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COLIN6 STOKES (HENRY5, YOUNG4, SYLVANUS3, WILLIAM2, CHRISTOPHER1)1,2 was born August 30, 1797 in Lunenburg County, Virginia3,4,5, and died February 24, 1865 in Lunenburg County, Virginia6,7. He married SARAH MONTFORT CRALLE8 April 30, 1817 in Powhatan County, Virignia9,10, daughter of RICHARD CRALLE and SARAH JONES. She was born April 24, 1799 in Powhatan County, Virginia11,12,13, and died January 27, 1891 in Lunenburg County, Virginia14,15.
More About COLIN STOKES:
Burial: 1865, Lunenburg County, Virginia16
Interests: Education17
Occupation: Farmer; planter18,19
Property: Lunenburg County, Virginia20
Religion: Presbyterian21
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia22,23
More About SARAH MONTFORT CRALLE:
Burial: 1891, Lunenburg County, Virginia24
Children of COLIN STOKES and SARAH CRALLE are:
i. MARY JANE7 STOKES24, b. April 15, 181824; d. December 30, 183924; m. COLONEL WILLIAM HAYNIE HATCHETT25,26, January 22, 183927; b. May 09, 1817, Lunenburg County, Virginia28,29; d. February 02, 187230.
ii. HENRY COLIN STOKES, SR31, b. July 25, 1820, Lunenburg County, Virginia32,33; d. February 1901, Prince Edward County, Virginia34; m. ANNE ELIZABETH HATCHETT35, November 23, 1841, Lunenburg County, Virginia36; b. June 05, 1824, Lunenburg County, Virginia37,38; d. October 30, 1918, Prince Edward County, Virginia39.
More About HENRY COLIN STOKES, SR:
Education: University of Virginia40
Military service: Colonel in Virginia Militia41
Occupation: Farmer42
Politics: Democrat43
Public Office: Sheriff of Lunenburg County, Virginia44
Religion: Presbyterian45
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia46
More About ANNE ELIZABETH HATCHETT:
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia46
iii. SARAH MONTFORT STOKES47, b. February 17, 1823, Lunenburg County, Virginia47; d. April 10, 1827, Prince Edward County, Virginia47.
iv. ANN ELIZABETH STOKES47, b. July 09, 182547; d. April 183547.
v. RICHARD STOKES48, b. February 22, 182849,50; d. December 22, 1886, Prince Edward County, Virginia50; m. SARAH JANE CRALLE51; b. Abt. 1830, Lunenburg County, Virginia52; d. Unknown.
More About RICHARD STOKES:
Burial: 1886, Hampden-Sydney College Church Cemetery, Hampden-Sydney, Prince Edward County, Virginia53
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia54
vi. SUSAN RIVES STOKES55, b. January 03, 1832, Lunenburg County, Virginia55,56,57; d. Unknown; m. DR ROBERT S BAGLEY58, May 12, 1851, Lunenburg County, Virginia59; b. Abt. 1814, Virginia60; d. Unknown.
More About DR ROBERT S BAGLEY:
Occupation: Physcian61,62,63
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia63
Endnotes
1. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 116.
2. Lunenburg County Virginia Will Book 7, 114.
3. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 116, 352.
4. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "Their son, Colin Stokes, born on a farm in Lunenburg County, August 30, 1797, was educated in private schools, was married in Powhatan County and afterward was a planter in Prince Edward County about fifteen years."
5. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #482.
6. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
7. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "Colin Stokes, who died February 24, 1865, married Miss Sallie Cralle, daughter of Richard Kenner Cralle, one of the large planters of Powhatan County and a descendant of French Huguenot stock."
8. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 343.
9. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
10. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
11. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #482.
12. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
13. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "Sallie Cralle was born in Powhatan County in 1799, and died in 1890."
14. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
15. 1870 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #22.
16. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
17. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "He was interested in the cause of education, and for many years he was a trustee of Hampden-Sidney College."
18. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #481.
19. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
20. Valentine, Edward Pleasants, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Volume I, (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia), 82, "Edmund P. Bacon, of Lunenburg Co., deed to Collin Stokes, of Prince Edward Co., $4860. 810 acres in Lunenburg Co., on the waters of F___ing Creek, adj. David Street, Peter W Street, Susan R Stokes &c. Mch. 1, 1825, Ibid. p. 416."
21. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "In politics he was a whig and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church."
22. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
23. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "The rest of his life he spent on his large farm near where Victoria now stands."
24. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
25. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 284.
26. Lunenburg County Virginia Will Book 8, 189.
27. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
28. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #11.
29. Charles Ogburn Family Bible Records, "Wm Haynie Hatchett Born May 9th 1817."
30. Charles Ogburn Family Bible Records, "William H Hatchett February 2nd 1872."
31. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
32. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #674.
33. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
34. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "He died in February, 1901."
35. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 284.
36. Charles Ogburn Family Bible Records, "Henry Stokes & Ann E Hatchett Nov 23rd 1841."
37. Charles Ogburn Family Bible Records, "Ann E Hatchett Born June 5th 1824."
38. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #674.
39. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "His wife, Ann Eliza Hatchett, was born in Lunenburg County in 1823, and died at her home near Hampden-Sidney in 1918."
40. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "He finished his education at the University of Virginia, and after his marriage moved to the vicinity of Hampden-Sidney in Prince Edward County, and until his death was a leading farmer of that section."
41. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
42. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #674.
43. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
44. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49, "He served ten years as sheriff of Lunenburg County, was a democrat, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and served at one time as a colonel in the State Militia."
45. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 49.
46. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #674.
47. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
48. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 353.
49. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #482.
50. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
51. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 353.
52. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #482.
53. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 353.
54. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 352.
55. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 116.
56. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #482.
57. 1870 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #22.
58. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 116.
59. Compiled by John Vogt & T William Kethley, Jr, Lunenburg County Virginia Marriages of 1750-1853, (Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, 1988.), 10.
60. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #278.
61. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), 322.
62. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #278.
63. 1870 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #22.
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