Edward Stuart

Male 1767 - Aft 1830  (> 64 years)


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  • Name Edward Stuart 
    Birth 24 Jul 1767  Orange County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1830 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Samuel Stuart,   b. 1714, Ireland ? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824, Anderson County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 110 years)  (Father) 
    Jane Dickey   d. Bef 1810  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • 1786, Nov 24 -- Land Grant #980, Chatham County, NC
      Edward Stuart received 40 acres located on Cain Creek adjoining William McPherson, Braxton and his own line. Enoch McPherson and William McPherson were chain carriers.

      1787, Feb 13 -- Bible of Edward Stuart and Mary McPherson, Moore County, NC
      Edward Stuart and Mary McPherson were married

      1787, Sep 11 -- Deed Book D Page 579-580, Chatham County, NC
      Samuel Stuart deeded Jacob Cashat 350 acres located on Pine Hill Creek of Cane Creek. Edward Stuart and James Woolason were witnesses.

      1790 -- Census, Chatham County, NC Page 232
      Edward Stewart
      (16+) 1M
      (0-16) 2M
      1F

      1793, Jan 30 -- Deed Book G Page 262, Chatham County, NC
      Edward Stuart deeded Aaron Lindly 40 acres located on Cain Creek adjoining William McPherson and Braxton. Thomas Lindly and Wm. Lindly were witnesses.

      1801, Feb 11 -- Deed Book L Page 232-233, Chatham County, NC
      Samuel Stuart (of Moore County) deeded Abraham Lane (of Chatham) 120 acres located on Little Brush Creek adjoining Andrew Jones and William Graves. John Dabney, John Rumsauer and Edwar Stuart were witnesses.

      1810 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 596
      Edward Stewart
      (26-45) 1M 1F
      (10-16) 3M 1F
      (0-10) 4M
      2 Slaves

      1813, Mar 29 -- Will Book D Page 517-518, Orange County, NC
      Will of William McPherson Dec'd. Heirs: wife Phebe, children: Thomas and Mary Braxton, Otheil and Christian McPherson, Ruth Thompson, Wm. and Betty McPherson, Daniel and Mary McPherson, Margaret and Jesse Pierce, John and Hannah McPherson, Aaron and Phebe Lindley, Mary and Edward Stuart, Ann and John Crutchfield, Edith and Mark Morgan, grandson Wm. McPherson (son of Enoch), son Enoch and Sarah McPherson. Executors: Daniel McPherson and John McPherson. Witnesses: Jacob Nugent, Daniel McPherson, Enoch McPherson and James Neal. Probated Feb 1818.

      1830 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 458
      Wm. Stewart
      (60-70) 1M (*Note could be father Edward)
      (20-30) 2M

      Information below provided by Tom Stewart, who received it from a fellow Stewart researcher.

      EDWARD STUART - SON OF SAMUEL STUART, THE IMMIGRANT

      Edward Stuart was the 5th child and 4th son born to Samuel and Jane (Dickey) Stuart.

      From THE STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE: "Edward Stuart, son of Samuel and Jane (Dickey) Stuart, was born in July 1767 in Orange County, NC and married Mary McPherson on 13 Feb 1787 as shown by Bible records gathered by the Alexander Martin Chapter of the DAR, of High Point, NC and deposited in the Department of Archives and History at Raleigh, NC. Mary was the daughter of William McPherson of Orange County, NC as shown by his will, probated in Feb 1818 in which he spoke of Mary and Edward as my children". Edward Stuart and James Woolason were witnesses to a deed 11 Sep 1787 by Samuel Stuart, conveying land on Pine Hill Creek, a branch of Cane Creek, in Chatham County, NC. On 10 Jul 1788, Edward Stuart was granted 40 acres of land on Indian Creek, waters of Cane Creek, beginning at William McPherson's corner on Braxton's line in Chatham County NC. The census of 1790 for Chatham County, NC listed Edward Stewart as having a wife and two young sons. He apparently moved to Moore County, NC after that for on 11 Feb 1801, Edward Stuart, Edward Ramseur and John Dabney were witnesses to a deed by Samuel Stuart of Moore County NC selling land on Little Brush Creek in Chatham County, NC near the Randolph County, NC line."

      THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF EDWARD STUART

      In 1859 Edward Stuart's son, Edward "Ned" Stuart, wrote his family history and here is what he had to say about the children of Samuel Stuart. "The oldest son, GEORGE, was slain in the Revolution at what is called Pile's Hacking Match in Orange County. He died unmarried and left no children. The next, ADAM, settled in Darlington District, South Carolina. The third, JAMES, settled in Georgia. EDWARD, my father, the fourth son, man of this history hereafter, and SAM, the youngest, lived until his oldest children were grown, on Rocky River in Chatham County, NC, then moved to Georgia. They also brought up two daughters. BETTIE married a man by the name of... (here the history is torn). The other daughter was not named in the history.

      Edward "Ned" Stuart continued to write: "My father, Edward Stuart, was born in the northwestern part of Chatham County, NC in the year 1767 mother was within a few days of the same age. They were married young and not being well matched, did not live happily together. They first settled near the northwestern boundary of Chatham and then moved from there to Little Brush Creek in the southwest corner of the same county where I was born but before my recollection.

      They then moved to Moore County and settled on the dividing ridge or about the middle grounds between McLendon's and Crawley Creeks. Here my earliest recollections are centered..... Here we lived - father, mother, brothers and sister, for some six or eight years. My father was a very ingenious man: a wagon-wright, a natural mechanic, carrying on a variety of trades as well as a farmer." Ned Stuart continued: "My fathers's family consisted of six sons and one daughter: George, Sam D., Edward (the writer), William, John and Enoch. My sister's name was Nancy. George, the oldest, was married before father and mother separated. He married Clarissa Dickerson. Samuel Dickey and sister were nearly grown. The other four, myself and three younger brothers were small - the youngest quite so. When it became known that my father was gone, what property he owned was sold to satisfy his creditors, and not enough of that. Consequently, we were left quite destitute that spring."

      The mother and children stayed together until the fall, when they had to separate the family. Mary (McPherson) Stuart returned to live with her kin in Orange County, NC after the separation and she carried the two youngest children, John and Enoch with her. Nancy went to SC to live with her Aunt Elizabeth (Stuart) Harland and Samuel Dickey went to Georgia with his Uncle Sam Stuart. A neighbor took William and Ned to live with his married brother, George. After about a year Mary returned to Moore County and set up housekeeping and tried to keep the family together. She had Ned, John and Enoch with her at this time. In May 1813, Edward, the father, came and took Ned to live with William Tyson so that he could attend Euphronia Academy in Moore County, NC.

      Edward Stuart is mentioned for the last time in the history, circa 1816, when he gave his son, Ned, five dollars. In the 1830 Census of Moore County, NC. Edward's son, William Stuart, is listed with 2 males 20-30 and 1 male 60-70, no females are listed. Could the 60-70 old male be Edward? When and where Edward died is not known at this time.

      Mary (McPherson) Stuart, at age 71, went with her youngest son, Enoch, and his family to Fayette County, Tenn. in 1838. Enoch married Anne McNeill in Moore County, NC in 1834. Mary (McPherson) Stuart died in Fayette County, Tenn. on 12 May 1842 at the age of 75.
    Person ID I02934  Moore County Wallaces
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2020 

