James Stuart, of the Cowpasture

Not the son of John Stuart, of Middle River & Mary Stewart

Advisory on James Stuart

There is disagreement over the parentage of James Stuart, and is apparently unproven. Some researchers believe that his father may have been an Archibald Stuart, but that claim has been discounted by other researchers. According to "family tradition" this is either a James or William Stuart, father of Robert, James, John, Mary and Elizabeth Stuart, who migrated from Ireland to Virginia in the early 1700's. Others believe James' parents were John Stuart and Mary Shaw (?).

https://genfiles.com/stewart/possible-origin-of-james-stewart/

John Stewart’s only child, at least by Mary Shaw, according to his grandson Rev. Robert Stuart, was John Stewart Jr. who was born in Ireland about 1740 and who married Elizabeth Walker, daughter of a neighbor named James Walker.19 In 1805 John Stewart Jr. deposed that he had lived on his father’s land on Borden’s tract since 1748 or 1749. He left a will dated 22 January 1817 (with an 1826 codicil) and proved 5 September 1813 naming his wife Elizabeth, sons Walter, James, John, Robert, Hugh, and Alexander, and daughter Mary Walker.20

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Parents also seen as John Stuart (Bef 1680 - 1750) & M. Judith Unknown
(Bef 1683 - ) m. Bef 1700

More research is necessary to determine the correct parentage.

Family

James Stewart, born October 11, 1719, Dublane, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, married Mary Ann (Laferty) Stewart, born 1720, Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland, in 1738, Ulster, Ireland. Mary Ann (Laffety) Stewart, was buried in 1776, Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA. She died September 24,, 1763, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America. Married 2nd to Lt. Thomas Armstrong (1710 - 1776).

Children of James Stewart and Mary Ann (Lafferty) Stewat are:

• 1) Mary Caherine Stewart (1738-1806)
• 2) Robert Stewart (1740-1807)
• 3) James Stewart (1744-1772)
• 4) John Ross Stewart (1748-1823)
• 5) Ralph Stewart (1749-1836)
• 6) William Riley Stewart (1754-1828)

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James Stuart, of the Cowpasture, Augusta County, VA b.11 October 1719 Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland d.9 September 1757 Killed by Indians in Dinwiddle Massacre

Parents:

• F. John Stuart Bef 1680 - 1751
• M. Judith Unknown Bef 1683 - m. BEF 1700

Siblings:

• Capt. Robert Stuart abt 1700 - 1775
• William Stewart, of Middle River, Augusta County, VA Est 1705-1715 - Bef 1768
• John Stuart 1708 - 1782
• Mary Stuart abt 1710 -
• Elizabeth Stuart 1718 - 1764
• Jane Stewart bef 1726 -

Spouse and Children (edit)

• H. James Stuart, of the Cowpasture, Augusta County, VA1719 - 1757
• W. Mary Ann LaffertyABT 1720 - AFT 1776 m. ABT 1739

Children

1. Robert Stuart (Abt 1740 - ABT 1809)
2. William Stuart (Abt 1742 - 1802)
3. James Stuart, Jr. (Abt 1743 - 1772)
4. Capt. Ralph Stuart (1746/47 - 1835)
5. John Stuart (Abt 1748 - AFT 1833)
6. Elizabeth Stuart (Abt 1750 - )
7. Mary Catherine Stuart (Abt 1752 - ABT 1799)
8. William Stuart (1754 - )

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Capt. James Stuart is my/our 9th cousin 7 times removed.
Janet Milburn 7/14/22 Stewart descendant

From the Wood Family Tree on radiowood.com:

http://radiowood.com/family/james.html

Captain James Stewart was born in 1719 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, or in Tyrone County in Ulster, where his family certainly moved before travelling to America. He was the fourth child of John Stuart, born circa 1680 in Dunblane. Here's an excellent account of his ancestors and descendants.

Tinkling Spring Church

James Stewart married Mary Ann Lafferty around 1738 in Ireland, and they came to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia about 1740, settling at Cowpasture in Augusta County. James' older sister Elizabeth (born circa 1718 in Dunblane) married Ralph Lafferty. (They also lived in Augusta County.)

James Stewart served as a Captain in the French and Indian War in the 2nd column of the Augusta County Militia under John Dickenson in 1755, and was killed by Indians (burned at the stake) in Staunton, Virginia in September 1757.

Another version reads:

February, 1757 before three of his sons were grown, James was captured with his son James Jr. by Pawnee Indians and burned at the stake, in the presence of his son. The son later escaped. This was known as "Dinwiddie's Massacre."

There's a version of his story here .

His son Ralph Stewart was forced to watch his father die, but escaped. Ralph was born in Cowpasture, Augusta Co. Virginia on December 17, 1749. He married Mary Elliott in 1767. Ralph was a Captain in the Indian Scout Service until the close of the Revolutionary War. He fought under General Nathaniel Greene, and George Washington appointed him one of the guards of Lord Cornwallis after the surrender. Ralph fought at Yorktown under Washington. He moved to Kentucky in 1783 and died in 1835.

Estate Records of James Stuart

* Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 17, 1757. - (42) Ann Stewart, admx. her husband, James Stewart, decd.

