STAPP William "Bill"

1815 - 1898  (83 years)

• Name	STAPP William "Bill"
  Born	1815
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 1898	Valley Springs, Boone County, Arkansas
  Person ID	I1698	David Alan Stapp Family GEDCOM
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	STAPP John I,   b. Abt 1785, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1845, Gwinnett County, Georgia?  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	UNKNOWN Chaney,   b. Abt 1789, Tennessee ,   d. Between 1860 and 1870, Saint Clair County, Alabama  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	North Carolina?
  Family ID	F535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	STEGALL Milly,   b. Abt 1820, South Carolina ,   d. 7 Aug 1916, Guntown, Lee County, Mississippi  (Age ~ 96 years)
  Married	1836	Gwinnett County, Georgia
  Children	1. STAPP Joshua,   b. Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama ,   d. 17 Jul 1875   2. STAPP John G.,   b. 20 Aug 1836, Gwinnett Co., Georgia ,   d. 4 Dec 1905, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi  (Age 69 years)   3. STAPP Sarah Jane,   b. 1841, Greenville, Gwinnett, Georgia ,   d. Aft 1864, Arkansas  (Age > 24 years)   4. STAPP Josephine Annis "Annie",   b. 1846, Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama ,   d. 1930, Geeville, Prentiss, Mississippi  (Age 84 years)   5. STAPP William J. L.,   b. Feb 1847, Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama   6. STAPP Joseph Burden,   b. 15 Nov 1849, Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama ,   d. 26 Oct 1930, Mason, Texas  (Age 80 years)   7. STAPP Richard H. S.,   b. 1854, Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama   8. STAPP Elijah George Washington,   b. Dec 1855, Nashville, St. Clair, Alabama   9. STAPP Marth Eleanor "Mattie",   b. 29 Sep 1860, Guntown, Lee, Mississippi ,   d. 8 May 1952, Guntown, Lee, Mississippi  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	WESTER Nancy
  Married	May 1858	Searcy, White, Arkansas   [1]
  Children	1. STAPP Carrie   2. STAPP George Washington,   b. 24 Feb 1859, Stoney Point, White, Arkansas ,   d. 31 Mar 1944, Mt. Ida, Montgomery, Arkansas  (Age 85 years)   3. STAPP Marion Franklin "Frank",   b. 24 Feb 1859, Stoney Point, White, Arkansas ,   d. 1 Oct 1942, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma  (Age 83 years)   4. STAPP Susan Ellen,   b. Oct 1863, Arkansas ,   d. 26 Sep 1926, Boston Pool, Osage, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 62 years)   5. STAPP Elizabeth Ann "Betty",   b. Abt 1867, Arkansas ,   d. 28 Sep 1881  (Age ~ 14 years)   6. STAPP Nancy,   b. Abt 1872, Arkansas
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stapp, William, wid Milley, cont wid nancy, wid WC-5408 MS 16 Mar 1898, cont wid WA-7384 AR 31 Jan 1898, Creek War srv 1st Ga Mtd Vols Taken from book, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files 1892-1926 Volume II L-Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White ________________________________ William Stapp was a blacksmith at Trout Creek (Ragland) where he met Nancy Wester Holloman, widow of James Holloman, daughter of Edward Wester. William had helped found the Primitive Baptist Church of that community. William and Nancy began an affair, so they ran off to Mississippi, wher he was soon arrested on charges of child stealing, having taken one of his children, filed by his wife. William wrote and asked Milly and the children to come join him there. Nancy was still in the area. After sometime William abandoned Milly, fled with Nancy and went to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and had a second family. Source: N. Dale Morgan's Submission in book, Heritage of St. Clair County, Alabama ________________________________ William Stapp's Mortgage to William Sison On or before the 25th day of December next I promise to pay William Sison or bearer the sum of fifty dollars with interest from date for value received of him in a mule which stands surety for the payment of said money to said Sison said mule is not to be traded to any person until said mortgage is paid. This May the 8th 1855 } William his X mark Stapp As witness N.W. Box } John McCall } State of Alabama St Clair County may the 10th 1855. This is to certify that a certain mule which I now own stands surety for the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars which is inserted in three notes of fifty dollars each due the 25th day of December next with interest from date and dated May the 8th 1855 which notes were given for the purchase of tree mules which is entered in said notes. This obligation is to secure the payment of said money to William Sison the hold of said notes by (?) the forth mule as surety for the payment of the sum day and date as above written. Given under my hand and seal. Test: N.W. Box William his X mark Stapp The state of Alabama St. Clair County, I Ross Philips, Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County hereby certify that Henry W. Box a (?) witness to the forepoint conveyance known to appeared before me this day and being (?) states that William Stapp the grantor in the conveyance voluntarily executed the sum in his presence on the day the sum bears date that he affected the sum in the presence of the grantor. Given under my hand on this 12 day of February A.D. 1856. Received in office for Record and duly (?) the above conveyances on this 1st of February A.D. 1856. Ross Philips Judge of Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S12353] 758569.FBK.