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- William Stafford, probably with his father, moved to Guilford County sometime prior to 1785 and settled on a branch of Reedy Fork of the Haw River. He amassed a vast landholding in Guilford County that totaled 1640 acres.
Title: History of Ross & Highland Counties, Ohio
Publication: Williams Bros, Pub. 1880 Cleveland, Ohio
Page: Pages 494 & 398
Text: Page 494: "In 1804, William Stafford and his four sons, Jonas, James, Robert and John made settlement between Fall and Hardin's creek, and in the immediate neighborhood of Abner Robinson. Two of the sons bought farms and at once built houses for themselves. Their farms embraced much of the land now owned by the members of the Leverton, Tompkins, Ladd and McNeil families."
Page 398: "In the spring of 1813, James, Robert and Jonah Stafford, emigrants from North Carolina, who had located a short time before on Buckskin Creek, within the present limits of Ross county, cut their way through the heavy timber, making a road as they went, to Hardin's creek. They settled on land afterwards owned by Benjamin F. Barrett, John Morrow, and Jacob Tompkins."
Compiler's note: This history was published in 1880. In the front will be found maps of Highland and Ross Counties. Paint Township appears extending into both counties. Buckskin Creek is in Ross, while Fall and Hardin's creeks are in Highland County.
Poll Books for 8 October 1811 for Highland County, Ohio, Fairfield Twp list John Stafford, James Stafford, Robert Stafford, and Jonas Stafford. (Note that this was two years before the above page 398 reference.
Also found on a website:
Highland Co., OH - Indenture - 19 Sept 1805 between William Stafford & Frances his wife and Benjamin Davis $300.00 --- waters of Paint Creek --- Phineas Hunts .... Signed by mark of William Stafford and Phanna Stafford. Witnesses: Robert Stafford and Jacob Young
Highland Co., OH - Indenture - 19 Nov 1805 between William Stafford & Phannah his wife and Robert Stafford $200.00 - waters of Paint Creek -- Phineas Hunts ... Signed by mark of William Stafford and Phanah Stafford - Witnesses: James Stafford and Saml Litler
Highland Co., OH - Indenture - 19 Nov 1805 between William Stafford & Phanah his wife and John Stafford - $200.00. Situate on Waters of Paint Creek beginning at John Stafford's corner sugartree. Signed by William Stafford and Phanah Stafford. Witnesses: Jacob Young and James Stafford.
Highland Co., OH Fairfield Twp.- Indenture - 19 Nov 1805 Bet. William Stafford & Fanny his wife and Jonas Stafford - $10.00 beginning at John Staffords corner sugar tree. Signed by mark of William Stafford and Fanny Stafford - witnesses: Saml Littler and Robt Stafford
Highland Co., OH - Indenture - 19 Nov 1805 between William Stafford & Fanny his wife and Jonas land beginning Moore Nickovers. Signed by mark of William Stafford and Fanny Stafford. Witnesses: Jonas Stafford and Robert Stafford.
Highland Co., OH - Indenture - 19 Nov 1805 between William Stafford & Fanny his wife and Jonas Stafford - Situate - Waters of Paint Creek . . . to Jonas Stafford and in the line of Benjamin Davis
Signed by mark of William Stafford and Fanny Stafford. Attested: Robert Stafford and Benjamin Davis
[RSM note: Shows the William Stafford/Benjamin Davis connection]
William Stafford left a will.
Will:
- Lists wife Fanny, daughters Mary Stafford, Rachel Wright wife of William Wright and sons Jonas, James, John & Robert and an orphan child Charles Lord.
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1755 - 1809 (54 years)
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