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Birth: 14 Apr 1765 / Rowan / NC Death: 06 Feb 1854 / Troup / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
1781, he served as a Private in the company of Captain John Slone, commanded by Colonel George or Colonel William Davidson's Regiment of North Carolina.
Upright V/A gravestone, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
Find-a-Grave offers not evidence of the Patriot being buried at this location.
In addition to the 10 marked graves, there were at least 9 unidentified graves usually marked by field stones.
This cemetery was associated with a church that was gone by 1900.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Drive north Rock Mills Rd. to the intersection with McCosh Mill Rd Turn left and drive 3.1 mi southwest. About half way, the road becomes a dirt road. At 2.9 mi, pass Old State Line Rd on left at the ruins of the Rock Store. About 0.2 mi passed the intersection, an old dirt road comes down the hill on the left. Take the road, which is little more than a ravine, up the hill about 100 yds. The cemetery is on the left at the top.
Author: Kermit Lewis Breed
James Stewart was born 14 April 1765 at Ireland, or 17 April 1765 at Rowan County, North Carolina. He was drafted or enlisted at the age of 16 years in April 1781. He served in Captain John Slone’s Company of Colonel George Davidson’s Regiment of the Rowan County, North Carolina, Militia. His duty was to guard the ferry from the enemy. He was stationed frequently on the ferries to prevent or intercept the passage of Tories. His commanding officer was Spencer Stewart.
James married Margery McEwen, 25 March 1794. Margery was born 27 July 1772 at Virginia. Their known children were: Mary, Sara, Margaret “Peggy,” William, John, David and James.
James and Margery lived at Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1794, and appear on the sellers list for land transactions. In 1821, they moved to Clarke County, Georgia. In 1827, James won 202 ½ acres in the Georgia Land Lottery, at District 13, Carroll County. This area later became Heard County. James was allowed a pension at *S32534 by his application dated 17 December 1832. At the time, he was 68 years of age and was living at Franklin, Heard County, Georgia. He appears in the 1850 U.S. Census, aged 86 years, living with his son, John.
James died February 6, 1854, at Troup County, Georgia. Margery McEwen Stewart died 21 April 1841, at Troup or Heard County, Georgia. Their final resting places are not known. A memorial marker was placed at the foot of the grave of John Stewart, son of James and Margery. The marker is located at Mount Zion Cemetery at Glenn, Heard County.
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
James Stewart b. 4/17/1765 d. 2/6/1854 TROUP COUNTY, GEORGIA
In April 1781, he was drafted in the Rowan County, North Carolina Militia. He later received a pension for his services.
See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 452, 457.
(2) Gone to Georgia, p. 162.
(3) Heard County, Georgia: A History of Its People, p. 237.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
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