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The Descendants of Shadrack STANLEY (1750 - present)

Generation No. 2


2. JORDAN5 STANLEY (SHADRACK4, SANDS3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK, Date of Import: Nov 5, 1998.) was born December 1782 in Wilkes Co., Georgia (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.), and died March 04, 1867 in Lowndes Co., Miss. (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.). He married PRISCILLA KELLY (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK, Date of Import: Nov 5, 1998., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 13, 1998.) November 10, 1803 in Jackson Co., GA (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.). She was born August 03, 1786 in Georgia (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.), and died October 03, 1863 in Lowndes Co., Miss. (Source: mizzell-sam.FTW.).

Notes for JORDAN STANLEY:
Jordan was in Washington Co., Ala. before 1816. He is listed among the "1816 List of Taxable Property of Washington County, MS Territory" as compiled by Lisa R. Franklin RN, 1996 from original documents located at the Alabama State Archives (SG3109).

He moved his family to Mississippi Abt 1845. He was a farmer and a Baptist. Source: Date of death listed in records of John Walton Stanley - source unknown.

A search of records at the Georgia Archive included estates, wills and land deeds. Both Jackson and Lincoln county records were reviewed. No estate records and no land deeds appeared for Jordan Stanley during the years 1800-1805.

A search of records at the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, produced these Alabama records:

Date of Deed County Acres
06-01-1831 Bibb Co, AL 119.25 Jourdan Stanley and John Moor
06-01-1831 Marengo Co, AL 80.47 Jordan Stanley of Bibb Co, AL
08-12-1834 Bibb Co, AL 39.885 Jordan Stanley
04-15-1837 Coosa Co, AL 80.11 Jordan Stanley
04-15-1837 Coosa Co, AL 80.37 Jordan Stanley
05-15-1837 Bibb Co, AL 79.77 Jordan Stanley

Jordan Stanley owned property in Bibb and Marengo counties in1831. The 119.25 acres in Bibb was owned jointly with John Moor. The Marengo property was near Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Olive Cemetery and St. Michael's Cemetery. The property was to the East of present Faunsdale and Siddonsville, Alabama. The 80.47 acres in Marengo was located T17N, R5E, Blk 27 and described as E1/2 NE. John Moor was also in Marengo in 1831 with 80.47 acres located at T17N, R5E, Blk 27 and described as W1/2 NE. John Moor was also listed among the "1816 List of Taxable Property of Washington County, MS Territory" as compiled by Lisa R. Franklin RN, 1996 from original documents located at the Alabama State Archives (SG3109). John Moor is shown in this record as indication of a long relationship between him and Jordan Stanley. There was a John Moor in Hancock Co., GA tax digest in 1796. There is no proof of kinship, however, Bethana Jordan married James Moore in Georgia. Bethana Jordan was Jordan Stanley's first cousin, a daughter of Dempsey and Sarah O'Neal Jordan.

More About JORDAN STANLEY:
Burial: 1867, Egger Cemetery 3.5 miles north of Caledonia, MS
Land Lottery: 1805, Jordan Stanley of Jackson Co. participated but did not draw a 'prize'.
Property: 1855, Jordan Stanley bought land in Madison Parish, Louisiana from John Perkins.
Research 1: 1986, This research was gained, in large part, by Mr. Ivan Maurer of Decatur, AL. in 1985-1986. Additional information was added from Tonnia Carr and Mike Mizzell (descendants of Jordan and Samuel Stanley) in 1998.
Research 2: There is oral tradition, supported by work in 1930s of Mr. J. W. Stanley, that Jordan's father was Shadrach Stanley. The continueing name of Shadrach in Jordan Stanley's family supports the tradition.
Residence 1: 1808, Jordan Stanley owned land in the Mississippi Territory, which is now Washington County, Alabama.
Residence 2: 1830, Bibb County, Alabama Census
Residence 3: 1840, Jordan had land dealings in Bibb and Coosa Co., AL
Residence 4: 1850, Mississippi Census, Lived in Lowndes County.
Residence 5: 1860, Mississippi Census: 78 years old in Lowndes County, MS.
Tax Digest 1: 1801, Jordan Stanley, Lincoln Co., Dist. F, #116
Tax Digest 2: 1801, Lincoln County was formed in 1796 from Wilkes County. The seat is Lincolnton.
Tax Digest 3: 1802, Jordan Stanley appeared in the Augusta Chronicle weekly newspaper on Nov. 27, 1802 page 2, col.3 in a list of 1802 defaulters in Lincoln County.
Tax Digest 4: 1805, Jordan Stanley, McKinney's District, Jackson Co., GA
Tax Digest 5: 1810, Jordan Stanley, McKinney's District, Jackson Co., GA

Notes for PRISCILLA KELLY:
Source: Date of birth listed in records of John Walton Stanley. Entry from " an Old Bible. It may have been the Jordan Stanley Bible." This was one of fourteen entries that were written " in a beautiful old english-type script."

Source: Date of death listed in records of John Walton Stanley - source unknown.

More About PRISCILLA KELLY:
Date born 2: August 03, 1786, N.C. (Source: mizzell-sam.FTW.)

More About JORDAN STANLEY and PRISCILLA KELLY:
Marriage: November 10, 1803, Jackson Co., GA (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.)
     
