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- From "MARYLAND MARRIAGES"
Stafford, Richard A. to Mary Ann Walker, 23 May 1809, Allegany County, Maryland
From the Census
1810 Hampshire County, Virginia, page 32Stafford, Richard
From "EARLY OHIO SETTLERS: Purchasers of land in Eastern and East Central Ohio 1800-1830"
r t s
Stafford, Francis A. (z)1809 Sep 27 Muskingum 08 04 20
Stafford, Richard A. (z)1812 Aug 25 Coshocton 08 04 14
Stafford, Francis A. (z)1816 Mar 23 Coshocton 08 04 13
Stafford, Aaron (z)1817 Feb 04 Tuscarawas 03 06 17
Stafford, Robert (z)1817 Feb 04 Tuscarawas 03 06 18
Stafford, Francis A. (z-m)1824 Jul 21 Coshocton 08 04 09
It is possible that some of the land transactions in Hampshire County, West Virginia, naming Richard Stafford apply to this man instead of his father. About the same time he was buying land in Ohio, he was selling it in Virginia.
Richard was a veteran of the War of 1812.
From the Census
1820 Coshocton County, Ohio, page 32 Stafford, Richard
From "OHIO WILLS & ESTATES to 1850"
Stafford, Richard A.E-1823 Coshocton County WbI p353
From the Census 1830 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 281 Stafford, Ann
1840 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 389 Stafford, Ann
1850 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 191 Wilkins, Eliza (Ann Stafford)
1860 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 180b Wilkins, Eliza (Ann Stafford)
Richard A. Stafford was born about 1785, probably in Hampshire County, Virginia, to Richard and Catherine Stafford. He married Mary Ann Walker 23 May 1809 in Allegany County, Maryland. She was born about 1796, according to the 1850 census.
They were living in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1810 near brother Jose
ph, with a son that was probably born in early 1810. A land record puts t
heir arrival in Coshocton County with brother Francis A. Stafford in 1812. The bill of sale was signed 25 Aug 1812. They had four children--two sons and two daughters.
Richard's will is recorded in 1823, Coshocton County, Ohio, Will Bo
ok I, page 353. By 1830, Ann had moved to Muskingum County, and only t
wo daughters are recorded in her household. In 1840, there are three females besides Ann. Her sons have yet to be identified.
In 1850, Ann was living in the household of her daughter Eliza Wilkins (age 32), and two grandchildren--Ann & John Wilkins. A Jane Wilkins, age 1
6, is also in the household.
Richard & Ann Stafford had two sons. Their sons could have been among the Staffords who moved to Indiana or Missouri, in the 1830s and 40s. In the 1830 census, no males are listed in the houshold of Ann Stafford, Muskingum County, Ohio.
An unidentified male, born 1794/1804, is found in their household in 182
0. This could be the missing brother Washington.An unidentified female, born 1815/1820, is found in their household in 18
40.
A Francis A. Stafford married Esther Shepperd, 22 February 1838, in Muskingum County, Ohio. Was that a son of Richard and Ann?
A Francis Stafford (f) married Richard G. Parker 05 January 1838, in Muskingum County, Ohio.
FROM A History of Coshocton County, found at heritagepursuit.com,03-2005
Richard Stafford was here (Coshocton) at this time (1815) , coming from the South Branch of the Potomac, Virginia. He was a wagonmaker, and served as an early justice of the peace.
Guardianship papers for the heirs of Richard A. Stafford show their order of birth as James, Henry, Eliza, and Mary. Henry was born in 1814; Eliza in 1818. A Zanesville Newspaper notice in 1814 speaks of a local Stafford boy being struck by lightning and killed; this could be a reference to a fifth child of Richard.
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From "MARYLAND MARRIAGES"
Stafford, Richard A. to Mary Ann Walker, 23 May 1809, Allegany County, Maryland
From the Census
1810 Hampshire County, Virginia, page 32Stafford, Richard
From "EARLY OHIO SETTLERS: Purchasers of land in Eastern and East Central Ohio 1800-1830"
r t s
Stafford, Francis A. (z)1809 Sep 27Muskingum08 04 20
Stafford, Richard A. (z)1812 Aug 25Coshocton08 04 14
Stafford, Francis A. (z)1816 Mar 23Coshocton08 04 13
Stafford, Aaron (z)1817 Feb 04Tuscarawas03 06 17
Stafford, Robert (z)1817 Feb 04Tuscarawas03 06 18
Stafford, Francis A. (z-m)1824 Jul 21Coshocton08 04 09
Richard was a veteran of the War of 1812.
