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| 2851 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, interprets Stewarts of the South as showing that Duncan Stewart had three sons: Alexander, James (who had issue) and Donald. | Stewart, James (I20136)
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| 2852 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, interprets Stewarts of the South as showing that Duncan Stewart had three sons: Alexander, James (who had issue) and Donald. | Stewart, Donald (I20137)
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| 2853 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, " Alexander Stewart, to whom and his brother Duncan and sisters Elizabeth and Ann, their father granted bonds of provision on 18 March 1744. He appears to be identical with the son of John Stewart of Benmore who is said to have died without children while in the West Indies." | Stewart, Alexander (I20895)
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| 2854 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "Charles Alexander Stewart, who went out to India and served as Captain then Lieutenant-Colonel in the 16th Bombay Native Infantry before retiring to Campeltown. He married at Papworth, in December 1830, to Charlotte Jane, youngest daughter of John MacNab of Newton, and died at Bellgrove, near Campbeltown, on 22 July 1876, having had issue." "On the 14th Dec. at Papworth St. Agnes, Huntingdonshire, by the Rev. Harvey Sperling, Recotor, Charles Alexnder Steart, Esq. of the Mbombay Army, son of Duncan Stewart, Esq. of Glenbuckie, Perthshire, to Charlotte Jane, youngest daughter of the late John Macnab, Esq. of Newton , Perthshire." -- Thursday 16 Dec 1830, Saint James Chronicle, London, England. In 1861, he was residing in North Park, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, employed as a Lieut. Col. [illegible] Argyll Regiment, with his wife and household servants. | Stewart, Lt. Col. Charles Alexander HEICS (I20820)
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| 2855 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "Duncan Stewart, m. in 1730, to his sister-in-law, Grisel, daughter of David Drummond, brother of John Drummond of Colquhalzie, and sister and co-heir of her brother, John Drummond of McCorrestone, and was father of John, Alexander, Janet and Katherine." The will of Dr.David Stewart of Breanachoille, younger son of Alexander Stewart, 10th of Glenbuckie, nephew of this Duncan Stewart, refers to "his cousin Janet, being the daughter of Duncan Stewart of Torrie." That would make this Duncan Stewart the one who was of Torrie. In 1745, there were minutes of the presbytery of Kilmadock in which action was being taken to shut down a private Roman Catholic boarding school for boys. The school was run out of the house of "Mr. Duncan Stewart of Torrie." It is believed that this Duncan Stewart is that teacher as he was designated as "Duncan Stewart of Torrie" at that time. And the list of students enrolled in the school include his nephew of Glenbuckie and several other families who were closely connected to the Glenbuckie Stewarts as fellow Jacobites. https://stewartsofbalquhidder.com/2023/06/22/the-catholic-jacobite-school-in-kilmadock/ The presbytery directed Mr Duncan Stewart to cease teaching and to disband the school. They also ordered the parents of the students to cease sending their kids there. In response to this order, Duncan Stewart "left the kingdom [and has] retired to some Popish country" (presumably France or Italy). | Stewart, Duncan in Torrie (I15503)
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| 2856 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "James Stewart of Ballado, was appointed sheriff clerk of Kinross and renounced any rights he may have to the estate of Argaty in favour of his nephew, George Home Stewart, on 21 June 1776. He m. at Edinburgh, on 3 June 1744, to Penelope, to younger daughter of David Erskine, Writer in Edinburgh, son of Alexander Erskine of Cambo, and d. at Kinross, on 19 January 1794, aged 76 years." | Stewart, James of Ballado and Sheriff of Kinross (I15945)
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| 2857 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "John Stewart of Calziemore, had a disposition from Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill for the lands of Calziemore, with the ferry at Rowardennan on Loch Lomond, on 14 May 1655 and in which he is styled third son of his father. He was father of Robert Stewart of Calziemore." If so, then this John would most certainly be the progenitor of Gartnafuaran VI Branch from Stewarts of the South, namely the Stewarts of Coille Mhor (Calziemore) on Loch Lomond, as there was only one Stewart family in Calziemore in Stewarts of the South. | Stewart, John 1st of Calziemore (I21150)
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| 2858 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "John Stewart, who, with his brother, Andrew Stewart in Gartnaferan, granted a Bond of Manrent to Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, in 1557, and is then styled as resident at the Kirkton of Balquhidder." Duncan Stewart (1739) does not mention John Stewart in Kirkton. The Ardvorlich History incorrectly says that John was ancestor of the Stewarts of Hyndfield, but Duncan Stewart (1739) says that John's brother, Robert, was ancestor of Hyndfield. The Edward S. Gray Papers on file at The Stewart Society mention both John and Robert, but say that Robert was ancestor of Hyndfield. The Black Book of Taymouth shows that Andro Stewart in Gartnafoir, his brother Johne Stewart in Kirkton, and several other Stewarts signed a bond of 1557 for their kinsman Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (Olar). We have no record of any descendants for John. | Stewart, John in Kirkton (I16817)
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| 2859 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "Mary Stewart, m. Alexander Stewart, brother of Robert Stewart, 5th of Ardvorlich, (he survived her and m. secondly, in 1702, to Anna, daughter of Archibald MacGregor, alias Graham of Kilmannan), and had issue." | Stewart, Mary Heiress of Craigton (I17273)
