The division of General William Stone's Land to his Children
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Ezekiel Stone was awarded this land at Boyd’s Creek as a reward for his Revolutionary War service including his having fought in the battle of Boyd’s Creek which was against the Cherokee who had sided with the British.
(Ezekiel Stone married Jane Woods about 1779.)
Gen. William Stone's property was devided into 9 lots for each of his children.
Lot # 1. John L. Stone
Lot # 2. Elvira Lackey
Lot # 3. Rebecca Cain
Lot # 4. Spencer Stone
Lot # 5. Teresa Pankey
Lot # 6. Louisa Wheeler
Lot # 7. Amanda Cain
Lot # 8. M. P. D. Stone
Lot # 9. Rhoda Jane Havron
Gen.
William Stone's property extended from the Stone
Cave # 1, where he and wife Mary and their baby daughter,
Teresa Stone Pankey (buried in the Stone Cemetery), spent the
first winter in the Sequatchie Valley in 1812 in the Stone Cave.
This winter was spent in the cave until he could build the
home place which is right across the
road from the Stone Cave, where storage units now stand. This is
very close to this old house. Gen William Stone passed away in
1853 but the will wasn't settled until much later. His land
extended all the way from the Stone Cave on West Valley
Road, to where the Stone Spring is
today, on Stone Cave Road, including the property that is now the
Stone Cave School. Above is a copy of
the land devision to his children and is a big possiblity that it
included the land with this old house
on it, as it is so close to the Stone Cave, Slave's Cabin, and
Stone Cemetery.