Person:Alexander Stuart (14)

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STUART/STEWART Descendants of Alexander Stuart

Generation No. 1

ALEXANDER STUART was born in 1675 possibly Ireland-Ancestors in Scotland, and died 1712 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He married CATHERINE MONTGOMERY 1705 in Ireland, daughter of HUGH MONTGOMERY and JANE HAMILTON.

Notes for ALEXANDER STUART:

Born in Scotland (or possibly Ireland) Alexander emigrated to Londonderry, North Ireland in ca 1700 and married in 1705 to Catherine Montgomery b 1684 near Convoy House, County Donegal, Ireland d 2/1/1760, near Long Canes Creek, Abbeville, Abbeville Co., South Carolina, daughter of Captain Hugh Montgomery and Jane Hamilton

Notes for CATHERINE MONTGOMERY:

Following the death of Alexander Catherine remarried in 1713, County Donegal, Ireland to James Patrick Calhoun (1688 Crosh House, Newtown-Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland- 1741 Chestnut Level, Lancaster Co,. PA.), son of Rev. Alexander Calhoun and Lady Judith Hamilton. In Ireland the Calhoun's spelled their name Colhoun (Colquhoun in some records) before moving to the states. Patrick and Catherine took their children to America, in 1733, after her Stewart children were grown. They landed either in NY or Philadelphia and moved to Lancaster Co, PA, where they settled in the Chestnut Level Area. Around 1748, sometime after Patrick's death, Catherine moved her family to some new lands that were opening up in Augusta Co, VA. In 1755 the Indians became more active and Catherine moved again to the Long Cane Creek Area of Abbeville, SC. They moved in the middle of winter and got there in Feb. 1756. The place for a while was called North & South Forks of Calhoun Creek, where it joined the little river. They were 16 miles from the nearest Indian settlement. They thought that they would be safe there. The morning of January 31, 1760 a messenger came through the little settlement and told them that the Indians were on the warpath and moving toward their area. The afternoon of January 31st and the morning of February 1st were spent loading wagons and getting provisions ready to move out. About noon on February 1st, some 200 to 250 settlers moved out for Augusta, GA a larger town about 40 miles southeast of their location. They had only gone about 10 miles when in crossing the Long Canes Creek several wagons got stuck. By the time they had all the wagons across the creek it was dark so they camped for the night. Soon after dark they were attacked by a band of Cherokee Indians. Some of the settlers escaped by horseback, some on foot, but most of them scattered finding shelter in the trees or where ever they could hide. Mostly women and children were killed as 23 settlers were left dead at the sight of the massacre. The Indians had burned all the wagons and nearly all the goods had been stolen. In the group that were killed, Catherine Montgomery Stewart Calhoun was also murdered by these Cherokee Indians. She was 76 years of age at her death. A monument to these people with her name on it was erected there in the 1790's by Catherine's son Patrick Calhoun. Two small girls ages 3 and 5 of the Calhoun's were abducted by the Indians, one eventually got back to her folks, but one was never heard from again.

Children of ALEXANDER STUART and CATHERINE MONTGOMERY are:

i. ALEXANDER STUART, b. 1706, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ii. MARY CATHERINE STEWART, b. 1713, Londonderry, Ireland; m. JOHN NOBLE.

Generation No. 2

ALEXANDER STUART (ALEXANDER) was born 1706 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He married (1) MARY COWAN in Ireland. He married (2) UNKNOWN.

Notes for ALEXANDER STUART:

Tradition has it that Alexander was twice married and had three sons John, Samuel and Joseph by his first wife. By his second wife he had William, Archibald and Alexander. The names of his wives were uncertain and he may have had several daughters. Some information has been found that Alexander may have been married to a Miss Barber who was the daughter of John Barber Junior of SC. Alexander removed his family to America in 1758 before the Revolution. Also tradition has it that his oldest son John came to America before his father, around 1745, and was a clerk of the court of Lancaster Co., PA. John was said to have changed the spelling of his surname Stuart for the better English Stewart. They resided in PA until about 1768 when they moved to York Dist., SC with the exception of John who stayed and raised his family in PA. The J. Adger Stewart chart shows that Alexander Stewart may have had several daughters and it is possible that there were more sons than are listed.

