The Stubblefield's received very large land grants and were very well to do. They farmed, but several of them served in local governments. They included teachers and lawyers. They were in the colonies in the 1600's. They too migrated westward and did well in their endeavors there.
Simon Stubblefield
First Generation
1. SIMON1 STUBBLEFIELD* was born Abt. 1640.
He* married UNKNOWN*.
Early Stubblefields
The first Stubblefield to come to America that I have record of is Symon Stubblefield b.1629 in England, d.1688 in VA. One story in my family is that Stubblefield brothers came to America and one of them was given a land grant of 50,000 acres in N.E. Virginia by the King of England. These stories may have been about Symon's sons.
I found an entry in the Stubblefield Family Genealogy Forum on the Internet by Diane Stubblefield Sylvester dated Oct. 9, 1998 that I thought was interesting and corroborates the stories I had heard in my family:
"Here's what I have on Simon - none of it is original research: Simon Stubblefield was born in England about 1629, in a village called Castle Camps, near Cambridge. Simon's father, Jefferye Stubblefield, b. 1596 in Castle Camps, married circa 1620 in Castle Camps, Marye - , b. 1600(?) in Castle Camps. Simon's grandfather, William Stubblefield, b. 1570, was also born in Castle Camps as was his grandmother, Annys - , b. 1575. Annys died 2 May 1626 in Castle Camps.
Simon lived in Virginia as early as March 27, 1672, but possibly sooner, when 'a matter difference between Ed. Cheesman and Thomas Cheesman and Symon Stubblefield' was referred to 'judgment in England.' On April 23, 1688, he was granted 288 acres in Gloucester County, Virginia, for transporting four persons into the colony; the land was near the courthouse and adjacent to the land of William Ross. In 1704 he paid quit rents on 200 acres in Ware Parish, Gloucester County. In 1656, in Halifax Co., Virginia, 36,000 acres were awarded to George Stubblefield from the King of England, and 17,000 acres were given to him in the same year from Lord Halifax...."
Although the dates don't quite match up, it does confirm a large amount of land was given to the early Stubblefields from the King of England.
Simon apparently had two sons. They were Edward b.? and George who was born in 1675 in VA. George's wife was Ann. Robert Stubblefield was the son of George and Ann. Robert was b.1702 in VA and died 1775 in NC. Robert's wife was Anne Parker, b.1704 in VA/d.1787 in TN. Robert and Anne had seven children. Their sixth was Wyatt, b. 1744 and married Ann Challis. Wyatt Jr. was the son of Wyatt and Ann and lived in Grainger Co., TN. Robert Stubblefield b.9Apr1803, was the son of Wyatt Jr. and Jemima. Wyatt Jr. died in 1816 and Jemima remarried in 1820. Robert was the next one taxed on their 100 acres. Jemima d.11Sept1834.
From Web-site: http://members.tripod.com/_Stubblefields/EarlyStub s.html
SIMON STUBBLEFIELD* and UNKNOWN* had the following family:
2 i. EDWARD2 STUBBLEFIELD.
+ 3 ii. GEORGE S. STUBBLEFIELD* was born 1675 and died September 11, 1751.
Second Generation
3. GEORGE S.2 STUBBLEFIELD* (SIMON*1) was born in Gloucester, VA 1675. GEORGE* died September 11, 1751 in Spotsylvannia County, VA, at 76 years of age.
He* married ANN UNKNOWN*.
GEORGE S. STUBBLEFIELD* and ANN UNKNOWN* had the following family:
+ 4 i. ROBERT3 STUBBLEFIELD* was born Abt. 1702 and died 1755.
+ 5 ii. GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD Sr. was born 1705 and died September 11, 1751.
6 iii. JOHN STUBBLEFIELD was born in Gloucester, VA 1709. JOHN died Aft. 1764.
7 iv. THOMAS STUBBLEFIELD was born in Gloucester County, VA 1712. THOMAS died 1758 in Culpeper County, VA, at 46 years of age. He married ELLEN HACKLEY. ELLEN was born in Virginia Abt. 1714.
