Jonathon Brooks Stamper
and Rachel Parks

Jonathan Brooks Stamper b 21 Apr 1719 (or 1710) Middlesex Co VA d 1799 Wilkes Co NC s/o Powell Stamper and Mary Martha Brooks. Jonathan Brooks Stamper m. about 1749 Amherst Co VA to Rachel Parks b 3 Dec 1733 King George Co VA d 1793 Wilkes Co NC d/o John Parks I and Mary Sharpe. (Source Diane Midkiff meganames@hotmail.com). Children of Jonathan Brooks Stamper and Rachel Parks;

I. James Stamper b 4 NOV 1750 Amherst Co VA d 30 Mar 1826 Morgan Co KY buried Grassy Creek Cemetery, Morgan Co KY m. about 1770 Middlesex VA to Sarah Moore b 9 Aug 1749 VA d 12 Mar 1839 Morgan Co KY buried Grassy Creek Cemetery, Morgan Co KY.

II. Powell Stamper b 1752 Amherst Co VA m. Mary Townson

III. Joshua Stamper b 1753 Amherst Co VA d 1822 Clark Co KY m. about 1778 Bourbon Co KY to Jane "Jennie" Woodruff b about 1752 VA.

IV. Joel Stamper I b 17 MAY 1755 in Amherst Co VA d 30 APR 1833 in Rowan (now Wilkes) Co NC m. 29 JUL 1780 in Wilkes Co NC to Nancy Cannady b 1755 VA.

V. Mary Stamper b 1756 Rowan Co NC d 1823 Wilkes Co NC m. 7 Jan 1777 Salisbury Rowan Co NC to Jacob Adams (Rev War Vet) b 1753 Fairfax Co VA d Oct 1833 Reddies River, Wilkes Co NC; s/o John Adams and Ann Caudill. Mary Stamper m. (1) to Thomas Towsend.

VI. Jonathan Stamper II b 1757 Amherst Co VA d about 1853 Ashe Co NC m. about 1777 VA to Mary Davis b about 1756 VA d/o Barton Davis.

VII. Jesse Stamper b about 1760 Amherst Co VA (Jesse was a dwarf) m. about 1780 to Sally Sebastian b about 1762 VA. Jesse Stamper m. Barbara Deviat. Children of Jesse Stamper and Barbara Deviat;

1. Jacob Stamper b about 1795

2. Delphia Stamper b about 1803 Wilkes Co NC (Delphia was a dwarf)

3. Rachel Stamper b about 1805 (Rachel was a dwarf)

4. Susannah Stamper b about 1809

5. Marinda "Rinda" Stamper b about 1815

6. Sarah Ann H Stamper b about 1819

7. Frances Irene Stamper b 1821

VIII. Jacob Stamper b 15 DEC 1762 Amherst Co VA d 15 Jun 1834 Eagle Creek, Owen Co KY m. 1780 VA to Susannah Unknown b about 1762 VA.

IX. Susannah Stamper b 22 AUG 1767 Amherst Co VA d 10 Aug 1845 Mitchell, Lawrence Co IN m. 1779 Ashe Co NC to John Pleasant Burton b 8 Jul 1758 Richmond VA d 4 Jul 1836 Lawrence Co IN buried Burton Gap Cemetery, near Mitchell, Lawrence Co IN s/o Richard Burton and Mary Pleasants. John Pleasant Burton was born in what is now the Richmond, Virginia, area on July 8, 1758. He moved to North Carolina early in life, and in 1826, at the age of 68, came to Lawrence County, Indiana. He and his wife Susannah Stamper raised a large family — 13 children of their own, plus six orphans — and these Burtons populated Lawrence County, for all of their children except for one joined them IN. John Pleasant Burton died on July 4, 1836, and is buried at Burton Gap Cemetery, just off Indiana 60 near Mitchell. (Source) Children of Susannah Stamper and John Pleasant Burton;

1. Richard P. Burton b 1782 Ashe Co NC d 4 Sept 1872 Lawrence Co IN m. about 1802 Ashe Co NC to Nancy Edwards b 1789 NC d 9 Aug 1872 Lawrence Co IN d/o Young Edwards I and Unknown Cates. (Source) Children of Richard P Burton and Nancy Edwards;

i. John Burton b 1802 Ashe Co NC

ii. Young Burton b 28 FEB 1807 TN

iii. Jane Burton b 1 APR 1813 Ashe Co NC

iv. Robert Burton I b 23 DEC 1813 NC

v. David E. Burton b 26 AUG 1815 Ashe Co NC

vi. Noah Burton b 25 DEC 1816 Ashe Co NC

vii. Celia Burton b 27 FEB 1823 IN

viii. James B. Burton b 20 MAR 1823 Ashe Co NC

ix. Hiram Burton b 16 JUL 1824 Ashe Co NC

x. Susan Burton b 10 APR 1827 Lawrence Co IN

xi. Mary Burton b 13 DEC 1829 Lawrence Co IN

xii. Cynthia Burton b 1831 Lawrence Co IN

xiii. Timansia Burton b 19 AUG 1833 Lawrence Co IN

2. Martha Burton b 1784 Ashe Co NC d 1852 Clay Co IL m. 1806 to Thomas Landreth b 1780 NC d 1847 Clay Co IL s/o Nathaniel Landreth and Mary Grayson (Source)

