Conway Stone

Notes:

James Stone. Not confirmed. We see two possibilities in the attempt to discover his identity: First, a James Stone married Sarah Denny in Surry County, 10 February 1808. Since Elizabeth and William (James' purported siblings) also married Dennys, we would be inclined to think that this James was son of Enoch and Nancy (Anthony) Stone. However, at least five individuals have submitted pedigree charts to the LDS Ancestral File showing this James (born in Surry in 1783, died in Jay County, Indiana, 22 May 1848) to have been the son of William and Rhoda (Prior) Stone (for whom they have provided no lineage). They show Sarah Denny, born in Surry about 1787, died in Jay County, Indiana, 3 October 1846, the daughter of Azariah and Sarah Wise (Felton) Denny. This Azariah, according to the charts, had thirteen children, including a daughter, Nancy, born in Surry about 1791 (name of spouse, if any, not given), but no son named Azariah. Azariah, father of Sarah, is shown in the Ancestral File to have been son of Samuel and --- (Southard) Denny, born in Albemarle, Virginia, about 1745. The second possibility is posed by Jane Elizabeth (King) Stone, who wrote (in 1906):
"James Stone, Enoch Stone's brother, married Martha King, daughter of John and Elizabeth King, and moved to Indiana about 1830." Unfortunately, Jane's statement could have referred either to this James (brother of Enoch, Jr.) or to James, brother of Enoch, Sr. (son of John). The Ancestral File shows James, born in Surry about 1800, died in Bloomington, Greene County, Indiana, married to Martha King, born in North Carolina about 1807, died in Bloomington about 1863, with one child: William Pierce Stone, born in Indiana in June 1829, died in Newton, Texas in 1905. It gives us no lineage for either James or Martha. On the other hand, only one of the eight marriage "records" in the International Genealogical Index (which is just about as reliable as the Ancestral File) show a date of marriage (1824) that would work for someone born as late as 1807; the remaining seven show dates of marriage for the couple ranging from 1797 to 1810, leading us to conclude that the James, who married Martha King, was more likely the son of John (as is represented in Stones of Surry).

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James Stone, the son of William Stone, was born on 15 December 1778 in Surry County, North Carolina. He was later married on 10 February 1808 in Surry County to a woman named Sarah ?Sally? Denny. Sarah, who had been born in about
1789 in Surry County, North Carolina, was the daughter of Azariah Denny and Sally Wise Felton. She was also the sister of the Nancy Denny who married James Stone?s brother, William. Several years after their marriage, James and Sarah moved to Ohio, where they settled in Gallia County. They eventually moved west into Jay County, Indiana, however.
Sarah subsequently died in Jay County, Indiana on 3 October 1846, while James died there on 22 May 1848. Both were subsequently buried in the Lancaster Cemetery at
Salamonia, Indiana.

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James married Sarah Denny on 10 Feb 1808 in Surry Co, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Azariah Denny and Mrs. Sally Wise-Felton) was born about 1787 in Surry Co, North Carolina; died on 3 Oct 1846 in Jay Co, Indiana; was buried in Lancaster Cem, Salamonia, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Enoch Stone, son of John and --- (Corder) Stone, born in Pilot Mountain, Surry, North Carolina, about 1765; died in Pilot Mountain, August 1823; married Nancy Anthony, daughter of John and Ursula (Jones) Anthony, born in Surry, about 1768. The Census of 1790 for the Salisbury district of Surry County shows an Enoch Stone family with one male over twenty-one, one female over twenty-one, and three females under twenty-one. If this be our Enoch, and the information supplied below concerning his offspring is correct, the census should have shown one male and one female over twenty-one, and one of each under twenty-one.

Enoch is said to have served in the Revolutionary War. Records of the North Carolina Historical Commission show: "1329 Enoch Stone -- £ 9.0.0" [North Carolina Revolutionary War Accounts, Vol. XI, p. 39, folio 3].

http://www.familyhistorypages.com/Stone.htm

Enoch married Nancy Anthony about 1781 in Surry Co or Caswell Co, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of John Anthony, Sr. and Ursula Jones) was born in 1768 in Caserbelle, Surry Co, North Carolina; died in 1823 in Pilot Mountain, Surry Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 27 Jan 1800, Raleigh, Wake Co, North Carolina; relatives, Joseph & Lewis, minor

Notes:

daughter of John and Ursula (Jones) Anthony, born in Surry, about 1768.

