• Birth: 12 NOV 1786 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
• Death: 20 JAN 1871 in DeKalb Co., GA
  
  

  His Father:   Thomas Randolph Stephenson   b: 1755 in County Antrim , Ireland , about 20 miles North of Belfast.  
  Mother:   Mary Waddell   b: 1756 in County Antrim , Ireland , near Belfast .
  
  Marriage   1   Susan Anna (Susannah) Peeler   b: 7 JAN 1792 in Greene Co., GA

  • Married:   27 OCT 1812 in Greene Co., GA

  Children

  1.  Thomas U. Stephenson  b: 14 NOV 1812 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  2.  James Pleasant (Happy Jim) Stephenson  b: 21 DEC 1814 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  3.  John Elbert Stephenson  b: 23 NOV 1815 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  4.  Susan Elanor Stephenson  b: 15 AUG 1818 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  5.  Anthony Franklin (Frank) Stephenson  b: 15 AUG 1820 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  6.  William Miles Stephenson  b: 2 DEC 1822 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  7.  Joseph Andrew Stephenson  b: 10 NOV 1824 in that part of Wilkes Co., GA, that later became Greene Co.
  8.  Moses Randall Stephenson  b: 8 MAR 1827 in De Kalb Co., GA
  9.  Elizabeth (Betsyann) Ann Stephenson  b: 6 JUN 1829 in De Kalb Co., GA
  10.  Mary Esiphany Stephenson  b: 20 MAY 1831 in De Kalb Co., GA
  11.  John (Jack) Alexander Stephenson  b: 29 APR 1833 in De Kalb Co., GA
  12.  Jacob Henry Stephenson  b: 20 FEB 1835 in De Kalb Co., GA

  John E. Stephenson bought 246 acres in Greene County on Beaverdam and Richland Creeks on February 13, l815, from the estate of his grandfather, William Waddell. He and Susan lived there until 1824, when they moved to De Kalb County, Georgia, taking John's widowed mother, Mary Waddell Stephenson, with them. All these are buried in the family cemetery. Their homeplace was on Evans Mill Road about five miles South of Lithonia, with the graveyard located across the road. John was a Justice of the Peace for years. He was an extensive landowner and a prominent man in the community.
  
  Graveyard Notes: The graveyard is found from Interstate 20 by exiting on Evans Mill Road (exit 38), thence South about 3.5 miles to an intersection with Salem Road, thence continuing South on Evans Mill Road 0.5 mile to a curve in the road. Just South of the curve, the graves are found on a hill upon the West side of the road and surrounded by a chain link fence. Susannah's marker, "Sacred to the Memory of Susannah Stephenson; January 6th, 1792; August 11, 1860; Was a member of the Baptist Church 52 years", (The 1860 census showed her age as 68). John's marker - Sacred to the Memory of John Stephenson; born (rest not readable). A later marker added by family members, "The Family of John Stephenson 1786-1871; Susannah Peeler Stephenson 1792-1860; Mother, Mary Waddell Stephenson 1741-1825; others unidentified".
  
  John served as guardian for five of Susannah's nieces and nephews. These were children of Susannah's brother, Anthony Peeler, of Jasper County, Georgia. Their names were Isaac, William D., Edna, Mary Jane and Narcissa. Records kept by guardian were in possession of Kiser A. Stephenson.
  
  
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  DEED FROM JOHN WADDELL TO JOHN E. STEPHENSON
  
  Deed from John Waddell, of Giles County, Tennessee to John Stephenson
  Dated February 13, 1815
  For the sum of $ 247.00, John Waddell, Administrator of the estate of William Waddell, deceased, sold to John Stephenson, 246 acres on Beaverdam and Richland Creeks.
  Witnesses: Nath'l McMcKiners
  B. Porter
  (The above was copied from Greene County, Georgia, Court House records, Deed Book FF, page 367, Greensboro, Georgia)

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