Re: Wm Stancil Barnwell, SC 1800- Pendleton, SC 1810
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In reply to:
Wm Stancil Barnwell, SC 1800- Pendleton, SC 1810
Tracy Stancil 9/10/02
This Wm Stancil of Barnwell, SC has been assigned the following lineage by previous researchers:
He is said to be Wm Stancil IV, son of Wm III, son of Wm II, son of Wm Stancil Sr.
Let me say that after conducting a fair amount of research in NC I have not been able to uncover anything to support that claim and absent such evidence I am unable to put much stock in this theory.
Last week I posted a request for information on Wm Stancil of Barnwell/Pendleton SC, but unfortunately there were no responses which really surprised me.
I have not yet been able to go to SC to look at the original SC records, but I have been studying in NC for some time and have recently been looking at some information available on line.
In order to establish a firm connection between Wm Stancil of Barnwell, SC and the Stancils in NC we have to find at least some small tidbit of information that suggests a link.
I think I may have found just such a suggestion today after pondering for some time.
The clue to discuss here is the Barnwell SC will of James Roberts dated 1802. In his will James Roberts lists daughters:
Dorcas Curlee
Winney Barfield
Mary Paramore
Elizabeth Stancil
When I saw the abstract of this will I was struck like a ton of bricks by all the married names of James Roberts daughters.
The surnames Curlee, Barfield, Paramore, and Stancil are all names from Dobbs County, NC.
In doing a little further digging , lo and behold, James Roberts is listed on the Dobbs County, NC tax list for the year 1780. Also on the 1780 Dobbs, NC tax list is Wm Stancil.
This leads me to propose here that Wm Stancil of Barnwell/Pendleton SC is most likely the very same Wm Stancil who is listed in Dobbs,NC in 1780.
Unfortunately, owing to war and courthouse fire, the vast majority of Dobbs County, NC records have been destroyed. However, there are remaining just a few early Dobbs County references to the Stancils. Just enough I believe to allow us to establish a probable lineage for our Wm Stancil from Dobbs,NC to Barnwell,SC.
(It appears that the Dobbs County Wm Stancil had brothers John and Jesse who settled in Mecklenburg,NC after the Revolution. In fact, Wm himself may have briefly gone to Mecklenburg before moving on to SC.)
Anyway, Wm Stancil of 1780 Dobbs County, NC seems to most likely be a son of a John Stancil who was in Dobbs County from the 1750's-1780.
While there is no absolute proof, there are some clues which lead me to believe that John Stancil of 1750's Dobbs County was a son of Wm Stancil Sr. and wife Africa Smith.
Wm and wife Africa are known to have been in Johnston and Dobbs County during the 1750's - this is evident through the Dobbs County deed index and through some deeds from Bertie County, NC.
So to sum things up here, I think the lineage of the Barnwell, SC Wm Stancil is most likely as follows:
John Stancil Sr. and wife Katherine
Wm Stancil Sr. and wife Africa Smith
John Stancil of Dobbs County, NC
Wm Stancil born Dobbs,NC moved to Barnwell, SC.
Now let me address one issue here. We know that Wm Stancil Sr. has only been proven to have 2 sons named Peter and Wm Jr.- this from a 1753 Beaufort County, NC deed of gift.
While this deed names only two sons, it does NOT say that these were all of his children.
It seems very likely to me that if we know for a fact that Wm Sr. and wife Africa were in Dobbs County in the 1750's- then a young John Stancil found in the same county at the same time is most likely his son as well. I am totally convinced that Wm Stancil Sr. would have named a son John after his father John Stancil Sr. dec'd 1713.
This is based upon the best information available to me at this time on the Stancils of NC.There seems to me to be at least some evidence to support this lineage for the Barnwell, SC William Stancil.
I can find absolutely no evidence to support the lineage that has been previously claimed IE. Wm IV, Wm III, Wm II, Wm Sr.
Maybe this will at least spark some thought and discussion.
Tracy Stancil