George Staton

Other Events:

• Petition: 20 Oct 1785, Henry County, Virginia; Signs petition to form Franklin County

Notes:

Birth:
George Staton needs a lot of work. There seems to be little to no info on him. There were a lot of Strattons in this area, was there a name change?

Petition:
Petitions of residents of Bedford & Henry Counties, Virginia - In favor of and opposed to a new county (Franklin)

27 October 1785

The petition of sundry freeholders and others, inhabitants of Henry County, that your petitioners from the present very extensive boundaries of their county find it extremely inconvenient attending their publick and necessary business, by reason of bad roads, and their remote situation from the court house.... the county as it now stands is on the north line (the nearest bridle way) near 40 miles, on the south about 85, on the east near 40 and on the west about 70 in length...Your petitioners pray that a division of this county may take place by running a line from the Head of Shooting Creek to the west end of Turkey Cock Mountain, thence along the top of the mountain to intersect the dividing line between Pittsylvania Counties, thence along the ling to the mouth of the Black Water River, which part of Henry will contain about 600 tithes. Your petitioners further pray that part of Bedford which lies on the south of Staunton River may be taken off. (Only a partial list of names that are family names; ones I know that are related are starred):

George Staten*
George Burris
Hugh Martin
John Martin
Benjamin Hale*
Thomas Hale*
Joseph Hale*
Joseph Hale Jr.*
Richard Hale
John Hale
John Stanton (?)
Richard Stanton (?)

George married Sarah Robinson in 1771 in Henry, Virginia, United States. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Robinson and Jane Magdeline LeGrand) was born in 1753 in Goochland County, VA; died in 1807 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Edith Staton was born in 1786 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA; died on 7 September 1853 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA.