Ok, you researchers, let's see if we can help Carol. I have no White /Stamper marriages, but have 4 Hirams with issue for two of them. No Margaret that could be in this time period, that I can tell. Please !!!!! Have a great weekend. Don't forget the Stamper Reunion in Konnarock tomorrow, the 15th. beginning at 10 am. at the Community Center. Hope to see you there. Sadie ----- Original Message ----- From: "cschmidt" <cschmidt@se-tel.com> To: "sadie stamper greer" <SGREER@NETVA.COM> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 02:50 PM Subject: Stamper/White > Sadie, > > Do you have any marriages between the Stampers and the White's of that area. > I am trying to prove or disprove a marriage of a Robert White and a Margaret > Stamper. It was said that she was the daughter of a Hiram Stamper, but the > only Hiram Stamper I can find in records was young enough to be her son. > Robert moved between Ashe Co., NC and Grayson Co., Va. after 1810, but I > don't know where he was before then. He would have married about 1800 or > shortly before. > > Many of the Stamper family found their way to Eastern Kentucky and > Southwestern Virginia, along with Robert and his two families. He > apparently left his first family about 1828 and came to Breathitt Co., Ky > along with Henry Becknel's family, one of which was Rachel Becknel with whom > he had already fathered a son, Simeon, about 1825/28. He later married > Rachel in Ky. > > Robert's family he left behind arrived in Wise Co., Va. about 1858. Some > found their way to Perry Co., Ky, where many Stamper families lived and > still live today. The area of Breathitt Co. where Robert lived at that time > was actually Perry Co. I don't think the two families were aware that they > lived so near, or even that another group of Robert's children existed. > There were rumors in Robert's family with Rachel that he had left a family > behind, but no one knew for sure. The children of Robert's first marriage > never mentioned it. > > It is my theory that the Nancy White in the Ashe Co., 1830 census is > acutally the jilted wife of Robert instead of a Margaret. She was the right > age, living amongst the married daughters of Robert and had the right number > of children left at home, compared to Robert's listing in the 1820 census. > > It has been said for many generations that Robert's first wife was Margaret > Stamper, but no one has been able to prove it. I think maybe someone's > memory was faulty. I heard that the name came from an elderly woman who > wasn't real sure herself, but the name has stuck. > > Any help would be appreciated. I am also researching the Adams family of > that area that married a daughter and a grandson of Robert White. James > Adams, born 1800 married Nancy White Phipps, widow of George, and Elizabeth > Elvira Adams married Alfred White, about 1845. > > Carol > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sadie stamper greer" <SGREER@NETVA.COM> > To: <NCASHE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:13 AM > Subject: looking for answers :-) > > > > I ran across a note from Sharon Staton.....this states that a Jacob Adams > > married Mary Stamper, d/o Jonathan Stamper and Rachel___( who was Parks) . > > marrying Jan 7, 1777 in Salixbury , Rowan CO, NC. This was written on > Sept > > 18 1999 and to this date I can not confirm a Mary for this family. Did I > > miss something , or was this a misunderstanding of parentage? > > Sadie Stamper Greer.....descendant of Jonathan and Rachel , down through > > their son Jonathan JR , his son Joshua, his daughter Jannie , her son > > Madison, his son John Calvin, his son Harvey, his son James Walter and > then > > there's ME..... > > Sadie > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > >