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Transcriptions and images of documents relating to Elijah Staats (1793-abt.1876).
Census Records
Elijah Staats in 1840 Census Jackson County, #226[1]
- 1 male 40 to 50 yrs (Elijah)
- 1 female 30 to 40 yrs (Anne)
- 2 males 0-5 yrs (William, Benjamin)
- 3 females 0-5 yrs (Sarah, Caroline, Sarah)
- 2 males 5-10 yrs (Lewis, Riley)
- 2 males 10-15 yrs (Wilson, Mark)
- 2 females 15-20 yrs (Matilda, Unknown)
- 1 female 20-30 yrs (Unknown)
- Possiblility of errors in the childrens names. Probability.
1850 Census, Jackson Co., (w)VA, 27th Dist. r953,p228b. Enmrtd. Sep. 2nd by Geo. Fitzhugh[2]
- Staats Elijah 57 M Farmer VA
- Staats Anne 35 F OH
- Staats Lewis 18 M Farmer VA
- Staats Riley 16 M Farmer VA
- Staats Sarah 14 F VA
- Staats William 12 M VA
- Staats Caroline 11 F VA
- Staats Benj 9 M VA
- Staats George 8 M VA
- Staats Harriet 6 F VA
- Staats Adiline 5 F VA
- Staats Elias 3 M VA
- Staats Jonathan 7mos M VA
- Note: Surname was spelled Statts (common error)
- Note: Elijah's name was misspelled as Eliza.
1860 Census: Jackson Co., (W) Virginia; Jackson C.H. PO; r1354,b1,p548, Enumerated June 5, 1860 by Wm. H. Lipscomb[3]
- Elijah Staats 66 m farmer 6400 840
- Sarah Staats 52 f
- Geo. W. Staats 18 m
- Harriet Staats 16 f
- Adaline Staats 15 f
- Elias Staats 12 m
- Lucinda Staats 7 f
- Ellen Parsons 23 f
- NOTES: Listed as born in VA were: Sarah, Geo.W., Harriet , Adeline, Elias Staats, no other birth places given.
1870 Census, Jackson County[4]
- Elijah Staats, 76 yrs. - farming laborer - $8,400 - born in Va.
- Mary Staats, 15 yrs. - keeping house - born in Va.
- Charles Davis, 14 yrs. is working as a farm laborer.
- John Davis, 11 yrs. - farm laborer - born in Va.
- Elizabeth Davis, 10 yrs - born in Va.
- Perry Davis, 8 yrs old.
- Note says these Davis children are children of N P & Mary J Davis - 1880 JC pg 123
- Could 76 year old Elijah's 'dear' and 'beloved' wife, Mary have been a teenager? More information online does nothing to clarify the situation.
Will
Elijah Staats Last Will is courtesy of D.C.McCarthy of Georgia who is a Staats descendant. I have transcribed it here (Susan (Moser) Dougherty). The blanks represent words that could not be understood:
- I, Elijah Staats of Jackson County & State of West Virginia being of sound mind, do make this my last-will. I give devise & bequeath my property and estate as follows. That is to say, I give to my dear wife Mary Staats the sum of four hundred dollars which shall be paid to her out of the first money received by my executors. I also give and bequeath to my dear wife all of the property she owned _______ at the _____of my intermarriage to her, I give to my son Calvin Staats four hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my daughter, Matilda Flowers one hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my son Wilson Staats fifty dollars. I give to my son Mark Staats three hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my son Lewis Staats, one hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my son JDR Staats four hundred and fifty dollars. I give to my daughter Sarah Scott one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Caroline King one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Harriet Poling one hundred dollars. I give to my daughter Adeline Stutler five dollars. I give to my daughter Leverna Poling one hundred dollars. I give to my son Elias Staats fifty dollars. I give to my son WY Staats five dollars. I give to my son Benjamin Staats five dollars. I give to my son G.W. Staats five dollars. I give to my grand daughter Etna Jasling seventy five dollars. I give to my grand daughter Sarah Ann Scott fifty dollars. If after my death my estate shall not be sufficient to pay to each of those provided for in this my last will the full amounts bequeathed to each of them, then my dear wife Mary shall be ______as herein before provided the sum of four hundred dollars. And the other heirs provided for shall each receive a proportionable amount of the sums herein bequeathed to them. I hereby appoint my two sons Calvin Staats and George W. Staats executors of this my last Will. In witness whereof I have signed & sealed & published & declared this instrument as my will at my residence in Jackson County, West Virginia on this 16 day of May 1872.
