I haven't been getting very much mail for the list lately. Is rootsweb really quiet or is AOL's spam filter eating my mail? Carol

Hi List, Since my original query on Dew Stephens in 1860 Ashley Co., Arkansas , I have found him also in 1850 MS, 1840 AL. In 1850 he is listed as : 1850 Rankin Co., MS. Dew Stephens 48 GA (listed as born in SC on 1860 census ) Jane 36 SC Mary 18 f AL Paulina 15 f AL James 13 m AL Susan 12 f AL ( not on 1860 ) John 10 m AL Francis 7 m AL ( listed as female on 1860) Jesse 6 m AL Dew 4 m AL (spelled Drury/Dewy on 1860) Joshua 3 m AL Cordelia 1 f AL ( listed as Delia on 1860) In 1840 Dew Stephens is listed on the Lowndes Co., Alabama census In 1830 Lowndes Co., AL. are these Stephens listed : Purce Stephens pg 278 Moses Stephens pg 270 Edward Stephens pg 270 William Stephens pg. 268 John Stephens Jr. pg. 268 Can anyone shed any light on any of these families ? Any help appreciated . Thank you Phyllis plsk3649@swtexas.net

Hi, This is going to be a really unusual request but maybe it will bring forth some answers to long awaited questions. After many years I have finally found my Enoch A. Stephens in 1870 Union Co., AR. with parents Duncan(Duey) Stephens and Melissa Garner and in Little River Co., AR. 1880 . But in 1880 LRC is where some more questions arise . Evidently Duncan Stephens has died and Melissa Stephens has remarried to a Robert Jean(s) and Enoch Stephens 12 is listed as a Jeanes instead of Stephens . Also listed is a William age 12 , John age 7 , and Allen age 5 all with Jeanes surname. Sources say Robert W. Jean was not previously married and appears on 1870 LRC census as single living with his father. Therefore we conclude that these 3 boys are probably also Stephens. The William age 12 does not appear with Enoch and family on 1870 census as a twin so maybe age is wrong or not a Stephens. There is also a Sales/Sails Stephens which lives next door to Melissa in 1900 that we assume as one of the Stephens children but can't verify as such . There were no second names used on census and his birth year varies on 1900-1910-1920 census . Could his name be Allen Sales Stephens ? Duncan Stephens middle initial was an S. Any help appreciated . Phyllis plsk3649@swtexas.net

Looking for information on these Stephens/Stevens families . Any help would be appreciated . Trying to find the parents of Duncan(or Duey) Stephens b. 1847 AR. marr: Melissa P. Garner in 1865 Union Co., AR. 1860 Asley Co., AR Union Twp. Reddic P. Stevens abt. 50 SC ( 44 on 1850 Attala Co., MS) Treacy 47 S C ( GA. on 1850 Attala Co., MS) William W. (18 MS 1850 census ) Barbara A. (13 MS 1850 census ) 1860 Sarah E. 20 MS Frances A. 18 MS Felix W. 15 MS Phebe A. 13 MS Mildred 10 MS Margaret 8 MS Drury Stevens 30 m farmer MS ( whose he ?) 1860 Ashley Co., AR. Longburn Twp. Dew Stephens 53 SC Pauline 23 AL James 19 AL John 17 AL Jesse 14/17 AL Frances 17 AL Drury (or Dewy) 13 MS Joshua 11 MS Delia 9 MS Narcissus 7 MS Thanks Phyllis

------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Steven Perkins <sperkins@interaccess.com> Subject: Ancestry of Thomas Stephens, father of Zorababel Stephens, and brother of Meshack Stephens? Maliza Stephens of Fentress Co., TN married John Kidd of Whitley CO., KY. Maliza was the daughter of Zorababel Stephens for Whitley Co., KY, and Fentress Co., TN, and his wife Susan Hayes. Zorababel was the son of Thomas Stephens of Pendleton Dist. SC, KY and Fentress Co., TN and his wife, Sarah Miller. Thomas was the brother of Meshack Stephens of SC, KY and TN. Who are the parents of Thomas and Meshack Stephens? I have Joseph Stephens of VA and ----- Todd. I have real doubts that this is correct. Anyone working on these lines? I have information on these families on my web page under the link for Rosa Genetta Swain: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scperkins/ Thanks, Steven C. Perkins sperkins@interaccess.com ------- End of forwarded message -------

Would like to meet anyone researching STEPHENS in connection from either TN> Union Co., AR to Little River Co., AR. and possibly to Chickasaw Nation ( Johnston Co., OK) At least 1870 thru 1900 May have appeared with step-father's surname of Jean(s)(es) Surnames included : GARNER / JEAN(S) / QUINN / IRVINS/ ANDERSON /STEVENS/STEPHENS Thanks Phyllis plsk3649@swtexas.net

