Person:Valentine Stalnaker (1)

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From "The Stalnaker Family", written by Knight Wees, published in the Randolph Enterprise, Thursday, August 25th, 1932:

Valentine Stalnaker, son of Jacob first, was granted land along with his father, Jacob, 1780. His home was what is known as the Yokum farm, and an old cemetery on the place, which has been restored, has disclosed interesting data of the family. We find that Valentine died November 28, 1834, age 76, being born 1758.

He was laid to rest (prob. s/b preceded in death) by his first wife, Catherine, who was born, 1753; died 1803.

The children to this union were: George Washington, Rebecca, Ann, Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob.

After the death of his first wife, he married Lucretia Junkins in 1806.

His Will, dated October 13, 1833, probated December, 1833, devises to his wife, Lucy, and sons; Abraham and Jacob. Will Book 2, page 447, Randolph County Records.

In 1832, Jacob Stalnaker and Valentine applied for pension, but his Valentine’s application is marked "This man is dead." Later his wife, Lucy, made application on same service. Court records declare his death, 1833. Tombstone, 1834, So we find mistakes even in cemeteries.

His son, George W., married Susannah Hart; Rebecca married Jacob Lorentz; Ann married William Phares, Isaac married Stella Oliver, Abraham married Margaret Earl; Jacob married Eunice Stalnaker, daughter of Jacob 2nd; Andrew married Catherine ____, and died in 1840.

1. ↑ Bosworth, Albert S. A history of Randolph County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time. (Elkins, West Virginia?: A.S. Bosworth?, 1916?).

   Gorernor Bererly Randolph ordered into service in 1790
   the following scouts for the protection of the settlements in
   Randolph County. They were in service two months from
   March 1. 1790 to May 1, 1790. The following facts have been
   obtained concerning them : Valentine Stalnaker, aged 30, size
   
   
   
   A HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY 87
   
   5 feet 9 inches, nationality, Virginia; Phineas Wells, aged 30,
   size 5 feet 9 inches, nationality, New York; James Stewart
   Elliott, aged 22, size 5 feet 10 inches, nationality Virginia;
   James Westfall, aged 22, size 5 feet 11 inches, nationality
   Virginia; James Schoolcraft, aged 20, size 5 feet 8 inches, na-
   tionality Virginia ; Jacob Reger, aged 23, size 6 feet, nation-
   ality Virginia.
   
   In 1792 Governor Henry Lee, apprehending an Indian in-
   cursion into the valley ordered into service the following
   scouts in Randolph: Valentine Stalnaker, Charles Parsons,
   Geo. Westfall, John Jackson, William Gibson, William West-
   fall, and Thomas Carney.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} .

   Valentine Stalnaker
   Birth: 1758 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   Death: 28 Nov 1834 (aged 75–76) Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
   Burial: Old Stalnaker Family CemeteryRandolph County, West Virginia, USA
   Memorial #: 110934108
   Family Members
   Parents
   Jacob Stalnaker 1710-1792
   Maria Elizabeth Truby Stalnaker 1725-1816
   Spouses
   Catherine Parsons Stalnaker 1753-1803
   Luretia Jenkins Stalnaker 1785-1845
   Siblings
   Sebastian I. Stalnaker 1740-1826
   Levi John Stalnaker 1752-1784
   Catherine Stalnaker Whitman 1759-1837
   Jacob Stalnaker 1759-1834
   Samuel Stalnaker 1763-1835
   Andrew Stalnaker 1777-1840
   Mary Stalnaker Myers 1788-Unknown
   Children
   George Washington Stalnaker 1777-1857
   Isaac C. Stalnaker 1782-1860
   Rebecca Stalnaker Lorentz 1786-1860
   Jacob S. Stalnaker 1791-1878
   Abraham Stalnaker 1800-1869
   Created by: Robert Rucker (48128421)
   Added: 21 May 2013
   URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110934108/valentine-stalnaker
   Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2019), memorial page for Valentine Stalnaker (1758–28 Nov 1834), Find A Grave Memorial no. 110934108, citing Old Stalnaker Family Cemetery, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Robert Rucker (contributor 48128421) .

3.   .

   In February 1757, Jacob and Marie Elizabeth Stalnaker’s son, Valentine, was christened
   by Rev. Jacob Lischy.
   70, 71
   He also christened their twins, John George and Catherine, in
   October of that year.
   72 Rev. Lischy had been an itinerant Moravian minister, but by 1750
   had begun serving Reformed churches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, in the
   area near York, Pennsylvania. His records do not show where the christening took place.
   
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