Bienville Families: Stewart Family History Submitted by Donna Sutton ladyhawke1214@hotmail.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ The James Stewart Family of Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Louisiana James L. Stewart was the son of James Stewart and Sarah Tucker. The elder James Stewart, according to Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (published in 1890, a collection of parish histories and biographies of residents) was born in South Carolina in 1795. According to the 1870 federal census, his birthplace was Georgia and he was 72 at the time of the census. Sarah Tucker, according to Biographical and Historical Memoirs, was born in Georgia in 1796. The 1870 LA census shows that her birthplace was Georgia and her age was 71 at the time of the census. Sarah and her husband “were educated in the primitive log-school house of former days.” She died May 1890. James and Sarah’s place of burial is unknown, but it is possible that they are buried in unmarked graves in the Arcadia Cemetery. During an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance, Jr., of Arcadia, LA, on February 25, 1996, this author learned that the Arcadia Cemetery had been reworked in the early 1960’s. The cemetery workers discarded broken headstones and rocks that were used to mark the old graves. As a result, there are approximately 20 unmarked graves around the cemetery’s mausoleum. Also, according to a letter from Ralph Johnson of Athens, LA (1995), James and Sarah may have been buried in Old Macedonia Cemetery on the Claiborne/Lincoln Parish line. James L. Stewart was a stock-raiser and agriculturist in the Arcadia, LA, area, who lived to be 91 years of age. His biography in Biographical and Historical Memoirs stated that he was born in Jackson County, FL, on September 27, 1827. The 1870 LA census shows that he was born in Florida and was age 42 at the time of the census. It also shows that he lived next door to his parents and that he owned $1,000 worth of real estate and $400 worth of personal assets. James L. Stewart was a self-educated man who spent “a considerable portion of each evening poring over books.” A resident of Bienville Parish since 1859, James was a cotton planter, farmer, and a manufacturer of boots and shoes. He was described as an honest, sociable man who was a positive influence on a great many people. Industrious since youth, he was a gentleman familiar with hard work. He was a “Simon-pure Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for James K. Polk.” During the Civil War, he was the only man in Bienville Parish who was given an independent detail, which was considered an honor. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and was a Sunday-school superintendent for five years (as of 1890). He organized and founded Sunday-school in Arcadia. James married Lovie I. Wise in Barbour County, AL, on October 10, 1849 (their marriage license is on file in that county). Lovie is said to have been “reared and educated among the Indians”. She was the daughter of Ezekial Wise and Winnefred Bullock. Ezekial is a descendant of the Wise family in the book “Col. John Wise: His Ancestors and Descendants” by Jennings Cropper Wise. Ezekial was born in North Carolina in 1797 and his death was announced in Eufala News, published in Eufala, AL, on November 3, 1874. He lived near Rocky Mount Church in Barbour County in 1835 and was living near Batesville at the time of his death. Winneford or Winefred was born about 1805 GA and died after 1880 (source: Marriage and Death Notices from Alabama Newpapers and Family Records 1819 - 1890 by Helen S. Foley). Orphan Court (probate court) records of Barbour County, AL, show the heirs of Ezekial Wise as follows: Lemuel L. Wise (administrator), Lovie I. Wise wife of James Stewart, Mary Jane Howell wife of Turner Howell, John E. Wise, Sarah A. Debane wife of Thomas Debane, and Narcissa E. Williamson. The probate information is dated November 11, 1875. Judging by the items listed in Ezekial’s personal property, it seems that he was a carpenter as well as a farmer. James L. Stewart died on or about January 6, 1914 in Bienville Parish, LA. Lovie died September 1910 in Bienville Parish. Descendants of James L. Stewart and Lovie I. Wise I. Their first child’s name had many spellings: Elastus (this is how the name is spelled in History of Bienville Parish, Vo. II, by Billie Gene Poland), Edward (how his named is spelled in the succession of James L. Stewart, Bienville Parish Couthouse), E.T. (how his name is spelled in the Biographical and Historical Memoirs article), I.E. (how his name is spelled on the death certificate of John Hiser Stewart, August 16, 1962, LA Vital Records