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he apparently moved o/a October 1, 1792 to Guilford County, NC where he was identified as a Quaker; he was listed in the 1790 Census, Cheraw Co., South Carolina; he moved from Cheraw Co., SC to Highland County, Ohio a/o March 16, 1805 and appears on the 1808, 1809 and 1810 Tax Lists of Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohio; his will, dated Feb. 25, 1809, was probated 10 APR 1812 Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohio; his estate was inventoried 24 JUL 1812 Highland Co., Ohio; he appeared at the Piney Grove Monthly Meeting, Marborough Co., South Carolina rocf 10 OCT 1805 Warren Co., Ohio and the Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren Co., Ohio rqct 20 APR 1805
Other researchers have him as the son of a James Stafford and Louiza Creech. More proof needed.
Jarvis was born prior to 1750 in Dorchester County, Maryland. He died in Libery township, Highland, Co., Ohio in 1811-1812. His will was probated 20 Feb. 1812.
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The will of Jarvis' father, JAMES Stafford who died in 1771 Dorchester Co., MD provides:
Item: I give unto my son Jarius (Jarvis?) Safford and his heirs my Plantation where William Harp_ is now living upon and all the Land belonging to the track as the Plantation is upon an ____ called by the name of "Saffords Venture" upon the consideration of paying the Executrick five pounds current and noe more of my Estate neither personally or real.
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Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties. I believe Jarvis' family lived in that part of Dorchester which was split off to for Caroline County.
MARYLAND INDEXES (Census, Index) 1776-1778 MSA SSI 1419-14
Stafford, Jarvis
Date: 1778 Caroline County Great Choptank Hundred
Source: Land Record A, p. 264. MSA S 1419-14-15294
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* Note: History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio: Williams Brothers, p. 493 "During the same year [1805] came a party of men from near Dobsons Cross Roads, North Carolina, and settled in the township. They were all of the Friends' denomination, and from the beginnings made by them may be traced the great influence always exerted by that sect in Penn. The party was composed of William Williams, James and Jacob Griffin, Jarvis Stafford and his sons, Shadrach, James and Jonas, John Matthews, and Alexander Starr, with their families. . . .Matthews and the Staffords were, at first, uncertain as to their location, and camped for nearly a month at a spring west of and near the present village of Samantha."
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From Brenda Alward ([email protected])- 6/20/2005:
I descend from Jarvis and Rebeckah (Rebecca) Stafford, though their daughter Tacy. She married Zachariah Hodson. One of their children, John Hodson, migrated to southern Shelby County, Illinois and bought public domain land in 1836. This land is still in our family. I have been to the Hodson cemetery in Fountain County, Indiana and can give you more information regarding this line of Stafford/Hodson's if you'd like.
I know that Jarvis Stafford moved from Maryland to Guilford County, North Carolina sometime in 1780 or 1781 and was there for the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. I know he appears prior to that (1778) in Choptank Hundred, Caroline County, Maryland. In 1790 he is in Cheraw District, South Carolina and another census (1800?) has him in Marlboro County, S.C. (I don't think he moved, I think the boudaries
did)(Marlboro County is about 85 miles south of Guilford County, N.C.).
In around 1804/1805, he and his family migrated to southwestern Ohio, Highland County, settling just north of Hillsboro, near Samantha in
Liberty Township. He died there in 1812. I have been to Ohio and found some good information there. I know that his daughter Tacy (possibly named after her uncle Trice??) married Zachariah Hodgson (they dropped the G and became Hodson in Ohio) on April 8, 1810 and together with other Stafford family members, moved on into Fountain County, Indiana around 1828. By this time, they were no longer Quaker's. They were disowned for marrying out of unity. Zachariah had been married to Catherine Hunt, but she died, probably in childbirth. Tacy's brother's John and James moved there after Rebecca died. I have been to Fountain County and just north of Newtown, there is a Hodson cemetery with Tacy, Zachariah and some other family members there. In the larger Newtown cemetery, there are many others, with surnames such as Insley, Harvey, Cook and Kiff, being married names of Tacy's sisters.
I know that Shadrach Stafford, one of Jarvis' sons, grown and married with children of his own, moved to Ohio along with the other family
members. He and his family also settled just outside Hillsboro and became quite a respected citizen, owning a mill. He built the first
brick house in Highland County in 1825. Stafford's Mill also operated a linseed oil factory. Shadrach was a Quaker, but both his wives were Methodists
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1. [Has No Children] Elizabeth STAFFORD b: 29 JAN 1772 in Maryland
2. [Has No Children] Shadrach STAFFORD b: 18 APR 1774 in Maryland
3. [Has No Children] Ann STAFFORD b: 1776
4. [Has No Children] Sarah STAFFORD b: 1778
5. [Has No Children] Leven STAFFORD b: 1782 in South Carolina
6. [Has No Children] Tacy STAFFORD b: 1784 in South Carolina
7. [Has Children] Levisa STAFFORD b: 12 SEP 1788 in South Carolina
8. [Has No Children] James STAFFORD b: 5 NOV 1792 in Marlboro Co., South Carolina
9. [Has No Children] John STAFFORD b: 1796 in South Carolina
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Jarvis, named as a son in the Dorchester Co., Maryland Will for James Saf ford, dated 31 Oct 1771, proved 12 Aug 1772.
Married: Rebeckah (b: 1750) ABT 1771 in Maryland
Name: Jarvis Stafford
State: MD
County: Caroline County
Township: Choptank Hundred
Year: 1778
Record Type: Fidelity Oath
Database: MD Early Census Index
From Dora F. Robinson's book "Zorababel Stafford 1760-1990 Family Tree.":
"A JARVIS STAFFORD sold some land near here in 1793 to David Insley (Dee d i
Bk 13 pg. 840). This Jarvis had a connection to TRICE Stafford. I know th at
Zorababel's land was near the Guilford Co. line because it was in Guilfor d Co.
that in 1787 Zorababel filed insolvency along with William Stafford and N athan
Stafford. Jarvis and Nathan Stafford went to Cheraw County South Carolina
before the 1790 census"
1790 census:
Jarvis Stafford St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolin a 1 3 5 9
Nathan Stafford St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina 2 1 4 7
Moved to 1 OCT 1792 Guilford Co., North Carolina
Religion: Quaker 1 OCT 1792 Guilford Co., North Carolina
Moved to 16 MAR 1805 Highland Co., Ohio
Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren Co., Ohio rqct 20 APR 1805 Marlborough Co. , South Carolina
Piney Grove Monthly Meeting, Marborough Co., South Carolina rocf 10 OCT 1 805 Warren Co., Ohio
Tax List 1808 Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohio
Will: 25 FEB 1809 Highland Co., Ohio
Tax List 1809 Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohi o
Tax List 1810 Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohi o
Death: MAR 1812 in Highland Co., Ohio
Probate: 10 APR 1812 Liberty Township, Highland Co., Ohio
Event: Inventory 24 JUL 1812 Highland Co., Ohio
per Deanna Gentry
Children
Elizabeth STAFFORD b: 29 JAN 1772 in Maryland
Shadrach STAFFORD b: 18 APR 1774 in Maryland
Ann STAFFORD b: 1776
Sarah STAFFORD b: 1778
Leven STAFFORD b: 1782 in Of South Carolina
Tacy STAFFORD b: 1784 in South Carolina
Levisa STAFFORD b: 12 SEP 1788 in South Carolina
James STAFFORD b: 5 NOV 1792 in Marlboro Co., South Carolina
John STAFFORD b: 1796 in South Carolina
Census:
Immigration:
- He came from North Carolina with his sons; Shadrack, Levin, James, and John.
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Abt 1754 - 1812 (~ 58 years)
