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http://familytrees.genopro.com/bulkincm/BULKIN/default.htm?page=WRI... Catherine, known as Katie, was born in 1778 in Scotland.1
1860 Slave Schedules for District 1, Lauderdale, AL show Catharine STEWART with one slave, age 40, female, black. Martha STEWART in same district and James W. STEWART in District 2 are also slaveowners. 1860 US Census (6 Aug), residing in District 1, Lauderdale, AL, post office Greenhill, dw/fam 591/591, head of h/hold is Duncan SEWART [sic] 40 farmer real/pers 1900/1610 b TN, Catherine STEWART [sic] 83 Scotland (b est 1777), Christian [sic] female 45 NC, Mary 35 AL, Abigail 30 AL. 1850 Slave Schedules for Lauderdale, AL show Catharin [sic] STEWART with one slave, age 34 (1816), female, black. Also in Lauderdale, James W. STEWART is a slaveowner. 1850 US Census (21 Nov), residing in 2d Div E of Mil Rd, Lauderdale, AL, head of h/hold is Catherine STEWART 70 Scotland, Christine 40 NC, Mary 30 AL, Aggie 28 F AL, Duncan 25 TN overseer. Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of The Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 350; Image: 696. Lauderdale Alabama will probated 12 Apr 1847 [sic] Philip WRIGHT: To Nicholas WRIGHT, to wife Bosburo [sic] WRIGHT 40 acres. Livestock and other personal property to William GRAY. To Catherine STEWART, 12 1/2 cents. To heirs of John WRIGHT, 12 1/2 cents. Signed 17 Jan 1841, witnesses Drury JOINER, Alexander FIELD. 1840 US Census (Jun), Lauderdale, AL, D. STEWART 00100000101-00012001:
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 7; Page: 123. 1830 US Census (Jun), residing in Lauderdale, AL, head of h/hold is Duncan STEWART, 10th from bottom of page, 00210001-0202301; next page: no slaves indicated, 12 persons total.
Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 198. BLM land patent hits for Lauderdale:
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(online record, unsourced, claims m. date of 12 Dec 1803 in Cumberland, NC) Ancestor Pedigree Chart
Catherine (Katie) WRIGHT - b. 1778 in Scotland
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In the 5th century, immigrants from Ireland called Scots settled north of the Clyde (Glasgow to Edinburgh) and about the 10th century the land came to be known as Scotland. For hundreds of years Scotland acted not so much as a nation as a system of clans. Each family clan had its own chief, arms, lands, and traditions. The Stewart Clan was a large one and had some smaller family groups under its protection. The clans loosely united into a separate nation with its own parliament and government. For many centuries Scotland was a Catholic country, but England repeatedly tried to impose on the "Kirk" the Episcopal form of worship. The Scots finally took up arms against King Charles I. In 1560 Scotland's parliament adopted the Church of Scotland on a Presbyterian basis. When Charles II returned to the throne, Presbyterians were persecuted. In 1707 the parliaments of Scotland and England agreed to an Act of Union. For the first time Scotland had free trade with England. The late 1700's were the Scots most creative period. Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott made the land known throughout the world. One more uprising of Scotland came to a bitter end in the Battle of Culloden. Prince Charles and his forces of 2,000 Scots were joined by about 260 of the Stewarts of Appin for a battle near Edinburgh. Highly elated at defeating England in this battle they marched to the next at Culloden. This was a march of cold, hunger, little rest and few arms. Waiting for them was Sterling's command of 9,000 Englishmen. This battle took place in a relatively open space surrounding a simple croft or farmhouse. It was a bloody battle and the description of it in this preserved croft is very sad and you can almost see the scene after the battle. Scotland has Highlands and Lowlands. The Highlands are wild and picturesque with rounded top mountains often covered with fog. The low slopes have heather and grass. The valleys are lush and have yellow blooming gorse. Almost every valley has a stream and lake. A straight line of locks (lakes) crosses the Highlands from southwest to northeast. The Highland people are sturdy, tall, and robust people. They have an enthusiastic attachment for their country. Argyle produced the largest fighting group in 1745, a year which is imprinted in the Scots' minds. A large settlement of Wrights lived near Glencoe and were a part of the McIntyre Clan which fought under the Stewart banner. In the early days all the people of a clan had the same surname. Glencoe, which means "narrow vale," has conical mountains that rise abruptly from the valley floor. These mountains are a mass of stone, wrinkled and puckered up with narrow strips of grazing land. Many of the cattle there are still the short, small, and red cattle with long shaggy hair. The sheep are a different variety than we see here. All of the crofts are small and the fences are almost all made of stone put together without mortar by a skilled hand. The grass is a beautiful green most of the year. The lakes are so deep that they appear almost navy blue. One article reported