Duncan Stewart born in Scotland in 1780. Married Katherine Wright. They came with their families on a six week crossing to America and settled in Cumberland County, North Carolina. "Katie's" parents were John and ? Wright. Duncan died in Feb. 1850 and Katherine after 1860. Both are buried in unmarked graves in the Scott Cemetery in Lauderdale County, Alabama. They moved to Alabama about 1821. They had 10 children. They were married December 12, 1803 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Duncan STEWART is in Cumberland co briefly; 1810 census, he moved to

Lauderdale Co AL about 1825. He m; Katherine WRIGHT, date unknown. He died

in Lauderdale Co in Feb 1850, age of 70, cause 'sudden', birthplace SL

(Scotland ?). In 1850 Catherine is age 70 born in Scotland. Census ages

indicate they were b; abt 1780 - would love to find more on this STEWART +

WRIGHT connection!!

Possible children of Duncan & Katherine/Catherine;

Alexander b; 1800 NC

John W b; 1800-1810

Nancy b; 1803-1810 NC (m; Thomas GRIFFIN)

James M b; 1807 (m; Perlina/Paulina, maybe Briscoe or Basset?)

or

James b; 1800-1810 (m; Sarah Ann PHILLIPS)

Christian b; 1810

Katherine b; 1814 (m; John McDONALD)

Duncan b; 1820

Mary b; 1828

Abigal b; 1830

Thomas K or C (m; Catherine NEWMAN)

William b; 1837 (m: Mary ?, son Maderson b; 1849)

Possible brothers of Duncan; Alexander, James, Daniel, Hector, John, Charles

?

Thomas & Nancy Stewart GRIFFINS children; Duncan, Bryant, James, Alexander,

Daniel, John, Dempsey, Thomas C, Margaret, Catherine, Nancy, and twins Mary

& Sarah. Once in Henry Co there are marriages into WRIGHT, PHILLIPS, HOLMES

and many others.

1830 census Lauderdale County, AL - Duncan Stewart listed as below:

For those that are not familiar with the enumerations of the 1830 census, they are as follows, for males and females: 0-5; 5-10;10-15; 15-20; 20-30; 30-40; and so on, in 10 year increments. The enumeration for Free Blacks was different, and has been typed in. The slaves were not copied unless that was the only enumeration found

Actual census document at: http://theduncanstewartfamily.googlegroups.com/web/Duncan%20Stewart%20-%201830%20Census%20Lauderdale%2C%20County%20AL%20page%20one.pdf?gda=4CqEM3QAAACFk7CXSm7xiEaCKjsKuzOW-w86D03qg3Fk_jhv5bgJKZt6uEsely3Ucl3OHDAIM6tP_uYVXtXRXu0saZ79K4CHbOiTp6Be6LC4yki0LfeKsM8kyftiivIfzcZw--VezDNV6u9SiETdg0Q2ffAyHU-dzc4BZkLnSFWX59nr5BxGqA&hl=en&gsc=qqfIchYAAABLo0pxERscg_plSdRfJ1oYh8mQ_mQYo292gSe-X_bXXQ

STEWART, Duncan 00210001-202301

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1840 Census

Stewart, D. [Duncan] 00100000101 - 00012001

•ID: I16166

•Name: Duncan STEWART 1 2

•Sex: M

•Birth: ABT 1780 in Scotland 1 2

•Death: FEB 1850 in Center Star, Lauderdale Co, Al 1 2

Marriage 1 Katherine WRIGHT b: ABT 1780 in Scotland

•Married: 12 DEC 1803 in Cumberland Co, NC 1 2

Children

1. James William STEWART b: WFT Est 1799-1825

2. Alexander STEWART b: WFT Est 1799-1827

3. (Unk) STEWART b: WFT Est 1799-1827

4. Christian STEWART b: ABT 1814

5. Duncan STEWART , Jr b: 1 MAR 1815

6. Catherine STEWART b: ABT 1818

7. Sarah STEWART b: ABT 1819

8. Mary STEWART b: ABT 1824

9. Abigail STEWART b: ABT 1829

From The Stewarts of Cape Fear, North Carolina

At the time of compiling this article for the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Forum, neither Jared nor I have verified the accuracy of the Cape Fear Stewart articles in SCM. Our co-founder, Chuck Speed, is descended from this line, and perhaps over time we will be able to provide further commentary on the Cape Fear Stewarts. In the meantime, the reader is referred to Chuck Speed's Report on the Stewarts of Ledcreich for comparison.

