Marriage 1. Jane Blair b) 1722 d) 28 June 1838
1. Martha Stafford b) 1797 d) 1866 Wayne County Georgia
2. Sibbiah Stafford b) 1798 D) 1838 Glynn County Georgia
3. Jane Amanda Stafford b) 1801 Georgia d) 1829
4. Mary Stafford b) 1804 Georgia d) Darien, Georgia
5. Robert Earl Stafford b) 31 March 1808 Georgia or South Carolina d) 29 September 1868
6. James Stafford b) 1812 Wayne County Georgia
War Service: Served in S. C. Militia l78O - 8l, see Book "I",
Page 5, Book L. N., Page 311 -
Married c1795, Jane Blair, Daughter of William Blair, R. S. and his wife
Sibbiah of Effingham Co.
Seven Children:
1. Martha b.1797 m. Joseph Wiggins
2. Sibbiah b.l798 m. Thomas O'Neal
3. Jane Amanda b.l8Ol m. John Hatcher
4. Mary b.l8O4 m. Ceo. W. McDonald
5. William b.l8O5 m. Aleph Walker
6. Robert Jr. b.l8O8 m. 1st Martha Ratcliff
m. 2nd Smithy Ann Haile
7. James b.l8l2 m. 1st Martha Munden Bryant
m. 2nd Elizabeth Burney
Taken From: THE GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE,
By Folks Huxford, EditorNo. 2 - October, 1961 - Page 73
Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers -
Robert Stafford, cl755 - l829, Effingham, Screven, Wayne Counties. Born
in South Carolina c1755, Son of Joshua Stafford, R. S., moved with his
parents to Effingham County, Ga. from Barnwell Dist., S. C.
Picture by:
Brantley
County Historical and Preservation Society, Georgia
Robert STAFFORD was born in 1755 in Beaufort Co., North Carolina. Another source has is birth abt 1765 in South Carolina. He died in 1829 in Wayne Co., Georgia. He signed a will on 1 FEB 1829 in Wayne Co., Georgia. His Will Proved in MAY 1829 in Wayne Co, Georgia. Robert was a County Surveyor in Effinham County in 1793 and of Screven Co., in 1794. He was a Justice of the Peace in Screven Co., for several years. He was a Justice of the Inferior Court of Wayne Co., 1818-1820 having moved to Wayne Co.l, in 1810. He was the owner of several large tracts of land in Screven County and in Wayne Co., had a large plantation. According to his tombstone, he was a private in the SC Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was married to Jane BLAIR on 26 JUN 1795 in Effingham Co., Georgia. Click.
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Around 179?, Robert Stafford married Jane Blair, daughter of William Blair of northern Ireland and his wife, Sibbiah Earl Blair. Records indicate that Robert and Jane relocated from Effingham County, Georgia to Glynn/Wayne County around 1810. In a letter dated June 23, 1939, Margaret Cate said, "He lived and died on the old Post Road at Tuckerville, the first county seat of Wayne County."
William Blair c 1748-battle of Briar Creek GA. Wife: Sibbiah Earl
Birth: ABT 1740 in Northern Ireland
Death: ABT 1780
Married: 26 OCT 1771 in Effingham Co., GA
William Blair was County Surveyor in Burke County, GA. He was a Rev.War
Soldier, serving under Col. Francis Pugh. He died during the latter part
of the war, probably from exposure or other hardship and suffering caused
by his war service. Bounty land was granted February10, 1784 to his heirs
by the state of Georgia. Mrs. Sibbiah Blair furnished supplies to the
Revolutionary cause, and her descendants are eligible for membership in
the D.A.R. through her service. Mrs.Margaret Davis Cate, well known historian
of Coastal Georgia, is a descendant and member on Sibbiah Blair's contribution
to the war. Mrs.Cates's DAR Nat. No. is 270594,
source : Linda Atkins and Berg-Croft-Lewis-Tabor Connections
16 January 1816 Effingham County, Georgia Robert Stafford exchanges his 250 acres of land in Effingham County with Jonathan Knight for 300 acres of land in Glynn and Wayne Counties, Georgia. Effingham County Deed Book “G-H” pages 414 and 415 Plat Map of above property. Effingham County Tract Book “C” page 427
WAYNE COUNTY, GEORGIA, RECORDS Guardian and Administrative Bonds (1822-1843)
SOURCE: THE SOUTH GEORGIA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
QUARTERLY, VOL. 1, JULY 1922, NO. 3, pp. 03-05.
OLD RECORDS BOOK “H” OF BONDS, WAYNE COUNTY, GEORGIA, COURT
OF ORDINARY, FIRST 77 PAGES.
SIBBIAH O’NEIL, guardian of MARTHA and MARY T. O’NEIL, $500,
May 3rd, 1824. Sureties LEVI J. KNIGHT and ROBERT STAFFORD.
WILL OF ROBERT STAFFORD
In the name of God, Amen. I Robert Stafford, citizen of the
County of Wayne and State of Georgia, being of Sound mind and
memory, do hereby make this my last Will and Testament after re-
signing my soul to the Creator and my body to be interred. I do
therefore bequeath my property in the following manner and to be
distributed by my executors herein after named.
That is to say:
Item 1st. I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife
Jane Stafford one Negro man named Ruby and one Negro woman named
Silvia also my stock of cattle in my own mark, one bed and furni-
ture, all my household and kitchen furniture to be left at her
discretion for her disposal as she my think proper.
Item 2nd. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sibbiah Oneal
one Negro woman named Drissy and her child Glory and the children
which Drissy may here after have.
Item 3rd. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha
Wiggins one Negro woman named Judy and her child Peggy. Now if
the said Martha dies without lawful issue of her body born after
this date then the said Negroes are to be divided between my law-
ful heirs.
Item 4th. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Mc-
Donald one Negro girl named Lucinda.
Item 5th. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Stafford
one Negro woman named Peggy and her child Elenor. Also one bed
and furniture attached to it.
Item 6th. I give and bequeath unto my son James Stafford
one Negro boy named Peter and one Negro girl named Abigail and one
bed and furniture attached to it.
Item 7th. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Jane
Amanda Hatcher one Negro girl named Hester and all her Mother's
stock of Cattle and the said Negro girl to remain with My Dearly
Beloved Jane Stafford untill the said Jane Amanda Hatcher becomes
of age and also if the said Jane A. Hatcher dies without lawful
heirs of her body, the said Negro girl Hester and the Stock of
Cattle are to be divided between my heirs which are living.
Item 8th. And Lastly it is my desire that my land lying on
the Post Road near the Buffalo in Wayne County and State of
Georgia shall be sold by my Executors to pay my just debts which
may be against me and further preserve a lot regularly. "Dwain"
County lot as ll in the 11th Distrect near Lorends Fort for the
use of My Beloved Wife Jane Stafford and Robert Stafford and
James Stafford to be disposed of as they may think proper.
And further I do hereby appoint My Dearly beloved said Jane
Stafford Executor and Robert Stafford and James Stafford my law-
ful executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revokeing
all former wills or Codicils to wills, Henceforth by me made in
writing.
Whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.
Georgia Wayne County ) Before S. C. King, James Strickland
and Joseph Wiggins, Esquirs Justices of the inferior Court for
the County of Wayne - Sitting for ordinary purposes Personally
appeared John Foot, Jr. in open Court a subscribing witness to
the within and annexed will - who being duly Sworn Saith that
he Saw the testator Robert Stafford (Sen) sign and execute the
within will and heard him pronounce Publish and declare the
Same to be his last will and testament and that the testator at
the time - was to the best of this deponents knowledge & belief
of Sound mind and memory and that he saw Peter McIntyre and
John Ammons sign the same in his presence and in the presence
of the deceased.
In Open Court John Foot, Jr.
May Term l829 Recorded 21 - June l829
R. B. Wilison, Clk. R. B. Wulson, Clk
Being Signed, Sealed and
Acknowledged in the Pre-
sence of us.
This the first day of
February in the year of Robert Stafford (Seal)
our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Twenty
Nine.
WITNESSES:
Peter McIntyre
John Foot, Jr.
his
John X Ammons
mark
January, 1962 - Page 142 (a/33) - Robert Stafford and
Thomas Stafford make their affidavits and have them recorded
in connection with gaining citizenship in Georgia. Aug. 4, 1788