Love Statham (abt. 1769 - bef. 1850)

Born about 1769 in Albemarle, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Staples) Statham — married 25 Oct 1806 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died before 1850 before about age 81 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sources

Birth 1769 Virginia, USA

Tennessee Marriages to 1825
Marriage - MARGARET "Peggy" Staples 1780–? 25 Oct 1806 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Name Love Slaton Spouse Peggy Staples Marriage 25 Oct 1806 Marriage County Jefferson Household Members Name Age Love Slaton - Peggy Staples INDEX ONLY - NO PHOTO
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Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002
25 Oct 1806 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Img2 Line #646 Name Peggy Staples Gender Female Marriage 25 Oct 1806 Marriage Place Jefferson Household Members Name Age Love Slaton Peggy Staples
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Children of Love Statham and wife Peggy Staples
(1) David STATHAM 1806– (2) Isbella Statham 1814–1893 (3) Charles STATHAM 1814– (4) Polly Statham 1814– (5) Elizabeth J STATHAM 1816 (6) Charlotte STATHAM 1818– (7) Margaret STATHAM 1823– Blankenship-Statom/Statham Family Tree by CaroleAnne269 on Ancestry.com
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Father: Charles S Statham's Will
4 Jun 1824 Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Per WILL: Son, LOVE - oldest son, to get $500.00 plus 100 acres. FATHER'S WILL: Charles Statham Will 4 Jun 1824 - 24 Nov 1826 Rutherford Co., Tennessee
WILL of Charles Statham of Rutherford Co., Tenn. Listed are sons, Love Statham Thomas Statham, Daughter Jane Statham, Son Richard Statham, grandson Charles Statham son of William deceased, and son in law Charles Stewart and wife Sally. Dated 4 Jun 1824 Executors: Thomas Statham and W Guy Witnesses: T Y Blood and Peter A Arnold Presented in Rutherford County Court July Term 1826 and recorded 24 Nov 1826. kbirddallas originally shared this on 09 jul 2009
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North Carolina & Tennessee Land Records
31 Dec 1825 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Name: Love Stateham Record Date: 31 Dec 1825 Location: Jefferson, Tennessee Warrant Number: 12290
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1830 U S Census Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Page: 284 NARA Roll: M19-180 Family History Film: 0024538 **STATHAM: Love Free White Males 5-9:1 10-14:1 60-69:1 Free White Females 10-14:2 15-19:2 50-59:1 Free Under 20:6 Total Free: 8
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Tennessee, Early Tax List Records 1783-1895
1836 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Img46 P91g Dist: 11 Tennessee, Early Tax List Records 1783-1895 District 11 Name: Love Statham Year: 1836 Residence: Jefferson, Tennessee
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1840 Census
Place Jefferson Tennessee Roll: 293 Pg:526 Img:593Family History Library Film: 0024546 **STATHAM, Love Free White Males 15-19:1 20-29:1 70-79:1 Free Wh Females 15-19:1 20-29:1 60-69:1 Under20:2 20-49:2 Total Free:6
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Death
bef 1850 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

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Blankenship-Statom/Statham Family Tree by CaroleAnne269 Love Statham 1769-bef1850
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Notes

Love's year of birth comes from an affidavit he gave in 1843 in which he stated he was 74 years old. He also said that he grew up in Amherst County but he was likely born in Albemarle County as his father Charles was named in deed records there in 1769 as both grantee and adjoining landowner (Deed Book 5, pp. 144-146).

Charles Statham was on the Albemarle grand jury responsible for reviewing the confiscation of Loyalist properties in 1779 ("Albemarle County in Virginia" by Edgar Woods) and with wife Mary, sold property there in 1780, but it's unknown whether he resided in Albemarle County throughout this entire time. He was in Amherst County on the earliest extant tax list of 1782.

Love was named as a tithable on his father's Amerst County tax lists in 1787 and 1788 but was named in Georgia records from about 1791 to 1801.

Georgia

- Wilkes County tax lists, with his brother William from 1791 to 1793, and in 1799 (William was by then in Lincoln County, which was created from Wilkes in 1796).

- Elbert County, witnessed the will of William Bibb on 9 Sep 1795

- Wilkes County, defendant in State of Georgia v. Love Statum, alleged assault on Jane Pettit "with a leaded horse whip". Ordered to pay $300 in damages 29 Apr 1800 but judgment still unsatisfied on 5 Mar 1801, when Jane sued the sheriff for allowing Love to "go & escape" from custody.

Virginia

Campbell County tax lists in 1804 and 1805; his father and brother Richmond were also taxpayers in this county

Jefferson County, Tennessee

Love married Margaret Staples there in 1806. On 5 Jun 1824 he made entry for 80 acres at 12 and 1/2 cents per acre which was granted on 31 Dec 1825. He was on the 1830 and 1840 censuses and he gave an affidavit on 4 Nov 1843 in Jefferson County, Tennessee in support of Mrs. Mary Landrum's application for a RW widows pension on her husband, James. This was his last known appearance in records and his widow headed a household in Jefferson County in 1850.

Children of Love Statham and Margaret Staples, known and presumed:

William Statham (Statom-4).

David Statham, born about 1806, died between 1850 and 1860; married Absilla, whose maiden name is not known.

Isabella Statham, born in 1814 and died in 1893, according to her grave marker in Hamblen County, Tennessee (Findagrave memorial no. 23474263. Married John Smith in about 1837.

Mary A. Statham, born in about 1814, last found on the 1880 census in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Married Elisha Rogers on 1 Aug 1834 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Charles Statham, born about 1815, died after 21 May 1876 when a legal notice was published about his suit against William Roller in Hamblen County, Tennessee. He married Rebecca, maiden name unknown, in about 1866, judging from the birth year of their oldest known child.

Elizabeth Statham, born in about 1816 and last found on the 1863 tax list in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Margaret Statham, 2 Aug 1902, filed 4 May 1903born about 1820, last found on the 1860 census in Jefferson County, Tennessee but she may have died in Anderson County where he widowed husband was living in 1870. She married Shadrach T. Goans or Goins in Jefferson County in about 1850 (family researcher Betty Statom gives the date as 2 Feb 1850).

John B. Statham, born in about 1823, died in Hamblen County, Tennessee between 2 Aug 1902 when his will was published and 4 May 1903 when it was filed. He married Elizabeth Lewis on 1 Aug 1846 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Additional sources

Added by Donna Newman, 4/1/22

Virginia tax lists, Amherst and Campbell County (see Charles Statham VA tax lists mapping, attached to his father's profile)

Willkes County, Georgia tax lists from Georgia Virtual Vault (https://www.georgiaarchives.org/) and Frank Parker Hudson's Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records, 1785-1805

"Historical collections of the Georgia chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol III: Elbert County Georgia records. Wills" at Ancestry.com

Wilkes County, Georgia Couirt Records at Georgia Virtual Vault; as Love Statum and Statom

North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, at Ancestry.com

1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Ancestry.com

Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008, Ancestry.com