West Virginia Family Files Chronology of the MACE Family ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. ********************************************************************** Submitted by: Bill Mace, WMMACE@aol.com CHRONOLOGY: IN THE FOLLOWING I AM MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH MY MACE ANCESTORS AND THEIR DIRECT LINE THAT LED TO ME. THIS IS THE ANCESTRAL LINE OF MY FATHER'S FATHER. I START OFF LISTING ANY MENTION OF THE MACE NAME THAT OCCURRED IN THE EASTERN SHORE AREAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA DURING THE 1600s AND FROM THERE I START TO LOOK FOR ANY MENTION OF THE MACE NAME IN VIRGINIA AND IN PARTICULAR WESTERN VIRGINIA DURING THE 1700s AND FROM THERE INTO THE PRESENT DAY AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THE LATE 1700s AND EARLY/MID 1800s AND THEN BEYOND TO ANY AREA THAT I KNOW A DIRECT DESCENDENT TO BE. IN ADDITION I HAVE INCLUDED THE NAMES NON-MACE DIRECT ANCESTORS THAT ARE GREAT GRANDPARENTS OF WHATEVER GENERATION. THESE SURNAMES INCLUDE CURRENCE, EDWARDS, HAMILTON, PITMAN, SMITH, AND STALNAKER. THE DESCENDENCY I AM LOOKING FOR, FROM THE BEGINNING FOR WHICH THIS BASICALLY STARTS IN THE 1600s, IS FROM THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES GOING WEST. I DO NOT REALLY KNOW THE FULL RELATIONSHIPS OF EVERYONE UNTIL THE EARLY 1800s AND BEFORE THAT MOST IS PRETTY MUCH GUESS WORK AT THIS POINT, OTHER THAN THEM BEING RELATED AS A GREAT GRANDPARENT OR UNCLE/AUNT. AS I GET FURTHER DOWN THE LINE I BEGIN TO EXCLUDE THE PEOPLE THAT BRANCH OFF INTO OTHER LINES WHICH THEN HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PATH THAT LED TO MYSELF. FOR INSTANCE, EBENEZER IS A GREAT TIMES FOUR GRANDFATHER AND FATHER OF WILLIAM WHO HAD POSSIBLY TWO SIBLINGS. I LIST WILLIAM'S SIBLINGS BUT NOT THEIR CHILDREN, UNLESS THEY WERE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING WITH THE REST OF THE DIRECT LINE. EXAMPLE, DORCAS WAMSLEY STALNAKER IS THE NIECE OF BOTH WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE DORCAS STALNAKER MACE AND SHE DIES IN THE SAME AREA AT AROUND THE SAME TIME IN LINN COUNTY, KANSAS AS BOTH WILLIAM AND DORCAS. DORCAS STALNAKER'S HUSBAND JOHN IS ALSO THE BROTHER OF ABSOLUM WHO IS MARRIED TO WILLIAM'S DAUGHTER MARY ELIZABETH. THERE IS PLENTY OF CONFUSION HERE BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FIRST COUSIN MARRIAGES. EXAMPLE, WILLIAM AND DORCAS ARE MOST LIKELY FIRST COUSINS AS ARE ABSOLUM AND MARY ELIZABETH. WHAT I DO IS FOLLOW THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM/DORCAS, BUT NOT THEIR CHILDREN, UNLESS IT IS IN MY DIRECT LINE. WILLIAM AND DORCAS'S SON FERDINAND IS MY GREAT TIMES TWO SO I FOLLOW ALL OF HIS CHILDREN BUT NOT THEIRS AND SO ON. MY LINE OF MACES I BELIEVE CAME FROM ENGLAND AND THE PEOPLE THEY MARRIED INTO FROM IRELAND, GERMANY AND ENGLAND FOR THE MOST PART. THEY MARRIED INTO STALNAKERS, CURRENCES, ARBOGASTS, HAMILTONS, PITMANS, SMITHS AND MANY MORE. FOR THE MOST PART, UNTIL LATER GENERATIONS, THE FAMILIES WERE QUITE LARGE AND SPREAD OUT OVER SEVERAL YEARS. EXAMPLE, FERDINAND'S FIRST CHILD WAS BORN IN 1849 AND THE LAST ONE WAS BORN AROUND 1875 WHEN HIS WIFE, JUDITH, WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO FIFTY, IF NOT ALREADY. THE MACES AND ALL OF THEIR BLOOD LINE PARTICIPATED IN MUCH OF ALL THAT WENT ON IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS OF VIRGINIA/MARYLAND TO THE INDIAN WARS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND ALL OF THE PERIODIC AND CONSTANT MIGRATIONS WEST. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AND ALL LATER WARS. THEY WERE FARMERS, BLACKSMITHS, SOLDIERS AND MUCH MORE. THEY WERE THE SOLID MIDDLE MAIN-STREAM THAT WERE TOUGH, HARDY AND ENDURING. 1635 MACE -A JOHN MACE IS LISTED AS A PASSENGER TO VIRGINIA FROM GRAVESEND, ENGLAND ON JUNE 23rd. HE IS 20 YEARS OLD. 1637 MACE -A JON. MACE IS SPONSORED BY HENRY PERRY IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1641 MACE -A ROWLAND ARRIVES IN MARYLAND. 1643 -ABOUT THIS TIME CHARLES RIVER COUNTY IN VIRGINIA IS RENAMED YORKE COUNTY. 1647 MACE -A JAMIE MACE IS MENTIONED AS A WITNESS TO WHAT MIGHT BE A TOBACCO SALE IN YORKE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1648 MACE -A THOMAS MASE IS SPONSORED BY LEWIS BURWELL IN AN UNNAMED COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. THIS IS PROBABLY YORK COUNTY SINCE A THOMAS MACE IS MENTIONED ALSO IN A LAND TRANSACTION DEAL WHERE LAND IS OWED TO A THOMAS VAUSE FOR IMPORTING SEVERAL PEOPLE OF WHOM THOMAS MACE IS ONE. 1649 MACE -A CLOUDS MACE IS LISTED AS A WITNESS TO THE WILL OF JOHN THOMPSON IN AN UNNAMED COUNTY IN MARYLAND. 1650 -ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FORMED IN MARYLAND AS AN ORIGINAL COUNTY. MACE -A GILBERT MACE IS SPONSORED BY RALPH GREEN IN AN UNNAMED COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. THIS IS PROBABLY IN PRESENT DAY GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA SINCE THERE IS A MENTION OF YORKE RIVER THAT BORDERS GLOUCESTER AND JONES CREEK THAT COMES INTO THE YORKE RIVER THROUGH GLOUCESTER COUNTY. 1653 MACE 1654 MACE -A CLAUDS MACE IS MENTIONED AS A WITNESS TO A TOBACCO SALE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1656 MACE -THERE IS A WILLIAM MACE IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA WHO IS PROBABLY SPONSORED BY A JOHN CHANDLER 1659 MACE -A ROWLAND MACE IS LISTED AS A LEASEHOLDER AT ST. CLEMENT'S MANOR IN MARYLAND. -A COVE/CLOVE MACE SHOWS UP AT THE DOOR OF SOMEONE IN ST. CLEMENT'S MANOR AREA BEAT UP AND BLOODY AFTER A FIGHT WITH A HUSBAND AND WIFE. 1660 MACE -A CLOCE MACE LISTED AS A LEASEHOLDER AT ST. CLEMENT'S MANOR, MARYLAND. 1661 MACE -A CLOVE MACE LISTED AS A JUROR AT ST. CLEMENT'S MANOR, MARYLAND. 1665 MACE -AN ANN MACE IS IN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, PROBABLY SPONSORED/EMPLOYED BY WILLIAM TALBOT AND JONATHAN TALBOT. 1668 -DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND FORMED AS AN ORIGINAL COUNTY. 1667 MACE -JOHN MAIES GETS LAND WITH/FROM HIS FATHER WILLIAM IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1673 MACE -A JOHN MAIES BUYS LAND, HAS LAND IN/OR IS LIVING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE APPOMATTOX RIVER IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY. 1678 MACE -A SAMUEL AND MARY LAND MENTIONED IN A LAND SALE IN STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1682 MACE -GILBERT MACE ARRIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAME MACE MENTIONED IN 1650 VIRGINIA. 1683 MACE -A WILLIAM MACE IS IN NEW KENT OR RAPPAHANOCK COUNTY(LATER BECAME ESSEX COUNTY), VIRGINIA AND IS PROBABLY SPONSORED/EMPLOYED BY A COLONEL EDWARD HILL. 1695 CURRENCE-MACE -SAMUEL CURRENCE BORN IN IRELAND. HE IS A GREATx6 GRANDFATHER. -JOSIAS AND NICHOLAS MACE GET LAND IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MD CALLED "OUTLET". 1703 MACE -A JOHN MASE IS ON AN IMPORTATION LIST OF 58 PEOPLE TO NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1705 STALNAKER -SAMUEL STALNAKER BORN AROUND THIS TIME IN WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. HE IS GREATx6 GRANDFATHER. 