Elizabeth Sarah Stalcop (abt. 1774 - bef. 1831)

Born about 1774 in Loudon County, Virginia

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Died before 1831 before about age 57 in Pike County, Ohio

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Biography

Benjamin Daniels's wife has often been identified as ‘Elizabeth Stalcup’, but this appears to be a phantom based upon the probate bond of John Stallcup of Ross County, Ohio, 19 April 1814 (Ross County Probate Files, No. 8083). While Benjamin Daniels and Henry Carter were bondsmen for Martha Stallcup, John’s administratrix, it is known that Henry was married to Mary Elizabeth Chenoweth at the time and there is no indication that either men were related by blood or marriage to the Stallcup family. This is all the more likely given that John Stalcup appears on the 1800 Frederick County, Virginia tax list while Benjamin must almost certainly have married in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, probably shortly after 1790 and certainly before 1800.

See http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stalcup/166/ for the 1986 publication which seems to have given rise to belief in Elizabeth Stalcop’s existence.

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