His branch of the Stephens family had been established on Riga run in Orange County, Virginia by Benjamin Stephens & Dorothy Jemima Waller Stephens. Their sons and daughters settled Kentucky & Georgia at the end of the 18th century.
When this Benjamin's parents were quite young they emigrated to Georgia with other members of the extended family. Trouble of some kind developed and it was necessary for his grandfather to go to their rescue. This about 1805.
About 1809, Benjamin's parents staked themselves on a west facing ridge in Boone county near Burlington. Theirs was the first farm to be established in this neighborhood. It was into this wilderness that Benjamin was born. He was a farmer and stockman all his life.
His branch of the Stephens family had been established on Riga run in Orange County, Virginia by Benjamin Stephens & Dorothy Jemima Waller Stephens. Their sons and daughters settled Kentucky & Georgia at the end of the 18th century.
When this Benjamin's parents were quite young they emigrated to Georgia with other members of the extended family. Trouble of some kind developed and it was necessary for his grandfather to go to their rescue. This about 1805.
About 1809, Benjamin's parents staked themselves on a west facing ridge in Boone county near Burlington. Theirs was the first farm to be established in this neighborhood. It was into this wilderness that Benjamin was born. He was a farmer and stockman all his life.
Family Members
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James Nelson Stephens
1800–1888
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William Robinson Stephens
1802–1865
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Richard Stephens
1806–1890
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Elizabeth Haydon Stephens Ryle
1809–1835
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Louisiana Stephens Calvert
1810–1845
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Hiram Stephens
1813–1875
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Thomas Paine Stephens
1814–1876
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John Quincy Adams Stephens
1817–1889
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Haydon Nelson Stephens
1819–1837
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Mary Ann Stephens Ryle
1821–1870
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