Children of ALEXANDER STUART and MARY COWAN are: i. JOHN STEWART, b. Abt. 1727, Londonderry, No. Ireland.

Notes for JOHN STEWART:

John was the first of his immediate family to come to America, in 1745, some years before the others. He settled in the Chestnut Level Area, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania where his grandmother Catherine Montgomery Stewart Calhoun was living. He became a clerk of the court in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania where he stayed and raised a family. John's father and 5 brothers stayed in Chestnut Level Area of Lancaster Co. with John until they moved to York District, South Carolina.

ii. SAMUEL STEWART, b. Abt. 1732, Londonderry, No. Ireland.

Notes for SAMUEL STEWART: Samuel was said to have bought land in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina in 1778, where he entered claim to 100 acres on the head waters of North Crooked Creek, which included the Coal kiln Spring, of 2/21/1778. He was granted a patent on it 3/1/1780 which means he must have been farming it. He bought in 11/1784, 96 acres from William & Ruth Caldwell. He bought at a Sheriff's sale 6/18/1785, 100 acres along Caldwell's Creek. This was land the previous owners had fled and let the taxes go unpaid. By 1795 Samuel had purchased 87 more acres. He and his family disappeared from the state by 1800. The 1790 census listed them as 1-3-5.

iii. JOSEPH STEWART, b. Abt. 1735, Londonderry, No. Ireland.

Notes for JOSEPH STEWART: Joseph moved to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina and settled there with his family. On 1/22/1779 he purchased 100 acres on Stewart's Fork in a place called the Big Bend. In 1793 he purchased 60 acres on the waters of Twelve Mile Creek. The1790 Census listed his family as 1-1-2. They also left the state by 1800.

Children of ALEXANDER STUART and UNKNOWN are:

iv. ALEXANDER STEWART, b. 1744, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; d. 1823, Morgan Cty, GA. v. WILLIAM K. STEWART, b. August 04, 1739, Londonderry, No. Ireland; d. Abt. 1831, Xenia, Green Co., Ohio. vi. ARCHIBALD STEWART, b. Abt. 1741, Londonderry, No. Ireland; d. October 1831, York Cty, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH BIGGER.

Notes for ARCHIBALD STEWART: Archibald raised a large family and lived near Crowder Creek, In York Co., South Carolina. The executors of his will were the son Joseph B. Stewart and John A. Laney. Archibald gave to his eldest son William 100 acres of land, to be laid off where William lived, "upon condition that he pay to my four youngest daughters, namely, Jane, Ann, Margaret and Sarah, $200 to be equally divided." He gave to his youngest son Joseph B. Stewart the remainder of the tract on Crowder Creek, "while my four daughters (already named) remain single." He gave "to my grandson James M. Stuart (Instead of his mother Agnes Stuart) $20 or a young horse of the same value, when 21." The remainder was to be divided equally among his children Joseph, Jane, Ann, Margaret and Sarah Stewart. The will was in contest in the court of equity in 1836 and 1837 to determine the condition under which Archibald devised his land to his sons William and Joseph B. Stewart.

Generation No. 3

ALEXANDER STEWART (ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1744 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and died 1823 in Morgan Cty, GA. He married ELIZABETH BARRON 1774 in York Dist., SC, daughter of ARCHIBALD BARRON and ELIZABETH INGRAM.