From the Census
1820 Coshocton County, Ohio, page 32Stafford, Richard
From "OHIO WILLS & ESTATES to 1850"
Stafford, Richard A.E-1823Coshocton CountyWbIp353
FROM Debbie Puhr (Locke Descendant): Richard A. Stafford's estate is found on pages 320, 343, 435, 492, in Wills and Inventory Records, 1811-1828, date 17 day of April 1823, John Crowley, Administrator, James Robinson, Ephraim Thayer, Patrick Miller, Samuel Burns, & John D. Moore.
FROM "GUARDIANSHIP RECORDS 1816-1942 MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO: INDEX BY WARDS", published by Muskingum County Genealogy Society, march 2004
Eliza, Henry, James & Mary, no ages give; Case #541; page 33, Book A-E, Date Aug 1823, Guardian John McBride.
"John McBride is apointed guardian to James, Henry, Eliza and Mary Stafford. To give bond in $100. Separate bonds. John Quigley. bail (?) (145) Case No. 541. (Page 33)
FROM "MUSKINGUM COUNTY FOOTPRINTS, VOLUME 7", 1987
page 29: Newspaper Abstracts. The following were taken frmo the 'Muskingum Messenger' published at Zanesville in 1814.
"June 1, on saturday last, a lad, a son of Mr. Stafford ot this place was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning."
From the Census1830 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 281Stafford, Ann
1840 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 389Stafford, Ann
1850 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 191Wilkins, Eliza (Ann Stafford)
1860 Muskingum County, Ohio, page 180bWilkins, Eliza (Ann Stafford)
Richard A. Stafford was born about 1785, probably in Hampshire County, Virginia, to Richard and Catherine Stafford. He married Mary Ann Walker 23 May 1809 in Allegany County, Maryland. She was born about 1796, according to the 1850 census.
They were living in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1810 near brother Joseph, with a son that was probably born in early 1810. A land record puts their arrival in Coshocton County with brother Francis A. Stafford in 1812. They had four children--two sons and two daughters.
Richard's will is recorded in 1823, Coshocton County, Ohio, Will Book I, page 353. By 1830, Ann had moved to Muskingum County, and only two daughters are recorded in her household. In 1840, there are three females besides Ann. Her sons have yet to be identified.
In 1850, Ann was living in the household of her daughter Eliza Wilkins (age 32), and two grandchildren--Ann & John Wilkins. A Jane Wilkins, age 16, is also in the household.
Richard & Ann Stafford had two sons. Their sons could have been among the Staffords who moved to Indiana or Missouri, in the 1830s and 40s. In the 1830 census, no males are listed in the houshold of Ann Stafford, Muskingum County, Ohio.
An unidentified male, born 1794/1804, is found in their household in 1820. This could be the missing brother Washington.
An unidentified female, born 1815/1820, is found in their household in 1840.
FROM A History of Coshocton County, found at heritagepursuit.com, 03-2005
Richard Stafford was here (Coshocton) at this time (1815) , coming from the South Branch of the Potomac, Virginia. He was a wagonmaker, and served as an early justice of the peace.
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In looking for descendants in the 1850 census, his children were not among those in Clark County, which descend from Thomas Stafford, born 1780 in Virginia, nor were his children among those in Miami County, who descend from John Stafford & Margaret Brunt of County Fermanagh, Ireland, and the Giles County Virginia bunch.
Richard Adams Stafford was the third son of Richard & Catherine Brobeker Stafford. He was born 31 Jul 1784 in Frederick County, Virginia, probably near Winchester, but was raised in Hampshire County, Virginia (Now Mineral County, West Virginia). He married Mary Ann Walker 23 May 1809 (or 15 June); marriage license filed in Allegany County, Maryland.
In 1810, he was still living in Hampshire County, VA, but shortly afterward moved to Coshocton (then Muskingum) County, Ohio, settling near his brother Francis Asbury Stafford Sr. He purchased land in what is now Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, section 14. He served in the War of 1812, and was a wagon maker by trade.
He died in 1823, his will being entered into record by administrator John Crowley on 17 April 1823. His burial place is unknown.
Richard & Ann Stafford were the parents of at least five children:
James Madison Stafford (1810)
Henry Walker Stafford (1814-1863)
Eliza Stafford Wilkins (1818-1893)
Mary Stafford (c1820)
Guardianship of these four children was given to John McBride.
An additional son was killed by lightning in 1814.
Census:
1810. Listed as Richard Stafford
1 male under age 10
1 male age 16-25
1 female age 16-25
1820. Listed as Richard A. Stafford.
1male age 10 or younger
1 male age 10-16
2 females age 10 or younger
1 female age 16-26
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1784 - 1823 (38 years)
