For years our brick wall has been my GG-Grandfather, William Davis Stuart. Several years ago I submitted DNA to the FTDNA Stewart Surname Project (Kit #14577) in an effort to narrow the search. I matched only one other Stewart family, those that are known descendants of James Stewart and Mary Ann Lafferty who settled along the Cowpasture River in Augusta Co., VA. I matched this family 67/67 so there is no doubt of a close kinship. Over the years several of these descendants and other researchers of the "Cowpasture Stewarts" and I have tried to find the paper trail to back up the DNA trail with little success. I have had two other male Stuart cousins also test and verify my results by also matching the Cowpasture Stewarts. In 1850 our William Davis Stuart (spelled Stewart on census) was listed on the Winston County, MS census next door to an Aaron and Lucy Stewart of the age to be a brother and just a house or so away from a William & Polly Stewart. Last year we found a descendant of a John A. Stewart living in the house with William & Polly who agreed to test and also matched us and the Cowpasture Stewarts. Over the years his family had also adopted the Stuart spelling and lived not too far from my GG-Grandfather. This match seems to confirm that William & Polly Stewart were the parents of our William Davis Stuart as we have suspected for some time. We also had an "out of wedlock" cousin find us and come to the last family reunion. His father had died some years ago. He looked like the rest of us and fit right in. It was a thrill to find him. William Davis Stuart was born 1823 in AL and died 1907 in Neshoba Co., MS. He married Hannah Jones somewhere in AL and their first child (daughter) was born in AL just before they showed up on the 1850 Winston Census. Hannah Jones was the daughter of Madison Dudley Jones and Hannah Stainton and was mentioned in Dudley's will. Hannah Stainton Jones (and Dudley) was mentioned in her father's (John Stainton) will in Monroe Co., AL. I and several of my Stuart cousins (male and female) have tested autosomal DNA with Ancestry DNA and 23andMe. We are looking for any leads or other matches. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

TRY THESE GOOGLE SEARCHES https://www.google.com/search?q=Madison+Dudley+Jones+and+Hannah+Stainton&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs https://www.google.com/search?q=William+Davis+Stuart+born+1823+in+AL+and+died+1907+%28William+%26+Polly+Stewart%29&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:45 PM, George Stuart <gwstuart@hughes.net> wrote: For years our brick wall has been my GG-Grandfather, William Davis Stuart. Several years ago I submitted DNA to the FTDNA Stewart Surname Project (Kit #14577) in an effort to narrow the search. I matched only one other Stewart family, those that are known descendants of James Stewart and Mary Ann Lafferty who settled along the Cowpasture River in Augusta Co., VA. I matched this family 67/67 so there is no doubt of a close kinship. Over the years several of these descendants and other researchers of the "Cowpasture Stewarts" and I have tried to find the paper trail to back up the DNA trail with little success. I have had two other male Stuart cousins also test and verify my results by also matching the Cowpasture Stewarts. In 1850 our William Davis Stuart (spelled Stewart on census) was listed on the Winston County, MS census next door to an Aaron and Lucy Stewart of the age to be a brother and just a house or so away from a William & Polly Stewart. Last year we found a descendant of a John A. Stewart living in the house with William & Polly who agreed to test and also matched us and the Cowpasture Stewarts. Over the years his family had also adopted the Stuart spelling and lived not too far from my GG-Grandfather. This match seems to confirm that William & Polly Stewart were the parents of our William Davis Stuart as we have suspected for some time. We also had an "out of wedlock" cousin find us and come to the last family reunion. His father had died some years ago. He looked like the rest of us and fit right in. It was a thrill to find him. William Davis Stuart was born 1823 in AL and died 1907 in Neshoba Co., MS. He married Hannah Jones somewhere in AL and their first child (daughter) was born in AL just before they showed up on the 1850 Winston Census. Hannah Jones was the daughter of Madison Dudley Jones and Hannah Stainton and was mentioned in Dudley's will. Hannah Stainton Jones (and Dudley) was mentioned in her father's (John Stainton) will in Monroe Co., AL. I and several of my Stuart cousins (male and female) have tested autosomal DNA with Ancestry DNA and 23andMe. We are looking for any leads or other matches. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ********************************* PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the address fields when you are sending or replying to list mail. ---------------------------------- Please visit Clan Stewart in America's web site:  http://www.clansstewart.org ------------------------------------ Looking for Scottish games in your area?  Visit http://www.scottishinfo.org _______________________________________________ STEWART mailing list STEWART@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEWART-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message