Samuel Stallard was born about 1745 in Essex County, Virginia. In about 1762, he migrated North with his family to northern Culpeper County, where he married Jael Duncan about 1770. In 1779 he sold his Culpeper land and followed his wife's family southwest to what was then Russell Co., VA, settling near Dungannon along the Clinch River. He and his family are buried at the Stallard homeplace. There is a memorial marker on the site of the family burial plot overlooking the river.

Samuel Stallard (also spelled Stallard, Stallards, Stalliard, Stalyard, Stalyerds, and Stalyers) shows up in the Russell County/Scott County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists starting when they were established in 1787 and paid into 1818. In Nov of 1814 Scott County was formed from a portion of Russell County and the Stallards lists are then located in that county.

1st number: tithable males in the household, usually head of household + Males 16-20; Typically after a child turned 21 they show up by name, separately.

2nd number:horses owned

3rd number: head of cattle

Russell County, Virginia

1787:

Saml Stalliard, 3, 12 [Samuel and 2 boys 16-20, Rawleigh "Rolly"+ brother or nephew?]

1788:

Samuel Stalliard, 2, 6 [Samuel and 1 son 16-20, other male died or left the area]

1789:

Samuel Stalliard 2, 6

1790:

Samuel Stalliard 2, 4

1791:

[record not available]

1792:

Samuel Stalyerds 2, 5

1793:

Samuel Stalyerds 2, 3

Rolly Stalyers 1, 2

1794:

Saml Stallard 1, 3

Rawly Stalliard 1, 1

1795:

Stalliard, Rawley, 1, 1

Stalliard, Samuel 2, 4 [ Samuel plus 16 year old Walter]

1796:

Stalliard, Rawley 1, 3

Stalliard, Samuel 2, 3

1797:

Stalliard, Rawley 1, 2

Stalliard, Samuel 2, 2

Scott County, Virginia Personal Property Tax:

1815:

Stallard, Rolly 2, 3, 14 [Rolly has a male 16-20 living with him]

Stallard, Samuel 1, 5, 21

Stallard, Walter 1, 5, 11

1816:

Stallard, Rolly 2, 3

Stallard, Samuel 1, 5

Stallard, Walter 1, 5

1817:

Stalyard, Samuel 1, 1

Stalyard, Rolly, 3, 4 [Rolly has 2 males 16-20 living with him]

1818:

Stalliard, Samuel 1, 1

Stalliard, Walter 1, 4

Stalliard, Dicey 1, 3

Stalliard, Rawley, 3, 4

1819:

Stalard, Dicie 1, 3

Stalards, Walter 1, 4

Stalards, Rawley 3, 4

1820:

Stallards, Rawley 3, 4

Stallards, Peter 1

Stallards Waller 1, 4

Stallards, Dicey 1, 4

[I did not look further]

Note: Many family trees show Samuel died about 1816, because that is the year he wrote his will. However, we can see that Samuel still paid taxes in 1817 and 1818, so he died in 1818 (no specific date listed for the tax payment). His second wife, Dicie/Dicey is then seen on the tax lists.

Note: At no time did any of the Stallards have slaves.

Sources:

Russell County, VA Personal Property Tax Lists, FamilySearch.org: Film # 007856297

Scott County, VA Personal Property Tax Lists, FamilySearch.org: Film # 007898808