Benjamin Butler Stone (1743 - 1833)

Born 26 Sep 1743 in Prince William, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Asbury) Stone — married 1773 in Culpepper, Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1833 at age 89 in Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Rev. Benjamin Stone served with Roebuck's Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

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Benjamin Butler Stone.

Born 26 September 1747. Fauquier, Virginia.

Residence

1 Aug 1792 - Benjamin Stone & Anna His wife of the county of Hampshire of State of Virginia of the one part and Cornelius Williamson of the said County & State of the other part. For a parcal of land containing one hundred fifty two and a half acres by survey bearing date the 24 Nov 1789 on the water of the North River.^[1]

4 Aug 1792 - Hampshire County, Virginia. An Indenture was made between Benjamin Stone of the County of Hampshire and State of Virginia, and Ann his wife of the one part & William Martin of the same county of the other part. For the sum of one hundred pounds current money of Virginia, tract or parcel of land whereon he said Benjamin Stone now lives. Containing One Hundred and Eighty Acres laying about four miles above the North River of Capecapehon (?) near the Waggon Road.^[2]

Signed: Benhamin Stone (His Mark) & Anna Stone (Her Mark)

Sealed & Delivered in the presence of: George Beale, John Arnold, Thomas Clayton, Joseph Asbury Recorded on the 28 Day of August 1792

Died 4 June 1833. Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, United States.

Benjamin Stone was a Revolutionary War Veteran and the son of Thomas Stone and Mary Butler.

Note: The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the State of Ohio states that Thomas Stone and Mary Butler were the parents of Benjamin Stone. ^[3]

Buried

Benjamin is buried at Rose Valley, Cadiz, Green Township, Harrison, Ohio. A memorial stone was placed in Cadiz Union Cemetery in Harrison Co., Ohio in 1981 in honor of Rev. Benjamin & Anna (Asbury) Stone. ^[4]

During Rev lived Fauquier Co, Va.

Marriage

Benjamin married Anna Asbury, daughter of George Asbury and Hannah Hardage, in 1773 in Culpeper, VA.

Benjamin & Anna had 11 children.

Children

1. Rhoda
2. Elijah Craig Stone (1775 - 1859)*
3. William
4. Hanna
5. Mar__?
6. Anna
7. Jeremiah Asbury Stone (1781 - 1853)*
8. Benjamin Stone (1783 - 1833)*
9. Thomas
10. Nelly Stone Reed (1789 - 1866)*
11. Rebecca

Military Service

Revolutionary War Veteran.

Benjamin was a DAR Patriot. Served in the 4th, 6th & 9th companies at Valley Forge 1777.

Benjamin a Sgt. Minute Man, Culpeper, VA in Col. Roebuck's Regt. SC, later in 2nd SC Regt. 1779-1780.

Religious Affiliation

Benjamin organized the North River Church, Hampshire Co, Va, in 1787 ; as well as the Crooked Run Church in 1790. He was called to Bethel Church, Uniontown, Pa. in 1794. Benjamin was minister in Hampshire Co, Va, and at Uniontown until about 1818, when he came to Harrison Co, Ohio and lived with a son until death.

Notable

Anna Asbury Stone, Benjamin Stone's wife, rode from Virginia to Valley Forge and carried a message to Washington from York, Pa.

Anna Asbury Stone was the brave little Great-Great Grandmother of the Regent. During the dark winter at Valley Forge, her three brothers and her husband were with Washington. News came to her home near Culpeper, Virginia of the terrible suffering and want at Valley Forge, and Anna made up her mind to do what she could. Riding on her own horse, "Nelly", loaded with all she could carry of provisions, clothing and blankets she set forth. It was no easy trip, two hundred and fifty miles, in the dead of winter, over roads infested by the enemy. When she reached York, Pennsylvania, then the seat of Government, she was given a packet of letters and asked to deliver it into General Washington's own hands for the letters revealed some of the plots against the Commander-in- Chief. The next day, as Anna went on her way, attempts were made to take the packet from her, but her fleet horse carried her safe into camp where she had the pleasure of placing the packet into Washington's hands.

Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Hampshire, West Virginia, United States records," Hampshire. Deeds 1792–1797; images, FamilySearch (Mar 26, 2024), image 18 of 674; .
2. ↑ "Hampshire, West Virginia, United States records," Hampshire. Deeds 1792–1797; images, FamilySearch (Mar 26, 2024), image 19 of 674; .
3. ↑ https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/ohio-adjutant-generals-dept-from-old-catalog/the-official-roster-of-the-soldiers-of-the-american-revolution-buried-in-the-sta-hci/page-42-the-official-roster-of-the-soldiers-of-the-american-revolution-buried-in-the-sta-hci.shtml
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32038198/benjamin-stone
5. ↑ History of Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR pg. 96 of "Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co., c1928.

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• THE STONE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, AND BEYOND (PART TWO) (DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS STONE OF HAMILTON PARISH, VIRGINIA)
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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Dawn McIntire for starting this profile on Sunday, November 16, 2014.
• WikiTree profile Stone-3394 created through the import of Kenneth LeRoy Jordan Family Tr.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kenneth Jordan.