This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AmJBAIB/7318.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Teresa! Glad to hear from you!! No, I have not done any research on Hamilton Stewart, but he sounds like a possiblity to be in the line, especially since he had sons in Jackson County, Alabama. I know from Zilliah Ann's widow's pension records from the Civil War, that William S. was supposed to have been born in Alabama in 1825. Do you have any more info on this Hamilton or any of the other Stewarts? Do you have any paper documentation? Everyone thinks I'm nuts cause I'm not putting everything on the computer disk ( although I have some individual writeups saved,) but rather put it on paper. And paper documentation is what I am seeking in the form of: family stories or records, Bible records, marriage records, wills, etc., etc. Actually, I just answered another person with the names of William S. and Zilliah Ann's children. And, there may actually be 13. I have three sources for the names of the children. The first is census records. Is gets confusing, but I don't know any way to do it but just list it the way I found it. The 1860 U.S. census for Franklin Co., Tenn. listed these children: 1. H.E. 2. Francis M. 3. Mack 4. Z.. A. The 1870 census (same place) lists the children as: 1. Kitty (should be Hetty--Hettie) 2. Francis 3. Mack 4. Lilly (should be Zilly) 5. Lucy 6. Maria 7. Eliza (female) 8. James The 1880 census (same place) lists the children as: 1. Hetty E. 2. F. Mc. C. 3. Caroline A. 4. James W. 5. (Jinney?) 6. (Jerry?) 7. Lilley My next source is Zilliah Ann's widow's pension from William S.'s service in the Civil War. He was on the Confederate side, and I can send you more info on this if you want. I also have the pension papers (they are pretty hard to read, but with patience you can do it.) These pension papers listed the names of their 10 surviving children. A sideline here--later in life, Zilliah Ann was committed to an insane asylum by her family. It was probably just old age, dementia, or alzheimer's. I had a relative on my Mom's side committed also because he had epilepsy. Thank God times have changed from those days. Anyway, I have those papers also. From the pension papers, the children are: 1. Hettie 2. Francis M. 3. Mack 4. Zilla Ann 5. Lucy 6. Kiney 7. Jim 8. Jennie 9. Lillie 10. J. M. My third source of the names of William S. and Zilliah Ann's children is a family tree written by Eliza Woodall titled "William Crabtree of Crow Creek." (Zilliah Ann was a Crabtree.) These are: 1. Hettie Elizabeth 2. Francis Marion 3. Mack 4. Zilly Ann 5. Lucy 6. Maria Margaret 7. Caroline A.---"Kiney" 8. Eliza John---that's what is says? 9. James W. 10. Jennie 11. Lilly 12. Jeremiah E. Now, according to this source, Wm. and Zilliah had another son right around the time of the Civil War. For some reason, he was raised by his grandfather Mack Harrison Crabtree. His name was Ovia Virgil, and he was supposed to be the 8th child of Wm. and Zilliah. He went on to become a successful businessman, and he took the surname of Crabtree. I think it is rather sad that he is not listed on any other records. Well, I hope you can figure all this out; it may be more than you wanted. Ha! But, I figure the more sources you have the better chance you have of getting correct info. Hope to hear back from you! If you can supply me with any more info I would appreciate it! And if you want the records I mentioned just let me know. Bye for now. Marian Warren