Joan, Like you, I'm new to the list. When your query arrived, I was in the middle of trying to figure out my Stoddard Co. STEWARTs and happened to have copies of the census index pages handy. There are two (2) Robert STEWARTs enumerated in the Stoddard Co. in 1850. I haven't copied the census data for them, but I did make some notations on my copies of the index pages, as follows: STEWART, Robert age 21 b. MO -- Duck Creek Twp. p. 259 STEWART, Robert age 64 b. VA -- Duck Creek Twp. p. 259 Good luck with your search. HAPPY HUNTING! Janice