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- Lewis Isham StanleyAbt 1750 - Abt 1814
Facts and Events
SOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS
Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina 1670-1740
Vol. 1 Compiled and edited by Caroline T. Moore and Agatha A. Simmons includes the following information.
Will Book 1736-1740
Peter Stanley and wife Elizabeth
written 6 Dec 1736
proved 14 July 1737
recorded 23 Aug 1738
Will Book 1729-1731
Peter Stanley witness to John Nicholson's will. 1730.
Automated Archives, Inc., South Carolina Marriages -- no locations cited
1718, Aug 15: Elizabeth Stanley and Thomas Witten
1727, May 30: Anna Stanley and Solomon June
1736, June 10: Peter Stanley and Elizabeth Ward
South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799. Compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, Gen. Pub. Co. Inc. Baltimore 1983
1727, May 30: Solomon June and Ann Stanley
St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish
1736, June 10: Peter Stanley and Elizabeth Ward
By Mr. Garden, St. Phillips Parish
1718, Aug 15: Thomas Witten and Elizabeth Stanley
St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish
South Carolina Census of 1790
CHARLESTON DISTRICT, CHRIST CHURCH PARISHName of head of family: Stanley, ThosFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white males under 16 years: 2Free white females, including heads of families: 2
CHERAW DISTRICTName of head of family: Stanley, SansFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 3Free white males under 16 years: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 3
Name of head of family: Stanley, WilliamFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white males under 16 years: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 2
Name of head of family: Stanley, ShadrachFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white males under 16 years: 6Free white females, including heads of families: 3
Name of head of family: Stanley, SamuelFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 3
GEORGETOWN DISTRICT, ALL SAINTS PARISHName of head of family: Stanley, JacobFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 8All other free persons: 1
Name of head of family: Stanley, JamesFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 3
NINETY-SIX DISTRICT, PENDLETON COUNTYName of head of family: Stanley, WilliamFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white males under 16 years: 2Free white females, including heads of families: 4
Name of head of family: Stanley, LewisFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 4Free white males under 16 years: 4Free white females, including heads of families: 5
ORANGEBURGH DISTRICT (NORTH PART)
Name of head of family: Stanley, RichardFree white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1Free white males under 16 years: 1Free white females, including heads of families: 1
An Index to South Carolina Land Grants listed (partial):
Standley, Benjamin 274 Vol. 13 1786
Benjamin 046 14 Class 02 1786
John 350 35 Class 02 1793
Sand 106 21 1788
Sand 251 22 Class 02 1788
Sands 298 11 Class 02 1786
Sands 239 09 1786
Shadrack 075 41 Class 02 1795
Thomas 163 40 Class 02 1794
Stanley, Benjamin 441 Vol. 13 1786
John 396 12 1786
Sans 499 10 1786
Sans 423 12 Class 01 1786
Shadrick 210 11 Class 02 1786
Shadrick 151 09 1786
A Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolutionary War included:
George Standley, born about 1737. He served as a sergeant in the Rangers under Captain John L. P. Imoff and Colonel Thomson during 1775. His service records stated he was from Orangeburg County.
Benjamin Stanley enlisted on 30 October 1775 I the Volunteer Company of the Colleton County Regiment of Foot under captain Andrew Cummins.
George Stanley served in the Fifth Regiment and transferred to the First Regiment in February 1780.
Shadrack Stanley served thirty days in the militia during 1782.
Joshua Stanley served in the Saltcatcher Volunteer Company under Captain James Jones during 1775.
William Stanley served in the Saltcatcher Volunteer Company under Captain James Jones during 1775.
It is probable that George Stanley, who died in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1783, due to his age and residence in the region was father to at least two sons who also resided in Georgia and South Carolina:
Ezekiel Stanley, Sr. Subject of “Greene County” section
Lewis Stanley, Sr. Owned land in South Carolina until 1818
Research by several people indicates that the above named George Stanley was a son of Jonathan Stanley, Sr. George was born in Bertie County, North Carolina about 1720. About 1772, he relocated to northwest South Carolina, where he resided on Fishing Creek from 1772 until 1775. He married Ader ___ and was father to Lewis Stanley and others. George moved into Georgia sometime after 1775. From Wilkes County, Georgia records, Page 41 Volume I, Folio 20 from small book of mixed records, Wills, Administrations and Deeds, 1781-1783 not indexed: Standley, George, dec'd Inventory 27 July 1784 Household goods only. Jacob McLendon, Jacob Bobbett, Hugh Gillmore, appraisers. On page 42, Folio 27: Standley, Ader, widow, letters of Administration granted to her 20 May 1784.
