First Generation  

21731. James Stamper, son of Jonathan Stamper and Rachel Parks, was born on 4 Nov 1750 in Granville Co, NC Or Amherst Co, VA, died on 30 Mar 1826 in Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY at age 75, and was buried at Or Near Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY.

General Notes: Clay Co, KY; James Stamper (this may be the correct one); 0-0-0-1-0-0; 1 -0 -1-0-0
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Oliver Stamper in his book Descendants of James Stamper 1750-1826 t er ms Ja mes Stamper as “farmer, trapper, hunter, and trader”. He sa ys th at James a nd wife Sarah Moore Stamper arrived in Kentucky someti me betwe en 1796 and 1825 and th at they may have first lived in what is n ow Letch er Co, Kentucky before migrating to M organ Co, Kentucky. Jam es Stamper a pparently had several daughters in addition to t he two so ns identifi ed by Oliver Stamper. The 1790 census of Randolph Co, North C arol ina lis ts a Jammez Stamper with three sons and six daughters. It se ems that mo st or a ll of the daughters had already married in North Carol ina, and wh en James decid ed to accompany his sons to Kentucky they did n ot follo w. James and his wife Sarah are bu ried at or near Grassy Cre ek in Morg an Co, Kentucky. James Stamper's general movements can be docu mented by h is appearan ce in various tax lists and census records: 17 74 - Surry C o, NC tax list 1779 - Randolph Co, NC tax list 1782 - Montgom ery Co, VA t ax list 1784 - Wilkes Co, NC tax list 1790 - Randolph C o, NC census 18 20 - Clay Co, KY censusJames Stamper, farmer, trapper hun ter and tra de r. b.. Nov. 4, 1750- place unknown. M. Sarah Moore, who w as born Au g. 9, 1 749. They migrated to Kentucky from NC between 1796 a nd 1825. Th ey may ha ve lived for a time in what is now Letcher Co, Kentu cky, with th eir so n, or they may have lived in Grayson Co, Virginia, wi th their son T homas T heir last residence in NC wads apparently at or ne ar Grassycre ek in Ash e- County. -Their last abode was in Morgan Co, Kent ucky. James d ied Mar ch 30, 1826, and Sarah March 12, 1839. Both are buri ed in the Stam per ceme tery at or near Grassycreek in Morgan Co, Kentuck y. Have reco rd of only t wo sons. (Oliver Stamper, 1945)

Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1820.

James married Sarah Moore in 1773 in Wilkes Co, NC. Sarah was born on 9 Aug 1749 in Ashe Co, NC, died on 12 Mar 1839 in Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY at age 89, and was buried at Or Near Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 21732 M    i. William 'Tater Bill' Stamper ¹ was born between 22 Mar 1774 and 0027 in Granville Or Surry Co, NC,² died on 30 Apr 1852 in Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY, and was buried in Stamper Cemetery; Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY.

   21733 F    ii. Matilda Stamper was born about 1776 and died about 1850 in Ashe Co, NC? about age 74.

   21734 M    iii. Richard Stamper ³ was born about 1778 in Randolph Co, NC and died in Wilkes Co, NC.

+ 21735 F    iv. Susannah Susan Stamper was born on 22 May 1778 in Ashe Co, NC and died on 19 Dec 1857 in Ashe Co, N.C. at age 79.

   21736 M    v. Nathaniel Stamper ³ was born about 1779 in Randolph Co, NC and died in Wilkex Co, NC.

+ 21737 M    vi. Thomas Moore Stamper was born about 1780 in Wilkes Co, NC, died in 1850 in Morgan Co, KY about age 70, and was buried in Grassy Creek, Morgan Co, KY.

+ 21738 F    vii. Johanna 'Hannah' Stamper ³ was born on 5 Nov 1781 in Ashe Co, NC and died in Jul 1861 in Wilson Creek, Grayson Co, VA at age 79.