Family
of John STANLEY (26) & Wife (mn unk)
128. John STANLEY. Born ca
1767 in Rowan Co., NC. John died in Knox Co.,
1787 Aug 18 - Surry Co.,NC - Committee appointed to receive Claims and Lay
County Tax for this Year report as follows:
1787 Nov 16 - Surry Co., NC - Road Order:
Ordered Thomas East overseer, Hollow Road from Stony Ridge to Moravian Line
and following work thereon: Edward Edwards, Thomas Evans Jr., Elijah Evans,
John Evans, Mary Bannister, Joshua Jones, Arthur Tate, Joseph Miller, George
Kruger, Henry Kruger, Jacob Kruger, Frederick Shouse, JOHN STANLEY and Edward
Owens. 487
Patrick Morton lived along this road. John was possibly living in Patrick
Morton's household at this time.
1792 - Surry Co., NC - John is on the tax list in Captain Stone's District with
no acres and one poll. James and Richard Morton are also on this tax list. This
the first year that John shows up in Surry County on a tax list. 488
1794 May 14 - Surry Co., NC - Surry Land Entry #727- John Gittens enters 50
acres of land on the south side of Stewarts Creek adjoining William Bruce
lines, formerly Solomon that said Bruce now lives on. On Dec 3, 1801, John
Gittens transferred this entry to Thomas Word. On the same day, Thomas Word
transferred this entry to JOHN STANLEY. 489
1795 - Surry Co., NC - John is on tax list in Capt. Stone's district paying one
poll and 100 acres. Richard Morton, William Morton, James Morton, Delany
Herring, William Herring and James Howard are also on this tax list. 490
1797 - Surry Co., NC - Surry Co., NC - John is on the tax list in Captain
Stone's District paying one poll and no acres. James Morton, William Morton,
Richard Morton and James Howard are also on this list. 491
1797 Jan 21 - Surry Co., NC - John sold 97 acres of land on the north side of
Rockey Creek to Delany Herring for 35 pounds. Witnesses were James Howard and
Ellender Howard. Deed proved in Feb 1799 by James Howard. 492
1798 - Surry Co., NC - John is on the tax list in Captain Early's District
paying one poll and no acres.William Morton, Richard Morton, James Morton,
another
1799 Feb 13 - Surry Co.,NC - A deed from JOHN STANLEY to Delany Herring was
proven in open court by the oath of James Howard and ordered to be registered.
Fee paid by Wm. Thornton. 494
1799 Nov 13 - Surry Co.,NC - Surry Land Entry #801- John entered 50 acres on
Rockey Creek , on the east side of Stony Creek adjoining himself and James
Howard. 495
1800 Aug 4 - Surry Co., NC - Surry Land Entry #801 was surveyed for
1801 Dec 3 - Surry Co.,NC - Land Entry #727 for 50 acres on Rockey Creek off
Stewarts Creek for
1802 - Stokes Co., NC - John is on the tax list in Stokes County in Captain
Shipps District paying on 25 acres of land and one poll tax. This is the only
year that John shows on the Stokes tax list. 496
1803 Feb 1- Stokes Co.,NC - Deed from
1803 Feb 17 - Surry Co., NC - A deed from JOHN STANLEY to James Howard was
proved in open court by the oath of Martin Ring & ordered to be registered.
6/paid. 498
1810 - Surry Co.,NC - John is on Surry County census showing 2 males age
0-10[1800-1810], 1 male age 10-16[1794-1800], one male age 26-45[1765-1784], 1
female age 0-10[1800-1810], one female age 10-16[1794-1800], and one female age
26-45[1765-1784]. Patrick Morton is next door to
1810 Dec 10 - Surry Co., NC - John is a bondsman along with Benjamin Bledsoe to
the marriage of PATRICK MORTON to Rachel Hammons. John and Benjamin were
sharing in the 500 pound marriage bond. 500
1811 May 16 - Surry Co., NC - Road Order:
Ordered that the following persons, to wit, Richard Pucket, Thomas Pucket,
Isham Puckett, Benjamin Griffin, JOHN STANLEY, Thomas Barker, Welcome Garrett,
Samuel Laurence, Drewry McGehe, Daniel Puckett, Daniel Jones, Thomas Hickmond,
Isham Hickman, Thomas Forkner, John Tanner, Thomas Hill and Lewis Garrett or
any twelve of them be & they are hereby appointed a Jury to view & lay
off a Road the nearest and best way from Bartholomew Walls to Isaac Bledsoes to
intersect the Road at Isaac Bledsoes leading to Ward's Gap & Good Spur and
make report to next court. Thomas Perkins Esq. is requested to attend jury. 501
1812 - Surry Co., NC - John is shown on the tax list in Captain Hill’s District
paying one poll and No land. Patrick Morton and William Morton are also in this
district. 502
1812 Nov 28 - Surry Co., NC - John is a witness along with William Sizemore
where Elijah Harris sells 100 acres for $10.10 to PATRICK MORTON on the north
side or Ararat River. May Term 1813 -
1812 Dec 4 - Surry Co., NC - John is a witness along with William Sizemore on a
deed from Elijah Harris to Patrick Morton for 100 acres on north side of Aarrat
River adjoining Patrick Morton for $15.00. In May Term 1813,
1813 - Surry Co., NC - John Standley is on the tax list in Captain Vanderpool's
District showing no acres and one poll. Patrick Morton also on this tax list. 505
1813 May - Surry Co.,NC -
1815 Nov - Surry Co.,NC - Patrick Morton,deceased, father of Euphia Morton's
will was probated this month.