Children of JORDAN STANLEY and PRISCILLA KELLY are:
6. i.   SCELIA6 STANLEY, b. November 07, 1804, Jackson County, Georgia.
7. ii.   STEPHEN STANLEY, b. 1805, Jackson County, Georgia.
  iii.   DELILAH STANLEY (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK, Date of Import: Nov 5, 1998., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 13, 1998.), b. October 28, 1806, GA (Source: StanleyTC9.FBK.); d. September 25, 1821 (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW.).
  Notes for DELILAH STANLEY:
Source: Date of birth and death listed in records of John Walton Stanley. Entry from " an Old Bible. It may have been the Jordan Stanley Bible." This was one of fourteen entries that were written " in a beautiful old english-type script."

Never Married

  More About DELILAH STANLEY:
Date born 2: October 28, 1806, Ga. (Source: mizzell-sam.FTW.)
8. iv.   JAMES ROBERT STANLEY, b. September 16, 1808, Georgia; d. July 28, 1900, Lee Co., MS.
9. v.   WILSON M. STANLEY, b. September 04, 1810, Jackson Co., GA; d. September 23, 1861, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
10. vi.   BETHEANA STANLEY, b. July 17, 1813, Jackson County, Georgia; d. August 13, 1900, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
11. vii.   WILLIAM JOSEPH STANLEY, b. December 21, 1815, Washington Co., Ala.; d. June 09, 1888, Sand Springs, Fayette Co., Ala..
12. viii.   GEORGE WASHINGTON STANLEY, b. May 18, 1818, Washington Co., Ala.; d. December 22, 1885, Pritchett, Upshur Co., TX.
  ix.   ALVIRA STANLEY (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK, Date of Import: Nov 5, 1998., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 13, 1998.), b. January 10, 1821, Bibb Co., Ala. (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW.); d. February 02, 1821, Bibb Co., Ala. (Source: (1) StanleyTC9.FBK., (2) mizzell-sam.FTW.).
  Notes for ALVIRA STANLEY:
Source: Date of birth and death listed in records of John Walton Stanley. Entry from " an Old Bible. It may have been the Jordan Stanley Bible." This was one of fourteen entries that were written " in a beautiful old english-type script."

13. x.   SHADRACK MESHACH BEDNEGO STANLEY, b. March 05, 1823, Bibb Co., Ala.; d. August 03, 1895, Lowndes Co., Miss..
14. xi.   SAMUEL WASHINGTON STANLEY, b. November 30, 1825; d. September 27, 1862.
15. xii.   ELIZABETH E. STANLEY, b. 1830.
16. xiii.   SAMANTHA E. STANLEY, b. March 04, 1831, Bibb Co., Ala.; d. October 10, 1900, Lowndes Co., Miss..
17. xiv.   MELISSA A. STANLEY, b. April 16, 1833, Bibb Co., Ala.; d. October 17, 1909, Lowndes Co., Miss..


3. JAMES5 STANLEY (SHADRACK4, SANDS3, JONATHAN2 STANDLEY, GEORGE1) was born 1785 in Wilkes which became Greene County, Georgia, and died 1875 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married ELIZABETH CONINE (Source: Conines.ftw, Date of Import: Dec 11, 1998.) 1820 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, daughter of ROBERT CONINE and NANCY YOUNG. She was born Abt. 1800 in Georgia, and died 1875 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Notes for JAMES STANLEY:
>>There is no oral tradition in James Stanley's family concerning James' father. Proof of parentage is in estate filings for his grandfather, Charles Jordan.

James Stanley was born in Georgia in 1785. His mother was Penninah Jordan, daughter of Captain Charles Jordan. The earliest verified record of James Stanley is the Jackson County tax digest of 1810. His brother, Jordan Stanley, is recorded in the Jackson County tax digests of 1805 and 1810.

Source: Georgia Military Record Book 1779-1839. Copied, Indexed and Bound with authority of John B. Wilson, Secretary of State, Under direction of Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Historian. 1941. Original book in Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia. Page 182.

"Muster Roll of a company of militia under the command of Capt. Nehemiah Garrison detached by order of Brig. General Frederick Beale if the 21st of November 1813 from the 25 Regiment of Georgia Militia (in absence of Col. Walton Harris) commanded by Major Tandy Key for the purpose of building a blockade near he Hog Mountain in Jackson County."

Listed the following men, among others:
Nehemiah Garrison, Captain
Isaac Burson, Sergeant
Jonathan Betts, Private
John Stanley, Private

In his later writings, R. D. Winn named James Stanley as helping to garrison Fort Daniel at Hog Mountain. The transcription of the muster roll may be in error.

A land deed transaction of 1816 shows him as seller of seventy-five acres on Cedar Creek (now Barrow County) to Reverend Hosea Camp. James Stanley sold 75 acres on Cedar Creek (now Barrow County) to Hosea Camp. The deed was dated May 2, 1816, recorded in 1839 Jackson County Deed Book L, p. 108.

A search of records at the Georgia Archive for Lincoln and Jackson counties did not produce estate, will or land deed records for James Stanley during 1800-1805.

The 60 acres which James Stanley purchased on (present) Stanley Road in Dacula, GA was awarded in the 1820 Gwinnett Co Lottery to Thomas Kilgore of Clarke County. It was Gwinnett Fifth District, Lot 270.

1821 Georgia Land Lottery. James Stanley drew lots in both Houston and Monroe counties.

1856: James Stanley purchased 40 acres from John Conine. The property was adjacent to his existing home place. It was in Lot 270. Like James Stanley, John Conine moved to that location after 1820.

