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116101 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, Augustus W.
Corliss, 1875: p. 236-7. Lists d. date & place. Ancestry of the children
of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor (Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The
Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.2-3]
lists b, bap, m, d. dates & places m. (2) Mary (?)= no issue. He d. at
Haverhill, 18 Jul 1694, leaving a will dated the same day which is
recorded in Salem, MA. He was granted land in Hampton, in 1640, but
probably removed to Haverhill when his father did. In 1647 he and a Mr.
Stanyan were appointed to lay out the road between Haverhill and Exeter.
He was made a Freeman in 1666 and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
in 1677. He was made his father's executor and the residuary legatee in
his estate.

GBFA says he was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire 		DAVIS, James II (I23367)
 
116102 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, Augustus W.
Corliss, 1875: p. 236-7. Lists d. date & place. Ancestry of the children
of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor (Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The
Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.2-3]
lists b, bap, m, d. dates & places m. (2) Mary (?)= no issue. He d. at
Haverhill, 18 Jul 1694, leaving a will dated the same day which is
recorded in Salem, MA. He was granted land in Hampton, in 1640, but
probably removed to Haverhill when his father did. In 1647 he and a Mr.
Stanyan were appointed to lay out the road between Haverhill and Exeter.
He was made a Freeman in 1666 and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
in 1677. He was made his father's executor and the residuary legatee in
his estate.

GBFA says he was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire 		DAVIS, James II (I23367)
 
116103 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, Augustus W.
Corliss, 1875: p. 236-7. Lists d. date & place. Ancestry of the children
of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor (Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The
Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.2-3]
lists b, bap, m, d. dates & places m. (2) Mary (?)= no issue. He d. at
Haverhill, 18 Jul 1694, leaving a will dated the same day which is
recorded in Salem, MA. He was granted land in Hampton, in 1640, but
probably removed to Haverhill when his father did. In 1647 he and a Mr.
Stanyan were appointed to lay out the road between Haverhill and Exeter.
He was made a Freeman in 1666 and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
in 1677. He was made his father's executor and the residuary legatee in
his estate.

GBFA says he was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire 		DAVIS, James II (I23367)
 
116104 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, Augustus W.
Corliss, 1875: p. 236-7. Lists d. date & place. Ancestry of the children
of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor (Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The
Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.2-3]
lists b, bap, m, d. dates & places m. (2) Mary (?)= no issue. He d. at
Haverhill, 18 Jul 1694, leaving a will dated the same day which is
recorded in Salem, MA. He was granted land in Hampton, in 1640, but
probably removed to Haverhill when his father did. In 1647 he and a Mr.
Stanyan were appointed to lay out the road between Haverhill and Exeter.
He was made a Freeman in 1666 and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
in 1677. He was made his father's executor and the residuary legatee in
his estate.

GBFA says he was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire 		DAVIS, James II (I23367)
 
116105 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America, Augustus W.
Corliss, 1875: p. 236-7. Lists d. date & place. Ancestry of the children
of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor (Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The
Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.2-3]
lists b, bap, m, d. dates & places m. (2) Mary (?)= no issue. He d. at
Haverhill, 18 Jul 1694, leaving a will dated the same day which is
recorded in Salem, MA. He was granted land in Hampton, in 1640, but
probably removed to Haverhill when his father did. In 1647 he and a Mr.
Stanyan were appointed to lay out the road between Haverhill and Exeter.
He was made a Freeman in 1666 and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
in 1677. He was made his father's executor and the residuary legatee in
his estate.

GBFA says he was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire 		DAVIS, James II (I23367)
 
116106 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116107 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116108 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116109 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116110 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116111 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116112 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116113 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116114 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116115 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116116 The Descendants of Jacob Barney from 1634 to 1800, 1954: p 3: lists as
parent Ancestry of the children of Robert Croll Stevens & Jane Eleanor
(Knauss) Stevens, Vol. I, The Genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, Robert
Croll Stevens, 1982. [17.3] lists b, d, m place and dates. She came to
Salisbury with her parents about 1639.

Sue Rood lists birth as 1624/1625 		EATON, Elizabeth (I23368)
 
116117 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116118 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116119 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116120 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116121 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116122 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116123 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116124 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116125 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116126 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116127 The document reads Ezra Hurlburt.