• Page 215.--17th November, 1757. Ann Stewart's bond (with John Dickinson, Geo. Wilson) as administratrix of James Stewart.
• Page 237.--14th March, 1758. James Stewart's appraisement, by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell. (Note: Ralph Laverty was the brother-in-law of James Stuart).
• Vol. 1 - SEPTEMBER 24, 1763. - (305) Thos. Armstrong and Ann, his wife, late Ann Stewart, admx. of James Stewart, summoned to render account. (Note: record proves Ann's 2nd marriage to Thomas Armstrong).
• Page 327.--22d March, 1764. James Stewart's appraisement (by James McCoy, Henry Cartmill, Ralph Laverty). Recorded.

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Records of James Stuart in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 1 - MARCH 18, 1746/7. - (168) Road ordered from lower end of cow-pasture to Carter's Mill, and Adam Dickenson, James Scot, Wm. Galespy, James Simpson, Wm. Dowerty, Andrew Maldrough, Hugh Coffey, John Donerly, Alexr. McKay, John Mitchell, John Moore, Ralph Laverty, John Cockmill, James Huy, Wm. Hugh, James Stewart, James McKay worked it.
• Vol. 1 - SEPTEMBER, 1747. - Andrew McCoole vs. James Steward.--Attachment 22d August, 1747. "Defendant is going to remove his effects out of the County." "Andrew McCoole, Priest of the World." Defendant has no effects in County.
• Vol. 1 - February 17, 1762 - (156) Rob. Armstrong is appointed guardian of Lydia, James and Jane Armstrong orphans of James Armstrong. William Wilson, orphan of John Wilson, chose Roger Keys his guardian. Church Wardens to bind out John and Christian Stiffey, Walter, James and Francis Dunn. Children of Philip Hoofman to be bound out. Commission for examination of Rachel, wife of Andrew Kerr. John Stuart, orphan of James Stuart, to be bound out.
• Vol. 1 - FEBRUARY 17, 1762. - (157) Ordered that Michael O'Hara, aged 12, September 1lth last, be bound to Alexander Millroy. Jane Lettimore, servant of Alexr. Stewart. John Stuart, orphan of James Stuart, aged 14, chose Henry Murray his guardian. James Stuart, aged 18, orphan of James Stuart, chose John Hamilton his guardian. Ralph Stuart, aged 15, orphan of James Stuart, chose Robt. Stuart his guardian. Ordered that the following orphans be bound: William Meek to William Warwick, Mary Meek to Andrew Settleton, Martha Meek to James Walker, James Meek to William Wilson, Jane Meek to Moses Moore.
• Page 243.--17th February, 1762. Henry Murray's bond (with Thos. Armstrong) as guardian (chosen) to Jno. Stewart, orphan of James Steward.
• Page 243.--17th February, 1762. John Hamilton's bond (with Robt. Stewart) as guardian (chosen) to Jas. Stewart, orphan of James Stewart.
• Page 244.--17th February. 1762. Robert Stewart's bond (with John Hamilton) as guardian (chosen) to Ralph Stewart, orphan of James Stewart.

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Biography of James Stuart

James Stewart (Stuart) settled on the "Lewis Land Grant", on a branch of the Cowpasture River--1747. This branch of the Cowpasture has since been called "Stuart's Creek". Records show that he was a business partner of Ralph Laverty, who owned the adjoining farm. Feb, 1757 before three of his sons were grown, James was captured with his son James Jr. by Pawnee Indians and burned at the stake, in the presence of his son. The son later escaped. This was known as "Dinwiddie's Massacre." James, Jr., was then a lad of about 13. James, Sr.'s wife was Ann, and she was made admnx. of husband's estate Nov. 17, 1757 (Order Book No. 6, Augusta Co. records). By Sept. 24, 1763 the widow had m--again to Thos. Armstrong. His ch, minors at time of father's death were: James, Jr. (Indian captive--but returned to family), he chose John Hamilton, a cousin by m--his guardian on Feb. 17, 1762--he was then 18 years old. He m--Isabel (probably Isabel Elliott, dau--of John Elliott; after first husband's death, she m-- ............ Barker); James went with brother Ralph to Tygart's Valley (now Monongehale Co., W. Va., where he d--1777, probably while in militia service). Ralph Stuart chose as his guardian Robert Stuart, no doubt a relative--1762; he was then 15. He also went to Tygart's Valley and became a prominent man there. He was Capt. Ralph Stuart of the Revo; d--1792. John Stuart chose as his guardian Henry Murray; he was then 14. This was Feb. 17, 1762; he seems to have remained on homestead, or in Augusta Co.

He came to America from Ireland, about 1740, and settled in Virginia.1 James STUART settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, in an area called "the Cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley. This lineage is well documented (Dickerson 1966). He left a will on Mar 14, 1758 at Augusta Co., VA; James Stewart's appraisement, by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell. On Feb 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 15 year old Ralph Stuart, Jr. (Stewart), orphan of James Stuart, chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian. On Feb 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 18 year old James Stuart, Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian. On Sep 24, 1763 Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (former Ann Stuart, administratrix of James Stuart), were summoned to render accounts. Accountings of the property of James Stuart were made in 1757 and 1758.

In the month of June, at Martin's for on Crooked Run, another murderous scene was exhibited by the savages. The greater part of the men having gone forth early to their farms, and whose who remained, being inapprehensive of immediated anger, and consequently supine and careless, the fort was necessarily, easily accessible, and the vigilance of the savages who were lying hid around it, discovering its exposed and weakened situation, seized the favorable moment to attack whose who were without. The women were engaged in milking the cows outside the gate, and the men who had been left behind were loitering around. The Indians rushed forward, and killed and made prisoners of ten of them. James Stuart, James Smally and Peter Crouse, were the only persons who fell, and John Shiver and his wife, two sons of Stuart, two sons of Smally and a son of Crouse, were carried into captivity.

According to their statement upon their return, there were thirteen Indians in the party which surprised them, and emboldened by success, instead of retreating with their prisoners, remained at a little distance from the fort till night, when they put the captives in a waste house near, under custody of two of the savages, while the remaining eleven, went to see if they could not succeed in forcing an entrance at the gate. But the disaster of the morning had taught the inhabitants the necessity of greater watchfulness. The dogs were shut out at night, and the approach of the Indians exciting them to bark freely, gave notice of impending danger, in time for them to avert it. The attempt to take the fort being thus frustrated, the savages returned to the house in which the prisoners were confined, and moved off with them to their towns.

THE ROCKCASTLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH THE FIRST 100 YEARS March 2002 AS TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS by Lee Hash and Patricia LaBelle EDITED by Lee Hash 624 Lone Tree Court Culpeper, Virginia 22701 Tel: 540/825-7045 Fax: 540/825-7049 E-Mail address leehash@aol.com

James Stuart and Mary Ann Laverty, along with Ralph Laverty who had married Elizabeth Stuart, a sister of James, are said to have come from Ireland and located in the Scotch- Irish settlement in Augusta Co. Va. sometime before 17__ It may be said that James Stuart/Stewart and Ralph Laverty/ Lafferty may be the progenitors of the families by that name who later settled in Wyoming County. James Stuart Sr. was killed by the Indians near his settlement in the fall of 1757.

Ralph Stuart was born December 7, 1752 near the confluence of Stewart's Run and the Wallawhatoola River in that county. (Wallawhatoola being the Indian name for the Cowpasture). Capt. Ralph was a Revolutionary War veteran who had been selected by Gen. Washington to guard Cornwallace in a cave at Yorktown after his surrender. He later served as a scout protecting the pioneers against the Indian invasions.

Ralph Stewart first married Mary Elliott of Virginia and settled with his family in Kentucky. There were seven children born to this couple: Absalom who was captured by the Indians and who Abbs Valley in Virginia was named; James; John; Richard; Phebe; Becky and Annie. After the death of Mary Elliott, Ralph Stewart removed from Frankford, Kentucky to the New River in Montgomery County where he married Mary O. Clay on June 25, 1788. Mary was a daughter of Mitchell Clay. In about the year 1800 he settled in the Crany Fork area in what is now Wyoming County. They later settled on Laurel Fork near Matheny where he died 11/18/1835. Mary Elliott Stewart died in about the year 1865.

The known children of Ralph Stewart and Mary Clay were: Henry, Mitchell, William, Robert, Catherine "Katie", Anny, Margaret, Sally, Ora, Charles and George P. Stewart. When the Wyoming County was formed, Capt. Ralph Stewart, G. P. Stewart and Charles F. Stewart were among those inpaneled as the first Grand Jurors.

The following excerpts are from “The James Stewart Family of Early Augusta County, Virginia” by Florence S. Dickerson. The execution of Charles Stuart I, in 1649, filled the Virginians with horror and indignation, and the well-known sympathy of Virginia with the unhappy King, drew many exiled cavaliers to America. The Government invited Charles II, to be King of Virginia, but on the eve of his embarking from Holland, in 1660, he was recalled to the throne of England. After he ascended the throne, Charles II desirous to giving a substantial proof of the profound respect he entertained for the loyalty of Virginia, caused her arms to be quartered with those of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as an independent member of the Empire.

This fact, and because Virginia was the first of the English settlements in the limits of the British Colonies, led her to be styled, “The Old Dominion”. Spottswood affected the first passage, or discovery of the Blue Ridge Valley at the head of a group of horse, in August of 1716. In 1732, sixteen families from Pennsylvania crossed the Potomac River and settled near Winchester, in Augusta County, Virginia. The Scottish people poured into Virginia through Pennsylvania from 1732 on.

Most of the early Scots came from Galloway, Scotland, through Ireland. They settled in the Province of Ulster during the period from the Cornwallion invasion up to and including the corenanthers wars of Scotland, some were on the prisoners lists captured at Bothwell Bridge. In 1736, Benjamin Borden secured a land grant of 500,000 acres, from Governor Gooch, in the Valley of Virginia, in what was then Augusta County, provided that he settled one hundred families on this land in ten years. To comply with this condition, Borden brought many immigrants into Virginia among them the Pattons, McDowells, Tellfords, Alexanders, Moores, Archers, Stewarts, and Mulhollows. They settled in and around Stanton (Staunton), Virginia. Brock, in the Dinwiddie Papers, states that Col. James Patton crossed the Atlantic twenty-five times to bring Scotch immigrants over for the Borden and Beverley grants.

The Cowpasture River flows southwest beyond the crest of the ridge of the Allegheny Mountains known as the great North Mountain, and the land in the present county of Bath. Cowpasture River was so named in a petition 1727. The Indians called the Cowpasture River “Wallawhatoola, “ meaning crooked river. The settlers first called it Clover Creek. It is said this beautiful pastureland was made by the Indians setting fires in the late fall to capture the Buffalo, which fed there. Adam Miller was the first settler on the Cowpasture River. He bought the land from Jacob Stover, and lived there fifteen years. This Stover land was disputed and in 1736 legal means through Lord Fairfax was taken to obtain the land in the Valley, nine plantations were there in 1733.

