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Subject: Ga-Wilkinson-Laurens Co. Bios (Stuckey Surname )
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:29:33 -0500


Wilkinson-Laurens County GaArchives Biographies.....Stuckey Surname Of Laurens And Wilkinson Counties, Georgia, Simon Stuckey 1750 - 1850
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R. Elizabeth Brewer March 21, 2005, 7:29 am

Author: R. Elizabeth Brewer

This sketch is written to enable one to learn more about the migration of
the Stuckey family in both Laurens and Wilkinson Counties. Our research of legal
documents in both counties reveals deed transactions for this surname as early
as 1815. These Stuckeys were not enumerated on the 1820 census.
Our main focus is Simon Stuckey (1) of Wilkinson County. He was born about
1750 in North Carolina, descending from the Stuckeys of the Isle of Wight,
Virginia. Records of Virginia show Stuckeys there as far back as the early
1700's. Censuses for Wilkinson County, Georgia do not show that Simon Stuckey
(1) was in this State before the 1830 census, at which time it is shown that he
was between sixty and seventy years of age. In the 1840 census, he was between
seventy and eighty years of age. Then, in the 1850 census, he is shown as the
"old" Simon who was 100 years of age, blind and married to Mahaley. We do not
know of any other wife or the mother of his children. Simon married "Mahala
Butler" on September 15, 1848. She must have been a widow of one of the Butler
men, since she was approximately forty-three years of age and Simon (1) was
about ninety-seven years old. His vocation was farming. We do not know how long
he lived but he is probably buried in an unmarked grave in Pleasant Plains
Cemetery, in the older section where the wooden markers have disappeared. In a
letter written by his great grandson, Richard Jackson Stuckey, dated December
16, 1897, the contents reveal that Simon came to the "now" area of Wilkinson
County, in 1788, before it was created as a County. This could have been after
the State of Georgia ratified the Constitution of the United States, in 1788,
making it the fourth State to do so. In two paragraphs, Richard refers to Simon
(1) as living in Wilkinson County during this time and that he was his great
grandfather. We are sure that Richard knew his family lineage and, therefore,
we have this documentation. From histories of early settlers, there were
non-Indians living in Indian territory. Settlers would cultivate land in Indian
territory, returning to "block houses" at night for protection. If this
occurred in one section of Georgia, it would seem plausible that it would occur
in the "then" Indian/Wilkinson County area.
Other research about Simon, age 100 in the 1850 census, regarding him as a
son of Edmund Stuckey of South Carolina is dated 1930, thirty-three years after
Richard Jackson Stuckey wrote his letter. There was about five years difference
in Simon and Edmund's dates of birth so this could not be true. Edmund, too,
was born in North Carolina and, in fact, did have a son named Simon (2). This
son was born November 12, 1769, almost twenty-nine years after "old" Simon of
Wilkinson County. Edmund's son, Simon, married America___. Edmund died in 1833,
in South Carolina, at the age of eighty-four. We believe that perhaps Simon (1)
could have been a Edmund's brother.
Simon (1) probably came to Georgia, returned to North Carolina, and with
his family moved and lived a few years near his brother in South Carolina. Then,
in the early 1800's, he finally returned to the Wilkinson County area. There
were several Stuckeys living in what is now Laurens County but deeds show
Wilkinson County at that time. The Stuckey clan lived within "a radius of not
more than three miles (where) all of these great grand, grand and children were
reared" (per Richard's letter). Stuckey deed transactins for both counties
begin in 1815 and forward. Since many records were destroyed, we cannot locate
legal transactions for earlier dates. We do know there were two land grants
issued to other people, in 1807, for property that the Stuckey clan in Wilkinson
County would eventually own.
Other Stuckey men who came with Simon (1) to Georgia were: John Stuckey
who married Martha Jane Taylor on September 18, 1824 (moved west). Starling
Stuckey (Sr.) who married Mary J.___, (settled in Wilkinson County), Simon
Stuckey(3) died in Wilkinson County), and Lewis Stuckey settled and died in what
is later to become Laurens County (md. Mary Bell of South Carolina). There was
a Jackson Stuckey, living in Wilkinson County, who married Sarah Dean on
November 23, 1838. He was probably related but we cannot document this. With
the exception of Jackson, the above men were born in North Carolina. In the
1880 census for Arkansas, it is shown that Jackson and both of his parents were
born in Georgia.
Starling Stuckey (Sr.), was born between 1790 and 1795, in North Carolina.
He migrated with his father, Simon, to Wilkinson County. His marriage to Mary
J.___, occured in Georgia, date unknown. She was born in Georgia but we find no
documentatin as to her maiden name. In this same letter, Richard Jackson
Stuckey states that his grandfather, Starling Stuckey, "had seven sons and all
of them reared large families." Starling's sons were: Nelson (md. Sabrina
Porter); Alexander (md. Eliza Ann Porter); John Stuckey (md. Amanda Butler);
Starling Stuckey(Jr.) md. Lucy Ann Norwood); Simon Stuckey (3) died before
1860); Daniel Simon Stuckey (md. Caroline Rogers); Alison Stuckey (md. Mary Ann
Thomas); Howell Stuckey (Louisa Pnew?). There were two daughters (1) unnamed
(who married Wiley Womack(sp?); and Mary Stuckey (who married Sandy/Tandy
Eubanks). Starling Stuckey (Sr.) died in 1838~~~will probated in 1838. He is
probably buried in an unmarked grave next to his wife, Mary J.___Stuckey, in
Pleasant Plains Cemetery. Mary J. Stuckey has a tombstone and there are several
large stones next to her which mark very old graves. Many of the Stuckey family
are buried in a straight line descending from Mary J.___Stuckey and Starling Sr.

Additional Comments:
Note: Richard Jackson Stuckey did not list Simon (3) as the son of Starling
probably because Simon was deceased. Simon's name is listed in Starling
Stuckey's will.
Sources: Georgia Archives Research, numerous deeds of both Laurens and
Wilkinson Counties, Georgia, Davidson's Marriages, Letter of Richard Jackson
Stuckey, HeritageQuest.com through SGES; Galileo, "The Dublin Post, 5-5-1895,"
Pleasant Plains Stuckey burial plot, and Ancestry.com for censuses 1820 to 1880.

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