West Virginia Pioneers

Family: Cornelius Staats / Anna CARNEY (F271)

m. 26 Sep 1812


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  • Father | Male
    Cornelius Staats

    Born  1790  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1814   
    Buried     
    Married  26 Sep 1812  [1]  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham 'Abram' Staats | F775 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna King | F775 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Anna CARNEY

    Born  8 Mar 1794  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Jul 1879  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Other Spouse  John ? Randolph | F2 
    Married  Abt 1816   
    Other Spouse  Enoch Calvert Thomas | F272 
    Married  1819   
    Father  Thomas CARNEY | F146 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary PARSONS | F146 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Mary "Polly" Staats

    Born  14 Mar 1814  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Mar 1893  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James Chancey | F750 
    Married  27 Apr 1837  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Isaac Staats

    Born  Abt 1815  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Apr 1890   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Ann Eliza "Liza" Tolley | F751 
    Married  8 Aug 1833  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mariah Brickels | F752 
    Married  25 Feb 1877   

  • Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: Sept 26th 1812
      Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States
      Cornelius Statts [indexed as Stalls]
      Anna Carney

      Mason Co tax list
      Cornelius Staats 1813-14

      John House:
      He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was killed.

      "Jackson County in the Wars"
      War of 1812
      In the summer of 1813, a body of Mason County troops under Capt. William Lowther Parsons, who then lived on Scyamore Creek near present Ripley, crossed the Alleghenies and served for a time at Norfolk, VA, They were mustered out in 1814. Known men from present Jackson County who served with Capt. Parsons' Company in the 6th VA Regiment were:. . .
      Cornelius Staats, who was either killed in action or died of other causes at this time. . .

      Cornelius Staats was born in Pennsylvania in 1790, the oldest son of Abraham and Ann (King) Staats, early pioneers of Jackson County. Before his untimely death, he had only two children: Isaac Staats, the miller at Staats Mill, for whom the village is named, and Mary (Polly) who married James Chancey, the ancestor of many of the families of that surname in the county.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.