The genealogy work of the lines of Sweeney, Stallings, and Hall, KY  

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
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)
Milla Not married.  She had quite a bit of property which she left to her sisters in her will
Willa Married Millie Northcraft August 2, 1819
Washington County
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
Mary No record, except mention of her name in will
William No record, except in will.  He went to Texas and later to Illinois and was said to have drowned there
Sarah B. She married Harvy Sweeney, who on her death in 1839 Married Mary Edmonson, a first cousin of hers
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
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.