STAPP John T.

1849 -

• Name	STAPP John T.
  Born	1849	Cherokee County, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I1703	David Alan Stapp Family GEDCOM
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	STAPP Joseph "Joe",   b. 15 Jun 1811, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Apr 1888, Selma, Drew County, Arkansas  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	STEGALL Lina Anna,   b. 15 Jan 1821, Pendleton, South Carolina ,   d. 5 Mar 1895, Selma, Drew County, Arkansas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1839	Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
  Family ID	F536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ARNOLD Martha,   b. Georgia
  Children	1. Living   2. STAPP Dink,   b. 1877, Arkansas   3. STAPP Joseph,   b. 1880, Arkansas
  Family ID	F594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After the war, during the early 1870's there was incident involving the Stapp and Wester families. Jim Wester terrorized the Stapps by walking through the dogtrot houses at night after a drinking bout. John Stapp, son of Joseph, and his brother in law, Taylor Hobbs, got a gun and one night shot and killed him. His body was witnessed by young Sidney Daffron, who passed down the story, which was confirmed to a researcher by Roy Wester. The Stapp family soon afterwards moved to Drew County, Arkansas, but no charges were ever filed against Stapp. Interestingly, Taylor Hobbs moved to Tiger, Georgia, changed his name to McKay, and did not reveal the story to his family until his deathbed. Source: N. Dale Morgan's Submission in book, Heritage of St. Clair County, Alabama