Research Notes:
GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS
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North Carolina State Archives
Raleigh, North Carolina

Know all men by these presents that we John Corder Sr. and Joseph Anthony, Milner Bennatt & James Yancey are held and firmly bound unto Robert Parker, David Gooch and Nathan Williams, Justices of the County Court of Caswell in the just and full sum of One Thousand Pounds to be paid to the said Justices of the Peace Essuire and their Sessions in office and assigns to the which payments is well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our Heirs Executors and Admins. Jointly and Surrally and firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated the 27th day of January 1800 AD

The contition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounded John Corder Sr. & Joseph Anthony is constituted and appointed Guardian for Lewis Anthony---a Minor Orohan. If therefore the said John Corder & Joseph Anthony shall well and truly execute his said Guardiansh ip by Securing and Improving Such estate or estates which shall come in to their hands or possession belonging to the said orphan, and render a true and perfect account of their said Guardianship by Oath before the Justices of our County Court within one year from the date of these presents, and deliver us pay to the possess the Said Orphan with all such estate or estates as he ought to be possessed of when he shall arrive to full age or be Sooner thereto requiered in all things complying with the a ct of our General Assembly in Such case made and provided, then the abo ve Obligation Shall be void Otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Signed, Sealed & John Corder (Seal)
in presence of Joseph Anthony (Seal)
A. Murphy, D.C. Milner Bennatt (Seal)
----------------- James Yancey (Seal)


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Azariah married Mrs. Sally Wise-Felton about 1780. Sally was born about 1760; died after 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 20 Dec 1747, Prince William Co,Virginia
• Census: 1771, Surry Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1772, Surry Co, North Carolina
• Property: 1786, Surry Co, North Carolina; sold land

Notes:

Many members of the family went west (Records furnished by David A Stoneof Spanish Fork Utah)
(The Nowlin Stone genealogy)
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William Stone, born 1723; married Hannah Conway. "On 20 December 1747, William Stone, Planter of Prince William County, Colony of Virginia, leased from John Dagg of Prince William County, shipwright, for the consideration of rents 125 acres of land, being part of a tract of land granted to Joseph Chambers lying between Carter's Run and Piney Mountain, during the natural lives of William Stone and Hannah his wife, paying unto the said John Dagg 450 pounds of tobacco and 5 shillings About 1760 or 1770, William Stone removed with his family to Surry, North Carolina. In 1780 a deed was made to William Stone for 280 acres in Surry Co NC. See deed book in Dobson. The Census of 1790 for the Salisbury district of Surry County shows: the William Stone family (three males over 21, three males under 21, four females over 21). Son, Ezekial, born in Fauquier County, 1756, enlisted for Revolutionary War service in Surry, North Carolina, in 1774; died in Marion Co., TN, at age ninety-nine [letter, Mary A. Saunders (Chattanooga, Tennessee) to Charles H. Stone (Charlotte, North Carolina), 11 June 1937]. Conway Stone, born 1761, served from Granville Co., North Carolina, in the Revolution. Conway married in Monroe Co, Tennessee, and his brother Ezekial certified to his marriage in 1845. The pension of Ezekial was in Marion Co., Tennessee. Children of William and Hannah (Conway) Stone: sons John, William, Ezekiel, Ephriam, and Conway; daughters, Polly, Hannah, Nancy, and Sally [from family records]. Ezekiel Stone's revolutionary war record (letter furnished by Veteran's administration, 28 August 1936): Ezekiel Stone volunteered in Surry County, North Carolina, and served with the North Carolina Troops as follows: from sometime in 1774, three weeks as a private in Captain Richard Good's Company under Major Joseph Winston and went out against the Tories; from sometime in 1776, three months as Orderly Sergeant in Captain William Dodson's Company, Colonel Joseph William's Regiment, went on an expedition against the Cherokees and assisted in destroying a number of their towns; in 1781, two tours, one of two weeks as a private in Captain William Bostic's Company under Major Joseph Winston, and the other of ten weeks as a private in Captain Humphrey's company, Colonel Francis Lock's Regiment. From 1784 to 1795, Ezekiel was in the Union District, South Carolina; in Sevier County North Carolina (now Tennessee) 1795-1816; in Bledsoe, Tennessee, 1816-1819; in Marion, Tennessee, from 1819 to his death in 1855. Ezekiel married Jane Woods about 1779; son William (born 1791) was a Captain in the Creek War and was made Brevet General for gallantry at the Battle of the Horseshoe; served with General Jackson in the Louisiana Campaign, and was elected to Congress in 1836 and 1838.

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Posted by: William Stone (ID *****4105) Date: July 27, 2008 at 20:55:06
In Reply to: Re: Ezekiel Stone, Sr. 1755 Fauquier Co.,Va, son of Wm. b. 1723 by Diana Igo of 11001


Diana,

There are several records from Surry in the new book that I am about to publish which prove the relationship to William. One Tax list from Surry has Ezekiel living with William in 1772 along with William Jr. He stays in Surry tax list until 1782, less his absence in the war. As you probably know he moved to Union County SC in 1784.

