Nancy, the Stephenson file that I have for James and Ann Garner has a Joseph but he is too old for your Joseph. Guess your Joseph would be of the next generation IF he descends from this James. The only thing I can tell you is that James and David, sons of James, did NOT have a son named Joseph. What about these other people HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 RECORDS OF THE STATE ENUMERATIONS: 1782 TO 1785 VIRGINIA HEADS OF FAMILIES----VIRGINIA, 1782. GREENBRIER COUNTY Stephenson, David. Stephenson, James. Stephenson, James, Senr. Stephenson, Robt. Stephenson, Allex. Generation No. 4 4. JAMES4 STEPHENSON III (JAMES3, JAMES2, ALEXANDER1) was born abt. 1728 in Lancaster Co., PA, and died June 9, 1802 in Monroe Co., VA. He married ANNE GARNER abt. 1757 in Chester, SC. After his marriage his family moved to Augusta Co., VA, in 1761, buying land near the head of Mossy Creek (what is now Mt. Solon, VA). It is on the road from Staunton to the Miller's - later Forrer's - Iron Works. They moved to Monroe Co., VA, in 1801. James' Will is located in Will Book B, page 28, of the records of Monroe Co., VA. It was presented to the August Court, 1802. Children of JAMES STEPHENSON and ANNE GARNER are: 5. i. JOHN5 STEPHENSON, b. 1758, Chester, SC; d. December 20, 1827, Jackson Co., OH, buried Markham Cemetery, Jackson Co., OH. ii. BETSY STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1760; m. THOMAS MAUPIN. 6. iii. ELIJAH BRAZILL STEPHENSON, (STINSON), b. May 15, 1762, Braznell, VA; d. March 23, 1835, Evansville, IN. iv. NANCY STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1764; m. HUGH MILLER. 7. v. JAMES STEPHENSON, b. 1766, Monroe, SC; d. February 7, 1846, Jackson Co., OH, buried Brady Cemetery, Jackson Co., OH. 8. vi. DAVID STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1767, VA; d. February 21, 1814, Champaign Co., OH. 9. vii. ALEXANDER STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1770, Augusta Co., VA. viii. MARY STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1772, Augusta, VA; m. BOYD MILLER. 10. ix. SAMUEL STEPHENSON, b. 1774, VA; d. January 4, 1851, Jackson, OH. x. THOMAS STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1776, Augusta, VA. xi. JOSEPH STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1778, Augusta, VA. 11. xii. WILLIAM STEPHENSON, b. abt. 1780, Augusta, VA; d. 1844, Franklin, MO.

Thanks to those of you who haver responded to my note. James & Ann (Garner) did have a son named Joseph and one named Thomas. Neither of these two have had any line developed to my knowledge. It is possible that they are the "two younger brothers who died young" according to a family member interviewed in a Jackson Co OH newspaper. Many people assume they never married. BUT, there has never been any proof for that as far as I have learned. I found a marriage for a Joseph Stevenson/Stephenson & .Susanna McClure in Rockbridge Co VA in 1796. I've tried to find this Susanna McClure line and have not succeeded. Rockbridge was cut out of Augusta Co in 1794 and James & his son Robert were counted in Rockbridge in List of Tithables in Rockbridge in 1778 along with two Josephs.. I also found a marriage in Jackson Co OH in 1818 for a Joseph Stephenson to Elizabeth Bowen. All the other Stephenson/Stevenson marriages at that timespan in Jakson Co are either children or grandchildren for James and Ann. Therefore, there is a possiblilty that the son named Joseph did in fact live and marry in Rockbridge in 1796 and perhaps remarried in 1818 in Jackson Co OH. Since my Joseph was born 1810/1811 in VA, he could fit here. My Joseph Stephenson named his first son James/Joseph. Perhaps this would be a clue as to his father's name. Darn those Scotch-Irish, they all use the same given names to their children! Thanks again for the response, Nancy Stephenson Guenther