Phoebe Barksdale

Phoebe (BARKSDALE) STINSON appears on pages 56 and 76 of "So Obscure A Person.” Her children were descendants of Alexander STINSON of Buckingham County. Her father Hickerson BARKSDALE (page 77) was a Revolutionary War soldier in the South Carolina militia under Captain John Cowan. He has been proved as a DAR Patriot Ancestor #A006165.

Her husband was George STINSON who appears on pages 43, 76-79. Although no one has yet proved him as a DAR Patriot, he signed a Virginia petition in 1780, that is now housed at the Library of Congress: Buckingham County Stinson Patriots.

Sarah Stinson & William Killgore

Sarah C. STINSON, born 23 December 1814, at Wilkes County, Georgia is a descendant of Alexander STINSON of Buckingham County, Virginia. She married William KILLGORE  on 7 January 1836, at Perry County, Alabama. Her KILLGORE descendants settled in Texas. Sarah died at Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana on 26 October 1895.

The parents of Sarah STINSON, Dudley and Susannah STINSON, are featured on page 82 of "So Obscure A Person” where their ancestry is documented back to the STINSON family of Buckingham County.

Robert J. Stinson Family, 1870

The lineage of the Robert J. STINSON family is documented back to Alexander STINSON on pages 124, 125 of So Obscure A Person. His son Robert Lee STINSON, recorded on the census below, was the father of Admire "AD" Creed STINSON whose obituary appears below.

Robert J. Stinson family, 1870 Census of Buckingham County, Virginia (James River District)

Admire “Ad” Creed Stinson, 86, of 147 Second Street, Madison Heights, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998 at Camelot Hall Nursing Home. He was the husband of Lelia Morris Stinson. He was born in Buckingham County, June 4, 1912, the son of the late Robert Lee Stinson and Minnie Bryant Stinson. He retired from Glamorgan Foundry and was a member of Madison Heights Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons and their wives, Raymond and Joyce Stinson of Lynchburg, Steve and Cynthia Stinson of Madison Heights; one daughter, Eleanor Geraline Evans of Monroe; seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a special friend, Donald Tyree of Madison Heights. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Whitten Monelison Chapel by Dr. Timothy Madison. Burial will follow in Briarwood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and other times at the residence. The family requests memorials be made to the Madison Heights Baptist Church Building Fund or the Monelison Rescue Squad. (Lynchburg City, Virginia Obituaries)

Stephen Stinson, War of 1812 Soldier

On the fifth of August 1814, Stephen STINSON was amongst a group of young Buckingham County, Virginia soldiers who marched from New Canton to fight during the War of 1812. The genealogy of Stephen STINSON is documented on page 95 of "So Obscure A Person.”

A Stinson Merry Christmas

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The image, Stinson Book at Amazon, was originally uploaded by Edna Barney. It is posted here from her account.

George Presley Stinson

The following obituary is for George Presley STINSON of Buckingham County, Virginia, who was a son of George W. STINSON. Their lineage back to Alexander STINSON is documented in "So Obscure A Person” on pages 127, 128.

BUCKINGHAM - George Presley Stinson, 92, died Tuesday, Feb. 15,  2005, at the Medical Care Center. Born Oct. 4, 1912, he was a son  of the late George William Stinson and Sarah Elizabeth Via Stinson. He was a member of Appomattox Pentecostal Holiness Church and a retired timber cutter. He is survived by one sister, Lorine S. Bryant of Wingina, numerous nieces and nephews; and devoted friends who cared for him, Oscar and Ida Bryant. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mamie Florence Stinson, Ester Mae Stinson, Gertrude Stinson and Thelma S. Ford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Robinson Funeral Home, by Buck Bryant, Buddy Bryant and the Rev. Oscar Bryant. Burial will follow in the Bryant Family Cemetery. (Newspaper Obituary - Lynchburg, Virginia)

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."