Lewis Stanley was born in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1750. He married Adah Martin. He owned property near Gaffney, South Carolina. In about 1772 he relocated to Cherokee Creek in the Spartanburg District. He was father to
George Washington Stanley
Benjamin Stanley
Jesse Stanley
Lewis Stanley, Jr.
George W. Stanley was born in 1786 in the Spartanburg District. He married Elizabeth Smith there in 1809. She was born about 1789 in South Carolina. They had thirteen children, most of whom relocated to Indiana and Iowa by 1813. His brothers and sisters moved into Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.
Benjamin Stanley was born about 1791 in South Carolina. He married Nancy Thomas in Jasper County, Georgia in 1814. By 1816 he had relocated to Clarke County, Alabama. He lived in Wilcox County, Alabama in 1818. He died in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in 1867.
Jesse Stanley was born about 1793 in South Carolina. He married Diana Gallman in Baldwin County, Georgia in 1810. He moved into Henry County, Georgia, where he resided between 1827 and 1833. He relocated to Alabama and on to Arkansas.
Joshua David Stanley, born about 1791, was also found in the Spartanburg District of South Carolina. Land deed records prove that his father was Lewis Stanley, who gave him property in 1814. Joshua married Delilah Johns. Delilah died in Tennessee in 1823, leaving four children: Eliza Ann, Sarah Emaline, Martha Clementine, and Felix Robert. Joshua married second to Fatima Thomas (1827) in Alabama and had many more children.
Another Stanley family is recorded in the Spartanburg District during the late 1700s. Ezekiel Stanley is related by some to be the son of Lewis Stanley, Sr. But research by Ivan Maurer points out that Lewis also had a brother named Ezekiel. From his Last Will the family of this Ezekiel Stanley is enumerated:
Ezekiel Stanley died in South Carolina in 1805. His children were
Winnifred
William A. moved to Meriwether Co., Georgia, then relocated to Alabama
Isham relocated to Chambers Co., Alabama
Elizabeth
This elder Ezekiel Stanley is the same man outlined in, "Greene County." He was present in Spartanburg County in 1792. There he purchased property on Thickety Creek from John Foster of Rutherford County, North Carolina.
The names of Lewis and Ezekiel Stanley appear together in a Camden District, South Carolina Revolutionary War roster. Also, the name of George Stanley is listed on a roll of the First Regiment of the Continental Line as a private, with a notation, "Fifth Regiment.”
The research of Ivan Maurer correlates work done by descendants of at least three Stanley families tracing their ancestry into South Carolina during the 1770s. The families of Lewis Stanley, William Stanley, Ezekiel Stanley (son of Lewis), and Ezekiel Stanley of Greene County, Georgia can be traced to the Pendleton and Greenville Districts of South Carolina.
William Stanley drew a royal land grant in St. Paul Parish, Georgia in 1773. William Stanley died in St. Paul Parish in 1786, leaving no Last Will. Whether there is a connection between this William and the other Stanleys found in South Carolina is not proven. A William Stanley immigrated into South Carolina just prior to the Revolution.
William Stanley died in St. Paul Parish, Georgia (now Richmond County) in 1786. William Standley signed letter or petition of protest that was printed in the Georgia Gazette, 12 October 1774. He stated his opposition to disloyal American actions against the King of England.
William Stanley was born about 1750, place unknown. His ownership of property In St. Paul Parish (now Richmond County) is the first real record of him. He married Winnifred Ann about 1773. After his death, Winnifred remarried to Charles Ferguson. Winnifred and Charles Ferguson bought some three hundred acres from William's estate in March 1794.
Winnifred did not administer William's estate. John and Charlotte Sutherland were granted administration in 1786. Charlotte was no doubt, William's daughter. There were probably several children born to William and Winnifred.
One of Lewis’s children was Ezekiel, born about 1774 in Georgia. He died in July 1805 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He married Rhoda Ledbetter about 1797. She was born 1776, probably in South Carolina. Her parents were Daniel and Nancy Ledbetter. Their children were
Winnifred Ann born 1797 in South Carolina died 1860‑70, Big Shanty District ‑ now Acworth, Georgia.
Married Elijah Gibson 1817 in Pendleton District South Carolina.
Elijah was born 1794 in SC; died after 1870 in Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia.
William Augusten born 1799 in Georgia. died 1/31/1873, Elmore Co.,Alabama.
Married Malinda 1818 in Georgia. Malinda died about 1822 in Georgia.
Married Lucinda Holcomb 1823 in Jasper County, Georgia. Lucinda was born 1804 in GA, and died after 1880 in Alabama.