3. Allen Burton b 20 APR 1786 Ashe Co NC d 1 Mar 1861 m. 1811 NC to Sylvia Reeves (Source)

4. John M. Burton b 1788 Ashe Co NC d 1838 Greene Co IN m. 1810 NC to Hannah Reeves (Source)

5. Mary Burton b 19 MAR 1790 Ashe Co NC d 26 Apr 1864 m. about 1807 NC to Rankin Cox I (Source)

6. David Burton b 15 MAY 1792 Ashe Co NC

7. William Buchanan Burton b 14 FEB 1794 Ashe Co NC

8. Hutchins Burton b 1797

9. Hardin Burton b 15 AUG 1798 Ashe Co NC

10. Zachariah Burton I b 12 SEP 1801 Ashe Co NC

11. Ann Burton b 1803 Ashe Co NC

12. Eli Burton b 15 OCT 1807 Ashe Co NC

13. Isom Burton b 15 OCT 1807 Ashe Co NC

X. Martha Frances Stamper b 14 FEB 1769 Amherst Co VA d 1854 Sparta, Alleghany Co NC m. 8 Oct 1782 Wilkes Co NC to Jesse Tolliver b 1756 Prince William Co VA d 4 Mar 1838 Ashe Co NC s/o John Tolliver I. Children of Martha Frances Stamper and Jesse Tolliver;

1. Jane Tolliver b 6 JUL 1783 Wilkes Co NC

2. Susan Tolliver b 14 FEB 1785 Wilkes Co NC

3. Sarah Tolliver b 9 MAY 1786 Wilkes Co NC

4. John Tolliver I b 2 JUN 1788 Wilkes Co NC

5. Martha Frances Tolliver b 13 MAR 1797 Ashe Co NC

6. Jacob Tolliver b 26 JUL 1799 Wilkes Co NC

7. Allen Tolliver b 18 JUL 1802 Ashe Co NC

8. Solomon Tolliver b 13 MAY 1804 Ashe Co NC

9. Starling Tolliver b 13 MAR 1806 Ashe Co NC

10. Hiram Tolliver b 10 MAR 1808 Ashe Co NC

Jesse Tolliver m. 1st to Lucy Robins. 1780, Jesse Tolliver fathered a child out of wedlock with Lucy ROBINS. Moses Tolliver and Hilliar ROUSSEAU posted a "bastardy bond" for the child on June 6, 1780. This required them to reimburse the county should it incur any expenses in supporting the child. Wilkes Co. court records indicate that Lucy ROBINS died in 1787 and her daughter Elizabeth was "bound out" to Thomas ROBINS till age 18 to learn to spin, read, and write. (See Jesse Tolliver). Child of Jesse Tolliver and Lucy Robins;

11. Elizabeth Robins b about 1779

Notes for JONATHAN BROOKS STAMPER, SENIOR:

The Stampers owned land in Montgomery Co. VA. In a book by Fothergill "List of Montgomery Co. VA Taxpayers 1762-1782" Isaac, James, Jonathan Sr. and Jr. and Powell Stamper are listed as paying taxes in Montgomery Co.

He is Amherst Co. Va in 1763. From that county Deed Book 1763, page 103 March 7 1763 Jonathan Stamper bought 200 acres of land for 40 pounds from John Freeman and wife Abigale, on Stone House Creek, Virginia.

In 1767 Jonathan sold the land in Amherst Co. and settled on Bugaboo Creek about 2 miles from present town of Ronda, NC. (Wilkes Co. NC)

One source says they came to Greensboro, NC about 1760, but above deeds do not reflect that. Jonathan witnessed a deed for John Parks in 1772 when it was still Surry Co. NC. (now Wilkes)

He and his wife were frugal and industrious, accumulating considerable property. They were known to possess money.

In their old age they were attacked by three men, Cox, Bledsoe and Hart who tied Jonathan to an apple tree and proceeded to ransack the house in their quest for gold that was said to be hidden in their home. The assault and attempted robbery so shocked Mrs. Stamper that she died--the result of heart failure. The robbers escaped. The strange part of the story is that there was hidden in a barrel $700 in gold that was so protected by a false bottom and wrapped in rags and the top filled with beans, the loose coins made no noise and the robbers didn't find them.

From Attorney Will Daniels, Huntington WV., a great grandson of Joshua Stamper, dated May 30 1938 and copies by Leonis Jones 8 July 1967.

Wilkes County NC Entry 130, 8 May 1778 Jonathan Stamper Sr. entered 300 acres on Bugaboo Creek nearly against the old Mill to Canaday's line including Jonathan, Jr.'s improvements.

Entry 798, 6 Feb. 1779 Jonathan Stamper entered 250 acres on little Bugaboo Creek joined by Richard Allen's land.

Jonathan Stamper 300 acres of land and no polls 1797

Jonathan Sr. and Jr. sold their land at Bugaboo Creek and moved to the upper Roaring River area in the 1780's.

In 1772 Jonathan Sr. served as Constable in the King's Service in Surry, Parish of St. Jude. In 1778 he was granted license to keep an ordinary (tavern) in his dwelling house with Richard Allen and Benjamin Cleveland as securities.

He was a patriot in the Revolutionary War, furnishing horses and provisions for the Continental Army. His sons served in the Revolution.