Person:William Stuart (14)

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WILLIAM WALKER STUART - son of Walker and Mary (McClure) Stuart, was born on Walkers creek, January 15, 1821, and is the owner of 204 acres of fine farming land on its waters, to the cultivation of which he gives his attention. Through the civil war he was a member of the Rockbridge Guards, under Captain Walker, but he was detailed as farmer, and was never in active service. His marriage was solemnized in Augusta county, Virginia, February 11, 1864, and he married Elizabeth G. Kerr, born in Augusta county, daughter of Samuel X. and Eliza J. (Wallace) Kerr. Their children are six, born: Mary E., January 21, 1865; Maggie Wallace, January 8, 1868; Fannie S., August 3, 1870; Nancy G., March 6, 1872; William Oscar, March 4, 1875; Katie P., June 17, 1879; all are at home. W. W. Stuart occupies the house in which he was born, and also his father. It is not known by whom it was built, but it has existed since pioneer times, having been used as a fort. It is built of black walnut planks four inches thick sawed with a whipsaw. The dimensions of the building are thirty feet long by twenty wide. In the possession of the family are three steel spears of a peculiar pattern used to repel the red invader, and large numbers of Indian arrow-heads have been found in the vicinity, showing it to have been a battleground. William W. Stuart's postoffice address is Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge county, Virginia.

Source: Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (NY, Richmond, and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty and Company Publishers, 1884). p. 411.

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