Notes for William Wall Oliver Stanfield
W. W. O. Stanfield held the office of District Clerk, Panola County, Texas. Elected: 5 April 1841, Commissioned: 6 October 1841. Vol. 1, p310.
William O. Stanfield held the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Harrison County, Texas. Elected: 12 November 1842, Commissioned: 17 April 1843. Vol. 11, p47.
[Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846. State Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, 1981, p114. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1841 Panola County, Texas Tax List
Wm. W. O. Stanfield = 4,605 acres, no slaves, 1 silver watch, 1 poll
[Tax Payers of the Republic of Texas covering 30 counties and the District of Panola, page 273; compiled and published by Beth and Emily Dorman, 14 W. Mountain Lain, Grand Prairie, Texas 75051, date unknown. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1845 - Harrison County, Texas
15 July 1845 - W. W. O. Stanfield deeded land to Melinda Ramsdale (his sister-in-law) in Harrison Co, Texas.
[courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1846 Tax List
W. W. O. Stanfield - Harrison County
[Republic of Texas Poll Tax List for 1846, compiled by Marion Day Mullins, Genealogical Publishing Co, Balitmore, Maryland, 1974, p160. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
History of Wise County, Texas
page 5
William W. O. Stanfield (1809-1886) was a native Virginian who brought an expertise in local government to Wise County when he settled northeast of Newark in the late 1860's. He had served as a judge and justice of the peace during the days of the Republic of Texas and after his military service. After leaving his home in Harrison County, Texas in the late 1850's, he lingered a short time in Denton County before moving on to Jack County by 1860. He was a justice of the peace in Jack County before moving for the last time to Wise County. His son, Thomas L. Stanfield, was an elected official of Wise County during the late 1800s. Mr. and Mrs. Stanfield are probably buried in an abandoned family plot northeast of Neward on land until recently owned by the Brown family. The Stanfields has a large family of children: Thomas L., Milton B., Ann L. (McFarland), Matilda V. (Randall), William F., John H., Mary J., Robert W., James H., and Sarah E. Stanfield. Matilda V. was the wife of Dr. Leroy J. Randall of Jack County and Aurora.
[Wise County History, A Link with the Past, Volume III, A Sesquicentennial project of the Wise County Historical Commission and Wise County Historical Society, Inc. pub 1987 by Nortex Press, A Division of Eakin Publications, Inc., Austin, Texas. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
Wise County Messenger
27 Mar 1886
W.W.O. Stanfield of Aurora, aged 77 years old, an old settler in Texas and for 50 years a Mason, died on last Saturday.
[Abstracts from the Wise County Messenger, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Other Genealogical Data, Vol II, by Catherine Troxell Gonzalez, Box 66, Rhome, Texas 76078. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1850 No Township Listed, Harrison Co, Texas 16 November 1850, p106b:
#587/591 W.W.O. Stanfield 40 m blk smith $7,200 Va [William]
M.A. 28 f Eng [Mary Ann]
T.L. 12 m Tx [Thomas L.]
M.B. 10 m Tx [Melton B.]
A.L. 8 f Tx [Ann L.]
M.V. 6 f Tx [Matilda V.]
W.F. 1 m Tx [William F.]
P.P. McLensore? m 21 no occupation Tx
1860 Jackboro PO, Jack Co, Texas 18 July 1860, p365b & 366a:
#670/678 W.W.O. Stanfield 51 m stockraiser $250/2,800 Va
Mary A. 37 f Eng
Melton B. 19 m student Tx
Ann L. 16 f Tx
Matilda V. 14 f attended school Tx
Wm. F. 10 m attended school Tx
John H. 6 m attended school Tx
Mary J. 8 f attended school Tx
Robert W. 2 m Tx
1870 Precinct 4, Boyer's Mill PO, Wise Co, Texas 6 August 1870, p492b:
#52/52 Stanfield William O. 61 m w farmer $3,000/300 Va - citizen
Mary A. 48 f w keeps house Eng - father & mother foreign born
Milton B. 29 m w Tx - mother foreign born - citizen
Ann L. 27 f w Tx - mother foreign born
William F. 20 m w Tx - mother foreign born
John H. 16 m w Tx - mother foreign born
Mary J. 19 f w Tx - mother foreign born
Robert W. 12 m w Tx - mother foreign born
James H. 6 m w Tx - mother foreign born
Sarah E. 3 f w Tx - mother foreign born
1880 Aurora Township, Wise Co, Texas 28 & 29 June 1880, ed129, p213c:
#367/373 Stanfield William W. w m 70 md farmer Va Va Va
Mary A. w f 57 wife md keeping house Eng Eng Eng
William F. w m 30 son single farmer Tx Va Eng
Mary J. w f 28 dau single at home Tx Va Eng
Robert W. w m 22 son single farmer Tx Va Eng
James H. w m 16 son single Tx Va Eng
Sarah V.V. w f 13 dau single Tx Va Eng
John H. w m 26 son single Tx Va Eng
McFarland Ann L. w f 37 dau divorced Tx Va Eng
Texas Land Title Abstracts
Grantee: Wm. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 194
Patentee: Wm. W. O. Stanfield
Patent Date: 18 Dec 1848
Acres: 4,229.47
District: Harrison
County: Harrison
File: 231
Patent #: 216
Patent Volume: 8
Class: Shelby 1st.
Grantee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 194
Patentee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Patent Date: 7 Jun 1849
Acres: 376
District: Harrison
County: Harrison
File: 354
Patent #: 976
Patent Volume: 6
Class: Shelby 1st.
Grantee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 4/55
Patentee: H. W. Breazeale
Patent Date: 26 Mar 1857
Acres: 320
District: Fannin
County: Cooke
File: 2636
Patent #: 274
Patent Volume: 15
Class: Fan. 3rd.
Grantee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 274
Patentee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Patent Date: 23 Jun 1864
Acres: 50
District: Fannin
County: Denton
File: 1045
Patent #: 396
Patent Volume: 11
Class: Fan. Bty.
Grantee: Wm. S. Oats
Patentee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Patent Date: 28 Dec 1868
Acres: 160
District: Fannin
County: Wise
File: 3028
Patent #: 405
Patent Volume: 37
Class: Fan. 3rd.
Grantee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 15/272
Patentee: M. B. Stanfield
Patent Date: 31 jan 1871
Acres: 270
District: Fannin
County: Wise
File: 1164
Patent #: 578
Patent Volume: 13
Class: Fan. Bty.
Grantee: W. W. O. Stanfield
Certificate: 435
Patentee: Augustus Kountze
Patent Date: 11 Feb 1903
Acres: 1,280
Adjoining County: Wharton
District: Jackson
County: Jackson
File: 58
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 1
Patent #: 282
Patent Volume: 8
Class: Jac. Don.
Adjoining Acres: 252
[Texas Land Title Abstracts, ancestry.com from Texas General Land Office. Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and Locations, Austin, Texas]
Excerpts from Stanfield Family History by R. Joanne DeShong, posted 1 April 1999 to the Wise Co, Texas genweb:
William Wall Oliver Stanfield, commonly called 'Uncle Billy' was born July 29, 1809 in Halifax Co, Virginia. According to family history, he 'crossed the Red River into Texas with General Sam Houston on the first day of January, 1834'. (In my research, I;ve found nothing to either prove or disprove that statement.)
In The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1, p289, there is a short article about Aurora, Texas, Wise County. It mentions that in the late 1850's, "impressed with the beauty of the place, William O. Stanfield suggested Aurora for the name of the community."
[Names, dates and places are from the article written by R. Joanne DeShong.]
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