Re: WILLIAMSON STEPHENS CHEROKEE CO AL.1860
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Re: WILLIAMSON STEPHENS CHEROKEE CO AL.1860
2/13/02
hello cousin!jasper burton stephens was the brother of my great-great-grandfather john stephens!their parents were william williamson stephens(sometimes spelled stevens)and emily traywick!they were married febuary 27,1838 in johnston co.north carolina.william stephens was born
about 1820 in north carolina and emily traywick was born about 1822 in north carolina.williamson stephens and his wife and first son james a. stephens came to alabama around
1840-41 because in the 1850 cherokee co.census has james a. stephena as age12(census done in january 1851)and being born in north carolina and their second son william h. stephens as age 10 and being born in alabama,so they came to alabama between the births of their first two sons!
im not sure if the names is suppose to be stephens or stevens!becase in the 1850 cherokee co.census its spelled stephens and in the 1860 census its spelled stevens!in the 1880 census for calhoun co.al my grandfathers is spelled stevens.your great grandfather jasper burton was the third son of williamson and emily(sometimes called emma)my great-great grandfather john stephens was the seventh son.
emily traywicks widowed mother and brothers and sisters were living next door to william and emily in the 1850 census.emilys father willie traywick died in 1845 in cherokee co.he was born in 1797 inwake co.north carolina.emily traywicks mother was polly cobb born in 1795 in virginia.the marriage record for williamson and emily has his last name spelled stevens!my grat-grandfather(your fathers 1st cousin)was acker sidney stephens,his brothers and sisters were charles(mayor of jacksonville,alabama 1930)thomas,henry f.,emma e.,mary emily,alonzo and horace.john and jasper stephens had one sister mary isabella,in the 1880 cherokee co. census three of williamsons sons george,thomas and william were living in beat#4 medfords in southeastern cherokee co.and jasper burton was in beat#5(last name also spelled stevens in this census!) and james a. was in beat#4.jasper burton stephens wife was amanda lucinda prickett born febuary 12,1852 in cherokee co.al
her father was thomas prickett and her mother was lucinda mcclure.william williamson stephens patented land in cherokee co.al at the lebanon land office in april 8,1843.
here is how i decend from william and emily stephens.
1.william stephens-emily traywick
2.john stephens-ann gidley
3.acker sidney stephens-julia hughes
4.john e. stephens-naomi brown
5.lula b. stephens-william craig
well hope to hear back from you soon and i know this has helped!it took me a while to find them myself.