1707 MACE -JOSIAS, ELIZABETH AND RACHAEL ARE WITNESSES TO THE WILL OF JOHN PHILIPS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND. 1711 MACE -A FRANCIS MACE IS IN NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -A CHRISTOPHER MAISE IS FINED 500 POUNDS OF TOBACCO TO THE WICCOCOMOCO PARISH IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA FOR GETTING A WOMAN PREGNANT OUT OF WEDLOCK 1715 CURRENCE -WILLIAM CURRENCE, SON OF SAMUEL CURRENCE, BORN IN IRELAND. 1719 MACE -A HENRY MACE IS A WITNESS TO THE WILL OF THOMAS SPARROW IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND. 1726 MACE -JOSIAS MACE IS A WITNESS TO THE WILL OF THOMAS ROTTEN SR. IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND. -JOSIAS AND MARY MACE ARE WITNESSES TO THE WILL OF THOMAS NUNER IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND. 1728 MACE -A GEORGE MACE, AGED 19, ARRIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA. -A SAMUEL AND MARY MACE ARE MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1729 MACE -A JOSIAS MACE DIES AND LEAVES HIS ENTIRE ESTATE TO HIS FATHER(?) AND HEIRS IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND. 1731 MACE -A NICHOLAS MACE DIES AND LEAVES HIS ESTATE TO HIS SONS JOHN AND THOMAS. MENTIONED IN THE WILL ARE DAUGHTERS ELIZABETH AND ANNE. 1732 MACE -A THOMAS MACE IS A WITNESS TO THE WILL OF RICHARD HILL IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND. -SAMUEL STALNAKER MOVES DOWN INTO "THE VALLEY" FROM BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. HE IS ONE OF THE AREAS FIRST SETTLERS. 1735 STEELE -LYDIA STEELE IS BORN AROUND THIS TIME IN BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE IS A GREATx5 GRANDMOTHER WHO MARRIES WILLIAM CURRENCE. 1740 STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER BORN AROUND THIS TIME IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THIS IS TRUE IF HE IS INDEED 86 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1826. HE IS A GREATx4 GRANDFATHER. 1743 MACE -JOSIAS DIES IN DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND AND LEAVES TOOLS AND PERSONALTY TO SON JOSIAS. GRAND CHILDREN JOSIAS AND SUSANNA ARE MENTIONED AS WELL AS A DECEASED COUSIN NICHOLAS. THE WILL MENTIONS DAUGHTERS MARY SHENTON, RACHAEL LAIN AND ELIZABETH MOTTEN. 1745 -AUGUSTA COUNTY FORMED FROM ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -GREENBRIER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF BOTETOURT AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA. 1748 STALNAKER -SAMUEL STALNAKER IS IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA AS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL BY A TRAVELLER NAMED DR. THOMAS WALKER. 1750 STALNAKER -SAMUEL STALNAKER IS IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA AS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL BY A TRAVELLER NAMED DR. THOMAS WALKER. HE IS LIVING ON THE HOLSTON RIVER. DURING THIS VISIT SAMUEL STALNAKER TURNS DOWN A REQUEST TO LEAD DR. WALKER'S PARTY WEST, BUT GIVES THEM DIRECTIONS TO CAVE GAP, WHICH LATER BECAME THE CUMBERLAND GAP MADE FAMOUS BY DANIEL BOONE. 1752 MACE-PITMAN-STALNAKER -JOHN MACE, A SON OF HENRY1/ANNE, IS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA. -JOSEPH C. PITMAN BORN IN KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HE IS A GREATx4 GRAND- FATHER. -SAMUEL STALNAKER LISTED AS A "CAPT. OF FOOT" IN AN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA MILITIA ROSTER. 1753 STALNAKER -SAMUEL STALNAKER MADE OVERSEER OF A ROAD TO BE BUILT ON HIS PROPERTY BY THE HOLSTON RIVER IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HIS SON GEORGE STALNAKER IS MENTIONED AS A PARTICIPANT. 1752-1755 MACE -SOMETIME DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THE MACES OF HENRY1/ANNE COME OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA OR MARYLAND INTO AUGUSTA COUNTY. 1754 -HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF AUGUSTA AND FREDERICK COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. MACE -THERE IS A HENRY MAISE LISTED IN LANCASTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA AS AN INDENTURED SERVANT. HE IS ALSO THE SON OF A HENRY, DECEASED. -A NICHOLAS MASE IS MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1755 MACE-STALNAKER -ISAAC, SON OF HENRY1/ANNE IS BORN IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. PROBABLY IN AN AREA THAT IS PRESENT DAY HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -SAMUEL STALNAKER IS CAPTURED BY INDIANS ON THE HOLSTON RIVER. SAMUEL'S WIFE SARAH AND SON ADAM ARE KILLED. SAMUEL LATER ESCAPES AFTER BEING TAKEN TO OHIO. 1756 MACE-STALNAKER -SAMUEL STALNAKER RECEIVES 100 POUNDS FROM GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE OF VIRGINIA TO BUILD A FORT AT DRAPER'S MEADOW. THIS IS IN PRESENT DAY SMITHFIELD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -SAMUEL STALNAKER PARTICIPATES IN A COUNCIL OF WAR ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. -SAMUEL STALNAKER'S HOUSE IS USED AS A MEETING PLACE TO DISCUSS PEACE BETWEEN THE CHEROKEES AND SETTLERS AND LOCAL/STATE OFFICIALS. -A JAMES MAIS, JR. ON A LIST OF VIRGINIA MILITIA IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -A JAMES MAIS IS KILLED BY INDIANS IN JACKSON'S RIVER, AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1757 MACE -A JOHN MAISE LISTED ON THE ROLL OF MAJOR ANDREW LEWIS'S COMPANY OF MILITIA IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -A RICHARD MASE MENTIONED AS A MEMBER IN AN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA MILITIA. 1759 MACE -HENRY2 IS POSSIBLY BORN AROUND THIS TIME IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HE IS ALSO, PROBABLY, THE SON OF HENRY1/ANNE. SINCE THE 1790 AND 1800 CENSUSES ARE GONE AND HENRY2 DIES BEFORE THE 1810 IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH HIS AGE. 1760 MACE -A HENRY AND NICHOLAS BUY LAND IN AUGUSTA COUNTY ON BROAD RUN NEAR LINVILLE'S CREEK. 1761 MACE -EBENEZER MACE IS BORN AROUND THIS TIME. FROM EARLY CENSUSES, 1810 TO 1820 HIS AGE GROUPINGS PUT HIM BETWEEN 1760 AND 1765. RIGHT NOW I HAVE HIM AS THE SON OF HENRY1 AND ANNE(PETTY?) MACE, BUT HE COULD ALSO BE THE SON OF NICHOLAS AND ANNE MACE. 1762 MACE-STALNAKER -A HENRY MAESE AND ANNE ARE MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. A NICHOLAS MASE IS ALSO MENTIONED WITH HENRY OVER THE SAME LAND WHEN THE LAND WAS ACQUIRED IN 1760. -SAMUEL STALNAKER INVOLVED IN A PROPERTY TRANSACTION/LOAN TO HELP A MAN PAY OFF DEBTS IN HAMSHIRE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THIS AREA IS AUGUSTA COUNTY AT THE TIME, BUT THE INFO WAS LISTED IN A BOOK ON HAMPSHIRE COUNTY DEEDS AND WILLS. 1763 MACE-STALNAKER -A HENRY AND NICHOLAS MACE ARE MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -A PETER MACE IS ON THE YORK-HAMPTON TAX CENSUS IN YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -SAMUEL STALNAKER IS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER LAW SUIT WHERE HE PROVIDES SECURITY AND IS GIVEN LIVE STOCK IN RETURN IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THIS IS IN AN AREA THAT IS IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, BUT THE INFORMATION IS LISTED IN A BOOK ON HAMPSHIRE COUNTY DEEDS AND WILLS. 