Joshua STEPHENS

Birth:
2 Feb 1735
Goochland, Virginia
Death:
6 Sep 1824
Madison, Georgia
Marriage:
Abt 1755
Father:
John STEPHENS
Mother:
Sources:
Biographical History of the Stephens Family in America, by Elijah John Stephens
The Stephens Family - Colonists of America
John Stephens and Elizabeth Dyer-short online history
DAR Records
Ancestry.com
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
Notes:
                   Joshua Stephens was a staunch Whig.  In the Revolutionary War he served under Col. Cleaveland and took part in the battle of Kings Mountain and other minor skirmishes of the war.  The story is told that during the Battle of Kings Mountain, Col. Ferguson, the British commander, felled his fine cream colored mare, which galloped down the mountain bearing the empty saddle, and was captured by Joshua Stephens.

Three of Joshua's sons, Elisha, John and Levi, fought for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Elizabeth DYER
Birth:
3 Apr 1736
Brunswick, Brunswick, Virginia
Death:
9 Jun 1824
Madison, Georgia
Children
Marriage
1
John Sherwood STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1756
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
1819
Burke, North Carolina
2
Elisha STEPHENS
Birth:
28 Jun 1758
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
Bef 1820
Habersham, Georgia
Sarah TRIBBLE 
Marr:
12 Jul 1784
Wilkes, North Carolina 
Notes:
                   Elisha Stephens was a Methodist preacher.  His brothers, Isaiah, Joseph, Absalom, and Jeremiah were Baptist preachers.
3
Levi STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1760
Virginia
Death:
Mary FURNISS 
Marr:
24 Aug 1791
Somerset, Maryland 
4
Elizabeth STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1761
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Isaiah STEPHENS
Birth:
28 Oct 1762
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
1828
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina
6
Hezekiah STEPHENS
Birth:
4 Jun 1764
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
Bef 6 Sep 1844
Habersham, Georgia
7
Jeremiah STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1766
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
1809
Kentucky
 
Marr:
 
8
Joshua STEPHENS
Birth:
6 May 1773
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
9
Dicey STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1771
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
1785
North Carolina
 
Marr:
 
10
Elias STEPHENS
Birth:
23 Aug 1776
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
 
Marr:
 
11
Joseph Lawrence STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1778
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
18 Jul 1843
Cass, Georgia
12
Absalom STEPHENS
Birth:
18 Feb 1780
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
13
Nancy STEPHENS
Birth:
Abt 1782
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
 
Marr:
 
14
Elijah STEPHENS
Birth:
30 Aug 1786
Wilkes, North Carolina
Death:
24 Jun 1871
Harrison, Georgia
Rebecca BANKS 
Marr:
1849
 
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Joshua Stephens - Elizabeth Dyer

Joshua Stephens was born at Goochland, Virginia 2 Feb 1735. His parents were John Stephens and .

He married Elizabeth Dyer Abt 1755 . Elizabeth Dyer was born at Brunswick, Brunswick, Virginia 3 Apr 1736 daughter of John S. Dyer and Priscilla Elizabeth Bluford .

They were the parents of 14 children:
John Sherwood Stephens born Abt 1756.
Elisha Stephens born 28 Jun 1758.
Levi Stephens born Abt 1760.
Elizabeth Stephens born Abt 1761.
Isaiah Stephens born 28 Oct 1762.
Hezekiah Stephens born 4 Jun 1764.
Jeremiah Stephens born Abt 1766.
Joshua Stephens born 6 May 1773.
Dicey Stephens born Abt 1771.
Elias Stephens born 23 Aug 1776.
Joseph Lawrence Stephens born Abt 1778.
Absalom Stephens born 18 Feb 1780.
Nancy Stephens born Abt 1782.
Elijah Stephens born 30 Aug 1786.

Joshua Stephens died 6 Sep 1824 at Madison, Georgia .

Elizabeth Dyer died 9 Jun 1824 at Madison, Georgia .