)::Tattnall (1805))." (David Robertson note -- Case Problem: Shadrach Stanley)

1793 March 13 in Montgomery County, Georgia, James Herring of Washington County to Sands Stanley of Washington County sold a slave. Witnesses: Willis Wood and Jona. Eammes.

1794 Shadrack Stan(d)ley in Cheraw District, South Carolina. (Elaine Campbell note)

1796 Sands Stan(d)ley had grant in Washington County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1796 Feb. 1, in Darlington District, South Carolina, Martha Standley, daughter of Shadrack Standley and Nancy Hall married Charles Flowers. (Huxford)

1797-1798 Sands Stan(d)ley in Montgomery County, Georgia Tax List.. (Elaine Campbell note)

1797-1798 tax record for Montgomery County, Georgia lists Sands Stanley of Montgomery County with 1700 acres of pine land, 180 acres of oak and hickory land, and nine negroes. One poll, tax $4.81 1/4.

1798 in Darlington County, South Carolina, Shadrack Standley was captain of a company in Major Amos Windham's Darlington County Regiment of Militia. (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

1800 Nov. 29, in Montgomery County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley and Robert Standley were witness to a deed of Charles Flowers. (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

1800 Nov. 29, Shadrack Standley was in Liberty Co., Ga. He was a witness on a deed of Charles Flowers. Liberty Co. Deed Bk. E, page 51. (Charles Flowers was of Montgomery Co.) Robert Standley also a witness.

Shadrack Standley was Justice of Peace for the 39th District of Tattnall County, Georgia. 1804 Shadrack Stan(d)ley bought land in Tattnall County, Georgia. (Elaine Campbell note)

1804 Aug.1, in Tattnall County, Georgia, McKeen Green of Tattnall County to Shadrack Standley of Tattnall County for 800 dollars sold 575 acres of land on the Altamaha River in Tattnall County in two tracts, each

of 287 1/2 acres: one granted to McKeen Green and the other to Tom Brinson bounded by each other, McKeen Green, John Brinson, Altamaha River, and vacant land. (Signature, witnesses and recordation not shown on photocopy.)

1804 Aug. 13, 500 acres granted to Shadrack Standley in Tattnall Co. (source; Ga. indenture from Jesse Standley to Stephen Metlock.

1805 a Shadrack Stanley was living in Jackson County, Georgia, near Dacula. (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

1805-1806 tax record for Montgomery County, Georgia lists Sands Standley with 1120 acres of pine land, 150 acres of oak and hickory land, and 18 negroes. One poll, tax $7.53 1/2.

1805-1806 tax record for Montgomery County, Georgia lists Shadrack Standley of Washington County with 287 1/2 acres. One poll.

1805 in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley was appointed as an overseer of the road from Cedar creek to June's Temple.

1806 June 25, in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley was commissioned in Captain Daniels Company.

1808 in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrack Standley Sr. was listed as a grand juror. Hmod (?) Standley, Lands (?) Standley, Jefe (?) Standley and Benj. Standley were list as petit jurors

1809 April 17, in Tattnall County, Georgia Shadrack Standley Sr. was a Superior Court juror

1810-1820 a Shadrack Stanley born (Tattnall 1840 census) (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

1810 in Tattnall County, Georgia Robert Standley, Lands (?) Standley, Shadrack Standley and Jeffe (?) Standley were grand jurors.

1813 Oct. 13, in Tattnall County, Georgia, Shadrach Standley of Florida, formerly of Tattnall County, to James Hancock sold town lot #1 of Tattnall Courthouse (now Reidsville) containing 3/4 of an acre.

1813 Shadrack Standley born in Georgia (Tattnall 1850 census) (Russ Henderson's RDF notes)

1813 Shadrack Stan(d)ley Sr. sold land to Shadrack Jr. for $1, Tattnall. (Elaine Campbell note)

Elaine Campbell has gathered much more information than space will allow here....

