They were called "Stinson," the Scottish vernacular for Stephenson, but they knew their proper name was Stephenson. My grandfather, in 1787, married his cousin Margaret, daughter of Capt. James Stephenson, one of the Four. In the year 1794 he moved with his family from York County, South Carolina, to Smith County, Tennessee. He was never called "Stinson" any more. The six brothers "Stinsons" who were left in South Carolina have now not a single "Stinson" descendant to bear the name; but their descendants by their daughters are quite numerous.
I will give here a list of male descendants, now living, of Hugh W. Stephenson, through his sons, not counting the descendants of his daughters. The number now voters is forty-three. I am not reckoning those under age:
Descendants of William Watson Stephenson.
1. William Henry Stephenson, Collinsville, Texas.
2. Felix W. Stephenson, Collinsville, Texas.
3. Dick Lee Stephenson, Collinsville, Texas.
4. Nim L. Stephenson, Collinsville, Texas.
5. William Newton Stephenson, Leighton, Alabama.
6. Hugh William Stephenson, Tuscumbia, Alabama.
7. Donald Reagan Stephenson, Juanita, Louisiana.
8. Dr. Hugh Watson Stephenson, Oakman, Alabama.
9. Roscoe Owen Stephenson, Oakman, Alabama.
10. William Claiborne Stephenson, Rockwall, Texas.
11. John Calvin Stephenson, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
12. Edwin Napier Stephenson, Chicago, Illinois.
13. William Myatt Stephenson, Waco, Texas.
14. William Watson Stephenson, Lois, Arkansas.
15. Thomas Floyd Stephenson, Lois, Arkansas.
16. Hugh Albert Stephenson, St. Charles, Arkansas.