Abraham Stover (1720 - 1787)

Born 1720 in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Died 1787 at about age 67 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Abraham Stover was born in about 1721 ^{[1] [2]} His father was Jacob (Stauffer) Stover Sr. and his mother is thought to be Sarah Adeline (Boone) Stover, but this has not been proven.

Pennsylvania Land Warrants and Applications show a land warrant was issued on May 25, 1748 in Robinson, Lancaster, PA. ^[3]

Berks County, PA has a record on file for Pennsylvania, Oyer and Terminer Court Papers, Abraham Stover, record date May 1772. Database info indicates he may have been accused of a crime. ^[4]

Appears on Tax and Exoneration List: ^[5]

• Year: 1780
• Monaghan Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Burial: Pennsville Cemetery, Fayette County, PA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
2. ↑ Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.):Volume 170, page 384
3. ↑ Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952. Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives.
4. ↑ About Pennsylvania, Oyer and Terminer Court Papers, 1757-1787: This database contains records created by the Oyer and Terminer court in Pennsylvania in the years 1757–1787. The Pennsylvania State Archives offers the following description of Oyer and Terminer courts: Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery were established by the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790 at the county level to hear and determine capital crimes (murder, rape, treason, burglary, robbery, arson, and others), formerly a function of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Justices, by nature of their position, were justices of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery in the counties. What You Can Find in the Records: Records come from courts in Pennsylvania’s first nine counties: Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Lancaster, Northampton, Philadelphia, and York. Documents include jury lists, witness lists, lists of constables and justices of the peace, depositions, indictments, coroners' inquisitions, and returns of criminals, as well as case files, minutes, court proceedings, and hearing notices from the Esquires of Justice. Since some of the documents precede the Revolutionary War, many of the court cases were individuals against the King of England.
5. ↑ Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801; Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 342
6. ↑ Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 4; Serial: 12172; Volume: 4

• The Pennsylvania Relations of Dwight D. Eisenhower By Lawrence Berger-Knorr, Abraham Stover, Paritial Bio., from Book page 53 Lewis Stover 1781-1850

• Unsubtantiated Ancestry.com reference - Abraham b. 1721 m. 1740 Sarah. Source number: 179.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LHH. Source Information. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.