John STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1776 - 1831  (~ 55 years)

• Name	John STAFFORD
  Born	Abt 1776	Orange Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	62D2B7CC47FFD242BC1173CD7EE14BB47C8A
  Died	20 Jun 1831	Jackson Co., Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I8095	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Laban STAFFORD, (Branch 078),   b. Abt 1745, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1811, Caswell Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Esther,   b. Abt 1745,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1764	North Carolina
  Notes	Living Parent(s) - Details withheld
  Family ID	F3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna JOHNSTON,   d. 18 Jan 1849, Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Married	29 Jul 1800	Caswell Co., North Carolina   [4]
  Children	1. John W. STAFFORD,   b. 31 Jan 1798, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thomas Joel STAFFORD,   b. 1 Jan 1802, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1867, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 64 years)   3. Nancy STAFFORD,   b. 9 Oct 1805, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary STAFFORD,   b. 11 Jun 1807, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Adeline STAFFORD,   b. 1808,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. James Monroe STAFFORD,   b. 1810, North Carolina ,   d. 1873, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F16620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ron Stafford, a descendant, believes that John was born in 1776 and married only Anna Johnston and that Elizabeth Quine was not a wife. John moved with his family to Jackson Co., TN about 1805. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Bird L. Stafford's old family Bible recorded the birthdate of his father William as July 1770. It also has the birth year for John Stafford: 1776 On page 46 of Ernst Stafford's book he relates that the Bible was in the possession of Mr. Harvey Gott, a grandson of Bird L. Stafford. 1799 William Stafford signed Bond for Anna Johnston, a single woman who had given birth but refused to name the father of the child. (Anna Johnston married John Stafford 29 July 1800.) Caswell Co., NC Marriage Record: John Stafford to Ann Johnston 29 July 1800 Bondsman William Rainey. 1800 Caswell Co., NC census, page stamped 113. John Stafford 10010 - 00010 (One son under age 10) John moved with his family to Jackson Co., TN about 1805. In Tenn. Court John claimed son John (born 1798) as his own. John is named in his father Laban Stafford's 1811 Caswell Co. Will. 1820 Jackson Co., TN census 1830 Jackson Co., TN census 000110001 - 00100001 (John is in age group 60 - 70) Jackson Co., TN Will of John Stafford dated 23 May 1831; the Will was proved 15 January 1849.

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S13756] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #2567 dated 30 Oct 2001Ron [email protected]. [S4647] North Carolina Marriages to 1825. (Reliability: 2).