U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project)
Name: Ezra Hurthurt Stafford
Age: 57
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1865
Birth Location: Moore, Ont, Canada
Spouse: Ellen Rachel
Arrival Year: 1889
Issue Date: 29 Nov 1922
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Seattle, District Court

 		STAFFORD, Dr. Ezra Hurlburt MD (I40005)
 
116128 The Duchess of Norfold was 67 years old when she married her husband John
Wydville, who was 20 years old. 		WYDVILLE, John (I10649)
 
116129 The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property 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. 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 died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Early records listing Absalom Stafford - notice the spelling variations:
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list.
He is the only Stafford listed.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.

On other lists of the Montgomery Co. Militia, Henry Stafford and James Stafford are listed, Capt. Trigg's Company. Henry Stafford is listed as above 50 years old on a 1781 Montgomery Co. Militia list. Are Absalom, Henry, and James somehow related? There weren't many families there in that era, and close proximity often meant they were related. However, Montgomery County covered a large area at the time. The "Giles Co. Staffords" moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1785, so they weren't in the area yet.
----------------------------------
Abslum Stafford gave consent to the marriage of his daughter Sarah, widow of
Andrew Dials, to Michael Stump, in Aug. 1788.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford signed the petition to form Wythe County, Virginia in 1793.
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1793 Wythe County, VA personal property tax list.
He's the only Stafford listed, showing one male over 16 and 2 horses.
He's in the third section - area north of Walker's Mountain.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford land grant, 3 Oct 1796, Wythe County
300 a. On the Dividing waters between Clinch and Wolf Creek Grants No. 36, p. 245
----------------------------------
He evidently had land on Wolf Creek before Wythe County was formed:
Alexander Stewart, 21 Sept 1794, MONTGOMERY County
200 a. On the Clear fork of Wolf Creek between ABSALOM STAFFORDS & Samuel
Sallards Improvements. Grants No. 30, p. 84
----------------------------------
Absolum Stafford is listed on the Petition to Form Tazewell County, Virginia 1797-98.
----------------------------------
1800 Wythe County personal property tax list A has Absalom Stafford on page 23,
as well as John Stafford on page 21.
Note: Absalom's name has been transcribed as "Abraham" on the 1800 Wythe tax list, but looking at the original document, the old handwriting was hard to read, and it's Absalom.
----------------------------------
From the Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis: There's a section showing all the taxpayers in Tazewell County each year from 1801 to 1820. Absalom was on the tax list for 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, then no other year.

Absalom and Nancy his wife sold their property in Tazewell County on Sept. 10, 1801 and on October 11, 1804.

On Sept. 13, 1804, Absalom Stafford was exempted from county levy and poor rates on account of old age and infirmity.

At first it seems that the above record may have been the reason why Absalom didn't show up on the Tazewell County tax lists after 1804, but on October 22, 1805, there was a court record:
"John Pruett vs. John Justice. It appearing that Absalom Stafford and Nancy, his wife, are material witnesses for the pltf., it is ordered that deposition be taken of them in FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky."

It seems clear that Absalom and his wife moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky between October 1804 and October 1805.
----------------------------------
In 1810, Floyd County, KY, on both the tax list and census, Absalom is the only Stafford listed. This would have been in the part of Floyd Co. that became Pike Co. In 1815, on the Cabell County, Virginia tax list, Absalom and John were the only Staffords listed. Cabell County, Virginia was just across the Tug Fork from Pike County, Kentucky.
----------------------------------
1810 Floyd County, Kentucky census:
Absalom Stafford 10001-00101
<10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
Absalom and his wife were both in the oldest age bracket (over 45 years old). Also in the household is a young woman between 16 and 26 years old, and a little boy under 10 years old. This is probably Absalom's granddaughter Polly Dials and her first son Absalom Dials. Polly and her two sons are shown later in the Pike County, Kentucky records.
----------------------------------
Deed from Absalom Stafford to John Stafford, both of Cavil County, Virginia.
August 6, 1821 (consideration $300.00)
Deed Book B - Page 254 - Floyd County , Kentucky
10 acres in Floyd County, Ky., on the West side of Tug Fork of Sandy River.
----------------------------------
Henry Runyon, John Stafford's brother-in-law, was given $20 for the year (taken off his taxes) in 1825 for caring for Absalom Stafford and his wife. Henry also lived on Pond Creek (where John and Nancy Runyon Stafford lived) in Pike County:

Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book No. 1 - Page 133 -
November 14, 1825
" Ordered that Henry Runun Receive
H. Runyon ) Receive twenty Dollars for Keeping Absalem Stafford and
Conttee ) wife twelve months to be Collected out of the next County levy "

Absalom Stafford may have been John Miles Stafford's grandfather. 		STAFFORD, Absalom (I59308)
 
116130 The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property 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. 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 died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Early records listing Absalom Stafford - notice the spelling variations:
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list.
He is the only Stafford listed.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.

