EASON FAMILY GROUP SHEET I-II/4

Husband's Name:____________Major Stephen Eason__________________________________________________        When Born: ________12 January 1758/9___________ Where: ________Pitt County, North Carolina___________        When Died: _________12 November 1822_________ Where: ________Greene County, North Carolina________        When Buried: ________________________________ Where: ________________________________________        When Married: _______________________________ Where: ________________________________________     Other Wives: _________________________________________________________________________________        His Father: _____Isaac Eason, Sr._________________ His Mother's Maiden Name: ___Mary_________________ Wife's Name:________________Rebecca Dupree_____________________________________________________        When Born: ______26 April 1766________________ Where: ________________________________________        When Died: ___________prior to 1839____________ Where: ________________________________________        When Buried: ________________________________ Where: ________________________________________        When Married: _______________________________ Where: ________________________________________     Other Husbands: ______________________________________________________________________________        Her Father: ______Major Sterling Dupree___________ Her Mother's Maiden Name: _____Susannah Hinds_______   Children In order of birth When Born Day/Month/Year Where Born                   State or Town or Twp    County     Country Spouse 1 William 23 Feb 1784   Pitt NC 1. Millicent Thomas 2. Ann Lavinia Rootes 2 Thomas 1787     " Elizabeth Billingsley 3 Ithiel 1790     " Penelope Eason 4 Theophilus 1792     " Elizabeth C. Dupree 5 Clary 20 July 1796     " Joseph Thigpen 6 Frances       " Joshua C. Thigpen 7 Stephen Jr. 12 Dec 1800     " Ritta M. Trice 8 Abner 1801     " Winnefred Stephen moved to Dobbs County, North Carolina from his birthplace prior to 1790. He settled on Goff Swamp which is on the present line between Greene and Wilson Counties. He died there in 1822. The 1800 federal census shows Stephen and his wife with six male and seven female children. The writer has a copy of a letter from Tracy Eason which says that his great-grandfather (Stephen) had eighteen children, nine male and nine female. This letter was dated 27 July 1958. Mrs. Otera Martin of Huntington, Tennessee says that she was told by her mother that her great-great-grandfather (Stephen) had sixteen children, eight male and eight female, and that they were assigned in pairs to look after each other. The Courthouse for Dobbs-Greene County was burned about 1875 and records are not available for additional study. Mrs. T.R. Eason of Texarkana, Texas has an old Eason Family bible that was printed in 1804 and dates as far back as 1758 are recorded herein.

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