Karen, Am extremely7 interested in following up with you on the relationship of Malissa Stewart Hawkins to John Steewart of Dooly Co., GA. I firmly believe she is the seventh of his apparent thirteen children. We have only identified the last six positively and have nothing on the first six. I believe that I had just confirmed the identity of child eight when we were corresponding. This would be Malissa's sister and she had a daughter Malissa. This family moved to Barbour Co., AL, then Lincoln and Union Parishes, LA along with the three other siblings and their families (James, Saran Ann, and Eli [my grandfather and Walter "Dub" Stewart's gggrandfather]). Incidentally, we now have very near positive proof of our connection to John Stewart, Sr. (about 1740 - 1818), Darlindton, SC. Three of us, each from a separate son (John, Jr., Charles, and Elias) have had DNA tests that match 25/25. Am currently on the road in Orlando, FL. Will be back in touch when I get home. Incidentally, Dub, have been correspondiong with Donna Sutton on her Stewart line. Np conclusions yet, but a numberr of coincidental events mae the exploration very interesting. Love to all, James Stewart On 2 Feb 2006 13:01:49 -0700 kdutton@carolina.rr.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AmJBAIB/7351 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for any possible family connections for a >Malissa/Melissa Stewart who was b. abt 1828 in SC (one census gives >as late as 1830, but she had a child in 1843, so I lean to the >earlier date). She shows up in 1850 in Dooly County, Georgia, married >to Benjamin Franklin Hawkins, a blacksmith, b. in NC abt 1820. They >remained in Dooly until around Ben's death between 1870 and 1880. In >18880, Malissa had moved her family to Worth County, GA, presumably >to be near one of her sons who had moved there previously. > > Children of Malissa Stewart and B. F. Hawkins were: > > Malvina > Henry Thomas > Mary Elizabeth > Melissa > Benjamin Franklin Jr > Martha J. (possible) > George > Samantha > Sarah (possibly Sarah Leanna) > > Thanks, > Karen Dutton > > > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > Explore and learn how to use the indices for the Stewart Clan >Magazine: > http://users.hol.gr/~mkyritsi/ > Thanks to Mary Kyritsis, Kifissia, Greece, Member of > Clan Stewart Society in America, Genealogical Committee > for all her hard work in creating the index. >