8 v. EDWARD STUBBLEFIELD was born in Goucester County, VA 1715. EDWARD died 1750 in Culpeper County, VA, at 35 years of age. He married ELEANOR YANCEY.
Third Generation
4. ROBERT3 STUBBLEFIELD* (GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) was born in Gloucester, VA Abt. 1702. ROBERT* died 1755 in Rockingham County, NC, at 53 years of age.
He* married ANNA PARKER OR WYATT*. Simon apparently had two sons. They were Edward b.? and George who was born in 1675 in VA. George's wife was Ann. Robert Stubblefield was the son of George and Ann. Robert was b.1702 in VA and died 1775 in NC. Robert's wife was Anne Parker, b.1704 in VA/d.1787 in TN. Robert and Anne had seven children. Their sixth was Wyatt, b. 1744 and married Ann Challis. Wyatt Jr. was the son of Wyatt and Ann and lived in Grainger Co., TN. Robert Stubblefield b.9Apr1803, was the son of Wyatt Jr. and Jemima. Wyatt Jr. died in 1816 and Jemima remarried in 1820. Robert was the next one taxed on their 100 acres. Jemima d.11Sept1834.
ROBERT STUBBLEFIELD* and ANNA PARKER OR WYATT* had the following family:
+ 9 i. JOEL4 STUBBLEFIELD* was born Abt. 1734 and died 1765.
+ 10 ii. WYATT STUBBLEFIELD Sr. was born 1744.
5. GEORGE3 STUBBLEFIELD SR. (GEORGE S.2 STUBBLEFIELD*, SIMON*1) was born in Gloucester County, VA 1705. GEORGE died September 11, 1751 in Spotsylvania County, VA, at 46 years of age.
He married CATHERINE BEVERLY in Spotsylvania County, VA, Bef. 1740. CATHERINE was born in Middlesex County, VA December 17, 1708. CATHERINE was the daughter of HARRY BEVERLY and ELIZABETH SMITH. CATHERINE died Bef. 1742 in Spotsylvania County, VA.
EXCERPTS FROM GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES, VOL. 1.
Catherine Beverley, received under her father's will a bequest of 1000 acres on the Pamunkey River, and a share in his slaves. By deed dated March 4, 1744, Spotsylvania, George Cook and wife sold 200 acres in St. George' Parish, Spotsylvania, part of a patent granted to Harry Beverley, deceased, and by him bequeathed to his daughter Catherine. The will of Catharine Stubblefield, widow, was dated April 14, 1778; executors, sons Harry and Robert Stubblefield and Oliver Towles.
EXCERPTS FROM GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES, VOL. 1.
The will of George Stubblefield, gent., was dated September 11, 1751, and proved in Spotsylvania, June 2, 1752. His executors were his brother Thomas Stubblefield and wife Catherine Stubblefield and friend Major Rice Curtis, Jr. Legateees: Son George, land and plantation whereon I now live, which I bought of Edward Herndon, Jr., also 100 acres adjoining which I bought of James Riddle; son Henry, land which I bought of Mr. Joseph Brock; sones Beverley and Robert; wife Catherine and the child she now goes with.
GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD Sr. and CATHERINE BEVERLY had the following family:
11 i. GEORGE4 STUBBLEFIELD JR. was born in Virginia Bef. 1740. GEORGE died Aft. 1800 in Spotsylvania County, VA. He married SARAH MORRISON Orange County, Virginia, 1775. SARAH was born in Virginia Abt. 1740. The Library of Congress Experimental Search System
Orderly book of the company of Captain George Stubblefield, Fifth Virginia regiment, from March 3, 1776, to July 19, 1776, inclusive. Richmond, 1887. p. [141]-191. 25 cm.
Author: Stubblefield, George. Title: Receipted payroll of George Stubblefield, 1776. Description: 1 item.
Notes: Purchase, 1914. Army officer.
Forms part of the Library's Miscellaneous
Manuscripts collection. Subjects: Army officers. itoamc Location: Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Washington, D.C. Control No.: mm 79004468
12 ii. HARRY STUBBLEFIELD was born in Virginia Aft. 1740.
13 iii. BEVERLEY STUBBLEFIELD was born in Spotsylvania County, VA 1742. BEVERLEY died December 25, 1823 at 81 years of age.
14 iv. ROBERT STUBBLEFIELD was born in Spotsylvania, VA Abt. 1744.
15 v. PETER STUBBLEFIELD was born in Spotsylvania, VA Aft. 1751.
Fourth Generation
9. JOEL4 STUBBLEFIELD* (ROBERT*3, GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) was born in NC/VA Abt. 1734. JOEL* died 1765 in Amelia County, Virginia, at 31 years of age.
He* married ANN UNKNOWN*. ANN* was born 1720/1730. ANN* died 1779/1780 in Wilkes County, NC, at 59 years of age.
JOEL STUBBLEFIELD* and ANN UNKNOWN* had the following family:
16 i. MARTHA5 STUBBLEFIELD was born 1753.
+ 17 ii. WILLIAM STUBBLEFIELD Sr.* was born 1755 and died June, 1819.
18 iii. ONEY (OMY) STUBBLEFIELD was born in Wilkes County, NC Bef. 1757. She married AARON PARKS November 2, 1784.
10. WYATT4 STUBBLEFIELD SR. (ROBERT3 STUBBLEFIELD*, GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) was born 1744.
He married ANN CHALLIS.
WYATT STUBBLEFIELD Sr. and ANN CHALLIS had the following family:
+ 19 i. WYATT5 STUBBLEFIELD JR. died 1816.
Fifth Generation
17. WILLIAM5 STUBBLEFIELD SR.* (JOEL*4, ROBERT*3, GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) was born in NC 1755. WILLIAM* died June, 1819 in Lawrence County, AR, at 63 years of age.
He* married ELIZABETH MCDANIELS* Abt. 1784. ELIZABETH* was born in NC 1758. ELIZABETH* was the daughter of FIELDING MCDANIELS*. ELIZABETH* died March, 1826 in Lawrence, AR, at 67 years of age.
From simple book: Probate Bonds of Lawrence County, AR
compiled by Marion Stark Craig, M.D.
1815 - 1835
Page 137
Stubblefield, Elizabeth, deceased. Bond of Robert McWilliams and Coleman Stubblefeild, administrators, March 1, 1826. Securities : Fielding Stubblefield, Joseph Hardin. Heirs (children): Coleman Stubblefeild, Fielding Stubblefield, Rhoda Looney, Milly McWilliams, Thena Loponey, Michael Stubblefield, Moses Stubblefield, Betsy Stubblefield, William Stubblefield - all of Lawrence county, Arkansas Territory; Molly Bray of Cabourn County, TN; and Peggy Job of Wayne County, MO.
Page 138
Stubblefeild; William, deceased. Bond of Elizabeth Stubblefield, widow and administrarix, February 22, 1817. Securities: Robert McWilliams, Fielding Stubblefield, Coleman Stubblefield.
Page 139
Stubblefeild, William, deceased. Bond of Robert McWilliams and Coleman Stubblefeild administrators de-bonis-non, February 28, 1826. Securities: Reuben Rice, Fielding Stubblefield, Heirs (children): Coleman, Fielding, Rhoda, Milly, Thena, Michael, Moses, Betsy, William - all of Lawrence County, AR Territory, Molly Bray of TN and Peggy Job of Wayne County, MO.
WILLIAM STUBBLEFIELD Sr.* and ELIZABETH MCDANIELS* had the following family:
+ 20 i. COLEMAN6 STUBBLEFIELD was born May 15, 1784 and died 1849.
+ 21 ii. FEILDING STUBBLEFIELD Sr. was born 1785 and died October 16, 1866.
22 iii. MARY "MOLLIE" STUBBLEFIELD was born in NC 1785. She married UNKNOWN BRAY.
+ 23 iv. RHODA STUBBLEFIELD was born 1790 and died August 18, 1847.
+ 24 v. MICHAEL STUBBLEFIELD was born 1790 and died November 28, 1841.
25 vi. MELISSA "MALINDA" STUBBLEFIELD was born in TN 1791. MELISSA died January 20, 1834 at 42 years of age. She married ROBERT MCWILLIAMS.
