John Stith (1755 - 1810)

Born 24 Mar 1755 in Brunswick County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Washington) Stith — married 11 Dec 1783 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1810 at age 54 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Major John Stith served with 4th Virginia Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Major John Stith was Wounded in Action during the American Revolution.

John Stith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A110259.

John Stith is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 298270
Rank: Major and Patriotic Service

John Stith's father was Captain Buckner Stith, son of Drury and Elizabeth (Buckner) Stith, was of Rock Spring, Brunswick County, and the author of an elaborate treatise on the culture of tobacco.

Wife: Anne Washington, married December 11, 1783 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia.St Paul's Parish, Virginia^[1]

John served as Captain of the 4th Virginia Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.^[2] He died in 1810 in Virginia, and was buried on his property in Virginia, land, known as Stith Fields, which was later acquired by George Washington as part of his estate, Mount Vernon. John’s wife Annie was buried in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ^[3]

The children of John and Ann (Washington) Stith surviving by 1824 were named in Ann's will dated the 24th of December, 1824 (see profile), to include:

Sally Irby

Louisa

Cincinnatus Stith

Needham Stith

Lawrence W. Stith & Ann, his wife

Putnam Stith

Ariana Washington

Helen Hungerford

Note - Stith-130 had "Maj." as prefix; text has "Colonel" John Stith. A statement made by him "Brunswick County... 15th day of February 1807" was signed "Jno Stith formerly Capt. in the 4th V R" (if this is the same man).^[4] Also, a letter from then General George Washington to Captain John Stith dated 1 Oct 1778.^[5] The title Major in various sources as brevit.

Children of John and Ann (Washington) Stith included^[6]

1. Ariana Stith, married Warner Washington
2. Betsy Stith, married Thornton Washington
3. Sarah Washington Stith, married William Blunt Irby
4. Lawrence Washington Stith, married Anne M. Laval
5. Louisa Stith, married John Womack
6. Helen Washington Stith, married Thomas Hungerford

Dr. Christopher Johnson named these additional children:^[7]

1. Needham W. Stith, m. d. 1840 m. Lucy G. Haskins
2. Cincinnatus Stith, m. Miss [Ms.] Fletcher of Alabama
3. Buckner, died young

Additionally, John Stith and Anne Washington may have been parents to:

1. John W. Stith, a young man who appears to have died during the War of 1812. His will was dated the 14th of June in 1814, citing eminent death, and The United States was indebted to him and his servant from the 1st of March. He left his possessions to his brother Buckner & mother. His will was proven in Brunswick Court the 22nd of August 1814 by Andrew Field, Nicholas E. Lewis, & Cincinnatus Stith. The latter was granted administration with David Meade as his bond.^[8]

Obituary

DIED, On Saturday the 10th inst. at his seat in Brunswick county, (Va) Colonel John Stith, after a well-spent life of 55 years, the greater part of which had been devoted to the service of his country. At the early age of 18 years, he entered the army as a Lieutenant, with the first company of regular troops finished by his native state, in the revolutionary war; and in the well fought battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germanton and Monmouth, distinguished himself as a brave, active and enterprising officer. He afterwards marched to the south, and at Charleston, in 1780, became a prisoner with the army under Lincoln. When exchanged, he returned to his duty, which was faithfully discharged till the close of the war in 1783. He was promoted in the service to the rank of Major. His private character was no less amiable and respected, than his public. He had been useful and honorable. —Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina State Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), Thursday, March 1, 1810, p. 3.

Sources

1. ↑ St. Paul's Parish Register (Stafford -- King George Counties) 1715-1798, compiled by John Bailey Calvert Nicklin (1962), page 59
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 Oct 2023), "Record of John Stith", Ancestor # A110259.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #59323317
4. ↑ Bounty Land Warrant (pdf) relating to David Walker of Nottoway County, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters (accessed 7 September 2018)
5. ↑ (1778) George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Washington to John Stith, October 1. October 1. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw451966/.
6. ↑ List from John Stith's DAR record, which means these children had descendants who joined the DAR by providing proof of their lineage. It does not mean these were their only children.

   1. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 10, 2017), "Record of Major John Stith", Ancestor # A110259.

7. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. IV. Neville-Terrill [database on-line].
8. ↑ Will of John W. Stith. "Brunswick, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PH-S9CP-X : March 13, 2021), image 79 of 771; Virginia. County Court (Brunswick County).

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-WPYV : 20 February 2021), John Stith, 01 Jun 1777; citing 01 Jun 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,378.
• “The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby” by Howard Randolph Bayne, 1907
• E. Jay Stith, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5156, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Feb 2, 1999.

Research Notes

Siblings
Captain Buckner Stith and Susanna Munford Stith's children were:

1. Colonel John Stith of Brunswick, who married a daughter of Lawrence Washington of King George Co.
   
2. Colonel John Stith of Brunswick, who married a daughter of Lawrence Washington of King George Co.
   
3. Colonel Robert Stith of Windsor, King George Co., who married another daughter, of Lawrence Washington. One of his daughters, Fanny Townsend Stith, being the mother of David I. Mead Bernard.
   
4. Colonel John Stith of Brunswick, who married a daughter of Lawrence Washington of King George Co.
   
5. Richard Stith of Brunswick.
   
6. Colonel John Stith of Brunswick, who married a daughter of Lawrence Washington of King George Co.
   
7. Buckner Stith of Brunswick, whose daughter was the grandmother of Judge Needham S. Turnbull and the Hon. Robert Turnbull of the Brunswick family of that name.
   
8. Colonel John Stith of Brunswick, who married a daughter of Lawrence Washington of King George Co.
   
9. Ann Stith married William Eaton, of Warren, N. C.
   
10. Susannah Stith married Andrew Mead.
    
11. Catherine Stith was the second wife of Robert Bolling, of Centre Hill.
    
12. Griffin Stith married (1st) the widow of Samuel Washington (2d) Mary Dent Alexander, (3d) Gwatkin