The Valley was the highway through which contending India n tribes from the north and south passed and repassed in their perpetual wars. The country abounded in game, buffalo, elk, deer, and bear. Wolves were so numerous that in 1742 the inhabitants of Augusta County petitioned the General Assembly to levy a tax to hire persons to destroy these animals. This was enacted in 1745. The Shawnee, the most powerful and war-like of the Indian tribes, claimed all the hunting ground between the Blue Ridge and the Allegany Mountains, and as far west as the Mississippi River. They had three villages in or near the Valley. They gave untold trouble to the early settlers, later they moved their villages westward, as migration increased in 1736.

John Stewart, of Rockbridge County, Virginia is believed to be the father of one line of Stewart's in Augusta County, Virginia. Among those in this line were a James Stewart, a John Stewart, Jr., Robert Stewart, and a sister Mary who married John Hamilton and settled in Augusta County with James. John was of the “House of Stewart.“ They landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and went directly to the Shenandoah Valley. John was also thought to be the father of Robert Stewart, a bachelor, who returned to England in 1764 to raise a regiment for use in the colonies but failed at this endeavor.

This early Virginia family was notified of inheritance in Scotland, a number of years after settling in the Valley, but due to the lack of correspondence during their years in Ireland and America, they were unable to identify themselves to the satisfaction of the crown, thereby losing their estate. The first settlers to this part of Augusta County, Virginia were the John Lewis, Adam Dickerson, James Stewart, Ralph Lafferty, John Mitchell, James Waddell, and John Donnaly. William Stewart, Edward Stewart, and Benjamin Stuart lived on the opposite side of the Cowpasture from James Stewart and believed to be relatives of James Stewart.

William Stewart had a crossing on the Youghioheny River in 1753, known as “Stewart's Crossing” over which Braddock's troops passed in 1755.

The aforementioned James Stewart married Ann Lafferty in Ireland. Ann Lafferty was the sister of Ralph Lafferty. They were members of the Irish gentry. Ann Stewart, as a widow of James Stewart, received rental from lands in Kilocoskan, Dublin County, Ireland in 1761. Thomas Leech and James Shiel were witnesses to this in the Perogative Court of Irel and. James Stewart gave his name to the stream that was known as “Stewart's Creek” but is now “Stewart's Run.” Robert Stewart had land near his father's.

As the Stewart's invested in land, their land became endless in Cowpasture. In 1745, it is a known fact that there were several Stewart brothers, and at least five adult Stewart's settled in the Cowpasture area. In 1742, a Militia was formed in Augusta County, and all men regardless of age were enrolled. In this Militia with James Stewart was Henry Murray, John Hamilton, Ralph Lafferty, Alexander Walker, William and James McCutcheon, and James Stewart's son, Robert Stewart. James Stewart served as a Captain of the Augusta Militia under John Dickenson.

In September of 1757, Shawnee Indians captured James Stewart and his son James Stewart, Jr. James Stewart was burned at the stake in front of his son. James Stewart, Jr. later escaped. Ralph Lafferty was the brother of James Stewart's wife, Ann Lafferty Stewart hence the Ralph name went to so many of the descendants. James and Ann Stewart had three minor sons, named by the Court, James, Ralph, and John. Robert was grown. Augusta Records page 95, February 17, 1762, James, Ralph, and John Stewart, ages 18, 15, and 14 years, were placed by the Court of Augusta County under guardians. James chose John Hamilton (his uncle), Ralph chose Robert Stewart (his brother), and John chose Henry Murray as guardians.

In 1763, James Stewart, Jr. and his brother Ralph Stewart volunteered to fight the Indians. Later they were with a party of men who made an attack on a group of 96 Indians. They rescued 6 white prisoners. Peace was made with these Indians. A treaty was signed which protected them under the crown and the Governor of Virginia. However, James and Ralph Stewart were hunters and had valuable furs in the lodge that the Indians had destroyed, abusing the brothers. After the Indians left, the boys followed them and surprising them at night, they killed 5 of the protected Indians. Later Ralph told a boy friend of the killings and being secretly jealous of Ralph because of a young lady, the friend reported the slaying. A warrant was sworn out for the brothers because of the treaty. Hearing of this from friends, the brothers departed to the New River section where they scouted out for 18 months, seeing but one other person. The Governor pardoned them and they returned home.

References

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Dunblane,Pertshire is in Scotland not Ireland.
9 September 1757 is documented date of his death
Category: Early Settlers of Old Augusta

James Stewart, born October 11, 1719, Dublane, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, married Mary Ann (Laferty) Stewart, born 1720, Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland, in 1738, Ulster, Ireland. Mary Ann (Laffety) Stewart, was buried in 1776, Augusta Stone Presbyterian Chruch Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA. She died September 24,, 1763, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America. Childen of James Stewart and Mary Ann (Lafferty) Stewat are: 1) Mary Caherine Stewart (1738-1806) 2) Robert Stewart (1740-1807) 3) James Stewart (1744-1772) 4) John Ross Stewart (1748-1823) 5) Ralph Stewart (1749-1836) 6) William Riley Stewart (1754-1828)

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Life Sketch

From Find A Grave Index, CPT James William Stuart BIRTH 4 Dec 1719 Scotland DEATH Sep 1757 (aged 37) USA BURIAL Body lost or destroyed MEMORIAL ID 181047320

He came to America from Ireland, about 1740, and settled in Virginia. James Stuart settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, Bath (Augusta) Co., VA. in an area called "the Cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley.

