The Stewarts in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA

Descended from the Stewarts of Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland

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The Stewarts in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA

The Outlander Clan

In 1739, a group of Scottish colonists from Argyll, Scotland, along with one family of Stewarts from Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, set sale from Scotland and arrived in Cape Fear in the American colony of North Carolina. This is their story.

Below you will find accounts of the families of:

Patrick Stewart, formerly 5th of Ledcreich (Clan Stewart of Balquhidder)
William Stewart, younger brother of Patrick
Dugald Stewart, a neighbour whose descendants married into the above families. Dugald belonged to the Stewarts of Achnacone (Clan Stewart of Appin)

The Early History of Cape Fear

“The establishment of the Argyll Colony in the Cape Fear valley of the Carolinas in 1739 was an important event in the history of Scotland and America. It was for some time the largest settlement of Scottish Highlanders anywhere outside of Scotland.” (The Argyll Colony Plus)

In the 16th century, prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, “more than thirty Native American tribes were living in present-day North Carolina. They spoke languages derived from three language groups, the Siouan, Iroquoian, and Algonquian.” (ncpedia)

“Although first discovered by…France in 1524, a Spanish expedition…entered the river in 1526 and explored its banks…. In 1662, William Hilton explored the (Cape Fear) river on behalf of Massachusetts Bay colonists…. New England Puritans went to the area in 1663, only to leave almost immediately…. By the early summer of 1664, a group of adventurers from Barbados…settled in Lower Cape Fear…. The settlement rapidly grew to almost 800 persons, but untenable terms for settlement…led to its decline.” (ncpedia)

The First Permanent (English) Settlement

“The earliest permanent settlement of the Cape Fear Valley took place in the spring of 1726,… After the failure of the [the earlier] colony, the region had remained uninhabited except by native tribes until 1724-25, when Governor George Burrington…issued grants for almost 9,000 acres in the area, primarily to a powerful group of [English] settlers….” (ncpedia)

A Plantation Economy of Enslavement

“A plantation economy developed from the beginning of settlement, and considerable numbers of enslaved black people were transported to the area from the West Indies, South Carolina, and other colonies. In 1790, when the first federal census was taken, more than 38 percent of the population of the Lower Cape Fear counties… consisted of enslaved black people.” (ncpedia)

The First Scottish Settlers

“Prior to the Act of Union in 1707 the American Colonies were English and it was extremely difficult for Scots to trade or settle there…. Most Scots who set foot in North America prior to the Union of 1707 did not go willingly. Cromwell transported Scots prisoners to the colonies after Dunbar and the unsuccessful uprising of the Earl of Argyle in 1685 resulted in the transportation of a number of Campbeltown and Kintyre lads to New England.” (A.I.B. Stewart)

Reasons for Emigrating

“Most commentators have been satisfied that American emigration was led by tacksmen and was due to the collapse of the tacksman system and later to the clearances. While these considerations undoubtedly apply after 1745 it would seem that they have no relevance to 1739. All the leaders were apparently landowners and men of substance. Their move was apparently engendered by disillusionment with the Union, a desire for improvement and the hope of more prosperity than they could expect in the rather forlorn Scotland of the immediate post-Union period.” (A.I.B. Stewart)

“All [of the Argyll colonists] were related directly or indirectly, by blood or by marriage to Hector Macneal, 1st of Losset.” (A.I.B. Stewart) If this is true, then we are unaware of how the Stewarts of Ledcreich, Perthshire, were related to Hector MacNeal.

Outlander and the Stewarts in Cape Fear

If you’re a fan of the show or book series, Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon, then the stories on this page may sound familiar. Starting with Book IV: Drums of Autumn, the story takes place in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA, during the lifetime of these Stewarts and the other Argyll Colonists.

The fictional Fraser’s Ridge is located in the Upper Cape Fear Valley. Jamie’s aunt Jocasta owns a plantation at Cross Creek on the Cape Fear River. Cross Creek is a real place and is shown on the maps below.

Diana Gabaldon used the stories of the Highland settlers in Cape Fear as the inspiration for her writing. I wonder if Diana Gabaldon ever visited our old website? I wonder if she has ancestors among the Cape Fear Highlanders?

More information on the connections between The Cape Fear Highlanders and Outlander can be found at: OutlanderNorthCarolina.com

Stewarts in Cape Fear in the North Carolina Colony

“The earliest families named Stewart who settled in the flat watershed of the Cape Fear river of North Carolina were Highlanders from Argyleshire and western Perthshire. ‘As early as 1729 several families of Scotch Highlanders had settled on the Cape Fear river in North Carolina,’ said the book, John Archibald Campbell, 1920. ‘They found a genial climate, a fertile soil, and a mild and liberal government. Their letters to friends and relatives in Scotland glowed with praise of their new home. Accordingly, when Neill McNeill, who had been one of the first Scotch settlers on the Cape Fear River, returned from a visit to Scotland in 1739 he brought with him 350 Highlanders. The General Assembly, anxious to encourage further immigration of these sturdy settlers, exempted them from public and private taxes for ten years and offered the same inducement to any of their countrymen who might follow them.’ The Highlanders selected a place at the head of navigation (now Fayetteville, Cumberland County) for their central market, and ships bringing large numbers of settlers from Islay, Skye, Sunderland and other parts of the Highlands began coming in. By the year 1754, the settlement had grown so important that the General Assembly erected it into a county, named Cumberland, which then included what are now Harnett, Wake (part), Lee (part), Moore and Hoke (part) counties. Prior to its erection Cumberland was part of Bladen County, established in 1734. In 1749 Anson County, at that time containing Richmond (1779), part of Hoke (1911) and other counties west and north, was set off from Bladen County. Robeson County, also populated with Highland families, was set off from Bladen County in 1786, and contained part of Hoke County. Scotland County was part of Richmond County until 1899.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, December 1956, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 177)

The Balquhidder Stewarts Among the Argyll Colonists

In the spring of 1739, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, sold his family’s estate, which had been in the family for eight generations. He then gathered his family together, including his wife, Elizabeth, and their four children, together with his younger unmarried brother, William. They travelled to Campbeltown in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, and on June 6th, 1739, they boarded the ship “Thistle” of Saltcoats, under its shipmaster, Robert Brown, along with six Argyllshire gentlemen and 300 commoners, and sailed for Cape Fear in America.

The group called itself the Argyll Colony after the shire in western Scotland from which they sailed. “They were the vanguard of what began as a trickle and grew into a flood of Highland emigrants to what was then Bladen County, North Carolina.” The colony sailed from Scotland in June 1739. On 6 June the customs office of Campbeltown, Argyll, cleared the Thistle (ship) of passengers for Cape Fear in America. From Campbeltown, she sailed to Gigha to take on additional passengers and join the Charming Molly (ship), cleared at Belfast also to carry part of the colony. “By the 1770s Highland Scots comprised one-third of the population of that region, earning for it the sobriquet ‘Valley of the Scots.'” (ncpedia)

Additional Articles Related to the Stewarts in North Carolina

Did Patrick Stewart of Bladen, North Carolina, have a son named John?

A refutation of the claims made by J. Montgomery Seaver in Stewart Family Records, 1929.

line drawing of colonial Charleston, South Carolina, USA, showing old houses on a waterfront with a partially cloudy skyline

The North Carolina Settlement of 1739

The story of the Kintyre (and Balquhidder) colonists who settled in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA, in 1739.

book cover featuring text imposed over a photo of an 18th century sailing vessel

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783

A history of the Scottish Highlanders in colonial North Carolina, USA.

artistic photo of an old hand-written document

The Wills of Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, and his Youngest Brother, William Stewart, in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA

The Last Will and Testament of Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, 1772, in Charlston, South Carolina, USA.

The Stewarts of Ledcreich from the Brown Family Bible

The Genealogy of the Stewarts of Ledcreich as found in the Brown Family Bible

Cape Fear Clans

Museum of Cape Fear

Argyll Colony Plus

Cape Fear River Settlements

Disclaimer: The accounting of the American descendants of the Stewarts in Cape Fear is disputed.

The accounting of the lives and descendants of Patrick, William and Dugald Stewart (below) is disputed; in some cases, highly disputed. Various sources conflict and various researchers disagree on the correct interpretation of these conflicting sources. This situation was complicated by the unfortunate multiple fires at the old North Carolina public records office which destroyed many primary source documents and left a dearth of reliable records. In 1763, Patrick Stewart, of Brown’s Marsh and formerly 5th of Ledcreich, dictated his family tree, which was supplemented by two of his grandchildren, Dr. James Carraway and Dr. Morgan Brown. We rely primarily on their accounting as closest in time and relationship to the subjects as most likely to be accurate. Thus, when the Brown family bible accounting is found to be in conflict with any other secondary source, no matter how prestigious that source may be, be it Stewart Clan Magazine or any of the many local history publications which were written generations later and far removed from the family itself, we defer to the Brown family bible as more likely to be correct. However, “more likely to be correct” is not proof.

Patrick Stewart's family history as recorded in the Brown family bible

The focus of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Project is on the Scottish generations of these Stewart families, not their American descendants. Due to the prominence and importance of the family of the Stewarts of Ledcreich, we chose to generously offer an attempt at as accurate an accounting as possible of their descendants.

It is not within the scope of our resources to conduct in-depth research into American records. The following information is presented “as is” with no warranty of accuracy. To the best of our ability, we have described, in as much detail as possible, the sources and reasoning we have relied upon to formulate our conclusions. But please keep in mind that the sources themselves disagree with each other frequently. The accounting for these descendants is subject to change if further reliable information comes available.

If you have corrections to our accounting, please contact us. But, please include the evidence used to support your suggested corrections.

Sources

In our research, we cite many documentary sources. Some of the most common ones that you will find referenced and abbreviated in our notes include:

Duncan Stewart (1739). A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Surname Stewart…. (It’s actual title is much longer), by Rev. Duncan Stewart, M.A., 1st of Strathgarry and Innerhadden, son of Donald Stewart, 5th of Invernahyle, published in 1739. Public domain.
Stewarts of the South. A large collection of letters written circa 1818-1820 by Capt. James Stewart, factor (estate manager) to Maj. Gen. David Stewart of Garth, comprising a near complete inventory of all Stewart families living in southern Perthshire, including all branches of the Stewarts of Balquhidder.
MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland. 2020 (http://redbookofscotland.co.uk/, used with permission). Gordon MacGregor is one of Scotland’s premier professional family history researchers who has conducted commissioned research on behalf of the Lord Lyon Court. He has produced a nine volume encyclopedic collection of the genealogies of all of Scotland’s landed families with meticulous primary source references. Gordon has worked privately with our research team for over 20 years.
[Parish Name] OPR. This refers to various Old Parish Registers.
For a full list of sources, click here.

Patrick Stewart, formerly 5th of Ledcreich (Planter)

Patrick Stewart, formerly 5th of Ledcreich and Stronslaney (Planter), b. 7 Feb 1697, Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1 May 1772, St. David’s, Craven, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years). Patrick was the eldest son of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Ledcreich, and Catherine Stewart of Glenogle.

Patrick Stewart’s story begins on our Stewarts of Ledcreich page which describes his earlier life in Scotland before he came to America. We pick up the story with his arrival in America….

Stewarts of Ledcreich

Arrival in North America

(…continued from our Stewarts of Ledcreich page) In the late spring of 1739, feeling disillusioned with the state of Scotland, Patrick Stewart, sold his family estate of Ledcreich. Then Patrick, his wife, Elizabeth, their two surviving children (Margaret and James), and Patrick’s younger brother, William, travelled to Campbeltown and on June 6th, 1739, they boarded the ship “Thistle” of Saltcoats, under its shipmaster, Robert Brown, and sailed for Cape Fear in America.

Patrick Stewart and the Argyll colony arrived in North Carolina in September 1739 and probably spent most of their first winter in or near Newton (later renamed Wilmington) because they had not yet decided on a specific location for settlement. Earlier settlers, mostly from Pennsylvania and Jersey, had already taken up most of the river frontage along the Cape Fear as far up as the mouth of Lower Little River, some twenty miles above Cross Creek. For that reason, the Argyll Colonists had to go farther upriver to find available river frontage, the preferred location because, in the absence of roads at the time, the river was the most convenient highway.

Patrick’s family grows

Shortly after their arrival, Patrick’s wife, Elizabeth, gave birth to a daughter, Catherine. Catherine’s exact date of birth is unknown so t’s possible that her mother, Elizabeth, may have been pregnant during the voyage. Over the next five years, they would have two more children, Charles and Elizabeth.

Acquiring Land

On 4 and 5 June 1740, some twenty-five men with Highland names were issued patents for a total of 14,000 acres in parcels of varying sizes on both sides of the river as far up as The Forks, the confluence of the Haw and Deep Rivers which form the Cape Fear, about fifty miles above Cross Creek. Patrick Stewart received land grants for 320 acres in Bladen County, North Carolina. In 1756 he was granted land on Harnett’s Branch, and in 1763 at Brown’s Marsh, all in Bladen County.

Never to Return

Back in Scotland, Patrick’s family had been supporters of their Royal Stuart cousins for three generations, and had suffered disappointment and hardship for doing so. After the coronation of William of Orange, Patrick’s father had supported Prince James Francis Edward Stuart in his failed attempt to claim the throne of Britain in 1715. In the years following, Patrick had heard of the plans for yet another Rising to put James’ son, Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne. Patrick likely believed that to be a futile cause, as evidenced by his departure from Scotland. And then came the final blow in 1746, when Patrick received word from home about the disastrous Battle of Culloden and the failure of the second Jacobite Rising. He vowed never to return to Scotland.

“During his lifetime Patrick Stewart corresponded with the members of his family who remained in Old Scotia. At long intervals, American cousins have visited the old manorial hall in Balgheidder (Balquhidder), and have been hospitably entertained on making themselves known.” (The American Historical Register)

Plantation Owner

Patrick settled into life in the New World and continued to develop his plantations. Like most of his fellow Scots in North Carolina, Patrick was a slave owner. The local economy was built on slave labour. Most of Patrick’s descendants until the time of the American Civil War were planation owners and continued in the practice of slave ownership.

Move to South Carolina

After the marriage of Patrick’s daughter Catherine in 1764, he and his wife moved to South Carolina at the Cheraws, where Patrick died in 1772.

Wilmington are settlements.
The Argyll settlers likely wintered here in 1739.
Map c/o ncpedia.org

1740 Land Grants
Go to capefearclans for an interactive version of this map.

Additional Information

Patrick Stewart's Last Will & Testament

Patrick Stewart’s Personal Family History

In 1763, Patrick Stewart, latterly 5th of Ledcreich, dictated to his son, Charles, his own account of the history of the Stewarts of Ledcreich. In that history, Patrick says of himself:

“January 18th, 1763. “1st. Patrick Stewart, of Ledcreich, in the Balghinder [Balquhidder], the southeast [sic, southwest] district of Perthshire, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter to Doctor Duncan Menzies and his wife Margaret, daughter to Robert Menzies, cousin-german to Sir Robert Menzies, of Weem, and grandfather to the present Sir Robert and William Stewart, brother-german to the said Patrick, came in company with six Argyllshire gentlemen and above three hundred common people from Scotland to Cape Fear in North Carolina the year 1739. The said Patrick was eldest lawful son to Alexander Stewart of Ledcreich, and Catherine his wife, daughter to Alexander Stewart, brother to Robert Stewart, of Glenogle, predecessor of John Stewart, of Hindfield and Strauser [Stronslany].”

Patrick’s full history can be found at The Stewarts of Ledcreich from the Brown Family Bible.

Patrick’s First and Second Marriages

Patrick’s first and second marriages back in Scotland and the three daughters who came from those marriages are not recorded in Patrick’s Stewart’s own family tree or any of the later genealogies of the Stewarts of Ledcreich. However, these births are recorded in the Balquhidder parish records. It is presumed that these chidren all died prior to the family emigrating and thus were not alive to be mentioned by Patrick in 1763 and were unknown to their later American kin.

Gordon MacGregor, in The Red Book of Scotland, says:

“Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, succeeded his father and purchased the feu of the lands of Ledcreich from James, Duke of Atholl, on 8 January 1731. He married at Dull, on 31 October 1733, to Elizabeth, daughter of Duncan Menzies, surgeon in Camuserny, and in company with his brother William Stewart, “six Argyleshire gentlemen and above three hundred common people” he emigrated to Cape Fear in North Carolina, in 1739. He died on 1 May 1772 and had issue.”

