Elizabeth was the sixth child born to Col. William and Sarah Day Stacy.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Their children were two boys and four girls: Walter, Gideon, Sallie, Elizabeth, Nancy and Harriet. There may also have been a son Abner and a daughter Kate.
They made their home on land, which had been allotted to them in Marietta.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a form a short distance above the present village of Stockport. Stockport is located about 40 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus and general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone. Elizabeth, according to Big Bottom Cemetery records, also died in 1836. That cemetery is located just below Stockport near the site of the Big Bottom Massacre.
There were many cemeteries located on the Muskingum River, as travel was often slow and difficult in both summer and winter. Bodies were often brought to the cemeteries on barges in the summer and on sleds in the winter. It has been speculated that Elizabeth may have been visiting in the area at her death and perhaps it was impossible to return her body to the Newton farm to be buried with her husband. While only a few miles apart, the Newton farm is on the opposite side of the river from the Big Bottom Cemetery.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 6.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Their children were two boys and four girls: Walter, Gideon, Sallie, Elizabeth, Nancy and Harriet. There may also have been a son Abner and a daughter Kate.
They made their home on land, which had been allotted to them in Marietta.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a form a short distance above the present village of Stockport. Stockport is located about 40 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus and general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone. Elizabeth, according to Big Bottom Cemetery records, also died in 1836. That cemetery is located just below Stockport near the site of the Big Bottom Massacre.
There were many cemeteries located on the Muskingum River, as travel was often slow and difficult in both summer and winter. Bodies were often brought to the cemeteries on barges in the summer and on sleds in the winter. It has been speculated that Elizabeth may have been visiting in the area at her death and perhaps it was impossible to return her body to the Newton farm to be buried with her husband. While only a few miles apart, the Newton farm is on the opposite side of the river from the Big Bottom Cemetery.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 6.
Elizabeth was the sixth child born to Col. William and Sarah Day Stacy.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Their children were two boys and four girls: Walter, Gideon, Sallie, Elizabeth, Nancy and Harriet. There may also have been a son Abner and a daughter Kate.
They made their home on land, which had been allotted to them in Marietta.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a form a short distance above the present village of Stockport. Stockport is located about 40 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus and general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone. Elizabeth, according to Big Bottom Cemetery records, also died in 1836. That cemetery is located just below Stockport near the site of the Big Bottom Massacre.
There were many cemeteries located on the Muskingum River, as travel was often slow and difficult in both summer and winter. Bodies were often brought to the cemeteries on barges in the summer and on sleds in the winter. It has been speculated that Elizabeth may have been visiting in the area at her death and perhaps it was impossible to return her body to the Newton farm to be buried with her husband. While only a few miles apart, the Newton farm is on the opposite side of the river from the Big Bottom Cemetery.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 6.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Their children were two boys and four girls: Walter, Gideon, Sallie, Elizabeth, Nancy and Harriet. There may also have been a son Abner and a daughter Kate.
They made their home on land, which had been allotted to them in Marietta.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a form a short distance above the present village of Stockport. Stockport is located about 40 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus and general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone. Elizabeth, according to Big Bottom Cemetery records, also died in 1836. That cemetery is located just below Stockport near the site of the Big Bottom Massacre.
There were many cemeteries located on the Muskingum River, as travel was often slow and difficult in both summer and winter. Bodies were often brought to the cemeteries on barges in the summer and on sleds in the winter. It has been speculated that Elizabeth may have been visiting in the area at her death and perhaps it was impossible to return her body to the Newton farm to be buried with her husband. While only a few miles apart, the Newton farm is on the opposite side of the river from the Big Bottom Cemetery.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 6.
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