(Information on Robert and his descendants was contributed by Patsy Fouts and Stewart Stanfield.) Robert J. Stanfield was born 1803, in South Carolina, the son of Richard Stanfield and Martha Grimes.
Robert married Bethena Meyer, who was born 1803, in South Carolina.
Robert appears on the 1850 Murray County, Georgia census. He is listed as a farmer.
Robert died in Whitfield County, Georgia prior to 1870. The 1870 Walker County, Georgia census shows Bethena living with her daughter and son-in-law, Russell and Bethena Calista Smith. Bethena is listed as 67 years old. She died in Georgia.
Children of Robert Stanfield and Bethena
1. Richard Myers Stanfield, b. 1829, Gwinnett Co, GA
2. Willis Moses Stanfield, b. 1832, GA
3. Robert H. Stanfield, b. 1834, GA
4. Jane Donna W. Stanfield, b. 1836, GA
5. John T. Stanfield, b. 1837, GA
6. James W. Stanfield, b. 1838, GA
7. Bethena Calista Stanfield, b. 1843, GA
8. Pryor Stanfield, b. 1845, GA