+ 26 vii. THENA STUBBLEFIELD* was born 1794 and died 1860.
27 viii. MARGARET "PEGGY" STUBBLEFIELD was born in TN Abt. 1800. MARGARET died 1840 in Oregon, MO, at 40 years of age.
+ 28 ix. MOSES STUBBLEFIELD was born September 25, 1800 and died Feb. 23, 1856.
29 x. WILLIAM STUBBLEFIELD Jr. was born in TN 1801/1810. WILLIAM died 1833 at 31 years of age. 1830 STUBBLEFIELD WILLIAM JR. Lawrence County AR 002 Davidson Township Tax list AR 1830-1839 Tax Lists Index ARS3a1793763
30 xi. ELIZABETH "BETSY" STUBBLEFIELD was born in Marshall County. MS Bef. 1803. She married WILLIAM ALLEN.
19. WYATT5 STUBBLEFIELD JR. (WYATT4, ROBERT3 STUBBLEFIELD*, GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) birth date unknown. WYATT died 1816.
He married JEMIMA UNKNOWN. JEMIMA died September 11, 1834. Jemima remarried in 1820. Lived in Grainger County, TN
WYATT STUBBLEFIELD Jr. and JEMIMA UNKNOWN had the following family:
31 i. ROBERT6 STUBBLEFIELD was born April 9, 1803.
Sixth Generation
20. COLEMAN6 STUBBLEFIELD (WILLIAM5 STUBBLEFIELD*, JOEL*4, ROBERT*3, GEORGE S.*2, SIMON*1) was born in AR/NC Wilkes County, NC May 15, 1784. COLEMAN died 1849 at 65 years of age.
He married MARTHA A. LOONEY 1810. MARTHA was born in TN January 29, 1790. MARTHA died Abt. 1865 in Randolph County, AR. From Simple Book - History of Randolph Co., AR - Dalton G 976.724 D152h
Coleman Stubblefield was a member of the Territorial Legislature from old Lawrence County in 1829.
Census of Arkansas 1840
An Index to Fifth United States Census of Arkansas page 92 Stubblefield, Coleman Stubblefield, Fielder Stubblefield, Michiel Stubblefield, Moses Stubblefield, Pleasant County: Randolph
25TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT, CSA
COMPANY A
STUBBLEFIELD, COLEMAN J. - SGT STUBBLEFIELD, COLEMAN J. - PVT
All enrollments were 18 Mar 1863 at Pocahontas, AR unless otherwise indicated.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas
page 439
John W. Tweedy, farmer, Lima, Ark. To the person who closely applies himself to any occupation which he has chosen as his calling in life, there can only come one result that of success, and a high place in the esteem of those among whom he has made his home. And Mr. Tweedy is no exception to the rule, for it has only been by industry and strict attention to agricultural pursuits that he has attained to the position, which he now enjoys. He was born in Virginia February 6, 1838, and passed his youthful days on the farm in Randolph County, whither his parents had moved in 1839. He received a limited education in the public schools of this county, also in the subscription schools, and at the age of twenty-one commenced life for himself by engaging in agricultural pursuits on his own land in this county. He has since continued in the same business, which has been his life occupation. On the 1st of August, 1858, his marriage with Miss Cynthia H. Stubblefield, of this county, was consummated. She is the daughter of Coleman Stubblefield, one of the oldest settlers of Randolph County, who came here as early as 1802, and was the third man to settle on Eleven Points; the other two being Phelan Stubblefield (a brother) and William Looney (a cousin), who were there but a short time before him, as all came in the same year from Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefield reared a family of children, one of whom died young: Abraham, deceased, whose family lives in this county; Nettie, deceased wife of Thomas Johnson, who is a farmer, and lives in Lawrence County, Ark.; Absalom, deceased, was a farmer, and resided in this county; Nancy, deceased wife of Thomas Rice, a farmer, who lives in this county; Elizabeth, widow of W. Spikes, another resident of this county; Lettie, deceased wife of William White, who is also a resident of this county; Robin, deceased at the age of twenty-seven years; Martha, deceased at the age of twenty-two years, and Redmond, deceased at the age of twelve years. Before the war Mr. Stubblefield was a colonel in the State militia; he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Stubblefield died in 1849, at about the age of fifty-six years, and Mrs. Stubblefield died in 1862, at the age of