Elizabeth Stewart

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Birth: abt 1744 in Bladen (now Cumberland) County, North Carolina Death: aft 1795 in Robeson County, North Carolina, USA Name: Elizabeth Stewart

Event: Suit of Attachment of her husband's property 1795 Robeson County, NC Sex: F 1

Note:

   Elizabeth19 Stewart (Patrick18, Alexander17,Patrick16), [sister to the preceding James, Charles, Margaretand Catharine] born about 1744, married James Stewart, her cousin. Thebiographical sketch written presumably by Morgan Brown spoke of Elizabeth as"youngest daughter of Patrick Stewart" and gave the names of her fivechildren, with a bit about them, such as "James Carraway Stewart, livingin Mississippi,"* but said no more about Elizabeth or her husband, James Stewart 1767?1824 except to state that they were cousins.

   As this James was not the son of William, brother of Patrick, he may have been a brother -- or even cousin -- ofThomas Stewart, who married Elizabeth's sister Margaret, for their mutualaffiliation with the Carraway family is indicative of that.

   The earliest trace of this James Stewart+ in the land records was when he bought Dec. 19, 1766, of Joseph Clarke, for 220 pounds, 292 acres of land along the banks of Cape Fear River, on the southwest side, in Bladen County,and Pat. Stuart and Peter Broades signed as witnesses. The purchase money may have been supplied by Elizabeth's father as a dowry, for that was about the time she was married to James Stewart. Old Patrick Stewart stuck to the spelling Stewart, and it may have been William's son Patrick, of Tory leanings, who signed as a witness. Young Patrick and James may have been hobnobbing together, since the arrival of a considerable number of Highlanders who had been in the fighting of 1745-6 had stirred up a political commotion in the localities where they settled. Liberal grants of land were made to the erstwhile 'rebels', and each grant was so worded as to impress upon the recipient that it was bestowed directly by the gracious hand of his majesty, the King of Great Britain. It irked the old-timers, as if they were looked upon as the tagrag [sic ? see below] and bobtail of the population.

   James Stewart sold July 22, 1775, to John Slingsby of Wilmington, New Hanover County, for 268 pounds, the 292 acres on the Cape Fear River, which he had bought Dec. 19. 1766, of Joseph Clarke. After the defeat of the Tory militia at Moore's Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776, James appeared as a land-owner in Robeson County, between Sept. 17, 1777, and Oct.10, 1787, by purchase or patent under the state government, until he owned six or seven tracts of land, mostly on Drowning Creek and Ashpole Swamp. He died or disappeared before 1790, for the census of that year showed ElizabethStewart, 0-3-1 [0m>16, 3m<16, 1f]; that is, no man over 16 years of age,three boys under 16, and one woman, including the head of the family.

   In 1795 Elizabeth brought a suit of attachment against James' property, and as a result the sheriff sold July 18, 1795, 200 acres of his land on Drowning creek to Thomas Carraway, who conveyed it to Elizabeth on Nov. 16, 1795. Thereupon Elizabeth -- signing her name Stuart -- sold the place Nov.23, 1795, for 60 pounds, to John Davis, who was living on the place at the time.

   On Aug. 20, 1800, James Stuart of Adams county, Mississippi Territory, deeded to Thomas Carraway of Cumberland county and Charles Stuart of Robeson county, for $2000, his interest in the six tracts of land in Robeson county, totaling 960 acres, which had belonged to his father, James Stewart. Witnesses to this deed were James Carraway, Hugh McLachlan and C. S. Carraway. Thomas Carraway++ and Charles G. Stuart of Cumberland County sold three of the tracts May 2, 1801, to Giles Williams, for$1000, and the other three to Absalom Williams for $1000, the witnesses to bothdeeds being George Moore and Benjamin Lee. Children of James and Elizabeth.

   Catherine m. Thomas Carraway

   James*, Sep. 23, 1767 m. May 25, 1796, Lucretia Calvert, Natchez, Mississippi

   Elizabeth m. William Jordan

   Margaret+ m. _____ Pope : lived in South Carolina

   Charles "joined the patriots in Mexico and was never heard from

Father: Patrick Stewart b: 7 Feb 1697 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Mother: Elizabeth Menzies b: 1715 in Parish Of Dull, Perthshire, Scotland

Marriage 1 James Stewart b: abt 1735 in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland

   Married: ABT 1766 in North Carolina, USA

Children

   Has Children James Carraway Stewart b: 3 Sep 1767 in Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA

   Has Children Catherine Sarah Stewart b: ABT 1769 in Bladen, NC

   Has No Children Elizabeth Stewart b: ABT 1771 in Robeson County, North Carolina, USA

   Has No Children Margaret Stewart b: ABT 1773 in North Carolina, USA

   Has No Children Charles G. Stewart b: ABT 1775 in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA