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How are Jesse Stallings Jr. and Josiah Stallings related (Part 4)
Read part 4 of my Jesse and Josiah analysis.
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How reliable is your source?
Analyzing intestate property records.
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How are Jesse Stallings Jr. and Josiah Stallings related? (Part 1)
One need only dig up all the early Barnwell County, South Carolina, Stallings records to conclude that there must be a close familial connection between Jesse Stallings and Josiah Stallings. Are they father and son? Brothers? Cousins? Uncle and nephew? Let’s start with estimating when they were born to narrow it down. You can read
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Jesse Stallings, Sr. and Jr.?
From Franklin County, NC, to Barnwell County, SC What about that Jesse Stallings from Franklin County, North Carolina anyway? On May 29, 1761 John Anthony received a grant of 383 acres of land in Granville County, NC. After county boundary changes, this land was located in Franklin County.[1] On May 7, 1762, Jesse Stallings purchased
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Women’s Property Rights in Early America
What’s up with women and land ownership you ask? It’s complicated.
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Barnwell County Plats
Barnwell County plats are available on the FamilySearch.org website. As with the deeds, which are also available (see my blog post), review can be tedious because the index and plats are not searchable by name. The information below will help you find what you’re looking for more quickly.
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A Legacy of Murder – Part 2
In 1889, James J. Stallings’ youngest son Isaac Stallings was bludgeoned to death after an argument with his neighbor.[1]
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Research Evolution (Barnwell County Deeds)
Long journeys of discovery, as in journeys by way of physical travel to a geographical location, aren’t as necessary to one’s research as they once were. The mechanisms by which we conduct our genealogical research are currently evolving at an accelerated rate for two reasons: 1) money; and 2) efforts to connect everyone living to
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