Now I'm really intrigued (and a little confused) -- it would seem that the Bledsoe Holder might be connected to Hamilton Stewart, but let me know if you know exactly how. Looking at rootsweb, it appears that Bledsoe Holder married Amanda Elizabeth Stewart, whose mother was Anna Elizabeth Colbert (doesn't sound very Indian) , but whose maternal grandmother is listed as 'Unknown Mintahoyo' , so maybe Elizabeth was one q u a r t e r Indian . . . Her brother was William P. Stewart, apparently, but I haven't found out anything else about him. Let me know anything moret you know about Elizabeth. Thanks. 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