Ref: This list started from a list of names and dates from file of Ruth Fontaine (Scott) probably from about 1934. Information supplemented by data from Kenneth Stith and Walter Charles Scott's Book.
Blue section has more Kenneth Stith data supplemented with data from Virginia Allen Miller, July 2011.
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Richard Stith Sr. b. 1727
Lucy Hall b. 1730
12 children of Richard and Lucy
1. Ann Hall
Stith
b. November 18, 1757 m. 1st John Hightower, 2nd Drury Hardaway
2. Joseph
Stith
b. September 16, 1759 m. Nancy Cocke
3. Lucy
Stith
b. March 12, 1761 m. William Jordan
4. Elizabeth Buckner Stith b. October 25,
1762 m. Jesse Adams Moorman
5. Mary
Stith
b. November 12, 1764 m. 1st Jeremiah Early, 2nd Richard Hightower,
3rd Christopher McConnice
6. Benjamin
Stith b.
August 25, 1766 m. 1st Phoebe Cox,
2nd Sally Paul
7. Thomas (Jefferson?) Stith b. October 8,
1768 m. Rhoda(e?) Jones
8. John (Jack)
Stith b. December 27, 1770 m.
Susan Hightower
9. Kathryn (Katherine?) Stith b. May 28,
1773 m. James Jones
10. Martha
Stith
b. May 8,
1775
m. Daniel J. Saunders
** 11.William B. Stith
b. October 18, 1777 m. Nancy Jones (b. 1780; d. January 2,
1849 at 69 years)
d. May 10, 1854 grave of William and Nancy at Scott Hill Farm cemetery
** 12. Richard Stith Jr. b.
December 9, 1778 m. December 27, 1798
to Elizabeth Jones (b. January 1779)
10 children of Richard Stith
1.
Lucy
Stith
b. March 2, 1802
m. Thomas Hawfield Stith
2.
Elizabeth Stith b. October 2,
1803 m. Stith Saunders (son of
Daniel J. Saunders)
3.
Buckner Jones Stith b. May 31,
1807 3
wives d. September 2, 1856 (49 years old)
4.
Susan
Stith
b. December 10, 1808 m. Griffin Stith
5.
John C. Stith b.
October 3, 1810 m. Martha Hardaway
6.
William B. Stith b. April 21,
1812 m. Hannah
Hayden
7.
Edward S. Stith b. March 25,
1814 m. Mary Dowell
8.
Martha Ann Stith b. May 14,
1816 m.
Joseph E. Hardaway
* 9. Jessie J.
Stith b. Mar 14,
1818 d. July 21, 1895
m. Lucinda Cain (b. April 10, 1824 d. Mar 30, 1909)
grave of Jessie and Lucinda at Big Spring Methodist Church
dates verified from grave stones May 1998
10.
Mary Ann Stith b. January 23,
1820 m. Henry Stith
3. Buckner Jones Stith b. May 31, 1807 1st wife:
Cinderella Moorman
(b. August 16, 1812; d. August 19, 1841)
7 children of Buckner and Cinderella
1. Lucy Catherine Stith b. January 1, 1830
m. December 23, 1847 to Henry W. Cain
2. Elizabeth Stith b.
December 12, 1831 m. October 2, 1851 to William Morgan
3. Rachel
Stith
b. December 8, 1832 m. September 13, 1849 to Edward Y. McIuown
4. Rhoda Ann Stith b. February 18,
1833 m. June 3, 1862 to Thomas E. Cain
m. August 1873 to J. Hanson Jones
5. Charles M. Stith b. July 24,
1834 m. November 14,
1867 to Mary E. Wells
lived in Brandenburg Kentucky
6. Evaline
Stith
b. August 6, 1836 2 marriages
7. Annis H.
Stith b.