On other lists of the Montgomery Co. Militia, Henry Stafford and James Stafford are listed, Capt. Trigg's Company. Henry Stafford is listed as above 50 years old on a 1781 Montgomery Co. Militia list. Are Absalom, Henry, and James somehow related? There weren't many families there in that era, and close proximity often meant they were related. However, Montgomery County covered a large area at the time. The "Giles Co. Staffords" moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1785, so they weren't in the area yet.
----------------------------------
Abslum Stafford gave consent to the marriage of his daughter Sarah, widow of
Andrew Dials, to Michael Stump, in Aug. 1788.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford signed the petition to form Wythe County, Virginia in 1793.
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1793 Wythe County, VA personal property tax list.
He's the only Stafford listed, showing one male over 16 and 2 horses.
He's in the third section - area north of Walker's Mountain.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford land grant, 3 Oct 1796, Wythe County
300 a. On the Dividing waters between Clinch and Wolf Creek Grants No. 36, p. 245
----------------------------------
He evidently had land on Wolf Creek before Wythe County was formed:
Alexander Stewart, 21 Sept 1794, MONTGOMERY County
200 a. On the Clear fork of Wolf Creek between ABSALOM STAFFORDS & Samuel
Sallards Improvements. Grants No. 30, p. 84
----------------------------------
Absolum Stafford is listed on the Petition to Form Tazewell County, Virginia 1797-98.
----------------------------------
1800 Wythe County personal property tax list A has Absalom Stafford on page 23,
as well as John Stafford on page 21.
Note: Absalom's name has been transcribed as "Abraham" on the 1800 Wythe tax list, but looking at the original document, the old handwriting was hard to read, and it's Absalom.
----------------------------------
From the Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis: There's a section showing all the taxpayers in Tazewell County each year from 1801 to 1820. Absalom was on the tax list for 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, then no other year.

Absalom and Nancy his wife sold their property in Tazewell County on Sept. 10, 1801 and on October 11, 1804.

On Sept. 13, 1804, Absalom Stafford was exempted from county levy and poor rates on account of old age and infirmity.

At first it seems that the above record may have been the reason why Absalom didn't show up on the Tazewell County tax lists after 1804, but on October 22, 1805, there was a court record:
"John Pruett vs. John Justice. It appearing that Absalom Stafford and Nancy, his wife, are material witnesses for the pltf., it is ordered that deposition be taken of them in FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky."

It seems clear that Absalom and his wife moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky between October 1804 and October 1805.
----------------------------------
In 1810, Floyd County, KY, on both the tax list and census, Absalom is the only Stafford listed. This would have been in the part of Floyd Co. that became Pike Co. In 1815, on the Cabell County, Virginia tax list, Absalom and John were the only Staffords listed. Cabell County, Virginia was just across the Tug Fork from Pike County, Kentucky.
----------------------------------
1810 Floyd County, Kentucky census:
Absalom Stafford 10001-00101
<10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
Absalom and his wife were both in the oldest age bracket (over 45 years old). Also in the household is a young woman between 16 and 26 years old, and a little boy under 10 years old. This is probably Absalom's granddaughter Polly Dials and her first son Absalom Dials. Polly and her two sons are shown later in the Pike County, Kentucky records.
----------------------------------
Deed from Absalom Stafford to John Stafford, both of Cavil County, Virginia.
August 6, 1821 (consideration $300.00)
Deed Book B - Page 254 - Floyd County , Kentucky
10 acres in Floyd County, Ky., on the West side of Tug Fork of Sandy River.
----------------------------------
Henry Runyon, John Stafford's brother-in-law, was given $20 for the year (taken off his taxes) in 1825 for caring for Absalom Stafford and his wife. Henry also lived on Pond Creek (where John and Nancy Runyon Stafford lived) in Pike County:

Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book No. 1 - Page 133 -
November 14, 1825
" Ordered that Henry Runun Receive
H. Runyon ) Receive twenty Dollars for Keeping Absalem Stafford and
Conttee ) wife twelve months to be Collected out of the next County levy "

Absalom Stafford may have been John Miles Stafford's grandfather. 		STAFFORD, Absalom (I59308)
 
116131 The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property 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. 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 died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Early records listing Absalom Stafford - notice the spelling variations:
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list.
He is the only Stafford listed.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.