sixty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tweedy were the parents of three children, all deceased: Martha, died at the age of three months; Nettie L., wife of Thomas H. Wells, died at the age of twenty-five years, leaving two children (John D. and Maud G.), and Laura D., who died at the age of three years and three months. Mr. Tweedy served three years in the Confederate army under Gen. Price, and participated in several raids made by that general. He was slightly wounded once by a spent ball, but was only disabled for a few days. In 1865, June 5th, he surrendered at Jacksonport, Ark., and then came home and went immediately to farming. He owned, at the close of the war, 240 acres of land, with about forty acres under cultivation. He is now the owner of 235acres, with eighty acres under cultivation, but he gave his daughter (Mrs. Wells, now deceased), 600 acres at the time of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have been so for a number of years. She was born in 1828. Mr. Tweedy is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and in politics affiliates with the Democratic Party. His parents, Watson D. and Martha E. (Spikes) Tweedy, were natives, respectively, of Virginia and Tennessee. The father was reared to farm life in his native State, and remained there until about twenty-two years old, when he moved to Tennessee. Here he was married, and afterward he returned to Virginia, where he remained until 1839, when he moved to Randolph County, Ark. There he died in 1873. He had been twice married, first to Miss Martha E. Spikes, and by her became the father of three children, viz.: John W., Joseph (deceased) and R. A., who lives in this county. Mrs. Tweedy [p.439] was born in 1817, and died in 1843. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For his second wife Mr. Tweedy took Miss Nancy Rasberry, of Mississippi. in 1847, and she bore him following children: James (deceased) whose widow lives in Jackson County, Ark.; Watson died at the age of twenty-one; Jane died at the age of twenty years; Marion died at the age of nineteen years; Lee died at the age of eighteen years; Amanda is the wife of John Coffman, and Mary is the wife of G. W. Morgan, and has one child. Mrs. Tweedy died in 1877. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Watson D. Tweedy had but a limited education, and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He became comfortably fixed, and his honesty and liberality in all things won him a host of friends. He was never very active in politics; he was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
COLEMAN STUBBLEFIELD and MARTHA A. LOONEY had the following family:
32 i. ABRAHAM7 STUBBLEFIELD was born in MO 1811. ABRAHAM died Bef. 1889. He married SERENA MARGARET LOONEY. SERENA was born 1816. SERENA was the daughter of WILLIAM M. LOONEY and RHODA STUBBLEFIELD.
+ 33 ii. LATITIA STUBBLEFIELD was born 1812/19.
+ 34 iii. ABSALOM W. STUBBLEFIELD was born 1814 and died Abt. 1855.
35 iv. ELIZABETH STUBBLEFIELD was born in MO/AR 1816.
36 v. BRUNETTA NETTIE STUBBLEFIELD was born in MO/AR 1818. BRUNETTA died Bef. 1889.
37 vi. ROBIN STUBBLEFIELD was born 1822.
38 vii. NANCY STUBBLEFIELD was born in Randolph County, AR 1823.
39 viii. CINTHIA H. STUBBLEFIELD was born in Randolph County, AR December 25, 1826. CINTHIA died September 7, 1914 in Randolph County, AR, at 87 years of age. Her body was interred September 19, 1914 in Randolph County, AR, Wells Cemetery, Pocahontas, AR. She married JOHN W. TWEEDY August 1, 1858. JOHN was born in Virginia February 6, 1838. JOHN was the son of WATSON D. TWEEDY and MARTHA E. SPIKES. From simple book: Goodspeed - Randolph County
John W. Tweedy, farmer, Lima, AR. To the person who closely applies himself to any occupation which he has chosen as his calling in life, there can only come on result, that of success, and a high place in the esteem of those among whom he has made his home... He was born in Virginia February 6, 1838 and passed his youthful days on the farm in Randolph County, AR, whither his parentage had moved in 1839.... on the 1st of August, 1858 his marriage with Miss Cynthia H. Stubblefield, of this county, was consummated. |
