Monday, August 17, 2009
Correction to David STINSON, pages 64, 68
I have examined an electronic photograph of a 1796 handwritten court document from Cumberland County, Virginia, which was not available to me when I gathered STINSON materials in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, viewing microfilm, I made an assumption for the name of the wife of my ancestor David STINSON from my interpretation of the film. I confused a handwritten ampersand next to the letter "C" as the letter "M." A modern and more detailed photograph shows the phrase to be actually written as "&Cary," not "Mary" as I had read. Therefore, instead of referring to the wife of David STINSON, it was referring to David's brother, Cary STINSON. In books purchased before this date, on pages 64 and 68, of "So Obscure A Person," the wife of David STINSON should be described as "Unknown," not "Mary."
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The Stinson's live heavely in Cedar Bluff, Fort Payne Alabama.and my g/mothers sisters married into. They still live in the N Alabama Area and are my great uncles Etc. My grandmother was a cherokee 1/2 pricess. Her dad name was Charlie Ottawa (Stinson). a full blooded cherokee.
ReplyDeleteMy g/mother married James Henry Stephens a decendant of Alexander Stephens.When Alexander's property was sold for Dobbins AFBase my g/dad received part of the sale, as a near relative. If we could further check we could be related.
Cary was aChristian name given in place of Indian name. As my g/mother had no middles name given ,so she kelp the ottawa name.
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The Stinson's name was changed in some areas to, Stephens as in part of ALA.
Please see the following post which may relate to your STINSON family of North Alabama:
ReplyDeleteJames STINSON of Alabama