HISTORY: Lydia had eight children and she and the children moved to Madison Co. , Ill. before 1820. The Howards are prominently mentioned in "History of Madison Co., Illinois" Saline Township as being some of the earliest settlers; SOURCE: Overton County History; RESEARCHER: J. T. Stewart.
LIVED: Moved to Madison County, Illinois as early as 1810 and settled on the Looking Glass Prairie area where she died after 1820; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SOURCE: Lydia Stewart's will, Surry County, North Carolina; family records; CENSUS 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 of Madison County, Illinois; CENSUS 1830, 1840, 1850 of Fayette County, Illinois; CENSUS 1850 of Lee County, Iowa; New burn Cemetery records of Lucas County, Iowa; Bible record on Joseph Howard; Marrige records of Madison County, Illinois; Marriage records Fayette County, Illinois; Marriage records of Lucas and Marion County, Illinois; Marriage records Lee County, Iowa.
HISTORY: "History of Madison Co., Illinois, Saline Township" says that Lydia moved to Madison Co. in 1809 when Joseph was about twelve years of age. Get a copy of this from library as my copy is not very good.
FATHER: John Howard; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: Jefferson Co. 1795; SOURCE: Overton County History; RESEARCH: J. T. Stewart; Left a will dated 21 Aug 1795 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: abt 1785, Greene County, Tenn; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: 1875; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Isaac Renfro, 15 Dec 1834; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
CHILDREN: None; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom, Lewisville, Idaho.
BIRTH: 1787 (63-1850), Greene County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: 18 Jul 1853; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: abt 1807, Valentine Van Hooser; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 1787 (63-1850), Greene County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: 18 Jul 1853; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: abt 1807, Valentine Van Hooser; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: abt 1784, Montgomery County, Virginia; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: Dec 1835; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Sarah Howard; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: abt 1784, Montgomery County, Virginia; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: Dec 1835; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Sarah Howard; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
NOTES: Joseph does not show up on the 1820, 1830 Overton Co. censuses. He was i Bledsoe Co. on land he had surveyed. By 1827 he was back in Overton Co. and the deed shows he bought 55 acres on Roaring River from Caleb Willis. Less than a year later, in Apr. 1828, he deeded the 55 acres to James Dodson, his brother i law. The witnesses to the deed were David Stewart, Mark Robertson and Adam Gardenhire. He doesn't show up any more after this in Overton Co., went to Arkansas about 1828; SOURCE: Mary Stewart Hicks, World Ancestry Tree.
HISTORY: Moved with his parents to Overton, Tenn., then moved to Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Prior to moving back to Overton County, Tennessee, where he sold the last of his land in 1828 prior to moving to Arkansas. His only known children are: Joseph Stewart, III b. 1801 (49-1850) in Overton Co., Tennessee; David Kimbrough Stewart b 2 Nov 1813, Overton Co., Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: Margaret was born before the 1850 census of Jackson Co., TN
BIRTH: He was 78 in the 1850 Census of Jackson Co., TN
James Dodson is listed in the 1820 & 1830 Census of Overton Co., TN. In 1840 & 1850 he is in Jackson Co., TN.
1830 Overton Co., Tn and 1840 Jackson Co., Tn
BIRTH: She was 50 in the 1850 Census, Jackson Co., Tn. She died unmarried.
In 1830 Census of Pope Co., Ark. Source: Joyce Linstrom
DEATH: According to J.T. Stewart of Watertown, TN., James Matthews was killed fighting Creek Indians in Talledaga, Alabama. Researcher: Georgenia Stewart
DEATH: Cynthia died in infancy. Source: Joyce Lindstrom
MARY'S SURNAME COULD BE KITCHENS OR KITCHENER. MARY kITCHENS BORN 21 NOV 1783, OF, JACKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, USA WAS FOUND ON THE IGI WITH WORK PERFORMED IN THE PROVO TEMPLE AS NOTED.
