Rebecca (Barnett) Stephenson (1812 - 1887)

Born 7 May 1812 in Mason, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1887 at age 74 in Delaware, Indiana, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Jason Lee Edwards [send private message]

Biography

Rebecca Barnett was born 14 May 1812 in Mason County, Virginia, to William Barnett and Mary McGuire. She married Charles Stephenson.

On 29 August 1864, Rebecca and her husband sold their interest in the estate of her father for $50.00 to her brother-in-law William H. Tomlinson. In the deed, they were described as being of Delaware County, Indiana.^[1]

She died 16 April 1887 in Delaware County, Indiana, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery.^[2]

Research Notes

Her tombstone states that she died 16 April 1887 and was seventy-four years, eleven months, and nine days old when she died.

Sources

1. ↑ “Mason County, West Virginia, Deed Books,” images, FamilySearch, Stephenson to Tomlinson, 29 August 1864, (accessed 6 June 2022); citing Mason County, West Virginia, Deed Book 18, page 290. 29 August 1864, Charles Stephenson and Rebecca Stephenson his wife (daughter & heir as law of William Barnett, Sr., deceased) of Indiana to William H. Tomlinson of Mason County, West Virginia, $50.00, interest in 29 acres on Three Mille Creek adjoining the old plantation of William Barnett. Signed Charles Stephenson and Rebecca Stephenson.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83198479

See also:

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Charles Stephenson, Mason County, Virginia, (accessed 5 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Charles Stephenson, Mason County, Virginia, (accessed 5 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Charles Stephenson, Delaware County, Indiana, (accessed 5 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Charles Stephenson, Delaware County, Indiana, (accessed 5 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Household of Charles Stephenson, Delaware County, Indiana, (accessed 5 June 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.).