The 100 acres which James Stanley willed to his sons James and John in 1875 remained in the family until 1950. By that time his grandsons, Robert and Early, had added many times that amount of land adjacent to the original home place. Descendants of James Stanley remain in Dacula, GA. in 1998.

Tradition and living memory attest to the location of his home place near Dacula, Georgia. Since no land deed exists showing that he purchased that property, it is assumed that he relocated there after 1820. During the 1820 Gwinnett land lottery Lot 270 was granted to Thomas Kilgore of Clarke County. Land Lot 269 was granted to Thomas Terry of Elbert County. Since that location was not already claimed by homestead, and was given in the lottery, James Stanley must have purchased it.

Situated south of the present Georgia Road # 29 on Stanley Road, just west of Dacula. There is a right-of-way for electrical power lines which transects Stanley Road. On the south side of Stanley Road, about twenty yards down the west side of the right-of-way lies a mound of rock, or field stones. Close examination of the stones reveals a mud mortar. These were the stones of the fireplace in the cabin.

This location was verified by personal inspection by the writer and through conversations with people now living in the area. The property on which he farmed and raised his large family originally consisted of sixty acres in Land Lot 270.

In 1856 he purchased forty acres from John Conine. This property was adjacent to his own, and extended east of the cabin to Turkey Creek. A land deed filed at Gwinnett County shows that James bought the forty acres for a cost of one hundred fifty dollars on April 26, 1856. It was on this property that his son, James Young Stanley, erected his home. James Stanley owned one hundred acres between Hopkins Branch and Turkey Creek, and north of the property called The Hogan Place.

On the south side of this property, near the present gas pipeline pumping station, is a small cemetery. Located there are five graves marked with field stones. This private burial place is probably where Penninah Jordan was buried. Since the census records children in James Stanley's house which are not accounted for in the oral history, some of the graves may also represent childhood deaths in the family.

James Stanley was married to Elizabeth Conine. According to Census records, James was father to at least twelve children. Oral tradition states that he and Elizabeth had only four. The 1820 Census information shows four children born between 1810 and 1820. The identities of those children is not known.

James Stanley died in 1875, and was buried at Fairview Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lawrenceville. Elizabeth died in 1876, and was listed on the membership roster of that year. The following was copied from the Gwinnett Herald, a weekly newspaper printed in Lawrenceville.

"March 31, 1875

Death of James Stanley

The number of old citizens who have died within the last few months has been a subject of remark. And it now becomes our duty to chronicalize the death of another. Mr. James Stanley died last Friday and was buried at Fairview. He was in his ninetieth year and had been a citizen of the county for nearly a half century.

He has always borne a character for uprighteousness and integrity, which is a bright legacy to his children.

He lived beyond the time allotted to man and raised a
large family, some of whom preceded him to the grave.
At last, however, full of years and the pleasures of
life, he falls before the cycle of time and is
gathered to his fathers."

The property in Dacula, Georgia, on which James Stanley first settled and to which was added the Conine property, served as the family home place for over one hundred thirty years. The original property, off Stanley Road, remained in the family until 1951 when a grand-daughter of James, Betty Stanley Allen, died and the property was sold. Today the Stanley family is still represented in Dacula and Lawrenceville and across the country.

The earliest record which establishes the family of James Stanley is a Power of Attorney filed at the Greene County Probate Office. It states:

James Stanley - Power of Attorney
State of Alabama
Bibb County
Know all men by these presents that we Jordan Stanley, Samuel Stanley and Stephen Stanley all of the county and state aforesaid, hereby constitute and appoint James Stanley of the County of Gwinnett and State of Georgia our true and lawful attorney and in our names to receive and collect our parts or portion of the estate of our grandfather Captain Charles Jordan, deceased, now in the hand and possession of the heirs of Dempsey Jordan, deceased, formerly or Warren County, Georgia, and we do hereby authorize and empower our said attorney to sue if necessary for the same and to use all lawful means in his power to collect our distributive shares of said estate which we claim in name of our mother, Penainy as the daughter and legal representative of the said Charles Jordan, deceased, and whatever our said attorney shall do or cause to be done touching or concerning our interest in said estate we will ratify and allow as if done by us in our own proper persons.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th day of February 1836.

Jordan Stanley
Samuel Stanley (his mark)
Stephen Stanley

This Power of Attorney was granted to James Stanley toward securing a portion of remuneration paid by the State to Dempsey Jordan and his heirs. That payment was made because of losses sustained by Charles Jordan while in command of Fort Rogers in 1779. At the instigation of the British, some three hundred Creek Indians attacked the fort and destroyed the Jordan home, several outhouses, and carried off their livestock. Charles Jordan did execute a Will, which was filed at Wilkes County. However, it was destroyed by fire and not available for probate at his death in 1780.

The next document found concerning James Stanley was a land deed from 1816, wherein he sold seventy-five acres on Cedar Creek (now Barrow County) to Reverend Hosea Camp. It reads:

Georgia, Jackson County
This indenture made this second day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and sixteen, between James Stanley of the State and County above written of the one part, and Hosea Camp of the same State and County of the other part, witnesseth that the said Stanley hath for and in consideration of one-hundred dollars to him in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, bargained and sold, and by all these presents doth grant, bargain, sell and convey a certain tract or parcel of land situated on the Northwest side of Cedar Creek being-part of a survey originally granted to Baker, containing seventy-five acres more or less, beginning at a Sassafras corner on Cedar Creek, running North 45, West 22.80 links to a Black Jack Corner -thence South 49, West 11.19 links to a post oak corner at the head of a branch Thence down the various courses of said branch to Cedar Creek to a white corner -Thence down the current of said Creek to the beginning. To have and to hold the said premises and every part thereof together with all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him, the said Camp, his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever --and the said Stanley the premises and every part thereof shall warrant and forever defend against himself, his heirs or assigns or any other person or persons lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof, Whereunto the said James Stanley hath set his hand and affixed his seal the date above written.

