The gaggle of STEWARTs and allied families that I follow has a pretty solid trail from Lincoln County TN to Marion/Fayette Counties AL: ====================================================== Reference: LAND GRANTS AND ADULTS RESIDING IN FAYETTE COUNTY, ALABAMA 1823-1900 By Homer T. Jones ALAV2001-B78 Ref.-County; Fayette; 929.376187; J77l [[J77L]]; Department of Archives & History; Montgomery ALABAMA ========================================================= 1. Section: Land Granted or Purchased Prior to Creation of the County December 20, 1824 (pp 1-2) Harkins, Walter: 1822 [[married Johanna Stewart, Solmon's purported sister]] McConnell, James: 1820 McConnell, John: 1820 McConnell, Joseph: 1820 (There are others that may have come from LCT as well, including surnames Dodson, Eddins, Fowler, Jones, Moore, Owen, Parker, Thornton, Van Hoose, White, Wright, etc.) Take a look at this mass gaggle (add Johanna Stewart/Harkins to it of course): - Stewart, BENJAMIN: 1823 - Stewart, CHARLES: 1820 - Stewart, GEORGE: 1824 - Stewart, JOHN: 1820 - Stewart, LARKIN: 1821 - Stewart, REUBEN: 1820 - Stewart, SOLOMON: 1820 - Stewart, WILLIAM: 1820 You can bet your booties the 1820 guys (Charles, John, Reuben, Solomon, and William), along with the McConnells, were all lined up at the Huntsville Land Office (a short horse ride down from Lincoln County / Flint River area TN) on the appointed day and did a boot-scoot down Alabama way. Solmon bought one tract of land up near what is now known as Glen Allan. I have read that it was originally known as STEWART'S GAP. All but George and John have been presumed to be brothers/sister, according to earlier researchers. The brothers/sister are in LCT as early as 1811. Walter Harkins buys land in Tuscaloosa County in 1822, with his residence listed as Lincoln County TN. Other researchers say that the dad and mom of this gaggle, Charles Stewart and Elizabeth Clements, died in Fayette County and are buried in the area, but no one has every located a marker/tombstone, and it, of course, begs the question of how many Charles Stewarts were in LCT 1811-1816 (i.e. Charles Sr, AND Charles Jr.?). Solomon was elected in 1822, in Marion County, Colonel Commandant, 4th Brigrade, 2 Division (I think); 16th (17th?) Regiment, Alabama Militia. By the end of 1822 another Colonel is elected and by 1823 Solomon is long gone to Tuscaloosa. To Perry County by 1829, to Kemper County MS by about 1834, and to Leake County by about 1848, dying on his own 1500 acre plantation March 5, 1852. The others begin to spawn off to other counties as well, except for Charles, Reuben, and William, I believe, who live out their lives in Fayette County. Larkin (W. is middle initial I believe, not to be confused with Larkin P.) winds up as a purty successful 'planter' farther south, and it is said that he eventually owned his own steamboat, and it is also said that he one of the buyers of some of the land from the French Vine and Olive Colony near Linden / Aigleville. Dick Stewart Colorado