March 20, 1840 m. October 1, 1865 to C. C. Beasley
3. Buckner Jones Stith b. May 31, 1807 2nd wife: Mary
Cofer
(m. February 15, 1843; d. September 19, 1851)
3 children of Buckner and Mary
1. Albert F. Stith b. August 4, 1846
2. Elvira Belle Stith b. January 10, 1848 d. September 10, 1859
3. Leander Stith b. February 25, 1851
3. Buckner Jones Stith b. May 31, 1807 3rd wife: Emily
Bowmer on March 21, 1852 (no children?)
6. Evaline Stith b. August 6, 1836
m. (August) April 20, 1854 to James J. McIuown
James J. died. October 1854 age 20 years
1 child:
Margaret Emma McIuown b. February 3, 1855
6. Evaline Stith b. August 6, 1836 m.
December 23, 1858 to Thomas P. Hardaway
7 children of Evaline and Thomas
1. Harriet Belle Hardaway b. July 26, 1860
2. William Glenn Hardaway b. February 26, 1862
3. Benjamin Logan Hardaway b. November 6, 1863
4. Thomas Hunter Hardaway b. September 22, 1865
5. Ernest
Hardaway
b. August 19, 1869
6. E. Pierce
Hardaway b.
September 28, 1873
7. A. Moorman Hardaway b. October 28, 1876
1. Ann Hall
Stith
b. November 18, 1757 m. 1st John Hightower, 2nd Drury Hardaway
no children of Ann and John ??
6 children of Ann and Drury
1. Lucy Ann Hardaway m.
John B. (Jack) Stith son of Joseph
2. Richard Buckner
Hardaway m. Elizasbeth Buckner Stith daughter of Joseph
3. Benjamin Stith
Hardaway not married ?
4. Thomas Parsons
Hardaway m. Nancy Ann Stith daughter of Joseph
5. Joseph Edwin
Hardaway m. Mary Board
6. William Henry
Hardaway m. Harriet Stith (parents?)
2. Joseph
Stith
b. September 16, 1759 m. Nancy Cocke
10 children of Joseph and Nancy
1. William Bathurst
Stith m. 1st. Harriet Bolling Hall, Harriet father was Lucy Hall's brother
2nd. Polly Jordan daughter of William and Lucy (Stith) Jordan
1. David Bathurst Stith m. Nancy Sprigg
1. David Griffin Stith m. Florance Crutcher
1. Stephen Wayne Stith m. Flora Ault
1. Harry Mac Stith m. Josephine Schuette
1. Kenneth Wayne Stith m. Eileen Field
2. Richard L. Stith m.
Elizabeth Ann Jordan daughter of William and Lucy (Stith) Jordan
3. Thomas Bathurst
Stith m. Ann Gaines McGee
4. John B. (Jack) Stith
married Lucy Ann Hardaway as above
5. Polly Bathurst Stith
married Nebemiah Board
6. Elizabeth Buckner
Stith marriad Richard Buckner Hardaway as above
7.Buckner Bathurst
Stith not married ??
8. Nancy Ann Stith b.
Sepember 8, 1798 d. February 16, 1842
m. 19 Feb. 1818 to Thomas Parsons Hardaway
7 children of Nancy and Thomas
1. James Leach Hardaway m. Margaret Cain
grave of James L. Hardaway at Scott Hill Farm
1. Adelisa Louise m. Charles Lee Scott
1. Walter Lee Scott m. Ruth Fontaine
1. Walter Charles Scott m. Ellen Delean Brown
1. Jesse Brown Scott m. Frances Byars Scott
2. Benjamin Stith Hardaway
1. Albert Benjamin Franklin Hardaway m. 1st Mary Howell 3 children
1. Nancy Elizabeth
2. James L.
3. Adalisa
m. 2nd Mary Elizabeth Johnson 1 child
4. Betty Catherine Hardaway m. Lee
1. Dave Lee
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
9. Joseph
Bathurst Stith not married ??
