During the late 18th century, Stamps descendants moved south and west from Virginia, eventually settling in Southern states like Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas.
He volunteered as an ensign with the Fauquier County Militia, 1st Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and was promoted to captain.
When war broke out with Great Britain, he eventually became a major and was noted for supplying the colonial troops with homemade ammunition.
Timothy's son, Thomas Stamps (1750–1840), volunteered as an ensign with the Halifax County Militia, 2nd Virginia Regiment during the American Revolution.
Later he participated in the 1820 Georgia land lottery and received 250 acres (1 km2) in present-day Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta.
Both are buried in Coweta County The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote a short article about him in 1895, noting that he was 102 years old and was ill.
Frank and his brother Virgil Oliver Stamps were posthumously inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
D. Sarah Stamps, PhD is an American geophysicist specializing in GPS/GNSS geodesy and tectonics, a National Geographic Explorer, and an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences.
[5] Thomas Paty Stamps saved over 100 family-owned farms in Georgia and Texas as a result of federal bankruptcy litigation throughout the 1980s.