sentences:  Stanly County was formed in 1841 from the part of Montgomery County west of the Pee Dee River.It was named for John Stanly of New Bern (1774–1834), who served several terms in the North Carolina House of Commons and two terms (1801–1803, 1809–1811) in the United States House of Representatives.Whitley was accused of theft and murder in Stanly County and also in Arkansas.