Person:Adam Stalnaker (3)

Will Abstract

Randolph County, [W]VA Wills

Stalnaker, Adam

Probate: April 1815 Term

Devisees: Wife Naomi, son Randolph, Daughter Maria, Daughter Elenor, Son Daniel

Witnesses: Robert Stalnaker, John B. Hart, George Whitman.

Notes

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

Adam, born 1780, son of Adam; killed in 1782. Married Naomi Morgan, 1805. Her sister Ruth, married George Wees. The marriage of these two girls made their descendants related to nearly everyone in Tygarts Valley.

Adam Stalnaker married Naomi Morgan, was the daughter Zedekiah Morgan and Ruth Dart, his wife. Both her parents were of distinguished Connecticut families. Her brothers’ and sisters’ names were Joshua, Ezra, Hezekiah, Lydia, and Ruth.

Five years after the death of her husband, Adam Stalnaker, "Naomi Stalnaker (widow) married John Brooks, October 10, 1820." (Randolph County Marriage Licenses.) She died in Randolph County in 1837. (Family Records.)

The children of Adam Stalnaker and Naomi Morgan, his wife, married as follows, according to the Stalnaker Family Records and Maxwell’s History of Randolph County.

Eleanor Stalnaker married Jehu Harper.

Daniel H. Stalnaker, who married Miss Sara Wylie of Greenbrier county, May 1st, 1839. (Greenbrier Co., Marriage Licenses.)

Maria Stalnaker married Isaac Baker of Randolph county, and their son, Daniel Randolph Baker’s heir now owns the old home on the hill built by the pioneer, Jacob Stalnaker.

Randolph Stalnaker, born January 17, 1808, on Files’ Creek; died in 1895; married in Monroe Co., in 1830, :Caroline Erskine Zoll, daughter of William Zoll and Jane Smith, his wife, who was the daughter of William Zoll and Jane Smith, his wife, who was the daughter of James Smith and Flora (Erskine) Smith, (Family Records.)

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?).

   Wills Recorded in Randolph County.
   
   A list of wills recorded in Randolph County prior to 1836
   is given below, with the name of the testator and the date
   of record :
   
   
   
   Andrew McMullen 1788
   
   George Ward 1791
   
   David Haddan 1791
   
   Jacob Stalnaker 1791
   
   John Miller 1794
   
   Jeremiah Channell 1797
   
   Raphael Warthen 1798
   
   Catherine Carlick 1801
   
   Thomas White 1802
   
   Josiah Westfall 1802
   
   John Haddan 1803
   
   Vincent Marsh 1804
   
   St.Leger Stout 1806
   
   Thomas Phillips 1806
   
   Henry Mace 1807
   
   Mary Ann Marteny 1809
   
   Thomas Holder 1810
   
   Edward Hart 1811
   
   Charles Myers 1812
   
   Abraham Kittle 1813
   
   
   
   Adam Stalnaker 1814

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 .

   U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
   
   NameCaptain Samuel StalnakerBirth Date1732
   SAR Membership63847
   RoleAncestor
   Application Date20 Apr 1946
   ChildrenJacob Stalnaker
   Household Members
   Name
   Paul Randolph Stainaker
   Name
   Anna B Cloud
   Name
   John William Stalnaker
   Name
   Carolyn Erakine Von Zoll
   Name
   Randolph Stalnaker
   Name
   Naomi Morgan
   Name
   Adam Stalnaker
   Name
   Adam Stalnaker II
   Name
   Elizabeth Truly
   Name
   Jacob Stalnaker
   Name
   Captain Samuel Stalnaker