He first appeared county records: The County Court ordered a road built from the Stuart's Run area to Carter's Mill on the Calfpasture River on March 18, 1747 in Augusta Co., VA.

He was granted a patent for 300 acres on Stuart Creek (Stuart's Run) adjoining Lafferty, where he had been living for several years and the land was held in the family until 1800 when it was sold by James's son Robert Stuart to Richard Matthews and by him to James Kincaid in 1802 on January 6, 1750 in Augusta Co., VA.

He was military service in Captain Dickenson's militia company in 1755. He served during the Indian Wars.

Another (undocumented) relative named William Stuart settled on the Monongahela, at a site named by Braddock "Stuart's Crossing". He witnessed the New Tag of James Stuart on March 14, 1757 in August Co., VA; estate was appraised.

Robert, the eldest son, took over the Cowpasture farm, while the widow Ann soon after married a widower, Thomas Armstrong, of Jennings Branch of Middle (or Cathey) River. Ann Stuart administered the will of her deceased husband James on November 17, 1757 in Augusta Co., VA. He left a will on March 14, 1758 in Augusta Co., VA; James Stewart's appraisement , by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell.

On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 15 year old Ralph Stuart Jr. (Stewart), orphan of James Stuart, chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian. In the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 14 year old John Stuart chose Henry Murray as his guardian on February 17,1762. On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 18 year old James Stuart Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian.

On September 24, 1763 Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (former Ann Stuart, administrator of James Stuart), were summoned to render accounts. Accountings of the property of James Stuart were made in 1757 and 1758. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richmond/ancestors/stewa00...

• Killed by the Pawnee Indians by burning at the stake, in the "Dinwiddle Massacre"....

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Oct 11 1719 - Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom: Geniwebsite Captain --would be an alternate name

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Made an AKA geniwebsite; Oct 11 1719 - Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Father

Someone keeps coming in and changing his father. His correct father is John Stewart II born 1684-1780 in Dunblane, Perth, Scotland. He married Mary Shaw in 1715. John Stewart’s father was John Stewart I, born in 1655 in Perthshire.

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Court records Feb. 17, 1762 - children:

Court records Feb. 17, 1762 - children: John, James and Ralph bound out because they were orphaned by the father. Court appointed guardians as follows: John-Henry Murray-guardian James-John Hamilton-guardian Ralph-Robt. Stuart-guardian Source: Parish Records - N Farnham parish,VA and LDS IGI. Will executed Augusta,Virginia.

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James was burned at the stake by Indian

James was burned at the stake by Indians in Augusta County, Virginia in September 1757 Was a captain in Braddock's Army in the Frencha nd Indian War 1755- Served as the captain of 2nd column of Augusta milita under John Dickensobn Hennings Statutes at large Had 300 acres of land (1750, signewd by the king of England and was allowed up to 1000 acres. Original deed in State Library in Richmond, Virginia

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Burned at the Stake

James Stewart (Stuart) settled on the "Lewis Land Grant", on a branch of the Cowpasture River--1747. This branch of the Cowpasture has since been called "Stuart's Creek". Records show that he was a business partner of Ralph Laverty, who owned the adjoining farm. Feb, 1757 before three of his sons were grown, James was captured with his son James Jr. by Pawnee Indians and burned at the stake, in the presence of his son. The son later escaped. This was known as "Dinwiddie's Massacre." James, Jr., was then a lad of about 13. James, Sr.'s wife was Ann, and she was made admnx. of husband's estate Nov. 17, 1757 (Order Book No. 6, Augusta Co. records). By Sept. 24, 1763 the widow had m--again to Thos. Armstrong. His ch, minors at time of father's death were: James, Jr. (Indian captive--but returned to family), he chose John Hamilton, a cousin by m--his guardian on Feb. 17, 1762--he was then 18 years old. He m--Isabel (probably Isabel Elliott, dau--of John Elliott; after first husband's death, she m-- ............ Barker); James went with brother Ralph to Tygart's Valley (now Monongehale Co., W. Va., where he d--1777, probably while in militia service). Ralph Stuart chose as his guardian Robert Stuart, no doubt a relative--1762; he was then 15. He also went to Tygart's Valley and became a prominent man there. He was Capt. Ralph Stuart of the Revo; d--1792. John Stuart chose as his guardian Henry Murray; he was then 14. This was Feb. 17, 1762; he seems to have remained on homestead, or in Augusta Co.

He came to America from Ireland, about 1740, and settled in Virginia.1 James STUART settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, in an area called "the Cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley. This lineage is well documented (Dickerson 1966). He left a will on Mar 14, 1758 at Augusta Co., VA; James Stewart's appraisement, by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell. On Feb 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 15 year old Ralph Stuart, Jr. (Stewart), orphan of James Stuart, chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian. On Feb 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 18 year old James Stuart, Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian. On Sep 24, 1763 Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (former Ann Stuart, administratrix of James Stuart), were summoned to render accounts. Accountings of the property of James Stuart were made in 1757 and 1758.

