George Staton

1750 - ?

• Name	George Staton
  Birth	1750	Virginia
  	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	20 Oct 1785	Henry County, Virginia
  Signs petition to form Franklin County
  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 (?)
  Death	?	Virginia
  Person ID	P5947	Burress | My Ancestors

  
  

  Wife	Sarah Robinson           b. 1753, Goochland County, Virginia           d. 1807, Franklin County, Virginia (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1771	Henry County, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Edith Staton           b. 1786, Franklin County, Virginia           d. 7 September 1853, Franklin County, Virginia (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1750 - Virginia Marriage - 1771 - Henry County, Virginia Petition - Signs petition to form Franklin County - 20 Oct 1785 - Henry County, Virginia Death - ? - Virginia  = Link to Google Earth