1766 MACE -AN ANNE MACE IS BAPTIZED IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1767 MACE -A HENRY IS A SIGNATOR TO A DOCUMENT THAT REQUESTS THE BUILDING OF A ROAD IN AUGUSTA COUNTY. 1768 MACE -A PIECE OF PROPERTY ADJACENT TO PROPERTY OWNED BY NICHOLAS AND HENRY MACE IS REPOSSESSED IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1770 MACE -A HENRY AND NICHOLAS ARE MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1772 -DUNMORE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, NAMED AFTER THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, IS CREATED FROM FREDERICK COUNTY. CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -JACOB STALNAKER SR. MOVES INTO TYGART'S VALLEY, MONONGALIA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THIS AREA WOULD LATER BECOME PART OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. OTHER FIRST SETTLERS AT OR AROUND THIS TIME WERE JONATHAN SMITH AND WILLIAM CURRENCE. -A NICHOLAS MACE IS MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1773 MACE -A HENRY MACE IS A SERVANT OF DAVID LAIRD IN AUGUST COUNTY. -A HENRY MACE, BLACKSMITH, IS RELEASED FROM SERVICE TO DAVID LAIRD PROVIDED HE WORKS UNDER LAIRD'S DIRECTION TO WORK OFF 100 POUNDS OWING. ONE OF THE WITNESSES TO THIS IS A WILLIAM LAME. -AN ANNE MACE IS REMINDED THAT SHE NEEDS TO SHOW UP FOR CHURCH IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1774 MACE-CURRENCE -WILLIAM CURRENCE BUILDS FORT CURRENCE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL BENJAMIN WILSON, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF SEVERAL FORTS IN THE AREA OF TYGARTS VALLEY. THE FORT WAS NEAR PRESENT DAY CRICKARD AND MILL CREEK IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -A NICHOLAS MACE AND ANN ARE MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -HENRY AND NICHOLAS MAZE NATURALIZED IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1775 MACE -NICHOLAS MACE IS MENTIONED IN A COURT EXAMINATION OF THE WIFE CATHERINE OF MICHAEL KINDER/KINTNER/GINDNER THAT SOLD LAND TO NICHOLAS WITH MICHAEL'S BROTHER GEORGE. APPARENTLY THE LAND IS RETURNED. THE LAND RETURNED MAY BE THAT OF A FRANCIS McBRIDE WHO IS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE TRANSACTIONS. THE LAND IS POSSIBLY AROUND BROCK'S/BROOKS CREEK VIRGINIA. THIS MAY BE THE LAND MENTIONED IN 1774 OF NICHOLAS AND ANN. 1776 -MONONGALIA COUNTY FORMED FROM WEST AUGUSTA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA. MACE -AN ANNE MACE IS AGAIN REMINDED THAT SHE NEEDS TO GO TO CHURCH IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND SHE AGREES TO BE THERE, THUS IS KEPT AS A MEMBER. -A HENRY MAISE JOINS THE 8TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT AS A PRIVATE FOR THREE MONTHS IN CAPT. MATHIAS HITE'' COMPANY, COLONEL BOWMAN COMMANDING. 1777 CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -WILLIAM CURRENCE, JONATHAN SMITH AND JACOB STALNAKER SR. ARE SIGNATORS ON A LEGISLATIVE PETITION DOCUMENT SUBMITTED IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO BE MADE INTO A COUNTY OF THEIR OWN WITH SPECIFIED BOUNDARIES. -A HENRY MACE JOINS THE 2ND VIRGINIA REGIMENT AS A PRIVATE IN CAPT. MARQUIS CALME'S COMPANY, COL. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD COMMANDING. HE DESERTED AFTER 10 DAYS INTO AUGUST, BUT EVIDENTLY SERVED THE MONTH OF JULY. -THERE IS A JAMES MACE IN THE 2ND VIRGINIA REGIMENT WHO DIES IN OCTOBER IN A FIELD HOSPITAL IN TRENTON, N.J HE AT LEAST SERVED FROM MAY TO DATE OF DEATH. IT IS CAPT. PETER DUNN'S REGIMENT COMMANDED BY LT.COL. CHARLES SIMMS. -A MATTOX MACE IS IN THE 6TH VIRGINIA BATT. OF CAPT. PETER DUNN'S COMPANY COMMANDED BY COL. THOMAS ELLIOT FROM MAY TO FEB OR MARCH OF 1778. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE BROTHER OF JAMES. IN 1785 HE IS AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF FULL PAY BY CONGRESS. -HENRY MACE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY MARRIES ELIZABETH BOWMAN. 1778 -DUNMORE COUNTY, VIRGINIA IS CHANGED TO SHENANDOAH COUNTY AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HAS STARTED AND THERE IS AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN PLACE IN VIRGINIA. GOVERNOR DUMORE REMAINED A ROYALIST AND WAS VERY UNPOPULAR. SMITH -WILLIAM SMITH, SON OF JONATHAN SMITH AND JANE CURRENCE, BORN IN MONONGALIA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1779 MACE -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS LAND IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FROM AN ALEXANDER LIGGET IN THE SOUTH BRANCH MANOR. 1780s MACE I BELIEVE THAT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THERE IS ANOTHER MIGRATION OF MACES OUT OF THEIR PRESENT AREAS IN HARDY/HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. SOME STAY IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME, NOT GOING VERY FAR TO THE AREAS OF PRESENT DAY ROCKINGHAM AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. MANY OTHERS END UP IN PRESENT DAY RANDOLPH, HARRISON, LEWIS, BARBOUR AND OTHER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE 1780s MACES ARE IN OHIO, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. THESE MIGRATIONS AFTER THE 1780s ARE PRETTY CONSTANT WITH SHORT PERIODS ONLY OF STAYING IN ANY ONE PLACE. BUT IN MOST ALL OF THE PLACES SETTLED AND LIVED IN THERE ARE MACES TO THIS PRESENT DAY. 1780 MACE -POSSIBLY, AROUND THIS TIME EBENEZER MACE MARRIES MARY STALNAKER. JACOB STALNAKER SR. IS THOUGHT TO HAVE HAD A DAUGHTER MARY, ALTHOUGH THERE IS LITTLE, IF ANY, EVIDENCE OTHER THAN MARY BEING THE WIFE'S NAME. -WILLIAM CURRENCE KILLED BY INDIANS NEAR HUTTONSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. 1781 MACE -HENRY1 MACE, DURING AN ANTI-TAX/PRO TORY UPRISING THAT IS SHORTLIVED, IS KILLED BY PATRIOT TROOPS UNDER GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. AT LEAST TWO OF HENRY'S SONS, ISAAC AND JOHN, ARE THERE. I HAVE PUT HENRY1 DOWN AS MY GREATx5 GRANDFATHER ON MY FAMILY SHEETS, BUT HENRY1s BROTHER, NICHOLAS, COULD ALSO BE THE GREATx5 GRANDFATHER. -JOHN MACE GETS 30 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST FORK OF TURNING MILL RUN OFF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER FROM CHRISTOPHER EYMAN. THIS IS IN PRESENT DAY HARDY COUNTY. -JOHN IS A SIGNATOR OF A PARDON GIVEN TO HIM AND SEVERAL OTHERS FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES OF THE SAME YEAR THE CLAYPOOLE REBELLION. 1782 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TAX CENSUS SHOWS FIVE SEPARATE MACE HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. HENRY1'S WIFE ANN IS THERE WITH FIVE DEPENDENTS, ISAAC WITH FOUR, JOHN WITH SEVEN AND NICHOLAS WITH THREE. THERE IS ALSO A NICHOLACE, MOST LIKELY A MISSPELLING OF NICHOLAS, WITH SEVEN DEPENDENTS. AT THIS TIME THERE IS ALSO A HENRY IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY. -HENRY2 POSSIBLY BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TYGART VALLEY RIVER WITH NEIGHBORS OF CURRENCE, PANCAKE AND HARNESS. -JONATHAN SMITH IS ON A TAX LIST FOR MONONGALIA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -JACOB STALNAKER SR. IS ON A TAX LIST FOR MONONGALIA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -JACOB STALNAKER AND HIS SON, ADAM ARE ATTACKED BY INDIANS IN THE TYGART VALLEY. ADAM IS SHOT OFF HIS HORSE AND KILLED. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEM GRAB ADAM'S HORSE AND AND ESCAPE ALONG WITH JACOB. 1783 MACE-SMITH -WILLIAM SMITH SETTLES ON SUGAR CREEK IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, AN AREA THAT IS TODAY IN PRESENT DAY BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -THE SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX CENSUS SHOWS A HENRY WITH FIVE DEPENDENTS. 1784 -HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. -HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF OHIO, MONONGALIA AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TAX CENSUS SHOWS THREE SEPARATE MACE HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. THERE IS A NICHOLAS WITH NINE DEPENDENTS, JOHN WITH SIX AND ISAAC WITH FOUR. 1785 MACE -THE ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX CENSUS SHOWS A HENRY MACE WITH THREE DEPENDENTS. -THE SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX CENSUS SHOWS A HENRY WITH SIX DEPENDENTS. HE IS LIVING NEAR PRESENT DAY WOODSTOCK, POSSIBLY AROUND NORTH MOUNTAIN. -HENRY MACE LISTED AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN THE VICINITY OF WOODSTOCK, SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA WITH FIVE DEPENDENTS. 1787 -RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM HARRISON COUNTY. CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER, JACOB STALNAKER SR., JONATHAN SMITH AND LYDIA (STEELE) CURRENCE ARE ALL ON THE FIRST TAX CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY. -THE HARDY COUNTY TAX CENSUS SHOWS ANNE, ISAAC AND NICHOLAS MACE IN DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS. -THE CULPEPPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX CENSUS SHOWS A HENRY MACE. -THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX CENSUS SHOWS A THOMAS MACE 1788 CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -HENRY MARRIES ANNE CURRENCE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND LYDIA CURRENCE, IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -HENRY MACE, BOSTON STALNAKER, JONATHAN SMITH, WILLIAM SMITH, JACOB STALNAKER SR. AND LYDIA CURRENCE ARE ALL LISTED IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY CENSUS. 1789 -KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF GREENBRIER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. RANDOLPH COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1789 CURRENCE-EDWARDS-MACE-PITMAN-STALNAKER -ISAAC AND HENRY BOTH GET LAND GRANTS IN HARRISON COUNTY ON THE DRY FORK. HENRY GETS 57 ACRES AND ISAAC 105 ACRES. -ESTHER P. PITMAN, DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH PITMAN AND NANCY EDWARDS, BORN IN KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SHE IS A GREATx3 GRANDMOTHER. -A HENRY MACE IS INVOLVED IN A LAW SUIT AGAINST SAMUEL LAMME IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -BOSTON AND JACOB SR. STALNAKER, HENRY MACE, AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1790 CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -A HENRY MACE IS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST JAMES LAMME IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. -LYDIA CURRENCE, BOSTON AND JACOB SR. STALNAKER, JONATHAN AND WILLIAM SMITH, AND HENRY MACE ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -A MACE IS MENTIONED IN A LAND TRANSACTION IN A WILL AS HAVING PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE DECEASED IN SOUTH BRANCH MANOR. THIS IS MOST LIKELY A NICHOLAS MACE. 1791 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -JACOB STALNAKER SR. DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND LEAVES A WILL. -HENRY AND JOHN MACE AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX LIST. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I FIND JOHN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. 1792 MACE-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER AND HENRY, JOHN AND ISAAC MACE ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -HENRY AND ANNA HIS WIFE SELL THEIR 1789 LAND. -A HENRY PROVIDES SURETY AT A WEDDING IN AUGUSTA COUNTY. 1793 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER, HENRY AND ISAAC MACE, AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -ISAAC AND HIS WIFE MARY SELL THEIR 1789 LAND. 1794 CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -HENRY2 BUYS 150 ACRES OF LAND FROM WILLIAM HAMILTON ON THE EAST BRANCH OF THE TYGARTS VALLEY RIVER IN AN AREA CALLED STUART'S BRANCH FOR $150 CASH. -WILLIAM MACE, MY GREATx3 GRANDFATHER IS BORN TO EBENEZER AND MARY MACE. -HENRY MACE OFFERS SURETY/GUARANTEE FOR THREE PEOPLE IN THE MONONGALIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE THAT ARE ACCUSED OF TRESPASS, ONE OF THEM BEING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, WILLIAM CURRENCE. -HENRY, JOHN AND ISAAC MACE, BOSTON STALNAKER AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1795 MACE-SMITH -HENRY, JOHN AND ISAAC MACE, AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, TAX LIST. 1796 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER, HENRY, JOHN, AND ISAAC MACE AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, TAX LIST. 1797 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -HENRY2 SELLS THE SAME LAND HE BOUGHT IN 1794 TO JACOB SHAVER FOR 50 POUNDS CASH. HIS WIFE ANNA IS A SIGNATOR. -DORCAS STALNAKER BORN TO BOSTON AND MARGARET(HAMILTON) STALNAKER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -SARAH MACE BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. SHE IS WILLIAM MACE'S SISTER. -A HENRY MACE TAKES ON/ADOPTS AN ORPHANED EIGHT YEAR OLD "BOUND BOY" NAMED GEORGE LEMON IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE COURT ORDER FOR THIS IS SOON RESCINDED. -HENRY, JOHN, AND ISAAC MACE, BOSTON STALNAKER AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. 1798 CURRENCE-MACE-SMITH -HENRY2 IS IN MONONGALIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE ACCUSING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW WILLIAM CURRENCE OF TRESPASS AND ASSAULT. WILLIAM CURRENCE IS FOUND GUILTY AND IS ORDERED TO PAY 200 POUNDS TO HENRY2. -HENRY AND ISAAC MACE AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1799 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER, JOHN AND EBENEZER MACE AND JONATHAN SMITH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I FIND EBENEZER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. 1800 MACE-STALNAKER -HENRY2 IS THE FIRST MAN FINED FOR SWEARING IN PUBLIC IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE FINE IS .33 CENTS. -HENRY, EBENEZER AND ISAAC MACE, AND BOSTON STALNAKER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A MACE IS LISTED ON THE TAX ROLLS FOR HARDY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. NO FIRST NAME GIVEN. 