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Mr. Stone
The Stone families of Central North Carolina from the
early colonial period up through the 1930's are a hard family to put together. With the information you gave it
the name John L. Stone stands out in my mind. There are
that I know of at least three possible lines that you are
possibly going to come into with that name.
The first line I shall tell you about is the line of
David Stone of Franklin County, North Carolina. David was
the last of ten children born to John Stone and Sarah Walker
Stone. He recieved as his inheritance the second of two
plantations his father owned and that he grew up in. Another
brother recieved the first plantation homestead. David lived
all his life in Franklin County. He married and raised his
children there of which a son and a grandson had the name
John L. Stone. Through this line came the great grandson
that would be one of the primary educators that started the
North Carolina Community College System back in the early
1960's. He promoted the political element that would be the
launching ground for this endeavor. He himself went on to
become the founder and appointed President of Sandhills
Community College in Moore County, North Carolina where he
held that position and was the dominant factor in it's great
success for twenty-five years until his retirement in 1989.
He lived for those years in Moore County but after his re-
tirement returned to Franklin County where he was involved
in his farm and local politics as a county commissioner. He
still lives and works his farm and is about the age of 82
years. I spoke with him recently and hope to recieve from
him soon his family lineage with his brothers and sister's
names and their children etc.,.
I believe the L. in John L. Stone's name stood for Lichy.
I have seen that name somewhere and I believe it was the
LDS Family Search sight on the internet.
The other Stone family I came across was in Harnett County
and I believe this may be another line of John Stone and
Sarah Walker-Stone through their son William Nicklas Stone
or Thomas Green Stone.
In the time period that John and Sarah lived up until the
"Civil War" many slaves that were bought and sold took on
the names of their owners and many stayed with them and
raised their families in one place. This is the case with
the Franklin County, Stones. Many slaves that were freed and
left had moved either to the north or to other counties.
Some were so poor they stayed on and share cropped the land
they once toiled over as slaves. You will find in several
counties such as Franklin, Moore, Harnett, Chatham, Warren
and Edgecombe Counties that the same names appear within
the 1880 U.S. Census from both races within the same counties. It is very possible to be looking at one John L.
Stone and get off on the wrong one that may not be of the
race you seek.
I will do a little research myself to see if we can't actually find this Harnett County Stone line origin for
sure. I too need to know definitely.
Bill Jones
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