In presence of Rachel Kelly (her mark)
Robert Kelly
James Stanley (his mark)
Acknowledged before me, Jesse Murphy, JP

The deed was recorded on November 6, 1839, by William Cowan, clerk. Inscribed on the deed is a drawing of the parcel of land. It details the location in a deep bend on the North of Cedar Creek. No other geographical description is made. Cedar Creek flows from West to East on the northwest side of Winder, Georgia.

Two marriage records found at Jefferson, Jackson County, may indicate two possible sisters of James Stanley:
In 1809 Salley Stanley married Thomas Jones
In 1816 Elizabeth Stanley married John Minchett

EARLY RECORDS

1820 Georgia census for Gwinnett County

James Stanley age 26-45 born in GA, 1785
Elizabeth 16-26 born in GA, 1800
2 males, 2 females under 10 born 1810-1820
1 female over 45

The four children are not stated in the oral history. Three are not yet identified. The older woman is believed to have been Penninah Jordan Stanley.

1830 Georgia census for Jackson County

James Stanley age 40-45
Elizabeth 30-40
2 males, 2 females under 5 born 1825-1830
3 males 5-10 1820-1825
1 female 10-15 1815-1820
1 male, 1 female 15-20 1810-1815

The 1830 census recorded ten children in the house. Their ages are contiguous with those listed in 1820. The five children known by oral tradition were born between 1823 and 1832.

1840 Georgia census for Gwinnett County

James Stanley age 50-60
Elizabeth 40-50
1 male, 2 females under 5 born 1835-1840
2 males, 1 female 10-15 1825-1830
1 male 15-20 1815-1820
1 male, 1 female 20-30 1810-1820

The children, one male and two females, listed under five years old are named in the 1850 census. They were Henry, Eliza and Syrena. Four children listed in the 1830 census are absent here, probably due to young deaths or early marriages.

The 1850 Georgia census for Gwinnett County

James Stanley age 65
Elizabeth 50
Hosea 21 should be 18
Eliza 18 born 1832
Sarena 16 1834
Henry 13 1837

The appearance of Eliza, Syrena and Henry are not stated in the oral tradition. Their marriage records, filed in Gwinnett County are listed:

Elizabeth Stanley married Thomas M. Hammett in 1851. There was no census record in Gwinnett or Walton counties for them during 1860 and 1870.

Syrena Stanley married W. F. Lamkin in 1859. The 1860 Gwinnett census listing for them indicates Franklin Lamkin, at age 29, and his wife, Syrena at age 25. Their property was valued at $685. Both people indicated they were born in Georgia.

Syrena Lamkin later married William Stanley of Floyd County. The 1900 Floyd County census listed a William Standley born in 1845 as a widower. He stated he was born in South Carolina as were his patents.

Henry S. Stanley married Rily T. Harris in 1866.

The 1860 Georgia census for Gwinnett County

James Stanley age 75
Elizabeth 60
Hosea 28

Hosea Stanley remained at home all his life, a laborer on his father's farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate service. He died at home later that year due to illness. He died at the age of thirty-four.

In both the 1850 and 1860 Census records, James Stanley stated his state of birth as Georgia. He was never the owner of slaves. He was mentioned in the writings of Judge R. D. Winn in 1873 as "There is probably but one man now living who assisted to garrison that post (Fort Daniel, 1812) and that man is our venerable and respected fellow citizen James Stanley, Now nearly ninety years of age."

Commissioners with authority over roads and waterways were appointed in Gwinnett County by 1821.

July term, 1835: Ordered that Hiram Williams, Alfred Williams and James Bracewell be commissioners to let out to the lowest bidder the covering and banistering of William's bridge on the road to Decatur, and that Elias Green, William Gordon and James Stanley be commissioners to let out to the lowest bidder the covering and repairing of the bridge on the Alcova River at Brandon's Mill.

The Brandon family moved from the Mulberry River area in Jackson County to a farm about one and one-half miles south of Suwanee. It is believed that Brandon's Mill was at the location where the Alcova River now intersects Highway 29 west of Dacula. This location has been in the Stanley family for many years and was the site of a grist mill until its destruction by Phillip (Burl) Stanley in 1959.

Road Commissioners, June term, 1836, 474 District: Newton Bramblett, James Stanley, Robert Gower

Inferior Court Jurors: 1841, December: Mason Davis, W. F. Mitchell, Thomas
Glenn, Stephen Couch, William Jenkins, Luther Knight,
John Campbell, Ellis Norton, James Stanley, Spencer
Moore, David Driskell, Newton Bramblett

James Stanley is also listed as sitting on a Grand Jury in 1841.

