Archibald Stanyarne, the son of Joseph Stanyarne, was a planter on the Stono River in St. Paul Parish.
In 1766 he received a grant for 500 acres in Colleton County, and upon his father's death in 1772, he inherited two plantations on the Stono. Stanyarne also owned property in Charleston and 153 slaves.
St. Paul Parish elected him to the Twenty-eighth Royal Assembly (1768) of the Commons House, and as a member, he was one of the "Unanimous Twenty-six" who voted to consider the Massachusetts and Virginia Resolutions. Reelected to the Twenty-ninth Royal Assembly (1769–1771) by St. Paul, the election was declared null and void due to an irregularity at the polls caused by a qualification dispute which necessitated the closing of the polls a day earlier than allowed by law. When elected in a new election, he declined to serve. He was also quartermaster of the First Regiment of Horse (1757).
On or before 19 May 1759, Stanyarne married Sarah Elliott, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Elliott. No children were born to their marriage before Sarah Stanyarne died on 27 October 1767. In his will, Stanyarne provided for the manumission of a slave woman Bess and her offspring and further provided her with an annual income of £60, a slave girl, and a residence on either of his plantations.
Archibald Stanyarne died at his plantation on the Stono River 25 June 1773 and was buried in the old cemetery of St. Paul Parish.
SOURCES:
Council Journals, 26(1757-1758), 80.
Inventories, Z(1771–1774), 426–30.
McCrady, 2:610n.
Marriage Notices, p. 21.
Moore, Wills, 3:176-77.
Petit Jury Lists, 1751.
Royal Grants, 14:156.
SCHM, 10:169, 246; 15:30; 34:154; 50:166.
Wills, 15(1771-1774-B), 528-29.