DAVID STEWART WAS MARRIED BY 1830
MARRIAGE: After Burnice Elam Matthews died he married Lelah Anthoinette Matthews. Source: Joyce Lindstrom
Sarah Lee married John F. Greer and divorced him 23 June 1853. (See notes on John F. Greer
DEATH and !BURIAL: Tombstone in Roaring River Cem., Overton Co., TN. Source: Photo of gravesite by Mary Stewart Hicks and Overton County Roll Call Cemetery Records 1795-1975 by Gary Norris.
IGI: Lists Samantha Patsy Stewart as Samantha Stewart.
There are other Swallow's buried in the Roaring River Cem. where many of the David Stewart posterity is buried:
Mary Swallows West B 19 Jan 1788, d. 12 Aug 1863, buried next to Isaac West, born 1790, died 1836.W. Swallows b. 09 Mar 1859, d. Mar 1859. Buried next to E. L. Swallows, b. 02 Jul 1856, d. 12 Sep 1859.
Joseph G. moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas.
BIRTH: IGI lists Andrew J. Stewart as Andrew Stewart.
Rhoda Pitts died and David Stewart married Sarah Lea or Lee. Rhoda only had on child, Nancy.
IGI: Shows Rhoda as the mother instead of Sarah Lea or Lee.
WIFE: Elizabeth VanHooser, could have been born abt 1772 in Overton Co. Tenn.
HISTORY: Utah, Vol 111, page 122, 979 2H 2A, William Stewart was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Gilbert) Stewart. Joseph Stewart taking his family to Overton County. William Stewart first married Rebecca Luellen and moved to Iowa, where he reared a family of whom Urban Van and his brothers Levi and Jackson came to Utah. RESEARCH: Norman Rymer.
BIOGRAPHY: Stewart Clan Magazine, June 1947, Vol XXIV: No12 : William Stewart born in Stokes (or Forsyth) County, N.C. about 1780, went with his parents to Overton (then Davidson or Sumner)County, Tennessee when rather young. There he married Elizabeth Van Hooser (or Van Hoosen), daughter of Abraham and Mary (Wilhelms) Van Hooser. They moved about 1811 to Madison Co., Ill., to which locality other members of the Stewart family also removed. However, they returned to Overton County during the War of 1812 and remained a few years before going again to Illinois. William went off and left his family, it is said and subsequently married Rebecca Llewellyn. He moved to Iowa with Rebecca and is believed to have raised several children by her. Elizabeth and her children lived for many years in Madison County, Ill, where she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about 1836. She died in Nauvoo, Ill, in 1842. Children of William and Elizabeth, all born in Overton Co, except Levi, who was born in Madison Co., Ill.
MARRIAGE: 1) Elizabeth VanHooser (div); 2) Rebecca Lewellyn. SOURCE: Family record of William's son, Urban Van Stewart of Beaver, Utah.
DIVORCE: In the Tennessee Archives can be found one of the older documents concerning the Stewarts in Overton Co., TN. This is a divorce petition for Wm. & Elizabeth. This was submitted to the General Assembly of the State of TN in the fall of 1824. Fifty-two men signed the petition. Wm. then married Rebecca Lewellyn. There were children by both marriages.
Elizabeth moved to Nauvoo, IL where she had relatives and was an early convert to the Mormon religion, along with her sons Riley, Levi, William Jackson and Urban Van. She died in IL, but the sons were with the early Mormons who ended up in Utah. There are many descendants; however, not much seems recorded about the second family. Levi & Urban both practiced pologamy & each had several wives with Levi being the father of 28 children & Urvan Van the father of 32 children.
Info obtained from:
1830 census of Madison Co., IL
Mge. Rec. of Madison Co., IL
1850,1860,1870,1880 censuses of Utah
Nauvoo death records
Springville Ward Records, Salt Lake Ward Records
Early Church Information Files
Springville Cem. Rec.
History of Wm. Jackson Stewart & Sarah Dickens Gentry
BIRTH: abt 1788, Troy, Madison, Illinois. VARIATION: abt 1876, Virginia; abt 1772 in Overton Co., Tennessee; abt 1772, West Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois.