On other lists of the Montgomery Co. Militia, Henry Stafford and James Stafford are listed, Capt. Trigg's Company. Henry Stafford is listed as above 50 years old on a 1781 Montgomery Co. Militia list. Are Absalom, Henry, and James somehow related? There weren't many families there in that era, and close proximity often meant they were related. However, Montgomery County covered a large area at the time. The "Giles Co. Staffords" moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1785, so they weren't in the area yet.
----------------------------------
Abslum Stafford gave consent to the marriage of his daughter Sarah, widow of
Andrew Dials, to Michael Stump, in Aug. 1788.
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Absalom Stafford signed the petition to form Wythe County, Virginia in 1793.
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Absolom Stafford is on the 1793 Wythe County, VA personal property tax list.
He's the only Stafford listed, showing one male over 16 and 2 horses.
He's in the third section - area north of Walker's Mountain.
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Absalom Stafford land grant, 3 Oct 1796, Wythe County
300 a. On the Dividing waters between Clinch and Wolf Creek Grants No. 36, p. 245
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He evidently had land on Wolf Creek before Wythe County was formed:
Alexander Stewart, 21 Sept 1794, MONTGOMERY County
200 a. On the Clear fork of Wolf Creek between ABSALOM STAFFORDS & Samuel
Sallards Improvements. Grants No. 30, p. 84
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Absolum Stafford is listed on the Petition to Form Tazewell County, Virginia 1797-98.
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1800 Wythe County personal property tax list A has Absalom Stafford on page 23,
as well as John Stafford on page 21.
Note: Absalom's name has been transcribed as "Abraham" on the 1800 Wythe tax list, but looking at the original document, the old handwriting was hard to read, and it's Absalom.
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From the Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis: There's a section showing all the taxpayers in Tazewell County each year from 1801 to 1820. Absalom was on the tax list for 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, then no other year.

Absalom and Nancy his wife sold their property in Tazewell County on Sept. 10, 1801 and on October 11, 1804.

On Sept. 13, 1804, Absalom Stafford was exempted from county levy and poor rates on account of old age and infirmity.

At first it seems that the above record may have been the reason why Absalom didn't show up on the Tazewell County tax lists after 1804, but on October 22, 1805, there was a court record:
"John Pruett vs. John Justice. It appearing that Absalom Stafford and Nancy, his wife, are material witnesses for the pltf., it is ordered that deposition be taken of them in FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky."

It seems clear that Absalom and his wife moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky between October 1804 and October 1805.
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In 1810, Floyd County, KY, on both the tax list and census, Absalom is the only Stafford listed. This would have been in the part of Floyd Co. that became Pike Co. In 1815, on the Cabell County, Virginia tax list, Absalom and John were the only Staffords listed. Cabell County, Virginia was just across the Tug Fork from Pike County, Kentucky.
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1810 Floyd County, Kentucky census:
Absalom Stafford 10001-00101
<10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
Absalom and his wife were both in the oldest age bracket (over 45 years old). Also in the household is a young woman between 16 and 26 years old, and a little boy under 10 years old. This is probably Absalom's granddaughter Polly Dials and her first son Absalom Dials. Polly and her two sons are shown later in the Pike County, Kentucky records.
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Deed from Absalom Stafford to John Stafford, both of Cavil County, Virginia.
August 6, 1821 (consideration $300.00)
Deed Book B - Page 254 - Floyd County , Kentucky
10 acres in Floyd County, Ky., on the West side of Tug Fork of Sandy River.
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Henry Runyon, John Stafford's brother-in-law, was given $20 for the year (taken off his taxes) in 1825 for caring for Absalom Stafford and his wife. Henry also lived on Pond Creek (where John and Nancy Runyon Stafford lived) in Pike County:

Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book No. 1 - Page 133 -
November 14, 1825
" Ordered that Henry Runun Receive
H. Runyon ) Receive twenty Dollars for Keeping Absalem Stafford and
Conttee ) wife twelve months to be Collected out of the next County levy "

Absalom Stafford may have been John Miles Stafford's grandfather. 		STAFFORD, Absalom (I59308)
 
116132 The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property 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. 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 died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Early records listing Absalom Stafford - notice the spelling variations:
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list.
He is the only Stafford listed.
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Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.