Looking for information on : Dew/Drury/Duey STEPHENS b. 1807 South Carolina wife ( Unknown) Children are : Pauline 1837 AL James 1838 AL John 1841 AL Jesse 1841(?) AL Frances 1843 AL Dewy/Drury 1847 MS Joshua 1849 MS Delia 1851 MS Narciscus 1853 MS This family was in 1860 Ashley Co., Arkansas and in Mississippi around 1850 but I can't get the name in any spelling up on the census index. Any help appreciated Thanks Phyllis

This may change things some: Anyone recognize them ? 1860 Ashley Co., ARK. Longburn Twp. Dew Stephens 53 SC Pauline 23 AL James 22 AL John 19 AL Jesse 14 AL Frances 17 AL Dewy 13 MS Joshua 11 MS Delia 9 MS Narcissus 7 MS Phyllis

Hi , In finding the parents of Enoch Stephens I have come into different first given names for both his father and grandfather. On 1870 Union Co., AR he is called Duncan Stevens 23 <1847> AR married Melissa Garner in Union Co., AR. On marriage records he is called Daly Stephens and by some also Duey Stephens. His father , also Duncan/Dunkin Stevens 49 <1821> TN. is listed in census index as Truman Stevens . He is married to a Mahala " Smith?" <1835> MS. Two other Stevens children are listed in house hold . Robert F. Stephens 12 <1858> AR and Frances 10 < 1860> AR and three Smith children ; Thomas Smith 9, Eli 6 , and Mary 2 . Any information would be appreciated greatly. Phyllis plsk3649@swtexas.net

--WebTV-Mail-17974-3022 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-17974-3022 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAgwHxPGtKmmyl6srNYqgpfZoWA7ACFH5IoTvDIerztKUUQL2Nx69YHaP2 From: gobls@webtv.net (Gerald Stephens) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 16:49:10 -0400 (EDT) To: STEVENS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Adam Stevens Family Message-ID: <26710-3D600846-3712@storefull-2178.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Adam Stevens s/o Benjamin & Mary (d/o Stephen & Sarah Bingham) Stevens was born in Monroe Co., OH 8/13/1840: married 1879 in Noble Co., OH. They were living in Ritchie Co., WV in 1880. Children: Vitetta, b. 1864, Ella b.1870, Charles B. b. 1872, William b. 1877, Ida J. b. 1879, Roscoe b. 1882. Would like information about descendants. Gerry --WebTV-Mail-17974-3022--

Hi, I think I may have finally found my elusive E.A. (Enoch) Stephens b. 1867/68. Does anyone know anything about this Stevens I found on the 1870 Union Co., Ark. census in the twp. of Lapile . HH # 25 Duncan STEVENS 23 M W AR Melina(?) 20 F W AR Enoch 2 M W AR There are two HARPER surname listed in next two house holds ( Thomas Harper & William Harper ) with a Catharine DOBBS in Thomas Harper house hold. and last is Hardy P. Pole. Any help appreciated very much . It's been a very long search. Thank you Phyllis plsk3649@swtexas.net

I have been attempting to send a request for information on the above web.I have an address for a person by the name of Tom at:stevetho@datastar.net. It bounces every time I send it!! Anyone that has any suggestions, please reply. Thanks, William H. Stephens

Cecilia--thanks very much for your interest in my inquiry. However,---if Nathaniel is the father of Inman Stephens, he would have been born around 1775, since Inman,s DOB is c.1799,based on his age given on the Upson County census. This listing of Stephens marriages--do you have a copy of it,and how did you obtain such a list. I would be very interested in such a list--it might be very hepful in my search for those Stephens born prior to 1800. Looking forward to your reply. Bill Stephens ---patabill@nexet.net

In reference to checking the email addresses, there are low cost, bulk email programs that will verify the address without sending the message. If anyone is interested, I can supply the source. Burr Stephens L-Soft list server at Indiana University (1.8e) wrote: >Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:00:00 > >This message is a "probe" for your subscription to the STEPHENS-L list. >You do not need to take any action to remain subscribed to the list, and >in particular you should not reply to this message. Simply discard it >now, or read on if you would like to know more about how this probing >mechanism works. > >A "probe" is a message like the one you are reading, sent to an >individual subscriber and tagged with a special signature to uniquely >identify this particular subscriber (you can probably not see the >signature because it is in the mail headers). If the subscriber's e-mail >address is no longer valid, the message will be returned to LISTSERV and >the faulty address will be removed from the list. If the subscriber's >address is still valid, the message will not bounce and the user will not >be deleted. > >The main advantage of this technique is that it can be fully automated; >the list owner does not need to read a single delivery error. For a large >or active list, the manpower savings can be tremendous. In fact, some >lists are so large that it is virtually impossible to process delivery >errors manually. Another advantage is that the special, unique signatures >make it possible to accurately process delivery errors that are otherwise >unintelligible, even to an experienced technical person. > >The drawback, however, is that this method lacks flexibility and >forgiveness. Since the Internet does not provide a reliable mechanism for >probing an e-mail address without actually delivering a message to the >human recipient, the subscribers need to be inconvenienced with yet >another "junk message". And, unlike a human list owner, LISTSERV follows >a number of simple rules in determining when and whether to terminate a >subscription. In particular, a common problem with automatic probes is >mail gateways that return a delivery error, but do deliver the message >anyway. LISTSERV has no way to know that the message was in fact >delivered, and in most cases the subscriber is not aware of the existence >of these "false" error reports. If this happens to you, LISTSERV will >send you another message with a copy of the delivery error returned by >your mail system, so that you can show it to your technical people. > > >

