Individual Details

Stephen Howard Jr

(Bef 1724 - Bet 1777 and 1787)

His was first will recorded in Union County, formed 1785, although written in 1777 and witnessed by Nehemiah, edey (Edith), and Ann Howard.

Events

BirthBef 1724
ResidenceBet 1732 and 1733Onslow, North Carolina, USA
MarriageBet 1745 and 1747Onslow, North Carolina, USA - Mary Powell
Residence1747Onslow County, NC
Land Acquisition25 Mar 1748Onslow, North Carolina, USA
Land Transaction1750Bladen, North Carolina, USA
Residence1755Orange, North Carolina, USA
Residence1757Orange, North Carolina, USA
ResidenceBet 1760 and 1761Orange, North Carolina, USA
Residence1771Tryon, NC
MilitaryAft 1776South Carolina, USA
DeathBet 1777 and 1787Union, South Carolina, USA
Residence23 Aug 178696 District

Families

SpouseMary Powell (1728 - 1786)
ChildJohn Howard (1755 - 1830)
ChildEdith Howard (1766 - 1839)
ChildRachel Howard (1768 - 1815)
ChildElihue Howard (1769 - 1835)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherStephen Howard Sr (1694 - 1745)
MotherSarah Unk (1700 - 1745)
SiblingEdmond Edward Howard (1724 - 1759)
SiblingNehemiah Milton Howard (1735 - 1798)
SiblingObadiah Howard (1737 - 1804)

Notes

Land Acquisition

Land Grant

Residence

Tax List

Residence

Buys 530 acres

Residence

Land near Nathaniel Powell

Residence

Broad River (southern NC)

Military

Revolutionary War service

Death

location needs verification

Residence

Land Acquisition-could be Obadiah's son Stephen instead

Endnotes

1. Mary Lou McHaffie Ramsey, McHaffie Families (Mary Lou Ramsey), Owner of site: Mary Lou Ramsey.

2. Historical Southern Families, Vol VI, Howard of Virginia and North Carolina, p231-3.

3. J Bryan Grimes, Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663-1760 (EM Uzzel and Co), p3.

4. North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 1, p388.

5. Mary Lou McHaffie Ramsey, McHaffie Families (Mary Lou Ramsey), Owner of site: Mary Lou Ramsey.

6. Mary Bonsal, Rootsweb Freepages-mbonsal, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mbonsal/howard/nehemiah.html.

7. Email from Beverly Peoples.

8. Rebecca Echols Terry, Nehemiah Howard and His Family (Rebecca Echols Terry), Chapter II: The Parents of Nehemiah Howard.

9. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980, Box one, pkg one for Union County, SC..

10. Grindal Shoals Gazette.

11. Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

12. Onslow County, North Carolina Court Minutes, Vol2, p39. July 1747.

13. North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Onslow, NC.

14. Zae Hargett Gwynn, Abstracts of the Records of Onslow County, North Carolina, 1734-1850, Vol 1, p57.

15. http://files.usgwarchives.net/, Orange, NC.

16. Tax Lists, Orange County, 1755.

17. https://genealogytrails.com, Orange, NC.

18. William L Crawford, Ancestors and Friends (Farmer Genealogy Co), p173.

19. Gordon Howard, North Carolina Howard Court Records (Gordon Howard).

20. North Carolina Dept of Archives and History, Orange, NC.

21. Gordon Howard, North Carolina Howard Court Records (Gordon Howard).

22. Gordon Howard, North Carolina Howard Court Records (Gordon Howard).

23. http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.

24. Mary Lou McHaffie Ramsey, McHaffie Families (Mary Lou Ramsey), Owner of site: Mary Lou Ramsey.

25. Union County, SC Probate Index 1782-1865.

26. South Carolina, Union County Probate Index, Records, Files and Loose Papers 1732-1964.

27. Rebecca Echols Terry, Nehemiah Howard and His Family (Rebecca Echols Terry), Chapter II: The Parents of Nehemiah Howard.

28. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980, Box one, pkg one for Union County, SC..

29. http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.

30. http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.

31. http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.