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    1. Stewarts from Newberry, SC
    2. I've just joined the list and am fairly new to Stewart research. I have been receiving messages for several days (not a whole lot, but quite active) and don't see a problem with messages going through. I'm looking for the same Stewarts as Dick Stewart of Carefree, Arizona, the ones who were in Newberry Co., SC in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Dick has been a great help and has generously shared his information with me over the years. My Stewart, Rosannah, daughter of Joseph Stewart of Newberry, married Robert Boyd, probably in Newberry. Robert moved to Meriwether County, GA sometime between 1830 (Newberry census) and 1833 (land purchase in Meriwether). He died there in 1846-1847 (will and probate). We are not sure whether Rosannah came with Robert or whether she died in Newberry, possibly prompting his move to Georgia to be with most of his children. Robert's burial place has not been found and he is not listed in any cemetery records for the county. We believe he may be in a private burial plot which has not been identified and may be unmarked. There are a couple of these near his land (and near or on the land of his children and relatives) in Meriwether. I am very interested in any Stewarts who may have moved from Newberry to the Georgia counties of Meriwether, Troup, Coweta, Spalding, Fayette, Carroll, Pike, and Upson, or to Chambers County, AL. My Boyds or their relatives settled or passed through those areas. I plan to do some serious Stewart research at the Meriwether Courthouse sometime after the first of the year. It would make sense, with the heavy Boyd (and many other families from Newberry) migration, that some of the Stewarts may have followed the same path. Will post anything I find to the list. Merry Christmas to all! Judy Fowler Kilgore Newnan, GA

    12/17/2005 08:02:39