Person:John Stuart (43)

John Stuart was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Steuart, John - born 9/6/1761 in Augusta County (later Bath County), Virginia, where entered service 1781 in Virginia regiment; granted Pension 1833 in Bath County, Virginia; John W. Gloughlin & John Wade made affidavit there then; soldier's last Pension Payment in file 1841; surname also spelled Stewart; query letter in file states soldier married Hannah Hicklin & died in Bath County, Virginia F-S19474, R2282.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 2 - Revolutionary War Service Declaration: John Stuart's Declaration, September 12th, 1832: Was drafted in 1781 and served under Capt. Thomas Hicklin, Lieut. Joseph Gwinn, Ensign Thomas Wright, Col. Sampson Mathews, Col. William Bowyer; was again drafted and present at Cornwallis' surrender.

Notes

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ID: I06849

Name: John Steuart 1

Sex: M

Birth: 6 SEP 1761 in Augusta County, Virginia 2 3

Death: 1850 1 3

Note:

Source Walter Stuart, History of the Stuart Family, p 32

John Stuart, son of William and Margaret Stuart, was born September 6, 1761, on the Cowpasutre River in Augusta (now Highland) County, Virginia. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in January, 1781, served as a private in Capt. Thomas Hicklin's Company under Colonels Sampson Matthews and William Bowyer in the Virginia Troops. He was at the Siege of Yorktown where he was wounded on his hand by the cut of a sword, and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. He was allotted pension on Certificate No. 23909, issued April 21, 1834, at which time he was living in Bath County. On May 31, 1787, he married Hannah Hicklin, a daughter of John Hicklin, a son of Thomas Hicklin, Sr. ... John Stuart died in 1850. His wife died in 1856.

Source . Lyman Chalkley CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 Vol II p. 496

Military Service Declarations John Stuart's Declaration, September 12th, 1832: Was drafted in 1781 and served under Capt. Thomas Hicklin, Lieut. Joseph Gwinn, Ensign Thomas Wright, Col. Sampson Mathews, Col. William Bowyer; was again drafted and present at Cornwallis' surrender.

Father: William Steuart b: ABT 1732 Mother: Margaret Usher

Marriage 1 Hannah Hicklin b: ABT 1765 Married: 31 MAY 1787 4 5 Note: Source Walster Stuart, History of the Stuart Family, p 32 On May 31, 1787, he married Hannah Hicklin, a daughter of John Hicklin, a son of Thomas Hicklin, Sr.

Children

John Steuart

William Steuart

Jacob W Steuart b: ABT 1798 in Bath County, Virginia

Edward Steuart b: 31 JUL 1803

Nancy Steuart b: AFT 1806

Jane G Steuart

Margaret (Peggy) Steuart b: 1801

Miranda Steuart b: 1812 in Bath County, Virginia

David G Steuart b: 1815 in Bath County, Virginia

Sources: Title: History of Highland County, Virginia Author: Oren F. Morton, B. L. Publication: Originally Pulished 1911 - Reprinted with new Index Regional Publishing Co. 1969 Repository: Note: Bath County Historical Society, Inc Media: Book Page: p 339 Title: History of Highland County, Virginia Author: Oren F. Morton, B. L. Publication: Originally Pulished 1911 - Reprinted with new Index Regional Publishing Co. 1969 Repository: Note: Bath County Historical Society, Inc Media: Book Page: p339 Title: History of the Stuart Family Author: William Stuart Publication: by Essie W. Stuart Repository: Note: Library of West Virginia - copy at Bath County Historical Society Media: Book Page: p 32 Title: History of Highland County, Virginia Author: Oren F. Morton, B. L. Publication: Originally Pulished 1911 - Reprinted with new Index Regional Publishing Co. 1969 Repository: Note: Bath County Historical Society, Inc Media: Book Page: p 339 Text: 1786 Title: History of the Stuart Family Author: William Stuart Publication: by Essie W. Stuart Repository: Note: Library of West Virginia - copy at Bath County Historical Society Media: Book Page: p 32 Text: On May 31, 1787, he married Hannah Hicklin, a daughter of John Hicklin, a son of Thomas Hicklin, Sr.