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Facts and Events
Daniel Stover was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Mistaken Parentage
- This Daniel Stover has been mistakenly placed as a son of Abraham Stover by some researchers.
Will Transcript
- In the name of God, amen, I Daniel Stover [illegible] of Augusta County and State of Virginia, being old and infirm, but of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing it is appointed for all men [illegible] to die do make and ordain this my last will & Testament that is to say, principally & first of all I give [illegible] commend my sole [sic] in the house of Almighty God who gave it and my body to the dust to be buried in a decent Christian like manner, at the discretion of my executors hereafter named; and touching such worldly estate as it had pleased God to help me with in this life, I give demise and dispose of in the following manner and form:
- I give and bequeath to my son, Jacob, a Tract of Land containing twenty nine and a half acres/at the lower end of my Land as his share of my land, also I give to my son David the tract of land I now live on containing one hundred and ninety eight acres, also I give to my son Daniel one hundred and fifty pounds as compensation for his part of my Land, also I allow my son Daniel to pay to my Daughter Elizabeth one hundred pounds as her part of my Land, also I give to my son Simon twenty five acres of Land whereon he now lives as his share of my Land, also, I give to my son Samuel the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds and all the movable estate except my books -- after my death, I also give to my son Daniel my German Bible, and the balance of my books to be equally divided amongst the rest of my children, and as for the balance of my estate, I give to my son Samuel.
- I also constitute and appoint my son Daniel Stover and Michael Mauzey my executors to execute this my last will and I do hereby [illegible] and revoke all former wills, legacy bequeathes, and Executors and confirming this & no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of May, 1811.
- (Signed) Daniel Stover [signature]
- Teste:
- George Rowland
- Thomas Cassaday
- Rhodam Kemper
- Henry Hartman [?]
- Augusta County April Court 1822
- The acknowledgement of this deed of Loan, being duly certified and reported to the Court, the same is ordered to be entered on the minuetz.
- Teste:
- Erasmus Stribling C.C.
- Agreeable to an order of Augusta Cty. Court, March 25th 1822. To us directed to appraise the personal Estate of Daniel Stover dec'd. after being duly swon [sworn?] us appraise as following, to wit:
- Cash in silver - $104.00
- Due note on Simon Stover due the first July 1819 for $40.00
- Due note on Daniel Stover due the ______ for $32.08
- [Other items not listed or not shown in photo].
Notes
From Genforum.com post:
Re: Abraham Stover/1740/Virginia
Posted by: Richard Davis Date: February 10, 2000 at 17:32:51
In Reply to: Re: Abraham Stover/1740/Virginia by JBT of 2461
The Daniel Stover (c1750-1826) you refer to was not the son of Abraham Stover. He was the son of Mennonite Daniel Stauffer (b. 1707) who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732. He first lived at Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and then to what is now Page County, Virginia.
Jacob Stover married Sarah Boone and had at least three children (2 sons and 1 daughter). Only two sons are mentioned in deed and orphan court records in Augusta County; Jacob Stover Jr. and Abraham Stover. Abraham owned land on Cub Run. Both Jacob and Abraham left the county and left no male descendants there.
Daniel Stover (b. 1707) was the oldest son of Daniel Stauffer (b. 1685)of Muckenhauserhof near Ibersheim, Germany. He came to Pennsylvania with his brother Jacob in 1732. His brothers Christian and Johannes Stauffer came to Pennsylvania in 1737. His sister Barbara arrived in 1732 and was married to Martin Kaufman and lived in Page County, Virginia.
Daniel Stauffer (b. 1707) was the ancestor of President Eisenhower (not Jacob Stover who married Sarah Boone).
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