In the month of June, at Martin's for on Crooked Run, another murderous scene was exhibited by the savages. The greater part of the men having gone forth early to their farms, and whose who remained, being inapprehensive of immediate anger, and consequently supine and careless, the fort was necessarily, easily accessible, and the vigilance of the savages who were lying hid around it, discovering its exposed and weakened situation, seized the favorable moment to attack whose who were without. The women were engaged in milking the cows outside the gate, and the men who had been left behind were loitering around. The Indians rushed forward, and killed and made prisoners of ten of them. James Stuart, James Smally and Peter Crouse, were the only persons who fell, and John Shiver and his wife, two sons of Stuart, two sons of Smally and a son of Crouse, were carried into captivity.

According to their statement upon their return, there were thirteen Indians in the party which surprised them, and emboldened by success, instead of retreating with their prisoners, remained at a little distance from the fort till night, when they put the captives in a waste house near, under custody of two of the savages, while the remaining eleven, went to see if they could not succeed in forcing an entrance at the gate. But the disaster of the morning had taught the inhabitants the necessity of greater watchfulness. The dogs were shut out at night, and the approach of the Indians exciting them to bark freely, gave notice of impending danger, in time for them to avert it. The attempt to take the fort being thus frustrated, the savages returned to the house in which the prisoners were confined, and moved off with them to their towns. James Stuart and Mary Ann Laverty, along with Ralph Laverty who had married Elizabeth Stuart, a sister of James, are said to have come from Ireland and located in the Scotch- Irish settlement in Augusta Co. Va. sometime before 17__ It may be said that James Stuart/Stewart and Ralph Laverty/ Lafferty may be the progenitors of the families by that name who later settled in Wyoming County. James Stuart Sr. was killed by the Indians near his settlement in the fall of 1757.

Ralph Stuart was born December 7, 1752 near the confluence of Stewart's Run and the Wallawhatoola River in that county. (Wallawhatoola being the Indian name for the Cowpasture). Capt. Ralph was a Revolutionary War veteran who had been selected by Gen. Washington to guard Cornwallace in a cave at Yorktown after his surrender. He later served as a scout protecting the pioneers against the Indian invasions.

Ralph Stewart first married Mary Elliott of Virginia and settled with his family in Kentucky. There were seven children born to this couple: Absalom who was captured by the Indians and who Abbs Valley in Virginia was named; James; John; Richard; Phebe; Becky and Annie. After the death of Mary Elliott, Ralph Stewart removed from Frankford, Kentucky to the New River in Montgomery County where he married Mary O. Clay on June 25, 1788. Mary was a daughter of Mitchell Clay. In about the year 1800 he settled in the Crany Fork area in what is now Wyoming County. They later settled on Laurel Fork near Matheny where he died 11/18/1835. Mary Elliott Stewart died in about the year 1865.

The known children of Ralph Stewart and Mary Clay were: Henry, Mitchell, William, Robert, Catherine "Katie", Anny, Margaret, Sally, Ora, Charles and George P. Stewart. When the Wyoming County was formed, Capt. Ralph Stewart, G. P. Stewart and Charles F. Stewart were among those inpaneled as the first Grand Jurors.

The following excerpts are from “The James Stewart Family of Early Augusta County, Virginia” by Florence S. Dickerson. The execution of Charles Stuart I, in 1649, filled the Virginians with horror and indignation, and the well-known sympathy of Virginia with the unhappy King, drew many exiled cavaliers to America. The Government invited Charles II, to be King of Virginia, but on the eve of his embarking from Holland, in 1660, he was recalled to the throne of England. After he ascended the throne, Charles II desirous to giving a substantial proof of the profound respect he entertained for the loyalty of Virginia, caused her arms to be quartered with those of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as an independent member of the Empire.

This fact, and because Virginia was the first of the English settlements in the limits of the British Colonies, led her to be styled, “The Old Dominion”. Spottswood affected the first passage, or discovery of the Blue Ridge Valley at the head of a group of horse, in August of 1716. In 1732, sixteen families from Pennsylvania crossed the Potomac River and settled near Winchester, in Augusta County, Virginia. The Scottish people poured into Virginia through Pennsylvania from 1732 on.

Most of the early Scots came from Galloway, Scotland, through Ireland. They settled in the Province of Ulster during the period from the Cornwallion invasion up to and including the corenanthers wars of Scotland, some were on the prisoners lists captured at Bothwell Bridge. In 1736, Benjamin Borden secured a land grant of 500,000 acres, from Governor Gooch, in the Valley of Virginia, in what was then Augusta County, provided that he settled one hundred families on this land in ten years. To comply with this condition, Borden brought many immigrants into Virginia among them the Pattons, McDowells, Tellfords, Alexanders, Moores, Archers, Stewarts, and Mulhollows. They settled in and around Stanton (Staunton), Virginia. Brock, in the Dinwiddie Papers, states that Col. James Patton crossed the Atlantic twenty-five times to bring Scotch immigrants over for the Borden and Beverley grants.

The Cowpasture River flows southwest beyond the crest of the ridge of the Allegheny Mountains known as the great North Mountain, and the land in the present county of Bath. Cowpasture River was so named in a petition 1727. The Indians called the Cowpasture River “Wallawhatoola, “ meaning crooked river. The settlers first called it Clover Creek. It is said this beautiful pastureland was made by the Indians setting fires in the late fall to capture the Buffalo, which fed there. Adam Miller was the first settler on the Cowpasture River. He bought the land from Jacob Stover, and lived there fifteen years. This Stover land was disputed and in 1736 legal means through Lord Fairfax was taken to obtain the land in the Valley, nine plantations were there in 1733.

