Stephen Herrington (1787 - abt. 1857)

Born 19 May 1787 in Sampson, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Holmes) Herrington — married 1810 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 5 Dec 1857 at about age 70 in DeSoto, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

• Stephen was born in 1787, son of James Herrington (1755–1814) and Elizabeth McGee/Magee (1760–1849).

• Married 1810 in South Carolina to Mary Holmes (1791-1882). Children:
  • Nepsy Herrington 1810–1880
  • Hardy Holmes Herrington Sr (1810–1877)
  • William James Herrington 1812–1899
  • Uriah W Herrington (1814–1892)
  • Mary Letitia Herrington Jones (1818–1897)
  • Phillip L Herrington (1823–1884)
  • Martha Herrington (1829–1837)

• He passed away in 1857.

Research Notes

There is no evidence of Stephen's death date except he disappeared from the tax lists in Desoto County after 1845^[1] and is nowhere to be found on the 1850 Census. It would appear he died before 1850. He is buried in the Herrington Cemetery in Desoto County, MS but without a date. On Find-a-grave people have added names and dates that do not match cemetery records, including people who died in other states! There is a correct survey of the Herrington cemetery, except the person who did the survey gave opinions that are incorrect^[2]. That person speculated that Mary Herrington in the 1850 census in the household of Cleva Herrington was Mary Holmes Herrington buried in the cemetery. That is not correct. Cleva Herrington was the son of William Herrington and Mary [last name unknown but likely a Jones]. A land deed in Sampson County, NC prove that Mary Holmes, daughter and only heir of Lewis Holmes, was the wife of Stephen Herrington.

Stephen and Mary sold their land in Sampson County in 1832^[3]. They moved to Marshall County, MS^[4]. His brother the Rev Philip Herrington left Sampson and moved to Fayette County, TN - where his uncle William Herrington was living. William moved back into MS about 1834, as when he wrote his will it said: "now being in the Mississippi State". Stephen Herrington and his sons lived near/beside William Herrington and William's son-in-law Jesse Stephens. Stephen Herrington's daughter Nepsy married Isaac Newton Stephens, grandson of William Herrington.

Sources

1. ↑ Desoto County, MS Tax Lists https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=9B4C-DP6%3A211901601%3Fcc%3D1919687
2. ↑ Herrington Cemetery Desoto County, MS - an actual survey of the cemetery, not with added burials that never took place there. http://www.msgw.org/desoto/cem/herrington.html
3. ↑ Sampson County, NC Register of Deeds; book 22 page 255 Stephen and Mary Herrington deed as heirs of Lewis Holmes. https://www.sampsonrod.org/DocumentView.aspDocumentType=Deed&Instrument=00220255&Close=True
4. ↑ Marshall County, MS Tax lists https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=9B4C-HZQ%3A211898901%3Fcc%3D1919687