Joseph Lawrence STEPHENS

1764 - 1848  (83 years)

• Name	Joseph Lawrence STEPHENS  [1]
  Born	12 Apr 1764	Shenandoah Co. Va.
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 1848	Ruddell's Mills, Ky   [1]
  Person ID	I1370	Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Lawrence STEPHENS,   b. Abt 1722, New Jersey or Pennsylvania ,   d. 1776, Frederick Co., Va.  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary BOWMAN,   b. 9 Nov 1735, Frederick Co., Va. ,   d. 31 Jan 1820, Frederick Co., Va.  (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1752	Frederick Co., Va   [1]
  Family ID	F361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy SHACKLEFORD,   b. 30 Dec 1769, Virginia. Frederick Co.? ,   d. 5 Aug 1791, Ruddell's Mills, Ky  (Age 21 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1784	Virginia. Frederick Co.?   [1]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy GARRARD,   b. 10 Jun 1773, Virginia. Frederick Co.? ,   d. 1850, Ruddell's Mills, Ky  (Age 76 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1792	Ruddell's Mills, Ky   [1]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "A few weeks after marriage, he and his wife went to Kentucky, accompanied by four other families, and settled as a place now called Ruddell's Mills, in Bourbon Co. 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 8784, Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.)..." --- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, p. unnumbered [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] Some ancestors, Bond, Marian Saunders, p. 46.