STOKELY FAMILY FROM COCKE CO. TENNESSEE
My Direct Line
The Stokely Family of Cocke Co., TN begins with the first
known ancestor Jehu Stokely b. 1747 South Wales, British Isles and
d. 1816 in Del Rio, Cocke Co., TN. Jehu Stokely m. Nancy
Neil b. abt. 1750 in SC and they had the following
children:
- 1. Susan Stokely (13 Jun 1782 - 1842) m. Isaac Jehu Jester
(abt 1780 -)
- 2. David Royal Stokely (10 Apr 1784 - 27 Feb 1842) m. Jane
(Jennie) Huff (17 Nov 1782 - 29 Mar 1865) m. Jan 1806, Del Rio, Cocke
Co., TN.
- Their children are as follows:
- a. Mary Polly Stokely (10 Oct 1806 - 13 Jul
1868) & Reuben Allen Justus (8 Nov 1801 - 1883)
- b. Joseph Huff Stokely (22 Oct 1808 - 6 Nov
1835) & Jane Holland (1810 - 1 May 1835)
- c. John Huff Stokely* (1 Dec 1810 - 1893)
- d. Sarah Sally Stokely (11 Apr 1813 - 11 May 1872)
- e. Nathaniel Huff Stokely* (5 Mar 1816 - 11 Jun
1895) & Nancy Eveline Jones (28 Dec 1817 - 4 Jun 1879) m. 1840,
TN
- Their children are as follows:
- e.1 Royal L. Stokely (1841 - , Cocke Co., TN
- e.2 David Stokely (8 Jan 1842 - 8 Apr 1928) English
Creek, Cocke County, TN and Nancy Matilda Allen (19 Aug 1847 - 21 Aug
1930) m. 1869, Cocke Co., TN
- Their children are:
- Della Eveline Stokely (10 May 1870 - 28 Oct
1922) Del Rio, Cocke Co.,TN d. 28 Oct 1922, Del Rio, Cocke
Co., TN
- Cory M. Stokely (1873 - ) Cocke Co., TN &
Thomas E. Satterfield
- James Allen Stokely (4 Nov 1874 - 7 Jul 1938) Del
Rio, TN & Maude T. Reams (27 Sep 1890 - 1976)
- Forrest M. Stokely (7 Oct 1877 - 6 Dec 1949)
English Creek, Newport, TN & Margaret Hampton (21 Jun 1881 - 15
Sep 1960)
- Edwin Estell Stokely (31 Dec 1882 - 12 Dec 1928)
Del Rio, TN & Martha Hellman (1898)
- Hugh Lawson Stokely b. 25 Jun 1886, Del Rio, Cocke
Co., TN d. 1 Sep 1972, Newport, Cocke Co., TN and he m. Nellie (Robbie)
Roberta Runnion b. 23 Mar 1890, Del Rio, TN d. 13 Nov 1973,
Philadelphia, PA m. 23 Nov 1912, Cocke County, TN.
- Their children are as follows:
- George David Stokely; b. 3 Sep 1913, Edwina,
Cocke Co., d. 19 May 1986, Torrance, CA - Torrance Memorial Hospital
& Virginia Kathryn Rannells b. 26 Jan 1915,
La Jolla, San Diego
Co., CA, d. 10 Feb 1967, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, m. 26
Jul 1944, St. James By The Sea, La Jolla, CA.
- George David Stokely and Virginia Kathryn
Rannells children are as follows:
- Mary Virginia Stokely* (living)
- (living)
- (living)
- Hugh Lawson Stokely and Nellie Roberta
Runnion children continued:
- Hugh Lawson Stokely Jr. (6 Jan 1933 - 18 Dec
1996 Knoxville, TN d. 18 Dec 1996, Virginia & Wilma Kerr
- e. Nathaniel Huff Stokely* (5 Mar 1816 - 11 Jun
1895) & Nancy Eveline Jones con’t
- e.3 Sarah Jane Stokely (1846 -) &
Swan Huff Burnett
- e.4 Thomas R. Stokely (1848 - )
- e.5 Allen McMahn Stokely (1850 - 1896)
& Kathryn Jackson (Katie) Murray (1860 - )
- e.6 Martha A. Stokely (1852 - ) &
Josiah Fowler Boyer
- e.7 Nancy Helen Stokely (1854 - ) &
John E. Walker
- e.8 Marvel Nathan Stokely (1856 - )
- e.9 Mary Francis (Frankie) Stokely (1857 -
1945) & Ethan Douglas Weaver (1856 - 1954)
- e. Nathaniel Huff Stokely* (5 Mar 1816 - 11 Jun
1895) & Elvira McNabb Beaman (second wife)
- No children
- 2. David Royal Stokely (10 Apr 1784 - 27 Feb
1842) married Jane (Jennie) Huff
- Children Continued:
- f. Rhoda Stokely (5 Mar 1819 - 4 May 1880)
& Allen McMahan (1817 - 28 Apr 1857)
- g. Charles Huff Stokely Sr. (19 Jun 1821
- Cocke Co., & Sarah Black (1825 - 1900)
- h. Stephen H. Stokely (27 Jan 1824 - 1890)
& Ann E. Moore (abt 1827 - )
- i. Royal Stokely II (27 May 1827 - 1893)
& Elizabeth Farr (abt 1830 - )
- j. David Vandyke Stokely* (13 Nov 1828 -
1907) & Sarah Helen Allen (1832 - )
- 3. John Jehu Stokely Jr. (1 Dec 1786 - 1823)
& Mary Elizabeth Ellen Huff (15 Sep 1789 - 1821)
- 4. Thomas Stokely* (26 Jul 1789 - 21 Apr 1836)
Warren, NC
- 5. Nancy Stokely (13 Feb 1792 - abt 1830) Del
Rio, TN & Evan Fugate (1790 - )
- 6. Polly Stokely* (17 Mar 1794 - abt 1840) Del
Rio, TN & Mr. Raines & Nimrod Axley (1790 - )
- 7. Sarah Stokely (1 Apr 1797 - ) Del Rio, TN
& David Daniel Smart
- 8. Rhoda Stokely (12 Nov 1802 - ) Del Rio,
Cocke Co., TN & James Sawyer