David Stokes - Millen Blount of Beaufort County, South Carolina
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David Stokes - Millen Blount of Beaufort County, South Carolina
 ScottStokes51
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Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:52PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Stokes, Blount, Owens
I need some help on putting some pieces together on the David Stokes/Millen Blount ancestors and descendants. There are some dated posts on both Ancestry.com as well as Genealogy.com. There's a couple of web sites with some very good information on David Stokes and some of his children dated back in 1999. When it's all said and done, I am looking for the ancestors of Joshua, Andrew and Samuel Stokes of Jefferson and Gadsden counties, Florida.
DNA testing indicates I have a relationship with the Barnwell County, South Carolina Stokeses. My research into this line led me to a Solomon Owens whose family, according to a Solomon Owens web site, had business interests in Beaufort County. The Owens family had also intermarried with the Blount family. Both the Stokes family and Owens family (Arthur Stokes and Stephen Owens) migrated to Barnwell County from Cravens County, North Carolina. Solomon Ownens then migrates to Gadsden County, Florida and lives near his brother Joshua. There is some indication David Stokes originated from Cravens County, so there may be a relationship between these two groups.
Early Beaufort County Federal Census records show a Young Stokes with David Stokes in 1790. David and Sylvanus Stokes appear in subsequent Beaufort County census records. A Sylvanus Stokes also appears in some Cravens County, NC records. There is a John Stokes that appears with David and Sylvanus in the 1810 census, but not after that.
Earlier posts indicate David Stokes had ten male children, but I am only able to come up with something less. Piecing the census records together, I come up with: John (b. 1785-1794), David (b. 1785-1794), Burrell (b. 1785-1794), James (abt. 1790), Absalom (abt. 1790, Henry (abt. 1800, and Counsel (abt. 1806). Nancy Stokes Cates is also reflected. There is one male child who I can't identify living with Millen in the 1820 who would have been born sometime between 1810 and 1820. There are two female children between 16 and 25 as well. Anyone have any idea who the one other male and female are?
The other names listed as possible children of David were Elbert, Richard, Burrell T. and Jane. A case could be made using the 1830 Census record that these are the children of Burrell. The information provided in the David Stokes web site confirms that Elbert, Richard, Burrell T., Jane and Celia are brothers and sisters, but the father isn't named specifically.
Absalom migrates to Walton County, Florida and appears in the 1830 census there.
Sylvanus Stokes appears in the 1830 Camden County Fed. Census with several children. This is probably the same Sylvanus from Beaufort County and later census records indicate a Richard and Seth may be two of his children. There is a "Seth" that appears in a 1850 Beaufort County census as the child of a John R. Stokes.
Elbert appears in the 1840 census of Ware county, Florida with two other males in his age group, likely Richard and Burrell. Elbert would have been single at this time and there are several females in the household, likely Jane and Celia. There is an older female in the household as well, could this be Millen?
Burrell T. migrates to Hamilton County Florida around 1840. Counsel to Nassau County at the same time. Samuel, Joshua and Andrew appear in the Jefferson County Census. Absalom is still in Walton County in 1840 and there is a James in Santa Rosa County. Henry appears in the Alachua census in 1850. Elbert goes to Charlton County.
Burrell T., Counsel and Joshua all participate in the Seminole Indian Wars along with several other Stokes names.
There are some name similiarities in some of these David Stokes descendants as well. One of the early Stokeses of Virginia was "Sherod" Young Stokes. Several of the children of these David Stokes group bear a middle name of Sherod. There is an early Barnwell County Lewis Stokes and a later child of one of David's group named Lewis Albert. Victoria was a popular name and was one of Samuel's daughters. Outside of my direct line, there is an Andrew and a Joshua among the children. George Washington Stokes had a son named Herbert, as well as Ziba Stokes (Joshua's son).
Edward Y. Stokes(Andrew's son)marries Anna Alford of Baker County around 1890. Edward's children, Vance, Flossie and Eliza pictures appear in a web site concerning the descendants of Elbert Stokes who later migrated to Baker County.
Can anyone help shed additional light on the David Stokes family?
DNA testing indicates I have a relationship with the Barnwell County, South Carolina Stokeses. My research into this line led me to a Solomon Owens whose family, according to a Solomon Owens web site, had business interests in Beaufort County. The Owens family had also intermarried with the Blount family. Both the Stokes family and Owens family (Arthur Stokes and Stephen Owens) migrated to Barnwell County from Cravens County, North Carolina. Solomon Ownens then migrates to Gadsden County, Florida and lives near his brother Joshua. There is some indication David Stokes originated from Cravens County, so there may be a relationship between these two groups.
Early Beaufort County Federal Census records show a Young Stokes with David Stokes in 1790. David and Sylvanus Stokes appear in subsequent Beaufort County census records. A Sylvanus Stokes also appears in some Cravens County, NC records. There is a John Stokes that appears with David and Sylvanus in the 1810 census, but not after that.
Earlier posts indicate David Stokes had ten male children, but I am only able to come up with something less. Piecing the census records together, I come up with: John (b. 1785-1794), David (b. 1785-1794), Burrell (b. 1785-1794), James (abt. 1790), Absalom (abt. 1790, Henry (abt. 1800, and Counsel (abt. 1806). Nancy Stokes Cates is also reflected. There is one male child who I can't identify living with Millen in the 1820 who would have been born sometime between 1810 and 1820. There are two female children between 16 and 25 as well. Anyone have any idea who the one other male and female are?
The other names listed as possible children of David were Elbert, Richard, Burrell T. and Jane. A case could be made using the 1830 Census record that these are the children of Burrell. The information provided in the David Stokes web site confirms that Elbert, Richard, Burrell T., Jane and Celia are brothers and sisters, but the father isn't named specifically.
Absalom migrates to Walton County, Florida and appears in the 1830 census there.
Sylvanus Stokes appears in the 1830 Camden County Fed. Census with several children. This is probably the same Sylvanus from Beaufort County and later census records indicate a Richard and Seth may be two of his children. There is a "Seth" that appears in a 1850 Beaufort County census as the child of a John R. Stokes.
Elbert appears in the 1840 census of Ware county, Florida with two other males in his age group, likely Richard and Burrell. Elbert would have been single at this time and there are several females in the household, likely Jane and Celia. There is an older female in the household as well, could this be Millen?
Burrell T. migrates to Hamilton County Florida around 1840. Counsel to Nassau County at the same time. Samuel, Joshua and Andrew appear in the Jefferson County Census. Absalom is still in Walton County in 1840 and there is a James in Santa Rosa County. Henry appears in the Alachua census in 1850. Elbert goes to Charlton County.
Burrell T., Counsel and Joshua all participate in the Seminole Indian Wars along with several other Stokes names.
There are some name similiarities in some of these David Stokes descendants as well. One of the early Stokeses of Virginia was "Sherod" Young Stokes. Several of the children of these David Stokes group bear a middle name of Sherod. There is an early Barnwell County Lewis Stokes and a later child of one of David's group named Lewis Albert. Victoria was a popular name and was one of Samuel's daughters. Outside of my direct line, there is an Andrew and a Joshua among the children. George Washington Stokes had a son named Herbert, as well as Ziba Stokes (Joshua's son).
Edward Y. Stokes(Andrew's son)marries Anna Alford of Baker County around 1890. Edward's children, Vance, Flossie and Eliza pictures appear in a web site concerning the descendants of Elbert Stokes who later migrated to Baker County.
Can anyone help shed additional light on the David Stokes family?