William Stevenson

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Family Group Record                 0047
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Husband's Name   William Stevenson (Reverend)
 Born:    04 Oct 1768    Place: Ninety-Six District, South Carolina
 Died:    05 Mar 1857    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
 Married: 04 Feb 1794    Place: Greene County, Tennessee
 Married:    Bef 1850    Place: 
 Spouse:         Elizabeth Ann (Jones) Hoghland
 Father:         James Stevenson
 Mother:         Elizabeth .......
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Wife's Name      Jane Campbell
 Born:    19 Dec 1773    Place: Augusta County, Virginia
 Died:    18 Aug 1846    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
 Father:         Hugh Campbell
 Mother:         ....... unknown
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Children                
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 1. Sex Name
     F  Elizabeth Stevenson
        Born:    19 Aug 1794    Place: Greene County, Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:    Abt 1825    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  John Johnson
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  John Fowler
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 2. Sex Name
     M  John W. Stevenson  
        Born:    02 Jan 1796    Place: Greene County, Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Married: 20 Sep 1826    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas (BB-148)
        Spouse:  Nancy Yates
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 3. Sex Name
     F  Mary Stevenson
        Born:    09 Oct 1797    Place: Greene County, Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  James Dyer
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                             Moved to Kentucky
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 4. Sex Name
     M  Hugh Stevenson
        Born:    13 Nov 1799    Place: Shelby County, Kentucky
        Died:                   Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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                         Moved to Middle Tennessee
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 5. Sex Name
     F  Sarah Stevenson
        Born:    23 Sep 1801    Place: Smith County, Tennessee
        Died:       Aft 1860    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Joel D. Dyer
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 6. Sex Name
     M  William Stevenson
        Born:    03 Jun 1803    Place: Smith County, Tennessee
        Died:    22 Apr 1816    Place: Washington County, Missouri
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 7. Sex Name
     F  Nancy Stevenson
        Born:       Abt 1805    Place: Smith County, Tennessee
        Died:    22 Sep 1822    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
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 8. Sex Name
     M  James Porter Stevenson
        Born:       May 1808    Place: Smith County, Tennessee
        Died:    11 Jul 1885    Place: Stevens County, Texas
        Married: 21 Jun 1836    Place: Arkansas
        Spouse:  Tabitha Roberts
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                             Moved to Missouri
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 9. Sex Name
     David Young Stevenson
        Born:    12 Apr 1810    Place: Washington County, Missouri
        Died:                   Place: Texas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Mehilabel Heard-Goodson
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10. Sex Name
     F  Jane Ann Stevenson
        Born:    02 Dec 1811    Place: Washington County, Missouri
        Died:           1851    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  John Bilbo
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11. Sex Name
     H  Henry Walker Stevenson
        Born:    12 Jun 1815    Place: Washington County, Missouri
        Died:    28 Jan 1884    Place: Wood County, Texas
        Married: 06 Jun 1839    Place: Arkansas
        Spouse:  Elinor J. Hoghland
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Sources of Information: Family Group Record, William Stevenson (AFN)
Ancestral File Number 1VHG-HQF, FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19, internet
access (22 Jan 2000); Hempstead County, Arkansas Wills, Marriages, Estrays,
Preemptions, etc., Book BB, page 148.
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William Stevenson, a Methodist minister, of Bellevue Valley, served on the
first Court of Washington County in 1814 and was also named Road
Commissioner and also surveyor. One of his duties was to lay off a road,
south through Bellevue Valley. The County Records show that it was extended
past Shiloh Meeting House in Bellevue, stating the name which is proof the
church was there in 1814. But William Stevenson looked ahead and saw
greater things to do. In 1817, he organized a group to go to Arkansas from
the membership of the Methodist Church. It was a threat to the life of the
young church because he did have a large following. With this group from
the Bellevue Valley Church (Shiloh), Stevenson organized the Methodist
church in Arkansas and preached in Texas. The church at Shiloh rallied,
rebuilt the congregation, and was happy to have sent the missionary group
which accomplished such a great thing in the name of Methodism. Caledonia
United Methodist Church, Muriel E. Akers; Bellevue-Beautiful View, The
history of the Bellevue Valley and surrounding area, (Bellevue Valley
Historical Society), 1983, page 399.
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Update 03.08.00              David Kelley 2000                 FGR-0047.HTM
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