Robert Weston Stewart (abt. 1749 - 1835)

Born about 1749 in New Bern, Craven, Province of North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Holloway) Stewart — married 1772 in Province of Georgia

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1835 at about age 86 in Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Robert Stewart is a member of Clan Stewart.

Robert Stewart served with Georgia Line during the American Revolution.

Robert Stewart is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109620.

Lt. Robert Stewart was born in 1749 in Fort Barnwell, NC just outside of New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, British American Colonies. He was the son of John Stewart and his wife Ann Lindsey.

He fought in the Continental Line during the revolutionary war of 1776.

He died on 8 December 1835 in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, USA and was buried in the Stewart Family Cemetery, Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA.

Marriage

Lt. Robert Stewart was married to Nancy Holloway.

Children of Lt. Robert Stewart and his wife Nancy Holloway;

1. William Stewart. b. 1773 in Wilkes, N.C. – d. 1855 in Pickens, S.C.
2. John Stewart. 1774 – d.
3. Mary Stewart. b 1777 – d.
4. Abraham Stewart. b. 1780 d. 1857 in Wilkes County, Georgia, USA.
5. Robert Stewart. b. 1784 in Wilkes County, Georgia, USA.
6. Sarah Stewart. b. 1790 d. –
7. Nancy Stewart. b. 1795 – d.

Research Notes

Pickens County was part of Cherokee homeland territory until well after the American Revolution. The Cherokee had allied with the British, hoping to gain expulsion of European-American settlers from their lands. But they were defeated in local battles of the Revolution and forced to cede their lands under various treaties.

This former Cherokee territory was included in the new state's Ninety-Six Judicial District. In 1791 the state legislature established Washington District, a judicial area composed of present-day Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties (the latter was not organized until 1868); at that time it also included Pendleton County.^[1]

1790 Newberry, SC Census

JOHN STEWART 2 free white males of 16 and upward 1 male under age 16 3 females including head of household

JOSEPH STEWART 2 free white males of 16 and upward 2 males under age 16 3 females including head of household

ALEXANDER STEWART 1 male age 16 and upward 2 females including head of household.

JOHN STEWART age 16 and upward 3 males under age 16 2 females head of household

JOSEPH STEWART 1 1 male 16 and upward 2 females including head of household

JOSHUA STEWART 2 males 16 and upward 1 male under age 16 2 females including head of household

ROBERT STEWART 2 males 16 and upward 1 male under age 16 2 females including head of household

WILLIAM STEWART 1 male 16 and upward 5 males under age 16 2 females including head of household

MATTHEW ALBRITTON 1 male age 16 upward 1 male under age 16 3 females including head of household

1800 CENSUS of NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA

JOHN STEWART 1 male 0-10 1 male 11-15 1 male 26-44 born between 1756-1774 1 female age 0-10 1 female age 16-25

JAMES STEWART 1 male 0-10 1 male age 26-44 born between 1756-1775 1 female age 25-44 { NOTE } This appears to be the JAMES STEWART who removed to Putnam Co Ga. early 1800's with 2 Daughters--Hannah MULLINS & Margaret PARHAM

JOSEPH STEWART 1 male 0-10 1 male 45 plus Born before 1755 1 female 11-15 1 female 45 plus

ROBERT STEWART 3 males 0-10 1 male age 26-44 born between 1756 and 1774 2 females 0-10 1 female age 11-15 1 female age 16-25 1 female age 25-44

JOSHUA STEWART 2 males 0-10 1 male age 11-15 1 male age 16-25 1 male age 26-44 born between 1756-1774 1 male age 45 plus born before 1755 1 female age 45 plus born before 1755

JOHN STEWART 4 males 0-10 1 male age 26-44 born between 1756-1774 2 females 0-10 1 female 25-44

JOSEPH STEWART 1 male 0-10 1 male 16-25 born 1775-1784 1 female age 16-25

SAMUEL STEWART 1 male age 16-25 born c 1775-1784 1 female age 16-25

1800 January 28-Newberry District SC--D 503-504 JOSEPH STEWART SR Sold to JOSEPH STEWART JR. for $100.00 50 acres on Waters of Little River, part of 300 acres granted ISAAC DAVENPORT May 5-1773 adj. JOSEPH STUART SR and THOMAS PETERSON and VALENTINE BRASWELL

WITNESS: JOHN STUART MARY STUART--Wife of JOSEPH STUART SR.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickens_County,_South_Carolina

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 June 2021), memorial page for Robert Stewart I (1749–8 Dec 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #88675591, citing Stewart Family Cemetery, Six Mile, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA.
• FamilySearch ID 2S4K-QD8

See also:

• Pension application of Robert Stewart, transcribed by Will Graves, pdf posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters (accessed 28 Jan. 2020).
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 Jan. 2020), "Record of Robert Stewart", Ancestor # A109620.
• U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, shared by Fold3.com

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.