Eli STAFFORD^[1]

Abt 1781 - 1839  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Eli STAFFORD
  Born	Abt 1781	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Immigration	Aft 1830	Poinsett Co., Arkansas
  _UID	93EB521585499941BDD83D782F6B939B9F78
  Died	1839	Fayette Co., Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I119964	Branch 094 Henry Leland Stafford b. IRE
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Laban STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1738,   d. 1811, Caswell Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Easther,   b. Abt 1745,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Living Parent(s) - Details withheld
  Family ID	F38807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Eli is named in his father Laban Stafford's 1811 Caswell Co., NC Will. Eli is one of the 4 sons for whom Laban directed that a land division be made. Eli sold 210 acres on the watershed of Hyco and Cobbs Creeks on 23 Apr 1832. The family then moved to Fayette Co., TN. Performed jury duty in Fayette Co., TN in Jul 1834. 1835, purchased 250 acres in Fayette Co. His land was next to Jesse Harrison and his brother James Stafford. Eli Stafford again bought land on 27 November 1838 in Fayette Co., TN. Eli died in 1839. In Court Minutes, Book A, page 428, Sept. 3, 1839, John Bradsher is appointed Administrator along with Lewis Amis (their clergyman) of the estate of Eli Stafford, dec'd. Entering into bond along with John Bradsher were Jesse Harrison & Thos. Eskridge. (Thomas Eskridge was husband to Phoebe Stafford, another daughter of Eli Stafford.) (The brothers Thomas Eskridge & Walker Eskridge are nephews of Mary "Polly" Eskridge who married James Stafford.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S13756] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S4836] E-Mail Message, Susan L. Smith on 16 Mar 2004 (Reliability: 2).