Family Friday – Eli Gilpin 1810 – 1887

Just back from a great week with family for Spring Break, so no new information on my Stephens line. I’ve decided to post a descendant list for Eli Gilpin.  I would love to hear from fellow Gilpin researchers!  My direct line is Eli Gilpin & Rebecca Passmore Conn to Nancy Jain Gilpin & Joseph Scott [...]

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Family Friday – Who were the children of Welcome Stephens?

When I first began doing genealogy research years ago, I was excited to find book at my library that had the family trees for several of the families in my line. The Stephens family was one of those. The book had a list of children for Welcome Stephens and I entered them into my genealogy [...]

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Family Friday – Andrew Stephens 1837 – 1920

Andrew Stephens – 1880 – 1920 1880 -  Census – Russell Co, Ky – ED 103   sheet 26 Stephens, Andrew, age 41, farming Lucy, age 36 William D, age 18 Mary E, age 16 George H, age 14 Cornelius, age 9 Cortez, age 7 Andrew J, age 5 Uriah, age 3 Dock, age 1 Pollie, [...]

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Family Friday – Andrew Stephens 1837 – 1920

Andrew Stephens – 1860 – 1880 Continuing my notes for Andrew Stephens, son of William Stephens. 1860 -  Census – Franklin Co, Alabama – Western Division William Steavens – age 53, laborer, b. in North Carolina Dorothy – age 47, b. in South Carolina Polly A – age 19, b. in Mississippi Betsy C – [...]

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Family Friday – Andrew Stephens 1837 – 1920

Lots of snow here in Indiana this week, so I’ve done a ton of genealogy research and totally neglected everything else – including my blog!  I’m deep into research on Welcome Stephens, the father of William Stephens from my previous Family Friday posts.  But my research is not organized in a way that will let [...]

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Family Friday – William Stephens part 3

William Stephens 1813 – 1885 1870 – 1880 William and Dorothy show up in Russell County, Kentucky for the 1870 census.  I will be searching land records for Russell County to see if I can determine more closely when they arrived.  Looking at the index for Russell County deeds between 1860 and 1870, I see one [...]

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Family Friday – William Stephens part 2

William Stephens:  1813 – 1885 1850 – 1859 In 1850, there are 2 census records for this family.  The Federal Census for Marion Co, Alabama (just across the state line and slightly south of Tishomingo Co) shows William Stephens, age 44, farmer, value 100, b. in North Carolina; Dorothy – age 36, b. in South [...]

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Family Friday – William Stephens part 1

William Stephens – 1813 – 1885 Birth: Based on census records, William Stephens was born around 1813 in North Carolina.  His father is widely said to be Welcome Stephens but I have no source for that and I’m unclear on the identity of his mother.  Some researchers have his mother listed as Nancy Bailey, but I cannot [...]

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