---------- > From: JBRA805 <jbrad805@gte.net> > To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHADAMS-L] Stewarts/Grimes/Brookover > Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 10:50 PM > > I am interested in Samuel Grimes. I have a Samuel Grimes married Elizabeth > Bradford in 1819. Elizabeth was born in Worchester Co. MD in 1797. Sometime > after 1800-1810 she and her family moved to Adams Co. OH. Could this Samuel > Grimes be your Samuel Grimes? I have no other information on Samuel Grimes. > Any news, even if bad, would be most helpful. > Thanks > Joe Bradford > > ---------- > > From: Ctjesters@aol.com > > To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [OHADAMS-L] Stewarts/Grimes/Brookover > > Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:51 PM > > > > Hello. I received a copy of a letter from a cousin that gave some > > information about the Stewarts. I am sending along the parts of the > letter > > that pertain to that family. I do hope this helps someone out there. Is > the > > "home" place mentioned in the last sentence still there? > > Stephanie > > Colorado > > > > >From here on I am quoting from the letter. The author quotes from some > > notebooks thus the double quotation marks. > > > > "My grandmother Elizabeth Stewart was the daughter of Alexander Stewart > and > > Matilda Grimes of Adams County, Ohio. Matilda Grimes was the daughter of > > Samuel Ellis Grimes and Sallie Brookover born on April 19, 1804 at > > Manchester, Ohio and died Sept. 2, 1891. > > On Nov. 13, 1802 Nathan Ellis deeded 40 acres of land lying in Adams > County > > on the waters of the Ohio to Joseph Stewart, my great-great grandfather. > > > > 'The first Stewart that came to America was in 1636, only 16 years after > the > > settlement at Jamestown, Va. Our ancestors arrived in Virginia about the > year > > 1730, and came from Glasgow, Scotland. > > After the Revolutionary War, the Commonwealth of Virginia offered > inducements > > to her veterans of the War to settle in the Ohio Valley by giving > concessions > > on farmland. Bear in mind that what are now the states of Ohio and > Kentucky > > were territory belonging to Virginia. Our ancestors living in what was > then > > Passiac (?) County, Virginia in the year 1789 joined a company of five > > families, who with their stock and household goods travelled to what is > now > > called Braddock, Pennsylvania, only a few miles up the Monongahela river > from > > Pittsburgh. They raised a crop and constructed what was known as a > keelboat. > > It must have been a large boat to hold the five families, their horses, > cows, > > pigs, farming equipment, household goods, and, of course, children. They > were > > to help to make the future farmers, merchants, doctors, lawyers, etc. > > Early in the spring of 1790, the five families loaded their belongings in > the > > crude boat and embarked on the Ohio, floating down the beautiful river to > the > > mouth of Limestone Creek, where Maysville, Ky. is now located. It was an > > uneventful trip. My grandfather Stewart was then four years old. He was > born > > in Virginia on May 1, 1786. > > The Indians were more troublesome on the Ohio side of the river; so they > > moved south of the river three miles where there were quite a number of > > settlers. The town of Washington is now located there. The following > Spring > > our little company moved to the Ohio side of the river, and settled > around > > what is now the little town of Aberdeen. > > The Stewarts located on the hill at the head of a small creek called > 'Fishing > > Gut,' one mile from the Brookover home. Grandfather had 2 brothers and 3 > > sisters: Susie, Lavina, Jane, Joseph, James, and John Stewart. > > Uncle James and Aunt Susie were never married. Aunt Susie died in 1884, > and > > was 95 years old. Aunt Lavina's married name was West. She had three > > children, William, Joseph, and Ellen. [She actually had more children > than > > three.] Joseph preached at my grandfather's funeral. William West moved > to > > Port Huron, Michigan, and one of his daughters and her brother is the > founder > > of the 'Lady Maccabees' there. Ellen married Pickerell - her daughter > lives > > near Georgetown, Ohio. > > Grandfather Stewart was in the War of 1812 and was mustered out in 1813, > and > > drew a pension until he died. He married Elizabeth Rains in 1814. To them > > > were born: > > Jane 1816 > > Sallie Ann 1818 > > William (Billy) 1819 > > John 1823 > > Alexander 1825 (my father) married Matilda Grimes > > Nancy 1827 > > Lavina 1830 > > Joseph 1832' > > > > I know this is confusing to read, but I am copying it from a notebook > that I > > found in my mother's possessions when she died in 1970. Since my > grandmother > > died in 1941, I don't know when she wrote it. A lot of it pertains to the > > > Stewarts and Grimes . . . . > > In reading this over, I failed to put the names of the children born to > > Alexander and Matilda Grimes Stewart. > > Elizabeth born Dec. 4, 1862 married (1) L. T. Cole (2) Marion Stockwell > > Park Alexander Jan. 29, 1864 > > Aseal Grimes Mar. 30, 1866 > > Sallie July 12, 1868 married Marshall Hanover > > Louise Feb. 5, 1875 married Homer kimball > > Samuel Joseph Jan. 17, 1878 > > My second cousin Hilda Brown, daughter of Aseal Grimes is living in the > > 'home' place on the Ohio river, between Aberdeen and Manchester." > > > > > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > > Archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/