Registry, File #14-448), or Lack (how his name was spelled on the death certificate of Tom Stewart, April 13, 1950, LA Vital Records Registry File #4-080) Stewart. According to the 1870 census, he was born in 1850 in AL. He was a farmer in the Arcadia, LA, area. Around the year 1873 he married Kate Watts. Her full name was Sarah Catherine Watts, as shown in the Bienville Parish courthouse succession records of her father, James C. Watts. As a child she was “Sara”, as shown in the 1870 census (Bienville Parish, LA) where she is found in the household of E.Z. Wimberley. As an adult, she was “Catherine” as shown in the 1920 census of Bienville Parish, LA. She was “Kate” in the 1910 census of Bienville Parish, LA, and in E.T.’s succession records at the Bienville Parish courthouse. Kate’s father, James, was a member of the police jury. He represented Ward 4 in 1854 (Biographical and Historical Memoirs, p. 155). James married Catherine Amanda Bryan on August 9, 1849 in Bienville Parish. E.T. Stewart died August 26, 1910, and is buried in the Arcadia Cemetery. According to her death certificate, Kate died March 10, 1932 in Arcadia and is probably buried in an unmarked grave in Arcadia Cemetery. E.T. and Kate’s children were: A) James Pittman Stewart, a carpenter who resided in Arcadia, born April 12 1876 in Bienville Parish and died March 8, 1944 in Arcadia (according to his death certificate), buried in Arcadia Cemetery. He married Malinda Emily (the name on her death certificate) “Linnie” (the name in the Bible of James Pittman Stewart) Stewart (this was her maiden name) on October 12, 1899 in DeSoto Parish, LA. Linnie was born January 3, 1883, and was the daughter of J.W. and Mattie M. Stewart. Linnie died May 3, 1922 (also according to the Bible records) and is probably buried in an unmarked grave in the Arcadia Cemetery. During her illness with pneumonia, Linnie was attended by a nurse from Shreveport named Florence Mason (according to an interview with Margaret Stewart Sutton of Gibsland, LA, on January 30, 1995). James married Florence on September 18, 1924 in Bienville Parish. James Pittman Stewart died March 9, 1944 (according to his death certificate, LA Vital Records registry, file# 513-50) and was buried in the Arcadia Cemetery. According to Margaret Stewart Sutton, James and Florence had no children. James and Linnie’s children (listed in the Bible of James Pittman Stewart) were: Louis Clayton, born December 30 1900, probably died as a child. No further information can be located. Roger Hayden Stewart, the great-grandfather of this author. He was a carpenter who lived in the Arcadia area. According to a 2005 interview with his grandson Jerry Sutton, “Mr. Hayden” and his brother Howard worked for a construction company that was sent to rebuild Pearl Harbor. They spent about 2 years there. Mr. Hayden was born August 5, 1902 at Logansport, LA, and die November 11, 1969 of emphysema at the Arcadia Hospital, according to his death certificate. He married Gladys Whitley on March 5, 1921 in Bienville Parish. According to their marriage license application, Gladys was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Whitley and his wife Martha Leona Simmons. They lived in Bryceland, LA. Gladys was born December 10, 1905 in Bienville Parish and died September 2, 1994 of heart failure at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, LA, according to her death certificate. Gladys and Hayden are buried at the Arcadia Cemetery. Their children (according to History of Bienville Parish): a) Margaret Ruth (paternal grandmother of this author), b) Emily Louise, c) Malcolm Lindsey, d) James Stanley, e) Verne, f) Linnie, and g) Wayne. Sarah Catherine was born December 12, 1904 in Oak Grove, LA, and died Mary 7, 1995 in Woodville, TX (according to the death certificate of Sarah Catherine Stewart Cole, Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics). According to History of Bienville Parish II, Catherine was married first to ____ Larry, and they had one child named Carroll. According to Catherine’s sister-in-law Joyce (Mrs. Howard Stewart) Carroll was the son of Catherine and her second husband. Carroll was living in New Braunsfels, TX, in 1995. Catherine married second to Thomas S. Cole. Children (according to History of Bienville Parish II, and oyce Stewart): a)Richard, b)Evelyn, c)Jinny, and d) Carroll. Elmo Pittman, an oil driller, was born July 14, 1907 in Arcadia, and died June 23, 1970 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport, LA (according to his death certificate). He is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton, LA. His first wife was Cascile Shields, whom he married on May 23, 1929 in Bienville Parish. She was the