Capt. John Stuart

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John Stewart’s only child, at least by Mary Shaw, according to his grandson Rev. Robert Stuart, was John Stewart Jr. who was born in Ireland about 1740 and who married Elizabeth Walker, daughter of a neighbor named James Walker.19 In 1805 John Stewart Jr. deposed that he had lived on his father’s land on Borden’s tract since 1748 or 1749. He left a will dated 22 January 1817 (with an 1826 codicil) and proved 5 September 1813 naming his wife Elizabeth, sons Walter, James, John, Robert, Hugh, and Alexander, and daughter Mary Walker.20

John Stuart the Revolutionary Soldier

John Stuart was born in Ireland and was brought in infancy to Virginia by his parents. He was born in 1740, and died in Rockbridge County, VA on April 8, 1831.

He fought as an officer in the battle of Guilford, under General Nathaniel Greene. See "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia", by Joheph (Joseph?) Addison Wad-Dell, pages 370-372.

See also the records of Stuart Sanders No. 2692, and of Robert Stuart Sanders No. 47883 of the Sons of the American Revolution

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Walker_%28135%29