Thomas Stanfield

Biography

Thomas Stanfield was born on December 29, 1747 in New Castle County, Lower Counties on the Delaware, British Colonial America. His parents were John Standfield and Hannah Standfield (Hadley).

Thomas married Hannah Stanfield (Vernon) in 1770 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Together they had the following children: Anne Johnson (Stanfield); Thomas Stanfield; Eli Stanfield; Lydia West (Stanfield); Sarah Littler (Stanfield).

He died on May 11, 1824 in Rushcreek Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States and was buried in Goshen Cemetery.

His family moved to North Carolina in 1753. Their farm was in Snow Camp, Alamance County. It was Orange County at that time.

On April 6, 1754 at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, Thomas was one of the children of John and Hannah who were received on certificate from the Newark Monthly Meeting in Delaware.

His father died in 1755 and he inherited the Meeting House tract and Thomas and his brother, Samuel, inherited land near the Rich Hills.

Thomas returned to Pennsylvania when he was 17 for a few months.

   On May 5, 1764 at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Thomas was granted a certificate to the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania.

On October 5, 1764 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania Thomas produced a certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.
On October 5, 1765 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania Thomas requested certificate to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.
When he wanted to go home he was refused a certificate.

   On December 7, 1765 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting, Thomas was refused a certificate because of disorderly conduct because it was

reported that he kept company with some people of a loose & irregular conduct at a public house where they had fiddling music & he joined with them in dancing at said place.
He turned to North Carolina without his certificate and on July 4, 1767 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting,

   Thomas not being in disposition to make satisfaction for his conduct, he was disowned; testimony forwarded to Friends in North Carolina; he having returned thither

On June 4, 1768 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting testimony of his disownment was

   read in mtg, having waited this long to hear from North Carolina whether or not he would appear

Thomas married Hannah Vernon about 1772.

Lydia Stanfield was born about 1773. She married Edward West. Edward's second wife was Elizabeth Humphreys, daughter of Richard Humphreys.

Elizabeth Margaret Stanfield was born in 1777. She married John Littler

On February 26, 1778, Thomas Standfield bought 640 acres in what was then, Washington County, Tennessee. The land included the old Indian camp on Roaring fork of Lick Creek. One side was on James Robinson's line and along the creek. Lick Creek is west and a little north of Greeneville, in the northwest corner of present day Greene County, Tennessee and runs to the northeast corner of the county. The land was entered by David Hughes who transfered it to T. Standfield. It was surveyed on May 12, 1783 for Thomas Standfield by Asahel Rawlings DS.

Sarah Stanfield was born in 1779. She married Samuel Littler.

In 1780, Thomas appeared on a Montgomery (later Grayson) County, Virginia list of of Quakers who refused to take the Oath of Allegiance.

Rebecca Stanfield was born about 1781. She married John Todhunter and Samuel Dalton.

In 1783, Thomas and Samuel Stanfield moved from what was then Orange County, North Carolina to Greene County, Tennessee. Thomas was on the 1783 tax roll.

About 1786 Thomas replaced the deed to James Neal for the 200 acre parcel of land known as "the Meeting House tract" which was lost in the revolution.

Mary Stanfield was born in 1788.

On April 4, 1789 the New Garden Monthly Meeting brought in an acknowledgment from Thomas with a letter of recommendation from Friends in Greene County.

On July 4, 1789 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting, Thomas was granted a certificate to New Garden Monthly Meeting.

Thomas Stanfield was born in 1790.

On June 16, 1790 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting the certificate for Thomas was received from New Garden Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania and endorsed to Westfield Monthly Meeting.

On October 22, 1791 at the Westfield Monthly Meeting in Surry County, North Carolina, Thomas received his certificate from New Garden Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania and endorsed by New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina.

In 1805 members of Thomas' family appear on the Greene County tax list.

   Thomas Stanfield

   John and Elizabeth (Stanfield) Litler

   Jesse and Hannah (Stanfield) Johnston

   Thomas and Phebe (Stanfield) Southerland

On January 18, 1806 at the Newhope Monthly Meeting in Greene County, Tennessee, Thomas was granted a certificate to Miami Monthly Meeting in Ohio.

On February 12, 1807 at the Miami Monthly Meeting in Warren County Ohio, Thomas and Hannah were received on certificate from Newhope Monthly Meeting in Tennessee.

At the time of the 1820 census, Thomas was in Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio.

Thomas wrote his will on May 7 1823. Hannah died on September 29, 1830. He died on November 12, 1838. They are buried in Stanfield Pioneer Cemetery.