daughter of Tom and Dola Shields of Arcadia, according to the marriage license application. No known children. Pittman married second to Sara Mayfield, according to his death certificate. No further information. Rupert Doyle, a carpenter, born February 5, 1910 in Arcadia, died of a gunshot wound to the chest on January 21, 1963 in Arcadia at the home of J.D. Land (according to his death certificate). According to an interview with Margaret Stewart Sutton in 1995, Rupert went to return some tools to Mr. Land one evening. Mr. Land didn’t come to the door, so Rupert went to the garage to leave the tools. Mr. Land didn’t recognize Rupert in the dark and thought he was a prowler and shot him. No charges were filed. Rupert is buried in Arcadia Cemetery. Rupert married Gladys Shields (sister of Cascile Shields, mentioned above) on Febrary 20, 1929 in Bienville Parish. Gladys was living in Arcadia in 1996. Children (according to History of Bienville Parish II): a)Jean, b)Dora Elizabeth “Binkie”, c)Larry, d)Bobby, e)Sheila, and f)Travis. Joseph Howard Weston, a carpenter for a construction company, was sent with his brother Hayden to help rebuild Pearl Harbor (according to an interview with Jerry Sutton in 2005). He was born July 23 1916 in Arcadia, died May 24 1975 in Bossier City, and is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton. He married Joyce Streetman on October 18, 1947 in Beaumont, TX. Children (according to letter from Joyce Stewart in 1995): a)Kathye Lynn and b)Carole Elizabeth. Linnie Mae, born June 3, 1914 in Arcadia, died September 21, 1944 in Woodville, TX, buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville (according to her death certificate). She married A. Oliver Williams in Bienville Parish, LA. Oliver was the son of J.A. and Alma Lottie Wiliams of Woodville, TX. He was a garage operator (source: marriage license application in Bienville Parish courthouse). One child (according to letter from Joyce Stewart): James A. Williams. Mable Corine, according to family legend, died when she was a baby on the same day that her mother Linnie died, May 3, 1922. They are said to be buried in the same casket. (Sources: letter from Joyce Stewart, 1995, and interview with Margaret Stewart Sutton in 1995.) B) (continuing the children of E.T. and Kate Stewart) Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie”, born in 1880 LA, died in 1960, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. Lizzie married Benjamin Hunter around 1902. Benjamin was born in 1879 in LA, died in 1954 and is buried in Arcadia Cemetery. His headstone reads “J.N. Hunter”. Children (according to an 1996 interview with Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance): 1)Florence, died in 1994, buried in Memphis, TN. No further information. 2) Herman, born 1904 or 1907 in LA. Never married. Died in 1981, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. 3) Ronald, his name looks like “Buster” in the 1910 census. Born in 1906 in LA, married Martine Vernon. C) Thomas E., born May 1884 in Arcadia, died April 13, 1950 in Shreveport, LA, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. He married _____________ Barlow and they lived together for about 6 months. No children. (sources: History of Bienville Parish II, death certificate of Tom Stewart, interview with Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance in 1996). D) Alice Corine, born September 1887, died before August 22, 1930. Married A.C. Boone on September 22, 1907 in Bienville Parish. One child, A.C. Boone, Jr. (sources: History of Bienville Parish II, Succession of E.T. Stewart, Marriage license application of AC Boone and Alice Stewart). E) John Hiser, a paper mill worker, born September 15, 1889 in Arcadia, died August 26, 1962 in Campbell Nursing Home in Shreveport, LA, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. His death certificate was signed by Johnny H. Stewart, and it shows that John Hiser was divorced. Mrs. Gordie Dance remembered that John was married to Ellen Fields, and they had four children: 1)June, 2)Joyce, 3)Harvey, and 4)Johnny. F) Martha or Mattie Lou, born 1893 in LA (according to 1920 LA census), died in 1963 in Claiborne Parish, buried at Mt. Mariah Cemetery (according to Bienville Parish Cemetery Records I by George Rogers Park). Her first husband was C.H. Welch, a farmer, son of J.T. and Sarah E. Welch of Arcadia both were deceased by June 16, 1917). They were married on June 16, 1917 in Bienville Parish, according to their marriage license application in Arcadia. The 1920 LA census shows Mrs. Mattie Welch living in the household of her brother, Thomas Stewart. No further information on C. H. Welch – the author wonders if he died in World War I. Mattie married Gus Candler on December 12, 1920 in Bienville Parish. Gus, a farmer, was the son of F.C. and Fannie Candler of Gibsland, LA. F.C. was deceased by December 24, 1920, according to the marriage license application. Children, according to interview with Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance: 1)Asa, married Mildred Watson. They had four boys: a)Mike, b)Ed, c)Phillip, and d) ? 