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I (Marty Grant) do not know how (or if) I'm related to Joseph Stuart.
Joseph Stuart (also "Stewart") was born ca 1814/15 in Virginia. I don't know what county. He lived in Ashe County, NC later on. If his parents were who I believe they were, then he was probably born in Grayson Co, Virginia.
I don't know who Joseph's parents are for sure, but I've seen him listed as a child of Joseph Stewart and Margaret Dean of Surry Co, NC and Patrick and Grayson Co, VA. I don't know what the source for that connection is, but it could be correct. I can't say for sure.
Presumably, Joseph would have been home with his parents for the 1820, 1830 and 1840 census. There were no Stewarts in Ashe County during those years, so he must have moved there from elsewhere. There were Stewarts all over western NC in 1820 including some in Surry County, and also in Wilkes County (which bordered Ashe County). Joseph's possible father Joseph Stewart, was in Grayson Co, VA in 1820. I don't have his census enumerations, so I don't know if he had a son Joseph's age. Grayson Co, VA bordered North Carolina, so that was not far away.
In 1830, Joseph would have been approximately 15 years old, so he should be enumerated in the age 15-19 category (c1810/15). There were no Stewarts in Ashe County, and only one in neighboring Wilkes County (and he had no one this age with him). Joseph Stewart (Sr) was not in NC in 1830. I don't have the listing, but I suspect he was still in Grayson Co, VA.
In 1840, Joseph would have been about 25 years old, so he should be in the age 20-29 category (c1810/20). I don't have his supposed father Joseph (Sr) in 1840 yet, so can't confirm he had a son this age.
Joseph Stuart (listed as "Stuard" on marriage bond) married Sarah Francis on or after 11 Jul 1841 in Ashe Co, NC (date of marriage bond). I don't know who her parents were. The 1840 census showed only one Francis family in Ashe Co, NC, that of Elijah Francis. Since Joseph and Sarah named their eldest son "Elijah", it seems likely that Elijah Francis was her father. He did have an apparent daughter her age with him in 1840.
Joseph Stuart was listed on the 1850 census in Ashe Co, NC. There were two other Stuarts in the county by 1850, one, Jackson Stuart (c1820) listed fairly close by. The other, Newell Stuart (c1813) was not near by. Joseph and family were listed between the families of William Parsons and Prior Sexton. Sarah's probable parents, Elijah and Mary Francis were just a few pages away, and they (Elijah and Mary) were just two houses from Joseph's probable brother Jackson Stewart (c1820).
1850 ASHE CO, NC Page 303B House/Family # 965/ 965 STUART JOSEPH 35 M W FARMER 300 VA 1814/1815 STUART SARAH 36 F W NC 1813/1814 STUART ELIJAH 8 M W NC 1841/1842 STUART MARY 6 F W NC 1843/1844
I have no data on them beyond this point.
Joseph and Sarah Stewart had two children by the time of the 1850 census. They may have had others after 1850.
Persons researching this family :
1. Joseph1
Stuart , born 1814/15 in VA He
married on 11 Jul 1841 in Ashe Co, NC Sarah Francis , born
1813/14 in NC, daughter of Elijah Francis
and Mary (---) .
Children
of Joseph Stuart and Sarah Francis were as follows:
2
i
Elijah2
Stuart , born 1841/42 in Ashe
Co, NC.
3 ii Mary2 Stuart , born 1843/44 in Ashe Co, NC.
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