My thanks to Addie,CatMom1, and William H...The 1816 Jones County tax list does confirm the Inman Stephens connection in Jonnes County. I also have information that a Priscilla Stephens,a widow, was a successfulparticipant in the Jones County lottery in 1821. A Priscilla also is listed in the Upson County census,1850, in the household of Inman and Susannah Stephens..Priscilla is shown as age 75. Inman is 51,and Susannah is 49 One other bit of information: from abstracts of marriages in Jones County : Rosannah Stephens married Edward Meadows 07-14-1819,page 130. and Allie Stephens married John Barker 03-19-1820. Question: are Inman, Rosannah, and Allie brother and sister, and are the three the children of Priscilla ? I have no confirmation on the above,nor do I know if Inman had any brothers.The only thing I am certain of is that Inman and Susannah are my GG-grandparents, and that Seaborn Riley Stephens,one of their six sons,is my G-grandfather If any of you have info on the vital statistics of Nathaniel Stephens, he just might be a link--I hope !!!! William J (Bill) Stephens Thanks againpatabill@nexet.net

Have been searching in vain for the predecessors of Inman Stephens,born in Ga.c1799,died in Taylor County,Ga,around 1855,married Susannah Hobbs in Upson County,Ga. in 1821. Inman and family are listed on the 1830,1840,and 1850 census in Upson County,Ga. Inman and Susannah had six sons,and three daughters.Any and all replies would be appreciated. William J Stephens email: patabill@nexet.net

Hello, Does anyone have any information on a Sarah Ann Elizabeth Stephens? She was born sometimes around 1839, or maybe a few years earlier, and in Alabama. She married a John Malcom Culpepper in 1856, and they were in Randolph Co. Al. in the 1850 census. She died on July 21, 1906 in Hopkins Co. Tex. I'm trying to find who her parents were. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Becky Carden

The 1850 Census for the Town of Crawford, Orange Co., NY includes: Sarah Stephens 41 F Caroline Stephens 17 F William J. Stephens 15 M Jacob H. Stephens 14 M Cornelia Stephens 7 F Granville Stephens 5 M Theodore Stephens 3 M >From records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Berea, Orange Co., NY, it appears that Caroline, William, Jacob and Cornelia were baptized in that Church on 12 September 1843, the children of George and Sarah Stephens. It would also appear, since George is not in the 1850 Census, that he MAY have died between the period just prior to the birth of Theodore and the taking of the 1850 Census. It also appears that Granville Stephens may have married Sarah L. Puff on 5 May 1868 in the Presbyterian Church at Hamptonburgh, Orange Co., NY "Smith" is the middle name of both Granville and Caroline, which could be a clue that the mother, Sarah, was a Smith. Can anyone supply anything more on this family? Who was George? Marriages of any of the other children? Migration? etc. Harman R. Clark P.O. Box 311 Sheffield, VT 05866-0311 hrclarkjr@kingcon.com

I'm sorry , The Family I just asked for help on , I forgot to put the census State :Thanks Phyllis 1880 Thomas Co., Georgia , Thomasville Twp. page 323A E. W. STEVENS Self M Male W 45 GA Farmer SC GA E. A. STEVENS Wife M Female W 40 GA Keeping House GA GA E. A. STEVENS Son S Male W 17 GA At School GA GA E. J. STEVENS Dau S Female W 15 FL At School GA GA W. H. STEVENS Son S Male W 13 FL At School GA GA R. R. STEVENS Son S Male W 11 FL At School GA GA J. H. STEVENS Son S Male W 9 FL At School GA GA T. S. STEVENS Son S Male W 7 FL At Home GA GA E. S. STEVENS Son S Male W 4 GA At Home GA GA A. S. STEVENS Dau S Female W 1 GA At Home GA GA

Hi, Does anyone happen to recognize this family ? Would like to learn their names in place of the initials , and where they stayed or settled . Any help appreciated. Still trying to sort out Stephens/Stevens here . Phyllis E. W. STEVENS Self M Male W 45 GA Farmer SC GA E. A. STEVENS Wife M Female W 40 GA Keeping House GA GA E. A. STEVENS Son S Male W 17 GA At School GA GA E. J. STEVENS Dau S Female W 15 FL At School GA GA W. H. STEVENS Son S Male W 13 FL At School GA GA R. R. STEVENS Son S Male W 11 FL At School GA GA J. H. STEVENS Son S Male W 9 FL At School GA GA T. S. STEVENS Son S Male W 7 FL At Home GA GA E. S. STEVENS Son S Male W 4 GA At Home GA GA A. S. STEVENS Dau S Female W 1 GA At Home GA GA