2) Elmer, married twice, had no children with his first wife. His second wife was Opal. 3)Evie, married James Gagnor 4)Gus G)Mary Lou, born February 1896 in LA, died before August 22, 1930 (sources:History of Bienville Parish II, 1920 LA census, Succession of E.T. Stewart). Her first husband was Jack Henderson Pettilla. They were married May 5, 1917 in Bienville Parish. According to the marriage license application, Jack was the son of J.H. and Lena Pettilla of Gibsland, LA. In the 1920 LA census, Mary Lou Pettilla (along with her sister Mattie) is shown in the household of her brother Thomas. Like Mattie’s husband (mentioned above), there is no further information on Jack Petilla. Mary Lou married second to Prentice Whitley, a farmer, on December 19, 1922 in Bienville Parish. He was the son of T.J. and Martha Whitley of Arcadia, according to the marriage license application. Children: 1)Agnes Corene, born May 7, 1923, was living in Bienville, LA, on August 9, 1995. She married Maxine Irvin on December 11, 1943. He was born on September 21, 1921 and was living in Bienville on August 9, 1995. One child, Larry Mack. (Source: Letter from Mrs. Maxine Irvin, 1995). 2)William Paul, born July 22, 1926 in Arcadia, LA, and was living in Cheyenne, WY, in 1995. He married Ruth Foster. Children: a)Thomas William, and b)Glen Allan. (Source: Letter from Bill Whitley, 1995) 3)Ferdie, born May 7, 1927, married William Linwood Jones in Arcadia, LA. Ferdie was living in Arcadia on August 12, 1995. One child: William Gerald Jones. (Source: Letter from Ferdie Jones, 1995). II. (continuing children of James L. and Lovie Wise Stewart) Selesta, born December 1857 in AL, married J.T. Land who was born 1857 in GA. Children, all born in LA: (source: 1900 LA census. The author was unable to locate the family in the 1910 and 1920 LA censuses.) A) Jim, born October 1879 B) Charlie, born February 1882 C) Jessie, born November 1883 D) Eunice, born December 1884 E) Fuller, born October 1889 F) Tom, born November 1893 G) Pick A., born April 1897 III. Ada C., born July 1, 1855 in AL, died January 10, 1938, buried in Arcadia Cemetery (sources: Bienville Parish Cemetery Records Vol I, Bible records of T.C. Johnson, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance). She married Thomas Cullen Johnson on February 4, 1879 at the home of T.L. Stewart in Bienville Parish. Cull Johnson was born December 12, 1854, and died December 9, 1940, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. Children: (Sources: Bienville Parish Cemetery Records I, Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance, Bible records of T.C.Johnson). A) Roger O., born December 27, 1879, died September 10, 1882, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. B) Mattie Effie, born November 18, 1881, died October 10, 1882, buried in Arcadia Cemetery. C) Horace, born March 18, 1884, died April 15, 1981 in Little Rock, AR. In the 1920 LA census he is shown living in Sabine Parish and boarding with Samuel Jones. Both were sawmill workers. D) Essie Naomi, born June 21, 1890, died April 15, 1981 buried in Arcadia Cemetery. Married Robert Gordie Dance on December 27, 1917. Robert was born December 17, 1878 in Arcadia, died February 3, 1953, buried at Mt. Mariah Cemetery. One child: Robert Gordie Dance, Jr., born September 23 1917 in Arcadia. Married Florrie Gantt. This is the “Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance” who so graciously and generously helped this author gather much of the material for this family history. Children: 1) Linda Jean and 2) Robert Warren. IV. James, died March 16, 1875 at the age of 8, buried in Arcadia Cemetery (source: Bienville Parish Cemetery Records I) V. Willlie, born 1868 in LA, according to the 1870 LA census. According to Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance, he served in the Spanish American War. Never married, died in a Veterans Administration Hospital in Dallas and is buried in Wylie, TX. VI. Joseph T., born May 1879, died March 29 1889 age ten months, buried in Arcadia cemetery. (source: Bienville Parish Cemetery Records I). VII. Infant, name unknown. According to family legend, this child died shortly after birth and was a younger sibling of Joseph (source: Mr. and Mrs. Gordie Dance) The Ancestry of Our Stewart Family The James