Notes for ALEXANDER STEWART:

Came to America prior to the Revolutionary War, when he was 15 years old. Settled in Lancaster, PA for some years, then to York Dist, SC then moved to Morgan Co., GA. Three Brothers killed in the Revolutionary war. He served as a Private in the Revolutionary War Book L-N Page 64 indents for REV. claims by SCREV. Soldiers by A. S. Salley, Jr. N.S.D.A.R. 197955;197954;199147

Children of ALEXANDER STEWART and ELIZABETH BARRON are:

i. JOSEPH STEWART, b. August 09, 1791; d. May 28, 1864, Cobb Co, GA. ii. THOMAS STEWART. iii. FRANCIS STEWART, b. December 01, 1774; d. August 12, 1855, Cherokee Co., AL. iv. WILLIAM STEWART, b. 1776; d. Morgan Cty, GA. v. ALEXANDER STEWART, b. April 15, 1779, Catawba Indian Reserve York Dist, SC; d. March 15, 1854, Conyers, GA. vi. ARCHIBALD OLIVER STEWART, b. November 25, 1781; d. 1862, Calhoun Cty, AL. vii. JOHN STEWART, b. 1784; d. Calhoun Cty, AL. viii. SAMUEL DWIGHT STEWART, b. 1785; d. Fishhead Valley, AL. ix. ELIZABETH STEWART, b. Abt. 1795; d. July 1849, Calhoun Co., AL. x. JAMES C. STEWART, b. 1797; d. January 07, 1809. xi. REBECCA STEWART, b. 1798; d. August 01, 1814; m. JOHN AIKEN, Morgan Cty, GA. xii. MARGARET STEWART, b. March 20, 1803; m. ANDREW BURNS.

WILLIAM K. STEWART (ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born August 04, 1739 in Londonderry, No. Ireland, and died Abt. 1831 in Xenia, Green Co., Ohio. He married (1) JANE MARTIN 1774. He married (2) SARAH CALHOUN.

Notes for WILLIAM K. STEWART:

William is buried Woodland Cemetery, Xenia, Green Co., Ohio. He came with the rest of the family to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1758. He was an American Revolutionary Was soldier and served as a Pvt. in Captain Felix Worley's Company of the 3rd Regiment of the South Carolina Scouts, commanded by Col. William L. Thompson. In the pension department in Washington, D.C. his name appears dated July 1, 1779. He was commended to be paid and his name then appears on the payroll. On 5/5/1769 William received a grant of Land from King George III for 300 acres of land on Millstone Branch between the Wakhaw and Twelve Mile Creeks. This land was on the east side of the Catawba River. His wife is buried in the Old (ARP) Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rock Hill, York Co., South Carolina. William and his family lived in York County until 1818, when they removed to Xenia, Ohio.

Children of WILLIAM STEWART and JANE MARTIN are:

i. WILLIAM STEWART, b. 1773; d. 1799; m. AGNES SPENCE. ii. SAMUEL STEWART, b. 1775; m. ELIZABETH GRAVES. iii. FRANCES STEWART, b. 1778; m. WILLIAM BARRON. iv. ELIZABETH STEWART, b. 1783; m. ALEXANDER HARBISON. v. ROBERT M. STEWART, m. ELIZABETH MCELROY.

Children of WILLIAM STEWART and SARAH CALHOUN are:

vi. SAMUEL STEWART, b. 1775, South Carolina; d. 1846, South Carolina. vii. ELIZABETH STEWART, b. July 04, 1783, Savannah, GA; d. November 02, 1834, Parke Co., IN. viii. GORDON STEWART, b. 1787, Georgia; d. 1863, Georgia. ix. ROBERT STEWART, b. 1789.

Generation No. 4

JOSEPH STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born August 09, 1791, and died May 28, 1864 in Cobb Co, GA. He married MARY POLLY GALAHA/GALLAGHER. Children of JOSEPH STEWART and MARY GALAHA/GALLAGHER are:

i. ANDREW STEWART. ii. JAMES STEWART. iii. JASPER STEWART. iv. SAMUEL OLIVER STEWART. v. SEVERAL DAUGHTERS STEWART.

THOMAS STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER). He married PEGGY STEWART.

Notes for PEGGY STEWART:

Second cousin to Thomas.

Children of THOMAS STEWART and PEGGY STEWART are:

i. ARMSTRONG STEWART. ii. THOMAS STEWART. iii. MARY STEWART iv. MARGARET STEWART.

WILLIAM STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1776, and died in Morgan Cty, GA. He married MARY DUNCAN.

Child of WILLIAM STEWART and MARY DUNCAN is:

i. ALEXANDER STEWART, d. Calhoun Cty, AL; m. SELENA BRUNER.

