William is found on the 1850 census of Chickasaw, MS. He owned land on the Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen, MS. (Documented in the book "Covington and Kin") In 1850, he owned property valued at $9600. He was 99 when he died. He is reportedly buried in the Stewart Family Cemetery (without a marker) on land that is still owned by Stewart's. There is a story that William's mother remarried a Mr. Simon Jenkins, SR. The Buttahatchie River crosses hwy 278 W. of Gattman, going west from Gattman, just before you cross the river, go left on Wolfe Road to the Bartahatchie community.
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1820 Comonore County, Mississippi Census
Stewart, William
2 males 10-16
1 male 16-26
1 male 26-45
5 females under 10
1 female 26-45
Hard to place William's children with these. Approx ages for his sons in 1820 would have been:
James F. 11, George, 10, Moody, 7 and William Jr. born in 1819, would have been an infant in 1820. We know they all lived to adulthood, so should have been on this census. The 2 males 10-16 could easily be James F. and George, but why no record of the 2 boys under 10? And who is the male 16-26? For the 5 girls under the age of 10, 2 of them would have been Malinda and Sarah. There was reportedly 3 other girls born to this family that died young, this may the other 3 of the girls under age 10 in 1820.
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1850 Monroe County, Mississippi Census (copy in files)
Wm Steward, Sr, age 75, occupation farmer, value of real estate: 2000, born S. Carolina
Sarah Steward, age 41, born Georgia
Lesicy Steward, age 16
Sarah Steward, age 14
Dellah Steward, age 6
Artiller Steward, age 4
James Steward, age 2
1870 CENSUS Monroe Co.,MS: William and his new wife, Judith are living in Monroe County, Mississippi with Williams son, Moody Burt Stewart and Moodys son Leonard and his family.
MIDDLE NAME: From Betty Dale: " On the 27th of Nov. 1843 William Stewart Married his second wife Sarah Cockeram Thomas daughter of Peter Cockerham & Lavicy Smith Cockerham. She was widow of Ezekial Thomas. They had three children. She was born 1806, died Aug. 1, 1866 ( I have a picture of the tombstone), she was buried in Sardis Cemetery Monroe Co. MS. I found William John Stewart on Abstract of Marriage License 1827-35 and also from Cockerham Family History by Paul B. Muff of Floydale, TX."
BIRTH DATE FOR WILLIAM: (in the 1850 census it has his age as 75, (1775), in the 1860 his age is 77 (1783) and in the 1870 his age is 85 (1785)). From the History of Monroe Co we get the birth date of 1769 as he was supposedly 104 when he died and he died in 1873).
ABSTRACTS OF NOTES OF DR. JAMES CROSBY, kept in the home of his son, James Crosby in Aberdeen, MS. Given to me in March 2001 from Mary Anna Riggan: 3 Stewart brothers, William, Robert and John. William came into Monroe Co MS and bought land 2-12-1825 (80 acres) and bought next 80 acres 7-12-1825 and continued until he owned 580 acres south of Hamilton . . . a few miles above the junction of Tombigbee River and Buttahatchee (he lived on the Buttahatchee). His first 6 children were born in Laurens Co., SC and the first child born in Monroe Co was John Robert (6-26-1826) and named for his brothers. . . .
SENT TO ME {sic: to Kathy Longhurst} FROM LINDA NICHOLS:
From: Grace, To: Linda Nichols, Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001, Subject: Crosby files
Linda, Just noticed that on the letter from Lois Gore someone has written on the margin- Crosby files. She says that Mr. Jim Stewart said that his great grandfather (William) had one son that stayed near him in Monroe County and reared a family there and his descendants still live there. Moody Burt Stewart is written by that paragraph. He also stated that William had 49 slaves who were freed at the close of the War and deeded most of his land to the Negroes and he lived on there until his death.
The Stewart cemetery is in Calhoun County about one mile east of Banner , MS. I understand William Stewart is buried there with out a marker.-- Jesse A. Stewart -- delane@gmi.net
BIRTH PLACE: From papers found by Mary Anna Riggin stating all children born in Laurens, SC
INDEX TO MONROE CO. ESTATE & GUARDIANSHIP PAPERS
54 Stewart, William
414 Stewart, Robert G*
265 Stewart, James
432 Stewart, John M
Kathy also lists 3 other girl children who all died young. No names or dates are given for these girls.
Nancy Burt Stewart is reportedly buried in the Stewart Family Cemetery in Miss without a marker. It is believed Nancy was the daughter of John Burt and a Ms. Hewitt, but this has not been proven. The ancestry of John Hewitt is included here as a research tool. My intent is to use this data for further research - not to clain this descendancy. The Burt documentation from Bill Adams only indicates a Daughter Burt born in 1779. Mr. Adams has done extensive research on the Burt Family for some 30 years and indicated that if a Burt daughter was found in SC at that time, it just had to be from this family as there were no other Burts in the area not related.
From Bill Adams:
A few years back, I found a copy of some work done by a James Claude Burt, now deceased. I found an unpublished manuscript of his in the library at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA. On page 52 of that manuscript, he points out that the census for 1800 for a John Burt in Edgefield County, SC included 2 females of the age range of 16-26. I have NOT verified this in any fashion. But, given that info, then John Burt fathered 2 daughters born between 1774 and 1784.