Stanfield was also spelled
Standfield, Stanfill, Stanphill, Stansfield
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.
Alexander Stanfield was born on August 9, 1806 in Tennessee.
He married Rachel Adams. Rachel was born on March 11, 1814 in Tennessee. Her name is from Caroline's death certificate.
Alexander and Rachel's children included:
David Stanfield (1826),
Margaret Stanfield Booher
(1828, married Christian Booher),
William M. Stanfield (1829, married Sarah C. Mauck,
Rebecca Stanfield (1831, married Henry Mauck, Jr.),
Jesse Stanfield (1837, married Lucy N. Erwin),
Nancy Stanfield (1839, married Henry H. Lady),
Mary Stanfield Crump (1841),
Samuel G. Stanfield (1843), and
Caroline Stanfield (1845, married Benjamin Keys).
At the time of the 1840 census the family was in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The household consisted of:
A man and a woman between 30 and 39 -Alex age 37 and Rachel age 26?
A boy and 2 girls between 10 and 14 - David age 14,, Margaret age 14, Rebecca age 9
a girl and a boy between 5 and 9 -William age 12?,
a boy and a girl under 5 -Jesse age 4 and Nancy age 1
In 1850 the household consisted of
Alexander Stanfield 47
Rachel Stanfield 36
Jessee Stanfield 13
Nancy Stanfield 11
Mary Stanfield 9
Saml G Stanfield 7
Caroline Stanfield 5
David age 24, William age 20, and Rebecca age 19 were an independent household in Sullivan County, Tennessee. David and William were farmers.
In 1860 William and Sarah were living in Sullivan County with their children at Yoakely's Store post office. Rebecca and Henry Mauck were in Sullivan County at Union Depot.
Rebecca's husband, Henry, died of wounds he suffered in the Civil War. William served in Company G of the 60th Tennessee Infantry.
Alexander died on March 23, 1879 and Rachel on January 11, 1878.
Alexander and Rachel Stanfield, Henry and Nancy Lady and Margaret and Christian Booher are buried at Gunnings Cemetery in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Sullivan County is in far northeast corner of Tennessee between North Carolina and Virginia and was originally part of those states. It was formed in 1779 when it was divided from Washington County.
East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
