Hello Angela, This is explained in the Stewart Clan Magazine on page 203 of Tome F, the issue of July 1952, in an article that starts off with Richard Stewart of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Here is the paragraph (broken up for easier reading), which I give in its entirety as it goes into other details of John and Ann (Haw)'s children which might interest you: David-5 Stewart [son of John/Ann Haw], brother of Richard, was born probably in Amherst county, VA. He and his brother Samuel were given three years' schooling by their father's will, 1784, and in 1791 his brother John gave him and his sisters Betsy, Nancy and Sally all the personal estate of their late father which John had bought, and soon thereafter they all removed to Oglethorpe county, Georgia. Nancy married there (license 28 Sep 1797) John FLOYD, and Sally married, it is said, Edmond W. Taylor in Clarke county. This John Floyd, we presume, was the John Floyd of Wilkes county, Georgia, who gave power-of-attorney 14 Feb 1794 to Philip Thurmond of Amherst county, Virginia, to sell his future interest in a tract of 250 acres on the headwaters of Stovall creek in Amherst county, "it being the tract of land whereon Virginia Taylor now lives. It was bequeathed to her by the last will and testament of Daniel BURFORD, late of the state of Virginia, dated 1 May 1787, during her natural life or until she should remove from the land; the remainder to me." Burford's will said "I lend to my daughter Virginia Taylor and her natural son John Floyd Burford 250 acres of land (etc.). I give to my grandson John Floyd Burford, natural son of my daughter Virginia Taylor, my negro boy named Shepherd (etc.). I give to my granddaughter Mourning Burford Stewart my three negroes Phyllys, Nancy and Dick ... Residue of my estate to be equally divided between my granddaughter Mourning Burford Stewart and my sons John Burford and Daniel Burford and my daughter Milly Crews. To my daughter Frances Goodwin, 5 pounds. To my daughter Elizabeth Goodwin, 5 pounds." The will was proved 2 July 1787, Amherst county. Burford had made a deed of gift 5 Aug 1776 of a negro girl to his daughter Virginia Taylor. It would appear, then, that John Floyd Burford became John Floyd and later was John Burford Floyd. The Floyd genealogy is not clear. In "Eminent Virginians" Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia, 1884, R. A Brock, secretary of the Virginia Historical society, said: "William Floyd removed to the county of Amherst, then a wild region, and married there Abidiah, fifth child of Robert and -- (Hughes) Davis. Their eldest son John Floyd was born in 1751. He married in 1769 a Miss Barfoot (Burford), who died within a year, leaving an infant daughter, who was taken in charge by the mother of Mrs Floyd ... In November 1778 he married his second wife, Jane, dtr of Col. John and Margaret (Patton) Buchanan." He removed to Kentucky ... killed in a fight with Indians ..." His daughter Mourning married 13 Ar 1784 Capt. John Stewart of Amherst county. John Floyd, born 24 Apr 1783, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, son of Col. John and Jane (Buchanan) Floyd, became governor of Virginia. Col. John Floyd had brothers Isham, Robert and Charles, all of whom moved to Kentucky. Hope this helps, Mary in Greece You wrote: I am presently at the National Archives searching through Rev. Soldiers, looking for john Stewart m. Anne Hawe. I haven't located the pension yet. However, I did come across John Stewart Jr. 's widow application. Her name was Mourning Buford. I have in my notes she was Mourning Floyd. Can anyone shed light why the name is different. Her daughter Permelia S. Perkins wrote her down as Mourning Buford. Angela Harrell