Stewart Clan Magazine quotes Patrick Stewart’s personal family history in its Dec 1956 issue:

“Patrick Stewart and his wife came to America in company with six Argyleshire gentleman and above 300 common people from Scotland to Cape Fear in North Carolina in the year 1739.” By the word ‘gentlemen’ he meant men who were of the class of landlords, or tenants of the king, while ‘common’ people were those who held no royal property or privilege. “Patrick Stewart of Ledcreich, in Balquhidder, in the southeast district of Perthshire,” the narrator wrote, “and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Dr. Duncan Menzies and his wife Margaret (daughter of Robert Menzies, cousin-german to Sir Robert Menzies of Weems and grandfather of the present Sir Robert), and William Stewart, brother-german to the said Patrick.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, December 1956, vol. 34, no. 6, pp.177-179)

Stewart Clan Magazine published a final update on Patrick Stewart in 1957:

“Patrick Stewart, born about 1705 (This date is speculative. He may have been born even before the year 1700.) in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland, was, no doubt, well acquainted with his maternal grandfather, Alexander Stewart, who was a younger brother of Robert Stewart of Glenagle. He probably knew his cousins.

Patrick Stewart sold his lands of Ledcreich in Balquhidder to John Stewart, a younger son of John Stewart of Aucharn in Argyleshire, and sailed with his wife and young children for American in 1739. He and John McLauren bought Oct. 31, 1739, of Ann Shirley two tracts of land of 300 acres each in Bladen County, North Carolina. Later, on May 21, 1741, he was granted a patent to 600 acres of land on Maple branch, in the same county. He, “of New Hanover County,” sold to John McLauren on June 16, 1747, his half of the 600-acre tract which together they had bought of Ann Shirley in 1739. On Sep. 29, 1750, Patrick was granted 200 acres on John Young’s path between Six Runs and Goshen swamp in Sampson [then in Duplin] County. He sold this place to Peter Smith for 20 pounds on Feb. 23, 1754. At that time, he was residing on the place, for the deed said that he was “of Duplin County.” He evidently moved to Bladen County within the next twelve years, for on Dec. 19, 1766, Pat. Stuart (This Pat. Stewart may have been the son of William Stewart, for it is said that he changed the spelling of his name to Stuart.) and Peter Broades signed as witnesses to a deed from Joseph Clarke to James Stewart of Bladen County, conveying 292 acres of land on the south bank of Cape Fear River, in Bladen county.

James Stewart had, by that date, married Patrick’s daughter Elizabeth. Some eight months later, on Aug. 7, 1767, “Patrick Stewart, late of Bladen County,” deeded to his grandson, Charles Stewart Carraway, “son to John Carraway & Margaret, his wife, my oldest lawful daughter,” for love and affection, a negro lad named Sambo. This deed, which was recorded in Cumberland County, stipulated that if Charles Stewart Carraway should die before his marriage the negro should “return to his full brother, James Carraway.”

Margaret had first married one Thomas Stewart, who died early, leaving her with a little daughter, Elizabeth; and she afterward married John Carraway, by whom she had four children — James, Charles, Thomas and Robert. Robert Carraway died young.

Patrick’s son Charles died in 1765 in Wilmington, unmarried, and James went to Dorchester County, South Carolina, perhaps because he had relatives there. Charles was, perhaps, the Charles Stewart, mariner, “of Brunswick in county & province of North Carolina & New Hanover County” who, on Aug. 16, 1759, gave power-of-attorney to William Bradley to collect his share of prize money and salary which might be due him for his services and prize money of captives taken by Thomas Wright, commander of the Hawk, a privateersman, “on board the said brigt. Hawk on his last cruise.”

After the marriage of his daughter Catherine to William Little, jr., (of Edenton) in 1764 Patrick Stewart went to live in South Carolina, “at the Cheraws,” probably in that part which is now Darlington County. There he died some time before the Revolutionary war. Designing himself as “Patrick Stewart of St. David’s parish” (which was Cheraws district, formed in 1768), he made his will May 8, 1772. He appointed as his executors Catherine Little and Alexander Gordon, and named his wife Elizabeth; son James; daughter Catherin Little; daughter Margaret Carraway; and grandson Charles Stewart Carraway.

Children:

Margaret, c.1730 : m. (1) Thomas Stewart, (2) John Carraway

James : m. ______ Vilpontan: had daughter Ann

Charles : died in 1765 in Wilmington, unmarried

Catherine : m. (1) Dec. 26, 1764, William Little, (2) John Speed

Elizabeth : m. James Stewart (of Robeson county)
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, January 1957, vol. 34, no. 7, pp.181-183)

Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Patrick Stewart, born about 1687 (sic, 1697), at Ledcreich, Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, was heir to the lairdship of that estate. He married Elizabeth Menzies, daughter of Dr. Duncan Menzies and his wife Margaret (daughter of Robert Menzies, “cousin-german to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem, and grandfather to the present Sir Robert”). With his younger brother William, “in company with six Argyllshire gentlemen, and upwards of 300 common people from Scotland,” Patrick and his wife came in 1739 to Wilmington, North Carolina, forming a settlement at Brown’s Marsh, on the Cape Fear river. In 1740 Patrick and Dugald Stewart received grants of land on the Cape Fear River in Bladen county. In 1756, Patrick had a grant of land on Harnett’s Branch, and in 1763, at Brown’s Marsh, both in Bladen County. After the Stuarts failed to re-establish themselves on the throne in 1746 the laird of Ledcreich is said to have decided never to return to Scotland, and sold his estate there to his younger brother, Robert. (sic, Patrick sold Ledcreich to John Stewart of Benmore before he left Scotland in 1739.) On Jan. 18, 1763, he had his son Charles write down his genealogy, from which many of these data are taken. After the marriage of his daughter Catherine in 1764, he and his wife “removed to South Carolina at the Cheraws, where he died about 1772.” The will of Patrick Stewart of St.David’s parish [co-extensive with Cheraws district], S.C., dated May 8, 1772, divided his property among his wife Elizabeth, son James, daughters Catherine Little and Margaret Caraway, and his grandson Charles Stewart Caraway: the executors were Catherine Little and Alexander Gordon. Children: Charles, c.1721, died in 1765, in Wilmington, N.C., unmarried; Margaret: m. (1) Thomas Stewart, (2) John Caraway; James: m. ______ Vilpontan, in South Carolina; Catherine: m. (1) Dec. 25, 1764, William Little, (2) July –, 1774, John Speed; Elizabeth: m. James Stewart, her cousin.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, May 1935, vol. xii, no. 11, pp.121-122)

Marriages and Children

Please note: It is not the intent of this project to present a comprehensive accounting of all the American descendants of these families. The primary focus of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group are the Scottish branches of the family.

Patrick Stewart married firstly in 1718 in Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Jean Stewart, b. Abt 1700, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1728, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 27 years). Her family of origin is unknown. They had the following children:

1. Mary Stewart, b. 8 Jan 1719, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

Mary Stewart, b. 8 Jan 1719, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN.

Mary is not mentioned in her father’s 1763 genealogy, but her baptism is recorded in the Balquhidder parish register. It is presumed that she died before the family emigrated in 1739.

2. Katherine Stewart, b. 1 Dec 1720, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1739

Katherine Stewart, b. 1 Dec 1720, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1739 (Age < 18 years).

Katherine is not mentioned in her father’s 1763 genealogy but her birth is registered in the Balquhidder parish registers. She is presumed to have died young prior to emigration and prior to the birth of her same-named sister.

Patrick Stewart’s first wife is presumed to have died prior to 1728. Patrick married secondly on 23 Nov 1728 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Katherine Stewart, b. Abt 1700, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1733, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 32 years). Her family of origin is unknown. They had the following child:

1. Janet Stewart, b. Abt 1729, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

DUBIOUS FAMILY

Janet Stewart, b. Abt 1729, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN.

Janet is not mentioned in her father’s 1763 genealogy, nor is her baptism found in the Balquhidder parish register. She is claimed without evidence by descendants to have remained in Scotland when the rest of her family emigrated in 1739 and subsequently moved to Fortingall and married John McLean. Given that she is estimated to have been about 10-years-old when her family emigrated, it is unlikely that Patrick would have left his ten-year-old daughter behind. It is more likely that she died in childhood.

The following claim is considered dubious.

She is alleged to be the Janet Stewart who married on 15 Mar 1755 in Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland to John McLean, b. Abt 1730, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:

James McLean, b. 23 Feb 1756, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN
Patrick McLean, b. 2 Nov 1757, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN
Duncan McLean, b. 12 Jun 1763, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN
Donald McLean, b. 11 Feb 1765, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN
Alexander McLean, b. 22 Jun 1767, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN

Patrick Stewart’s second wife is presumed to have died prior to 1733. Patrick married thirdly on 31 Oct 1733 in Dull and Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Elizabeth Menzies, b. Abt 1715, Dull, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1772, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 57 years). They had the following children:

1. Margaret Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1734, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 1808, USA (Age 73 years)

Margaret Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1734, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1808, USA (Age 73 years)

In 1763, Margaret’s father, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, dictated a detailed family tree, subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Margaret is described as:

“Margaret was first married to Thomas Stewart and had one daughter, Elizabeth, who never married, but died an old maid at her own plantation on Cape Fear River about the year Margaret married a second husband, John Caraway, by whom she had four sons, James, Charles, Thomas and Robert; this last died young without issue. James Caraway married Ann Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, the brother of Patrick, by whom he had two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth.

“Charles Caraway married and is now living in North Carolina, perhaps on Cape Fear River, but whom he married and how many children he has had is now not known.

“Thomas Caraway married Catherine, his cousin, the daughter of his aunt Elizabeth, the wife of James Stewart, of North Carolina, by whom he had children: Margaret, married to, of Todd County, Ky.; Dr. James Caraway, who now lives in the Mississippi State.”

Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Margaret Stewart, born about 1730, married (1) Thomas Stewart. He was the eldest son of Dugald Stewart, who received a grant June 4, 1740, of 640 acres of land along the south bank of Cape Fear River in Cumberland [at that time part of Bladen] County. Dugald Stewart apparently came from Scotland, with his wife and some children, in 1739 in the same influx of highland settlers as Patrick Stewart. Dugald died, intestate, prior to Apr. 13, 1756, when Thomas Stewart, his “oldest son and heir at law,” sold 200 of the 640 acres to John Rea. Thomas died about 1760, leaving issue an only child, Elizabeth. This Elizabeth Stewart never married, and at her death some time after Apr. 7, 1812, she devised her plantation (apparently the remaining 440 acres of her father’s estate) to her cousins — Robert, Hector and Dugald Stewart — and gave her slaves to her nieces, Eliza and Janet Carraway, daughters of James Carraway. Elizabeth’s cousins — Robert, Hector and Dugald Stewart — almost had to be grandsons of Dugald through a younger brother of Thomas. After Thomas Stewart’s death, the widow Margaret married John Carraway, by whom she had four sons. Her father gave one of her sons, Charles Stewart Carraway, a negro servant named Sambo, in 1767, which shows that Margaret, by that time, had children by her second marriage. Her father furthermore remembered this boy in his will in 1772. It is probable that the Carraways went into South Carolina with Margaret’s parents, and eventually went to West Tennessee. However, Thomas Carraway, Margaret’s third son, was in Cumberland County, N.C., in 1801. Children of Margaret:
Elizabeth, c.1760 : died about 1812, unmarried
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James Carraway : evidently went to Montgomery county, Tenn.
Charles Stewart Carraway : named in grandfather’s will, 1772
Thomas Carraway : m. Catherine Stewart, a cousin
Robert Carraway : died as a youth
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, February 1957, vol. 34, no. 8, pp.185-188.)

Margaret Stewart married firstly Abt 1753 in Cheraws District, South Carolina, USA to Thomas Stewart, b. Abt 1730, Achnacone, Argyll, Scotland , d. 1753, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 23 years). Thomas was the son of Dugald Stewart, formerly in Achnacone, whose family information is presented further below on this page. Margaret and Thomas had one child:

1. Elizabeth Stewart, b. Abt 1753, Cape Fear, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA , d. 1812, Cape Fear, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 59 years) Stewart Clan Magazine says: “Only child of Thomas Stewart [was] Elizabeth: died, an old maid, on her plantation on the Cape Fear River.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, June 1935, vol. xii, no. 12, pp.125-126)

After the death of Margaret’s first husband, Thomas Stewart, she married secondly abt. 1754 in North Carolina, USA to John Carraway, (Planter), b. 1731, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA , d. 1794, Cumberland, England (Age 63 years)

In his will dated 23 October 1794,[2] John Carraway of Cumberland Co., North Carolina, bequeathed to his wife Margaret, during her life, six negroes, the manor plantation containing 360 acres, livestock, tools, and furniture. He bequeathed to his son Thomas three pieces of land containing a total of 550 acres, two negroes, and all of the estate previously bequeathed to Margaret after her decease; Thomas was to take care of his father’s debts. He also bequeathed to his son William one piece of land on the east side of Black River containing 150 acres and four negroes, and to his grandson John, William’s son, he bequeathed one piece of land on the east side of Stewart Creek containing 200 acres. He bequeathed to his son John one negro, £150 to be paid by Thomas, and three cows and calves. He bequeathed to his son James five pieces of land containing about 700 acres, three negroes, a feather bed, and livestock. He bequeathed to his son Charles two pieces of land containing 420 acres, two negroes, cooper’s tools, three cows and calves, a feather bed, five sows and pigs, eleven year-old hogs, and pewter plates. His wife Margaret and son Thomas were appointed executors. The will was probated in 1795 in Cumberland Co.
(Source: The last will and testament of “John Carraway of the County of Cumberland and State of North Carolina”, dated 23 Oct. 1794, was witnessed by Abel Moore, Alex McAlester (his mark?) and William Holland. Original will of John Carraway, 1795, [record no. 5200.29.198, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh]; images 335-338 of 518, accessed 24 Sept. 2019, www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GW-T1G2. (Bibliog.) The will was not recorded in a will book.)

Margaret Stewart and John Carraway are believed to have had the following children, however sources disagree on their children.

Further information on these children can be found by clicking on their individual links.

1. Sgt. William C. Carraway, (Planter), b. 1754, Cape Fear, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA , d. 1 Feb 1834, Thomaston, Upson, Georgia, USA (Age 80 years)”William Caraway was born in 1754, in what was then Cumberland County, but is now Harnett County, North Carolina, the son of John Carraway, Sr. and his first wife, Margaret Stewart. He grew up on his father’s plantation and learned the art of farming.“With the advent of the Revolutionary War, William responded to the call of Patriotism and enlisted in service to the young Nation as a private. Although he was a native resident of the state of North Carolina, he traveled to Cambridge South Carolina in March or April of 1778, and enlisted under Captain John Moore of the Third Company of Col. Huger’s Regiment of the South Carolina Line. He rose through the ranks to become Orderly First Sergt. During his tour of duty, William served under Captain John Caraway Smith, a cousin, during the Siege of Savannah and was also in the Battle of Stono, South Carolina. During his service he was wounded by a hand pike, which caused him pain for the remainder of his life. Sergt. Caraway was honorably discharged from service at Whitehall, South Carolina on June 11, 1780. It is interesting to note that he was not paid for his service until May 5, 1785, on which date he received the sum of 33 pounds, five shillings and three pence, and halfpenny, sterling.“After being discharged from service, William returned to his native Cumberland County and resumed work on the family plantation. He began to acquire land of his own. On April 16, 1782, he purchased a tract of land from his father.
  “In a sworn affidavit, William’s son John Caraway stated that William married Elizabeth Avera sometime prior to June 11, 1780, the date of William’s discharge from the Continental Army. Elizabeth was the daughter of Alexander Avera and Sarah Caraway, neighbors of the Caraway’s. However, if this is so, there is no indication that children were born to this marriage for several years. Their first born were twins, Robert and Charity, born July 5, 1785. A son, John, was born in 1787 and another daughter, Mildred, in about 1790. On September 11, 1794, son Alexander was born. Sometime after the birth of Alexander, William’s father, John Carraway, died and his plantation was divided among his heirs.
  
