Individual Details

Also Known As:<_AKA> Stephens Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr. BIOGRAPHY : He lived in C raven, Anson and Cumberland counties of North Carolina . He inherited the home plantantion from his father in Craven County . More than 30 land deeds for Anso n County, on Cape Fear, can be fou nd. At one time he must have owned more than a thousand acres of ric h land in and around Fayetteville, North Carolina. He made his Will o n March 13, 1779 and it was probated in April of 1779. The Will was s igned with the last named spelled as "Stevens". To his wife he "lent " fo r life the plantation, and one-half of the grist and saw mills, a s well as one one Negro boy named Sharper and a Negro girl named Chari ty. The remainder of h is property was left to son James and his daug hters.

Birth	Bet 1716 and 1720
Marriage	Abt, 1740	Grace Raiford
Death	1779	Cumberland County, North Carolina
Title (Nobility)		Sr.

Spouse	Grace Raiford (1716 - 1774)
Child	Francis Stevens (1744 - 1800)
Child	John Stevens Jr. (1746 - 1807)
Child	James Stevens (1750 - )
Child	Mary Stevens (1756 - )

Spouse	Sarah Unknown ( - )
Child	Anne Stevens ( - )
Child	Sarah Stevens ( - )

Father	Thomas Stevens Sr. (1662 - 1751)
Mother	Mary Caswell ( - )
Sibling	Francis Stevens (1714 - )