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Facts and Events
| Name[4] |
Joshua Stephens |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3][4] |
1785 |
North Carolina, United States |
| Alt Birth[1] |
1795 |
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| Marriage |
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to Temperence Dupree |
| Census[6] |
1810 |
Knox, Kentucky, United States |
| Census[3] |
1850 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesDistrict 1 |
| Occupation[3][4] |
1850 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesMiller |
| Property[7] |
3 Oct 1851 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United Statessold property |
| Death[1][2] |
14 Jun 1855 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United States |
| Burial[1][4] |
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McCreary, Kentucky, United StatesLower Cal Hill Cemetery |
| Probate[2] |
15 Aug 1855 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesSettlement of estate |
| Other[5] |
29 Mar 1858 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesHeirs of Joshua in a deed of conveyance as part of a suit in Chancery |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Memorial# 42890465, in Find A Grave.
Joshua Stephens, Birth: 1795, Death: 1875
Spouse: Temperance Storm Dupree Stephens (1797 - 1875)
Children: Dauz W. Stephens (1822 - 1875)
Inscription: A Long Time Gone But Not Forgotten
Burial: Lower Call Hill Cemetery, Pine Knot, McCreary County, Kentucky, USA
[Note: Stone is relatively recent, placed long after death.]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Will Book Two and Will Book Three (Partial), in Hall, Carmaine Bruce. Whitley County, Kentucky will book two and will book 3 (partial), 1853-1868 annotated. (Lee's Summit, Missouri: [C.B. Hall], 1998)
1853-1868.
[Note: These are abstracts, not transcriptions]
p. 5 – Will Book Two (1853-1863), pp. 146-149
Settlement of Joshua Stephens by the Administrators Whitmell and Elijah Stephens, 15 Aug 1855. Among the buyers named Stephens: Joshua, John (?), widow, Calvin, Joseph, Solomon, Elisha, Lucinda, Gabriel. William King and Lewis Morgan both bought beehives 18 Feb 1857. (Joshua Stephens married Tempy __. He died 14 June 1855). At the July term 1855 appraisers were appointed to the estate of Joshua Stephens, deceased. Recorded 20 Feb 1857.
p. 14 – Will Book 2, p. 123
Elisha Stephen was a son of Joshua Stephens and a grandson of Moses Stephen Sr. Elisha married first Jane Holt. The two daughters were Artimessa who md. Hiram Gregory and Siotha who md. Wesley Morgan
p. 14 – Will Book Two, p. 146
Joshua Stephens md. Tempey; son of Moses Stephens, Sr. Joshua b. 1785, died 14 June 1855. Whitmed [sic] and Elijah Stephens were two of his eleven sons. The others were James, Dawswell, Henry, Frederick, David, Joseph, Calvin, Elisha, and Moses. His daughter were Jane (King), Sally, and Lucey.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 District 1, Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
HH 59, Fam 59.
Stevens, Josh, 6[9?], Miller, RE = $1000, b. NC, unable to read and write
, Timpy, 60, b. NC, unable to read and write
, Calvin, 21, b. KY, unable to read and write
, Moses, 19, b. KY
, Sally, 17, b. KY
, David, 15, b. KY
, Lucy, 13, b. KY
, Fred, 8, b. KY
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Whitley County, Kentucky history and families, 1818-1993. (Paducah, Kentucky: Turner, c1994)
p. 322.
Stephens – The Stephens family in Whitley County and McCreary County descend from Moses Stephens, Henry Porch, and William Creekmore.
Moses Stephens was born around 1762, in South Carolina and moved to Kentucky before 1790.
By his first wife Tempy (Temperance) he had three sons; Elisha, Joshua, and Solomon.
Joshua Stephens, son of Moses, was born in 1785, and died in 1855. He was a miller by trade and married another Tempy. They are buried in the Lower Cal Hill Cemetery at Pine Knot. Joshua and Tempy had 14 children, among them a son named Elisha.
- ↑ Schmidt, Cynthia V, and Janice Worley. Kinfolk indeed: clues of family relationships and migrations from the land deeds, Whitley County, Kentucky, 1818-1858, deed books one thru four. (Cordova, Maryland: C.V. Schmidt, c2004).
Deed Book 4, Page 630
This 29th day of March 1858 Archibald Murphy to the heirs and representatives of Joshua Stephens, deceased, a suit of Chancery of a deed of conveyance. Signed by Whitmill Stephens, Elijah Stephens, David Stephens, Calvin Stephens, William King, Jane King, Joseph Stephens, Lucretia Stephens, Elijah Stephens, Lewis Stephens, George Manning, Louisa Manning, Louisa Stephens, Sylvester Stephens, Malvina Stephens, Eli Stephens, James Stephens, Noah Stephens, Milly Stephens, Betty Ann Stephens, Lewis Morgan, Susan Morgan, Westly Morgan, Sci__ Morgan, Gabriel Stephens, Hardin Stephens, Margaret Stephens, Dorwell Stephens, Mobly Meadors, Sally Meadors and the unknown heirs of Frederick Stephens, deceased.
Note: The deed refers to the heirs of Joshua Stephens; Frederick Stephens is as it appears following the signatures.
- ↑ Knox, Kentucky, in United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Stephens, Joshua, 2 males under 10 [Elijah, Whitmell], 1 male 16-25 [Joshua], 3 females under 10 [unknown], 1 female 16-25 [Temperance]
- ↑ Whitley County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court. Deeds, 1818-1934. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967-1968)
Vol 3, p. 551; FHL #0531630.
Indenture 30 Oct 1851
Between Joshua Stephens of Whitley county, KY
and Jonathan Abbott of the same place
who paid $200
for land lying on the roaring branch where Elijah Stephens [??had?? - film out of focus] [??] containing 250 acres more or less
[description]
Signed Joshua x his mark Stephens, Tempy x her mark Stephens
Witness James Meadors JP, Archibal Murphy
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