Next, I find Edson mentioning the Stewarts of Balquhidder in SCM Tome G pp.177-179 (December 1956, vol. 34, no. 6). Page 177 appears as follows:

Stewarts in the Cape Fear Section of North Carolina

                           Resumed from page 230, tome E, and page 4, tome F

As previously stated, the earliest families named Stewart who settled in the flat watershed of the Cape Fear river of North Carolina were Highlanders from Argyleshire and western Perthshire. "As early as 1729 several families of Scotch Highlanders had settled on the Cape Fear river in North Carolina," said the book, JOHN ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 1920. "They found a genial climate, a fertile soil, and a mild and liberal government. Their letters to friends and relatives in Scotland glowed with praise of their new home. Accordingly, when Neill McNeill, who had been one of the first Scotch settlers on the Cape Fear River, returned from a visit to Scotland in 1739 he brought with him 350 Highlanders. The General Assembly, anxious to encourage further immigration of these sturdy settlers, exempted them from public and private taxes for ten years and offered the same inducement to any of their countrymen who might follow them." The Highlanders selected a place at the head of navigation (now Fayetteville, Cumberland County) for their central market, and ships bringing large numbers of settlers from Islay, Skye, Sunderland and other parts of the Highlands began coming in. By the year 1754 the settlement had grown so important that the General Assembly erected it into a county, named Cumberland, which then included what are now Harnett, Wake (part), Lee (part), Moore and Hoke (part) counties. Prior to its erection Cumberland was part of Bladen County, established in 1734. In 1749 Anson County, at that time containing Richmond (1779), part of Hoke (1911) and other counties west and north, was set off from Bladen County. Robeson County, also populated with Highland families, was set off from Bladen County in 1786, and contained part of Hoke County. Scotland County was part of Richmond County until 1899.

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http://familytrees.genopro.com/bulkincm/BULKIN/default.htm?page=WRIGHT-Catherine-ind00999.htm

Duncan was born in 1775.1 He died at the age of 66 in 1841.

General Notes

m. NC? 12 Dec 1803? to Catherine WRIGHT

residing in NC about 1810-1815 (birth of dtr Christine)

residing in AL about 1820 (birth of dtr Mary)

residing in TN about 1825 (birth of son Duncan Jr)

purchases land patent in Lauderdale, AL 2 Oct 1826

residing in Lauderdale, AL in Jun 1830

residing in Lauderdale, AL in Jun 1840, owned 1 slave

not mentioned in brother-in-law Philip's will signed 1841 probated 1847

d. Lauderdale, AL? > Jun 1840 and < 21 Nov 1850 (wife Catherine appears single in 1850)

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:

1m 80-90 (1750-1760) (unknown)

1m 60-70 (1770-1780) (Duncan)

1f 50-60 (1780-1790) (Catherine 1780 Scot)

2f 20-30 (1810-1820) (Christine 1810 NC, Mary 1820 AL)

1f 15-20 (1820-1825) (Aggie 1822 AL))

1m 10-15 (1825-1830) (Duncan 1825 AL)

next page: 1 slave (female age 10-24), 8 persons total, 2 persons engaged in agriculture

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.

1m 50-60 (1770-1780) (Duncan)

1f 40-50 (1780-1790) (Catherine 1780 Scot)

3f 20-30 (1800-1810) (Christine 1810 NC)

1m 15-20 (1810-1815)

2f 15-20 (1810-1815)

2m 10-15 (1815-1820) (Duncan Jr 1825 TN??)

2f 5-10 (1820-1825) (Mary 1820 AL, Aggie 1822 AL)

On same page are Nicholas WRIGHT and John WRIGHT.

Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 198.

BLM land patent hits for Lauderdale:

STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 8/10/1850 Huntsville 14723 AL3670__.038

STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 8/10/1850 Huntsville 14724 AL3670__.039

STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 11/15/1852 Huntsville 16129 AL3700__.084

STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 3/1/1858 Huntsville 18546A AL3770__.142

STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 10/2/1826 Huntsville 2058 AL1190__.024

uncertain match:

1820 Duncan Steward St Bartholomews Parish,Colleton,SC

1820 Duncan Stewart Not Stated,Iredell,NC 020001-00001-02

1m >45 (<1775)

1f >45 (<1775)

2m 10-16 (1804-1810)

2 persons engaged in agriculture

(online record, unsourced, claims m. date of 12 Dec 1803 in Cumberland, NC)

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STEWART/WRIGHT HERITAGE

Rose Marie Jennings

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+Heritage+-+Rose+Marie+Jen nings.jpg?gda=qF02bGQAAACFk7CXSm7xiEaCKjsKuzOWq-F9HZWgNJHtRImI1bGXxh4IQ3OYNdBD8hV85tzLsyyFuOGR_p3KWX yfSZohRs-8S65j19uTIHAuSi2c8D9AH1Xq71KIRN2DRDZ98DIdT53NzgFmQudIVZfn2evkHEao

and

http://theduncanstewartfamily.googlegroups.com/web/Stewart-Wright+Heritage+-+Rose+Marie+Jen nings+2.jpg?gda=L2NzWWYAAACFk7CXSm7xiEaCKjsKuzOWgMty72r7ChcKCochtlZrxx4IQ3OYNdBD8hV85tzLsyyFuOGR_p3K WXyfSZohRs-84uzhB_Qdmac1yno2Jh4ZiVkkc_g3rW9PQsCnzdgYDjwT4RrsbFgy3S3qdjS5XkUh