  “For some reason William decided to leave Cumberland County and began to dispose of his property. On August 24, 1795, he sold the tract of land he had bought from his father in 1782 to his brother-in-law William Avera. A year later on August 23, 1796, he sold to his brother James, 150 acres of land on Black River, which he had inherited from his father. In the deed for this property, William was shown to be a resident of Cumberland County, yet tax records for Stokes County for 1796 show that William was a resident of that county before the end of the year. Apparently, William moved from Cumberland County to Stokes County sometime between August 23 and December 31, 1796. The final disposition of his Cumberland County property came when he sold 200 acres on Stewart’s Creek to his brother Thomas on November 25, 1800. On October 4, 1796, another son, William, Jr. was born, probably after their move to Stokes County, and son Thomas, two years later in 1798. William’s family was completed by the addition of Benjamin in 1800, Jame in 1802, and Charles in 1804.
  Possibly lured by the promise of free land to be offered in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, William moved his family to Lincoln County, Georgia, in 1804.
  
  “Although he was not successful in the initial effort (he drew two blanks), William’s family was lucky in later land lotteries in Georgia. In the 1820 drawing, William Jr. obtained a lot in Habersham County, John a lot in Irwin County and Robert and Charity each drew for land in Early County. In 1821 Alexander was a lucky drawer for a lot in Houston County. In later lotteries, son James was a lucky drawer for land in Floyd County and Benjamin drew for lot number 260, dt. 8, sec. 5 in Upson County.
  
  “In 1825 William and family, including his widowed daughter, Charity Bethel and her family, moved from Lincoln County to Upson County, Georgia. It is family tradition that three of his sons built the first three houses erected in the city of Thomaston. If the tradition is true, John and Robert were certainly two of those, along with William. They and sister Charity were there in 1830 but William, Jr. was in Muscogee County and Thomas was in Randolph County.
  Alexander had moved to Mississippi sometime between 1826 and 1829. It is not known whether he went there directly from Lincoln County or by way of Upson County. Benjamin was administrator of Thomas Caraway’s estate in Randolph County in 1833 and probably lived there with him in 1830 as a yet unmarried man. Apparently, James never married and there are few records to prove he existed. Charles was retarded and apparently lived with his father all of his life.
  
  “In May of 1833 William was granted a pension by the United States government for his service in the Revolutionary War. Less than a year later he died on February 1, 1834, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston. His wife, Elizabeth, died January 1, 1838, probably in the home of one of her sons, either Benjamin or Robert Caraway, in Randolph County, Georgia; the location of her burial is unknown.”
  (Written by: Jack F. Caraway, Montgomery, Alabama, 2003)
2. Charles Stewart Carraway, b. Abt 1756, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN.Charles resided in Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA and had issue.Stewart Clan Magazine says:
  “Thomas Stewart, born about 1730, in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, came with is parents in 1739 to Bladen county, N.C. (sic) He married Margaret Stewart, daughter of Patrick Stewart of Brown’s Marsh. He died some years before 1772, the date of Patrick Stewart’s will, at which time Margaret had children by her second husband. After his death his widow married John Caraway, by whom she had four sons – James, Charles, Thomas and Robert Caraway. Only child of Thomas Stewart [was] Elizabeth: died, an old maid, on her plantation on the Cape Fear River.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, June 1935, vol. xii, no. 12, pp.125-126)
3. Thomas Carraway, b. Abt 1758, Craven, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN
4. Dr. James Carraway, J.P. (Planter), b. 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Nov 1830, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 69 years). James was the son of Margaret Stewart and John Carraway.
  This is the Dr. James Caraway who, in 1789, added to his grandfather Patrick Stewart’s 1763 history of this family.
  
  James Carraway served in the American Revolution, #3886 North Carolina Militia Wilmington District. He also served in the War of 1812.
  
  In 1814 he received a land grant on Pearl River.
  
  In 26 Jun 1818 James was listed as Justice of peace in Wilkenson county, Mississippi. Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 lists James Carraway was living in Wilkenson county, Mississippi, with 1 son, 1 daughter in household. Wife not listed. Eliza Ann also not listed (as already married).
  
  Stewart Clan Magazine says:
  “After [Thomas Stewart’s] death his widow [Margaret] married John Caraway, by whom she had four sons – James, Charles, Thomas and Robert Caraway.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, June 1935, vol. xii, no. 12, pp.125-126)
  
  Dr. James Carraway married in 1790 to his first-cousin-once-removed, Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN. She was the daughter of James’ great-uncle, William Stewart, younger brother of Patrick Stewart, formerly 5th of Ledcreich.
  
  James passed away 20 Nov, 1830. (source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carraway-60 with multiple documented sources.)
  
  Their family is presented further below under Ann’s entry, daughter of William Stewart.
5. Robert Carraway, b. Abt 1762, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN
6. Elizabeth Carraway, b. Abt 1765, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN
7. Janet Carraway, b. Abt 1768, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

2. Alexander Stewart, b. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 0 years)

Alexander? Stewart, b. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 0 years)

Alexander’s existence is uncertain. There is no record of his birth in the Balquhidder OPR. He is listed only in Chuck Speed’s genealogy of the Ledcreich Stewarts and is recorded as having died at birth. However, there is no source information provided for the record. Alexander is not mentioned in his father’s 1763 genealogy, however, this could simply be because he died at birth.

3. James Stewart, b. Abt 1737, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

James Stewart, b. Abt 1737, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN

James’ date and place of birth is uncertain. According to Stewart Clan Magazine (see below) James was born about 1732 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. However, this predates his parents’ marriage. If it is correct that he was born in Scotland then it would have to have been closer to 1737.

In 1739, James’ father, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, dictated a detailed family tree that was subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which the following is recorded about James:

“James, the son of Patrick Stewart, married in South Carolina a young lady of the name of Vilpontan, a descendant of the ancient French family of that name, by whom he had one child only, a daughter called Ann; she married Edward Tongue, of Cairn Acre, near the river Ponpon. Tongue died and she married a second husband by the name of Gist, in Union County, S. C., where they both died without issue.”

According to Stewart Clan Magazine:

“James Stewart, born about 1732 (sic – this predates his parents’ marriage) in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland, was transported to North Carolina by his parents in 1739. His presence around home is little noted. He may have accompanied his parents to the Cheraws in South Carolina about 1768. He was named in his father’s will in 1772. He is said to have married in South Carolina a Miss Vilpontan, by whom he had an only child, Ann, who married (in 1794) Edward Tonge. A news- paper published at Charleston, in its issue of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1794, gave a brief announcement of the wedding of Edward Tonge, esq., of St.Paul’s parish (Colleton) and Miss Ann Stewart of St.George’s Dorchester. This would indicate that Ann’s father resided, or had resided, in St.George’s parish, Dorchester. And this suggests that he, very likely, belonged to the same family of Stewarts as the Duncan Stewart of St.George’s Dorchester whose will, dated May 1, 1746, and probated July 5, 1748, named his brothers and sisters John of St. Paul’s parish, who had sons James and John; Daniel; Alexander, Janet; Grizel; Elspeth; and Margaret, F: 174. The surname was spelled Stuart in the will.

“Edward Tonge, esq., was born Sep. 13, 1769, son of John & Susanna Tonge, and died Oct. 18, 1809, at his mansion house on Cane Acres in St.Paul’s parish, as shown by a tombstone “Erected to his memory by his most affectionate wife Ann” in an old graveyard by the side of the road between Bacon’s Bridge and Charleston. Ann was Edward’s second wife, he having married when rather young Elizabeth Murray, who was born Oct. 25, 1772, in Charleston, and died July 15, 1788, in thar city, aged 15 years and 8 months, as stated on a stone erected by her husband in 1794. Ann’s mother-in-law, Susanna Tonge, continued to reside at Cane Acres until her death Aug. 18, 1828, at the age of 86 years. Ann had no children by Edward, and awhile after his death in 1809 she married a man named Gist and went to live in Union County, S. C. There Mr. Gist died, and some time afterward she died, childless. In her possession was a big bible which had belonged to her father, James Stewart, and placed within it was the family lineage running back to King Robert II of Scotland which her grandfather, Patrick Stewart, had had his son Charles write out from “uncontroverted history.” A brother of Ann’s second husband, upon request, sent “this ancient paper” to Morgan Brown, who married Elizabeth Little, born Nov. 24, 1765, daughter of William and Catherine (Stewart) Little. Elizabeth Little was a cousin to Ann.” (Edson, George. Stewart Clan Magazine, Vol. 34, Tome G, No. 8, Feb. 1957.)

James Stewart married Abt 1768 in South Carolina, USA to Anne Villeponteaux, b. Abt 1745, Unknown , d. UNKNOWN. They had the following child:

1. Ann Stewart, b. Abt 1768, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA , d. 9 Mar 1820, Union County, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 52 years)[James Stewart] had an only child, Ann, who married (in 1794) Edward Tonge. A news- paper published at Charleston, in its issue of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1794, gave a brief announcement of the wedding of Edward Tonge, esq., of St.Paul’s parish (Colleton) and Miss Ann Stewart of St.George’s Dorchester. This would indicate that Ann’s father resided, or had resided, in St.George’s parish, Dorchester. And this suggests that he, very likely, belonged to the same family of Stewarts as the Duncan Stewart of St.George’s Dorchester whose will, dated May 1, 1746, and probated July 5, 1748, named his brothers and sisters John of St. Paul’s parish, who had sons James and John; Daniel; Alexander, Janet; Grizel; Elspeth; and Margaret, F: 174. The surname was spelled Stuart in the will.
  Edward Tonge, esq., was born Sep. 13, 1769, son of John & Susanna Tonge, and died Oct. 18, 1809, at his mansion house on Cane Acres in St.Paul’s parish, as shown by a tombstone “Erected to his memory by his most affectionate wife Ann” in an old graveyard by the side of the road between Bacon’s Bridge and Charleston. Ann was Edward’s second wife, he having married when rather young Elizabeth Murray, who was born Oct. 25, 1772, in Charleston, and died July 15, 1788, in thar city, aged 15 years and 8 months, as stated on a stone erected by her husband in 1794. Ann’s mother-in-law, Susanna Tonge, continued to reside at Cane Acres until her death Aug. 18, 1828, at the age of 86 years.
  
  Ann had no children by Edward, and awhile after his death in 1809 she married a man named Gist and went to live in Union County, S. C. There Mr. Gist died, and some time afterward she died, childless. In her possession was a big bible which had belonged to her father, James Stewart, and placed within it was the family lineage running back to King Robert II of Scotland which her grandfather, Patrick Stewart, had had his son Charles write out from “uncontroverted history.” A brother of Ann’s second husband, upon request, sent “this ancient paper” to Morgan Brown, who married Elizabeth Little, born Nov. 24, 1765, daughter of William and Catherine (Stewart) Little. Elizabeth Little was a cousin to Ann.
  (Edson, George. Stewart Clan Magazine, Vol. 34, Tome G, No. 8, Feb. 1957.)
  
  Ann Stewart married firstly on 3 Nov 1794 in Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA to Edward Tonge, (Planter), b. 13 Sep 1769, d. 18 Oct 1809 (Age 40 years). After his death, she married secondly aft. 1809 to Unknown Gist, b. UNKNOWN, d. Abt 1818, Union County, South Carolina, USA .
  
  She had no children by either marriage.

4. William Stewart, b. 21 Dec 1738, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 1739 (Age 0 years)

William Stewart, b. 21 Dec 1738, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1739 (Age 0 years).

William’s birth is recorded in the Balquhidder OPR as having taken place on 21 Dec 1738. His believed to have died in infancy prior to his parents’ emigration to North Carolina, USA, in 1739, as he is not found in any later records. He is not mentioned in this father’s family tree, dictated in 1769.

5. Catherine Stewart, b. 1739, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1789, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA (Age 50 years)

Catherine Stewart, b. 1739, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 1789, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA (Age 50 years)

Catherine was born in North Carolina, USA, shortly after her parent’s arrival from Scotland. Her birth is estimated to have been about 1739 based on her age at time of death.

In 1769, her father, Patrick, dictated a detailed family tree which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, and by Dr. Morgan Brown at an unknown date, in which the following is recorded about Catherine:

“Catherine, the second child* of Patrick Stewart, was born in Scotland and came to America with her parents very young. She was married to William Little, then of South Carolina, December the 25th, 1764, and by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth, born November the 24th, 1765, and married to Morgan Brown, the writer of these sketches, January 22d, 1784. William Little died in the latter part of the year 1766, and Catherine after living a widow several years married John Speed in July, 1774, by whom she had two children, a son called James and a daughter named Sarah, who was married to William Pigues, the son of Claudius, who was the son of Claudius Pigues of South Carolina, near the Cheraws, where they now live, and have several children, but their names and ages not now known. James married Hinson, and has several children, now living near the mouth of Red River, Montgomery County, Tenn., where he died.”

*The reference to Catherine being the second child is not correct. It can’t even been generously interpretted as second child of her father’s marriage to Elizabeth Menzies, or second surviving child. She had at least three, and possibly four, older siblings, two of whom survived to adulthood, all by the same mother. Dr. Brown’s error about his own mother-in-law would indicate that he added his supplements to the family history after her death in 1789 and possibly after his own wife’s death in 1829.

Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Catherine Stewart, born about 1742, married (1) Dec. 25, 1764, William Little, Jr., of Edenton, N.C. Sometime after their marriage Catherine and her husband moved from Bladen County to Cheraws District, South Carolina, in company with her parents. Mr. Little died in the latter part of 1766. When Catherine’s father made his will in 1772 he appointed her and Alexander Gordon executors. She married (2) July –, 1774, John Speed. These data are from a sketch written by Morgan Brown, who was born in 1758 and married in 1784, as his second wife, Elizabeth Little, daughter of William and Catherine. From this Elizabeth (Little) Brown, through her three daughters — Elizabeth, Sarah and Catherine Stewart Brown — are descended several families of prominence in the South. The time and place of Catherine’s death were not noted. Children:
Elizabeth Little, Nov. 24, 1765 : m. 1784, Morgan Brown
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James Speed
Sarah Speed : m. William Pigues : had children
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, February 1957, vol. 34, no. 8, pp.185-188.)

Catherine Stewart married on 25 Sep 1764 in Cheraws District, South Carolina, USA to William Little, b. 27 Sep 1729, Edonton, North Carolina, USA , d. Oct 1766, Cheraws District, South Carolina, USA (Age 37 years). They had the following child:

1. Elizabeth Little, b. 14 Nov 1765, Edonton, North Carolina, USA , d. 1829, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years). She married on 22 Jan 1784 in South Carolina, USA, to Dr. Morgan L. Brown, b. 1758 in South Carolina, USA, d. 1829 in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.Dr. Morgan added supplemental information to Patrick Stewart’s 1763 history of the Stewarts of Ledcreich.
  
  They had the following children:
  1. Elizabeth Little Brown, b. Abt 1785, d. UNKNOWN
  2. Sarah Brown, b. Abt 1787, d. UNKNOWN
  3. Catherine Stewart Brown, b. Abt 1790, d. UNKNOWN

After the death of William Little, Catherine married secondly in Jul 1774 in Cheraw District, South Carolina, USA to Col. John Speed, (Planter), b. Abt 1745, North Carolina, USA , d. 18 Feb 1806, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 61 years). They had the following children:

1. James Stewart Speed, b. 16 Mar 1775, Anson County, North Carolina, USA , d. Dec 1816, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 41 years)
  This is the ancestor of Chuck Speed, co-founder of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group.
2. Sarah Speed, b. Abt 1777, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
3. Catherine Speed, b. Abt 1788, Cheraw District, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
4. Martha Patsy Speed, b. Abt 1789, Cheraw District, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

6. Charles Stewart, b. Abt 1742, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1765, Willmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 23 years)

Charles Stewart, b. Abt 1742, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 1765, Willmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 23 years).

In 1763, Charles’ father Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, dictated a detailed family tree to Charles, subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Charles is described as:

“Charles, the youngest and the favorite son of Patrick Stewart, died a young and single man at Wilmington, in North Carolina, in the year 1765. In his last letter to his parents, No. 2, with his father’s directions concerning it. Compare this letter with the genealogy No. 1, and the handwriting of both will be recognized.”

Stewart Clan Magazine says,

“Charles Stewart, born about 1736 in Scotland, never married, it is said. He was perhaps a seafaring man, or a soldier. In 1763 his father, irritated by a delay in receiving an acknowledgment from the author of a Stewart genealogy in Scotland that certain errors in the laird of Ledcreich’s pedigree were to be corrected in the manuscript, got out his family papers and had Charles write down a true record, ending: “This is the ingenuous history of my pedigree by uncontroverted history. PAT. STEWART.” Charles died in 1765 in Wilmington.” (Edson, George. Stewart Clan Magazine, Vol. 34, Tome G, No. 8, Feb. 1957.)

7. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1744, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1795, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)

Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1744, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 1795, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)

Elizabeth was born after her family immigrated to the USA. Her birth date is estimated to be about 1744 based on her age at her time of death. She was presumably born in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, although no record of her birth has been found.

In 1763, Elizabeth’s father, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, dictated a detailed family tree, subsequently added to by her nephew, Dr. James Caraway, in 1789, and, at an unknown date by her nephew-in-law, Dr. Morgan Brown, in which Elizabeth is described as:

“Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Patrick Stewart, married James Stewart, by whom she had five children: Catherine, married to Thomas Caraway; James, living in the Mississippi State; Elizabeth, married to William Jordan; Margaret, married to Pope and lives in South Carolina; Charles, who joined the patriots in Mexico and has not been heard of since.”

Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Patrick Stewart, married James Stewart, by whom she had five children: Catherine, married to Thomas Caraway; James, living in the Mississippi State; Elizabeth, married to William Jordan; Margaret, married to Pope and lives in South Carolina; Charles, who joined the patriots in Mexico and has not been heard of since.

Stewart Clan Magazine in 1935 says,

“James Stewart… married his cousin (sic), Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Patrick Stewart of Brown’s Marsh. He perhaps lived for a time in that part of Bladen county which was set off as Robeson county [cf. Charles, B:171]. Children: Catherine: m. Thomas Caraway; James Caraway: lived in Mississippi; Elizabeth: m. William Gordon; Margaret: m. _____ Pope : lived in South Carolina; Charles: joined the patriots in Mexico [1810] and was never heard from.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, June 1935, vol. xii, no. 12, pp.125-126.)

In a later 1957 article, Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Elizabeth Stewart, born about 1744, married James Stewart, her cousin. (sic) The biographical sketch written presumably by Morgan Brown spoke of Elizabeth as “youngest daughter of Patrick Stewart” and gave the names of her five children, with a bit about them, such as “James Carraway Stewart, living in Mississippi,”* but said no more about Elizabeth or her husband, except to state that they were cousins.

“As this James was not the son of William, brother of Patrick, he may have been a brother — or even cousin — of Thomas Stewart, who married Elizabeth’s sister Margaret, for their mutual affiliation with the Carraway family is indicative of that. The earliest trace of this James Stewart+ in the land records was when he bought Dec. 19, 1766, of Joseph Clarke, for 220 pounds, 292 acres of land along the banks of Cape Fear River, on the southwest side, in Bladen County, and Pat. Stuart and Peter Broades signed as witnesses. The purchase money may have been supplied by Elizabeth’s father as a dowry, for that was about the time she was married to James Stewart. Old Patrick Stewart stuck to the spelling Stewart, and it may have been William’s son Patrick, of Tory leanings, who signed as a witness. Young Patrick and James may have been hobnobbing together, since the arrival of a considerable number of Highlanders who had been in the fighting of 1745-6 had stirred up a political commotion in the localities where they settled. Liberal grants of land were made to the erstwhile ‘rebels’, and each grant was so worded as to impress upon the recipient that it was bestowed directly by the gracious hand of his majesty, the King of Great Britain. It irked the old-timers, as if they were looked upon as the tagrag and bobtail of the population.

“James Stewart sold July 22, 1775, to John Slingsby of Wilmington, New Hanover County, for 268 pounds, the 292 acres on the Cape Fear River, which he had bought Dec. 19. 1766, of Joseph Clarke.

“After the defeat of the Tory militia at Moore’s Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776, James appeared as a land-owner in Robeson County, between Sept. 17, 1777, and Oct. 10, 1787, by purchase or patent under the state government, until he owned six or seven tracts of land, mostly on Drowning Creek and Ashpole Swamp. He died or disappeared before 1790, for the census of that year showed Elizabeth Stewart, 0-3-1 [0m>16, 3m<16, 1f]; that is, no man over 16 years of age, three boys under 16, and one woman, including the head of the family.

“In 1795 Elizabeth brought a suit of attachment against James’ property, and as a result the sheriff sold July 18, 1795, 200 acres of his land on Drowning creek to Thomas Carraway, who conveyed it to Elizabeth on Nov. 16, 1795. Thereupon Elizabeth — signing her name Stuart — sold the place Nov. 23, 1795, for 60 pounds, to John Davis, who was living on the place at the time. On Aug. 20, 1800, James Stuart of Adams county, Mississippi Territory, deeded to Thomas Carraway of Cumberland county and Charles Stuart of Robeson county, for $2000, his interest in the six tracts of land in Robeson county, totaling 960 acres, which had belonged to his father, James Stewart. Witnesses to this deed were James Carraway, Hugh McLachlan and C. S. Carraway. Thomas Carraway++ and Charles G. Stuart of Cumberland County sold three of the tracts May 2, 1801, to Giles Williams, for $1000, and the other three to Absalom Williams for $1000, the witnesses to both deeds being George Moore and Benjamin Lee. Children of James and Elizabeth: [continued below footnotes]
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* As the James Stuart referred to was dead by Sep. 28, 1824, this was written before that date.
+ Still, this James Stewart may have been Patrick’s son instead of his new son-in-law.
++ Thomas Carraway and William Jordan were administrators of the estate of Charles Stewart in Montgomery county, Tennessee, in 1817, =E:237.
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[Children of James and Elizabeth continued from above]
Catherine : m. Thomas Carraway
James*, Sep. 23, 1767 : m. May 25, 1796, Lucretia Calvert, Natchez, Mississippi
Elizabeth : m. William Jordan
Margaret+ : m. _____ Pope : lived in South Carolina
Charles : “joined the patriots in Mexico and was never heard from”
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* It was James Carraway Stewart, “living in Mississippi,” in Morgan Brown’s sketch.
+ Margaret’s date of birth was probably in the late 1760s or early 1770s, and she must have been married before the census of 1790 was taken. She had some brothers who are unaccounted for.
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, February 1957, vol. 34, no. 8, pp.185-188.)

Elizabeth Stewart married Abt 1766 in North Carolina, USA to James Stuart, b. Abt 1740, Achnacone, Argyll, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, North Carolina, USA . He is said to have been her cousin. They were not parternal cousins, as James was descended from the Stewarts in Achnacone (a branch of the Stewarts of Appin), which Elizabeth was descended from the Stewarts of Ledcreich (a branch of the Stewarts of Balquhidder.) If they were cousins at all, it may have been by marriage, not blood, or by some as yet undetermined maternal connection. Otherwise the reference to them being cousins must be erroneous.

Their children are presented below under the descendants of Dugald Stewart, formerly in Achnacone.

William Stewart, in Wake (Planter)

Younger brother to Patrick Stewart, above

William Stewart, in Wake (Planter), b. Abt 1711, Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. aft. 1779, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age > 68 years)

William Stewart was born about 1711 as the youngest son of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Ledcreich, and the youngest brother of Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich. No record of his birth has been found in the Balquhidder old parish register. The parish register is not complete for this era, so the lack of record is neither a surprise nor a concern. William’s birth is estimated to have taken place about 1711, based on the recorded dates of birth of several of his siblings.

Stewarts of Ledcreich

Early Life

William Stewart grew up on the family estate of Ledcreich on the north shore of Loch Voil in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland. Little else is known of his early years other than that his father died in 1731 when William was about 20-years-old. At this time, William’s eldest brother, Patrick Stewart, inherited the family estate of Ledcreich. As the youngest brother in the family, William would likely have worked on the family estate. William’s brother Patrick became disillusioned with the state of political affairs in Scotland as secret talks were occurring around him about the possibility of a second Jacobite Rising. In 1739, Patrick Stewart sold the family estate of Ledcreich and, along with William Stewart, and several families from Argyll, emigrated to Bladen County, North Carolina, USA. Contrary to the claims of some genealogies, there is no record of William having married or having children prior to emigration.

First Marriage and Family

William has not been found in any written records during the 1740s. It seems most likely that he was residing on his older brother Patrick’s lands during this period and was perhaps saving up money to purchase his own lands.

About 1745, when William would have been in his early 30s, he married in North Carolina to Catherine Colvin, who is believed to have belonged to one of the Argyllshire families who also immigrated in 1739. They may have met onboard the ship while crossing the Atlantic. They had two children before Catherine died. No record has been found of the registration of their marriage or the births of their children.

Land Ownership

William next enters the written record on 29 Sep 1750 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA, in a land deed for 100 acres on the East Side of Six Runs Creek. (Where it crosses present-day Hwy. 421 in Sampson County, North Carolina, USA.)

Four years later, on 2 March 1754, William Stewart got a patent to 90 acres of land on Clear Run, “above Doctor Green’s land,” in Duplin [later in Sampson] County. (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, 1957)

On 11 Jan 1760, William is named in the sale of 100 acres on the east side of Six Runs Creek to Bird Lanier. These are the same lands he purchased a decade earlier in 1750.

Erroneous claims that William Stewart was married in Scotland and immigrated in 1754

William did not immigrate in 1754

In 1957, George Edson, editor of Stewart Clan Magazine, having access to fewer records than we have access to today, made the following erroneous comment in a footnote:

“It is remarkable that William’s name did not appear earlier than 1754 (sic) in the land records — fifteen years after his arrival. Patrick Stewart’s own account, however, dated Jan. 18, 1763, named William as his brother but it did not say that William came with him.”

This comment has caused confusion for researchers who have mistakenly interpreted it to mean that William did not arrive until 1754. Edson did not say that William didn’t arrive until 1754. He simply felt it was noteworthy that no land ownership records had been found for William earlier than 1754. We now know Edson to have been mistaken, as we have since discovered a land record for William in 1750 (noted above).

Edson also mentions that Patrick Stewart’s account in 1763 does not state that William came with Patrick. This too has led researchers to mistakenly conclude that William immigrated later than 1739. But Edson was mistaken. Patrick explicitly stated that William was in the Argyll company who arrived in 1739:

“January 18th, 1763. “1st. Patrick Stewart, of Ledcreich, in the Balghinder [Balquhidder], …and William Stewart, brother-german to the said Patrick, came in company with six Argyllshire gentlemen and above three hundred common people from Scotland to Cape Fear in North Carolina the year 1739.“

William did not marry Catherine Colvin in Scotland

In 1763, William’s older brother, Patrick, dictated a detailed family tree to his son Charles, later added to by subsequent generations, in which William is described as:

“William Stewart, the younger brother of Patrick Stewart, came from Scotland with him a young, single man, and lived with Patrick until he married a Miss Calvin (sic, Colvin), by whom he had two children, Patrick and Margaret.”

The preceding account is contradicted by Stewart Clan Magazine in 1957 in which William is mistakenly identified a widower at the time of immigration:

“William Stewart was born about 1711 in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland. MEMOIRS OF MISSISSIPPI stated that he married (1) in Scotland a Miss Colvin, who died, and he, “a widower with several children,” came to North Carolina in 1739 in company of his elder brother Patrick and [others].” (see below for full reference)

There is a memorial stone at South River Presbyterian Church in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, which reads: “Catherine Colvin, first wife of William Stewart, and their two children are buried here. c. 1790. Erected 1995, by trustees of South River Presbyterian Church.” As Catherine Colvin died in North Carolina then she could not have died in Scotland and William could not have been her widower when he immigrated in 1739.

As William’s brother’s own contemporary account from 1763 is likely to be more reliable then Stewart Clan Magazine from two centuries later, we follow the 1763 account that William married Catherine Colvin in North Carolina after immigration and that their children were born in North Carolina, contrary to Stewart Clan Magazine‘s claim that they were born in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland.

William’s Second Family

Sometime before 1760, William married secondly to widow Jannett Williamson (nee McDougal). She had children from her first marriage.

William and Jannett had eight children together. William was well into his sixties when his later children were born. He died sometime after 1779 when his youngest daughter, Helen, may have been as young as eight years old, leaving his wife, Jannett twice widowed with a household of children to raise.

Plantation Owner and Slave Owner

William Stewart prospered in the New World. Like his brother, he owned several plantations and mills in North Carolina and was also a slave owner. In his will he lists his slaves by name.

Death

We have no record of William’s death. On 22 Aug 1778, in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, William signed and dated his last will and testament, in which he refers to himself as residing on his estate in Bladen County, believed to be called Bonniesfield (the name is difficult to read in the will). We have no record of when his will was probated. On 23 Oct 1779 William signed a petition in Bladen County opposing a petition submitted by inhabitants of New Hanover, Duplin, and Bladen Counties to form a new county. So he was still alive at that time.

William Stewart's Last Will & Testament

Marriages and Children

William Stewart married firstly Abt 1745 in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA to Catherine Colvin, b. Abt 1725, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland , d. Abt 1755, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 30 years). They had the following children:

1. Capt. Patrick Stuart, (Planter), b. Abt 1745, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 14 Dec 1777, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 32 years)

Capt. Patrick Stuart, (Planter), b. Abt 1745, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 14 Dec 1777, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 32 years)

In 1763, Patrick’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Carraway in 1789, in which this Patrick Stuart/Stewart, was described as:

“Patrick never married, but had an illegitimate son called Walter, who was raised by the family and married in Stewart County, Tenn. This Patrick at the commencement of the Revolutionary War received an appointment of captain in the minutemen of North Carolina, and fought bravely at the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, above Wilmington, against the Tories under McLeod and McDonald. But afterwards, taking some offense at the American cause, or some of the officers in the American service, he resigned his commission and joined the British army, where he received an appointment in the Queen’s Rangers of the same grade he had resigned in the American service. In this employment he died before the close of the war.”

Patrick Stuart died young on 14 Dec 1777. Given his young age and the fact that he served as a Captain in the American Revolution, initially for the Americans and latterly for the British, and the fact that he died during the war, suggests that his death was likely combat related and that his will may have been hastily drafted.

Patrick died before his father, William, and is therefore not mentioned in his father’s will. Patrick’s will, written in 1777, names the unborn child of his mistress, Jemima Williams. It would appear therefore that Patrick knew he was going to die before his future son would be born. Patrick’s father, William’s will, drafted a few months later in 1778 mentions Patrick’s now born infant son, Walter, by name, so Walter must have been born between 14 Dec 1777 and 2 Aug 1778.

Patrick Stuart received an appointment as a captain of the Minute Men of North Carolina and fought bravely at the Battle of Moor’s Creek Bridge, above Wilmington, North Carolina, against the British under McLeod and McDonald. But afterwards, Patrick took offense at either the American cause or some of the officers in the American service, and he resigned his commission and joined the British Army where he received an appointment as Captain of the Queen’s Rangers, where he served lastly under Sir John Graves Simcoe. He adopted the spelling of “Stuart” in recognition of his Loyalist support. Patrick’s brother Duncan, who was loyal to the American cause retained the Scottish spelling of Stewart.

Capt. Patrick Stuart, one of the elder sons of William, was a Tory during the Revolutionary war and was a captain in the British army. He spelled his name Stuart, but his brother Duncan, who was favorable to the colonial cause, refused to spell his name the same as Patrick. “Patrick Stuart was progenitor of Capt. Madison Bachelor of Vicksburg, Miss., who is representative of that family, being great-great-grandson of Patrick,” 1891. (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, August 1936, vol. xiv, no. 2, p.189.)

Stewart Clan Magazine, in a later 1957 article, says:

“Patrick Stewart, born about 1736, probably in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland, was said to be William’s eldest son and to have been brought to North Carolina as a child.

“At the commencement of the Revolutionary war he received an appointment as captain of Minute Men of North Carolina,” said the Invincible Magazine of History and Biography (April, 1913) volume 1, number 1, “and fought at Moore’s Creek, above Wilmington, against Tories under McLeod and McDonald. He died before the close of the war.”

This traditionary statement was meant to cover the elder Patrick Stewart, uncle of this Patrick, but it hardly could, for the older Patrick had moved to South Carolina and was probably dead by 1775.

The governor of North Carolina, Josiah Martin, was not making captains out of anybody but Tories. Gov. Martin issued a commission Jan. 10, 1776, to Alexander McLean to appoint officers to recruit men to cooperate with the British general, Sir Henry Clinton, and to march them in a body to Brunswick by Feb. 15, 1776. The men so authorized by McLean were Allen Stewart, Allen MacDonald, Donald MacDonald, Alexander McLeod, Donald McLeod, Alexander MacLean, William Campbell, Alexander McDonald and Neill McArthur, of Cumberland and Anson counties. The men named Stewart in the Tory force defeated in the battle of Moore’s Bridge and captured were William, Donald, quartermaster of Col. Rutherford’s regiment; Kenneth, lieutenant in Capt. Stuart’s company; and Alexander, captain of a company of 30 men. The surname of Donald, Kenneth and Alexander was spelled Stuart. They were picked up after the battle. Some of the prisoners were sent to jail at Halifax, the new state’s capital, where, if they took a pledge not to bear arms against the state again, they were soon discharged: these were the officers who had not fled. The ordinary soldiers were given a lecture and then told to go home and mind their business. A few intransigents among the highlanders — or a few low-down natives who hated the well-to-do — kept up the quarrel, however, by marauding and burning houses, until bad men and good alike decided to go some place else.

