Person:Thomas Stewart (57)

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Thomas Stewart
b.Est 1785 Virginia, United States
d.26 Jul 1836 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
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m. 31 Aug 1815
  1. Coleman W StewartAbt 1816 - 1861
  2. Capt. Thomas Jefferson Stewart1818 - 1865
  3. Richard Claybourne Stewart1829 - 1906
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Name Thomas Stewart
Gender Male
Birth[3][4][5][6][7] Est 1785 Virginia, United States
Marriage 31 Aug 1815 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United Statesto Dorothy Longest
Death[2][6] 26 Jul 1836 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
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  1.   Family Notes.

    Thomas Stewart came to America with his brother, Patrick Stewart who died unmarried in New York. [This is not supported by the evidence (see his son's death record). See also History of Henderson County, Kentucky, which says it was Thomas's father who came to America (with his brother Patrick) and married in Virginia.]

    Thomas Stewart migrated to Kentucky with the early pioneer settlers, locating first in Shelby County, but later moved with his family to Jefferson County where he bought a farm which was located about twelve miles from Louisville on the Old Lexington Pike. He lived on that farm the remainder of his life. Thomas Stewart was married to Dorothy Longest.

  2. ↑ Starling, Edmund L. History of Henderson County, Kentucky: comprising history of county and city, precincts, education, churches, secret societies, leading enterprises, sketches and recollections, and biographies of the living and dead. (Henderson, KY, 1887)
    p. 643.

    After a fanciful story of brothers Patrick and Thomas Stuart/Stewart who immigrated to America in the "seventeenth century" (obviously meaning the 1700's), the author writes about "one of Thomas Stewart's sons [who] bore his name":

    "Thomas, this son, on the thirty-first day of August 1815, married Dorothy Longest, of Jefferson County, and lived and died in the City of Louisville July 26th, 1836, a leading and highly respected citizen. He was a successful contractor, having built many houses and accumulated considerable property. At the time of his death, he was considered wealthy, but placing too much confidence in mankind, and being too easily imposed upon, his affairs were found to be in an embarassed [sic] condition. Three sons survived him, Coleman W., Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Clairbourne. ..."

  3. ↑ United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33)
    Shelby, Kentucky.

    Thomas Steward:
    1 male aged 45 or over
    1 female aged 26-44 [born 1776-1794]
    1 male and 2 females aged 10-15
    2 males and 2 females under the age of 10

  4. ↑ United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19)
    Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky.

    Thomas Stewart:
    1 male aged 40-49
    1 male and 2 females aged 30-39
    3 males aged 20-29
    1 male aged 15-19
    2 males aged 10-14
    1 female aged 5-9
    1 male under the age of 5

    At least one other family must have been living in the same household.

  5. ↑ Richard Claybourne Stewart, in Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).

    father: Thos Jefferson Stewart, born in Virginia

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thomas Jefferson Stewart, in Find A Grave.

    includes a photo of his grave marker with the inscription (not completely legible):
    Thomas Stewart who departed this life July 26th 1836 in the 49th year of his ...

  7. ↑ Thomas's implied birth year went from "by 1775" (1820 census) to the 1780's (1830 census). His wife's similarly went from "by 1794" (1820) to abt 1799 (1850) to abt 1805 (1860).
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