10. Patsy Martha
Stith m. Iscca L. Hynes
7. Thomas (Jefferson?) Stith b. October 8, 1768 in
Bedford Brunswick co. Va. d. 27 Jul. 1821 in Breckenridge Ky.
m.12 Mar. 1793 to Rhoda(e?) Jones (b. January 11, 1777, d. February 1851)
(Daughter of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth Cocke)She married 2nd. Matthew and 3rd. John
H. Gibbs
12 children
of Thomas and Rhoda
1. Richard
Stith b. 22 Feb. 1794 Va. m. 7 Feb. 1817 to Katherine Saunders
daughter of Daniel J. Saunders and Martha Stith daughter of Richard and Lucy (Hall) Stith
2.
Elizabeth J. (Betsy) Stith b. 23 Dec. 1795 m. 1st Achilles V. Mooreman 2nd. Jesse Mooreman
3. Mary
(Polly) Stith born 1796 married 18 Jul. 1816 Jesse P. Mooreman
4. Martha
(Patsy) Stith born 10 Mar. 1798
5. William
J. Stith b. 1798 d. 18 Sep. 1840 m. 1st. Evaline Jones 2nd. Margaret Allen
6. Thomas
Jefferson Stith b. 10 Jun. 1800 m. 21 Nov. 1823 Mary Polly Margriffin b. 1804
7. Mary W.
(Polly) Stith b.1 Jul. 1802 m. 1st 8 Mar. 1817 William Jones 2nd. 23 Nov. 1828 Nehemiah
Board
8. Harriet
Stith born 10 Jul. 1804 m. 1st William Henry Hardesty 2nd. 4 Jul. 1822 William P. Hardaway
9. Benjamin
Stith b. 1804 m. Cordilia A. Sanders
10. Nancy Willa
Stith b. 19 Sep. 1806 m. 12 Jan 1826 Thomas James Drury
11. Joseph Stith
b. 9 Sep. 1811 m. 7 Oct. 1830 Jesse Jones
12. Lucy
Catherine Stith b. 1814 m. Jesse Jones
** 11.William B. Stith b. October 18,
1777 m. Nancy Jones (b. 1780; d. January 2, 1849 at 69
years)
8 chilidren of
William and Nancy (order is merely notional when dates are not known)
1. Griffin Stith b.
Sept 2, 1802 (birth on Mar. license.) m. Susan Stith
1. Francis Marion Stith m. Nannie Abel
1. Robert Griffen Stith m. Anne Dowden (Dowden Dairy in Brandenburg)
1. Addie Frances Stith m. Loris Whitfield (origin: Mississippi then Virginia)
1. Jon Alan Whitfield
2. Catherine Stith b.
?? m. on April 13, 1821 to Richard Jordan
3. William A. Stith
4. Martha Stith b. 1808
Meade Co. m. on July 28, 1828 to Milton Stith b. 1808
son of Rev. Jack Stith and wife Lucy Ann Hardaway Stith.
5. ?????
6. Elizabeth Ann Stith
b 1811 m. on Feb 14, 1828 to Drury Stith
7. Richard W. Stith b 1813 Hardin Co m. on Aug. 5, 1830 to Rhoda Ann Moorman, dau.
of Achilles Venable
Moorman and Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones Stith (Elizabeth is daughter of Thomas Stith
and Rhoda Jones.)
children
1. Mary Elizabeth Stith
Richard W. Stith m. on 2 Feb. 1833 to Elizabeth B. Moorman (sister of Rhoda)
7 children
1. Martha Stith
2. Gabriel Stith
3. Laurie A. Stith
4. Achilles M. Stith
5. Lucy Stith
6. Elizabeth J. Stith
7. Crittenden J. Stith
Richard W. Stith m. on 18 Jan 1859 to Harriet Evaline "Evalina" Jones dau.