that "every good farmer's wife" could spin cloth and dye it with vegetable dyes. They had to make what they needed since they lived in a mountainous area where markets were few and difficult to reach. This is how and where tartans developed. They originally denoted rank and not clan. Most clans have three kinds of plaid tartans, the ordinary clan tartan, the dress tartan for the clan chief and his family only, and the hunting tartan which is worn riding in the chase. Because of the hard times in the homelands for one reason or another, some 25,000 Highland Scots came to America between 1763 and 1775. Perhaps it was some famine as well as oppression under British rule. The Stewarts, Wrights, and Dicksons came a few years later, probably leaving from the port of Appin, which would have belonged to the Stewarts. Only the pub turned gift shop is still in Appin. It is a wild shoreline but still has a dock. Most of those who left for America did not broadcast their intentions and many left in the night. Wrapped in their warmest woolens and carrying what they could, they walked to the ship. Sometimes the ships came up the lochs to an inland port. The journey took about six weeks and must have been a very uncomfortable six weeks, but the Scots were a hardy people. Earlier Scots had started a settlement up the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. By 1775 there were perhaps 10,000 Highlanders in the colony. Most of these were in the area of Cumberland and Anson Counties. Much of this immigration came from Argyll on the western coast of Scotland. Argyll is a division similar to our state but not so large. Scotland's total area is smaller than the state of Maine. Those who chose to come to America were probably looking for a land similar to what they had left behind. A man wanted a small farm in an area where mountains meet a river with just enough land to provide for his family. He was used to farming oats, potatoes, and barley as well as grazing sheep and/or cattle and to fishing for a large part of his family's diet. They had found all of this on the Upper Cape Fear River. Almost all the settlement around Fayetteville were Highland Scotsmen. Plantations (larger than the Scots' crofts) were always laid out by a river that ran into the sea for convenience in shipping goods in and out. Also in this area were the Lumbee Indians who were peaceful and never entered into warfare so that we seldom hear about them. Fayetteville is on the edge of one of the most beautiful parts of North Carolina. Driving the back roads from Charlotte to Fayetteville does indeed remind one very much of Scotland and traveling a distance of 100 miles through the mountains in either location is a day's journey. The people of both places are friendly and helpful. It is a delight to hear the Scot brogue and the expressions seldom heard in this country. The generations here have lost that delightful talk. We can indeed be proud of our heritage, a heritage found the world over as many of the Highlanders have left their homelands for other countries. I found it interesting that one of the counties near Fayetteville is named Scotland. However, that country was settled by the Scotch/Irish, and relatives if we go back another century. I challenge anyone reading this to learn more of our Scots heritage and pass it along. Originals at http://theduncanstewartfamily.googlegroups.com/web/Stewart-Wright+H... nings.jpg?gda=qF02bGQAAACFk7CXSm7xiEaCKjsKuzOWq-F9HZWgNJHtRImI1bGXxh4IQ3OYNdBD8hV85tzLsyyFuOGR_p3KWX yfSZohRs-8S65j19uTIHAuSi2c8D9AH1Xq71KIRN2DRDZ98DIdT53NzgFmQudIVZfn2evkHEao and http://theduncanstewartfamily.googlegroups.com/web/Stewart-Wright+H... nings+2.jpg?gda=L2NzWWYAAACFk7CXSm7xiEaCKjsKuzOWgMty72r7ChcKCochtlZrxx4IQ3OYNdBD8hV85tzLsyyFuOGR_p3K WXyfSZohRs-84uzhB_Qdmac1yno2Jh4ZiVkkc_g3rW9PQsCnzdgYDjwT4RrsbFgy3S3qdjS5XkUh ------------------------------------------------------------- LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
SCOTT CEMETERY
Updated Survey Contributed 27 Aug 2006
Location: From Killen, go north on US 43 and turn right on AL 64. Go about 5 miles. The cemetery is on the right just before you reach CR 36.The cemetery was surveyed by Sarah & Wendell Balch in November 1995. Map.
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Katherine "Katie" Stewart (Wright)
(c.1781 - 1860)
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Katherine "Katie" Stewart (Wright)'s Details
| Birthdate: | circa 1781 |
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| Birthplace: | Scotland |
| Death: | Died 1860 in Center Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama |
| Added by: | Jim Stewart on February 22, 2007 |
| Managed by: | Jim Stewart |
| Last Updated: | May 15, 2010 |
Katherine "Katie" Stewart (Wright)'s Family
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Daughter of John Wright, Sr. and Unknown Wife of J. Duncan Stewart Mother of James, Duncan Stewart Jr., Catherine Stewart, Sarah Stewart, Mary Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Unknown McMurray, Christian Stewart and Abigail Stewart Sister of John Wright Jr., Polly Wright, Philip Wright and Nicholas Wright |
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