William G Stevens (1775 - 1859)

Born 1775 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Beasley) Stevens — married 28 Aug 1809 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1859 at about age 84 in Twelve Mile, Madison County, Missouri

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Biography

When William G Stevens was born in 1775 in South Carolina, his father, John, was 45. He married Ann Beasley on August 28, 1809, in Sumner, Tennessee. They had eight children in 19 years. He died on June 4, 1859, having lived a long life of 84 years.^[1]

William Stevens and Ann Beasley, a narrative by Ancestry.com user bdeberry4 originally shared this on 18 Sep 2007:
William and Ann were married in Sumner County, Tennessee. I have not yet been able to verify where they made their first home in 1809. Most historians show the first two children, John and William, as being born in Kentucky. The family, along with Ann's parents and siblings, can be found in the 1820 and the 1830 census for Humphreys County, Tennessee.

William and Ann and all of their children moved to Madison County, MO, about 1832. At that time our country had many young couples who went in search of the new frontier. They settled in the Twelve Mile/Dry Creek area on a piece of land that is locally referred to as Sulfur Hollow. The foothills of the Ozarks at this time would have offered a spectacular setting. Virgin Timber, ample trapping and hunting, and spring fed streams that provided a year-round supply of water must have seemed like paradise to them.

The older children joined William and Ann in this new country and settled down to raise their families. The land passed freom William to Hosea to William Henry and then from William Henry to his descendants.

"Stevens, William, died at his residence in Madison County, MO, on the 4th inst, in the 84th year of his age. He was born in Pendleton District, SC, in the year of 1775 and was the youngest of 7 brothers, several of whom fought in the Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Guilford Court House, and Eutaw Springs. He was a near relative , also, to General Stevens, that commanded the VA Militia at Camden, and of the Honorable Alex H. Stevens."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262042472319/facts
2. ↑ Missouri Miscelleny, Volume 13, page 66

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Humphreys, Tennessee; Page: 201; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 164

• 1830; Census Place: Humphreys, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 176; Page: 319; Family History Library Film: 0024534

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Madison, Missouri; Page: 50

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Madison, Missouri; Roll: M432_405; Page: 246A; Image: 501

• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Year: 1787 - 1819: Marriages (Loose Rec)