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Subject: [KYBATH] Resident 1859 of Bath Co., KY
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:43:48 EDT

Preparer: E W Wallace, Malibu, CA 90265-4463
Rev. 6/98

GEORGE WASHINGTON STONER. Harriet A. Spraker, compiler of THE
BOONE FAMILY, has a section "The Stoner Family," written by a Stoner
descendant, Bess Hawthorne. Hawthorne was descended from (George) Michael
Stoner (formerly Holsteiner of Lancaster Co and Berks Co., PA). For
information concerning George Washington Stoner, see No. 459, THE BOONE
FAMILY, under the name of his wife Nancy (2) Tribble, daughter of Peter
Burris Tribble and his wife, Mary Boone.

The Lyman Draper Collection (held by the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI), Kentucky Papers, contains some letters written by
George Washington Stoner to Lyman Draper and other letters written by a
nephew, John Stoner, later killed by "Yankee guerillas." See Draper C-55 ff.

At the time of the interview, 28 Nov 1868, G. W. Stoner was living in
Bath Co., KY which had been formed from Montgomery Co. In the interview,
Stoner said he was born 1787 in Clark Co., KY, five miles SE of Winchester.
Stoner said he and his wife (Nancy Tribble, his first cousin) were married in
the spring of 1812. See other comments of G. W. Stoner in biographies of his
parents, (George) Michael Stoner and Frances Tandy Tribble, about whom Draper
had questioned Stoner and other relatives. Draper was interested in the
pioneers of Kentucky and was an inveterate collector of American historical
information, much to the delight of historians, biographers, and family
historians. Films of the collection are generally available at large
university libraries and some other larger libraries, such as the Family
History Library at Salt Lake City.

George W. Stoner and his wife had twelve children. Michael Lowery
Stoner was one of those sons, and he came to Texas ca. 1859. Reportedly, the
children of Michael Lowery Stoner, with the exception of Overton (George
Overton), were taken to Kentucky to stay with their paternal grandfather
during the Civil War, as their mother, Carlisle Harris, had died in Texas ca
1859, leaving behind some very young orphans. (Carlisle's father Overton
Harris had died in Madison Co., KY in 1827, when Carlisle was about two years
old. When she was about twelve years old, her mother had remarried to a
widower, Anderson Chenault.)

The 1870 census, Bath Co., E. Sharpsburg, p. 703, ln. ll, indicates
Washington Stoner, age 82, was a fairly wealthy man--$47,500 in real estate.
Nancy, his wife, was age 75. (This was after the Civil War, when most
Southerners had seen a sharp decline in their property, largely because the
slaves had been freed.)

His son, G. Washington, Jr., was in the same household with his wife
Nancy, Jr. He had real estate value of $17,000 and personal estate of $2,185
estate.

Refer to biographies of biographies of George W. Stoner Jr and to
biography of his younger sister Maria Fox Stoner, wife of William Little for
reference to a deed dated 8 Dec 1863 for land in Bath Co. located on Flat
Creek - 105 A or so.

Deed of gift of G. W. Stoner to his children (Bath Co. DB V-182)
abstracted:

George W. Stoner of the county of Bath, KY "for and in consideration of
the natural love and affection which I bear my children viz Michael L.
Stoner, Fanny Smith, Minerva Williams, George W. Stoner, Thos. C. Stoner,
Nancy Stoner, Maria Little, and Robert G. Stoner... transfer to my children
aforesaid one equal half of all my property and estate of every description,
slaves, personalty, money, choses (?) in action and every right legal or
equitable which I may own or be possessed of .... at the time of my death
when this deed of Gift is to take effect and the property, estate ... if any
of my children ... should be deceased leaving children and heirs .... 6 May
1859. /s/ G. W. Stoner. Wit: Garrett Davis, Will L. Sudduth, Joseph
Gudgell, Sr. (?)

On the same date, G. W. Stoner made a deed of gift to his wife, Nancy
Stoner (DB V-184). ... in consideration of the love and affection I bear to
my wife Nancy Stoner and in further consideration of the important assistance
which rendered me in acquiring and taking care of my property and estate and
on condition of my said wife surviving me .... transfer to my said wife one
equal half of all the property, estate, money, choses in action ... to have
and own as her absolute right and property with the power to dispose of ...
except the increase in slaves which have to go with and are to be accorded
(?) a part of the original stock. And upon the death of my wife ... all the
property I have given to her including the increase of slaves shall pass ...
to my children [named as in previous deed of gift]. [no signature appears in
deed book. The witnesses, however, are the same as in the previous deed.]

An interesting point about these deeds is that one of the sons is not
mentioned. According to the account in THE BOONE FAMILY, that son (Peter
Tribble Stoner?) was a Union sympathizer. Years later the family made amends.

When this deed of gift was executed, G. W. Stoner may have been
anticipating the Civil War, or, he may have been in ill health. However, as
seen from the letter he wrote to Draper, he was alive several years later.
His actual death did not occur until a dozen years later.

Are there any descendants of George Washington Stoner who would like to
exchange information? A descendant of Michael Lowery Stoner--E.W.Wallace
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