Hello - I have gone through censuses and everything I can find on the web in my search for my ggg grandfather Robert Stewart (circa 1780s to 1860s). According to the 1840 Mercer census they lived four miles south of the courthouse in Princeton. Mr Spradlin was unable to locate any of them on the Mercer lists of deaths that covers that time period. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might look next. I am a member of Ancestry.com and have gone that route to no avail. Are there any books I might buy? I have the census books. I cannot understand how Robert and wife Mary Unknown could have lived for thirty years and maybe longer on that land south of Princeton and left no record other than the census. By that I mean no marriage records, no death records, no birth records. Robert's son Elias and his mysterious wife Rebecca Belcher lost a daughter Martha to scarlet fever about 1854. That is on a death list. However, Rebecca is apparently related to none of the B! elchers in that area. After Elias and Rebecca moved to Boone Co. in the 1860s, I can follow them with no problem. I have wondered if Robert and Mary went to Boone with them and died on the journey. In any event, I am desperately seeeking suggestions for further research. People who have traced Capt. Ralph Stewart's family assure me that Robert was not his son. I have not ruled out the fact they may have been Melungeon, Native American, or Free People of Color although our family was always listed as white. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you. Richard Stewart