1843, June: George Verner, Abel Waldrup, James Alexander, John Foster, Thomas Allison Jr., John Collins, James Roberts, John Bailey, Burrell Webb, James Stanley, Mark Driskell, William Gordon

1845, June: John Harbin, William Robinson, Joel Davis Fielding Hamilton, Abel Waldrup, James Watson, Asa Wade Jr., James Stanley, George Kirk, Littleberry Jackson, William Hill, Edward Williams

The Creek and Indian War

On Tuesday, May 25, 1836 Colonel James Austin, who was at the head of the Regiment in Gwinnett County, assembled the entire county militia at the courthouse for the purpose of organizing for the Creek War then raging in the vicinity of Columbus. Just as they were assembled a messenger arrived from the governor with orders directing Colonel Austin to raise men for immediate service by voluntary enlistment or by draft. A call was made for volunteers to form a company for the protection of the citizens of the county and adjoining counties. About ninety men formed a line. Notice was given that on Friday, the 27th, the company would be organized at the courthouse when the following citizens met and elected:

Officers: Benjamin Gholston, Captain
George Oran, First Lieutenant
W. Isham Williams, Second Lieutenant
Ezekiel Mathews, Ensign

The Company was called the Gwinnett Greys. Among the privates were: Elisha Winn, James Peden, J. Barnett, D. Bradford,Jesse Rambo, John Sammon and James Stanley

Civil War

Troop I was composed of those who were over and under the conscription age, or who were otherwise exempt from service. The troop was mustered in at Bethany., Georgia. This company was made up from the counties of Jackson, Gwinnett., Hall and Fulton. Jackson County furnished five Sergeants, four Corporals and forty Privates. There were three Privates from Hall, and one from Fulton County.

Among those Privates from Gwinnett County is a J. G. Stanley. Due to the requirements of this troop, this may be either James Stanley, Sr., who was then seventy-nine years old, or his son James Young Stanley, who was then forty-one years old with nine young children at home.

At the time of his death, James Young Stanley was named J. G. Stanley by the Lawrenceville newspaper.

Estate of James Stanley

The probation of the estate of James Stanley, Sr. offered information that was not known by the Oral History. Firstly, his Will named a son, John C. Stanley, whose identity is not known even among the oldest living descendants of James Young Stanley.

John Stanley filed a caveat in October 1877 requesting letters of administration over his father's estate. His request was denied because of a caveat filed by James Y. Stanley, which read:

Gwinnett Court of Ordinary
October 7, 1877

And now comes James Y. Stanley, one of the heirs at law, and a legatee under said Will of said James Stanley, deceased, and caveat the granting of letters of administration by this court to said John C. Stanley, with the Will annexed, the estate of said James Stanley, deceased.

First: Because there is no necessity for an administrator on said estate, there being no property of James Stanley on which to administer, and no outstanding heirs.

Second: Because by his will said James Stanley disposed of his entire estate, and the personality, which was bequeathed to his widow absolutely, was taken possession of by her and appropriated to her use as intended by the testator, and there is no personality belonging to said estate.

Third: Because by said Will, said testator devised his land to caveator and said John C. Stanley (after termination of life estate of his widow) and caveator having purchased said John C. Stanley's interest therein, has heirs in possession thereof since the death of said widow, and holds the same under said Will and purchase.

Fourth: Because said applicant is not entitled either as an heir at law, or legatee to letters of administration, he having no interest whatever in the estate.

Fifth: Because said Will requires no administration to execute it, it having been probated at the instance of caveation only as evidence of his title to said land.

Wherefore, and for other good causes of caveaty, caveator prays judgment that said applicant is disqualified.
A. L. Hutchins signed the document as Caveator's Attorney. Below is copied the Last Will and Testament of James Stanley, Sr.

Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory, Blessed by Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say

First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth one hundred acres of land more or less being and lying in the County of Gwinnett being part of that lot in Gwinnett to have and to hold her lifetime with all my goods and chattels to make use of for her benefit and support after which the land is to be divided between my (two) sons for their benefit.

Item further, I give to my son, John C. Stanley, his heirs and assigns all the sum of fifty acres of the land afore stated to have and to hold to him the said, J. C., his heirs and assigns forever.

And I hereby give to my son James Y. Stanley the remaining fifty acres of land afore stated of which the one hundred acres is to be equally divided between them at the time of death of my wife, Elizabeth.

And lastly as to the residue and remainder of my personal estate, goods and chattels of what kind I give and bequeath the same to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, whom I hereby appoint sole executor of my Last Will and Testament, hereby making all former wills by me void in witness whereof and hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and sixty-nine.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named James Stanley to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator

Thomas H. Loveless
A. F. Johnson
Russell Whaley
James Stanley

Attached is a statement signed by Russell Whaley in the presence of Cyrus Allen, Ordinary, dated August 29, 1877. The statement declares that the witnesses did in fact witness the above will in the presence of each other and the testator, and that James Stanley executed the Will freely and voluntarily.

Of particular interest to this research are the children listed as living in the James Stanley house between 1820 and 1850. Only those listed by name in the 1850 census have been identified, but there are still many compelling questions. Those children were Henry, Syrena and Eliza Stanley.

More About JAMES STANLEY:
Elected 1: 1835, Commissioner for the covering and repairing of the bridge on the Alcova River at Brandon's Mill.
Elected 2: 1836, Road Commissioner 474 District.
Elected 3: Bet. 1841 - 1845, Gwinnett Co. Inferior Jury and Grand Jury
Military service 1: 1812, James Stanley helped to garrison Fort Daniel in Hog Mountain, Georgia
Military service 2: 1836, Creek and Indian war. Gwinnett Greys.
Tax Digest 1: 1805, James Stanley, McKinney District, Jackson Co. near present town of Braselton, GA
Tax Digest 2: 1810, James Stanley, McKinney District, Jackson County

More About ELIZABETH CONINE:
Date born 2: Abt. 1800 (Source: Conines.ftw.)