Notes for ALEXANDER STEWART:

Died Calhoun Co, AL leaving several children. Deed book E page 540 Yorkville, SC dated 1801, married prior to this.

ALEXANDER STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born April 15, 1779 in Catawba Indian Reserve York Dist, SC, and died March 15, 1854 in Conyers, GA. He married SARAH STRIPLIN 1803 in Morgan Cty, GA, daughter of WILLIAM STRIPLIN and JULIATHA OLIVER.

Children of ALEXANDER STEWART and SARAH STRIPLIN are:

i. WILLIAM ADDISON STEWART, b. 1804; d. Abt. 1853. ii. JULITHA L STEWART, b. February 08, 1808; d. September 20, 1885, Coosa Cty, AL. iii. JOHN LEWIS STEWART, b. September 10, 1810, York Dist, SC; d. April 30, 1886, Conyers Rockdale, GA. iv. ELIZABETH BARRON STEWART, b. 1813. v. JACKSON DECATUR STEWART, b. 1815; d. Munford, AL. vi. BENJAMIN STEWART, b. April 23, 1818; d. Coosa Cty, AL. vii. SAMUEL STEWART, b. 1820. viii. THOMAS RANDOLPH STEWART, b. Abt. 1822. ix. JOSEPH ALEXANDER STEWART, b. 1824.

ARCHIBALD OLIVER STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born November 25, 1781, and died 1862 in Calhoun Cty, AL. He married RACHAEL AIKEN.

Notes for ARCHIBALD OLIVER STEWART:

Owned 200 slaves. Sons John and Newton killed at Shiloh.

Children of ARCHIBALD STEWART and RACHAEL AIKEN are:

i. JOHN STEWART. ii. NEWTON STEWART. iii. DAVIS STEWART. iv. MALINDA STEWART. v. ELIZABETH STEWART. vi. NANCY STEWART. vii. HARRIET STEWART. viii. MARGARET STEWART, b. 1830.

JOHN STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1784, and died in Calhoun Cty, AL. He married POLLY STRIPLIN.

Children of JOHN STEWART and POLLY STRIPLIN are:

i. JOHN STEWART. ii. WILLIAM STEWART. iii. SAMUEL STEWART. iv. MARION STEWART. v. MATILDA STEWART. vi. ELIZABETH STEWART. vii. MARY STEWART. viii. CYNTHIA STEWART. viiii. SARAH STEWART. x. DAVID STEWART.

SAMUEL DWIGHT STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1785, and died in Fishhead Valley, AL. He married (1) NANCY GALAHA/GALLAGHER. He married (2) (widow)EMILINE HOWELL.

Notes for SAMUEL DWIGHT STEWART:

Jasper D. and Newton C. were twins.

Children of SAMUEL STEWART and NANCY GALAHA/GALLAGHER are:

i. HIRAM STEWART. ii. WILLIAM STEWART. iii. MARY STEWART. iv. MARTHA STEWART. v. JOHN ARCHIBALD STEWART. vi. ELIZA STEWART. vii. JASPER D. STEWART. viii. NEWTON C. STEWART.

Children of SAMUEL STEWART and HOWELL are: ix. JOSEPH STEWART.

Notes for JOSEPH STEWART: Ashville, AL

x. WESLEY STEWART.

Notes for WESLEY STEWART: Dublin, Texas

ELIZABETH STEWART (ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born Abt. 1795, and died July 1849 in Calhoun Co., AL. She married BENJAMIN OLIVER STRIPLIN, son of WILLIAM STRIPLIN and JULIATHA OLIVER.

Notes for BENJAMIN OLIVER STRIPLIN:

DEATH AND OBITUARY NOTICES FROM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1867-1878 Aug. 12, 1870

"Reverand B. O. Striplin was born on the 15th of August 1788 in York District, South Carolina, and died 19th June 1870, in Cleberne Co., Alabama. He returned to his native State where he married to Miss Elizabeth R. Steward, who proceded him to the Glory World many years ago."

