George Story b. 1725 Pennsylvania, USA d. 1805 Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina: Our Family History

1725 - 1805 (80 years)

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Name	George Story [1]
Born	1725	Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Died	1805	Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina [1, 2]
	Will writted 11 March 1800, probated Jan 1805.Legatees: his dau Margaret Elders, dau-in-law Nancy Story, sons George Jr, Henry, James and Anthony.
Buried	Fairforest Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina, USA [3]
Person ID	I2954	Full
Last Modified	17 Jan 2010

Father	Anthony Story, b. Abt 1700, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F997	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Children

	1. Unknown Story, b. Pennsylvania, USA
	2. Anthony Story, d. Bef 1800
+	3. George Story, b. Abt 1751, Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina , d. Aft 1820, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
+	4. Margaret Story, b. Abt 1755, Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina , d. Abt 1835, Kentucky, USA (Age ~ 80 years)
+	5. Henry Story, b. 21 Jun 1757, Newberry District, South Carolina, USA , d. 19 Mar 1837, Greene County, Alabama, USA (Age 79 years)
	6. John Story, b. Abt 1762, Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina , d. Abt 1790, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 28 years)
	7. James Story, b. 22 Jun 1764, Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina , d. 23 Oct 1826, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, USA (Age 62 years)

Last Modified 29 Mar 2009

Family ID F994 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Nancy Cantor, b. Abt 1725, Virginia, USA , d. Fairforest, Old Ninety-Six District, South Carolina
Married	Y [1]
	Beth Moore indicates that there is no solid documentation to support this marriage. It might be true, but no known documents make it a certainty.
Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
Family ID	F995	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Received a land grant in what was then Anson Co NC, later became Spartanburg Co SC.

Some think that his middle initial was 'G,' but that was the mark he used to sign documents. Founding of Fair Forest Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg area of South Carolina Vol. 1, Page 295, Howe's History of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina: "The germ of the Fairforest Church In the district of Union, on the waters of a large creek by the same name which falls into Tyger River, a branch of Broad River. was planted at the same time (that is, about 1751). The site of the church Is a half mile below where the line between Spartanburg and Union crosses Fairforest Creek . . . The church dates its origin from some seven or eight families who emigrated from Lancaster County, Penna. from the years 1751 to 1754. Among the first emigrants were George Story, James McIlwaine, and one by the name of Dugan. Their first place of encampment was on a commanding eminence about two miles east of Glenn Springs . . . One of the two, McIlwaine, it is said, exclaimed: "What a fair forest this!" The name attached itself to the place and then to the bold, lovely stream . . . In 1764 they were visited by Rev. Joseph Tate, then pastor of Donegal, Lancaster County, Penna, whence they had migrated." [2, 5]

[S304] Storey, Allen L.
[S268] Story - Beth Moore Story, (Moore, Beth Story; published the Story newsletter; extensive research on the STORY name, all lines, wherever they occur.).
[S926] Story, George (1725) - Burial, (http://findagrave.com).
Birth: 1725
Death: 1805
Inscription on Tombstone:
George Storey and his wife Nancy Cantor Storey reared 5 sons in this community. The family were members of the Fairforest Presbyterian Church, which at that time stood on this plot. The five sons were all Revolutionary War Soldiers.
Anthony (1746 - 1783), Private, Horseman
George (1751 - c. 1830), Lieutenant
Henry (1757 - 1837), Sergeant, Quartermaster
John ((1762 -1799) Captain
James (1764 - 1826) Wagoneer
This Monument erected in 1984 by some of their estimated 20,000 descendants living in all parts of the United States
and enjoying the Freedoms that these brothers fought to establish.
[S268] Story - Beth Moore Story, (Moore, Beth Story; published the Story newsletter; extensive research on the STORY name, all lines, wherever they occur.), E-mail 10 Oct 1997: "I believe DAR has George's wife as Nancy Cantor, but if she was a wife she had died and he had a wife in 1787 (deed) named Hannah." (Reliability: 3).
[S921] Story - The Family Storey website, Hale, Jeffrey A., ((http://tfamstor.tripod.com/index.htm), website created in 1999 regarding George Storey (1725) and his descendants, citing William M. Storey, «i»The Family Storey«/i» (Mississippi City, MS : July 1955)).