Ezekiel signed an affidavit for Conway (Conaway) Stones RW Pension record it was proof of a marriage. This allowed Conway?s wife to collect his pension after his death. He states in the affidavit that he was present at Conway?s marriage in Surry. At the time Conway was living with William Sr. In his RW pension Ezekiel states he was born In Fauquier County 1756. The only Stones of Tax Age living in Hamilton parish are Thomas Sr., Thomas Jr., William, and John. I have the Tax list from 1751. I also have a deed for Thomas Jr. and William leasing land next to each other on Carters run 1747. That is now in Fauquier.

I do want to clear up a long standing tradition which is in error. William never married Rhoda Pryor. That William and Rhoda Married in 1772 in Orange County. William and Family are in Surry County at Blewes Creek at the same time. I have records in deed form of William and Hannah selling land in Surry in 1786 and moving to Randolph County. Deeds show Conway moved there with them. William died in about 1788 and Hannah in 1792. Conway sold William and Hannah's land in 1793. John, William?s son, also moved there in 1792.

Also the will of 1819 is William's son will not his. The book Stones of Surry has several other errors.

William did not move to NC in 1770. William received a grant in Granville in Sept 1758 and moved there in April 1760 or earlier. I have the grant record and the survey from 1760 and his grant Feb. 1761/62. His father Thomas Stone had died in Aug of 1756 and William inherited some land. He is added to the Prince William, Later Fauquier Tax list, the same day his father?s inventory was accepted. The land was sold in August of 1758.

Lastly his brother John moved to Laurens SC that is also well documented. To be clear I have all kinds of evidence he was in Fauquier after William moved and stayed there until 1775. His move was directly to what is now Laurens County. I have deed and a Power of Attorney to prove that John Stone in Fauquier and John Stone in Laurens are the same person.

How far back does Ruth have to go I can place William?s father as Thomas Stone of Hamilton Parish birth year as 1699.

Only circumstantial evidence exists placing him with the Stone of Poynton Manor and Gov. William Stone. But it is fairly strong.

Bill Stone


Property:
"On 20 December 1747, William Stone, Planter of Prince William County, Colony of Virginia, leased from John Dagg of Prince William County, shipwright, for the consideration of rents 125 acres of land, being part of a tract of land granted to Joseph Chambers lying between Carter's Run and Piney Mountain, during the natural lives of William Stone and Hannah his wife, paying unto the said John Dagg 450 pounds of tobacco and 5 shillings About 1760 or 1770,

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(his brother Thomas leased neighboring land the following year, also from John Dagg)

Census:
Name: John Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1771
Database: NC Early Census Index

Name: William Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1771
Database: NC Early Census Index

Name: Marble Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1771
Database: NC Early Census Index

Name: Thomas Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1771
Database: NC Early Census Index


Census:
Name: William Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Year: 1772
Database: NC Early Census Index

Name: Marble Stone
State: NC
County: Surry County
Year: 1772
Database: NC Early Census Index

William* married Hannah* Conway in 1747 in Prince William Co, Virginia. Hannah* was born in 1727 in King George Co or Fauquier Co, Virginia; died in 1792 in Randolph Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1747 in Prince William County, Virginia to a woman named Hannah Conway. Verification that William Stone was married to Hannah Conway was found in Sheriff John Crump's Account Book for Hamilton Parish in Prince William County, Virginia
for the period 1751-1755.

Notes:

John Anthony, Sr. is listed in church records 1755, 1759, and 1771. John Anthony executed the power of attorney to his son-in-law, Hudson Berry, in Caswell Co., NC, Mar 6, 1785 (Book C p. 45) to receive the legacy willed to him by his deceased father, James Anthony, of Hanover Co., VA John Anthony's will, Jul 1786, lists wife Ursula, and children:

1. Jonathan Anthony, md. Nov 7, 1781, Rebecca Berry.
2. James Anthony, md. Feb 7, 1781, Elizabeth Corder.
3. Elijah Anthony.
4. John Anthony, Jr. St. Paul's Parish, Nov 12, 1779. (Various Taxpayers records in St. Paul's Parish, 1786-1815)
5. William Anthony, md. Jul 30, 1794, Sally Simonds.
6. Joseph Anthony, md. Feb 17, 1802, Hannah Castwell.
7. Sarah Anthony, md. Jun 27, 1775, Hudson Berry. They moved to Greenville Co., SC, buried at Fork Shoals Bapt. Church. (Ancestor of Miss Mary Riley, PO Box 604, Anderson, SC, 29622)
8. Nancy Anthony, md. ?Stone
9. Jean Anthony, md. ?Corder.

John married Ursula Jones about 1756 in North Carolina. Ursula (daughter of Richard Jones and Anne Symmons) was born about 1738 in Louisa Co, Virginia; died in 1800 in Caswell Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah Suddarth (or Southard) about 1740. Sarah was born about 1720 in Albemarle Co, Virginia; died before 1800 in Surry Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]