STEPHENS Family The Stephens family goes back to the 1700's in north Georgia. James Stephens married Mary Ferguson. James was born in 1787 while Mary was born in 1795. Both are buried in Young Harris, Towns county, Ga. Here is a descendants list for James and Mary Ferguson Stephens. For Mary Ferguson's family info, take a look at the info below. I received this e-mail from Wilma C. Kirkland on 1-5-2000 regarding the STRAIN or STRAYHORN family and also the FERGUSON family. This is what she had to say: Dear Wes, Sometime before 1797 (or 99), Mary m. Darling Duke Fuller and I guess they decided to go to TN, because they sell it back to James in 1802 and Darling Duke Fuller said "for a certain tract of land which father-in-law formerly lived on that my wife has a bond for the rights of 100 lbs....and that I quit all claims for sd. tract. Now when James d. in Pickens Co. in 1848, he still owned the Babb Tract. His child Mary F. who m. James Stephens is a sister to Jane F. my ancestor, who m. Benton Freeman. Now, getting back to the Strains - James seemed to show up in Laurens in the 1790s when he purchased land. He died 1813 and left a will in Laurens Co. Now if he landed at Strawberry in 1760s, we don't where he was until he came to Laurens. Of course, Nancy, was his dau., and m. James Ferguson. They supposedly were m. when they went to Old Pendleton Dist. in the 1790s. The Laurens records do not give a place of residence. There are several possibilities around the state where some early James Strains are, but so far, no one has proven any of those to be the same as the one in Laurens. Actually, I have never worked on this family, as a study, but plan to get busy and study my mother's records that she has shared with me. I have helped her on occasions to gather them. There was an Archibald Strain that landed in Charleston in 1763, so maybe he is connected. | |
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