Dear George, According to "The Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index 1778-1899," the court dealt with the estate of Elkanah Stuart (recorded as Suart) of Barnard in 1783 (not necessarily the year of death). That is in the Hartford Probate District. (Windsor County has 2 Probate Districts.) Elkanah died intestate. His case is recorded in volume 1. Samuel Steward or Stewart (the names are indexed jointly) was also of Barnard and also died intestate. His case was recorded in 1813, in volumes 4 and 5. Also in 1813 a number of Stewards/ts were named in Guardianship proceedings: Daniel, Deborah, Elizabeth, Emerly, Lyman and Sally. John Steward/t was of Barnard when he died intestate; his case was entered in 1841 in volume 14 and again in 1852 in volume 20. Despite there being no wills, the estate documents would probably have useful data. Good luck, Edith [email protected] At 10:31 PM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Looking for information on the following Stewards (also spelled Stewart or >Stuart) who appear in Barnard between 1779 and later. > >Elkanah Steward was listed on a list of individuals that attended the second >town meeting of Barnard in Mar. 1779. By 1790 he does not appear on the >First Federal Census. > >John and Samuel Steward; > >John and Samuel Steward appear on a List of Freeman in 1791. On the 1790 >census Samuel appears as a head of household. John does not appear on a >census until 1800 at which time him and Samuel both appear as heads of >households. In 1820 Samuel does not appear on the census. His widow does >though her name was Sarah. > >Need assistance in finding out if Samuel, John, and Elkanah left wills in >Barnard. Elkanah probably died between 1779 and 1790. Samuel died between >1810 and 1820 as I believe his sons started migrating to Chautauqua Co., NY >during this time frame. John showed on the 1840 census at age 70 - 80. Can >anyone assist me in my search? > >George Drennon