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         STEWART CLAN NEWSLETTER (SCN) - INTERNET EDITION                 
November, 1997             Collator/Editor: Larry Mai ([email protected])
Volume 3, Number 7                              E-mailed Intermittently
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FAQ 6. How do I construct a good query?

A "good" minimum query has the following attributes: 

(a) a critical name, date, and region in the subject field; 

(b) in the main body of the query, give a description of your central
character, REPEATING the full name, complete and relevant dates (birth/death),
and region(s) where your person(s) is known to have resided, especially during
census or tax years; 

(c) name of spouse(s) and date of marriage, if known; 

(d) name and dates of known children; indicate the child through which you are
descended; 

(e) [optional] your legal name and mailing address, and possibly telephone
number, in case you abandon or change your email account, so that cousins can
still contact you in the future.

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Subj: Re: STEWART/THOMPSON VA>TN>AL
Date: 97-10-02 01:07:38 EDT
From: [email protected] (mary stewart kyritsis)
To:   [email protected] (Monya Havekos)

Hello Monya,

My index of places in the Stewart Clan magazine has one reference to Marion
Co., Alabama on page D67 (June 1939), which might possibly give you a clue. It
is earlier than your date.  

'Alexander Stewart, born about 1796 in South Carolina, evidently removed when
a boy to Alabama.  The location is uncertain, as he remembered it only vaguely
when he was a man 86 years of age.  He stated 15 July 1882 that when he was 18
years old he volunteered as a soldier in the war of 1812, enlisting 15 Nov
1813 at Kilbreth's [Galbraith's] store.  He was a farmer, six feet tall, with
black hair and rather grey eyes.  He stated 14 April 1883 that he thought his
captain's name was Kilbreth, but it might have been Gilbert.  6 June 1887 when
91 years old, he said he volunteered in November 1813 at Five-mile creek in
Jones valley in Capt. Kilbreth's company of Alabama militia, in Butler's
rangers, and was mustered at Mobile, Alabama. He resided in Blount county, AL
From 1815 to 1817, and then went to Walker county, GA.  He was perhaps married
twice.  He marr. 20 Oct 1836 Jane Richardson in Walker county, GA.  He lived
there until 1866, and since 1866 he had lived in Marion county, Alabama.  His
children were referred to but not named.'

The editor, George Edson, probably got this information from the pension
records for the War of 1812, you might want to look at it more carefully. 

Hope this gives you some sort of lead.

Regards,
Mary in Greece
[email protected]

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Subj: Re: James Cullen Stewart of MS 1894
Date: 97-10-07 15:23:53 EDT
From: [email protected] (mary stewart kyritsis)
To:   [email protected] (Mark Ferri)

Hello Mark,

This is a rather frustrating bit of information for you, because neither James
Cullen nor James Floyd Stewart is mentioned, but since both areas you mention
are in the article I think I should give it to you for reference. It is taken
From the Stewart Clan Magazine of September 1961, page H169-170.

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WILLIAM STEWART FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO MISSISSIPI

With family records supplied by Mrs J.L. Wilson jr, of Rosedale, Mississippi
William Stewart, born 5 June 1771 in South Carolina, was, it seems a son of
Alexander Stewart of Newberry county [F51,54].  Alexander is thought to have
taken some part in the Revolutionary war; he was a son of William Stewart, a
son of Alexander Stewart of Frederick county VA [D124], who was presumably a
son of Alexander Steward of Marlborough, MA [A13].  

William Stewart of Edgefield county, SC, married Sarah -- about 1795.  Early
in the 1800s the family moved to Amite county, MS, and by 1830 they were
living in Hinds county, in that state.  Sarah, wife of William, died 24 Jan
1842, aged 65 years and 6 months, and William died 23 Aug 1849, aged 78 years,
3 months and 18 days.  Their gravestones are in the First cemetery at Raymond,
Hinds county, as copied in "Lost Links", 1945.  A bible page preserves a
record of the births of their children:

  John, 30 Jul 1798, m. Winifred--, d. 10 Apr 1858
  Alexander, 25 Oct 1800, m. --; d. 13 Aug 1837
  Robert, 14 Feb 1803, a witness to James Robinson's will in 1834
  William, 21 Feb 1806; d. in 1837 at the home of R. Hurst, Hinds
  Polly, 8 May 1808; d. in 1824 in Amite county
  Sarah, 28 Aug 1811
  Rebecca, 4 Apr 1814, m. 1831 James B. Fairchild, Hinds county
  Joseph [W.], 28 Mar 1816, d. 23 Oct 1846 at Raymond, Hinds county
  Margaret, 16 May 1819

John Stewart, s. William, b. 30 July 1798, in Edgefield district, SC, moved
with his parents to Amite county, MS, in 1804 or 1805. He marr. about 1820
Winifred-- who was born in 1801 in Mississippi.  He and Alexander Stewart and
James Scott were witnesses to the will of William Lea of Hinds county, dated 3
Sep 1833.  John and his wife Winifred and children John H., aged 27, Robert,
aged 23, Eliza, 19, Rebecca C., 18, Mary A., 16, Joseph A., 15, Winifred, 9,
Andrew, 8, and Charles A., 4, were enumerated in Hinds county in the census of
1850.  He was denoted 'planter', worth $4000, and he had in his household H.
Stewart, aged 58 years, who was born in South Carolina. John and Winifred --
her name was spelled Winnifer, as if it might have been meant to be Gwynevere
-- also had a son James Wallace Stewart, who was born 27 Nov 1827, and died 30
Apr 1845, in Hinds county.  

John moved to Victoria county, Texas, where he made his will in 1858, and a
copy of it was recorded in Hinds county, where his body was buried at
Raymond.  He died 10 Apr 1858.  His will named as executors his sons Andrew
and Charles Stewart.  His son William B. Stewart was to have $50 in cash; his
son John H. Stewart was to have certain slaves; his son Andrew Stewart,
certain slaves; and his son Charles A. Stewart, certain slaves and $600 in
money. 

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See what I mean!  Hard to believe all those places are mentioned, but no sign
of your ggrandfather.

The only other reference to Hinds Co. is about Mrs J.L. Wilson jr's
background, found on H124, of Dec 1960.  She was a descendant of Rebecca
Stewart, b. 4 Apr 1814, in Amite county, MS, 4th daughter of William and Sarah
Stewart from Edgefield county, SC.  Rebecca married James B. Fairchild and
lived in Hinds county.  

The article does give some ideas: probably a good place for you to start would
be to get a look at that 1850 census.  

Good luck!
Regards,
Mary in Greece

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