Re: Merritt Stone of Franklin CtyNC 1780s
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Re: Merritt Stone of Franklin CtyNC 1780s
Susan Rogers 3/12/01
Susan
I have researched the Stone family of Franklin County
North Carolina along with several other researchers. Much
progress has been made on this line of Stone's in regards
to the family heritage based on available records. The
best at this point we can do in going back to the earliest
Stone family member takes us to the mid 1700's in what
was once Edgecombe County, about the time Bute County was
in existance. Bute was once a part of Edgecombe County and
existed for a few years before Halifax and I believe
Warren Counties sprang from it and Bute was dissolved.
Living there based on the dates of births of the sons of
Capt. John Stone,places them in Bute County on the Roanoke
River on "Fishing Creek". This by 1769 would become the
County of Halifax, North Carolina. The first record we
have is of the land dealings of John Stone. Another
would be the birth of his son Jonathan born in the year
1755. Text say Jonathan was born in Halifax County but
this is not technically true for Halifax was not in
existance at that time but was still Bute County. Later
when Halifax County was formed and the county seat settled
all records of those born in Bute County that came to be
Halifax was transferred to the Halifax County courthouse.
This made it appear that all of Capt John Stone's siblings
were born in Halifax County when their birthdates prove
they were born in Bute County. Merritt Stone was the last
child and son of Capt. John Stone and his second wife,
Pegee Merritt-Stone. Capt. John and Pegee would moved
their family from Halifax County into the newly formed
county of Franklin by about 1779. Some 55 miles from where
they were born. Lands that belong to Capt. John Stone and
then his 5 sons and two daughters did have the lands that
contained the family cemetery in Franklin County near the
Tar River on a dirt road that once led to the home of one
of the sons on a dead end dirt road. It is grown up with
trees and underbrush but the location is known by several
Stone family members including myself. The markers and or
headstones are part of the undergrowth and decay of the
years of having no caretaker but the locale is beside
a pasture that once use to be the homeplace of David Stone
who was a grandson of Capt. John Stone and Pegee Merritt.
There is so much more I could tell you about Capt. John
Stone and his first supposed wife, Alice Hurst, and other
events that help highlite the stepping stones to our
Franklin County, North Carolina heritage. I do hope this
reaches you and others that might be intersted in this
line. By the way Merritt Stone was born in 1765 in Bute
County. He was the youngest child and when the parents
moved he had to move too. This is how he came to be in
Franklin County. Merritt died young yet he had a handful
of children. One blog on the forum has several of his
brother's children listed as being his and Happy's. As for
his military service, Merritt remained home with his
parents while his brothers fought in the Revolutionary
War. It was after 1780 that Merritt married. His parents
had more than likely died by this time for no other word
or mention of them can be found after 1880. If this is so
Merritt was about the age of 17 years when his parents
passed away.
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