The Work of Clayton Walter Stallings
On the Stallings, Sweeney and Halls of Early Kentucky
From Liberty Casey County to
Bardstown, Nelson County
Clayton Walter Stallings was born in
1872, married Katherine Harmon of Lebanon, KY. His research into
the lines and connections of the Stallings, Sweeney's and Halls is documented
in the book, The Family of Moses Sweeney, by Jerry Long. My
mother was sent original copies by Clayton, five pages in all, of the lineage
of Carter Hall, William and his son Walter Stallings, and Moses and his
son John Sweeney.
This is his work:
Children of William Stallings, Children of Walter N. Stallings, Children
of Carter Hall, Children of Moses Sweeney, Children of John Sweeney
Children of William Stallings
Name
Marriage(s)
Children
James |
mentioned in will but no further record found |
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Susannah |
married David W. Nantz, who was mentioned in will as son-in-law and
exectutor, but the marriage record not found |
Mariah Jane, Susan Mary and Nancy Booker Nantz |
Nancy |
1. James Prewitt March 2, 1824 (Washington County)
2. Thomas Woodward |
Susan, James and Sarah Woodward |
Sarah |
Married John Scanland February 20, 1820 (Washington County) |
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Milla |
Not married. She had quite a bit of property which she left to
her sisters in her will |
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Willa |
Married Millie Northcraft August 2, 1819
Washington County |
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Walter N. |
Married Martha Scanland called
"Patsy" February 4, 1815 Washington County |
Malinda, Sarah, william and Mary, and James Stevens who was born two
months after his father's death
Malinda is presumed to have died early in life as she is not mentioned
in Wm. Stalling's will, and James Stallings is mentioned separately from
the other three children who he names as children o f Walter N. Stallings |
The similarity of the names, Willa and Milla,
suggests they might have been twins. The Stallings name is probably
of German or Russian origin. We are, or rather could be distantly
related to Joe. "Cousin Joe?"
Any history depending on the poorly kept records
of 150 years must contain some errors, but the information here given was
derived from Court records, such as marriage certificates, deeds, and wills,
inscriptions on grave stones and personal recollections, and are substantially
correct.
William Stallings, who I believe came to Kentucky
from the Georgia - Carolina Area, settled in Marion, then Washington County,
on Cartwright Creek about three miles east of Lebanon, near Fort Sandusky.
He mentions one brother, Hezekiah, in his will and mentions his mother
in his will, when he died in 1833. There is also a record of Joseph
Stallings, who bought land close to the fort from one of the Sanduskys,
but I do not know whether he was a brother of Wm. Stallings. The
court records examined are Washington county records, as all information
from 1834, when Marion County became a county, became a county, was destroyed
when the court house was burned during the Civil War.
Wm. Stallings was very religious, as his will
would indicate. He also had accumulated much property including a
number of slaves. His farm, as well as those of Walter Stallings,
and James Scanland, "Patsy" Scanland's father, were of broad creek bottom
land, and adjoined the Cartwright Creek church lot, which was given by
them. This church was Baptist and was organized in 1795. The
whole site is now abandoned as well as the cemetery. The membership
went into the Lebanon orgainization.
NOTE: Another researcher along this line has Wm. and Hezekiah's
father as Joseph, and mother as Susannah Tucker. This researcher
also mentioned that there was a bond recorded in Book II p. 397 on April
10, 1833 for Susannah Stallings to marry David W. Nantz, Surety John Hughs
Jr., consent filed by her father William Stallings, Witness Thomas Woodward,
who was to become the second husband of Susannah's sister Nancy.
NOTE: This one I owe to my third cousin; She noticed that
Susannah and David's daughter is Nancy Booker Nantz. Booker Noe,
who produces whisky still, was a descendent of the line of my Phillips/Beam's,
which is a seperate work from this line, but from which comes the Mystery
of Alice Noe, on another of my webpages. Booker does not seem like
a comely name for a young lady, unless it was in the family. Also,
another researcher on the Milburn line, says that the Cartwright Creek
Church was founded by Joseph Milburn, whose land was aliased Jacob
Beam. This from Baylor's Pioneer History, if anyone has a copy and
is willing to do a lookup, I'd appreciate it.
