James S. Stephenson (1754 - 1845)

Born 10 Dec 1754 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gist) Stephenson — married 1777 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 24 May 1845 at age 90 in Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

James Stephenson [alternatively spelled Stinson, per his ancestral lineage] was born 10 December 1754 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

He married Mary Gist [born May 30, 1755; died at Connersville, Indiana, December 2, 1822, age 67 years, 6 months, 3 days]. Their children were:

1. Nancy Stevenson (abt.1775-)
2. Mary "Polly" (Stinson) Harrison (1776-1863); married Edmund Harrison
3. John Stevenson (1783-1845); married Elizabeth Simms
4. Sarah "Sally" (Stevenson) O'Neal (1783-1849)
5. Amy (Stevenson) Alexander (abt.1785-); married Thomas Alexander
6. James Carroll Stinson (1785-1853); married Mary Howard
7. Narcissa (Stevenson) Boyd (bef.1801-); married Robert Boyd

Military Record

Captain James Stephenson served with Womack's Fort Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

• Volunteered June 15, 1776, Captain Jacob Womack’s (Wolmack) Company of Rangers, North Carolina Troops; served until October 10, 1776.
• Volunteered October 15, 1776, First Sergeant of Captain James Shelby’s Company under Colonel Williams in the Cherokee Expedition; served 3 months.
• Volunteered in May or June 1778 as Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Gess Company, Colonel Carter’s Regiment, and served 4 months during that year.
• In November 1779, he was commissioned Captain; served as such from April 18, 1780 until the middle of January 1781, in Colonel John Seviers (Serviers) regiment; was engaged in building Crawford’s Fort in a skirmish with Indians at Blue Springs on Boyd’s Creek, and destroying Indian towns.
• He was ordered out in April 1781 as a Captain of Rangers, by Colonel Seviers (Serviers); marched through North Carolina; remained in South Carolina until after the surrender of Cornwallis, and served until the last of December 1781.
• On October 4, 1796, he was commissioned Captain of Cavalry of Washington, District, Tennessee by Governor John Sevier (Servier).

PROOF: Pension Record S. 4009. Draper’s King’s Mountain and Its Heroes, p.424. Pensioned December 29, 1832, under Act of June 7, 1832 at the Cincinnati, Ohio Agency at $ 439.99 per annum, March 4, 1831.

In 1840 he resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ^[1]

James Stephenson died 24 May 1845 in or near Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, at the home of his granddaughter, Malinda Develin, wife of Henery Develin in Milton, Indiana, age 90 years, 5 months, 14 days. His grave is in Jacksonburg Cemetery, Harrison Township, along with that of his wife; his grave is indicated by a U.S. government marker.

Note: SAR Membership Number 46430 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 3 May 2019), James Stevenson, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 309, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 440; FHL microfilm 20,536.
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBC9-2DK : accessed 2017-07-16), entry for James S Stephenson

Acknowledgements

This profile was updated after a question was asked in the G2G Forum, as part of the Integrators Challenge.