More About JAMES STANLEY and ELIZABETH CONINE:
Marriage: 1820, Gwinnett County, Georgia
     
Children of JAMES STANLEY and ELIZABETH CONINE are:
  i.   JORDAN6 STANLEY, b. Bet. 1810 - 1815, Identified in 1840 Gwinnett Co., GA Census: Listed as between 20-30 years old, a wife between 20-30 years and a daughter under 5 years..
  ii.   FEMALE STANLEY, b. Bet. 1810 - 1815.
  iii.   MALE STANLEY, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820.
  iv.   FEMALE STANLEY, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820.
18. v.   JOHN CONINE STANLEY, b. 1821, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. 1884, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
19. vi.   JAMES YOUNG STANLEY, b. November 1823, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. 1913, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  vii.   EARLY STANLEY, b. 1825.
  viii.   HOSEA CONINE STANLEY, b. 1828; d. 1862.
  Notes for HOSEA CONINE STANLEY:
Georgia census records list this man as the only person named Hosea Stanley born about 1830. However, there has been some confusion between this man and his cousin of the same name. The following Civil War record is all that is known of his life.

Hosea C. Stanley enlisted March 4, 1862, with Company A 42nd Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee. They called themselves the Gwinnett Beauregards. The listing states: "Died of disease at home in Gwinnett County, Georgia, October 12, 1862."

From War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies:

From the date of his enlistment the activities of the 42nd Regiment can be traced.

The 42nd Regiment was placed under Major General E. Kirby Smith on March 28, 1862. Those who enlisted from Georgia reported to Knoxville, TN and awaited assignment. On about April 26, 1862, they were assigned to Brig. General E. L. Stevenson, then stationed at Cumberland Gap.

On April 21, General Stevenson received communication that a large number of citizens had left and vowed to return with a large Northern army. Within a week of the 17th, General Rosecrans was to attack General Marshall and enter Tennessee by that route, while General Freemont was to come in through the mountains. Stevenson was ordered to spare no money or expense in sending out spies and gaining information about enemy troop movements.

Under Stevenson, and a Colonel named R. J. Henderson, the Confederate forces were successful at Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Ford, and into the Chattanooga area.

In April the troops were described as being poorly armed, having only 'country rifles.' In June General Smith wrote an urgent request to Joseph Brown, Governor of Georgia, stating that the Regiments were greatly reduced, largely by sickness, to an average effective strength of 400 men. (There were some 4,500 men under him in early April). He asked Governor Brown to add to his numbers by conscript and calling upon absentees who were able to return to their Regiments.
Item 2:

I certify that I have carefully examined the said Hosey C. Stanley, Private of Captain ______ A Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of secondary syphilis.

The blanks are signed or otherwise filled in, but are unreadable.

Item 3:

State of Georgia
Gwinnett County On this 16th day of April 1863

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid James Stanley who after being sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the father of Hosea C. Stanley, deceased, who was a -private of Captain Lovick T. Thomas, Company A, 42nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers commanded by Col. Henderson in the service of the Confederate States, in the present war with the United States; that the said Hosea C. Stanley entered the service at Lawrenceville, in Gwinnett County, State of Georgia on or about the 4th day of March, 1862, and died of sickness in Gwinnett, on or about the 12th day of October, 1862, leaving no wife or child lawfully surviving him, and that he makes this deposition for the purpose of obtaining from the government of the Confederate States whatever may have been due to the said Hosea C. Stanley at the time of his death, for pay, bounty, or other allowances for this services.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
his
James X Stanley
mark
Isaac Bradford, J.P.

The following sections grant authority to compensate James Stanley for whatever may be owed to Hosea C. Stanley. The document is signed and sealed in Gwinnett County Ordinary Court, on the 16th day of April 1863, by G. T. Rakestraw, Ordinary.

A Mr. Samuel W. Davis acted as witness to the document for James Stanley.


  ix.   ELIZA STANLEY, b. 1832; m. THOMS M. HAMMETT, 1851, Gwinnett Co., GA.
  More About THOMS HAMMETT and ELIZA STANLEY:
Marriage: 1851, Gwinnett Co., GA
  x.   SYRENA STANLEY, b. 1834; m. (1) WILLIAM STANLEY; m. (2) WILLIAM FRANKLIN LAMKIN, January 04, 1859, Gwinnett Co., GA; b. 1831.
  Notes for SYRENA STANLEY:
Gwinnett Co., GA census 1860:
Franklin Lamkin, age 29. Syrena Lamkin, age 25. Their property was valued at $685. Both indicated they were married in Georgia.

Syrena Stanley Lamkin later married William Stanley of Floyd CO., GA. The 1900 Floyd county census listed William Standley as a widower. It showed his state of birth as South Carolina, and the same for his parents.

Also the finding of a grave site at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Winder, Georgia, peaked the compiler's curiosity. Cal Stanley was a son of James C. Stanley who entered the Jackson/Gwinnett are about 1835 with a military land warrant.

Cal Stanley 1845-1907
Martha Stanley 1857-1936

Lizzie Stanley 1878-1909

Martha Stanley's death certificate was located at the Barrow County courthouse. It proved her to be the former Martha Harvil. From Gwinnett County marriage records, we know now that Cal Stanley was actually James C. Stanley, Jr. Note the earlier census listings for his family.