Taken from Randolph County, Alabama, Sixty Two Years Ago The Red Man's Home, The White Man's Eden by J.M.K. Guinn 1894-1896 "Rev. Ben Striplin, Uncle Ben, and he was usually called, and an indispensable necessity at camp meetings. Father lived at Chulafinnee in 1842, and I remember as if it were yesterday, mother took me with her to camp meetings the stand had been burned down and a new one raised on the same spot, but by some oversight the charcoal and ashes had not been properly cleaned off before services began. It was on Friday when mother and I got there. We took dinner at Dr. John Wesley Hudson's tent,and at the afternoon services we were in attendance. Services had, however, been going on for a day or two previously and were seemingly cold and discouraging; notwithstanding the warm zeal and earnest pleas of the preacher it would have passed for a Quaker meeting. The ministers and tenters could be seen gathered in groups earnestly engaged in conversation. There were all kinds of surmising as to the cause and as many theories for resuscitating Methodist zeal and activity. Mother was one of those persons who believed that "where there is a will there is generally a way," and as she used to say; "I never cross a bridge until I get to it." I heard her laughingly say to Dr. Hudson: "Just put Uncle Ben Striplin up this evening and you will see your troubles removed and Methodists go to work." Uncle Ben was put up, took his text and in a few minutes warmed up, and with a voice that echoed from hill to hill, said: "What, a thousand souls going to hell for the want of a little straw, brethern?" Suffice it to say, that evening before sun-down, which was Friday wagons with great loads of straw rolled in, and that night the alter was filled with shouting Methodists and converts, and such clapping of hands, shouting, singing, praying hallelujah, with tears trickling down the cheeks of Uncle Ben as he stood in the pulpit looking down in the altar, the writer hopes never to forget."

Children of ELIZABETH STEWART and BENJAMIN STRIPLIN are:

i. WILLIAM ANDERSON STRIPLIN. ii. BENJAMIN STRIPLIN. iii. JOHN STRIPLIN. iv. SAMUEL OLIVER STRIPLIN. v. REBECCA STRIPLIN. vi. PELLIE STRIPLIN. vii. ELIZA STRIPLIN. viii. FRANCES STRIPLIN. ix. MATILDA A. STRIPLIN, b. March 14, 1834, Benton Co, now Calhoun Co, AL; d. January 31, 1914, Cherokee Co., TX. x. MARGARET LOUISA STRIPLIN.

SAMUEL STEWART (WILLIAM K., ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1775 in South Carolina, and died 1846 in South Carolina. He married CHARITY SUSANNAH PLATT.

Children of SAMUEL STEWART and CHARITY PLATT are:

i. JAMES STEWART, b. 1795. ii. JOHN STEWART, b. 1800.

ELIZABETH STEWART (WILLIAM K., ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born July 04, 1783 in Savannah, GA, and died November 02, 1834 in Parke Co., IN. She married ALEXANDER JACKSON HARBISON, JR. September 06, 1803 in South Carolina.

Children of ELIZABETH STEWART and ALEXANDER JACKSON HARBISON are:

i. WILLIAM HARBISON. ii. SUSANNA HARBISON. iii. JANNET HARBISON. iv. JOHN HARBISON. v. ELIZABETH HARBISON, b. June 23, 1809. vi. ALEXANDER HARBISON, b. May 11, 1811. vii. MARY HARBISON. viii. SARAH HARBISON. ix. NANCY HARBISON, b. December 28, 1816. x. MATTHEW HARBISON, b. February 13, 1821. xi. ROBERT HARBISON.

GORDON STEWART (WILLIAM K., ALEXANDER STUART, ALEXANDER) was born 1787 in Georgia, and died 1863 in Georgia. He married SALLY KING 1807 in Waresboro, GA.

Children of GORDON STEWART and SALLY KING are:

i. JOHN B STEWART, b. 1809. ii. ELIZABETH CHIRLEENE STEWART, b. 1810. iii. ELIAS STEWART, b. 1818. iv. ARTHUR STEWART, b. 1822. v. NEWTON STEWART, b. 1823.