Stanfield was also spelled
Standfield, Stanfill, Stanphill, Stansfield
The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.
John Stanfield was born about 1772 in Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina. He was the son of Samuel Stanfield and Lydia Vernon.
Samuel Stanfield (1793, married Jane Matthews),
Sarah Stanfield (1795, married John Pitts),
Phoebe (Polly) Stanfield (1797, married Samuel Graham),
William Stanfield (1804, married Elizabeth Hise),
Hannah Stanfield (1808, married Elijah Yeager),
Permelia S. Stanfield (1811, married Reece Haworth, son of James Haworth, Jr.),
Maria Stanfield ( 1814, married Henry Dabney), and
Serena Stanfield (1817, married Harmon Stevens).
June 16, 1800, John Stanfield was commisioned as a captain in the Greene County, Tennessee Militia.
In 1805 and 1810 there was a John Stanfield on the Greene County, Tennessee, tax list.
Greene County, Tennessee developed from the Nolichucky settlement. It was formed in 1783 from part of the original Washington County, North Carolina.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.