1830 -Claiborne Co., Tenn. - John is on the census showing one male age 15-20,
one male age 60-70, one female age 20-30 and one female age 60-70. 507
1840 - Knox Co., Tenn. - John is on the census showing one male age 70-80 and
one female age 70-80. 508
Research: The Stanley Indian Massacre as written by Belle Stanley Moberly in
1932:
My great grandfather and his father came from England early in I700 and
settled in Surry County[would have been Rowan Co., NC in this time period] ,
North Carolina. His name was John Standley and he had a son born about [date
marked out and “don’t know” written in] named John too. He was my own
grandfather and when he was about 8 years old his father decided to move over
into Kentucky as it was just being settled by white people, although the
Indians were giving them some trouble. His old father was living with him and
he was willing to go too as he was alone in his old days. So they loaded their
wagons and went to Kentucky where they got a nice tract of land and built them
a house . They were well pleased with the country and happy as they were doing
well. They had four children--John, ten years old and three little girls one
Rachel, Fannie and a baby.
One morning they sent John out to get the horses but when he had got a short
distance he saw what looked like hundreds of Indians coming to their house. He
started to run but two of them over took him when he fell. He thought he could
feel his scalp coming off but they did not hurt him and took him back to the
house to the awful sight. The men had seen the Indians coming and had shot at
them from the door until they were both shot down by arrows. Then the Indians
took what they wanted. They emptied the feathers out of the beds and took the
ticks. They took great-grand-mother and the girls with them and young John but
they must have killed the baby for she could not find it. She was almost crazy
with grief. They even set fire to the house. They went west most of the way and
it was rough and hard walking. She and the children were so tired that finally
they let them rest and the mother fell asleep. When she awoke little John was
picking the briers out of her feet. Then they came to a river and here they
rested while the Indians made canoes. The one they put the mother and children
in had a stick at each end. On one was the scalp of her husband and on the
other the scalp of his fathor. I can’t remember how long they were in the boat
but they were landing she said that the bank was covered with Indians just
hopping and yelling. That scared John and he jumped in the river to drown
himself. A young Indian girl standing on the bank seemed to have her eyes on
him and she leaped in and got him and said that he was hers. My poor little
grandfather didn't know that he was making a "mash" when he plunged
into that river and I have always been glad that she saved him as he was to be
my grandfather. He soon learned to cook for the Indians and they would not
trade him so he stayed with them for about ten years. The mother and the girls
were traded for Indian prisoners in about a year. He wanted to slip away but he
knew it would be death if they caught him. His mother worried all these years
but she never expected to see him again. Each night the Indians laid out their
hunting route for the next day. He listened to them but they never left a way
open for him,but one night they left the east out and that was the direction he
wanted to go. The Indians were gone early the next morning so John strung some
dry eat, made some bread and took the gun the left him to kill game which came
around the camp and he was ready. He traveled as fast as he could because he
knew when the lndians came home at night and found him gone they would look for
him and it would be death if they caught him. It was rough,wild country without
a road. When night came he climbed a tree. Late in the night he heard them
walking but that was all gone by morning. He thought it was them as he had
lived with [them] so long and should have known their walk. When it was light
enough he traveled east again. About the third night he was so hungry and tired
he decided that he would risk a fire and broil some of his meat. He was soon
surrounded by wolves so he fought them off the rest of the night with fire
brands. When daylight came they left and he had to go on without any rest. He
finally came to an opening in the woods and he spied a little house and how he
hoped white people lived there. A man came out and as he was frightened he ran
but the man called to him and helpod him to the houso as he was nearly starved.
The woman was very good to him and gave him just a little to eat at a time and
kept him in bed two or three days. They also gave him some clothes as all he
had was an Indian garb. They took him part of the way and I do not know how
long it took him to get back to North Carolina where he was born. He found a
home of some of the relatives and they sent for his mother. He was so tired
that he had gone to bed when she arrived and she was sure that he was not her
boy because she could not see how he would ever get back there, but when she
saw him she screamed, "My boy!” and fell to the floor in a faint.
I don't know where they lived after that but John lived with his mother and one
sister. The other sister had been drowned just before she reached home when
returned from the Indians. She was riding a horse across a river and he fell
and she was drowned just a few miles from where her mothor was waiting for her
because she had already been traded back. Surely no one ever had so much
trouble as my great-grand-mother but my mother always said that she was a
wonderful, fine, smart woman. John had only been home about two years when he
got married to Euphia Morton. She was a great worker and a good manager. He
didn't care if she did run the affairs as he was good natured and jolly and
hunted and fished all the time as he had been reared. Their children were
Joseph, my father, then William, John and Richard and Nancy and Rachel. 509
John married Euphia MORTON, daughter of Patrick MORTON & Wife unk
MORTON. Born ca 1772 in Surry Co., NC. Euphia died in Knox Co., Tenn.
bef 1850, she was 78.
10 Feb 1815 - Surry Co., NC - From the will of Patrick Morton:
. . . MY DAUGHTER EUPHURS[EUPHIA] has got her [part] . . . 506
They had the following children:
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Joseph (ca1796->1880) |
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ii. |
Rebecca (ca1798-) |
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393 |
iii. |
John Morton (ca1802-1892) |
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iv. |
William (ca1805-) |
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v. |
Nancy (ca1809-) |
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vi. |
Rachel (ca1811-) |
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vii. |
Richard (ca1813-) |
129. Rachel STANLEY. Born ca 1773.
130. Fannie STANLEY. Born ca 1775.
131. Baby STANLEY. Born ca 1777 in
Virginia. Baby died in Near Kentucky-Tennessee Border ca 1781, he was 4.