Joshua STAFFORD, Sr.^[1]

1715 - 1794  (79 years)

• Name	Joshua STAFFORD
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1715	Beaufort Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1790	Barnwell District, South Carolina to Effingham Co. Georgia   [2]
  _UID	A5E6F164BFBA154AAD5D8AD92261D0057D26
  Died	20 Aug 1794	Screven, Wayne Co., Georgia   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I8550	Branch 003 William Stafford I 1606 ENG
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	John STAFFORD, I,   b. Abt 1669, York Co., Virginia ,   d. 1733, Bath Precinct, Beaufort Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Anne Jones WYATT,   b. 1677, York Co., Virginia ,   d. Bef 1733, Bath Precinct, Beaufort Co., North Carolina  (Age < 55 years)
  Married	Abt 1692
  Family ID	F3062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary LANE,   b. 1714, Bath, Beaufort Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1740	Effingham Co., Georgia   [3]
  Children	1. Elijah STAFFORD   2. Nancy STAFFORD,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas STAFFORD,   d. Abt 1795, Liberty Co., Georgia   4. John STAFFORD,   b. North Carolina ,   d. 1825, Bulloch Co., Georgia
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F12985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha LANE,   b. 1719, Bath Precinct, Beaufort Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1773, Screven, Wayne Co., Georgia  (Age 54 years)
  Married	1747	Screven, Wayne Co., Georgia   [3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Joshua STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 4 Mar 1747/8, Beaufort Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1795, Glynn Co., Georgia  (Age 46 years)   2. William STAFFORD,   b. 1750, Beaufort Co., North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1778  (Age < 27 years)   3. Robert STAFFORD,   b. 1755, Beaufort Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1829, Wayne Co., Georgia  (Age 74 years)   4. Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 1758, Craven Co., South Carolina ,   d. 1834, Liberty Co., Georgia  (Age 76 years)   5. Martha STAFFORD,   b. 1760, Pitt Co., North Carolina ,   d. Between 1806 and 1808, Montgomery Co., Georgia  (Age 46 years)   6. Ezekiel STAFFORD,   b. 15 Apr 1773, Barnwell District, South Carolina ,   d. 17 Aug 1853, Tattnall Co., Georgia  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F3219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Revolutionary War soldier. Joshua Stafford paid for 176 days service in the South Carolina militia in 1780-81 (Book "N" p. 311, Stub Entries to Indents, South Carolina Revolutionary War claims, edited by Salley). In the same book and page, his son Robert Stafford was paid for 181 days service in 1780-81. All paid April 7, 1785." The following is at odds with other research. From "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", vol. 8 - 1988: "Joshua Stafford was born about 1725 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, a son of John Stafford and his wife, Ann Wyatt (dau. of John Wyatt of Virginia). He was married twice, but all of the children were born by his first wife, Martha (maiden name unknown). She died in 1793 in Screven County, Georgia, and on August 2, 1794 in Screven County, he married Mrs. Mary Lane, widow of Thomas Lane of that county. The known children of Joshua and Martha Stafford were: (lists Joshua Jr. who married Margaret Ironmonger, but he was a nephew) 2. Robert (vol I) b. 1755, m. Jane Blair, dau of William. 3. Martha b. 1760, m. Henry Joyce (vol. I) 4. Ezekiel (vol 1) b. 1773, m. 1) Mary Rawls, 2) Mary Eastwood Died: Revolutionary Soldier. Moved his family to Effingham Co., GA from Barnwell SC in 1790, the latter being cut into Screven Co., when it was formed in 1793.

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] Stafford Data Branch 18. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #1630 dated 11 Aug 2000Catherine Sears [email protected]. [S4522] E-Mail Message, 13 Jan 2001Bobby [email protected]. [S4522] E-Mail Message, Richard Saunders on 8 Feb [email protected] (Reliability: 2). [S4539] Genforum.com, Message 1290, 14 Feb 2000Charlotte Hazelcshazel#mindspring.com.