Cal Stanley, in 1907, purchased one hundred fifty-four acres on Cedar Creek from Oliver Cosby. Also in that year he bought one hundred acres on Fiddlers Creek from J. F. Stanley (see Walton County marriage to Lucy Hill in 1877). Note that the purchases were made in the year Cal died.

In 1907 Syrena Stanley granted power of attorney to W. C. Hendrix toward securing her interest in one hundred fifty acres on Cedar Creek, " ... on which Cal Stanley died and Martha is now in possession." Syrena and her son, J. Charles Stanley, were identified as being the widow and son of William Stanley of Floyd County, Georgia. At that time Charles lived in Culinaw County, Alabama.

Gwinnett County land deeds revealed that on October 16, 1907 Martha Stanley sold interest in a 54 acre tract in GMD 216 to J. C. Stanley, Joe Stanley, J. T. Stanley, Louvenia Stanley, Robert E. Stanley, and W. E. Stanley.

On December 13, 1907 Martha Stanley bought 100 acres in GMD 216 from Robert E. Stanley, Emma Oliver, Joe H. Stanley, Louvenia Stanley, Mrs. William E. Stanley, J. Charles Stanley,
J. F. Stanley, and Mrs. S. B. McDonald.

This Mrs. William E. Stanley and J. Charles were Syrena and her son. These deeds indicate that Syrena married a son of James C. Stanley, Sr. She was, then, a sister-in-law to Cal and Martha Stanley.

  Notes for WILLIAM FRANKLIN LAMKIN:
Email message from Sue Ellen Fealko, May 2001:

just read your message in the Gwinnett Co. Genforum about (basically) Syrena Stanley and William Franklin Lamkin. I am familiar with these names because William’s younger sister Sarah Ann was my great-grandmother. My cousin and I have tried unsuccessfully to find out more about this particular Lamkin branch ourselves. We know something about William’s father Benjamin from the records of Gwinnett Co., but we simply cannot find his father or mother—nothing about his NC Lamkin family. You’ve probably already noted that there were very few Lamkin families in NC at all in 1800, when Benjamin was born. We guess that Benjamin was related to the same family as a George and a Plummer, but so far, we’ve found no document that gives us any solid clues.

As for William Franklin, we haven’t discovered what happened to him either. His brother James lost a leg at Hatcher’s Run late in the war, became a judge in the county, and married when he was somewhat old. My best guess is that William died in the war somewhere too. Oh yes, we’ve noted the somewhat unusual Stanley-Lamkin-Stanley progression for Syrena there ourselves

A number of years ago, I hired a researcher to look for any records of Benjamin and his family at the Gwinnett County Historical Society, and she sent me back a number of papers. They were mostly notes about his being a road commissioner, being in the militia, etc. There was extremely little in the way of dates about his descendants. The only things I’ve found about William Franklin are 1) his listing in the 1850 census; 2) his listing in the 1860 census; and 3) mention of his marriage to Syrena Stanley. You already know about these facts. The only listings I can think of that you might not have seen are the Lamkins buried by Benjamin and Permelia in the Old Lawrenceville Methodist Cemetery. These come from the book Gwinnett County, Georgia Deaths 1818-1989 by Alice Smythe McCabe. They are: (and there are no names under any spelling variations)

LAMKIN

Benjamin F. b. 07-19-1871 d. 09-30-1872 (with Mary A.)
Mrs. L.C. b. 06-20-1844 d. 04-10-1884
Mary A. b. 05-27-1873 d. 07-31-1880 (with Benj. F.)
Matason [12-00-1860] from the 1860 Mortality Schedule]

And there are two more persons buried elsewhere:

Calie b. 01-01-1873 d. 07-11-1900 (Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Duluth)

Fannie Lee
SKELTON b. 09-23-1890 d. 02-29-1914 (Level Creek Methodist Church Cemetery on the Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd)



I have yet to figure out who any of these people are, but my guess is that the two children Benjamin and Mary are at least grandchildren of Benjamin and Permelia, only I don’t know how! I’ve found no Lamkin sons around anywhere except James T., who was unmarried, as far as I know, until much later. The “L.C.” must have stood for the lady’s given names herself, not for her husband’s (as in Mrs. William Franklin Lamkin). Anyway, I’m writing these three children’s names for you in the outside chance that one or more of them may have been William’s children, but I rather doubt it. I still think he was killed in the war.


  More About WILLIAM LAMKIN and SYRENA STANLEY:
Marriage: January 04, 1859, Gwinnett Co., GA
  xi.   HENRY S. STANLEY, b. August 22, 1837, Gwinnett Co., Georgia; d. October 13, 1907, Fulton Co., Georgia; m. WYLIE TILITHA BANKSTON, 1866, Gwinnett Co., GA; b. November 30, 1838, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  Notes for HENRY S. STANLEY:
Source: History of Inmates admitted to the Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia, folio 352. Microfilm at Georgia State Archive in Atlanta.

Record of admission.
> Henry S. Stanley of Fulton County, Georgia.
> Born August 22, 1837 in Gwinnett County, GA
> Entered Confederate Service - when? April 1861, Rank: Private. Co. I, Regiment: 16th Georgia Volunteers.
> Engagements: Seven days around Richmond, Yorktown, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg & others.
> Wounded: No
> Prisoner-taken-when? August 1864. Front Royal
> Released: December 1864. Exchanged
> Expiration of service - how? Paroled
> Commanding officers at date of entering service: Capt. H. P. Thomas & Col. Bryant
> Commanding officers at date of discharge or surrender: Capt. Moses & Col. Gholston
> Rank oat date of discharge or surrender: Private
> Branch of service: Infantry
> Age at present: 70
> Date of this record: September 25th 1907
> Remarks: In case of death notify Mrs. A. W. Warner my daughter 146 Mills St. Atlanta GA.
Died in hospital Oct. 13th 1907

Source: Franklin Garrett Necrology. Abstracts. Microfilm 314-22 at Georgia State Archive in Atlanta.

