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Stanley Singleton was born 2 Oct 1731 in North Farnham Parish of Richmond County, Virginia, the youngest son of Joshua and Ann (McCarty) Singleton. Stanley's father died when he was only a few months old and his mother died just two years later. He was reared by his mother's cousin, Mary Thornton.
Stanley, and his brother Robert, moved to Prince William County (now Fairfax County, VA) where their father had left them his 300 acre tract of land on the Occaquan River. From that county, Stanley served in the Colonial Militia and was paid for service on 21 April 1756.
Prince William County Court Order Book 1755-1757, page 236 shows that on 25 Oct 1756 Stanley Singleton purchased land from Jesse and Mary Carter. Marriage records for several years of Prince William County's history are missing and it was probably during this time that Stanley was married. His children were:
1. JOHN
2. WILLIAM,
m. 8 Nov 1785, Susannah Floweree (my ancestors)
3. SAMUEL,
m. 26 Aug 1782, Mary Ann Connley
4. JOSHUA,
m. 19 Feb 1786, Nancy Withers Winn
5. CATY, m.
15 May 1790, Thomas Mason
6. ELIZABETH,
m. 9 Feb 1788, John Young
All of the children, except John, were married in Fauquier County (pronounced Falk-ear), Virginia. Fauquier County had been formed out of Prince William County in 1759.
A history of the Winn family states that Minor Winn, father of Nancy Withers Winn Singleton, had twice visited Kentucky and purchased large and valuable tracts of land in Fayette County. And that two of his daughters married Singletons and one moved to Kentucky, settling near Paducah.
Stanley Singleton was a good scribe for his day as shown by a permission slip for his underage daughter, Elizabeth to marry.
William Singleton, son of Stanley, was born about 1762. He was married on 8 November 1785 in Fauquier County, Virginia to Susannah Floweree who was the daughter of William Daniel and Susannah (French) Floweree. Land records show that Stanley Singleton's land bordered that of Daniel Floweree.
In 1787 William Singleton paid taxes on two Blacks under age 16, two horses and four head of cattle. This was in Fauquier County, Virginia.
William and Susannah Singleton had only one child, , who was born in 1787. Susannah died when John was born and he was reared by his grandparents, Daniel and Susannah Floweree. William Singleton married a second time to Lucee Morris in 1789 and moved to Kentucky. He married a third tine to Sarah Kelsey Allen in 1794 in Kentucky.
A Breckinridge County, KY deed dated 14 Sept 1803 names Sally Singleton
as the widow of William Singleton. Their underage children were Allan,
Stanley and Polly. (Breckinridge Co., KY Deed Book B, pg. 21). This may
or may not be the Same William Singleton.
Sources: Bess Rollyson
Kincaid's manuscript, THE EARLY SINGLETONS.
Fauquier
County, VA Marriage Bonds, Deeds and Tax List. Information compiled by
the late Avonell Singleton Davis and provided by Laura RhoadesBreckinridge
Co., KY Deeds
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