I haven't found any May connection with my Stewarts although the name shows up often whenever I look into one of my 'migration' theories. I've found clusters of the same surnames in places like Fayette county, PA showing up as neighbors a census or two later in Monroe county, IN . . . as for Evan Stewart, I can't be sure he's the same guy that wound up in MO, but like you I couldn't find an Evan anywhere in 1840. There's just so few Evan Stewarts anywhere in the 1800s. I'm speculating that Evan had problems relating to slavery and went through a period of trying to 'escape' those problems; going out on a limb, I wonder if the Dickson Stewart next door to Evan in Monroe county, was at one point 'owned' by Evan or was an illegitimate son (not sure if Evan was old enough for that). This is wild speculation to be sure, but that's what I wind up doing with my 15-year old brick wall. My William Stewart's presence at that time and place in IN may simply be a coincidence, but knowing my family's tendency to be secretive about their origins further encourages me to take wild guesses -- your mention of the half-Indian Stewart women is a possible example of that: my father and grandfather were always sensitive to any suggestion that we might have any Indian blood, enforcing a slience on the subject, without explanation. All that may mean nothing, but it fuels my speculations . . . Mike ---- teresa stuart <lilliebelle3@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > You know I cannot find Evan Stewart in 1840. Now if > you check out the Greene and Polk Co census later you > will see him there. > Believe me, if they were not home for that 1830 > census, or no one was home at all, that census taker > would have asked neighbors what race they were, most > likely. I believe some of my MAY family left NC nd VA > for Monroe CO IN and intermarried with some Stuart > family there. Do you have any May-Stewart marriages? > This Evan Stewart left Jackson CO AL area for MO with > Bledsoe Holder, the Talley`s, and Looney`s. What is > curious to me is that Bledsoe Holder married a 1/2 > Indian woman named Elizabeth Stewart. Elizabeth had 2 > known brothers , Benjamin and William. > A lot of this family ended up in Grayson CO TX. > Teresa > > --- mstew99@charter.net wrote: > > > I believe that census (and I haven't looked at it > > for a long time) is totally blank for both Evan and > > Dickson. I suspect they were not home when the > > census taker came and/or they were in the process of > > moving at that time. I traced Dickson to Vigo > > county, IN (he had already bought land there in late > > 1829), and yes, he was later listed in census > > records as a free black. > > > > I've been told, and please check and tell me if I'm > > wrong, that in the 1830 Monroe co, IN census both > > Evan and Dickson were close neighbors to George > > Shook, father of the Elizabeth Shook who married my > > gg-grandfather William Stewart. If they w e r e > > close neighbors it seems like a bit of a coincidence > > that my William popped up in the neighbohood about > > the same year -- he married Elizabeth in 1831 > > although I can't find him in any 1830 census as a > > head of household (he would have been 22). At the > > moment, DNA is beginning to suggest that Dickson, > > Evan, and my William could be 3 separate biological > > lines, but nothing is proven yet. Any input from you > > or others is appreciated. > > > > Mike > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > Interested in Genetic Genealogy? > Join the Stewart-DNA-L@rootsweb.com