Dear Bob I don't think William and Joseph are directly related...though I may be wrong. I find no mention of other Stewarts traveling with Joseph. That area around the borders of WV, PA and VA were full of Stewarts about this time. I have seen mentions of William Stewart in the Tenmile Country...and I believe that your William Stewart was in the Mason County very early. I have seen the grave stone of a William Stewart in the Maysville cemetery. It is tough following a common Scottish surname such as Stewart, and they didn't make it any easier with given names such as William, Joseph, John or James. Stewart