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Joseph Lawrence Stephens

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Joseph Lawrence Stephens

Birth
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Feb 1848 (aged 83)
Ruddles Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE STEPHENS, son of Lawrence Stephens and Mary Bowman. Married, first, June 3, 1784, Nancy Shackelford, in Virginia, and weeks later they went to Kentucky, accompanied by four other families, and settled at a place now called Ruddell's Mills, in Bourbon County. He brought with him, among other merchandise, fifty Negro slaves, also brick and material for building his houses. He operated the first farm in Bourbon County. His dwelling was built partly of brick, brought from Virginia, and partly from boards obtained from timber in that locality. His wife died August 5, 1791, and on January 12, 1792, he married Lucy Garrard, a niece of Governor James Garrard, of Kentucky. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (see Claim W 8764, Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.) and died February 14, 1848, in Ruddell's Mills, Kentucky.

Children:
First Wife: Polly S., Gabriel B., George W., Berthenia and Samuel.
Second Wife: John, Elizabeth, Dr. Daniel, Joseph, Thomas, Martin, Lucinda, Maria, Franklin, Amanda, Josephine, William H., Nelson and Caroline

Note: Biography courtesy of "Stephens Family Genealogies, 1690-1938," Revised Edition, edited by Dan V. Stephens. Published by Hammond & Stephens Co., Fremont, Nebraska, 1940.

Note: Joseph Lawrence Stephens was my 4th great-grandfather, and his son, George W., was my 3rd great-grandfather. I have also created a memorial for George W. Stephens, who died in Missouri in October of 1832. George W. and his wife, Sarah W. Stephens (his 1st cousin), are buried in Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, in Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri. (By Milton A. Stephens, contributor of this memorial).
JOSEPH LAWRENCE STEPHENS, son of Lawrence Stephens and Mary Bowman. Married, first, June 3, 1784, Nancy Shackelford, in Virginia, and weeks later they went to Kentucky, accompanied by four other families, and settled at a place now called Ruddell's Mills, in Bourbon County. He brought with him, among other merchandise, fifty Negro slaves, also brick and material for building his houses. He operated the first farm in Bourbon County. His dwelling was built partly of brick, brought from Virginia, and partly from boards obtained from timber in that locality. His wife died August 5, 1791, and on January 12, 1792, he married Lucy Garrard, a niece of Governor James Garrard, of Kentucky. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (see Claim W 8764, Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.) and died February 14, 1848, in Ruddell's Mills, Kentucky.

Children:
First Wife: Polly S., Gabriel B., George W., Berthenia and Samuel.
Second Wife: John, Elizabeth, Dr. Daniel, Joseph, Thomas, Martin, Lucinda, Maria, Franklin, Amanda, Josephine, William H., Nelson and Caroline

Note: Biography courtesy of "Stephens Family Genealogies, 1690-1938," Revised Edition, edited by Dan V. Stephens. Published by Hammond & Stephens Co., Fremont, Nebraska, 1940.

Note: Joseph Lawrence Stephens was my 4th great-grandfather, and his son, George W., was my 3rd great-grandfather. I have also created a memorial for George W. Stephens, who died in Missouri in October of 1832. George W. and his wife, Sarah W. Stephens (his 1st cousin), are buried in Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, in Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri. (By Milton A. Stephens, contributor of this memorial).

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