    DNA Tests  39 DNA tests are associated with Edward Stuart 

    Father Samuel Stuart,   b. 1714, Ireland ? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824, Anderson County, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 110 years) 
    Mother Jane Dickey   d. Bef 1810 
    Documents
    1948 Article, Stewart Clan Magazine
    1948 Article, Stewart Clan Magazine
    Histories
    Stewart/Stuart Family History - Samuel Stuart and Jane Dickey
    Stewart/Stuart Family History - Samuel Stuart and Jane Dickey
    Much of the information comes from a 1859 paper written by Edward (Ned) Stewart, Jr.
    Stewart Family Letter
    Stewart Family Letter
    Letter from Quincy A. Oats to cousin Lulee Stuart Fulkerson recounting the oral history of the Stewart Family History.
    Family ID F1663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary McPherson,   b. 3 Jul 1767   d. 12 May 1842, Fayette County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [1
    Marriage 13 Feb 1787 
    Children 
    +  1. Male George Stewart,   b. 22 Mar 1789, Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1874, Moore County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Clarissa Dickerson  (Age 89 years)  m. 14 May 1809
    +  2. Male Samuel Dickey Stewart,   b. 16 Dec 1791, Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1849, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Elizabeth Lewis  (Age 38 years)  m. 6 Jun 1821
       3. Female Nancy Violet Stewart,   b. 7 Sep 1794, Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1858, Forsyth County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Matthew Elias Cunningham  m. 1814
    +  4. Male Edward "Ned" Stewart,   b. 19 Aug 1800, Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865, Moore County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Martha M. Adcock  m. 1853
    +  5. Male William Stewart,   b. 19 Feb 1803   d. Aft 1880 (Age > 78 years)
    Nancy King;   
    Annie Shields
    +  6. Male John Stewart,   b. 1 May 1805   d. 1 Dec 1889, Moore County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Dianna J. "Dicy" Riddle  (Age 63 years)
    +  7. Male Enoch Stewart,   b. 16 Sep 1806, Moore County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864, Coahoma County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Ann McNeill  m. 24 Oct 1832;   
    Adelaide O. Howard  m. 1851
    Documents
    1948 Article, Stewart Clan Magazine
    1948 Article, Stewart Clan Magazine
    Histories
    Stewart/Stuart Family History - Samuel Stuart and Jane Dickey
    Stewart/Stuart Family History - Samuel Stuart and Jane Dickey
    Much of the information comes from a 1859 paper written by Edward (Ned) Stewart, Jr.
    Family ID F0969  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2017 

  • Event Map
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  • Documents
    1786 Land Grant #908, Chatham County, NC - Edward Stuart
    1786 Land Grant #908, Chatham County, NC - Edward Stuart

    Histories
    1808 Petition to Governor Benjamin Williams
    1808 Petition to Governor Benjamin Williams
    1808, Nov 11 -- Governor Benjamin Williams Papers, Nov 1808 Correspondence, Moore County, NC
    Petition of Moore County residents on behalf of Charles Brady who have been convicting of maiming and sentenced to a fine and sixty days imprisonment. The petitioners plead on behalf of Brady that the act was done in sudden affray and without any malice, the verdict was doubtful to many, Brady is very poor man with a family of small helpless children and a sickly hysterical wife and they are requesting a pardon. Signed by the following: John McIver, Richardson Fagin, Niell McLeod, Alexr. McLeod, A. McBryde, Wm. Martin, Murdo Bethune, Neill McLeod, John Sewell, John McNeill, John Martin, John Murchison, Ralph Davis, Donald McDonald, [illegible], James Melton, D. Murchison, Robt. McLauchlan, Murdoch McAulay, Geo. Jackson, Daniel Patterson, Allan Morison, Wm. Jackson, J.A. Cameron, Murdoch Martin, Corn. Dowd, Micajah Thomas, Jno. McSween, Archd. Shields, John Cameron, John Wadsworth, William Tyson, Samuel Jackson, Saml. Dunn, Daniel Buie, Edward Stuart, H. Gilmore Esq., and J. Gaster.
    Moore County, NC DNA Project
    Moore County, NC DNA Project
    DNA Results and Analysis for Moore County families including Allen, Barrett, Bean, Brewer, Britt, Brown, Burns, Caddell, Cagle, Carpenter, Caviness, Chriscoe, Cockman, Cole, Comer, Davis, Deaton, Dunn, Furr, Garner, Hancock, Hardin, Hare, Horner, Hunsucker, Hussey, Jackson, Kennedy, Key, Kidd, Lawrence, Maness, McIntosh, McLendon, McNeill, Melton, Monroe, Moore, Morgan, Muse, Nall, Phillips, Richardson, Riddle, Ritter, Sanders, Seawell, Sheffield, Smith, Stewart, Stutts, Sullivan, Wallace, Welch, Williams, Williamson and Wright

  • Sources 
    1. [S1112] James Vann Comer, Moore County Bible Project, Volume III, (1995, Moore County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1183, Pinehurst NC 28370), 55-56.
      Bible of Edward Stuart and Mary McPherson, George Stewart and Clarissa Dickerson, and Albert Drake Stewart and Mary Eliza Moore
      In possession of Mrs. W.C. York, High Point, NC



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