More About SHADRACK STANLEY:

Name 2: Shadrack STANDLEY

Date born 2: Abt. 1761

Died 2: Bef. 1830, Alachua Co., Florida

Notes for REBECCA GRUBBS:

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1830 Tattnall Co., GA census lists a Rebecca Standley, head of household with one male born about 1817, one male born about 1822 and two females born about 1827 (names unknown).

More About SHADRACK STANLEY and REBECCA GRUBBS:

Marriage: April 08, 1816, Tattnall Co., GA

Children of SHADRACK STANLEY and NANCY HALL are:

i. JAMES⁶ STANLEY.

More About JAMES STANLEY:

Name 2: James STANDLEY

ii. REBECCA STANLEY.

More About REBECCA STANLEY:

Name 2: Rebecca STANDLEY

iii. SUSAN STANLEY.

More About SUSAN STANLEY:

Name 2: Susan STANDLEY

iv. WILEY STANLEY.

More About WILEY STANLEY:

Name 2: Wiley STANDLEY

v. JOHN BLACKSTONE STANDLEY, b. Liberty Co., Georgia; d. Alachua Co., Florida.

vi. MARTHA STANLEY, b. Abt. 1777, Liberty Co., GA; d. Abt. 1858.

Notes for MARTHA STANLEY:

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Source: Etienne Brunet, via email dated 08/07/1998.

This record is suspect since Martha's father, Shadrack, would have been about 16 years old at the time of her birth. No evidence has been found to prove his presence in Georgia in 1777. -- Larry Stanley.

vii. NANCY STANLEY, b. Abt. 1806, Georgia; d. Abt. 1880, Fannin Co., GA.

Notes for NANCY STANLEY:

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At this time Nancy is not verified as a child of Shadrack Standley.

More About NANCY STANLEY:

Name 2: Nancy STANDLEY

Date born 2: Abt. 1806

Died 2: 1880, Fannin Co., Georgia

viii. SHADRACK STANLEY, b. 1814, Tattnall Co., GA; d. Bef. 1870.

Notes for SHADRACK STANLEY:

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Information about spouse and children was taken from the 1860 Tattnall Co., GA census.

Laveney Smith Stanley is listed in the 1870 census as head of household with three males:

"Mylly" (perhaps Westley), born 1852,

William, born 1854

and Louis, born 1861, perhaps a grandchild of Shadrack and Nancy.

More About SHADRACK STANLEY:

Name 2: Shadrack STANDLEY

Date born 2: Aft. January 1814, Tattnall Co., Georgia

ix. MARY ANN STANLEY, b. January 09, 1814, Tattnall Co., GA; d. September 30, 1863, Tattnall Co., GA.

Notes for MARY ANN STANLEY:

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Information from Liz Clark, Spartanburg, SC from Vol. 2, Pioneers of Wiregrass GA, p. 196-197 indicates that Shadrach Stanley was Mary Stanley's father, and that Sands Stanley was her grandfather.

More About MARY ANN STANLEY:

Name 2: Mary Ann STANDLEY

Date born 2: January 09, 1814, Tattnall Co., Georgia

Died 2: September 30, 1863, Tattnall Co., Georgia

36. ZILPHA⁵ STANLEY (SANDS⁴, SANDS³, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1762. She married SR. JOHN KING. He died Abt. 1819 in Darlington, South Carolina.

More About ZILPHA STANLEY:

Name 2: Zilpha STANDLEY

Children of ZILPHA STANLEY and JOHN KING are:

i. SARAH⁶ KING.

ii. CULLEN KING.

iii. ABIGAIL KING, b. October 31, 1796, Darlington, South Carolina; d. April 27, 1877, Crenshaw County, Alabama.

37. JOHN⁵ STANLEY (SANDS⁴, SANDS³, JONATHAN² STANDLEY, GEORGE¹) was born Abt. 1763 in North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH GARNER.

Children of JOHN STANLEY and ELIZABETH GARNER are:

i. JAMES⁶ STANLEY, b. Abt. 1795.

ii. ELIZABETH STANLEY, b. 1799.

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