of Jesse Jones and Luch Catherine
Stith (Lucy is daughter of Thomas Stith and Rhoda Jones)
children
1. Jesse Clyde Stith
2. Rhoda Ann Stith m. Ambrose Denton Brown
Children
1. Lila Brown b. about 1886
2. Vashti Brown m. Christopher Edward Miller
children
1. Charles Kimble Miller m. Virginia Allen Miller dau. of Henry H. Allen and Willie E.
Coleman Allen
3. Hunter Stith
4. Ella W. Stith
8. Henry Stith b.
October 10, 1815 d. September 6, 1890 buried Stith-Wright Cem. Meade Co. Ky
m. Mary Ann Stith on April 14, 1836 (b. January 23, 1820 d. October 24, 1873)
daughter of Richard Stith and Elizabeth Jones
14 children of Henry and Mary Ann (data from Kenneth Stith 1998)
1. Emily Stith b. 23 Jan.
1837 died 1 Feb. 1837
2. Laura Stith b. 28 May 1838
died 5 May 1840
3. Albert Stith b. 31 May 1840 died
3 Dec 1844
4. Thomas Jefferson Stith b. 28 Aug. 1841 died 24 Aug. 1921
Civil War Soldier m. 12 Dec. 1866 Hannah Chase Williams
1. Irene Buckner Stith m. Charles Beauregard Fontaine
1. Ruth Fontaine m. Walter Lee Scott
1. Walter Charles Scott m. Ellen Delean Brown
5. Nancy E. Stith b. 28 Jul. 1843 died 10 Nov.
1910 m. Gilbert Wright
6. Rosanna (Rosie) Stith b. 27 Aug. 1845 died 19 Aug.
1874 m. William Shumate
7. Charles B. Stith b. 18 Aug.
1847
m. 26 Nov. 1874 Emma Catherine Wright
8. Sarah Stith b. 28 Aug. 1849
d. 1857
9. William Stith b. 19 Aug. 1851 d. 21 Apr. 1857
10. Richard B. Stith b. 12 Sep. 1853 d. 14 Nov. 1876
m. November 26, 1874 to Molly Ann Fife no children??
11. Martha Stith b. 8 Sep. 1856
12. son Stith b. 6 Aug.
1859 d. 10 Aug. 1859 (twin)
13. son Stith b. 6 Aug.
1859 d. 10 Aug. 1859 (twin)
14. Jesse Stith b. 23 Sep. 1860 d. 6 Feb.
1861
* See Walter Scott's book on "Grandma Margaret Hardaway"
Margaret Cane (Hardaway) (married Jim Hardaway) was mother of Adalissa Louise
Hardaway
Margaret was sister to Lucinda Cane (Stith) married to Jesse Stith
Lucinda Cane Stith and Jesse Stith graves
at Big Spring Methodist Church
Jim Hardaway grave at top of hill at
Scott Hill Farm (Jesse Stith Place)
** Richard and William settled in Stith Valley on "Jessie Stith Place" in
1804
Jesse Stith son of Richard Stith had in
his estate the farm which is now Scott Hill Farm
Jesse
Stith's estate sold the farm to Walter Lee Scott and Charles Lee Scott in 1911
See Walter Scott's book " Stith Valley"
** Another reference in Walter Scott's book:
Stith Graveyard
Scott Hill Farm - Meade County, Kentucky
1. James Hardaway, died in 1849, age of 50 years, father of Laddie Hardaway Scott, Walter
C. Scott's grandmother.
2. Alonza R., son of A. J. and Mary Stith, age of 1 and « years.
3. Ben E., son of Ben E. and Mary Johnson, age of 2 years.
4. William Stith, died May 10, 1854, age of 77 years, brother of Richard Stith, first
owner of Scott Hill Farm. As best can be determined, the brothers moved in 1804 and built
the first log cabin. Richard bought 450 acres in 1811.
5. Nancy Stith, died January 2, 1849, age of 69 years, William Stith's wife.
These grave stones still remain. Nancy's has sustained some damage but the rest are in good condition. J. Scott 1999. See more notes under J. Stith cemetery.