Eli STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1781 - 1839  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Eli STAFFORD
  Born	Abt 1781	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Immigration	Aft 1830	Poinsett Co., Arkansas
  _UID	31A98364F63FF4438824169E46D8889BCE76
  Died	1839	Fayette Co., Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I8294	Branch 094 Henry Leland Stafford b. IRE
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2013

  
  

  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
  Family ID	F3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy MORGAN,   b. 1786, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Dec 1807	Caswell Co., North Carolina   [4]
  Children	1. Cynthia G. STAFFORD,   b. 1812, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Daniel Jackson STAFFORD,   b. 26 Dec 1816, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Dec 1880, Arkansas  (Age 63 years)   3. Phoebe STAFFORD   4. William Boyd STAFFORD,   b. 18 Feb 1819, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Jan 1892, Whitehall, Lee Co., Arkansas  (Age 72 years)   5. Sarah "Sally" STAFFORD
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F3163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Eli sold 210 acres on the watershed of Hyco and Cobbs Creeks on 23 Apr 1832. The family then moved to Fayette Co., TN. Performed jury duty in Fayette Co., TN in Jul 1834. 1835, purchase 250 acres in Fayette Co. His land was next to Jesse Harrison and his brother James Stafford. Eli Stafford again bought land on 27 November 1838 in Fayette Co., TN. Eli is named in his father Laban Stafford's 1811 Caswell Co., NC Will. Eli is one of the 4 sons for whom Laban directed that a land division be made. Eli sold 210 acres on the watershed of Hyco and Cobbs Creeks on 23 Apr 1832. The family then moved to Fayette Co., TN. Performed jury duty in Fayette Co., TN in Jul 1834. 1835, purchased 250 acres in Fayette Co. His land was next to Jesse Harrison and his brother James Stafford. Eli Stafford again bought land on 27 November 1838 in Fayette Co., TN. Eli died in 1839. In Court Minutes, Book A, page 428, Sept. 3, 1839, John Bradsher is appointed Administrator along with Lewis Amis (their clergyman) of the estate of Eli Stafford, dec'd. Entering into bond along with John Bradsher were Jesse Harrison & Thos. Eskridge. (Thomas Eskridge was husband to Phoebe Stafford, another daughter of Eli Stafford.) (The brothers Thomas Eskridge & Walker Eskridge are nephews of Mary "Polly" Eskridge who married James Stafford.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S13756] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S4836] E-Mail Message, Susan L. Smith on 16 Mar 2004 (Reliability: 2). [S4647] North Carolina Marriages to 1825. (Reliability: 2).