1801 MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -BOSTON STALNAKER, HENRY, ISAAC AND EBENEZER MACE ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1802 MACE -THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST SHOWS ISAAC, HENRY3 AND JEREMIAH TOGETHER IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD, OR AT LEAST TOGETHER WITH ISAAC LISTED AS THE RESPONSIBLE TAX PAYER. -A JOHN MACE IS A WITNESS TO A DEBT REPAYMENT IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1803 MACE-PITMAN -NICHOLAS MACE DIES IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND LEAVES A WILL THAT MENTIONS ONLY TWO HEIRS, ANNE HIS WIFE AND NICHOLAS HIS SON. THIS NICHOLAS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TWO NICHOLAS'S MENTIONED ON THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TAX CENSUS AND COULD ALSO BE A GREATx5 GRANDFATHER. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -RANDOLPH COUNTY SHOWS ISAAC AND EBENEZER ON ITS TAX LIST. -ABOUT THIS TIME JOSEPH PITMAN AND FAMILY MOVE TO RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -EBENEZER AND ISAAC MACE ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1804 MACE -ISAAC, EBENEZER AND HENRY2 ARE LISTED ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. 1805 MACE-PITMAN -ISAAC, HENRY3, EBENEZER, HENRY2 AND JEREMIAH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TAX LIST. -JOSEPH PITMAN IS ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -A NICHOLAS AND A JOHN MACE ARE INVOLVED IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY. 1806 MACE -ISAAC, HENRY3, EBENEZER, HENRY2 AND JEREMIAH ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -A JACOB MACE IS ON A TAX LIST IN ROSS COUNTY, OHIO. 1807 MACE-STALNAKER -HENRY2 DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND LEAVES A WILL. IN THIS WILL ARE MENTIONED BROTHER JOHN AND HIS SON PAUL AND BROTHER EBENEZER. BOSTON STALNAKER'S NAME IS ALSO LISTED AS A SIGNATOR. -THERE ARE MACE NAMES ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST, BUT MOST ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE. -ANNA MACE, WIDOW OF HENRY, BUYS 344 ACRES OF LAND. 1809 MACE -ISAAC, HENRY3, JEREMIAH AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. 1810 MACE-PITMAN-SMITH-STALNAKER -FEDERAL CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY SHOWS EBENEZER, ISAAC AND JEREMIAH IN THE OVER 45 COLUMN AND HENRY3 IN THE 26-45 COLUMN. ON THE SAME CENSUS FOR HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA THERE IS JOHN IN THE OVER 45 COLUMN AND JACOB, "HENNERY" AND JAMES IN THE 26-45 COLUMN. THERE IS A HENRY IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN THE OVER 45 COLUMN. -THE HARDY COUNTY 1810 TAX LIST SHOWS A NICHOLAS WITH THREE DEPENDENTS. -FEDERAL CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SHOWS JOSEPH PITMAN AND FAMILY. -FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS BOTH JONATHAN SMITH AND WILLIAM SMITH IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS LISTS EBENEZER, ISAAC AND HIS SONS, JEREMIAH AND HENRY. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR I SEE ISAAC IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. 1811 MACE -HENRY, SON OF ISSAC AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. 1812 MACE-PITMAN -HENRY, JEREMIAH (SONS OF ISAAC) AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. -JOSEPH PITMAN IS ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. 1813 MACE-PITMAN-SMITH -EBENEZER, JEREMIAH AND HENRY ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. EBENEZER HAS AN EXTRA WHITE MALE OVER 16 LISTED WITH HIM, WHICH IS PROBABLY WILLIAM. -WILLIAM SMITH AND ESTHER PITMAN ARE MARRIED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THEY ARE GREATx3 GRANDPARENTS. -A NICHOLAS MACE IS MENTIONED IN A WILL IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1814 MACE -HENRY, JEREMIAH, EBENEZER AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR NICHOLAS. 1815 MACE -EBENEZER IS ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX LIST. ANOTHER NAME FURTHER ON DOWN THE LIST APPEARS TO BE WILLIAM, HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE LIST. WILLIAM ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE A FREE BLACK ADULT LIVING WITH HIM. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A EUNICE MACE MARRIES JACOB CONRAD IN HARRISON COUNTY ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER. 1816 -LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF HARRISON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -JOHN GETS 100 ACRES ALONG THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IN HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A JOHN AND NICHOLAS MACE BUY PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -EBENEZER AND HENRY ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. EBENEZER AGAIN HAS ANOTHER WHITE MALE WITH HIM. 1817 MACE-STALNAKER -WILLIAM MACE AND DORCAS STALNAKER ARE MARRIED ABOUT THIS TIME. DORCAS IS THE DAUGHTER OF BOSTON STALNAKER. -EBENEZER, JEREMIAH, HENRY AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE LAST YEAR OF THEIR RANDOLPH COUNTY RESIDENCE. EITHER THEY MOVE OR THEIR LAND IS ABSORBED INTO NICHOLAS COUNTY. 1818 -NICHOLAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF GREENBRIER, KANAWHA AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -JOHN H. MACE, FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS MACE, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A JOHN AND NICHOLAS MACE BUY PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1819 MACE -KATIE MACE, SECOND CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS MACE, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS LAND IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -A NICHOLAS AND POLLY MACE BUY PROPERTY IN AN ESATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM MACE IS THE ONLY MACE I FIND ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS, BUT HE DOES HAVE AN OTHER WHITE MALE OVER THE AGE OF 16 WITH HIM. 1820 MACE-PITMAN-SMITH -ON THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY ARE EBENEZER, WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS ON THE SAME PAGE ALL IN A ROW, WHICH MIGHT MEAN THAT THEY WERE LIVING CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, IF NOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR. EBENEZER IS IN THE OVER 45 COLUMN. JEREMIAH AND AN UNIDENTIFIED FIRST NAME MACE ARE IN NICHOLAS COUNTY OF THE FEDERAL CENSUS. BOTH OF THEM ARE IN THE OVER 45 COLUMN AND THE OTHER MACE MAY BE ISAAC BECAUSE OF THE AGE. -ON THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ARE JOSEPH PITMAN AND FAMILY. -FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS BOTH JONATHAN AND WILLIAM SMITH AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -AN N. MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY ALONG WITH JESSE WAMSLEY, HUSBAND OF HIS SISTER SARAH. -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1821 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF BATH(VIRGINIA), GREENBRIER, PENDLETON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -JACOB W. MACE, THIRD CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1822 MACE -WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. -A NICHOLAS IS INVOLVED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SLAVE SALE AND APPRAISAL IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1823 MACE -A NICHOLAS MACE BUYS PROPERTY IN AN ESTATE