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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Solomon Stephens |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3][12] |
Abt 1781 |
South Carolina, United States |
| Marriage |
Abt 1808 |
to Sarah Meadors |
| Census[4] |
1810 |
Knox, Kentucky, United States |
| Alt Marriage |
Abt 1813 |
to Sarah Meadors |
| Property[2] |
27 Aug 1822 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United Statessurveyed land for land grant |
| Other[11] |
From Apr 1827 to Oct 1828 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United Statestaking care of idiot person |
| Census[5] |
1830 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United Statesowned 2 slaves |
| Census[6] |
1840 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United Statesowned 7 slaves |
| Census[3][8] |
1850 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesDistrict 1; owned 7 slaves |
| Census[9][10] |
1860 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesMarsh Creek Precinct; owned 2 slaves, wife owned 2 slaves |
| Census[7] |
1870 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United StatesMarsh Creek Precinct |
| Death[7] |
Aft 1870 |
Whitley, Kentucky, United States |
References
- ↑ 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, Cindy, and Janice Worley. Survey book no. 1 for Whitley County, Kentucky: surveys beginning in 1818 through 1827, warrants of Knox and Whitley counties beginning in 1801. (Cordova, Maryland: C.V. Schmidt, c2003-).
p. 23
August 27th 1822
Surveyed for Solomon Stephens assignee of William Briscoe 100 acres of land by virtue of Knox Circuit Court Certificate No. 142 and bearing date the 6th day of April 1813
Situate in Whitley County on Gellico Creek beginning at a white oak ad spruce pine on the bank of the creek running thence N78W22 poles to a gum and hickory thence N17E82 poles crossing the creek to a sassafras and gum on the bank thence down the same with the meanders N50E51 poles thence N86E80 poles thence N49E12 poles to a white oak gum and double maple thence S8E40 poles to a hickory thence S20W65 poles to a white oak thence S50W103 poles to a maple and white oak thence N43W44 poles crossing the creek to the beginning.
Moses Stephens HK [housekeeper], Thomas Napier ChM [chainman], Solomon Stephens marker
Joseph Gilless surveyor
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 District 1, Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
HH 29, Fam 29.
Stevens, Solomon, 69, farmer, RE = $5000, b. SC, unable to read & write
, Sally, 61, b. SC
, Jane, 50, b. SC
, Mary, 18, mulatto, b. SC
, Frank, 55, mulatto, b. SC
- ↑ Knox, Kentucky, in United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Stephens, Solomon, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-44 [Solomon], 1 female 26-44 [Sarah]
- ↑ Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).
Stephens, Solomon, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49 [Solomon], 1 female 5-9. 1 female 40-49 [Sarah]; 2 slaves
- ↑ Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).
Stephens, Solomon, 1 male 50-59 [Solomon], 1 female 40-49 [Sarah]; 7 slaves
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
HH 136, Fam 128.
Stephens, Solomon, 96, white male, RE = $300, b. NC, unable to read or write
, Sarey, 86, white female, b. NC
, Clary, 40, black female, keeping house, b. KY, father foreign born
, Relda, 6, mulatto female, b. KY, father foreign born
, Emby, 2, mulatto female, b. KY, father foreign born
- ↑ Whitley, Kentucky, in United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule. (Washington D.C.)
p. 1.
- ↑ Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
HH 1184, Fam 1185.
Stephens, Sol, 70, farmer, PE = $3000, b. SC
, Sarah, 68, b. SC
- ↑ Whitley, Kentucky, in United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. (Washington, D.C.)
p. 2.
- ↑ Circuit Court Order Books A-C, in Kentucky. Circuit Court (Whitley County). Court records, 1818-1918 ; indexes to court records, 1860-1958. (Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Division of Archives and Libraries, 1978, 1992)
pp. 330, 486; FHL #1028619, May 1818-Mar 1832.
p. 330 – April 1827
Ordered that Solomon Stephens be appointed a Committee to draw from the treasury of this State any money which may be allowed for the mantanance [sic] and safe keeping of Elsy Baker an Idiott [sic] and that he be bound in the Sum of $100 for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined upon him as such . . . and Gideon Gelriath stands security in $100
p. 486 – Oct 1828
Ordered that Angus Ross pay over to Solomon Stephens $25 as Committus formerly for Elsey Baker and that Ross & Stephens submit at the next term their accounts
- ↑ Solomon's reported age in 1850 suggests a birth date of about 1781, which is also the earliest he could have been born based on reported ages in 1830 and 1840, and is within the range of possible birth dates for his reported age in 1810. His reported age in 1870 is not consistent with other census records and likely reflects a common tendency to add extra years to a man's age towards the end of life.
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