Israel Montgomery Stewart

ohn Stewart704 was born 1776 in Effingham, GA, USA704, and died 1840 in Hamilton, FL, USA704.He married Mary Knight on 14 Oct 1798 in Effingham, GA, USA704, daughter of John Knight and Rachel Frances Anderson.

Includes NotesNotes for John Stewart: From "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", compiled by Folks Huxford: MILES HUNTER, a Revolutionary Soldier, was born about 1762-3 in St. George's Parish, Georgia, a son of JOHN HUNTER, a Colonial settler of old Wrightsborough. His paternal grandfather was WILLIAM MILES, also a Colonial settler of the same township. MILES HUNTER was a private in the Georgia Line in the Revolutionary War (see Smith's "The Story of Georgia"). He married about 1790 MARY KNIGHT, born about 1770 in South Carolina, a daughter of JOHN KNIGHT, R.S. They had only two known children: RACHEL MILES, born about 1791, and William Miles, born about 1793. Not long after marriage MILES HUNTER and family moved from Effingham County and settled in that portion of Liberty county made into McIntosh County in 1793. There, MILES HUNTER died about 1797 at the young age of about 35 years. His widow, MARY KNIGHT, was married October 14, 1798, to John Stewart, and a few years later while Wayne County was settled up, they moved there. The administration of the HUNTER estate was granted to JOHN KNIGHT, the father-in- law , and John Stewart, the second husband of the widow, and in 1810 was transferred to Wayne County. Mr. Stewart was appointed in Wayne County March 4, 1811, as guardian for the daughter, RACHEL HUNTER, a minor. Father: John HUNTER b: BEF. 1742 Marriage 1 Mary KNIGHT b: ABT. 1770 in South Carolina Married: WFT Est. 1782-1795 Children William Miles HUNTER , (2) b: 21 OCT 1793 in Effingham Co., Georgia Rachel Ann HUNTER b: 1794 in Effingham or Liberty County, Georgia

More About John Stewart and Mary Knight: Marriage 1: 14 Oct 1798, Effingham, GA, USA.704 Marriage 2: 14 Oct 1798704 Children of John Stewart and Mary Knight are: Jonathan Knight Stewart, b. 1803, Brunswick, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. 1850704. Mary Mariah Stewart, b. 07 Aug 1817, Wayne, GA, USA704, d. 29 Jan 1895, Jasper, Hamilton, FL, USA704. Israel Montgomery Stewart, b. 1809, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. Dec 1876, Hamilton, FL, USA704. James Thomas Stewart, b. 27 Feb 1807, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. 30 May 1882, Clay, FL, USA704. Samuel W Stewart, b. 1811, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. date unknown. Asa Alexander Stewart, b. 1815, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. date unknown. David Stewart, b. 1805, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. date unknown. John C Stewart, d. date unknown. Matilda D Stewart, b. 04 Oct 1818, GA, USA704, d. 14 Oct 1881, White Springs, Hamilton, FL, USA704. John L Steward, b. 06 Mar 1800, Glynn, GA, USA704, d. 24 Jul 1873, Polk, FL, USA704.

Source: Griffin, Keithley Family:Information about John Stewart/Genealogy.com

Added by Janet Milburn (an orphaned Stewart) 5/23/18