SALE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1824 MACE -MARGARET SEE MACE, FOURTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS MACE, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. ABOUT THIS TIME A NICHOLAS MACE IS LISTED ON A STORE ACCOUNT WITH SEVERAL OTHERS IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1825 MACE -WILLIAM BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -NICHOLAS BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -NICHOLAS AND WILLIAM ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1826 MACE-SMITH -PAUL, SON OF JOHN, GETS 100 ACRES IN MASON COUNTY AT PARCHMENT FORK. -JUDITH SMITH IS BORN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM SMITH AND MY GREATx2 GRANDMOTHER. -BOSTON STALNAKER DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND LEAVES A WILL. -WILLIAM MACE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1827 MACE -FERDINAND MACE IS BORN. HE IS THE FIFTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS AND MY GREATx2 GRANDFATHER. I BELIEVE HE IS NAMED AFTER DORCAS'S BROTHER FERDINAND STALNAKER. -WILLIAM, NICHOLAS AND EBENEZER ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1828 MACE -JACOB GETS 250 ACRES IN LEWIS COUNTY ALONG THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER. -EBENEZER, WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1829 MACE -ORPHELIA ANN MACE, SIXTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. ORPHELIA, HER HUSBAND WASHINGTON COCHRAN AND SON JOHN ALL DIE SOMETIME JUST BEFORE OR DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF DIPTHERIA. -WILLIAM AND NOCHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1830 MACE-PITMAN -THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS EBENEZER, WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS MACE TOGETHER AGAIN ON RANDOLPH COUNTY. EBENEZER IS IN THE COLUMN BETWEEN 60 AN 70, WITH A WHITE FEMALE LISTED IN THE 50-60 COLUMN. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS JEREMIAH IN NICHOLAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND THERE ARE SEVERAL MACES IN KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR ROSS COUNTY, OHIO SHOWS FOUR MACES: JACOB, JOHN, ISAAC AND JESSE. JACOB IS IN THE 60-70 COLUMN. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SHOWS JOSEPH PITMAN AND FAMILY. -FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS WILLIAM AND ESTHER SMITH IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM, EBENEZER AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1831 MACE-PITMAN -WILLIAM EBENEZER MACE, SEVENTH CHILD OF WILLIAM DORCAS, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -JOSEPH PITMAN DIES IN BILL'S CREEK, RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA IN AN AREA THAT IS PRESENT DAT BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM, EBENEZER AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1832 MACE -EBENEZER, WILLIAM AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR I FIND EBENEZER AND HIS WIDOW, MARY, IS LISTED ON THE NEXT YEAR. 1833 MACE -IN LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ISAAC AND JOHN MACE APPLY FOR AND GET REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONS. ISAAC IS 79 AND JOHN IS 82. -WILLIAM BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -MARY AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. JOHN H. MAY BE THERE TOO. 1834 MACE -NICHOLAS AND MARY ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1835 MACE -AROUND THIS TIME EBENEZER DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -UPON PENSION REVIEW, BOTH JOHN AND ISAAC LOSE THEIR PENSIONS. JOHN IS IN OHIO AT THIS TIME WITH HIS SON PAUL. -MARY ELIZABETH MACE, EIGHTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS MACE, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -NICHOLAS BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND MARY ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1836 -BRAXTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF KANAWHA, LEWIS, NICHOLAS AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. -CALDWELL COUNTY, MISSOURI FORMED FROM RAY COUNTY. -LEE COUNTY, IOWA FORMED FROM DES MOINES COUNTY. MACE -JEREMIAH, HENRY3 AND WILLIAM(NOT EBENEZER'S SON) ARE FOUND ON A TAX LIST FOR THE NEWLY FORMED BRAXTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1838 MACE -CHARLES L. MACE, NINTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -NICHOLAS, JOHN H. AND WILLIAM ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1839 MACE -JOHN MACE DIES IN VINTON COUNTY, OHIO WHERE HE HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIS SON PAUL AND ISAAC DIES IN KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND JOHN H. ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1840 MACE -THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS WILLIAM, JOHN H. AND NICHOLAS TOGETHER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. MARY IS ALSO IN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND LISTED ON ANOTHER PAGE. MARY IS IN THE 60-70 COLUMN, WHICH WOULD CORRESPOND WITH EBENEZER'S WIFE'S LISTING IN THE 1830 CENSUS. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS JEREMIAH AND OTHER MACES IN KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -WILLIAM SELLS LAND TO HIS SON JOHN H. -NICHOLAS BUYS LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND JOHN H. ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1841 MACE-STALNAKER -WILLIAM BECOMES ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR SETTLERS OF MINGO FLATS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. FERDINAND STALNAKER, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW IS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUR. MINGO IS IN THE SOUTH END OF PRESENT DAY WEBSTER COUNTY NEAR THE POCAHONTAS COUNTY BORDER. THERE IS A LITTLE COMMUNITY CALLED MACE IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY ON THE WEBSTER COUNTY BORDER JUST SOUTH OF MINGO. THERE IS A CEMETERY IN MINGO WITH SEVERAL MACES BURIED THERE. -JOHN H. NICHOLAS AND JACOB ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR JACOB. -WILLIAM, FERDINAND STALNAKER AND A PETER HARPER FORM A PARTNERSHIP TO HUNT ANIMALS FOR FUR AND MEAT TO SELL TO PAY FOR THEIR PROPERTIES. 1842 MACE -NICHOLAS, WILLIAM AND JOHN H. ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1843 -BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF HARRISON, LEWIS AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -CHRISTIAN S. MACE, TENTH CHILD OF WILLIAM AND DORCAS, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -JACOB, WILLIAM, JOHN H. AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1844 HAMILTON-STALNAKER -MARGARET HAMILTON STALNAKER, WIFE OF BOSTON STALNAKER, DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. SHE IS A GREATx4 GRANDMOTHER. -JACOB, WILLIAM, JOHN H. AND NICHOLAS ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THERE ARE NOW TWO JACOBS AN "M" AND A "W". THE LATTER IS THE SON OF WILLIAM. -ELIZABETH MACE DIES IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND MENTIONS DAUGHTER BETSY ANN PARSONS. I IMAGINE THIS IS ELIZABETH BOWMAN MARRIED TO HENRY IN 1777 IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1845 -GILMER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA FORMED FROM PARTS OF KANAWHA AND LEWIS COUNTIES. MACE -NICHOLAS, JACOB, WILLIAM AND JOHN H. ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. AGAIN THERE ARE TWO JACOBS. 1846 -BOONE COUNTY, IOWA FORMED FROM POLK COUNTY. MACE -TWO JACOBS, WILLIAM, NICHOLAS, AND JOHN H. ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1847 MACE -JACOB W., JOHN H. AND WILLIAM ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1848 MACE-SMITH -FERDINAND MACE MARRIES JUDITH SMITH, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM SMITH, IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THEY ARE GREATx2 GRANDPARENTS. -FERDINAND, JACOB, JOHN H. AND WILLIAM ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THIS IS FERDINANDS FIRST APPEARANCE. 1849 MACE -NANCY C. MACE, FIRST CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -FERDINAND, WILLIAM, JOHN H. AND JACOB ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. 1850 MACE-SMITH -THE 1850 CENSUS SHOWS WILLIAM, JOHN H., JACOB W. AND FERDINAND TOGETHER IN THE 52ND TOWNSHIP, RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. KATIE AND HER SECOND HUSBAND, SAMUEL SMITH, ARE LIVING NEARBY IN THE SAME TOWNSHIP. SAMUEL SMITH IS THE BROTHER OF FERDINAND'S WIFE JUDITH. -SAMUEL J. MACE, SECOND CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. -THERE ARE NOW SEVERAL MACES LIVING IN OTHER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE INCLUDE KANAWHA, BRAXTON, BARBOUR AND GILMER COUNTIES. JEREMIAH'S WIDOW, RHODA IS IN KANAWHA COUNTY AND THERE IS A 100 YEAR OLD MARY MACE LIVING WITH THE PATRICK CONNOLLY FAMILY IN GILMER COUNTY. THIS MARY COULD POSSIBLY BE THE WIDOW OF ISAAC. THERE IS A 64 YEAR OLD JACOB IN KANAWHA COUNTY. -WILLIAM, JOHN H. JACOB W. AND FERDINAND ARE ON THE RANDOLPH COUNTY TAX CENSUS. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THIS TYPE OF CENSUS, AT LEAST WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 1852 SMITH -WILLIAM SMITH DIES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1853 -BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA FORMED FROM UNORGANIZED TERRITORY. MACE -JOHN H. MACE GETS A LAND GRANT OF 450 ACRES IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. -ADAM W. MACE, THIRD CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1855 -LINN COUNTY, KANSAS FORMED AS AN ORIGINAL COUNTY. MACE -JACOB W., FOURTH CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA 1856 -CALHOUN COUNTY FORMED FROM GILMER COUNTY. MACE -McNEEL C. MACE, FIFTH CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 1856-1857 ARBOGAST-BRIDGER-GUM-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER-WAMSLEY -A VERY LARGE PART OF THE MACE FAMILY AND SPOUSES/RELATIVES DEPART RANDOLPH COUNTY AND ARE IN IOWA BY 1856/1857. IN IOWA THEY SPLIT UP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY ALL LEFT AT THE SAME TIME OR MORE PROBABLY, IN GROUPS. SOME THAT LEFT(HUSBAND AND WIFE GROUPINGS) --WILLIAM MACE AND DORCAS STALNAKER --JACOB W. MACE AND PRISCILLA ARBOGAST --FERDINAND MACE AND JUDITH SMITH --CATHERINE(KATIE) MACE AND SAMUEL SMITH --MARGARET MACE AND JOSIAH BRIDGER --MARY ELIZABETH MACE AND ABSOLUM STALNAKER --CHARLES MACE AND MARGARET GUM --JOHN Y. STALNAKER(BROTHER OF ABSOLUM AND SON OF DORCAS'S BROTHER HAMILTON) AND DORCAS WAMSLEY(DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM'S SISTER SARAH) 1859 BRIDGER-MACE-SMITH-STALNAKER -WILLIAM AND DORCAS MACE ARRIVE IN LINN COUNTY, KANSAS WITH CHARLES AND MARGARET MACE. ALREADY THERE ARE JOHN AND DORCAS STALNAKER AND JOSIAH AND MARGARET BRIDGER. CATHERINE SMITH(KATIE) ARRIVES A LITTLE LATER, BUT WITHOUT HER HUSBAND SAMUEL. THEY ARE ALL A VOTING CENSUS FOR THE COUNTY. -WILLIAM MACE DIES IN LINN COUNTY, KANSAS AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS, POSSIBLY TUBERCULOSIS. 1860 -WEBSTER COUNTY FORMED FROM PARTS OF BRAXTON, NICHOLAS AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. MACE -DORCAS MACE AND DORCAS STALNAKER DIE IN LINN COUNTY, KANSAS. MOST LIKELY, OF TUBERCULOSIS. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR LINN KANSAS SHOWS ONLY THE BRIDGERS AND STALNAKERS STILL THERE. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR LEE COUNTY, IOWA SHOWS FERDINAND, JUDITH AND FAMILY IN DES MOINES TOWNSHIP. THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER, NINE MONTHS OLD NAMED DES MOINES AND BETWEEN THEN AND 1865 SHE DIES. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR UNION COUNTY, IOWA SHOWS JACOB AND PRISCILLA MACE IN BOONE TOWNSHIP. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS NICHOLAS LIVING IN BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. HE IS 66 YEARS OLD. -THE FEDERAL CENSUS FOR WEBSTER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SHOWS JOHN H. AND REBECCA (CROUCH) MACE LIVING IN SANDRUN TOWNSHIP. THIS BE ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY IN AN AREA CALLED HACKER'S VALLEY. 1861 MACE -JOHN H. MACE MURDERED/KILLED BY "BUSHWHACKERS AND ROBBERS" NEAR HACKER'S VALLEY IN WEBSTER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WAS PROBABLY CIVIL WAR RELATED WITH HIM SERVING AS A CONFEDERATE. HE IS BURIED IN HACKER'S VALLEY CEMETERY WITH SEVERAL OTHER MACES. 1862 MACE -STONEWALL JACKSON MACE, SEVENTH CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN EITHER WINONA OR BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1863 -WEST VIRGINIA IS FORMED FROM VIRGINIA AND BECOMES A STATE. 1864 MACE -NICHOLAS MACE DIES IN BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. HE IS 71 YEARS OF AGE AND HIS PARENTS ARE LISTED AS J.W. AND E. MACE. 1865 MACE -THE SPECIAL MINNESOTA CENSUS SHOWS FERDINAND, JUDITH AND FAMILY LIVING IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP, BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1866 MACE-WEAVER -FERDINAND BUYS/HOMESTEADS 157.03 ACRES OF LAND IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP. THIS LAND PROBABLY BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THE SIOUX INDIANS, AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBES, FOLLOWING THE SIOUX UPRISING AND MASSACRES OF WHITES. 39 SIOUX WERE HUNG IN MANKATO IN 1862, WHICH WAS THE LARGEST MASS HANGING IN U.S. HISTORY. -DAVID AND NAOMI WEAVER EACH GET LAND IN THE SAME DEAL AS FERDINAND. NAOMI GETS 40 ACRES AND DAVID GETS 80 ACRES IN MEDO TOWNSHIP OF BLUE EARTH COUNTY. MEDO IS THE NEXT TOWNSHIP NORTH OF McPHERSON. 1870 MACE -FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA SHOWS FERDINAND, JUDITH AND FAMILY IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP. 1871 MACE -CITY OF MANKATO DIRECTORY SHOWS SAMUEL LIVING IN TOWN WITH A D. WILCOX. 1873 -GRANT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA FORMED FROMPARTS OF CODINGTON AND DEUEL COUNTIES. 1875 MACE -SPECIAL MINNESOTA CENSUS SHOWS FERDINAND, JUDITH AND FAMILY LIVING IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP, BLUE EARTH COUNTY. -LANCHIE MACE, EIGHTH CHILD OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH, BORN IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1876 MACE -LANCHIE BORN ABOUT THIS TIME. IF SHE IS TRULY A DAUGHTER OF FERDINAND AND JUDITH THEN JUDITH IS 50 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. OTHERWISE SHE IS ADOPTED. 