According to an entry in the "Heritage of Johnston County" by Mildred S. Strickland, "Joshua Sr. was born in old Dobbs County. He married Sally Stanford and migrated to Johnston County where his will was probated in 1835." Old Dobbs county is generally where Greene and Lenoir counties are today. This would imply that Sally was born outside of Johnston County perhaps Dobbs. Dobbs was dropped as a county in 1791. Joshua Creech was listed in the census taken on 16 March 1787 in Johnston Co. There is a Joshua Creach (Note Spelling) listed in North Carolina Taxpayers for Dobbs County in 1779. This could be the same person. There are some Stanford's listed in the NorthCarolina lists of taxpayers. They are: James Stanford (Randolph Co. 1779) Thomas Stanford (Bute Co. 1771) note Bute was abolished in 1779 - Where Warren and Franklin counties are today William Stanford (Bute Co. 1771) Thomas Stanford (FMV 1771) William Stanford (FMV 1771) John Stanford (Rutherford Co. 1782) Sarah Stanford (Beaufort Co. 1779) You might try looking for wills, etc for these people in an attempt to find Sally's father. It could also be she was born in Virginia. A lot of people moved into NC from VA around that time. Hope that helps, -Carl Oehmann ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert L. Dibble <rldibble@AOL.COM> To: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: [NCJOHNST] Sally Stanford > Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1775 > > Surname: Stanford, Creech > ------------------------- > > I am looking for information re: Sally Stanford (b. ca. 1753; d. ca. 1835) > of Johnston Co., NC. She married Joshua Creech, Sr. (b. ca. 1754; d. 13 > May 1835), also of Johnston Co. The Stanford name comes forward in the > Creech line, with a Stanford Creech, grandson of Joshua and Sally, son > of Jesse s. Creech, Sr. and Margaret Worley. He, in turn, names a son: > Charles Stanford Creech (my great-grandfather). I cannot find any Stanfords > in the Johnston Co. census records. Any help would be appreciated. > > Bob > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > >