Hi Dick, No, I don`t recall this letter at all. I doubt your Solomon was a Quaker though. I never thought of Charles and Hannah Kirk Stewart`s line as Quaker`s. Plus, you would have found them by now in Hinshaws books, they kept good records and I think your friend at the NC archives would have discovered that after all these years. This particular line was in Orange and Alamance CO NC, Orange Co was so huge at one time. The lady that wrote to you was correct, most were married by banns and they are not to be found. If not Quaker, and prior to the Rev War in NC and VA, all those married outside the Church of England were considered living in fornication. I don `t know how heavy the presence was in Cumberland/Wake of the Anglican Church though, they must have had a Vestry and Glebe. You might want to check with your friend on that, ask him if those counties as Vestries. I know Surry CO NC did. Teresa --- DS <rmstewart@myexcel.com> wrote: > > (if anyone has any historices on Quaker migration / > NC Quakers / > STUART/STEWART / Cane Creek / the other [two?] NC > Quaker settlements , now > is a good time to chime in...): > > === = = = = = = = = = = = > NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY > Post Office Box 1492 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27602 > May 2, 1992 > Dick Stewart > > Box 8721 > > Baltimore, MD 27602 > > > > Nevertheless I do have a faint idea that your > Stewart, the 16th most common > name in the U.S. was a Quaker. You are correct that > there is no marriage > record for Solomon Stewart in NC. However the name > Solomon is most unusual > for the purely Scottish clansmen, I could find only > three listed in any > record available to me. Two are too far out of the > area. Using the rule > that naming patÂterns run in families I find the > third listed as a Quaker in > the Cane Creek Meeting, located then in Orange > County which was fairly full > of Stewart / Stuarts. It is possible this Solomon > was an uncle or cousin to > yours. The stewarts were dismissed from the meeting > in 1797. A Solomon > Stewart was still in NC in 1813 when he married a > Rachel Underwood, however > a Solomon Stewart was dismissed for marrying out of > the church. Marriage > records, incidentally are not complete. Marriage > was by two methods, bann > as in the Catholic Church - no bond or license, or > by bond which cost 20 > shillings and required bondsmen to agree to a 250 > pound fine if there proved > to be an impediment to the marriage. Most were by > bann. > > I would suggest a professional researcher and am > enclosing a list of same. > You might also try The Quaker Collection, Guilford > College Library, > Greensboro, NC 27410. The quakers kept very good > records, I had only > abstracts to work with. > > Sincerely, > > > > Elizabeth Dees > > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > Need to contact the list admin? Send mail to > STEWART-admin@rootsweb.com > If you have issues to discuss re my management > style, or about other listmembers > or their posts, send your *private* comments to > stewart-admin@rootsweb.com." > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com