On other lists of the Montgomery Co. Militia, Henry Stafford and James Stafford are listed, Capt. Trigg's Company. Henry Stafford is listed as above 50 years old on a 1781 Montgomery Co. Militia list. Are Absalom, Henry, and James somehow related? There weren't many families there in that era, and close proximity often meant they were related. However, Montgomery County covered a large area at the time. The "Giles Co. Staffords" moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1785, so they weren't in the area yet.
----------------------------------
Abslum Stafford gave consent to the marriage of his daughter Sarah, widow of
Andrew Dials, to Michael Stump, in Aug. 1788.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford signed the petition to form Wythe County, Virginia in 1793.
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1793 Wythe County, VA personal property tax list.
He's the only Stafford listed, showing one male over 16 and 2 horses.
He's in the third section - area north of Walker's Mountain.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford land grant, 3 Oct 1796, Wythe County
300 a. On the Dividing waters between Clinch and Wolf Creek Grants No. 36, p. 245
----------------------------------
He evidently had land on Wolf Creek before Wythe County was formed:
Alexander Stewart, 21 Sept 1794, MONTGOMERY County
200 a. On the Clear fork of Wolf Creek between ABSALOM STAFFORDS & Samuel
Sallards Improvements. Grants No. 30, p. 84
----------------------------------
Absolum Stafford is listed on the Petition to Form Tazewell County, Virginia 1797-98.
----------------------------------
1800 Wythe County personal property tax list A has Absalom Stafford on page 23,
as well as John Stafford on page 21.
Note: Absalom's name has been transcribed as "Abraham" on the 1800 Wythe tax list, but looking at the original document, the old handwriting was hard to read, and it's Absalom.
----------------------------------
From the Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis: There's a section showing all the taxpayers in Tazewell County each year from 1801 to 1820. Absalom was on the tax list for 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, then no other year.

Absalom and Nancy his wife sold their property in Tazewell County on Sept. 10, 1801 and on October 11, 1804.

On Sept. 13, 1804, Absalom Stafford was exempted from county levy and poor rates on account of old age and infirmity.

At first it seems that the above record may have been the reason why Absalom didn't show up on the Tazewell County tax lists after 1804, but on October 22, 1805, there was a court record:
"John Pruett vs. John Justice. It appearing that Absalom Stafford and Nancy, his wife, are material witnesses for the pltf., it is ordered that deposition be taken of them in FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky."

It seems clear that Absalom and his wife moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky between October 1804 and October 1805.
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In 1810, Floyd County, KY, on both the tax list and census, Absalom is the only Stafford listed. This would have been in the part of Floyd Co. that became Pike Co. In 1815, on the Cabell County, Virginia tax list, Absalom and John were the only Staffords listed. Cabell County, Virginia was just across the Tug Fork from Pike County, Kentucky.
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1810 Floyd County, Kentucky census:
Absalom Stafford 10001-00101
<10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
Absalom and his wife were both in the oldest age bracket (over 45 years old). Also in the household is a young woman between 16 and 26 years old, and a little boy under 10 years old. This is probably Absalom's granddaughter Polly Dials and her first son Absalom Dials. Polly and her two sons are shown later in the Pike County, Kentucky records.
----------------------------------
Deed from Absalom Stafford to John Stafford, both of Cavil County, Virginia.
August 6, 1821 (consideration $300.00)
Deed Book B - Page 254 - Floyd County , Kentucky
10 acres in Floyd County, Ky., on the West side of Tug Fork of Sandy River.
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Henry Runyon, John Stafford's brother-in-law, was given $20 for the year (taken off his taxes) in 1825 for caring for Absalom Stafford and his wife. Henry also lived on Pond Creek (where John and Nancy Runyon Stafford lived) in Pike County:

Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book No. 1 - Page 133 -
November 14, 1825
" Ordered that Henry Runun Receive
H. Runyon ) Receive twenty Dollars for Keeping Absalem Stafford and
Conttee ) wife twelve months to be Collected out of the next County levy "

Absalom Stafford may have been John Miles Stafford's grandfather. 		STAFFORD, Absalom (I59308)
 
116133 The earliest records found listing Absalom are in the early 1780's in Montgomery County, Virginia. He and his wife Nancy had property 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. 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 died after 1825 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Early records listing Absalom Stafford - notice the spelling variations:
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1782 Montgomery County land tax list.
He is the only Stafford listed.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford was shown on at least one list of the Montgomery County, Virginia
Militia during the American Revolution, Capt. Love's Company.

On other lists of the Montgomery Co. Militia, Henry Stafford and James Stafford are listed, Capt. Trigg's Company. Henry Stafford is listed as above 50 years old on a 1781 Montgomery Co. Militia list. Are Absalom, Henry, and James somehow related? There weren't many families there in that era, and close proximity often meant they were related. However, Montgomery County covered a large area at the time. The "Giles Co. Staffords" moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania in 1785, so they weren't in the area yet.
----------------------------------
Abslum Stafford gave consent to the marriage of his daughter Sarah, widow of
Andrew Dials, to Michael Stump, in Aug. 1788.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford signed the petition to form Wythe County, Virginia in 1793.
----------------------------------
Absolom Stafford is on the 1793 Wythe County, VA personal property tax list.
He's the only Stafford listed, showing one male over 16 and 2 horses.
He's in the third section - area north of Walker's Mountain.
----------------------------------
Absalom Stafford land grant, 3 Oct 1796, Wythe County
300 a. On the Dividing waters between Clinch and Wolf Creek Grants No. 36, p. 245
----------------------------------
He evidently had land on Wolf Creek before Wythe County was formed:
Alexander Stewart, 21 Sept 1794, MONTGOMERY County
200 a. On the Clear fork of Wolf Creek between ABSALOM STAFFORDS & Samuel
Sallards Improvements. Grants No. 30, p. 84
----------------------------------
Absolum Stafford is listed on the Petition to Form Tazewell County, Virginia 1797-98.
----------------------------------
1800 Wythe County personal property tax list A has Absalom Stafford on page 23,
as well as John Stafford on page 21.
Note: Absalom's name has been transcribed as "Abraham" on the 1800 Wythe tax list, but looking at the original document, the old handwriting was hard to read, and it's Absalom.
----------------------------------
From the Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis: There's a section showing all the taxpayers in Tazewell County each year from 1801 to 1820. Absalom was on the tax list for 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, then no other year.

Absalom and Nancy his wife sold their property in Tazewell County on Sept. 10, 1801 and on October 11, 1804.

On Sept. 13, 1804, Absalom Stafford was exempted from county levy and poor rates on account of old age and infirmity.

At first it seems that the above record may have been the reason why Absalom didn't show up on the Tazewell County tax lists after 1804, but on October 22, 1805, there was a court record:
"John Pruett vs. John Justice. It appearing that Absalom Stafford and Nancy, his wife, are material witnesses for the pltf., it is ordered that deposition be taken of them in FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky."

It seems clear that Absalom and his wife moved to Floyd (now Pike) County, Kentucky between October 1804 and October 1805.
----------------------------------
In 1810, Floyd County, KY, on both the tax list and census, Absalom is the only Stafford listed. This would have been in the part of Floyd Co. that became Pike Co. In 1815, on the Cabell County, Virginia tax list, Absalom and John were the only Staffords listed. Cabell County, Virginia was just across the Tug Fork from Pike County, Kentucky.
----------------------------------
1810 Floyd County, Kentucky census:
Absalom Stafford 10001-00101
<10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+
Absalom and his wife were both in the oldest age bracket (over 45 years old). Also in the household is a young woman between 16 and 26 years old, and a little boy under 10 years old. This is probably Absalom's granddaughter Polly Dials and her first son Absalom Dials. Polly and her two sons are shown later in the Pike County, Kentucky records.
----------------------------------
Deed from Absalom Stafford to John Stafford, both of Cavil County, Virginia.
August 6, 1821 (consideration $300.00)
Deed Book B - Page 254 - Floyd County , Kentucky
10 acres in Floyd County, Ky., on the West side of Tug Fork of Sandy River.
----------------------------------
Henry Runyon, John Stafford's brother-in-law, was given $20 for the year (taken off his taxes) in 1825 for caring for Absalom Stafford and his wife. Henry also lived on Pond Creek (where John and Nancy Runyon Stafford lived) in Pike County:

Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book No. 1 - Page 133 -
November 14, 1825
" Ordered that Henry Runun Receive
H. Runyon ) Receive twenty Dollars for Keeping Absalem Stafford and
Conttee ) wife twelve months to be Collected out of the next County levy "

Absalom Stafford may have been John Miles Stafford's grandfather. 		STAFFORD, Absalom (I59308)
 
116134 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116135 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116136 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116137 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116138 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116139 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116140 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116141 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116142 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116143 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116144 The Evening Bulletin
Decatur, Illinois
April 2, 1896

ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
Death of Jabez Capps, the oldest man Central Illinois died at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Mt.Pulaski. Had he lived until September he would have been 100 years of age. Some time ago, however, he was afflicted with a gangrenous affection which cut short his life. His death has been expected for several days. Mr. Capps came of a long lived family. He was born in London, England, on September 8, 1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first went to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught in one of the first schools. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun, a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie Ann Stafford became his first wife. She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journey. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
1796 and was one of the oldest of ten children. His father died in London at the age of 60 years and his mother died in 1857 at she age of 87 years. He has four brothers surviving him and they are aged 75, 81, 83, and 87. Of his own family he has six children living, thirty-nine grand children, and twenty-seven great grand children.
He left his home in Londeon at the age of 21 years, embarking in the clippership, Mary Ann, for Liverpool, sailing from there to Boston. His objective point was Philadelphia, but he first west to New York and afterwards, with only seven dollars in money, he walked to Philadelphia.That place did not suit him and he walked to Pittsburg. About 1817 he embarked there in a flat boat and went to Cincinnati, where he was joined by his brother, Ebenezer, and together they went into the shoe business. Then they moved on to St.Louis, where they worked for a shoeman. and in 1819 they came to Sangamon County, where Mr. Capps taught one of the first school. In the spring of 1819 the brothers went to Calhoun. a small town near Springfield, and there they opened a second hand store. The deceased taught the first school in Springfield and one of his pupils, Prudie ann Stafford became his first wife She died in 1836 he then married Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1887.
At one time in Springfield he owned much of what is now the most valuable real estate there including the site of the state capitol. That land involved him in a lawsuit and Abraham Lincoln was his attorney. In 1833 he paid his first visit to Chicago. Accompanied by his wife and two sons he drove through from Springfield by way of Peoria. Chicago was then known as Fort Dearborn. It took a week to make the journe. His last visit to that city was in 1893 when he was a honored guest at the dedication of the White City. In 1836 with Dr.Barton Robinson and E.W. Turley he laid out the village of Mt. Pulaski. Lincoln always stopped with Mr. Capps when he visited the town, and one of the deceased most valued treasures was a daguerreo-type of the martyred president which was given him by Lincoln himself.
The funeral will be held Thurday at the residence in Mt Pulaski and the interrment will be in the cemetery there.
 		CAPPS, Jabez (I73409)
 
116145 The expouses married eachother. Family F18101
 
116146 The famiily bible has her middle name spelled "Leurain". CALLOWAY, Etta Lorrain (I26388)
 
116147 The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.

Thomas was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. According to Official
Roster II, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of
Ohio:

Nott, Thomas - Morgan Co. Pvt. Conn. St. Trps., Enl. 1776 Charlestown NH.
Was b. June 24, 1740 Fairfield Conn. Came to Morgan Co. O fr N.H. abt
1800 whr in Oct 24 1822 he applied for pens for 2 yrs service. On
9-2-1833 drawing pens. ref NH (Green Mountain Boys) S5836 Pens Claims. Cop
by State DAR. Addit rpt fr. Leliabel Burch Cols. O. Served over 3 yrs in
Rev. 1 1/2 yrs under Capts. Weatherby and White, also Col. Ethan Allen.
Enl. from Acworth Twp. Cheshire Co. NH. Was in engagement on Plains of
Abraham and in the Battle of Stillwater. Soldr d. May 15 1834 [a
subsequent entry in Roster III gave the year as 1835] Bristol Twp. Morgan
Co. O.