October 1907. Henry S. Stanley. 70. Died 10/13 at Soldier's Home. A native of Fulton Co. Was a private in Company of 16th Georgia Volunteers and took part in many battles in Virginia.

Civil War record of Henry S. Stanley follows. Information on file at the Georgia State Department of Archives and History, Roster of Confederate Soldiers in Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 2, p. 540 and 552.

· Muster Roll of Company I, 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Gwinnett County, Georgia
Called Flint Hill Greys

Stanley, Henry S. Private, July 16, 1861 Captured at Front Royal, Virginia on June 1, 1864 Exchanged at Point Lookout, Maryland, October 29, 1864 No later record. Born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, August 22, 1837.

- Commutation for Rations
Henry S. Stanley was on furlough at Lawrenceville, Georgia from October 16, 1862 until November 27, 1862. He was paid at a rate of twenty-five cents per day for fifty days rations. Lieutenant J. H. Brogdon approved the payment.

- Receiving and Wayside Hospital, Richmond, Virginia
Henry S. Stanley was admitted on May 8, 1863 - wounded

- CSA General Hospital, Farmville, Virginia
Henry S. Stanley was admitted on June 11, 1863 - herpes. He was sent to the Fortifications at Richmond on July 1, 1863.

- Company I, 16th Regiment muster roll (12/7/1864). Date: May and June 1864

Henry S. Stanley
Enlisted: July 16, 1861
Where : Lawrenceville, Georgia
By whom : Adj. Barrow
Period : War
Absent
Remarks : Taken prisoner at Front Royal, August 16, 1864

- Muster Roll of Prisoners of War
Headquarters, Dept. of War, Virginia. Office of Provost Marshal, Harper's Ferry, August 31, 1864

Henry S. Stanley was captured by General Sheridan and sent to Washington, DC and then sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware. Sent to Washington, DC August 20, 1864.

- Register of Prisoners of War. Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC
Henry S. Stanley was committed on August 22, 1864
Remarks: Sent to Elmira (New York) August 28, 1864

- Roll of Prisoners of War
Name of Henry S. Stanley appears as a signature
Paroled at Elmira, New York, October 11, 1864

- Taken from correction roll
"Received November 15, 1864 at Venus Point, Savannah River, from John E. Mulford, Lt. Colonel & Assistant Agent for exchange, Three thousand and twenty-three (3,023) paroled Confederate Prisoners of War on within rolls, including four Citizens, four Surgeons, and seventy-four officers W. H. Hatch, Asst. Agent for Exchange.
[Taken from roll #75, Point Lookout, Maryland]

  Notes for WYLIE TILITHA BANKSTON:
Gwinnett County marriage records show Henry Stanley married to Riley Harris in 1866.

Email message received August 2001:
Hi! I'm Joan Straka. Saw your posting on rootsweb on Henry S STanley.

He married my grandmother's sister. She was born Wylie (sometimes spelled
Wiley) Tilitha Bankston on Nov 30, 1838 in Gwinnett Co, GA.
In 1860 she married J.A. Harris and 1862 they had a daughter C. Jane Harris.

When J.A. died, Wylie married Henry S. Stanley in 1866. So far I have
found no children for them. But in your posting from the record of
admission to the Confederate Soldier's Home it says "in case of death nofify
Mrs. A. W. Warner, my daughter". Do you know if they had any children? Or
could this be C. Jane Harris who Stanley was probably the acting father
since Jane was only 4 when they married?

Will have to check the 1900 and 1910 census records to see what is
shown. The 1880 census only shows the pair and C. Jane, age 18.

Follow-up message from Joan Straka, Nivember 18, 2001:
Wylie Tilitha Bankston, B 11-30-1838 in Gwinnett Co GA, the 5th child of 14
born to John Bankston and Wylie Johnson.

Married James A Harris in 1860 (from Inferior Court MInutes). He died in
1862 and is buried in Gwinnett Co(Gwinnett Co Book of Deaths).

Second marriage to Henry S STanley in 1866 (Inferior Court Minutes) who you
have more info than I. The STanley family was active in Gwinnett Co.

Census for 1880 shows them living in ATlanta
Henry S Store Clerk age 43
Talitha W Keeps House age 40
C. Jane Harris SDau At SChool age 18

There does not seem to be any children from Henry and Tilitha and since the
person to contact when he died was his daughter Mrs. A. W. Warner, I suspect
that C. Jane Harris is Mrs. A. W. Warner.

Haven't found the Stanleys or Warners in 1900-1910 census. Since contact
person when Henry died was his daughter, that would lead one to assume that
Tilitha was already dead. Have to take time to really research WArners in
the census to see if Tilitha could have been with them in 1900. Haven't run
across her in any Fulton Co cemetery yet but as I say I did not do much
recently.

Wylie Tilitha was my grandmother, Octavia's sister. If you desire info on
any of Tilitha's siblings please ask--I may have something.

Joan


  More About HENRY STANLEY and WYLIE BANKSTON:
Marriage: 1866, Gwinnett Co., GA

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