Stewart / Sarah Tucker family has been very difficult to trace due to burned courthouse records and discrepancies in the census records, as shown below. But, something that helped immensely with this research is the fact that the James Stewart family traveled across the South with this group of people which also intermarried: Shadrack Sutton, John Powell, and Isaac Blount. He was frequently found near a John Stuart / Stewart family. When James’ son, James L. Stewart, became an adult, the two James always traveled together and lived near each other. According to a researcher I met on the Barbour County, AL, genealogy website, Sarah Tucker Stewart was also known as Sally, and according to their family lore Sarah married a Stewart and died in Mississippi in 1890. She was the daughter of Reuben Tucker, born around 1760 in North Carolina, died about 1841 in Sumter County, GA. Reuben married Candis Andrews who died in Sumter County, GA. Even though James and Sarah ended up in Bienville Parish, there is no will or probate record for this couple in Bienville Parish. Mrs. Gordie Dance (a local genealogist, now deceased) believed the records were filed in Claiborne Parish. But, Claiborne Parish is a “burned courthouse”, so early records are missing. James died at the age of 91 in 1886 and Sarah died May 1890, according to “Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest LA.” James and Sarah’s children were: Mary T. Stewart, born 1826 GA. She married Gilford Kent on 20 August 1857 in Barbour County, AL, at the residence of James Steward. Lucinda Stewart, born 1822 or 1826 GA, married Shadrack Powell Sutton on June 19, 1842 in Barbour County, AL. Shadrack is said to have been the first postmaster of Arcadia, LA, and was the one who gave Arcadia its name. James L. Stewart, born 27 September 1827 in Jackson County, FL, married Lovie Wise on 10 October 1849 in Barbour County, died 6 January 1914 in Bienville Parish, LA. Sarah Stewart, born 1828 FL, died before 1890. Candis, born 1836 AL 1890 Federal Census Most of the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by a fire in Washington, DC in 1921. 1880 Federal Census, Bienville Parish, LA, p. 52 STEUART, James L. W M 52 Farmer Florida SC GA Lovie I. W F 54 Alabama NC GA Willie I. W M 11 Louisiana FL AL Two doors down is James L.’s father with his family. Notice that the elder James says he is born in Georgia, but the son says the elder James was born in South Carolina. There’s also a difference in the spelling of the surname. STEWART, James W M 83 Farmer Georgia NC SC Sarah W F 82 Georgia NC NC Candis W F 34 Alabama GA GA 1870 Federal Census, Bienville Parish, LA, p. 020 STUARD, Jas. 72 M W Farmer $200 Georgia Sara 71 F W ditto Candis 30 F W Alabama (Note: Heavy dark tick-marks on the census form indicate that James’ father and mother were both foreign-born. Also, you’ll notice changes in the spelling of the name Stewart from one census and one related household to the next. The presence of daughter “Candis” helps identify the family from one decade to the next. She didn’t age very much from 1870 to 1880. The $200 is the value of James’ personal property.) Next door to Jas. Stuard is: STUARD, Jas. Jr. 42 M W Farmer $1,000 $400 FL Lovie 40 F W AL Elastus 20 M W Farmer AL Selestine 17 F W AL Ada 15 F W AL James 5 M W LA Willie 2 M W LA Engle, H. 26 M W Shoemaker $100 AL Anderson, D 69 M W Farmer VA Abigail 70 F W NC The $1,000 is the value of James’ real estate, and the $400 is the value of his personal estate. The shoemaker’s personal estate is $100. The Engles and Andersons may be boarders. They have not been found to be related to the Stewart family. Two doors down in the Wimberley household is Sarah Watts, who later marries Elastus Stewart. 1860 Federal Census, Barbour County, AL James Stewart 60 M Farmer $1,680 $8,000 Georgia Sarah 62 F Georgia Candice 25 F AL I couldn’t locate the James L. Stewart family in the 1860 census. On June 1, 1860, James L. Stewart purchased land from the government in Bienville Parish, LA. Barbour County was created on 18 Dec. 1832, from former Creek Indian territory and a portion of Pike County. Its boundaries were altered in 1866 and 1868. The county was named for Virginia Governor James Barbour. Barbour County is located in the southeastern section of the state, bounded on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia. The county seat was established in Louisville in 1833, and moved to Clayton in 1834. Today Barbour County contains two courthouses - one in Clayton and one in Eufaula. (source: Rootsweb.com, Barbour County website) 1850 Federal Census, Barbour County, AL James Stewart 53 M Farmer Georgia Sarah 54 F GA Mary 24 F GA Lucinda 24 F GA Sarah 22 F FL James