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/7426.3 Message Board Post: Melinda, Do you know what the 'H." stands for in John H.? Do you know Mahala's maiden name? I have some similar names in my Stewart line. My grandfather John Hiram Stewart was born in Stanton, TN in 1866. John Hiram Stewart's father was the Hamblin listed below from the 1840 Haywood County TN US Census. Hamblin's mother was Malissa but so far we have not been able to determine who her husband may have been. Could you check the list to see if any of the following match up in your Bible? Malissa 40 - b. 1799 NC Hamblin 5 - b. 1835 TN Martha 4 - b. 1836 TN Mary 4 - b. 1836 TN James 2 - b. 1838 TN Harriet 1 - b. 1839 TN Louisa <1 - b. 1840 TN ------- John H. 1866 Melissa 1867 James 1870 Thanks, Bryan Craig Stewart