Thomas came to Roxbury Twp., Washington Co., OH, in 1800, from
Pennsylvania. In 1805 he bought 50 acres for $100, being one half of
Donation Lot 38 on the south bank of the Muskingum, drawn by Amos Harvey. 		NOTT, Thomas (I15871)
 
116148 The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.

Thomas was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. According to Official
Roster II, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of
Ohio:

Nott, Thomas - Morgan Co. Pvt. Conn. St. Trps., Enl. 1776 Charlestown NH.
Was b. June 24, 1740 Fairfield Conn. Came to Morgan Co. O fr N.H. abt
1800 whr in Oct 24 1822 he applied for pens for 2 yrs service. On
9-2-1833 drawing pens. ref NH (Green Mountain Boys) S5836 Pens Claims. Cop
by State DAR. Addit rpt fr. Leliabel Burch Cols. O. Served over 3 yrs in
Rev. 1 1/2 yrs under Capts. Weatherby and White, also Col. Ethan Allen.
Enl. from Acworth Twp. Cheshire Co. NH. Was in engagement on Plains of
Abraham and in the Battle of Stillwater. Soldr d. May 15 1834 [a
subsequent entry in Roster III gave the year as 1835] Bristol Twp. Morgan
Co. O.

Thomas came to Roxbury Twp., Washington Co., OH, in 1800, from
Pennsylvania. In 1805 he bought 50 acres for $100, being one half of
Donation Lot 38 on the south bank of the Muskingum, drawn by Amos Harvey. 		NOTT, Thomas (I15871)
 
116149 The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.

Thomas was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. According to Official
Roster II, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of
Ohio:

Nott, Thomas - Morgan Co. Pvt. Conn. St. Trps., Enl. 1776 Charlestown NH.
Was b. June 24, 1740 Fairfield Conn. Came to Morgan Co. O fr N.H. abt
1800 whr in Oct 24 1822 he applied for pens for 2 yrs service. On
9-2-1833 drawing pens. ref NH (Green Mountain Boys) S5836 Pens Claims. Cop
by State DAR. Addit rpt fr. Leliabel Burch Cols. O. Served over 3 yrs in
Rev. 1 1/2 yrs under Capts. Weatherby and White, also Col. Ethan Allen.
Enl. from Acworth Twp. Cheshire Co. NH. Was in engagement on Plains of
Abraham and in the Battle of Stillwater. Soldr d. May 15 1834 [a
subsequent entry in Roster III gave the year as 1835] Bristol Twp. Morgan
Co. O.

Thomas came to Roxbury Twp., Washington Co., OH, in 1800, from
Pennsylvania. In 1805 he bought 50 acres for $100, being one half of
Donation Lot 38 on the south bank of the Muskingum, drawn by Amos Harvey. 		NOTT, Thomas (I15871)
 
116150 The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.

Thomas was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. According to Official
Roster II, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of
Ohio:

Nott, Thomas - Morgan Co. Pvt. Conn. St. Trps., Enl. 1776 Charlestown NH.
Was b. June 24, 1740 Fairfield Conn. Came to Morgan Co. O fr N.H. abt
1800 whr in Oct 24 1822 he applied for pens for 2 yrs service. On
9-2-1833 drawing pens. ref NH (Green Mountain Boys) S5836 Pens Claims. Cop
by State DAR. Addit rpt fr. Leliabel Burch Cols. O. Served over 3 yrs in
Rev. 1 1/2 yrs under Capts. Weatherby and White, also Col. Ethan Allen.
Enl. from Acworth Twp. Cheshire Co. NH. Was in engagement on Plains of
Abraham and in the Battle of Stillwater. Soldr d. May 15 1834 [a
subsequent entry in Roster III gave the year as 1835] Bristol Twp. Morgan
Co. O.

Thomas came to Roxbury Twp., Washington Co., OH, in 1800, from
Pennsylvania. In 1805 he bought 50 acres for $100, being one half of
Donation Lot 38 on the south bank of the Muskingum, drawn by Amos Harvey. 		NOTT, Thomas (I15871)
 

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