If anyone comes across a picture of the Cartright Creek Churck I'd like
to add that in here also. This would tie in the Peak, Phillips, Cartright,
and Nevitt lines in an interesting manner...still a mystery though.
Children of Walter N. Stallings (and
Martha "Patsy" Scanland)
Malinda |
She is mentioned in the will as threatened with blindeness, and is
presumed to have died young |
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Mary |
No record, except mention of her name in will |
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William |
No record, except in will. He went to Texas and later to Illinois
and was said to have drowned there |
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Sarah B. |
She married Harvy Sweeney, who on her death in 1839 Married Mary Edmonson,
a first cousin of hers |
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James Stevens |
Married Mary Worsham near Bradfordsville
Second married Sarah Frances Sweeney of Mackville, KY b. 1842
d. 1894 Bethlehem Cemetery |
No record of children or her burial place
To this marriage were born six children:
Mary Ellen Lucetta, William Marion, Pattie Belle, Clayton
Walter, and James Stevens Jr. |
NOTES: Walter N. Stallings married Martha (Patsy) Northcraft
Under James Stevens, his daughter Mary Ellen, married William
Harrison Phillips. He was the only brother in the family of William
Beall Phillips and Nancy Nevitt Peak. These two siblings, created
my grandma and grandpa in this fashion:
His neice (Wm. H. Phillip's) married her (Mary Ellen's) nephew
Notes: are mine, CARosamilia
The Children of Carter Hall
Children of Carter Hall., Sr. who died in 1861
[The father of Carter Hall, Sr., was John C. Hall who died in 1831.
The only
information regarding him was the settlement of his estate which was
made by Carter Hall, Sr.]
Joseph Mentioned in the will of Carter Hall, Sr.,
but no other record found
Wilkerson Mary Hall's will mentions him but
no other record found.
Carter Jr. His Children were Jeckanias ("Jicky"):
Thad; Henry, Grant,
Mary who married Samuel Taylor, Anna who married
Ben Bugg, Lucy
who married Willie Holderman, Dora who married Jesse
Smith and Emma not married
John, Do not have his marriage record.
His known children were
Thomas, Frank and Tabitha who married George Noe
Thomas
Hall's children were:
Frank, who married Bettie Brown
Nanie, married Christopher Trent of Lawrenceburg
Sallie, married John B. Litsey, Fort Worth, TX
Paulina married William Marion Stallings
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The Stallings Family
William Marion Stallings and Paulina Hall his wife. Their sons
Frank and Walter. This is Clayton's brother. They had seven
children total, and it looks like they lived in Mackville, KY. Willie
Mae m. Orion McGruder of Ownesboro, John Taylor married Ruth Collins of
Georgetown, KY, Martha James Eaton m. Catherine Rassinier of Louisvile,
Frances, Walter Wood who m. Mary Brown of London, (KY), Frank married Evlyn
Strange, Lawrenceburg, KY, now Louisville. |
Thomas, Sr. His children were Vardeman, Terry,
Zack, Joseph, Jane, who married Searcy, Mary Ann, married Camden, and Catherine,
who never married
Sarah Married John Sweeney in 1834.
Their children were Marion, born 1836, Polly E. b. 1837, Carter b. 1838,
Daniel b. 1840. Sarah Frances b. 1842, Vardeman Taylor b. 1847 and
Minerva J., 1849
Lucy Married Abraham Canary, Sr., who died
in 1882
Amy, Susan, Elizabeth and Mary (none of whom were
married)
By the terms of the will of Carter Hall, Sr., the five unmarried daughters
(Lucy, Amy, Susan, Elizabeth, and Mary) were left all his personal property
and the farm of 140 acres where they lived, with the provision that when
any one of them died, married or left the home, those remaining were to
succeed to the property. Lucy was the only one to marry, and Mary
was the last survivor as her will finally disposed of the property June
4, 1873.
The old Hall homestead and the burying ground is about eight (8) miles
east of Springfield, KY, just off the Tick Creek Road.
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