Pleasant Wright STEPHENSON

Father: Hugh W. STEPHENSON
Mother: Margaret STEPHENSON

Family 1: Margaret McGAUGHY

(1) Lawrence County, Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index via Ancestry.com

  1. Jane STEPHENSON
  2. Samuel A. STEPHENSON
  3. Hugh STEPHENSON
  4. Albert STEPHENSON
  5. John STEPHENSON
  6. William STEPHENSON
  7. Margaret STEPHENSON
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 _Hugh W. STEPHENSON__|
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|--Pleasant Wright STEPHENSON
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|_Margaret STEPHENSON_|
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Notes

Updated September 17, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Lawrence County, Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Pleasant W. STEPEHNSON
- Gender: Male
- Marriage Date: 18 Apr 1821
- Marriage Place: Lawrence, Alabama, USA
- Spouse: Peggy McGAUGHY

(2) 1830 United States Census for Alabama, Lawrence Co.

- Name: Pleasant STEPHENSON
- Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Alabama
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6

(3) 1840 United States Census for Alabama, Lawrence Co.

- Name: P W STEPHENSON
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Alabama
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 8
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8

(4) 1850 United States Census for Alabama, Lawrence Co., 8th District: Page 395; November 15, 1850.

Pleasant W. STEVENSON is head of household, married to Margaret [McGAUGHY] STEVENSON. He is 49 years old, born in Tennessee and is a farmer with real estate value at $800. Children in the household are Jane (age 26), Samuel A. (age 21), Hugh (age 18), Albert (age 16), John (age 14), William (age 12) and Margaret (age 9). The children were born in Alabama.

(5) 1850 United States Slave Schedule for Tennessee, Shelby Co., 8th District; November 15, 1850.

- Slave Owner: P. W. STEPHENSON
- Slave: 20 year old female
- Slave: 16 year old male

(6) 1850 Alabama State Census for Lawrence County.

- Head of Family: P W STEPHENSON
- White Males Under 21: 6
- White Males Over 21: 1
- White Males Between 18 and 45: 2
- White Males Over 45: 1
- White Females Under 21: 1
- White Females Over 21: 2
- Number of Slaves: 2

(7) 1860 United States Census for Tennessee, Shelby Co., Eleventh District (Germantown Post Office): Page 169, August 31, 1860.

Pleasant W. STEVENSON is head of household, married to Margaret [McGAUGHY] STEVENSON. He is 60 years old, born in Tennesse and is a farmer with personal estate valued at $1,000. Children in the household are Samuel A. (age 30; farmer), William (age 22; farmer), and Margaret (age 8). The children were born in Alabama.

(8) 1860 United States Agricultural Census Schedule for Tennessee, Shelby Co., Eleventh District (Germantown Post Office).

- Acres (improved): 90
- Cash Value of Farm: $2,700
- Value of Farming Implements: $128
- Horses: 7
- Milch Cows: 5
- Other Cattle: 9
- Swine: 14
- Value of Live Stock: $600
- Indian Corn (bushels): 500
- Ginned Cotton (bales; 400 lbs): 15
- Peas and Beans (bushels): 90
- Irish Potatos (bushels): 20
- Sweet Potatos (bushels): 150
- Value of Produce: $50
- Butter (lbs): 750
- Value of Animals Slaughtered: $175

(9) 1870 United States Census for Tennessee, Shelby Co., 10th Civil District (Collierville Post Office): Page 60; July 30, 1870.

P. W. STEVENSON is head of household. He is 70 years old, born in Tennesse and is a farmer with personal estate valued at $400. His daughter Ann (age 28) is keeping house and his son Samuel (age 41) is farming. Another resident is John STEVENSON (age 21), perhaps a grandchild?

(10) Find a Grave

- Name: Pleasant Wright STEPHENSON
- Birth: 9 Jun 1800; Smith County, Tennessee, USA
- Death: 1880 (aged 79–80); Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
- Burial: Burial Details Unknown
- Memorial ID: 86945176

(11) Stephenson, John Calvin. The Stephenson Family: A Genealogical Sketch of the Stephenson Family from Henry Stephenson of Scotland, to the Present Time. Nashville, Tennesse, United States, The author, 1906.

Page 21: "Hugh W. STEPHENSON married his cousin, Margaret, daughter of Capt. James STEPHENSON, one of the Four. She, Margaret, was born in Ireland, November 28, 1770, and married in York County, South Carolina, October 16, 1787. The following are the children of Hugh W. and Margaret STEPHENSON: ... Pleasant Wright, born June 9, 1800, in Tennessee."

Page 67: "Pleasant Wright STEPHENSON, the third son and sixth child of Hugh W. and Margaret STEPHENSON, married Miss Margaret (Peggy) McGAUGHEY, the daughter of a major in the Revolutionary War. After the children were nearly all grown the family settled east of Memphis, in Tennessee. There were two daughters and several sons. Jane, the oldest daughter of P. W. STEPHENSON and his wife, 'Peggy,' married in Tennessee. She is dead. There were no children."