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- Most of the information about Nicholas Stone was arrived from an interview that Dayton B. Stone, Jr. and his brother, Joseph Wade Stone, conducted with Mr. George Brown of Sumter County, SC. Mr. Brown was so elderly that he was difficult to understand. The fact that he had no teeth made the tape of his conversation almost useless, but I have been able to translate some of the information.
Mr. Brown claimed to be related to Minerva Brown wife of Nicholas Stone. He had in his possession an old leather pouch which contained old land documents, some of which were Stone Documents. These documents have since been donated to the South Carolina Archives or the Sumter Genealogy Society. Much of Mr. Brown's information has born out to be true, however, there is still much to be verified.
The following is one transcript of the interview as documented by J. Wade Stone:
"Interview of George Brown, age about 88, Privateer Section, Sumter County South Carolina Aug. 19, 1973 by Wade Stone: Mr. Brown asked me who I was, who my father & mother was, said Duffie Stone's son had recently come by to see him as he was with Sumter County Welfare & visited him monthly. Mr. Brown also said George & Wallace Stone had come by to see him. The following is what he related to me as best as I could make out as Mr. Brown was very hard of hearing and didnít speak very plainly & much of the talk went into detail as to the family & I wasn't familiar enough with all branches of the family to grasp it. Mr. Brown said his grandfather was an O'Steen & he had in his possession papers which he said were his grandfather's dealing with land titles & transfers to & from Stones & O'Steens. He said Nicholas Stone of Cornwall, England married to Manerva Brown of Tavorstaff England, had a son Oesebeus (he spelled it). Stone born 1610 in Cornwall, England married to (no record) of unknown person or I missed it. Oesebeus came over to White Plains, Va. & thence to S.C. in 1751 or 1752 with the Geddings who were French. A grant of land was made to Eusabeus in 1756 & again to Eusabeus' son by same name in 1785. This last grant on title with S.C. under name Eusebea. Name shortened "Sabe" in some documents. Sabe married James Corbettís daughter. Sabe or Eusabea, had the following children, Sam who had 3 daughters; Faith m. Freeman, Hope m. ?, Charity m. Wiggs; Elizabeth who m. Abram Geddings, Nicholas who m. Henrietta Geddings who died & then he married again ?, James Stone who married Christina Murrell whose father John Murrell came from Scotland Co., NC, Cecelia who m. Isaac Jacobs or Jackson had children Timothy, Titus, Sam, Synthia (John Odom raised 2 children Maranda & Manerva) , Philip who married Amanda Jackson & went to Florida (1755 m. Thomas Osteen's daugh. Sally. James Stone only son, best his recollections George McDuffie Stone who married Dolly McElveen daughter of Philip McElveen & Harriet Bracy. Harriet tried to marry Randolph Singleton or did &. family Bracy broke up marriage by running Singleton away one rainy night who went to Mass. & still has descendants there. Harriet had a son for Singleton. Harriet then married Albert Mercer who got Harriet pregnant & left after married 1 year saying he had to go to Columbia on business, came back & left again & never returned. Of this marriage was Mary Ann who married a Richardson & had Ed & Jim. Harriet then married Philip McElveen & had Martha who married James Artis & Dolly who married Duffie Stone who had Sam, Philip. Duffie, Georgiana & Rydonia. Brown said Dolly & Martha did a rather strange thing. At some time they left their home with all furnishings, land, stock & told slaves they could go free. Brown also said when Sabe died the children had a feud about dividing land & sold it to Jacob Osteen & left. Brown said Nicholas, Sabe, Philip & Family buried on O'Steen place on West side of railroad. Can't see it now as plowed over. Elizabeth buried Homebranch. Hobby is a ghost & appears some times. I asked Mr. Brown where did George McDuffie Stoneís family go after Civil War & he said somewhere in Clarendon County. Mr. Brown said after Philip McElveen died the land lay idle & Sam, Philip & Duffie got it or claimed it, said back taxes owed on it then. About 1000 acres divided up & sold some to other party. Mr. Brown said Geo. McD. Stone Jr. married Doc. Cochranís daughter Martha Ann.
(note: Oesebeus would be correctly spelled Eusabeus and was nick named Sabe, Sibb and correct birthdate would have to have been 1710. The second Eusabeus married James Corbettís daughter. I think the first Eusabeus married one named Seeney, maiden name unknown. My research shows that the second Eusabeus had only two children John and Wade. Wade died early. I have record of a grant to Eusabeus in 1773)." (Joseph Wade Stone)
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The earliest settlers to Sumter were in Prince Frederick's Parrish, but the parish church was miles away, near Georgetown. So Sumter started out as Prince Federicks Parrish and grew so rapidly they added another parrish and called it St. Mark's? This happened in 1757 that St. Mark's was added.
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I have not been able to prove the parentage of this Nicholas Stone, said to be born by 1710 in Cornwall , England. He does not show up in the 1790 South Carolina Census, therefore, if he indeed died in South Carolina, it would have been prior to 1790.
In looking at all of the 1790 Census records, I find only two States with a Nicholas and/or Eucebius Stone. That is Virginia and North Carolina. The Patrick County, Virginia Stones have been documented by other researchers who say these Stones lived and died in Virginia. The North Carolina Nicholas Stone family migrated to Tennessee with no mention of South Carolina. Neither the Virginia Family or the North Carolina Family mention South Carolina. The closest possibility that I find for Nicholas Stone is the following which I found on the Internet:
1. John Stone (b. 1667 in Rugely, Staffordshire, England, d. 1736 Caroline County, VA). He married Mary O'Brissell in Middlesex County, VA in 1687. John's parents were Richard Stone and Dorothy Belcher.
Their children were:
Eusebius Stone - UNKNOWN
Stephen Stone - d. 1778
Sarah Stone - UNKNOWN
John Stone - b. 1690
William Stone - b. 1700 d. 1775 Stafford County, VA
Nicholas Stone - b.1703 d. 1778 UNKNOWN
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A survey of the Personal Property Tax List of Virginia, 1787, List A, Halifax County show the following:
John Stone; Elizabeth Stone; and Eusebius Stone.
A survey of the Personal Property Tax List of Virginia, 1787, List B, Mecklenburg County show the following:
Hezekiah Stone; Mary Stone; Eusibius Stone; Stephen Stone; John Stone; and James Stone.
No Nicholas Stone appears in the tax lists for 1787.
In a Colonial Virginia Book (which I failed to document the name of) I found the following:
"James Williamson, 1800 acres in Rappa River, 22 May 1650, transport of 36 persons:....Nicholas Stone."
From "Bonded Passengers to America": " Stone, Nicholas. S Lent 1749. Sy."
From "The Register of St. Philip's Parish (1720 - 1758) - Charles Town or Charleston, SC": "June 2, 1733, Then was Buried Nicholas Stone".
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