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Facts and Events
James Stuart was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Drennen vs. Stuart's heirs--O. S. 17; N. S. 6--Bill filed May, 1832. John Drennen, guardian of James Thompson Stewart, infant, complains that in August, 1831, a certain Jane Stuart, of Staunton, died intestate, leaving heirs sixteen nieces and nephews; the son of a deceased niece and orator's ward, aged 9, who is sole representative of Capt. James Stewart, a deceased nephew of Jane. Orator's ward also owns land in Washington, Shelby and Fayette Counties, Tennessee, as heir of his father. The interest in Jane's estate is derived through the ward's mother. John Drennen lives in Davidson County, Tenn. Defendants, heirs of Jane, are John, Robert S., William, Thomas S., John K. Moore and Jane, his wife, late Jane Moffett; James C. Moore and Ellen, his wife, late Moffett; William McClenachan and Elizabeth, his wife, late Moffett; Montgomery Stewart, Thomas Stewart, James Thompson Stewart (orator's ward), Henry Ruffner and Sally, his wife, late Sally Lyle; William L. Alexander, Jno. B. Hart and Julia, his wife, late Julia Lyle, Alexander S. Hall and Jane, his wife, late Jane Paxton; Elizabeth Paxton, James Paxton and Wm. Paxton, heirs of Jane Stewart, and also Emily R. Drennen, late Emily R. Stuart; and James T. Stewart, who would be the heirs-at-law of said ward in case of his death under 21.
- [Note: Capt. James Stewart was the son of this James Stuart]
Land Grants in Tennessee
- North Carolina Land Grants in TN 1778-1791
- Washington County - 1782
- 105. James Stuart
- 297. James Stuart
- Washington Co TN - 1786
- 731. James Stuart
- Note: Washington County, North Carolina, formed in 1777, later became part of Tennessee when it achieved statehood in 1796.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
- Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton Spectator
8 July 1873.
IV. James [Stuart] settled in East Tennessee, where he married a Miss Mobtgomery, near Jonesborough. He left a number of children, among them Montgomery Stuart, (whose daughter married Hon Thos. A. It. Nelson,) Thomas, and James, who was a captain io the U. S. army, and served gallantly in the war of 1812
A son of James resides in Arkansas. He studied law ia Staunton 30 years ago.
- Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches of Thirty East Tennessee Counties: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, James, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Washington. (Reprint, Nashville, Tennessee: C. and R. Elder Booksellers, 1972).
A History of Washington County - Ceded to Tennessee
The first session of the court of pleas and quarter sessions was begun and held on February 23, 1778. John Carter was chosen chairman; John Sevier, clerk; Valentine Sevier, sheriff; James Stuart, surveyor; John McMahan, register; Jacob Womack, straymaster; John Carter, entry taker, and Samuel Lyle, John Gilliland, Richard Wooldridge, Emanuel Carter, William Ward, V. Dillingbam and Samuel and John Smith, constables. At the next term of the court, which was held at Charles Robertson's in May following, the rates of taxation were fixed as follows:
For every one hundred £s worth of property 16s 8d
For building a courthouse, prison and stocks 2s 6d
For building a courthouse in Salisbury 4d
For the contingent fund of the county 1s
Total £1/6d
[Some sections omitted]
It was not, however, until February, 1787, that a court of pleas and quarter sessions was established under the authority of the latter state. On the first Monday of that month John McMahon, James Stuart, and Robert Allison met at the house of William Davis, on Buffalo Creek, and organized a court. George Mitchell was elected sheriff pro tem; John Tipton, clerk pro tem, and Thomas Gourley, deputy clerk. John Tipton presented his commission as colonel of the county; Robert Love, as second major, and Peter Parkison, David McNabb, John Hendricks, and Edward Simms as Captains. The magistrates appointed from the county were John Tipton, Landon Carter, Robert Love, James Montgomery, John Wyer, John Strain, Andrew Chamberlain, Andrew Taylor, Alexander Mofiltt, William Porsley, Edmund Williams, and Henry Nelson.
At the May term following, Jonathan Pugh was elected sheriff, Alexander Moffitt, coroner, and Elijah Cooper, ranger. It was ordered by the court that the sheriff demand the public records of the county from John Sevier, former clerk of this court; also that he demand from the ranger his records, and that he demand the key of the jail at Jonesboro, from the former sheriff. The series of conflicts between the two parties, which followed these orders.
In May, 1788, the Franklin government had ceased to exist, and the courts of Davis were held unmolested. At that time John Hammer, William Puraley, Robert Love, and William Moore, commissioners appointed by the preceding General Assembly of North Carolina to select a site for a prison and stocks, reported that they were of the opinion that Jonesboro was the most convenient place. From this it may be inferred that it had been the intention of the General Assembly to remove the seat of justice from Jonesboro, that place having become obnoxious on account of its adherence to Governor Sevier (Franklin).
The excitement and ill feeling had somewhat subsided at this time, however, and after hearing the above report, the court ordered that John Nolan be paid £25 in part for completing the public buildings at Jonesboro. In November, 1790, the first session of the county court under the territorial government was held, at which time Charles Robertson, John Campbell, Edmund Williams, and John Chisoim were the magistrates present. On May16, 1796, the court was again reorganized to conform to the provisions of the Tennessee state constitution. The magistrates commissioned by Tennessee Governor Sevier were James Stuart, John Tipton, John Wise, John Adams, John Strain, Henry Nelson, Joseph Young, Joseph Crouch, William Nelson, Robert Blair, Jesse Payne, Isaac DePew, Charles McCray, Samuel Wood, Jacob Brown, John Alexander, Joseph Britton, John Norwood, and John Gammon.
- Armstrong, Zella (Main Author), and Janie Preston Collup (Added Author) French. Notable Southern Families. (Chattanooga, TN: Lookout Publishing Company, 1918-1932).
Margaretta Anderson, who married Jacob S. Stuart, a native of Washington County, Tennessee, and a grandson of Captain James Stuart, Speaker of the House of Representatives in the first legislature in the State of Tennessee. Jacob S. Stuart died in Knoxville in 1874 and Margaret A. Stuart died in 1 890. Both are buried in Old Gray Cemetery. Seven children were born to them: Annie Elizabeth Stuart (who married Jason B. Kelley and had Addie Kelley, Nora Kelley and Margaret Kelley); Rosa Stuart (who married Charles W. Irby and has six children, Charles W. Irby, Jr., Edna Rembert Irby, Margaret Stuart Irby, Stuart Chalmers Irby, Lois Irby and Philip Erskine Irby. Charles W. Irby, Jr., married Grace Weldon and has two children, Gertrude and Elizabeth); Fannie May Stuart (who lives in Knoxville, Tennessee); Hampden Stuart (who died unmarried); Adelia Stuart (who married, firstly Frederick North, of Asheville, North Carolina, and married secondly Southern, a Baptist minister); Jacob Gerald Stuart (who married Fanny Wray, daughter of Dr. W. A. Wray, and has one child, Frances Stuart); and James D. Stuart (who married Miss D. E. Lanny, of Savannah.
The descendants of Jacob S. Stuart are eligible to the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution through Captain James Stuart, who had charge of a company of home guards in Washington County, Tennessee. His company had charge of the district from Greasy Cove to Duggers Fort, which was located on the St. John property near the village of Watauga, Tennessee. Colonel Hugh Montgomery, of Salisbury District, North Carolina, was the father of Captain James Stuart's wife. Montgomery Stuart married Hester Thompson, of New Jersey, whose ancestors took an important part in the early history of that state.
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