John Stewart (1746 - abt. 1769)

Born 16 May 1746 in Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Boone) Pennington — married 14 Feb 1765 in Yadkin District, Rowan, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about Dec 1769 at about age 23 in Rock Castle, Goochland, Virginia [uncertain]

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John Stewart is Notable.

Biography

John Stewart is a member of Clan Stewart.

John Stewart was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

John Stewart was born about 1744 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, British American Colonies. He was the son of Charles Stewart and his wife Sarah Walter (although some sources give Samuel Stewart and his wife Elizabeth Lydia Harrison as Johns' parents).^[1]

He was killed by Indians January 1770. (Rockenfield has 22 December 1770). He was shot and killed by Shawnee Indians and his body found five years later in a standing hollow Sycamore Tree. (Much more interesting detail is available on this event and his disappearance and subsequent discovery of his body. Will update this section when I get a chance. (CLR))

John Stewart was married to Hannah Morgan Boone on 14 February 1765 in Yadkin District, Rowan, North Carolina, British American Colonies.^[2][3][4][5]

Hannah was the sister of Daniel Boone the Frontiersman who along with his brother in law John Stewart, was a longhunter.

Hannah Pennington Image 1

Children of John Stewart and his wife Hannah Morgan Boone;

• 1. William Boone Stewart. b. 17 April 1764 in Yadkin, Rowan, North Carolina, British American Colonies.

• 2. Mary "Polly" Stewart. b. 1766 in Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, British American Colonies.

• 3. Sarah Stewart. b. 1766 in Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, British American Colonies.

• 4. Rachel Stewart. b. 1770 in Yadkin, Rowan, North Carolina, British American Colonies.

• 5. Elizabeth Ann Stewart. b. 25 February 1770 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, British American Colonies.

Brother-in-law of Daniel Boone

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDYD-SKT
2. ↑ Samuel Moody Grubbs, a descendant of the Boone Family
3. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=481160&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7836
4. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Stewart-3057-2
5. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Stewart-3057-3

• Longhunter, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhunter

• Stephen Chinn, Family History of Daniel BOONE, web page

• SECONDARY SOURCE: Ancestry Facts page. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37665930/person/19149237179/facts

Kentucky History

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhunter

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/List_of_Long_Hunters

• https://m.facebook.com/5thgreatgrandaughter/

• https://walkonandtwo.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/john-stewart-longhunter-1744-1770/