The province of Florida, which extended westward to the French-held province of Louisiana, belonged at that time to England, but it did not join the other thirteen colonies in the Revolution, and at the conclusion of the peace in 1783 England traded it back to Spain, the prior owner to 1763. Both England and Spain, during their tenure, sold lands in what is now the lower part of the state of Mississippi (then West Florida) to every Tom, Dick and Harry who showed up.

An English grant of 200 acres on a branch of Boyd’s Creek 12 miles northeast of Natchez, made at Pensacola Nov. 9, 1777, to Alexander McIntosh, adjoined a tract of land already granted to Patrick Stuart.* One of the signers of a memorial to Congress** Dec. 15, 1815, by the inhabitants west of Pearl river in regard to claims based on English land grants was Walter Stewart.

“Patrick Stuart never married,” related the sketch quoted by Mrs. D. W. Pipes of New Orleans. “He was a Tory in the Revolution and was a captain in the British army. He spelled his name Stuart, but his half-brother Duncan, who strongly differed with him politically, spelled his name Stewart. Some of his descendants probably settled in Mississippi.” Some of this may be true.

MEMOIRS of MISSISSIPPI, 1891, said that “Patrick Stuart was progenitor of Capt. Madison Bachelor of Vicksburg, Miss., who is representative of that family, being great-great-grandson of Patrick.” Well, anyway, Patrick Stewart of Bladen+ county dated his will Dec. 14, 1777, and William Cromartie, Alexander Carmichael and John Doane were witnesses. “It is my request that my sister Margaret should be put in possession of two Negro men of the name Will and Josh and a black horse named Tom,” Patrick wrote. “It is my wish and request that if an infant of which Jemima Matthews is now pregnant should prove to be a boy to be put in possession of 50 pounds; if a girl, 30 pounds, which sum my executor, David Bailey, to see expended for the benefit of a child education.” The rest of his estate was to be divided equally among his sister Ann and brothers Duncan and James. “I do make, constitute and appoint my father, William Stewart, David Bailey and William Cromartie executors of this my last will and testament.” Patrick was dead by Aug. 22, 1778, when his father made his will and bequeathed 50 pounds “to my grandson William Stewart if he does not receive any of his father’s property.” The father, William, was one of Patrick’s executors. Child of Patrick by Jemima Matthews:++
Walter, c.1778 : perhaps went to Mississippi

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* MISSISSIPPI COURT RECORDS, 1767-1805, Mae Wilson McBee collection, book F, p.220. There is no identification of this Patrick Stuart, who was probably from Savannah, Ga., or St. Augustine.
** TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES — MISSISSIPPI, Mississippi included Alabama.
+ Olds’ NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, 1760-1800, gave this will as having been probated in Jones County, but that is a mistake. Like other blunders, it will worry searchers for years and years.
++ The fact that James Stewart, son of Charles and Hannah (Kirk) Stewart of Wake (in the part formerly Cumberland) county, =E:239, married Elizabeth Matthews opens a field of conjecture.
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, March 1957, vol. 34, no. 9, pp.189-192)

Patrick Stuart had relations with Jemima Matthews, b. Abt 1755, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN. They had the following posthumous and illegitimate son:

1. Walter Stuart, b. Between Jan and Jul 1778, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN, Natchez, Mississippi, USA Walter was the posthumous and illegitimate son of PatrickStuart and Jemima Matthews.
  Walter’s father, Patrick Stewart’s will was written in 1777. It names the unborn child of his mistress, Jemima Williams. It would appear therefore that Patrick knew he was going to die before his future son would be born. Patrick’s father, William’s will, drafted in 1778 mentions Patrick’s infant son, Walter, by name, so Walter must have been born after 14 Dec 1777, when his father died, and before 2 Aug 1778, when his grandfather died.
  
  Walter married to Jane Buckner, b. Abt 1780, Unknown , d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:
  1. James D. Stuart, b. Abt 1800, USA , d. UNKNOWN
  2. Pauline Stuart, b. Abt 1805, USA , d. UNKNOWN

2. Margaret Stewart, b. Abt 1748, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. Oct 1797, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 49 years)

Margaret Stewart, b. Abt 1748, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. Oct 1797, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 49 years). She married to James Spiller, b. Abt 1745, Ireland , d. 1799, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 54 years).

The Tragic Life of Margaret Stewart

Margaret was the second child and only daughter of William Stewart and his first wife, Catherine Colvin. Her date of birth is unknown. Her parents married sometime after immigrating to North Carolina in 1739. Margaret’s birth is estimated to be around 1748.

Marrying a Bigamist

Margaret married a man surnamed Spiller who was a lawyer from Ireland. According to family records (below), unbeknownst to Margaret, Spiller was a bigamist and was already married with a family of children back in Ireland whom he had abandoned there. When his first family subsequently followed him to American and located him, he then abandoned Margaret and returned to his first wife.

Disowned by her father?

Tragically for Margaret this may have led to a serious falling out with her father. Whether he viewed her as damaged goods or for some other unknown reason, she was virtually excluded from her father’s will. He left all her siblings significant portions of his estate, but to Margaret he left only one shilling. A single shilling seems worse than if he’d left her nothing at all and appears to be a blatant snub. Interestingly, he uses the phrase “I give and bequeath” for all his children in his will except Margaret for whom he says only, “I give.” Later in the will, her father indicates that if any of his other daughters should die without heirs then their portion of the estate should be divided among the rest of their sisters, except for Margaret, whom he explicitly excludes from inheriting anything other than the single shilling.

A Generous and Forgiving Heart?

Despite being abandoned by her bigamist husband, when she died, she left her remaining possessions to him.

The Family History

In 1763, Margaret’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, subsequently added to by Dr. James Carraway in 1789 and others, in which Margaret is described as:

“Margaret married Spiller, a lawyer of North Carolina, but who came originally from Ireland, where he had left a wife and two or three children, which circumstance was wholly unknown to her. She lived with Spiller a very unhappy life for several years, when his wife and daughters arriving from Ireland, they were separated, and she died not long afterwards without issue.”

Margaret’s will was probated in Oct. 1797, so she would have died shortly before that.

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The Last Will and Testament of Margaret Stewart Spiller

(Transcribed by Jennifer Riley Stewart)

The will of Margaret Spiller of the town of Fayetteville. Made in the presence of Cornelius Wingate, Mrs. Wingate his wife Gillespie and John Dillon of this town.

The said Margaret Spiller having been for a considerable time very sick but of a sound and disposing memory and understanding called upon the said persons and declared in the following manner.

The said Margaret, having previously sent for the above named John Dillon he came to her house and called to him to come near her and inquired often for Mr. Spiller and being answered he was sick in the countryside and could not come she said he would not see her alive and said she was gone. She willed as thus two negroes boys Sterling and George to her brother’s natural son and that her just debts be paid and herself decently interned at either Sampson or her father’s and on being asked by Mrs. Wingate which of the places she chose to be interned at she answered at her father’s, her wearing apparel to her sister Betsy and then her property real and personal to go to Mr. James Spiller to do as he choose with it and desired the said John Dillon to take care of everything that none be missing until his return.

John Dillon of the town of Fayetteville maketh oath that the within writing contains the verbal will of Mrs. Margaret Spillers made in her last sickness and by him committed to writing and although Mrs. Spillers languished for some time afterwards, she did not appear to be disposed to make any other will until her death.

Sworn to as subscribed in presence of X Jn Dillon
D M Auslein (?) JP
30 July 1797

Recorded in Book A, State of N. Carolina, October 1797. The Noncertified Will of charge Spiller was presented in court by Thomas Davis proven by the oat of John Dillon and Mr. Wingate. Ordered to be recorded.
? Munsford C.C.
(Possibly Robinson Munsford) who appears in the 1800 census of Fayetteville.

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Notes: Cornelius Wingate – (Abt. 1755-1810) lived in Fayetteville, N.C. and is buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #01, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. He remarried in 1807 in Fayetteville so apparently Gillespie had died.

There were several John Dillons in the area I’m not sure which one is mentioned in the will.

I believe D.M. Auslein could be Duncan McAuslin who appears on the 1800 Census of Fayetteville.

She leaves two Negro boys to her brother’s natural son this probably refers to her brother Captain Patrick Stewart who had one son Walter Stuart.

Her sister Betsy would be Elizabeth Stewart Ventress.

It appears that her husband was:
James Spiller (b. ABT. 1745 • Ireland) (d. 1799 in Cumberland County, N.C.)
Will Date: 12 May 1798
Probate Date: 1799
Probate Place: Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1799
Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
Item Description: Original Wills, Reeves, William J – Waddill, Thomas

Following the death of his first wife, William Stewart married secondly Abt 1760 in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA to Jannett Williamson (nee McDougal), b. Abt 1730, Maryland, USA , d. 1793, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 63 years)

1. Catherine Stewart, b. 1760, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

Catherine Stewart, b. 1760, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

Catherine was 18 years old when her father died. She married an unknown man named Devaughn. They have not been identified in public records. It is not known if they had children or where they lived.

In 1763, Catherine’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Carraway in 1789, in which Catherine is described as “Catharine married Devaughn” Nothing more is known of them.

2. Charles Stewart, Sr., b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. Aft 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

Charles Stewart, Sr., b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. Aft 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age > 72 years)

Charles’ information is presented below.

3. Lt-Gov., Col. Duncan Stewart, of Holly Grove (Planter), b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 26 Nov 1820, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

Lt-Gov., Col. Duncan Stewart, of Holly Grove (Planter), b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 26 Nov 1820, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 59 years)

Duncan Stewart’s information is presented further below.

4. James Stewart, b. 1763, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 8 Jul 1818, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

James Stewart, b. 1763, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 8 Jul 1818, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 55 years)

5. Jannett Stewart, b. 1765, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

Jannett “Jane” Stewart, b. 1765, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

Jannett/Jane Stewart was only 13 years old when her father died.

In 1763, Jane’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Jane is described as “Jane married John Stewart, a Scotchman, and lives near Woodville in the State of Mississippi, has no children [as of 1789].”

Janet Stewart married John “Jock” Stewart, a half-pay British Captain. He had a daughter, Jeanette, from a previous marriage, who was born in Scotland in 1783.

Information on Capt. Jock Stewart’s first family is presented further below.

Jane married to Capt. John “Jock” Stewart, b. Abt 1760, Woodville, Mississippi, USA , d. 13 Jul 1834, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 74 years). His birth family is unknown. No record of their marriage has been found. They may have married in Scotland.

They had the following child:

Son Stewart, b. Abt 1790, d. UNKNOWN. According to family records, Jock and Joan Stewart had a son, whose name is not given, who went to sea and was never heard from again.

6. Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

Ann was only 11 years old when her father died.

In 1763, Ann’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to in 1789 by Dr. John Carraway, in which Ann is described as “Nancy, or Ann, married. James Caraway.”

Ann Stewart married Abt 1790 to her first-cousin-once-removed, Dr. James Carraway, J.P. (Planter), b. 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Nov 1830, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 69 years). James was the son of John Carraway and Margaret Stewart (daughter of Patrick Stewart, of Brown’s Marsh, formerly 5th of Ledcreich, shown above).

Ann and James Carraway had the following children:

1. Jane McDougal Carraway, b. Abt 1790, USA , d. UNKNOWN. She married on 28 Dec 1824 in Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA to Joseph Severson, b. Abt 1790, d. UNKNOWN .
2. Elizabeth Ann Carraway, b. Abt 1793, USA , d. UNKNOWN. She married on 15 Feb 1820 in Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA to William Eccles, b. Abt 1790, d. UNKNOWN.

7. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1769, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 24 Mar 1825, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 56 years)

Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1769, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 24 Mar 1825, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 56 years)

Elizabeth was only 9 years old when her father died.

In 1763, Elizabeth’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Elizabeth is described as “Elizabeth married ___ Ventress, and had several children, names unknown.”

Elizabeth Stewart is recorded as age 56 at her time of death. “The Invincible” publication gives her husband’s name incorrectly as “Col. Hamilton, US Army.” This is a confusion for her niece Eliza Stewart, who was the daughter of Col. Duncan Stewart.

Elizabeth married in 1803 in Robertson, Tennessee, USA to Lovich Ventress, b. 1763, Norfolk, Virginia, USA , d. 1822, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 59 years). They had the following children:

1. William Charles Ventress, b. Abt 1804, Tennessee, USA , d. UNKNOWN
2. James Alexander Ventress, of La Grange (Planter), b. 12 Feb 1805, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 26 Jun 1867, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Mississsippi, USA (Age 62 years)
  “James Alexander Ventress (1805-1867) was a lawyer, inventor, plantation owner, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served five terms in the state house and then two in the state senate.” (Wikipedia) Ventress Hall on the University of Mississippi is named after him.
3. Elizabeth Mary Ann Ventress, b. Abt 1807, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. UNKNOWN

8. Eleanor Helen Stewart, b. 4 Mar 1771, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 13 Jan 1844, North Carolina, USA

Eleanor Helen Stewart, b. 4 Mar 1771, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 13 Jan 1844, North Carolina, USA (Age 72 years).

Eleanor was only 7 years old when her father died.

In 1763, Eleanor’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Eleanor is described as “Eleanor married a Devaughn, in North Carolina, where they still reside, if alive.”

She is recorded as age 72 at her time of death. “The Invincible” publication mistakenly gives her husband as Henry Cage of Woodville, Mississippi, USA.

Eleanor married Abt 1792 in North Carolina, USA to Thomas Devane, b. 15 Jul 1762, Unknown , d. 27 Jul 1831 (Age 69 years). They had the following children:

1. Stewart Devane, b. 1793, North Carolina, USA , d. 1861 (Age 68 years)
2. Iretone C. Devane, b. 1795, North Carolina, USA , d. 1851 (Age 56 years)
3. Patrick L. Devane, b. 1797, North Carolina, USA , d. 1837 (Age 40 years)
4. Rufus Devane, b. 1798, North Carolina, USA , d. 1885 (Age 87 years)
5. Mary Jane Devane, b. 1801, North Carolina, USA , d. 1808, North Carolina, USA (Age 7 years)
6. Thomas Devane, b. 29 Jan 1803, North Carolina, USA , d. 11 Oct 1847 (Age 44 years)
7. William King Devane, b. 1805, North Carolina, USA , d. 1846 (Age 41 years)
8. Franklin Devane, b. 1807, North Carolina, USA , d. 1837 (Age 30 years)
9. Eliza K. Devane, b. 1809, North Carolina, USA , d. 1809, North Carolina, USA (Age 0 years)

“Founder of our County”

The story of Duncan Stewart, founder of Stewart County and his brothers Charles and James Stewart

Including the unusual story of the fake funeral of James Stewart. (Click below to expand.)

Founder of Our County (Stewart County)

“Founder of Our County”
by Bryan Saunders, Stewart County Standard, Tennessee, USA, October 27, 2016

This article pertains to brothers Duncan, Charles and James Stewart. It incorrectly names Duncan and James as twin brothers when, in fact, Duncan and Charles were twins.

Duncan Stewart, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, traveled across the Smokey Mountains into middle Tennessee in 1794 – two years before TN actually became a state. Many former Revolutionary soldiers were paid for their service to the country by being awarded 640 acres of land by state governments. North Carolina, at the time owned all land to the Mississippi River, including our county. They paid many of their soldiers’ with tracts of land in the new frontier for their service. Stewart and brother Charles, eager to come West, bought land from soldiers who wished to remain in the Tar-Heel state. At one time, Duncan owned over 30,000 acres in middle TN. He lived in Montgomery and Stewart Counties while he surveyed and helped settle the frontier. Duncan built a fort, called Stewart Station, close to Wells Creek in the southern part of Stewart Co., in what is now Houston Co. The following is a letter from his brother Charles Stewart about life on the frontier:

“Duncan and myself left that country (North Carolina) and located ourselves in then a territory, now the state of Tennessee. There, we soon got an appointment as surveyors…We have encountered all the hardships that could be conceived from the Indians who were at open war with us…In 1796, we got a peace with the Indians…In 1797, we returned to North Carolina and took wives…we then moved back to Tennessee, a distance of 700 miles away…We subsidized our families out of the woods with our guns and feasted our delicately raised wives with the flesh of bear, buffalo, deer and wild turkey…They never complained.”

While some people might be discouraged to stay on the edge of the wilderness, Duncan continued to buy and sell land throughout middle Tennessee. Some of the land sales have been found in the Stewart County Archives. Through the use of the Archives, Stewart County Library and the Stewart County Historical Society and their museum, many Stewart County residents are researching their past. At the recent Literacy Night at Stewart County High School, many Stewart County students learned how Stewart County got its name.

In 1801, Duncan was a state senator, serving Robertson and Montgomery counties. In 1803, with a lot of people moving into the western part of Montgomery County, the state decided these residents had too far to travel to conduct business in Clarksville. They decided to split off the western part of Montgomery County and form a new county – and they named it Stewart County, after Duncan. So our county was formed on November 3, 1803. The town seat was named Monroe after (future president) James Monroe. But two years later, the citizens voted to rename the town Dover, because the high bluffs reminded many of the townspeople of similar bluffs in Dover, England. As more and more people moved into Middle TN., Duncan began to feel over crowded…he was hearing of a new frontier open for settlement in southern Mississippi.

In 1811, he moved to Woodville, Mississippi, and started cotton farming. Most of his family (wife, kids, siblings) all moved south, except his twin brother James. (sic, Duncan was a twin with Charles, not James.) As James’ health started to fail, he decided to move from Clarksville to Mississippi in 1818. Duncan and James had always promised to be buried in the same cemetery. So James, knowing the time was near, had quite the elaborative sendoff in front of his Clarksville friends. He invited them all to the pier for his goodbye, complete with music and food. He placed his belongings on a boat, and to the surprise of many, workers loaded a substantial coffin on the boat also. A local preacher, possibly the Elder Reuben Ross, then preached brother James’ funeral – while James sat on his coffin listening. It took years before the citizens of Clarksville ceased talking about this strange transaction….

When James arrived in southern Mississippi, he found Duncan to be a rich man, living on a large plantation and also Lieutenant-Governor in the state. James didn’t live long after he made the trip and was buried in a spot he picked out on a hill a mile from Duncan’s house.

Duncan was very successful and well liked in all three states…a Revolutionary War veteran in North Carolina, a frontiersman and trailblazer in middle Tennessee and a business man and politician in Mississippi. Duncan had six kids with his wife Penelope and his plantation home in southern Mississippi, (Holly Grove) is still standing today and is on the National Register of Historical Places.

One side note, many people remember the movie Braveheart, with William Wallace (Mel Gibson). At the end of the movie, the Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, led the Scottish troops against the King of England. The Scots were victorious and Robert the Bruce became king of Scotland. Robert the Bruce was Duncan Stewart’s ancestor. (Say the word great 14 times, then grandfather and you get the idea.)

In closing, Duncan Stewart passed away on November 27, 1820, at his plantation home. He chose to honor his 50 year-old agreement to be buried next to his twin (sic) brother James. The two are buried at the Stewart Two cemetery with four other people out in the woods in southern Mississippi. (Stewart County Standard)

Charles Stewart, Sr., in Woodville, Mississippi, USA

Charles Stewart, Sr., b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. Aft 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age > 72 years). Charles was the second child of William Stewart’s second marriage, shown above.

There is a military pension application from Capt. Charles Stewart in 1832 who appears to share an identical birth date with this Charles Stewart. He may be a different Charles Stewart and the two Charleses may have been conflated in some public genealogies. Further research is underway.

Charles and his brother Duncan were twins. They were 17 years old when their father died.

Charles served in the fourth General Assembly representing Montgomery County, Tennessee in the House of Representatives from 1801-1803. Charles and his brother Duncan were the first Stewarts to leave Bladen County, North Carolina about 1797 for Clarksville, Tennessee. Charles operated a mill in 1810 on the west fork of the Red River. Charles also engaged in the practice of law and was appointed property appraiser by the Montgomery County Court in 1805.

In 1936, Stewart Clan Magazine wrote:

Charles Stewart was a twin brother of Duncan. He is buried at the Ventress place one mile north of the old Stewart estate in Wilkinson county, Miss. [Compare Charles Stewart, born Jan. 16, 1761, in Bladen county, N.C., –B:171] (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, August 1936, vol. xiv, no. 2, p.189.)

In a later 1957 article, Stewart Clan Magazine wrote:

“Charles Stewart, born about 1760 in Sampson or Bladen county, North Carolina, received a share in his father’s lands by the latter’s will, Aug. 22, 1778. He married in Wake county (bond Apr. 11, 1798) Mary (Polly) Jones, daughter of Tingnall and Penelope Jones.

“He moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee, with his brother, where he bought Jan. 20, 1797, of William Jones 1000 acres of land on the West fork of Red River. He sold 800 acres of this tract Oct. 20, 1800, to James Stewart.

“As attorney for Duncan Stewart he made a journey back to North Carolina and sold Apr. 28, 1798, to George Devan two tracts of their father’s land in Sampson County. He was appointed Oct. 15, 1810, guardian of his son Tignall Jones Stewart, to care for the property which was left to the boy by the will of his grandfather, Tingnall Jones of Wake county, dated Aug. 26, 1807.

“All we need to establish in this article is that Charles Stewart, brother of Duncan, was not Charles, Jr., to whom he deeded land on the north side of the West Fork of Red River on Jan. 14, 1803; nor the Charles Stuart of Adams County, Mississippi, who, on June 23, 1803, gave power-of-attorney to Samuel Neely to sell land in Davidson County; nor yet Charles G. Stewart, whose land on the West fork of Red river adjoined a tract which he sold Mar. 14, 1809, to James Stewart. One of these three Charleses died before the July term of court, 1817, and — later than that — May 2, 1818,

“James Stewart, attorney for Charles Stewart, “now of Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory,” deed to Thomas Watson, for $13,000, 1630 acres of land on the Big West Fork of Red River, and two days later, May 4, 1818, James, in the same capacity, conveyed 150 acres on the Big West Fork to Stephen Pettus; also he sold 160 acres, formerly Brantley’s Plantation, on the south side of Red River, to James B. Reynolds of Clarksville,* who already had possession, for $700.

“Charles Stewart, who was a twin brother of Duncan, is buried at the Ventress place one mile north of the old Stewart estate in Wilkinson County, Miss.” Only identified child:
Tignall Jones : his father was appointed his guardian Oct. 15, 1810
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, March 1957, vol. 34, no. 9, pp.189-192)

Marriage and Children

Charles Stewart, Sr., married on 11 Apr 1798 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA to Mary (Polly) Jones, b. 1765, Wake County, Tennessee, USA , d. 1839 (Age 74 years). She was the daughter of Col. Tignal Jones and the older sister of Penelope Jones who married Charles’ brother, Lt. Gov. Duncan Stewart, below. Thus, two brothers married two sisters. Charles and Polly had the following children:

1. Penelope Stewart, b. Abt 1798, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 16 Oct 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

Penelope Stewart, b. Abt 1798, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 16 Oct 1838, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 40 years). She married on 29 Nov 1820 in Wikinson, Mississippi, USA to Gen. Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried, b. 1797, Franklin, Tennessee, USA , d. 1869, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 72 years)Penelope is not listed in Stewart Clan Magazine as one of the children of Charles Stewart and Polly Jones.De Graffenried records indicate that Penelope came from a very wealthy family and that they had 13 children only three of whom survived to adulthood. The rest are not named or recorded.

General Matthew Fontaine DeGraffenreid served under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. In 1800 Matthew owned 330 acres of land in Big Harpeth. The Sullivan Farms of today are on some of Matthew’s original farmland on the Lewisburg Pike that he purchased from Lemuel Donelson in Williamson County.

After Penelope’s death, General De Graffenried married secondly to Peggy McLemore and had ten children with her.

They had the following surviving children:

1. Capt. Matthew Fontaine De Graffenried, b. 4 Jan 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 5 Feb 1908, Eddyville, Kentucky, USA (Age 76 years)
2. Tignal Duncan De Graffenried, b. Dec 1835, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA , d. 18 Nov 1901, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 65 years)
3. Mary Ann De Graffenried, b. 1836, Tennessee, Tennessee, USA , d. UNKNOWN

2. Tignall Jones Stewart, b. Abt 1800, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. Bef 1832, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA

Tignall Jones Stewart, b. Abt 1800, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. Bef 1832, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 31 years).According to Stewart Clan Magazine, Tignal Jones Stewart was the “only identified child” of Charles Stewart and Polly Jones. “Tingnall Jones: his father was appointed his guardian Oct. 15, 1810.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, March 1957, vol. 34, no. 9, pp.189-192)Tignal Jones Stewart had a first cousin by his uncle Duncan Stewart, also named Tignal Jones Stewart who was born in 1800. Their parents were double-siblings so they shared the same double set of grandparents. Thus, on record they appear nearly identical. All records after 1810 for Tignal Jones Stewart born in 1800 appear to pertain to the other Tignal Jones Stewart, son of Duncan Stewart and Penelope Jones. No record for this Tignal Jones Stewart has been found later than the guardianship noted in Stewart Clan Magazine above.It is presumed that this Tignal Jones Stewart never married nor had children. This is further supported by the fact that Tignal Jones Stewart is not mentioned in the farming partnership documents of his brothers, Duncan and Charles, suggesting that this Tignal Jones Stewart had died by 1832.

3. Duncan Stewart, b. Abt 1802, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. Sep 1833, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

Duncan Stewart, b. Abt 1802, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. Sep 1833, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 31 years)

Duncan is not listed in Stewart Clan Magazine as one of the children of Charles Stewart and Polly Jones.

On 26 Jan 1832, Duncan entered into a business partnership with his brother Charles to share ownership and management of the family farm on behalf of their elderly father (who would have been 71). (See notes on brother Charles for details.)

On 8 July 1833, the agreement was ratified in front of witnesses to affirm the clauses of inheritance in the event of the death of one of the parties. This attestation was signed only by Charles Stewart Junr. Duncan’s will was registered on 25 Aug 1833 and probated in September 1833, thus it would appear that Duncan in early September 1833.

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Duncan Stewart Last Will & Testament

Wilkinson County, Miss., Aug’t 25th 1833. I, Duncan Stewart, of the County of Wilkinson and State of Miss. do declare this my last will and testament to wit, I wish my father, Charles Stewart, of the County of Wilkinson and State of Miss. to have the management and control of my property both personal and real until his death and also to have all the proceeds arising from said property reserving to my wife and children liberal support. It is also my wish and will that my Father shall have at his death the entire disposal of one third part of my whole Estate both real and personal.

I give and bequeath to old Mrs. Saunders one hundred dollars per ann during her Lifetime. In the event of the death of my son Chas. E. Stewart, I wish his portion of my Estate to be equally divided between my wife Mary Ann Stewart and my sister, P.C. Degraffinrad, in the event of the death of my wife and child, it is my wish and will that her portion of my Estate should be equally divided between my Sisters, P.C. Degraffiinrad and Janet Perkins.

Witnesses present: Thomas Halton, A.M. Fellows, Jno. Netterville
Signed D. Stewart, Esq.
Proved and ordered to, received, filed for record, Sept. 26, 1833. Jno. Netterville, Clerk.

4. Charles Stewart, Jr. (Planter), b. Abt 1805, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. Abt 1835, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

Charles Stewart, Jr. (Planter), b. Abt 1805, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. Abt 1835, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 30 years)

Charles Jr. is not listed in Stewart Clan Magazine as one of the children of Charles Stewart and Polly Jones.

On 26 Jan 1832, Charles Jr. entered into a business partnership with his brother Duncan to share ownership and management of the family farm on behalf of their elderly father (who would have been 71).

On 8 July 1833, the agreement was ratified in front of witnesses to affirm the clauses of inheritance in the event of the death of one of the parties. This attestation was signed only by Charles Stewart Junr. Thus, Duncan Stewart died between Jan 1832-Jul 1833.

Two years later, in 1835, a military pension was applied for in the name of the late Capt. Charles Stewart Sr. on behalf of his heir and and grandchild…Miller. This heir was the nephew of Charles Stewart Jr. which would imply that Charles Jr. had died by this point. Otherwise, Charles Jr. should have been the named heir. [It is now suspected that this pension application pertains to a different Charles Stewart. The matter is under review by our researchers.]

No record has been found for a marriage or children to Charles Jr.

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Charles Stewart’s Jr. Last Will
Articles of agreement made and entered into this twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand and Eight hundred and thirty two, between Duncan Stewart of this county of Wilkinson in the State of Mississippi of the one part, and Charles Stewart of the same County and State of the other part.
Witnesseth that whereas the said Duncan A. Stewart and Charles Stewart have joined and by their presents do join themselves to be copartners together in the act and trade of farming and all things thereto belonging and also in the purchase of such property as they may think proper during such copartnership, which is to continue in force until the extinguishment of a debt of thirty three thousand dollars due and owing by Charles Stewart Senior to the Bank at Woodville and which the said Duncan A. and Charles have obligated themselves to life and satisfy by that time Short and Long and so long thereafter as the said Copartners shall think fit and expedient, and to that end and purpose hither said Duncan St. Stewart hath delivered in as Stock forty negro slaves, a quantity of Land, horses Mule, Sheep, Cattle and hogs, which are all particularly described reference being had to two Deeds of Gift from Charles Stewart, Senr. To the said Duncan A. Stewart and Charles Stewart and which are both [cut off] Receipt in the Clerks office in the County Court of said County and the said Charles Stewart has delivered in as Stock forty negro slaves, a quantity of Land, horses, Mules, Sheep, Cattle, and Hogs derived by him from the said Charles Stewart, Senior and particularly described in one of the deeds referred to , and a deed from the said Charles Stewart Senior to the said Charles Stewart and of record in the same office and the same Duncan A. Stewart and Charles Stewart hath delivered in jointly as Stock thirty five negro Slaves derived by them from the said Charles Stewart Senior and particularly described in a deed from said Charles Stewart dated 8th of May 1827 to the said Duncan and Charles Stewart and recorded in the Clerk’s office of said County in Book E, page 219 which said property is to be used, laid out in common between them for the management of the said business of farming to their utmost benefit and advantage, and it is agreed between the said parties to their presents and the said copartners each for himself respectively and for his own particular part and for the executors and administrators doth severally and not jointly covenant, promise and agree to and with this of their partner his Exectors and administrators by their presents in manner and form following that is to say that this the said copartners shall not nor will at any time hereafterward exercise and follow the business of said during the said Term to be their private benefit or advantage, but shall… [it goes on for two more pages to stipulate the terms of the business arrangement and accounting practices that will be used in the course of their partnership, that have no genealogical relevance. It stipulates that no last will or testament shall be written in a way so as to supersede this agreement. And that if either shall die intestate then the other will inherit the business, and if both die intestate then the business shall pass to M.F Degraffinrad for the benefit of Charles Stewart Senior.] whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and affixed their seals this day and year first above written.
Signed, sealed, in the presence of A Daniels, G.H. Gordon, James Syme
Signed D. Stewart (seal), Charles Stewart (seal)

5. Jeanette Stewart, b. Abt 1808, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. UNKNOWN

Jeanette Stewart, b. Abt 1808, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. UNKNOWN.

Jeanette is not listed in Stewart Clan Magazine as one of the children of Charles Stewart and Polly Jones. No further records have been found about her.

Lt. Gov., Col. Duncan Stewart of Holly Grove (Planter)

Lt-Gov., Col. Duncan Stewart, of Holly Grove (Planter), b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 26 Nov 1820, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 59 years). Duncan was the third child of William Stewart’s second marriage, shown above.

Duncan and his brother Charles were twins. They were 17 years old when their father died.

In 1763, Duncan’s uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by by Dr. James Caraway in 1789, in which Duncan is described as:

“Duncan married Penelope Jones, daughter of Tignal Jones, of North Carolina, near Raleigh, by whom she had William, who died a child; Jones, now living near Woodville, State of Mississippi; Elizabeth married to Col. Hambleton, late of the United States army; Catherine married to Henry Cage, living near Woodville, Miss., and James now at Cumberland College at Nashville.”

Duncan Stewart was the proprietor of Holly Grove Plantation, Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA.

