PIKE CO, AR - THOMAS STALLCUP - Bio Submitted by: Herb Cunningham (HerbCunnin@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Stallcup Thomas Stallcup is believed to have been born in Sumner County, Tennessee in ca. 1816. His parents were George and Susan (Hanley) Stalcup. In 1830, his father moved about half of the immediate family, including married children, to the area at what is now Independence, Missouri. Because the two locations were easily accessible to river traffic and considering the alternate modes of transportation of the day, it is easily assumed that the Stalcup family left the Nashville area on the Cumberland River, down the Ohio, up the Mississippi to the Missouri River and then up to what is now Kansas City. In about 1839, most of the Stallcup family that had migrated from Tennessee again moved; this time they selected Taney County, Missouri as their new home. Taney County is better known today as the location of Branson. The Stallcup family prospered in that location and descendants of the original family still live in the area. There is no detailed knowledge of Thomas Stallcup during the migratory period of his father. Because he was only about sixteen years old at the time of his parents and other family members migrated to Missouri, Thomas Stallcup could well have been a member of that party. That theory is made somewhat questionable since he is found in Pike County, Arkansas in the late 1830's with a first cousin from Sumner County, Tennessee by the name of Pleasant Stalkup. Thomas Stallcup did have a considerable family that remained in Sumner Co. after his father's move to Missouri and may have elected to stay in Tennessee with them. From the Arkansas 1830-39 Tax Lists by Ronald Vern Jackson, a Pleasant Stalkup is listed on the Pike Co., Arkansas Territory tax list for 1836, a Pleasant Stalcup is listed on the Pike Co., Arkansas 1838 tax list, and Thomas Stalcup is on the Pike Co., Arkansas tax list for 1839. From The Stalcup Family History 1641-1986 by Earl E. Jones, Pleasant Stallcup (ID no. 462) married Dovey A. M. Roney in Sumner Co., Tennessee on 15 April 1829 and was found in Arkansas in the 1836 thru 1844 time period. Pleasant Stallcup is also referenced as being the son of John Stallcup (ID no. 205) while Thomas Stallcup (ID no. 456) has been established as the son of George Stalcup (ID no. 204). George and John Stallcup are identified as being brothers and the sons of Tobias Stalcop (ID no. 128). Thomas and Pleasant Stallcup were therefore first-cousins and lived in the same area of Tennessee until at least the time that George Stalcup moved his family to western Missouri in 1830. Thomas Stallcup is identified as being in Washington Co., Arkansas in 1840 by the U.S. census taken that year and having a wife and one child. His wife was Emily (Pelham) and the eldest daughter of William and Nancy Pelham. The same 1840 census records also showed that Stallcup and his family lived adjacent to the Pelham family. By 1842, Thomas Stallcup had moved his family to the north Texas area. Land records from Fannin County show that Thomas Stallcup purchased land from William Chadwell that was located on the North Fork of the Sulfur River. This land was identified as being entitled to Chadwell originally by virtue of his headright certificate opened by the Board of Land Commissioners for Lamar County. Stallcup was identified as purchasing the land in question for $1,000 on the twenty-seventh day of May in 1844. In an accompanying document involved in this transaction, Thomas Stallcup was identified as being "of the County of Collin." Stallcup sold off parcels of this land in 1845 and sold the final portion of this original property, in the amount of 320 acres, for $400 on the 22nd day of November 1849 to a Robert A. Barney. Thomas Stallcup was in the Collin County, Texas area when it was officially formed in 1846. Upon his arrival in Collin County, Stallcup headrighted 640 acres of land between what is now Celina and McKinney, Texas. This particular land was obtained through the Peters Colony. At the time, Weston was the only nearby community. When he arrived, buffalo and wild horses roamed the area. The 1860 census records for Collin County shows Stallcup lived adjacent to the William Pelham and Rev. John S. Noble families in a general location that is approximately two miles south of the Cottage Hill Cemetery. This land was at one time, years later, known as the Frank Stewart farm. Later, Stallcup settled what is known as the Alec Newman farm seven miles east of Celina. The Peters Colony land that Thomas Stallcup obtain was identified by certificate no. 172 dated 29 Apr 1850. It was issued as patent no. 1280 dated 12 Oct 1855. The 640 acres in question was identified as being located at Section 33, Township 6, North Range 2 East in the Peters Colony. Stallcup help build the first court house in McKinney out of Bois'd Arc logs shortly after moving into Collin Co. and served as a justice of the peace. He was elected as County Commissioner for Collin County in 1850. In the 1851 thru 1854 period, Stallcup directed the sale of numerous lots in McKinney, Texas according to the Collin County Deed Index. A total of 36 city lots are identified as being sold by Stallcup covering 26 individual transactions during that period. These transactions may have involved Stallcup's function as a County Commissioner. On a personal basis, Stallcup continued to be involved in the sale of various other pieces of real estate after that period; however, those transactions apparently involved farm property and being of a personal nature. Thomas Stallcup and his wife, Nancy (Pelham), had the following children: Name of Child Date of Birth Location of Birth Marriage William M. ca. 1839 AR Thomas B. ca. 1840 AR George A. ca. 1842 AR Susan Jane ca. 1845 TX George W. Stalcup (first cousin) James F. 31 Dec 1849 TX Green ca. 1850 TX Mary E. ca. 1853 TX Thruman A. Weldon Eliza E. ca. 1854 TX Emma ca. 1856 TX T. W. Phelps Alice ca. 1861 TX John 5 May 1863 TX Victoria Hull Byars After Thomas Stallcup became established in the northwest part of Collin County, William and Nancy Pelham and their family moved into the area from Arkansas in the mid 1850's. The Pelham family move to Texas was related to the death of their son, Thomas E. Pelham. Peters Colony records show that Thomas Stallcup served as the administrator for the estate of Thomas E. Pelham who was in the process of obtaining land through the Colony at the time of his death. In the settlement of the Pelham estate, William Pelham, who is identified as his father, receives 313 acres in Collin County. The Peters Colony land that the heirs of Thomas E. Pelham obtain was identified by certificate no. 71 dated 29 Apr 1850. It was issued as patent no. 693 dated 20 Nov 1856. This land consisted of 320 acres less seven acres and was claimed by William and Nancy Pelham where were identified as being the parents of Thomas E. Pelham. Stallcup was one of the founding members of a Methodist Church in Celina in 1869, with that congregation ultimately becoming the First Methodist Church of Celina. The historic census records for Collin County show that he was the owner of a fifteen year old female Mulatto slave at one time; other records indicate that he did own a second slave but there are no known details. Stallcup died April 21, 1873 and is reported to be buried, along with a number of his twelve children, in the now abandoned Noble Cemetery. That cemetery is located on what was originally the farm operated by Rev. Noble. The Noble Cemetery can be located today as follows: On State Farm-to-Market Road No. 2478, go south of Cottage Hill Cemetery, take a left on Twin Bridges Road, and travel 2.1 miles. The Noble Cemetery is located in a grove of trees at a point approximately 0.5 miles south of the road. Thomas Stallcup's wife, Emily, is buried in the Union Cemetery located on the east side of Celina, immediately west of the Celina High School. -----------------------------------------------------------------------