L. 21 M Farmer, $300 FL Candice 14 F AL Next door ----- James L. Stewart 21 M Farmer FL Lovey 23 F AL James L. Stewart purchased land from the government on May 1, 1850, in Barbour County. John Stewart purchased land on the same day. (Bureau of Land Management: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp?) John Stewart seemed to be a likely candidate for the elder James’ father because they had been neighbors since 1820 in GA and because John was old enough to be James’ father. John died March 22, 1852 in Barbour County. His will lists these heirs: wife Anna L., lawful heirs Alexander, John L., Norman, and Daniel L. A codicil adds his daughter Margaret McDonald Turner. No James Stewart is mentioned in the will. 1840 Federal Census, Barbour County, AL The censuses from 1790 to 1840 simple took a head count of the household members and only gave the name of the head of the household. Not too helpful for the genealogist, except it shows where the family was living at the time (if you can recognize the family!) No sign of our Stewarts in the census. But, at the Bureau of Land Management we find James Stewart who has purchased land in Barbour County on October 10, 1840. Also purchasing land on the same day are: John Stewart and Alexander Stewart. All three men traveled to Montgomery, AL, to make the purchase. The Ezekial Wise household was in Barbour County in this census. The only Stewart family in Barbour County in this census was: John Stewart 2 WM ages 20-30 1 WM age 60-70 1 WF age 30-40 1 WF age 60-70 1833 State (Not Federal) Census, Barbour County, Alabama Even though there is a U.S. federal census every 10 years starting in 1790, some states also took their own census. This census only lists the head of household. James Steward 1 WM < 21 1 WM > 21 4 WF < 21 1 WF > 21 2 Slaves Also in this census was the James Tucker family, 5 doors down from the household of James and Sarah Tucker Steward; also in Barbour County are ohn Steward, J.S. Steward, D.S. Stewart, and Alexandria Steward. In the book, “Rural Landowners of Barbour County, AL, 1851” by Marie H. Godfrey, I found this Stewart family (spelled Steward in the 1833 census). I think this is my James Stewart’s family, but I need some proof: John G. Stewart, b. ca. 1770 Scotland, migrated to Newberry District, SC, then to Barbour County in the 1820’s, died by July 1852. Wife was Anna (Nancy) L., born ca. 1777 NC. In 1860, she was living with Daniel L. Stewart. John and Anna’s children who were listed in the Rural Landowners book were: John L. Stewart, Jr., b. ca. 1800 NC. May have had a wife named Christian. Norman, born 1804, d. May 26 1854, married Jane, b. 1824, died May 20 1893. Daniel L., b. ca. 1814 NC, d. Oct. 20 1882, married Frances E. Smith Also in the Rural Landowner’s book: Norman Stewart, b. 1804, m. Jane Stewart, a daughter of Charles Stewart (brother of John Stewart). Peter Stewart, b. 1798 Scotland, married Peninna ___. Thomas Stewart, b. 1800 SC, m. Jane Sloan. In the 1833 AL State Census, Barbour County, these folks were living near each other: D.S. Stewart, 9 doors down from: Alexandria Stewart, living next door to: John Stewart, 3 doors down from: J.S. Stewart The census also included the James Steward and Zekial Wise families. 1820 Federal Census The 1820 census is complete except for losses of Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, half of Alabama, and eastern Tennessee. This census only lists the head of household. Fortunately, James Stuart is found in the 1820 census in Pulaski County, GA: James Stuart 1 WM < 26 1 WF < 10 1 WF < 26 1 BM < 14 Next door: John Stuart 2 WM < 16 2 WM 16 - 26 1 WM > 44 1 WF < 16 2 WF 16 – 26 1 WF > 44 5 doors down from James Stuart are these families: John Powell, Shadrack Sutton (his son Shadrack Powell Sutton later married James’ daughter Lucinda), Isaac Blount (the elder Shadrack’s wife was a Blount). All of these families, including both James Stewarts, migrate to Arcadia, LA. Also in the 1820 census is Reuben Tucker in Clarke County. On Feb. 1, 1828, James Stewart purchased land in Jackson County, FL, where 2 of his children are born. 1810 Federal Census These censuses survived: Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. This census only lists the head of household. James would have been a child living with his parents in this census. His name would not have been listed in his father’s household. Thus, we reach a snag in our research. 1800 Federal Census These censuses remain: Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. This census only lists the head of household. 1790 Federal Census Censuses that remain: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. This census only lists the head of household.