From Wikipedia:

“Duncan Stewart (January 16, 1761 – November 26, 1820) was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, slave owner, frontiersman, and politician. He holds the very rare distinction of having served three separate states state legislatures over his life, in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

“Duncan Stewart was born January 16, 1761. He was the son of William Stewart, a Scottish immigrant. His mother was Janet Stewart, nee McDougal. He was a twin to his brother, James Stewart.

“During the American Revolution, Duncan Stewart entered the Continental Army as a private, eventually being promoted to the rank of colonel of North Carolina troops.

“Duncan was married to Penelope Jones. Their children were, William, who died in infancy; Tignal J. (1800-1855), a member of the Mississippi Legislature who married Sarah, a daughter of Judge Peter Randolph; James A. (1811-1883), who married Juliana, another daughter of Judge Randolph; Charles Duncan (1812/3-1886), a planter who married a daughter of U. S. Senator John Black; Catherine (1804-1829), who married Judge Harry Cage; and Eliza (died 1870), who married Colonel W. S. Hamilton and was the mother of State Senator Jones S. Hamilton.

“In the early 1790s he represented Bladen County, North Carolina in the North Carolina General Assembly. From 1790 to 1792, he represented Bladen County in the House of Commons (then the name of the state House of Representatives), and in the State Senate from 1793 to 1794.

“After he moved to Tennessee, he served as Tennessee state senator for the fourth, fifth, and sixth General Assemblies. He represented Montgomery and Robertson Counties fourth and fifth General Assemblies, and he represented Montgomery, Robertson, Dickson, and Stewart Counties in the sixth General Assembly. Stewart County was carved out from the western part of Montgomery County, and is named after him. It was formed on November 3, 1803.

“In 1811, he moved to Woodville, Mississippi where he began cotton farming. After Mississippi achieved statehood, he was elected both as a Mississippi state senator and as the inaugural Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. He was elected President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi Senate. Alongside Governor David Holmes, Stewart served as Lieutenant Governor from October 7, 1817 to January 5, 1820.

“In 1812, he had Holly Grove built.

“Duncan Stewart died on November 26, 1820, at his plantation home, and was buried next to his twin brother James. The two are buried at the Stewart Two cemetery with four other people out in the woods in southern Mississippi.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Stewart_(Mississippi_politician)

In 1820, Duncan was residing in Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA, where he owned 80 slaves.

In a 1936 article, Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Col. Duncan Stewart was a son of William Stewart by his first marriage. He refused to spell his name Stuart as his brother Patrick did. He entered the Revolutionary army as a private and was promoted to the rank of colonel. [He was probably the Duncan Stewart+ who was granted land at Beaver Dam, Bladen County, N.C., in 1791.] In 1797 or thereabout Duncan and his brother James went to Tennessee and settled at Clarksville, Montgomery county. Duncan married Penelope Jones, daughter of Col. Tegrial Jones of that state. He was very wealthy, and was a member of the Tennessee legislature. In 1803 part of Montgomery county was set off and named Stewart county in his honor.++ Col. Stewart removed about 1808 to Mississippi and established the Stewart plantation in Wilkinson county. He became surveyor general and later lieutenant-governor of Mississippi. Children: William: died in infancy; Catherine: m. Judge Harry Cage : d.1829; Tegrial Jones, 1800: m. Sarah A. Randolph : d.1855; Eliza: m. Col. W. S. Hamilton : d.1870; James A.,1811: m. Julianna Randolph, sister of Sarah : d.1883; Charles Duncan: m. Julia Black : father of John Black Stewart, author.”

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+ Duncan Stewart, esq., 3-0-6 [shown in 1790 census with 3 males over 16, 0 males under 16 and 6 females], with 30 slaves, was enumerated in New Hanover County, N.C., in 1790.

++ Note by Mrs. Harold Weaver of Edmondson, Ark., descendant of William Stewart of Virginia, –B:286. (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, August 1936, vol. xiv, no. 2, p.189.)

In a later 1957 article, Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“Duncan Stewart, born about 1752 probably in Sampson [then Duplin] County, North Carolina, was named, with his mother Janette and David Bailey, executor of his father’s will, dated Aug. 22, 1778, and, with his brothers James and Charles, was given tracts of land in New Hanover, Sampson and Bladen counties.

“He was sympathetic to the colonial cause during the Revolution,” a descendant told a writer for MEMOIR OF MISSISSIPPI, 1891. He was of Bladen County when he bought Mar. 28, 1787, of Griffith Jones White, for 600 pounds, 350 acres of land on the northeast side of the northwest branch of Cape Fear river in Bladen county. In the census of 1790 Duncan Stewart, esq., 3-0-6 (3m&gt16, 0m&lt16, 6f), was enumerated in New Hanover county, owning thirty Negroes. This might mean that his brothers James and Charles, both over 16 years of age, and his mother and five sisters were members of his household.

“In 1791 he was granted land on Beaverdam Swamp in Bladen [Columbus] County, and also on South river. He deeded Oct. 7, 1795, to Ever Currie of New Hanover County, for 20 pounds, 150 acres of land on Little Coharie Creek in Sampson County, which he had bought Mar. 25, 1795, of Lewis Williamson, witnesses to the deed being James Stewart and Alexander Currie.

“Duncan Stewart married in Wake County — probably at Raleigh — Penelope Jones, the marriage bond being signed Oct. 19, 1797, with John Haywood as fellow bondsman. Penelope was a daughter of Tingnall Jones, a wealthy land-owner.

“Duncan and his brother James emigrated to Tennessee about 1797 and settled at Clarksville, Montgomery county,” a descendant related. He became a historic figure, and further account of him and his descendants would be superfluous. He was colonel of militia, a member of the Tennessee state legislature and a very wealthy planter. Stewart county, formed from the western part of Montgomery County in 1804, was named in honor of Col. Duncan Stewart. After his removal to Wilkinson (taken in 1802 from Adams) County, Mississippi, about 1810 he became a leading figure in the territory, surveyor general and lieutenant governor. For data of his family see Stewart Clan Magazine, C:189. (above)

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* TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES — MISSISSIPPI, Mississippi included Alabama.

+ Olds’ NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, 1760-1800, gave this will as having been probated in Jones County, but that is a mistake. Like other blunders, it will worry searchers for years and years.

++ The fact that James Stewart, son of Charles and Hannah (Kirk) Stewart of Wake (in the part formerly Cumberland) county, married Elizabeth Matthews opens a field of conjecture.
(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, March 1957, vol. 34, no. 9, pp.189-192)

Marriage and Children

Duncan Stewart married on 14 Oct 1797 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA to Penelope Jones, b. 1779, Orange County, North Carolina, USA , d. 23 Feb 1843, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 64 years). She was the daughter of Col. Tignal Jones and the younger sister of Polly Jones who married Duncan’s brother, Charles Stewart, Sr., above. Thus, two brothers married two sisters.

1. William Stewart, b. Abt 1798, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. Abt 1798

William Stewart, b. Abt 1798, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. Abt 1798 (Age ~ 0 years)

William died in infancy. (Wikipedia)

2. Eliza C. Stewart, b. 1800, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 1870, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA

Eliza C. Stewart, b. 1800, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 1870, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 70 years).

“Eliza married William Sutherland (Southerland) Hamilton, who was a colonel in the U.S. Army. They lived in West Feliciana parish in Louisiana, where Hamilton was a successful planter and slaveowner. I believe the name of the plantation was ‘Holly Grove’ or ‘Laurel Hill.'” – descendant, L. Hamilton.

Eliza married on 6 Jun 1818 in Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA to Col. William Sutherland Hamilton, of Tanglewild (Planter), b. 3 Apr 1789, Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 24 Dec 1862, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 73 years). They had the following children:

1. John Alexander Hamilton, b. 13 Aug 1823, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. 1 Nov 1879, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Louisiana, USA (Age 56 years)
2. Duncan Stewart Hamilton, b. Abt 1827, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN
3. Douglas Montrose Hamilton, b. 27 Jun 1827, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA , d. 22 Nov 1880, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 53 years)
4. Catherine S. Hamilton, b. 1831, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN
5. William Bellhaven Hamilton, b. 11 Jul 1832, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. 10 Jul 1913, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)
6. Lt. Col. Jones Stewart Hamilton, b. 15 Apr 1833, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. 20 Jan 1907, Hinds County, Mississippi (Age 73 years)
7. Washington Hamilton, b. 1837, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN
8. Jefferson Hamilton, b. 1839, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN
9. Penelope S. Hamilton, b. 1841, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN
10. W. Scott D. Hamilton, b. 1844, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA , d. UNKNOWN

3. Tignal Jones Stewart, b. 20 Apr 1800, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 20 Mar 1855, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA

Tignal Jones Stewart, b. 20 Apr 1800, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 20 Mar 1855, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 54 years)

Tignal J. (1800-1855) was a member of the Mississippi Legislature.

He married on 16 Jun 1825 in Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA to Sarah Ann Randolph, b. 30 Sep 1809, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA , d. 23 Jan 1892, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years). They had the following children:

1. Sarah Jones Stewart, b. 1826, Mississippi, USA , d. 1913, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 87 years)
2. Penelope Stewart, b. 1828, Mississippi, USA , d. 23 Oct 1897, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 69 years)

4. Catherine Noland Stewart, b. 3 Oct 1804, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 12 Feb 1829, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA

Catherine Noland Stewart, b. 3 Oct 1804, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 12 Feb 1829, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 24 years)

At age 15, Catherine married on 4 May 1820 in Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA to Rep. Justice Henry Cage, of Woodlawn (Planter), b. 5 Apr 1795, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA , d. 31 Dec 1858, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 63 years).

They had the following children. She had just turned 18 when her first child was born.

1. Penelope Jones Cage, b. 5 Sep 1822, d. 12 Aug 1824 (Age 1 years)
2. Capt. Albert Gallatin Cage, b. 20 Jun 1827, d. 9 Nov 1870, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years)
3. Duncan Stewart Cage, b. 1829, d. 20 Jun 1885 (Age 56 years)

5. James Alexander Stewart, (Planter), b. 14 Jul 1811, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 28 Aug 1883, Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA

James Alexander Stewart, (Planter), b. 14 Jul 1811, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 28 Aug 1883, Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 72 years)

Obituary: “Mr. James A Stewart, formerly a citizen of this county, died on Tuesday last, at the residence of his son in law, J. Burrus McGehee. Before the war Mr. Stewart was one of the largest planters in the State, and he was a man of great energy and ability. Of late years, he made his home with his children near Laurel Hill. The remains were buried at the family burial ground on the Stewart place near Mount Pleasant. Thus, has passed away another of the old-time planters and gentlemen, whose influence moulded the institutions and social life of the South. We tender to the family our respectful sympathy.” (The Woodville Republican, 1 Sep 1883)

In 1860, James owned 79 slaves ranging in age from infants to 90-years-old.

In 1866, James A. Stewart applied for and received a Presidential Pardon from President Andrew Johnson alleging that he never participated in the hostilities of the American Civil War.

James Stewart married on 27 Feb 1832 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA to Juliana Randolph, b. 1 Dec 1814, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA , d. 6 Feb 1898, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 83 years). They had the following children:

1. Penelope Jones Stewart, b. 25 Jan 1835, Mississippi, USA , d. 22 Jul 1914, Brandon, Mississippi, USA (Age 79 years).
  The body of Mrs. Penelope J. Stirling, mother of J. H. Stirling, of Jackson, president of the First National Bank; Mrs. Anna Breed, of California, and Mrs. Lou Linthicum, of New Mexico, who died at her home at Brandon, late yesterday afternoon, reached Jackson at 2:20 o’clock this afternoon and was buried in Cedar Lawn cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. B. Hutton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Deceased was eighty years of age. Clipped from Jackson Daily News, 23 Jul 1914, Thu, Page 8 (FindAGrave)
  
  She married Unknown Stirling, b. Abt 1835, d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:
  1. Julia Ann Stirling, b. 10 May 1855, Mississippi, USA , d. 18 Feb 1946, Santa Clara County, California, USA (Age 90 years)
  2. Louisa B. Stirling, b. 1859, Mississippi, USA , d. 1942 (Age 83 years)
  3. Mary Stirling, b. 26 Nov 1864, Mississippi, USA , d. 15 Oct 1889 (Age 24 years)
  4. Jacob Bowman Stirling, b. 15 Jan 1870, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Apr 1950, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA (Age 80 years)
2. Duncan Stewart, b. 7 Oct 1836, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 21 Nov 1905, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 69 years) . He married Caroline Elizabeth McGehee, b. 6 Jan 1838, d. 31 Aug 1920, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 82 years). They had the following children:
  1. Dr. George McGehee Stewart, MD, b. 12 Dec 1862, Mississippi, USA , d. 27 Dec 1938, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 76 years)
  2. Mary Burruss Stewart, b. 20 Oct 1864, Mississippi, USA , d. 10 Aug 1883, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 18 years)
  3. Louise Florence Stewart, b. 24 Dec 1867, Mississippi, USA , d. 10 Jan 1942, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 74 years)
  4. Ida Randolph Stewart, b. 31 Aug 1870, Mississippi, USA , d. 9 Dec 1925, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 55 years)
  5. Henry Martin Stewart, b. 25 Sep 1872, Mississippi, USA , d. 15 Apr 1938, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 65 years)
  6. Kate Burruss Stewart, b. 12 Aug 1877, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 18 Aug 1877, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 0 years)
  7. Edward McGehee Stewart, b. 13 Sep 1880, Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 10 Jan 1967, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA (Age 86 years)
3. Catherine E Stewart, b. 26 Sep 1839, Mississippi, USA , d. 29 Apr 1918, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 78 years). She married John Burruss McGehee, b. 23 Jan 1836, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 11 Feb 1913, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 77 years). They had the following children:
  1. James Stewart McGehee, b. 9 Mar 1860, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 15 Sep 1945, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 85 years)
4. Rosa R Stewart, b. 1842, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 18 Jan 1928, Centreville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 86 years).
  “Mrs. Rosa Stewart Sharp, daughter of the late James A. Stewart and granddaughter of Duncan Stewart of Tennessee, for whom Stewart County in that state was named, and the first lieutenant-governor of Mississippi, passed away today. Mrs. Sharp is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ida S Simpson of New Orleans, besides several nieces and nephews of this and other states. Of these may be mentioned, the Hon. J. B. Stirling of Jackson, Mississippi (formerly attorney-general of this state and at present president of the First National Bank of that city. And the Hon. Stewart McGehee of Laurel Hill, Louisiana.
  The deceased was twice married. First to Col. Sutherland and to Capt. H. T. Sharp of this Wilkinson County. (obituary)
5. Cornelia R Stewart, b. 1847, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. 14 Nov 1923, Innis, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mrs. Batchelor of Innis, Louisiana, dies. News was received here Thursday morning of the death of Mrs. C. R. Batchelor, at 12:10 o’clock, Wednesday, November 14, at her country home in Pointe Coupee parish. Mrs. Batchelor was the widow of Dr. A. A. Batchelor of Innis, many years deceased. She was 76 years of age and his survived by a sister, Mrs. Ida Simpson of Innis and a number of nieces and nephews, among them being Messers Henry and Robert Stewart of Baton Rouge, Dr. Ed McGehee and Mr. George Stewart of Feliciana, and Misses Ida, Louisa, and Genie Stewart of West Feliciana. (obit)
  She married to Dr. Albert Agrippa Batchelor, MD, b. 5 Apr 1845, Mississippi, USA , d. 1 May 1905 (Age 60 years). They had no children.
6. Ida Stewart, b. 8 Sep 1849, Mississippi, USA , d. 21 Apr 1933, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 83 years). She married to Lenox W Simpson, b. 8 Sep 1856, Maryland, USA , d. 21 Jan 1888, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 31 years). They had the following child:
  1. Randolph Stewart Simpson, b. 30 Apr 1883, District of Columbia, USA , d. 3 Nov 1918, Bement, Piatt, Illinois, USA (Age 35 years)
7. Tignal Jones Stewart, b. 1841, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. UNKNOWN
8. Henry M. Stewart, b. 1845, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA , d. UNKNOWN

6. Charles Duncan Stewart, (Planter), b. 1813, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 7 Nov 1885, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA

Charles Duncan Stewart, (Planter), b. 1813, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 7 Nov 1885, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 72 years).

“Charles Duncan (1812/3-1886), a planter who married a daughter of U. S. Senator John Black.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Stewart_(Mississippi_politician))

Charles Duncan Stewart, born about 1813, was the son of Colonel Duncan Stewart and Penelope Jones. He is descended from King Robert II. He and his brother James Alexander Stewart ran several successful plantations near Morganza, in Pointe Coupee Parish along the Mississippi River.