1877 -CODINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA FORMED FROM INDIAN LANDS. 1878 MACE -JUDITH MACE DIES IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. CAUSE OF DEATH IS "SYSEPILAS", BUT WAS MOST PROBABLY A SERIOUS BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION CALLED ERYSIPELAS. 1879 MACE -FERDINAND AND McNEEL VISIT GRANT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, WHICH AT THIS TIME IS KNOWN AS DAKOTA TERRITORY, AND ACQUIRE LAND. JACOB MAY ALSO HAVE VISITED. ALL THREE OF THEIR NAMES ARE ON RECORD FOR GETTING LAND AND FERDINAND AND McNEEL ARE LISTED ON THE SAME DAY IN MAY. JACOBS DEAL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. -FERDINAND SELLS HIS LAND TO HIS SONS SAMUEL, ADAM, JACOB AND McNEEL AFTER ACQUIRING LAND IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 1880 MACE -FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA SHOWS NANCY LIVING WITH HER HUSBAND BENJAMIN FRANK MARBLE AND CHILDREN PETER AND ROBA. ADAM IS ALSO EITHER LIVING AND/OR WORKING WITH THEM ON THE FARM AS A DITCHER. -FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY SHOWS SAMUEL AND WIFE SUSAN WEAVER LIVING IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. ALSO LIVING WITH THEM IS SAMUEL'S FOUR YEAR OLD SISTER LANCHIE. -JACOB AND WIFE, ROBA WEAVER, BUY/SELL LAND IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY. PROBALBLY A LAND SWAP. -LEE MACE, SON OF SAMUEL AND SUSAN, BORN IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY. -THE 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR CALDWELL COUNTY, MISSOURI SHOWS NO MENTION OF CHARLES MACE AND FAMILY. ABSOLUM STALNAKER IS STILL THERE, BUT MARY ELIZABETH MACE, HIS WIFE, HAS DIED. THERE IS A DAUGHTER BORN IN 1872. 1881 MACE -McNEEL MACE IS IN GRANT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND SELLS HIS LAND IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA TO ADAM MACE. -MAUDE MACE, SECOND CHILD OF SUSAN AND SAMUEL, BORN IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1882 MACE -SAMUEL AND SUSAN MACE SELL LAND TO ADAM MACE. 1883 -ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA FORMED FROM GRANT COUNTY. 1885 MACE -SPECIAL ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA CENSUS SHOWS FERDINAND, STONEWALL AND LANCHIE IN SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP. -SPECIAL ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA CENSUS SHOWS ADAM MACE AND WIFE MARY ELIZABETH BAILLEY IN SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP. -SPECIAL ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA CENSUS SHOWS McNEEL AND FAMILY LIVING IN GARFIELD TOWNSHIP. THE WRITING ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE IS NEARLY ILLEGIBLE. GARFIELD TOWNSHIP IS THE NEXT TOWNSHIP EAST OF SPRINGDALE. HE IS A BLACKSMITH. -McNEEL MACE GETS A HOMESTEAD DEED IN ROBERTS COUNTY. 1886 MACE -FERDINAND MACE DIES IN SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP, ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IS BURIED IN EASTMAN CEMETARY NEAR WILMOT. -ROBA WEAVER, WIFE OF JACOB DIES. 1887 MACE -ADAM MACE AND HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH, NOW LIVUNG IN GRANT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA SELL THE LAND IN DECORIA TO JACOB MACE. 1888 MACE -ADAM AND MARY ELIZABETH MACE, WHILE LIVING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SELL LAND IN MANKATO TO JACOB MACE. 1889 -SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA BECOME STATES FORMED FROM THE DAKOTA TERRITORY. 1890 MACE -FERDINAND MACE'S BROTHER JACOB DIES IN BOONE COUNTY, IOWA. -McNEEL MACE, SON OF FERDINAND, DIES IN ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IS BURIED IN EASTMAN CEMETARY NEAR WILMOT. HE IS 32 YEARS OLD. 1891 MACE -PRISCILLA MACE, WIFE OF JACOB, DIES IN BOONE COUNTY, IOWA. 1892 MACE -ADAM MACE AND FAMILY STILL LIVING IN ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. INFO COMES FROM A LAND DOCUMENT FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY CORRECTING McNEEL'S MISSPELLED NAME. 1894 MACE -ADAM MACE, SON OF FERDINAND, DIES IN ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IS BURIED IN EASTMAN CEMETARY NEAR WILMOT. HE IS ALMOST 42 YEARS OLD. 1895 MACE -MINNESOTA SPECIAL CENSUS SHOWS SAMUEL AND SUSAN WITH CHILDREN LEE AND MAUDE IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP. THIS WAS TAKEN IN JUNE AND GAGE IS A MONTH FROM BEING BORN. -GAGE MACE, THIRD SON OF SAMUEL AND SUSAN MACE, BORN IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. HE IS MY GRANDFATHER. 1900 MACE -FEDERAL CENSUS SOUNDEX FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA SHOWS SAMUEL MACE AND FAMILY LIVING IN DECORIA TOWNSHIP. -FEDERAL CENSUS SOUNDEX FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA SHOWS JACOB MACE AND FAMILY LIVING IN McPHERSON TOWNSHIP. -FEDERAL CENSUS SOUNDEX FOR CODINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA SHOWS STONEWALL JACKSON MACE LIVING WITH WIFE, ANNIE C. BAILLEY (SISTER OF MARY ELIZABETH BAILLEY), AND FAMILY. - FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS ADAM MACE'S WIFE, MARY ELIZABETH LIVING IN WATERTOWN, CODINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA AS A WIDOWED LANDLADY WITH HER FOUR SONS. -FEDERAL CENSUS SOUNDEX FOR GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA SHOWS NANCY MACE MARBLE AND HER FAMILY IN BOZEMAN. 1901 MACE -McNEEL'S WIDOW FILES FOR AND GETS ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROPERTY THEY OWNED IN ROBERTS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. SHE ALSO IS AWARDED GUARDIANSHIP OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN, ALVA FAY AND SAMUEL LYLE. THIS HAVE HAVE BEEN TO SELL THE LAND AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE KIDS, BOTH MINORS AT THE TIME. 1921 MACE -SAMUEL AND JACOB MACE BOTH DIE IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1923 MACE -RICHARD MACE, SECOND CHILD OF GAGE AND RUTH MACE, BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. HE IS MY FATHER. 1927 LOUDEN-MACE -IRIS LOUDEN BORN IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SHE IS MY MOTHER. -GAGE MACE II BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. HE IS MY UNCLE. 1933 MACE -STONEWALL JACKSON MACE, SON OF FERDINAND, DIES IN SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA. HE HAD GANGRENE OF THE RIGHT FOOT BROUGHT ON BY ARTERIAL SCHLEROSIS. 1937 MACE -GAGE MACE WITNESSES THE EXPLOSION OF THE HINDENBURG AT LAKEHURST AFTER ATTENDING A MEETING FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES IN NEW YORK CITY. 1939 MACE -GAGE MACE TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY FROM CHICAGO AS AN AMERICAN AIRLINES EXECUTIVE. 1952 MACE -RICHARD MACE BREAKS HIS BACK WHEN HIS BOMBER CRASHES IN CALIFORNIA. 1957 MACE -MAUDE MACE DIES IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1958 MACE -LEE MACE DIES IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 1976 MACE -GAGE AND RUTH MACE DIE IN SUN CITY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.