Hello - My name is Rick Stewart. I live in Louisiana but am originally from SW WVa. My family lines eventually settled in Logan, Boone, and Jackson Counties. I have a fair amount of info on most lines, but I find myself stuck on the Stewarts. I am prSesenting what info I have in the hopes that someone might connect. Robert Stewart - born 1782-1787 in VA per census info; by 1840 Robert and wife Mary Unknown had settled in now Mercer Co., WVA - between Princeton and Bluefield. Robert might have been a blacksmith. Son Elias Stewart - born 1816-1817 in VA; died 1882 Boone Co., WVa-may have been a blacksmith as well; Elias married Rebecca Belcher circa 1842. I am unable to trace Rebecca's parentage but suspect she was from Mercer Co. Rebecca was born Jan., 1828; Elias and Rebecca had 13 children. They migrated to Boone Co., WVa in the mid 1860s. Rebecca died in 1900 in an auto accident of all things. Robert and Mary Stewart, my ggg grandparents, must have had two other children at least: John Stewart born 1826 and Mary Stewart born 1828 all per Mercer Co. censuses. Elias and Rebecca had the following Stewart children born between 1843 and 1867: Mary Ann, James H., Frances E., Martha, William Lawson, John H., Giles Wesley, Ida, George W., Micajah Preston, and Elias Jr. I do not know the names of the other two children. It is possible that Robert and Mary lived in Giles Co. in 1820 and 1830 per census but the info is not conclusive. It is beginning tp appear that Robert and Mary may have come from SW VA counties further south than Giles. I would appreciate any information. I have been searching for a very long time. Also, there appears to be a tie-in between Robert and a man named WILLIAM LAWSON. Thank you very much. Richard Stewart