During the Civil War Charles Duncan Stewart, along with a group of likeminded gentlemen, was accused of burning his neighbor’s cotton crop and sued for damages. He swore he did not want to see the day that slavery ended, and he got his wish. Shortly after the war he went blind.

He and his wife Julia donated the land and the bricks for Saint Stephens Episcopal Church.

His three daughters died in infancy. His son, John Black Stewart, attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1878. He then moved to New York and married Elizabeth Luzby. They made several extensive trips to Europe. John Black Stewart returned to New York City and worked as a stock broker for Charles D. Barney & Co. (later Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. (FindAGrave)

Charles Duncan Stewart married on 15 Jan 1849 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA to Julia Black, b. 14 Sep 1825, USA , d. 19 Nov 1867, Louisiana, USA (Age 42 years). They had the following children:

1. Sally Jones Stewart, b. 21 Sep 1851, d. 1 Sep 1854, Louisiana, USA (Age 2 years)
2. Penelope Jones Stewart, b. 3 Sep 1853, d. 2 Aug 1858, Louisiana, USA (Age 4 years)
3. John Black Stewart, b. 17 Jul 1855, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 2 Sep 1935, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age 80 years). John Black Stewart, attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1878. He then moved to New York and married Elizabeth Luzby. They made several extensive trips to Europe. John Black Stewart returned to New York City and worked as a stock broker for Charles D. Barney & Co. (later Morgan Stanley Smith Barney). (FindAGrave)
  John Black Stewart was a member of the Gaelic Society of Inverness (An Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis), http://gsi.org.uk/ . He was a financial contributor to the Culloden memorials.
  
  He died in New York, but had his remains transported to Scotland and is buried in Inverness, Scotland.
  
  John Black Stewart married on 17 Feb 1880 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA to Elizabeth Buzby, b. 8 Dec 1856, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1929 (Age 72 years)
4. Bettie Bliss Stewart, b. 20 May 1858, Louisiana, USA , d. 24 Dec 1858, Louisiana, USA (Age 0 years)

James Stewart in Red River, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

James Stewart in Red River, b. 1763, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. 8 Jul 1818, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA (Age 55 years)

James was born in Bladen County, North Carolina when it was still a British Colony. He was 15 years old when his father died.

In 1763, the same year that James was born, his uncle, Patrick Stewart, dictated a detailed family tree, which was subsequently added to by Dr. James Caraway in 1789 and even later by Dr. Morgan Brown, in which James is described as: “James married Catherine Knowlan, of Wilmington, N. C., by whom he had William and Knowlan, living near Woodville, but not known to whom they married.”

In 1797, James and his brothers, Charles and Duncan, left North Carolina for Montgomery County, Tennessee. They located in Clarksville and had extensive land holdings and plantations on the West Fork of the Red River. Duncan and Charles later moved to Wilkinson County, Mississippi, while James remained in Montgomery County for a while. Sometime prior to 1810, James followed his brothers to Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA.

James was an attorney and acted as legal counsel to his brothers for many of their land transactions.

On 23 Feb 1814, James Stewart, Esq., was listed as an agent for Natchez Gazette newspaper, in which he is identified as residing in Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA, at the time.

James’ first wife, Catherine Knowlan, died at an unknown time. James married secondly to Jane Dickson (nee Moulton), widow of Joseph Dickson.

Additional Information

Stewart Clan Magazine, in a 1936 article, says:

“James Stewart was a son of William by his first marriage. He went with his brother Duncan to Clarksville, Tenn., about 1797. He was perhaps the James Stewart* who married his cousin Elizabeth (sic), daughter of Patrick Stewart of Brown’s Marsh.” (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, August 1936, vol. xiv, no. 2, p.189.)

In a later 1957 article, Stewart Clan Magazine says:

“James Stewart, born about 1755, married (1) about 1792 Catherine Nolan (or Knowlan), according to accounts.

He was given a share of his father’s lands in William’s will in 1778 while perhaps a minor.

He lived for awhile in Sampson county, for in a deed dated Apr. 28, 1798, by Charles Stewart, attorney for Duncan Stewart of Montgomery County, Tennessee, to George Devan, it described the land being conveyed as a 200-acre farm in Sampson County “whereon James Stewart formerly lived” on Jumping Run, which had been patented Dec. 22, 1770, by William Stewart when it was in New Hanover County.

James went to Montgomery County, Tennessee, about 1800 with his brother Duncan and “a large number of immigrants from North Carolina.” He bought Oct. 20, 1800, of Charles Stewart, for $500, 800 acres of land (on the West fork of Red River), part of a 1000-acre grant made Dec. 15, 1783, to David Jones for his services as a corporal in the Continental line of North Carolina, and sold Jan. 20, 1797, by William Jones of Glasgow [now Greene] County, North Carolina, brother of David, to Charles Stewart of Bladen County “for a valuable consideration.”*

* This meant some kind of a trade. David Jones was probably related to Tingnall Jones of Wake County, N.C., father-in-law of Duncan and Charles Stewart. David Jones of New Hanover County, N.C., gave power-of-attorney Feb. 23, 1809, to Duncan Stewart, esq., to sell some land near Spring Creek in Montgomery County. A David Jones was an early settler of Calloway County, Ky., =E:152.

James bought Mar. 14, 1809, of Charles Stewart of Montgomery County, for $100, 136 acres of land along the West fork of Red River, adjoining the land of Charles G. Stewart. Charles G. Stewart was a second cousin (sic, first cousin once removed) of James and Charles, as shown here:

Alexander Stewart, laird of Ledcreich m. Catherine Stewart
______________________|________________
| |
Patrick William
________ |_____ _______________|__________
| | | | | | |
Charles James Elizabeth Patrick Duncan James Charles
| m. James Stewart
_______________|__________________
| | | | |
Catherine James Elizabeth Margaret Charles G.

Catherine, wife of James, died, and he married (2) Jane ______. He died in 1818 while on a visit to Mississippi and was buried near his sister Elizabeth on the Ventress Plantation in Wilkinson County. Later most of his children located there.

(Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, March 1957, vol. 34, no. 9, pp.189-192)

The Last Will and Testament of James Stewart,

Transcribed by Russell B. James, Houston Co. TN. Posted on the Montgomery Co, TN web site.

Will of James STEWART, deceased
In the name of God, Amen.

I, James STEWART of Montgomery Co. and state of Tennessee, considering the uncertainty of the mortal life and being of sound mind and memory, blessed to Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following:

First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Jane, one negro man named Harry, and one negro woman named Betty, to her and her heirs forever. Also the tract of land whereon I now live, being on the East side of the West fork of Red River in the county and state aforesaid, for and during her natural life, but the poplar timber not to be used otherwise than for the necessary use of the farm. Also three cows and calves, four sows and pigs, all of my flock of sheep, two of my best steers, four head of young cattle, two thousand pounds of pork of the prime of the fattest hogs next winter, all my household and kitchen furniture (except three feather beds and furniture which will be hereafter devised), one horse called Peter, one plough and harness, together with one hundred dollars.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jennet Dixon, twenty dollars exclusive of the property I have heretofore given her.

I also give unto the children of my daughter, Mary HAMPTON, deceased, two hundred dollars.

I also give and bequeath unto my son William STEWART, fifty dollars.

I also give and bequeath unto my son Nolan STEWART, fifty dollars, together with two negro girls, one named Mariah and one named Almira, to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rolina E. STEWART, fifty dollars.

I also give and bequeath unto my son, James STEWART, one negro woman named Phebe.

I also give and bequeath unto my grandson, James DIXON, one negro boy named Colbert.

It is also my will and desire that my negroes Charles and Ned and Deborah, Ned’s wife, shall be hired out for the purpose of educating and supporting my son James STEWART, and daughter Rolina E. STEWART, and when my son, James STEWART, shall arrive to the age of seventeen years, the aforesaid negroes, Charles, Ned and Deborah, to be equally divided among my aforesaid sons, William, Nolan, and James.

It is also my will that the monies arising from the sale of my half of the tract of land whereon William WHITE now lives (which I wish to be sold, but the whole of said tract will be sold to GEARTHER) and after paying said WHITE, five hundred dollars, then said WHITE to draw one half of the proceeds, the residue to be equally divided among my three sons, William, Nolan and James and my daughter, Rolina.

It is also my will that part of the tract of land whereon I now live, lying on the West side of the Fork of Red River, shall, after my wife’s decease, be equally divided between my aforesaid sons, Nolan and James STEWART.

It is also my will that the whole of my perishable property and farming utensils, which shall be remaining on hand, after my wife draws her part, be sold on a credit of nine months (except my daughter Rolina’s sorrel horse), and the proceeds of which sale to be paid to my son, James, and daughter, Rolina, share and share alike.

It is also my desire that my negro man, Frank, be sold by my nephew William S. WHITE to the best advantage, and the money arising from the sale, be appropriated for the purpose of paying my just debts and legacies abovementioned.

I also give and bequeath the three feather beds (before excepted), one feather bed and furniture to my son, William; one featherbed to my son Nolan, and one feather bed and furniture to my daughter, Rolina.

It is also my desire that my son, Nolan, will to be particular care of my old faithful slave, Harry, as long as he may live.

It is also my desire that my corn be sold (retaining a sufficiency for the purport of the family), as also my superfluous bacon.

I constitute and appoint Henry SMALL, Bryan WHITFIELD, Esq., William S. WHITE, Charles BAILEY, and John HAMPTON, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by me.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Signed: James STEWART

Witnesses: William TRIGG, Jr., Reuben CHISENHALL, John RIGGINS, Matt BOYERS.

—

Notes

The transcriber, Russ James, offers the following interpretive comments:

“I am quite certain that his daughter Jennett DIXON is the wife of Alexander DICKSON who lived on Yellow Creek and the slave named Colbert given to the grandson, James DIXON, is confirmed in a 1833 deed record involving Alexander DICKSON in Dickson County in which Alexander mentions the slave of the same named owned by his son.

I am not as certain, but suspect that the wife, Jane STEWART, is the widow of Joseph DICKSON who died in Dickson
Co. ca. 1803/1804. Her maiden name was MOULTON. We know she remarried after her husband’s death to a STEWART but have been unable to find her until I read this will yesterday. I can not prove it but believe it highly likely that Jane was the second wife of James STEWART. I suspect all the children named in the will are children of his first wife.

Joseph DICKSON’s 1803 will is the first one recorded in Dickson County and the witnesses were: Duncan STEWART, John STEWART, James STEWART and Joseph STEWART.

Then in 1811 James STEWART of Montgomery County bought a slave and one of the subscribing witnesses was Jane DICKSON.

Alexander DICKSON of Yellow Creek was a nephew of Joseph and Jane DICKSON.”

— Russ James of Houston Co. TN.

Marriage and Children

James Stewart married firstly in 1791 in North Carolina, USA to Catharine Knowlan, b. Abt 1770, Unknown , d. UNKNOWN. He married secondly Abt 1805 in Tennessee, USA to Jane Moulton, b. 1757, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN. James and Catherine had the following children. There were no children from James’ second marriage.

1. Jannett Stewart, b. Abt 1791, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA, d. 1824

Jannett Stewart, b. Abt 1791, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA , d. 1824 (Age ~ 33 years).

No birth record for Jannett Stewart has been found. Her year of birth shown here is estimated from the following information.

Jannett’s parents were married in 1791. Jannett is mentioned in her father’s 1818 will as having married a Dixon:

“I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jennet Dixon, twenty dollars exclusive of the property I have heretofore given her.”

She is listed first among the children of James Stewart, thus is presumed to be the eldest.

She is also mentioned as having a son named James:

“I also give and bequeath unto my grandson, James DIXON, one negro boy named Colbert.”

The transcriber of the will, Russ James, offers the following comment:

Jannett married to Alexander Dixon, b. Abt 1790, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN. They had the following child:

James Dixon, b. Abt 1810, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN. James Dixon is mentioned in the 1818 will of his grandfather, James Stewart, as the recipient of a slave.

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Dugald Stewart, formerly in Achnacone (Planter)

Dugald

Capt. Jock Stewart

Jannett “Jane” Stewart, b. 1765, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN

Jannett/Jane Stewart was only 13 years old when her father died.

Janet Stewart married John “Jock” Stewart, a half-pay British Captain. As Jock was a British Loyalist and as their first child was born in Scotland in 1783, it seems likely that they fled to Scotland after the the American Revolution and did not return to the USA until it was safe to do so.

They had the following children:

Jeanette C. Stewart, b. Abt 1783, Scotland , d. 25 Dec 1865, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 82 years)
Census records consistently indicate that Jeanette was born in 1783 in Scotland, although her parents were both American born. As her father, Capt. Jock Stewart, was a British Loyalist, it seems likely that they fled back to Scotland after the American Revolution and did not return to American until years later when it was safe to do so.

Family records indicate that Jeanette was the daughter of Capt. Jock Stewart by his first wife (un-named) who died when Jeanette was an infant. Jeanette was then raised by Lovick Ventress and his wife Elizabeth Stewart (Jeanette’s aunt). Jeanette grew up and married Lovick’s younger brother, James Ventress.

According to family records Jeannette married on 25 DEC 1808 at the residence of Lovick Ventress in Tennessee, USA, to James Ventress, b 1778 in Virginia, USA, d 8 FEB 1867, younger brother of Lovick Ventress (husband of Janett’s sister, Elizabeth Stewart).

In 1850 James and Jeanette were residing in District 13, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA.

In 1860 James and Jeanette were residing in Western Division, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA

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The Stewarts in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA

Descended from the Stewarts of Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland

The Stewarts in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA

The Outlander Clan

The Early History of Cape Fear

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Stewarts in Cape Fear in the North Carolina Colony

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The Wills of Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, and his Youngest Brother, William Stewart, in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA

The Stewarts of Ledcreich from the Brown Family Bible

Disclaimer: The accounting of the American descendants of the Stewarts in Cape Fear is disputed.

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Patrick Stewart, formerly 5th of Ledcreich (Planter)

Arrival in North America

Patrick’s family grows

Acquiring Land

Never to Return

Plantation Owner

Move to South Carolina

Additional Information

Patrick Stewart’s Personal Family History

Patrick’s First and Second Marriages

Marriages and Children

1. Mary Stewart, b. 8 Jan 1719, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

2. Katherine Stewart, b. 1 Dec 1720, Kirktown, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1739

1. Janet Stewart, b. Abt 1729, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

1. Margaret Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1734, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 1808, USA (Age 73 years)

2. Alexander Stewart, b. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. Abt 1736, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 0 years)

3. James Stewart, b. Abt 1737, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN

4. William Stewart, b. 21 Dec 1738, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 1739 (Age 0 years)

5. Catherine Stewart, b. 1739, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1789, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA (Age 50 years)

6. Charles Stewart, b. Abt 1742, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1765, Willmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 23 years)

7. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1744, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 1795, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)

William Stewart, in Wake (Planter)

Younger brother to Patrick Stewart, above

Early Life

First Marriage and Family

Land Ownership

Erroneous claims that William Stewart was married in Scotland and immigrated in 1754

William did not immigrate in 1754

William did not marry Catherine Colvin in Scotland

William’s Second Family

Plantation Owner and Slave Owner

Death

Further Reading

Marriages and Children

1. Capt. Patrick Stuart, (Planter), b. Abt 1745, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 14 Dec 1777, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 32 years)

2. Margaret Stewart, b. Abt 1748, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. Oct 1797, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 49 years)

The Tragic Life of Margaret Stewart

Marrying a Bigamist

Disowned by her father?

A Generous and Forgiving Heart?

The Family History

The Last Will and Testament of Margaret Stewart Spiller

1. Catherine Stewart, b. 1760, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

2. Charles Stewart, Sr., b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. Aft 1832, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

3. Lt-Gov., Col. Duncan Stewart, of Holly Grove (Planter), b. 16 Jan 1761, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 26 Nov 1820, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

4. James Stewart, b. 1763, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 8 Jul 1818, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA

5. Jannett Stewart, b. 1765, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

6. Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN

7. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1769, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 24 Mar 1825, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA (Age 56 years)

8. Eleanor Helen Stewart, b. 4 Mar 1771, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. 13 Jan 1844, North Carolina, USA

“Founder of our County”

The story of Duncan Stewart, founder of Stewart County and his brothers Charles and James Stewart

Founder of Our County (Stewart County)

Charles Stewart, Sr., in Woodville, Mississippi, USA

Marriage and Children