RICHARD STITH OF VIRGINIA
Patriot Ancestor
Richard Stith was born 30 September 1727 in Brunwick County, Virginia, a younger son of Drury Stith and the former Elizabeth Buckner.
As a young man, he obtained a surveying commission from the College of William and Mary, and served as a deputy to his brother Buckner Stith, Surveyor of Bedford County, Virginia.
Richard married 29 December 1756 to Lucy, daughter of John Hall and the former Anne Bolling of Amelia County, Virginia.
During the American Revolution, Richard served as a member of the Bedford County Committee of Correspondence--a network of patriots organized by Samuel Adams of Massachusetts and Richard Henry Lee of Virginia to "invite cooperation of the other colonies."
Upon the creation of Campbell County from Bedford's territory 7 February 1782, Richard was selected as one of its first Justices of the Peace.
His will dated 1 June 1782 with numerous codicils is considered one of the best-prepared estate among the early records of Campbell County. He died there 16 November 1802, at the age of seventy-five.
Richard's widow Lucy, known affectionately as "Mammy Stith" by her extended family, moved to Hardin County, Kentucky, where she helped to found the first Methodist church. She died 12 February 1815.
I descend from Richard's daughter Katherine as follows:
Richard Stith > Katherine Stith > Agnes Walker Jones > Martha Virginia Brown > William Swinney Morgan > WSM Jr. > WSM III > WSM IV > WSM V.
References:
Charles Washington Coleman, The County Committees of 1774-75 in Virginia.
Ruth Hairston Early, Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches, pages 6 & 7.
John Hall to Richard Stith, 26 February 1761, Amelia County Deed Book 7, page 411.
Lizzie Hanenkamp Delafield (#14197), NSDAR Lineage Book 15, page 73.
Annie May Moorman (#71389), NSDAR Lineage Book 72, page 141.
William and Mary Quarterly 5:253 & 16:163.
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