HISTORY: Elizabeth Van Hooser, b. abt 1788/9 in Montgomery County, Virginia, the daughter of Abraham Van Hooser and Mary Williams, moved with her parents to Grainger County, Tennessee and later to Overton County, Tennessee where she met and married William Stewart b abt 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Stewart and Sarah Gilbert. The early marriage records of Overton County, Tennessee are missing, but the Legislative Petitions of 1824 list a petition of William Stewart from Overton County, Tennessee askng to be granted a divorce. Elizabeth and her husband moved to Madison County, Illinois where one of their sons was born, but returned to Overton County, Tennessee where they lived until their divorce. After that Willilam Stewart md 2) Rebecca Llewellyn and moved to Fayette County, Illinois where he is found in the 1830 census. About 1834 he moved to what became Lee County, Iowa and is listed in the 1836 Territory Census there but died in 1837. His widow is listed in the 1840 census of Lee County, Iowa. As for Elizabeth Van Hooser, she is listed in the 1830 census of that county. Afgter her parents died, she moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois where she died in 1843. Since her posterity is so numerous and since the author of this book is planning to publish a future books on the descendants of this couple only her children will be mentioned here; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hooser Book.
BIRTH: 4 Jan 1810, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hoosen Book.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Howard
MARRIAGE: Riley Stewart was married to Jane Mills on 19 Jan 1833 by Samuel Wood MG. #25-967. SOURCE: Madison Co., Ill., Marriage Records index, 1813-1882, 929.377386 SHE, Shelley & Wasser. Researcher: Georgia Stewart
BIRTH: 4 Jan 1810, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom, Van Hoosen Book.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Howard
BIRTH: 22 Jul 1814, Madison County, Illinois; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: 1) 15 May 1831, William Riely Helm; 2) Riley Stewart; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 22 Jul 1814, Madison County, Illinois; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: 1) 15 May 1831, William Riely Helm; 2) Riley Stewart; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
MARRIAGE: Fayette Co., Ill Marriage Index, 1821-1874, p.45. States Elisabeth howard m Wm. R. Helm 5. Researcher: Georgenia Stewart
OCCUPATION: Minister; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom and J. T. Stewart; Early Baptist preacher and was ordained to preach according to Rev. J. H. Grime Baptist Historian at the old Roaring River church also known as "Twelve Corners." The name "Twelve Corners," according to Mr. Mark Copeland who was familiar with the old church before it was torn down came from the architectural shape of the church that being in the shape of a cross, which of course has twelve corners; SOURCE: County History.
NAME: Could be Jesse G. Stewart; SOURCE: Mary Stewart Hicks.
BIRTH: 5 Jul 1790, Greene County, Tennessee; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: abt 1862 in Todd County, Kentucky; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: 18 Nov 1795, North Carolina, Jemima West; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
LIVED: In Putnam Co. TN in the 1860 U.S.Census. Living with his is wife Jemimah and daughters Jemimah and Mary. Living next to him is son Preston and his family. Researcher: Georgenia Steart
FATHER: Stephen West; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart & Joyce Lindstrom.
MOTHER: Mary Belk; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart & Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: abt 1862 in Todd County, Kentucky.
BAPTISM: 9 Jun 1993, sdieg; 14 Apr 1994, denve; 17 Jul 1992, jrive.
ENDOWMENT: 6 Oct 1993, sdiego; 26 Oct 1994, denve; 15 Oct 1992, jrive.
SEALED TO PARENTS: 10 Mar 1994, sdieg; 10 Dec 1994, denve; 5 Dec 1992, jrive.
BIRTH: 26 Feb 1813, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 30 Mar 1819, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: Died young; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
NAME: Hirum (sic); SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 21 Jan 1827, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Mary A.; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 22 Oct 1829, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 17 Oct 1831, Overton County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
NAME: Leavshure or Lavasha; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Angeline Finley, 5 Oct 1853; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 14 Jan 1834, White County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 19 Jan 1836, White County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: Francis Marion Seger, 9 Dec 1864; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 21 Feb 1838, White County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
DEATH: 10 Aug 1874; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SPOUSE: B. A. W. Davis, 18 Jul 1861; SOURCE: Joyce Lindstrom.
SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.
BIRTH: 1839, Jackson County, Tennessee; SOURCE: J. T. Stewart and Joyce Lindstrom.