STEPHEN STEPHENS was born on 30 August 1773 in Jones County, North Carolina to George Stephens (1750 - 1824) & Jane Danielly (? - 1826).

Stephen married Mary Barrow-Stephens circa 1796 in Georgia, and they had NINE children of record:

George Stephens (1797 - ?),
Nancy Stephens-McMason (1798 - ?),
Solomon Stephens (1800 - 1866),
Andrew Stephens (1802 - ?),
Benjamin Stephens (1804 - ?),
Alsey Stephens (1806 - 1885),
Mary D. Stephens-Armster (1809 - ?),
Martha Stephens (1811 - 1817),
Alfred Olen Stephens (1813 - 1872).

Stephen passed away on 24 May 1852 in Houston, Heard County, Georgia, and he was laid to rest there at the Stephens Family Cemetery.

REFERENCES:

1. 2 November 1850 41st District, Heard County, Georgia Census, (Stamped 174B, Sheet 350, Family #559, Line 33), Head of Household, Stephen Stephenson. (NOTE: Misspelled, should be Stephens).

2. Post, Gerald, Alive & Good to Know, APSWIN Inc, 1988, p. 192.

3. Genealogy information compiled by Jeanette Cuthriell,
and forwarded by Becky Carden, received 22 January 2006.

4. Jasper County, Georgia Ordinary Court Minutes Book A,
page 55, dated 1 November 1824:
Stephen Stephens & William Stephens are appointed
administrators of their father, George Stephen's Estate.

5. Copy of Stephens' Family Bible, p. 679, received from Ronald G. Young on 11 Oct 2006.

6. Jasper County, Georgia Will Book 7, Page 364,
Dated 3 May 1826:
Named as Sons of Jane Stephens: Stephen, William, Solomon,
& John Stephens.
Stephen Stephens is named as the Executor of Jane Stephens'
Estate.

7. Jasper County, Georgia Ordinary Court Minutes
Book A, Page 66, Dated 1 November 1824 & Bond Book B,
Page 141, Signed 7 March 1825 & Registered 4 April 1825:
Jane & her Sister, Sarah Stephens are named as
Minors and Orphans of Thomas Stephens, and appointed
to Stephen Stephens (Thomas Stephen's Brother)
as their guardian. William Stephens (another
Brother) acted as Security for Stephens Guardianship.

8. Copy of Stephens' Family Bible, p. 679, received from Ronald G. Young on 11 Oct 2006.

9. The Heard County Historical Society, 2006, Cemeteries of Heard County, Georgia, p 160.

"Stephens Cemetery - this site is located on Inland Rome timber land. Take Georgia Highway 219, turn onto Tower Road, go 1.1 miles, take right thru double gate, staying straight go another 2.5 miles to cemetery on right.

Mary Stephens 06 February 1775 - 23 December 1866.
Three other slabs, one broken, no names or dates."