My earliest Stephens ancestor is: Josiah Stephens b.1801NC, m. Abigail Yancey Medearis b.18Sep1806NC. Francis(Franklin) Marion Stephensb.Sep29,1824,d.1862 m. Rebecca Ramsey Sarah Abigail Stephens m. C.C. Limbaugh. Josiah had eight sons, and they lived in Cape County, Mo. Has any male tested from this group. This is important because A. Y. Medearis was the grandaughter of John Medearis, a Captain in the Rev War. Any descendents can get in to DAR and SAR through this line. The family traveled through Marshall and Gibson Co. Tennessee in the early 1800's and then settled in the northern part of Cape County, Mo.