Adam STAFFORD^[1]

1806 - 1880  (74 years)

• Name	Adam STAFFORD
  Born	4 Feb 1806	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
  Census	1870	Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
  Census	1880	Victoria Co., Texas
  _UID	C21A4CCAEF1B8848BF0C9454BB82F00FBB0E
  Died	21 Nov 1880	Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
  Buried	Evergreen Cem., Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
  Person ID	I2229	Branch 070 William Joseph Stafford b. 1780 TN
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	William Joseph STAFFORD, Sr. (Branch 070),   b. Abt 1780, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Sep 1840, Stafford's Point, Oyster Bay, Houston, Harris Co., Texas  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Martha DONNELLE,   b. North Carolina ,   d. 1818
  Notes	Married: Four children by this marriage.
  Family ID	F923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria E. HENKINS,   b. 1823, South Carolina ,   d. 8 Nov 1855, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas  (Age 32 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1842	Fort Bend Co., Texas
  Census	1850	Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas
  Notes	Census: 1 Sep 1850. Listed as Adam Stafford, a farmer, with wife Mariah E. and children Martha F. age 5 b. TX, Margaret E. age 4 b. TX, William J. age 18 b. TX, John T. age 9 b. TX and Sarah Ann age 3 b. TX.. 11 Slaves listed in Slave Schedule.
  Children	1. Martha T. STAFFORD,   b. 1844, Texas ,   d. 15 Jun 1888, Texas  (Age 44 years)   2. Sarah Ann STAFFORD,   b. 29 Jul 1847, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas ,   d. 31 Mar 1865, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas  (Age 17 years)   3. Margaret Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 11 Jun 1849, Texas ,   d. 19 Nov 1920, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 71 years)   4. Mary Ella STAFFORD,   b. 8 Jul 1853, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas ,   d. 31 Jan 1856, Victoria, Victoria Co., Texas  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F27548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, came to Texas to join his father William Stafford and received a labor of land in Waller County on Aug. 24, 1824. Single, Adam would settle into farming in Fort Bend County where his father had a cane mill and the first horse-powered cotton gin in the colony. Stafford was handicapped and couldn't fight during the Texas Revolution but helped by furnishing supplies to the Texas Army. In 1846, at the time of the Mexican War, he moved his family to Victoria where he became a breeder of fine horses. Considered somewhat eccentric in disposition, he was also considered warm hearted and kind – and, to his friends, was indeed a true friend. He died on Nov. 21, 1880, at the age of 74.  Census: 14 Jun 1860. Listed as A. Stafford, a farmer, with children Martha T., Sarah Ann, M. E., Jno T. age 20 b. TX. Listed as Adam Stafford, a farmer, with Wm L. Clark and his wife Bettie. Listed as a widower with divorced daughter Bettie Clark, grandson Eddie Clark and granddaughter Lottie Clark. Parents born in NC. Died: Aged 78.

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] Stafford Data Branch 38.