 1765 - 1832 (67 years)
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| Name |
BOOTH Stephen S. [1] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
1765 |
Amelia County, Va  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Lived(s) In |
1790 |
Pendleton District, SC [1] |
- Four years after they were married, around 1790, Stephen and Penelope traveled along with a large group including his sister and bother-in-law, Benjamin and Agnes Booth Clardy, from Virginia to South Carolina to make a new home. The group settled in an area called Pendleton District, SC. According to "The Clardy Family History," the group also included Benjamin's three daughters and son-in-laws; John and Mary Clardy, David and Nancy Clardy Spearman and Jimmy and Sally Clardy Fleming. Other's who were have said to join them included Joab Clardy, Ellsworth Clardy, Henry Spencer, Polly Gambrell and others.
Another story about the family and migration come from from J.B. Guthrie of Pelzor, SC who is a descendent of David and Mary Guthrie. According to verbal family history, David Guthrie went to South Carolina to visit his brother-in-law, Stephen Booth (who married his sister
Penelope). While he was down there he purchased 1,000 acres of land for $1,000.00, then returned home to Virginia for his wife, Mary Booth Guthrie, and their children. They loaded everything they could take on an ox cart and headed for SC. When they left, her wife's parents, John and Mary Smith Booth cried because the knew they would never see her again.
Not long after David and Mary Booth Guthrie moved to SC, Stephen and Penelope Guthrie Booth decided to move their family to Bedford Co., TN. According to family history, he tried to talk David into moving also but David told him he wished he had never left Virginia.
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| Lived(s) In |
1807 |
Tennessee [1] |
- Stephen and Penelope Booth were living somewhere in Tennessee by 1807 because that was listed as Stephen's residence in his father's will.
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| Lived(s) In |
1816 |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, North Carolina [1] |
- We know from her obit below that, in 1816, Agnes and Benjamin migrated to Franklin Co., TN.
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| Land |
24 Oct 1816 |
Bedford Co, TN [1] |
- On 24 Oct. 1816 Jonathan Ward deeded to Stephen Booth, 70 acres on the waters of Alexander Creek in Bedford County, TN. The land was originally part of a 3,000 land grant to Ebenezar Alexander.
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| Lived(s) In |
1820 |
Bedford Co, TN [1] |
- By 1820, 56-year-old Stephen and his family were living in Bedford County, TN. I believe his older sons Benjamin, Henry and James (my direct ancestor) had farms of their own nearby.
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| Land |
1825 |
Bedford Co, TN [1] |
- In 1825, Stephen Booth, Sr. gave his son James Booth and Samuel Clay Booth, 100 acres in Bedford Co., TN, on waters of Wartrace Fork.
Stephen S. Booth is listed as an early settler of the area.
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| Lived(s) In |
Abt 1830 |
Haywood County, TN [1] |
- It appears that by 1830, Stephen, along with his sons James and Benjamin had moved further west to Haywood County, TN, near present day Alamo, to an area that would later become Crocket County.
Stephen S. Booth is listed as an early settler of the area.
Stephen S. Booth shows up in a jury in Haywood County in September 1831.
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| Death |
1832 |
Haywood County, TN [1] |
| Notes |
- Stephen S. Booth (possible middle name was Shaybe), my fifth great grandfather, was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1765 to John and Mary Smith Booth. He was very much the middle child as four children were born to the family before him and three after.
Four years after they were married, around 1790, Stephen and Penelope traveled along with a large group including his sister and bother-in-law, Benjamin and Agnes Booth Clardy, from Virginia to South Carolina to make a new home. The group settled in an area called Pendleton District, SC. According to "The Clardy Family History," the group also included Benjamin's three daughters and son-in-laws; John and Mary Clardy, David and Nancy Clardy Spearman and Jimmy and Sally Clardy Fleming. Other's who were have said to join them included Joab Clardy, Ellsworth Clardy, Henry Spencer, Polly Gambrell and others.
We know from her obit below that, in 1816, Agnes and Benjamin migrated to Franklin Co., TN.
Another story about the family and migration come from from J.B. Guthrie of Pelzor, SC who is a descendent of David and Mary Guthrie.
According to verbal family history, David Guthrie went to South Carolina to visit his brother-in-law, Stephen Booth (who married his sister Penelope). While he was down there he purchased 1,000 acres of land for $1,000.00, then returned home to Virginia for his wife, Mary Booth Guthrie, and their children. They loaded everything they could take on an ox cart and headed for SC. When they left, her wife's parents, John and Mary Smith Booth cried because the knew they would never see her again.
Not long after David and Mary Booth Guthrie moved to SC, Stephen and Penelope Guthrie Booth decided to move their family to Bedford Co., TN. According to family history, he tried to talk David into moving also but David told him he wished he had never left Virginia.
John and Mary Smith Booth did get to see their daughter again. David and Mary Booth Guthrie made a trip back to Virginia on horseback. They had to leave their children with a relative and since the trip took six months, when they finally returned, one of their smaller children did not know who they were. [1]
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| Person ID |
I12314 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Father |
BOOTH John, b. 29 Sep 1735, Amelia County, Va d. 7 Dec 1807, FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
SMITH Mary, b. Abt 1730, Lunenburg County, Va d. Bef 1807 (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Marriage |
1757 |
- In 1757, in his early 20s, John married Mary Smith. Mary's sister Temperance married John's older brother Nathaniel. [1]
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| Family ID |
F3156 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
GUTHRIE Penelope d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
13 Sep 1786 |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA [1] |
- On 13 Sept 1786, at the age of 22, he married Penelope Guthrie in Franklin County, Virginia. On the same day Stephen married Penelope, his sister Mary married Penelope's brother, David Guthrie. [1]
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| Children |
| | 1. BOOTH Henry d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. BOOTH Benjamin d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. BOOTH Samuel Clay d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. BOOTH Charlotte d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. BOOTH James, b. 1790, Pendleton, South Carolina d. 1861, El Paso, AR (Age 71 years) |
| | 6. BOOTH Stephen S., Jr., b. 31 Oct 1809, Bedford County, Tennessee d. 21 Jan 1878, Crockett County, TN (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3721 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Mar 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S1228] Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts, Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts (Reliability: 3).
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