James RIGGS

Family 1: Mary (Polly) STEWART
  1.  Joseph S. RIGGS
  2.  Marion F. RIGGS
  3.  Verdil F. RIGGS
  4.  Presley R. RIGGS
  5.  Hiram F. RIGGS
  6.  Sarilda RIGGS 
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Samuel STEWART

Father: David STEWART
Mother: Mrs. David STEWART

Family 1: Lydia HARRISON
  1. +John J. STEWART 
                       _John STEWART _______
 _David STEWART ______|
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Notes

SOURCE: Research conducted by Dr. John Valentine. See letter of Stewar t famil written by Gilbert Stewart .

BIOGRAPHY: On the 9th of May 1757, Samuel purchased 508 acres of land o n the East side of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina. O n August 10, 1762, he purchased another 332 acres of land also located ne xt to the Yadkin river. He's listed in the 1759, 1761, and 1768 tax list s of Rowan County. On August 11, 1766 Samuel sold his land of 153 acre s located in Augusta County, Virginia, to a Jacob Caplin for thirty pound s. This land was located on the South Fork of Linville's Creek, which wa s patented to Samuel on September 5, 1749. According to that deed, at th at time Samuel was living in North Carolina
Research by Joyce Lindstrom.

WILL: In 1768 Samuel made a will (that was probated in 1770) which is a s follows: In the name of God, Amen, I Samuel Stewart, being weak in bod y but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it and knowing i t is appointed fo all men once to die, do make and appoint this my Last W ill and Testament. First, I commit my soul to almight God that gave it a nd my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner at th e descretion of my Exectors. Item 1: I give and bequest all my movable e state to my well beloved wife LIDDY STEWART, to use and dispose of at he r own descretation.
Item 2: I give and bequest the tenement or tract of land I now live on t o my so JOSEPH STEWART and to my son BENJAMIN STEWART, to be equally divi ded in quanity and quality and I do constitute and appoint my son DAVID S TEWART and my son SAMUEL STEWART, my Executors in witness whereof I hav e hereunto set my hand thi 20th day of Aug 1768
In the same year that Samuel made the will, he passed away. On 11 Januar y 1771, just three years later, Lydia made a will and as the records show , she undoubtedly died almost immediately after making the will, becaus e the death date and will date are shown on the record as the same day. T his probably isn't the case, but certainly she didn't live long after sh e made the will. Samuel ha willed the specific property to his four olde r sons and so in Lydia's will she willed specifically to the other childr en, however, she did mention all the different ones in the will.

Source: Database of Mary Stewart Hicks: Samuel P. Stewart was born Marc h 15, 1781 in Washington Co., TN. He was the son of Joseph & Sarah (Gilbe rt) Stewart. He died about 1824. He married Mary "Polly" Kitchner Octobe r 12, 1800 in TN. Mary was born November 21, 1783. They both died in Over ton Co., TN and are buried in the Roaring River Cemetery. Samuel was gran ted 50 acres in 1816. In 1822, Samuel recorded a grant from the State o f TN for 30 acres. They had three children - Sarah "Sallie" Stewart b. Ap ril 30, 1802. Sarah Married Joshua Stapp Benjamin K. Stewart b. March 23 , 1808 and died September 24, 1872 in Travis Co. TX. He married Sarah; Jo hn Gilbert Stewart b. March 13, 1811 in Overton Co., TN and died May 23 , 1875 in Burnet Co., TX Bur. Mahomet Cem. & Samuel B. Stewart b April 30 , 1815 in Overton Co., TN and died October 4, 1861 in Williamson Co.,TX H e married Elizabeth W. Matthews.

BIRTH: The 1759, 1761, and 1768 tax lists of Rowan Co., North Carolina a re use to determine the birth order of the children. The 1759 tax list r ecords Samuel with his tow adult sons, David and John Stewart. The 176 1 tax list records Samuel with his sons; David, John, Samuel, Joseph an d Isaiah. The 1768 tax lis records Samuel with David, Joh, Joseph, Isaia h and Benjamin, the baby in the family. Researcher: Joyce Lindstrom.

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