Note: The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property adjoining land belonging to Michael Stump on the Clear Fork of Wolf Creek, at the head of the Clinch, which is about where the town of Gratton now is, east of the city of Tazewell, Virginia. As new counties were formed, that part of Montgomery County became Wythe County, then Tazewell County, Virginia.
Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list
In about 1805, Absalom and Nancy moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky, on the Tug Fork of the Sandy River near where Williamson, West Virginia now stands.
Absalom Stafford listed on 1810 Floyd Co., KY census.
Absalom died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.
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