Isham born 1801 in South Carolina. died 1848 Chambers County, Alabama.
Married Nancy Caroline McKinley in 1827.
Nancy was born 1811 in SC, and died 1891 in Chambers Co., AL.
Elizabeth born 1803 in South Carolina. died 1855 in Cobb County, Georgia.
Married Churchill Mason 1824 in Jasper County, Georgia. Mason was born 1794 in Georgia, and died 1880 in Cobb County.
Both are buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, three miles south of Acworth, Georgia.
Ezekiel, Jr. born 1805 in South Carolina. died 1889 in Cobb County, Georgia.
Married Peggy Holland 1834 in SO Peggy was born 1816 in SC, and died in GA.
Both are buried at Mars Hill Cemetery.
After Ezekiel's death, the widow Rhoda (Ledbetter) Stanley married Jacob Gorden before December 1808 in South Carolina. The 1810 Federal Census for Spartanburg County lists them on page 201.
Rhoda and Jacob Gorden had four children: Jacob (b. 1810), Rhoda (b. 1812), William (b. 1815) and Tempe (b. 1821). The Gorden family lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina during the 1820 census. There was no indication the Stanley children were with them in 1820. However, the 1810 census indicates that Isham and Ezekiel, Jr. as well as the girls were living with them. There is no evidence of William A. Stanley with the family.
Probate action on the estate of Ezekiel Stanley, Sr. indicates that Rhoda could not post the necessary bond toward administration. The court finally appointed a local farmer, Charles Hester, as administrator in 1809. Joseph Taylor had previously been appointed guardian for the minor children. Apparently the eldest child, Winnifred Ann, was pledged to Elijah Gibson whom she later married.
The abstract of Will and Probate Action on the estate of Daniel Ledbetter was also interesting. The Will was dated August 6, 1824, and was probated in Anderson County, South Carolina. It listed:
His wife, Nancy Rhoda Gorden ‑ first wife of Ezekiel Stanley
Abner Ledbetter
Ede Russell
Leah Tippen
William ‑ married Ann Stanley, a daughter of Lewis Stanley.
Lived in Greene County, Georgia.
Nancy Calhoun
Jenny Ledbetter / Lavena Ledbetter ‑ the 1900 Floyd County, Georgia census listed a Lavina Stanley. It is not known if this was the same person.
The 1830 federal census for Anderson County, South Carolina listed:
Wiley Roberts and Rhoda (Stanley Roberts Daughter of Lewis Stanley)
Daniel McCay (deceased) and widow, Elizabeth Stanley Daughter of Lewis Stanley
Isham Stanley and Nancy (McKinley Stanley Son of Ezekiel Stanley
Elijah Gibson and Winnifred (Stanley)
Daughter of Ezekiel Stanley
Abner Ledbetter ‑ son of Daniel Ledbetter
Between 1834 and 1852 there were land dealings concerning the children of Ezekiel and Lewis Stanley.
In 1834 Ezekiel, Jr. sold 170 acres in Anderson County, on Big Beaverdam Creek, to George Newell. Martin McCay, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stanley) McCay, and Hugh P. Holland were witnesses.
Hugh Holland was probably a brother of Peggy Holland, the wife of Ezekiel, Jr.
In 1837 Isham sold 708 acres in Pickens County, on Perkins Creek, to Ezekiel, Jr. These men were brothers.
Thomas Holland and John Kilpatrick sold land to Ezekiel Stanley, Jr. Thomas Holland was a merchant in the city of Gainesville, Georgia. He was probably Ezekiel's brother‑in‑law. Kilpatrick then lived in Pickens County, South Carolina.
In 1852 Ezekiel, Jr. sold 708 acres in Pickens County, SC on Perkins Creek, to A. J. Lowry and then moved to Cobb County, Georgia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Florence John Guttery, Stanley and Kindred Families (Jasper, Alabama: n.p., 1964)..
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- ↑ Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: , Spartanburg, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 28; Image: 36; Family History Library Film: 0568151.
Name: Lewis Stanley
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Spartanburg, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 4
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 13 _TMPLT:
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- ↑ Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. 1800 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Year: 1800; Census Place: , Spartanburg District, South Carolina; Roll: 50; Page: 169; Image: 333; Family History Library Film: 181425.
Name: Lewis Stanley
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
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- ↑ Pendleton, South Carolina, United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Year: 1810; Census Place: , Pendleton, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 216; Image: 0181420; Family History Library Film: 00262.
Name: Lewis Stanly
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Pendleton, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
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