Micajah Stone (abt. 1758 - bef. 1830)

Born about 1758 in Virginia

Ancestors

Son of Eusebius Stone and Susannah (Ballard) Stone

Husband of Martha (Hunter) Stone — married 1783 in Henry County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before Nov 1830 before about age 72 in Overton, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Micajah Stone was born 1758 at Virginia.^[1] He appeared on the Henry County Personal Property Tax list in 1782 and 1785. For both years, he paid tithe for one white male over the age of 21.^[2] Micajah was a son of Eusebius Stone and Susannah Ballard.

Adult Life

Micajah married Martha Cesteson (aka Kesterson) in 1783, at Henry County (William Lovell’s Minister’s Return dated 1783).^[3]

On 8 January 1791, at Henry County, Virginia, Josiah Turner, Samuel Packwood, and Micajah Stone witnessed a sale of land by Robert Perryman of Franklin County, to Micajah’s brother, Richard Stone.^[4]

On 7 November 1795, at Henry County, Elizabeth Stone (widow), Micajah Stone (brother), and Eusebus Stone (brother) were named executrix and exucutors in the Last Will and Testament of William Stone (Will Book 1, pages 261-262).^[5]

On 22 June 1798, at Henry County, Micajah Stone was listed in an inventory of the estate of his father, Eusebius Stone (Henry County Will Book 1, pages 290-291).^[5]

On 21 October 1803, at Franklin County, Micajah Stone was Surety for the marriage bond of Samuel Philpot and Frances Kesterson.^[6] On 6 Nov 1805, at Franklin County, he was Surety for the marriage bond of John Loyd and Ann Roberts.^[6]

On 19 March 1809, at Henry County, Micajah Stone of Franklin County gave Power of Attorney to his brother Stephen Stone, to "receive all my part of my father’s estate when a settlement takes place" (Henry County Deed Book 7, page 214).^[7] Micajah may have been planning a move to Overton County, Tennessee (formed 1806) at this time. The 1810 U.S. Census records for Overton County were lost so it cannot be verified if he moved there by 1810 but he did move to Overton County by 1814.

On 7 October 1814, at Overton County, Tennessee, Sampson Williams of Jackson County, Tennessee, sold to Micajah Stone of Overton County, 200 acres of land along Obed’s River. The land shared a boundary with "Coleman", and Stone’s plantation, indicating that Micajah already owned property there. The witnesses were Joseph Bennett, Absalom Holeman, John Martin, and Barnet Lee (Overton County Deed Book B, page 463).^[8]

Some have reported that Micajah died in 1819.^[1] However, it appears that Micajah was living in 1820 when he appeared as Head of Household on the 1820 U.S. Census at Overton County.^[9] While it is possible that this could have been the household of a son named Micajah (Jr), no evidence was found in the land or census records of a son named Micajah. Micajah’s household included:

• 1 male age 45 and over
• 2 males age 16-25
• 5 slaves

Five persons in the household were engaged in agriculture. Micajah’s wife, Martha, is noticeably missing from the list. This may have been an omission by the census taker.

No other real estate transactions were found for Micajah, though there were several involving his children, beginning in 1819. These real estate records along with U.S. Census records (1830 and later) reveal the names of seven of Micajah’s children (considered a partial list):

• William Stone, born about 1783 at Virginia
• Eusebius Stone, born about 1783 at Virginia
• John Stone, born about 1785 at Virginia
• Micajah Stone, born about 1787 at Virginia
• James Stone, b abt 1791 at Virginia
• Jeremiah Stone, born about 1793 at Virginia
• Richard Stone, born about 1799 at Virginia

Death

Micajah died before 4 November 1830, probably at Overton County. Overton probate records for 1806-1869 (and marriage records for 1806-1866) were lost. On 4 November 1830, at Overton County, two deeds were recorded related to the estate of Micajah Stone. One deed named Martha Stone as administratrix, and James and Jeremiah Stone as administrators, indicating that Micajah died without a will (Overton County Deed Book F, pages 288-289).^[10] However, the other deed names Martha as executrix, and James and Jeremiah as executors of the Last Will and Testimony of of Micajah Stone, deceased (Overton County Deed Book F, page 289).^[11]

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. David Stone, FTDNA kit # 142048, and his 6th cousin, Roger Stone, FTDNA kit # 918359, match at a Genetic Distance of 6 on 67 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Eusebius Stone, the 5x great grandfather of both David Stone and Roger Stone.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.baulch.us/JohnStone.pdf See page 2.
2. ↑ Micajah Stone entries, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1830, Commissioner of the Revenue, Henry County, Virginia: microfilm no. 2024587, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
3. ↑ Virginia Anderton Dodd, Henry County Marriage Bonds, 1778-1849 (Richmond, Virginia: self-published, 1953).
4. ↑ Lela C. Adams, Abstracts of Deed Books III & IV of Henry County, Virginia, August 1784 through June 1792 (Bassett, Virginia: self published, 1978).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lela C. Adams, Henry County Virginia Will Abstracts, Vol. I & II, 1777-1820 (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Marshall Wingfield, Marriage Bonds of Franklin County Virginia 1786-1858 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973).
7. ↑ Micajah Stone to Stephen Stone entry, Deed Books, v. 7-9 1806-1823, County Court, Henry County, Virginia: microfilm no. 31968, image 138, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
8. ↑ Sampson Williams to Micajah Stone entry, Deeds, v. A-C 1801-1813, Register of Deeds, Overton County, Tennessee: microfilm no. 981132, images 188-189 of 603, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
9. ↑ Micajah Stone household, 1820 U.S. Census, Overton County, Tennessee population schedule, page 429, National Archives micropublication M33-122, no enumeration date.
10. ↑ Martha Stone, et al, to Eusebias Stone entry, Deeds, v. F-G 1827-1838, Register of Deeds, Overton County, Tennessee: microfilm no. 981133, image 155 of 571, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
11. ↑ Martha Stone, et al, to Richard Stone entry, Deeds, v. F-G 1827-1838, Register of Deeds, Overton County, Tennessee: microfilm no. 981133, image 155 of 571, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Stone-2813 created through the import of mom_2012-08-01.ged on Aug 2, 2012 by John Stroud.
• WikiTree profile Stone-2970 created through the import of taylor gedcom.ged on Sep 7, 2012 by John Stroud.

Notes

Micajah in the Bible was a prophet in the time of Ahab: see I Kings

22:8-28. While the King James Version gives the spelling as Micaiah

the name is the same and may have been spelled Micajah in some early

printings.