Individual Details

Thomas Stamps

(15 Mar 1781 - Bef 18 Jul 1834)



Anna Ragland was a widow when she married Thomas Stamps.

Will dated 18 Jul 1834; proved 27 Apr 1835. Will Book 17, p.299, 1834 in Halifax Co VA.
Loaned slaves to daughters Mary R. Rice and Elizabeth F. Watkins, to descend to their children. Slaves to sons William L. and Thomas Stamps. Also to son William L. tracts of land in Pittsylvania Co: 405 acres which my father owed at his death, 160 acres bought of Henry Wilson, 240 acres bought of William Burgess, also 1/2 of saw & grist mill and 1/2 of 16 acres around the mill. To son Thomas the following: 240 acres on which I now live, 486 acres bought of Thomas Hoge & wife, 300 acres bought from the estate of Edmund Richardson, 135 acres bought of James Farley, 86 acres bought of Archelus Whitlock, 40 acres bought of Robert Freman, 70 acres bought of the heirs of Banister Freeport, and 1/2 of the saw & grist mill and the 16 acres around it. Daughter Mary R. Rice a tract of 205 acres bought of estate of Gains. Daughter Elizabeth F. Watkins 50 acres south of Dan River bought of the Estate of John Lewis. Samuel Watkins and Izard B. Rice, Executors. Wit: A. J. Walker, Daniel A. Penwick, Warner K. Lewis.

Events

Birth15 Mar 1781Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Marriage2 Jan 1809Halifax County, Virginia - Anna Beaufort Ragland
DeathBef 18 Jul 1834Halifax County, Virginia

Families

SpouseAnna Beaufort Ragland (1777 - 1834)
ChildMary Ragland Stamps (1811 - 1896)
ChildElizabeth Frances Stamps (1813 - 1896)
ChildDr. William Lipscomb "Buck" Stamps (1816 - 1896)
ChildThomas Stamps (1818 - 1855)
FatherJOHN Stamps (1746 - 1812)
MotherELEANOR Dodson (1749 - 1816)
SiblingMary "Molly\Polly" Stamps (1766 - )
SiblingWilliam Stamps (1767 - 1844)
SiblingNancy Stamps (1769 - 1837)
SiblingElizabeth "Betsey" Stamps (1772 - 1793)
SiblingSarah "Sally" Stamps (1774 - 1780)
SiblingRhoda Stamps (1776 - )
SiblingCATHERINE "Catey" Stamps (1778 - 1839)
SiblingTimothy Stamps (1779 - 1867)
SiblingJohn Stamps Jr. (1784 - 1843)
SiblingLydia Stamps (1785 - 1880)

Endnotes

1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

3. Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988), p.69.

4. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

5. Holderness,Stamps, Howard manuscript papers from Ann Hull , descendant of George Allen Holderness; June, 2001. Papers were found in her mother's possessions after the mother's death in 1987; origin and compiler unknown but possibly done about 10 years earlier. Includes copies of some documents and some detailed narratives..