- (signed) Elijah Staats
- (The word seal is written beside Elijah's signature, but no seal is visible on the copy.)
- The said Elijah Staats at his residence in the County of Jackson & State of West Virginia on the 16th day of May 1872, signed and sealed the foregoing instrument & published and declared the same as & for his last Will. And we at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto written our names as subscribing witnesses.
- R. E. Starcher
- Charles Davis
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-7W8 : 10 June 2022), Elijah Statts, Jackson, Virginia, United States; citing p. 224, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-7ML : 23 December 2020), Eliza Stott, Ripley, Jackson, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-W1R : 18 February 2021), Elijah Staats, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4K-1NQ : 29 May 2021), Elijah Statts, 1870.
- West Virginia Archives and History -- http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx
- "Jackson County, West Virginia Past and Present" published in 1990. (552 pages) by the Jackson County Historical Society.
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5H-26G : 20 February 2021), Elijah Stotts, Mason, Virginia, United States; citing 165, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 198; FHL microfilm 29,677.
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-7W8 : 10 June 2022), Elijah Statts, Jackson, Virginia, United States; citing p. 224, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-7ML : 23 December 2020), Eliza Stott, Ripley, Jackson, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-W1R : 18 February 2021), Elijah Staats, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4K-1NQ : 29 May 2021), Elijah Statts, 1870.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBDV-6JH : 16 March 2020), Elijah Staats and Sally Parsons, 1852; citing Jackson, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,217.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR44-D6Y : 30 January 2020), Elija Staats in entry for D. R. Staats, 1856.
- "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZJ-ZSTZ : 9 November 2021), Elijah Staats in entry for Newton Poling and N E Staats, 1861.
- "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD46-JLQ : 29 September 2021), Elijah Statts and Mary Jane Davis, 1868.
- "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD41-P3B : 25 March 2020), Elijah Statts, 1868.
- "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDN3-FX5 : 25 March 2020), Elijah Statts, 1868.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6737145/elijah-staats : accessed 25 June 2022), memorial page for Elijah Staats (12 Oct 1793–12 Mar 1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #6737145, citing Staats Cemetery, Evans, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Phyllis Dickman (contributor 34271913) .
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93R-5P6 : 16 March 2020), Elijah Staatz, 1876; citing Jackson, West Virginia, United States, County Records, , county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,862,398.
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9ZJ-9RM : 18 March 2020), Elijah Staats, 1876; citing Mill Creek, Jackson, West Virginia, County Records, p 77, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,216.
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9ZJ-9Y5 : 18 March 2020), Elijah Staats in entry for Calvin Staats, 29 May 1901; citing Angerona, Jackson, West Virginia, County Records, p 78, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,216.
- "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD9J-X6T : 29 October 2020), Elijah P. Staats in entry for Mary Weaver, 1911.
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1TQ-SYH : 9 March 2018), Eligah Staats in entry for Caroline A. King, 11 Mar 1919; citing Wood, West Virginia, County Records, 180, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,952,795.
- "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3BY-24B : 25 April 2022), Elija Staats in entry for John D. Rilley Staats, 1920.
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1TK-GPJ : 10 March 2018), Elijah Staats in entry for G. W. Staats, 14 Apr 1923; citing Wood, West Virginia, County Records, 6533, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,103.
- "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-8RWC : 29 September 2021), Elijah Staats and Elizabeth Ray, 42.
- "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-MVRW : 29 September 2021), Elijah Staats and Elizabeth Ray, 42.
- "Genealogy Of The Staats Family : Staats, Harold, 1899- : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive, 2022, https://archive.org/details/genealogyofstaat00instaa. Accessed 25 June 2022.
- "Full Text Of "Jackson County, West Virginia, Past And Present"". Archive.Org, 2022, https://archive.org/stream/jacksoncountywes00jack/jacksoncountywes00jack_djvu.txt. Accessed 25 June 2022.
- 1811 Wood County WV: Landowners taken from Tax Commisioners Books 1802-*1822. (from WPA Records) Typed by Rhonda Riley
- Staats, Elijah
- Staats, Isaac
- Staats, Isaac
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