The Valley was the highway through which contending India n tribes from the north and south passed and repassed in their perpetual wars. The country abounded in game, buffalo, elk, deer, and bear. Wolves were so numerous that in 1742 the inhabitants of Augusta County petitioned the General Assembly to levy a tax to hire persons to destroy these animals. This was enacted in 1745. The Shawnee, the most powerful and war-like of the Indian tribes, claimed all the hunting ground between the Blue Ridge and the Allegany Mountains, and as far west as the Mississippi River. They had three villages in or near the Valley. They gave untold trouble to the early settlers, later they moved their villages westward, as migration increased in 1736.

John Stewart, of Rockbridge County, Virginia is believed to be the father of one line of Stewart's in Augusta County, Virginia. Among those in this line were a James Stewart, a John Stewart, Jr., Robert Stewart, and a sister Mary who married John Hamilton and settled in Augusta County with James. Joh

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THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY OF EARLY AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND DESCENDANTS 1740-1960, by Florence S. Dickerson p26 JOHN STEWART, of Rockbridge County, Virginia, was thought to be the father of our early ancestor, James; John Jr. settled also in Rockbridge; and a sister Mary, who married John Hamilton and settled in Augusta Co., VA, with James. John was of the "House of Stewart," they landed in Philadelphia, Penn. and came directly to the Shenandoah Valley. John was thought also to be the father of Robert, a bachelor, who returned to England in 1764, he hoped to persuade Lord Bute, prime minister of England (thought to be related) to help him, raise a regiment for use in the colonies.... Our early Virginia family was notified of inheritance in Scotland, a number of years after settling in the Valley, but due to lack of correspondence during their years in Ireland and America, they were unable to identify themselves to the satisfaction of the crown, thereby losing their estate....

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There appears to be a copy of The James Stewart Family of Augusta County, Virginia mentioned in sources at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin. Call # 929.2 ST91D, Genealogy Collection.

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Genealogy of Kentucky Families (O - Y). From the Registar of Kentucky Historical Society published 1981. Pg. 330 Ann (Lafferty) Stuart madebond as administratrix of James estate Nov. 17, 1757, with JohnDickenson and George Wilson as bondsmen. James estate was appraisedMarch 14, 1758. Robert, the eldest son, took over the Cowpasture farm,while the widow Ann soon after married a widower, THOMAS ARMSTRONG ofJennings Branch of Middle (or Cathey) River. Robert, about this time,married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Carmell, who with Ralph Lafferty andJames McKay, appraised James estate. There appears to have been afamily discussion of finances in 1762 for on Feb. 17, John Stuart, orphanof James, was ordered bound out, although there is no record that heactually was; and he and his brothers, James and Ralph, chose guardians.James, aged 18, chose John Hamilton, husband of his aunt Mary, with hiselder brother Robert as surety. Ralph, aged 15, chose his brother Robertwith Hamilton as surety. John, aged 14, chose Henry Murray, husband ofThomas Armstrongs daughter Rosanna, with Armstrong himself as surety. "Thomas Armstrong obtained 100 acres form Benjamin Borden Sr., Feb. 211738. James Bell had made an entry with Borden previously. None ofthese early settlers received deeds and Bell sued Benjamin Borden Jr.Bell on May 21, 1747, sold to Armstrong 400 acres on Jennings Branch ofMiddle River, Augusta county, half of which Armstrong conveyed to his sonWilliam Armstrong Nov. 21, 1759, and left the other half, on which helived to his son Abel in his will, dated April 29, 1776, and probatedAug. 20, 1776, with his wife Ann (Stuart) Armstrong and his son Williamas executors. He also named his son Abel and his daughters: Jane, whomarried Robert McKittrick; Sarah, who married EDWARD RUTLEDGE; andRosanna, who married Henry Murray. Robert Armstrong, perhaps a brother,was a witness to the will. Abel Armstrong married Mary, daughter ofMargaret ( -Wanless) Carlile, widow of John Carlile, who died c1796 andson of whose family went to Green County, Ky. Abel was living in AugustaCounty, Va., as late as 1816 and his wife was dead by 1821. He had sonsThomas and John. Armstrongs in early Mercer, Franklin and CaldwellCounties, Ky., appear related to this branch of the family.

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b.John Stuart married Ralph Lafferty's sister, Anne Lafferty. [Manuscript of John F. Clark.] b.In another part of the manuscript, it is shown "Ralph Laverty's sister Ann married James Stewart." The correct name is not known.

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!Desc. of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Im

!Desc. of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant pg. 23-James STUART md. Ann LAFFERTY !PRF CD #3-James STEWART md. Ann LAFFERTY.

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!In February, 1757 before three of his sons were grown, James was captured with his son James Jr. by Pawnee Indians and burned at the stake, in the presence of his son. The son later escaped. This was known as "Dinwiddie's Massacre.

