- Sometime prior to 1790, Thomas and Elizabeth left Virginia and moved to Kentucky, where they may have spent a short time in Lincoln County before settling permanently
in Mercer County. Although Elizabeth is known to have died in Mercer County, Kentucky, the actual date of her death has not been determined.
(The Stone Family, Part Two, page 9)
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- Thomas Stone, the son of Thomas Stone and Mary Butler, was born in about 1743 in Prince William County, Virginia. That Thomas is the eldest son of Thomas and Mary (Butler) Stone is based upon an affidavit given by a Mr. Richard Roper which was filed in Mercer County, Kentucky Order Book ?P.? This affidavit states:
?Proof given by Richard Roper that Thomas Stone was the eldest brother of Baylis Stone and heir at law of Bayles Stone who belonged to the Army of the Revolution and died in service an unmarried man.?
Thomas Stone was apparently married twice during his life. He married first to a woman named Elizabeth ?Betty? Jackman in about 1763/1764 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Elizabeth, who was also a native of Virginia, was the daughter of Thomas Jackman and Hester Wright. She was referred to as ?Betty Stone? in her father?s will, which had been written on 15 March 1776, and later probated in Fauquier County,
Virginia on 25 March 1776.
In early 1777, Thomas enlisted in the Virginia Continental Line to fight in the Revolutionary War, serving in both the 10th and the 14th Regiments. During the following year, Thomas Stone?s name was found in column one of page two of the 1778 List of Tithes taken by William Pickett for the Lower District of Leeds Parish. Thomas Stone, identified as Thomas Stone, Jr. on the list, is shown as owing one tithe on
property next door to his father, Thomas Stone, Sr. While home on leave from the 8 War in 1779, Thomas received a Fairfax land grant for 320 acres in Fauquier County,
Virginia.
THE STONE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, AND BEYOND. (PART TWO)
(DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS STONE OF HAMILTON PARISH, VIRGINIA)
BY JACK E. MACDONALD
POWELL, WYOMING
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Abt 1743 - 1829 (~ 86 years)