He came to America from Ireland, about 1740, and settled in Virginia.1 James STUART settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, in an area called "the Cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley. This lineage is well documented (Dickerson 1966). He located in 1740 in Shenandoah Valley, Bath (Augusta) Co., VA. He first appeared county records: The County Court ordered a road built from the Stuart's Run area to Carter's Mill on the Calfpasture River on March 18, 1747 in Augusta Co., VA.3,1 He was granted a patent for 300 acres on Stuart Creek (Stuart's Run) adjoining Lafferty, where he had been living for several years and the land was held in the family until 1800 when it was sold by James' son Robert Stuart to Richard Matthews and by him to James Kincaid in 1802 on January 6, 1750 in Augusta Co., VA.3,1 He was mil servc in Captain Dickenson's militia company in 1755.3,1 He served during the Indian Wars. Another (undocumented) relative named William Stuart settled on the Monongahela, at a site named by Braddock "Stuart's Crossing." He witnessed the New Tag of James Stuart on March 14, 1757 in August Co., VA; estate was appraised. Robert, the eldest son, took over the Cowpasture farm, while the widow Ann soon after married a widower, Thomas Armstrong, of Jennings Branch of Middle (or Cathey) River.3,1 Ann Stuart administered the will of her deceased husband James on November 17, 1757 in Augusta Co., VA. He left a will on March 14, 1758 in Augusta Co., VA; James Stewart's appraisement, by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell.1 On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 15 year old Ralph Stuart, Jr. (Stewart), orphan of James Stuart, chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian. In the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 14 year old John Stuart chose Henry Murray as his guardian on February 17, 1762. On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 18 year old James Stuart, Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian. On September 24, 1763 Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (former Ann Stuart, administratrix of James Stuart), were summoned to render accounts. Accountings of the property of James Stuart were made in 1757 and 1758.2,3

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From Find A Grave Index, CPT James William Stuart BIRTH 4 Dec 1719 Scotland DEATH Sep 1757 (aged 37) USA BURIAL Body lost or destroyed MEMORIAL ID 181047320

He came to America from Ireland, about 1740, and settled in Virginia. James Stuart settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, Bath (Augusta) Co., VA. in an area called "the Cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley.

He first appeared county records: The County Court ordered a road built from the Stuart's Run area to Carter's Mill on the Calfpasture River on March 18, 1747 in Augusta Co., VA.

He was granted a patent for 300 acres on Stuart Creek (Stuart's Run) adjoining Lafferty, where he had been living for several years and the land was held in the family until 1800 when it was sold by James's son Robert Stuart to Richard Matthews and by him to James Kincaid in 1802 on January 6, 1750 in Augusta Co., VA.

He was military service in Captain Dickenson's militia company in 1755. He served during the Indian Wars.

Another (undocumented) relative named William Stuart settled on the Monongahela, at a site named by Braddock "Stuart's Crossing". He witnessed the New Tag of James Stuart on March 14, 1757 in August Co., VA; estate was appraised.

Robert, the eldest son, took over the Cowpasture farm, while the widow Ann soon after married a widower, Thomas Armstrong, of Jennings Branch of Middle (or Cathey) River. Ann Stuart administered the will of her deceased husband James on November 17, 1757 in Augusta Co., VA. He left a will on March 14, 1758 in Augusta Co., VA; James Stewart's appraisement , by Ralph Laverty, James McCoy, Henry Cartmell.

On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 15 year old Ralph Stuart Jr. (Stewart), orphan of James Stuart, chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian. In the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 14 year old John Stuart chose Henry Murray as his guardian on February 17,1762. On February 17, 1762 in the Orphans Court of Augusta Co., VA, 18 year old James Stuart Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian.

On September 24, 1763 Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (former Ann Stuart, administrator of James Stuart), were summoned to render accounts. Accountings of the property of James Stuart were made in 1757 and 1758. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richmond/ancestors/stewa00...

• Killed by the Pawnee Indians by burning at the stake, in the "Dinwiddle Massacre"....

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• In the seventh century a Scotch Covenanter, John Stewart, fled from Scotland to County Down, Ireland. His two grandsons, Hugh and Samuel came to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at an unknown date. ! Our first ancestor that we know about came over from Ireland, his name unknown and we do not know in what state he lived nor where he is buried. He was a full blooded Irishman and spoke the language. We do know that several years later his son John Preston Stewart and two brothers and two Pennington boys came from England to America and settled in North Carolina. Later they came to Kentucky. John was born in 1785, but it is not know what year he came to America. The supposition is that they settled in the state in which John's father lived then or had lived. But no record of his father's living in North Carolina can be found. All this information was given by Worth Pennington of Roachdale, IN in for Dove Wright's thesis in 1937. John Preston Stewart, father of Hiram Stewart, was married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Bagley. They lived in both Jackson and Laurel Counties. They had nine children. They moved to Indiana in 1829.

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References

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90995078
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Stuart_%286%29
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 15 2016, 15:11:43 UTC
• Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet: Southern and Colonial Genealogies. “Possible Origin of James Stewart.” (2022) < link > Augusta County was rich in people named Stewart and there were several men named James Stewart. In the general area where John and Robert Stewart settled, but outside the Borden tract, was a James Stewart who some think may have been a third brother. He was killed by Indians in 1757, leaving a widow and several children. Among his children was a son named James Stewart who was 18 years old in 1762 when he chose a guardian. (Note that this James Stewart could not have been the heir of Robert Stewart as he was not James Stewart’s eldest son and, in any event, had left the county by 1772.) There is no evidence among the records of the elder James Stewart’s numerous children and grandchildren of any relationship to either John or Robert Stewart.