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| 2860 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says, "Robert Stewart of Calziemore, was infeft in the lands of Calziemore as heir to his father on 21 October 1710, which he disponed to Colin Buchannan, brother of William Buchannan of Auchmar, on 2 December 1717." According to the Clan Buchanan newsletter, Jan 2021: "Other historical documents discovered refer to the marriage of a daughter of William Buchanan of Auchmar to a Robert Stewarl of Calziemore or Colliemore in 1710. In 1717 Robert Stewart re-signs Calziemore to Coline Buchanan, brother of William ofAuchmar. Calziemore is an area on the eastem bank of Loch Lomond. The eastern shore of Loch Lomond is known as the Buchanan. In 1726 Coline Buchanan resigns Calziemore to Reverend John McAlpine, eldest lawful son of Donald McAlpine of Ross." | Stewart, Robert 2nd of Calziemore (I21105)
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| 2861 | Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland. suggests that this is the Robert Stewart who resided in Culgartmore and was father of John Stewart of Calziemore who had a disposition from Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill for the lands of Calziemore, with the ferry at Rowardennan on Loch Lomond, on 14 May 1655. If so then this Robert would most certainly be the predecessor of the Gartnafuaran VI Branch from Stewarts of the South, namely the Stewarts of Coille Mhor (Calziemore) on Loch Lomond. Culgartmore would mean "the woods of Gartmore" and would presumably be located on the Gartmore estate in Port of Menteith parish, Perthshire, Scotland. This location is far enough west to be consistent with his son moving further west to Calziemore. This Robert also fits as the patriarch of Gartnafuaran III Branch in Stewarts of the South, known as Sliochd Rob Duibh Mhoir. It is possible that he is the patriarch of both branches through different descendants. Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart, patriarch of Gartnafuaran III Branch, is described in Stewarts of the South as being "a son of Gartnafuaran." That is, he was the son of one of the lairds of Gartnafuaran. Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart is recorded as having a "descendant" named Robert McDonachie Stewart (Robert, son of Duncan Stewart). Robert McDonachie Stewart has been identified in Callander parish records as having married in 1766 in Callander to Janet Black. As the average age of males to marry in this era was about 30 years of age, then Robert McDonachie was probably born about 1735. Since Robert McDonachie is described as the "descendant" of Rob Duibh Mhor then we must presume a gap of at least two generations between them. Otherwise the author would more likely have described Robert McDonachie as Rob Duibh Mhor's "son" or "grandson", rather than "descendant". If Robert McDonachie was probably born about 1735, then his father was probably born about 1705, his grandfather about 1675, and his great-grandfather about 1645 with an increasing margin of error with each increasing generation. Thus, we are looking for a laird of Gartnafuaran who was probably born no later than about 1675 +/-20 years. Alexander Stewart, 8th of Gartnafuaran, was having children too late to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhoir. Walter Stewart, 7th of Gartnafuaran, had a son named Robert who has already been accounted for elsewhere and could not be identical with Rob Duibh Mhor Stewart. Thus, we are looking at Andrew Stewart, 6th of Gartnafuaran as the earliest possible candidate to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhor. However, we have no record of Andrew having a son named Robert. That doesn't mean he didn't have a son, Robert; just that we have no record of any such son. However, if we go back one more generation we do find that Alexander Stewart, 5th of Gartnafuaran did have a son named Robert. Thus, we suggest that Alexander Stewart, 5th of Gartnafuaran, is the most likely candidate to be the father of Rob Duibh Mhoir Stewart. There is a small problem with the reference in Stewarts of the South where it says that Rob Duibh Mhor was a "tenant of Wester Ardchubry [in] Balquhidder parish in Strathyre[,] district of Auchlessy." There is no known property in Strathyre, nor anywhere in Balquhidder parish, named Ardchubry. However, there is a property in Strathyre called Ardchullarie which could easily have been written in 1815 as Archulary and incorrectly transcribed as Ardchubry. The reference to "of Auchlessy" is likely a reference to the family of Buchanan of Auchlessie who were probably the landlords of Ardchullarie. The sons of Rob Duibh Mhoir are not recorded in Stewarts of the South. As his father's name was Alexander then we can suggest his eldest son was probably named Alexander. Working backwards onomastically from his descendant Rob McDonachie we can suggest that Rob Duibh Mhoir probably had a younger son, named Duncan, whose line became the senior line. | Stewart, Robert Dubh Mor in Ardchullarie or Culgartmore (I17751)
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| 2862 | Gordon was buried from First Presbyterian Church, Chatham, Ontario with Rev. Evelyn Carpenter, presiding. | Sharpe, Gordon Leroy (I13549)
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| 2863 | Gormflath is Gaelic for "blue/green prince", presumably, in this case, "blue/green princess" | Haakonsdottir, Hvarflad Gormflaeth (I7423)
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| 2864 | Gormflath is Gaelic for "blue/green prince", presumably, in this case, "blue/green princess" | MacFinn, Gormflaeth ingen Murchada (I8655)
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| 2865 | Gormflath is Gaelic for "blue/green prince", presumably, in this case, "blue/green princess" | O'Neill, Gormflaith (I11769)
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| 2866 | Governor's House | Stewart, William Murray (I20496)
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| 2867 | Grace had a daughter, Mabel, in Oct 1899, with Robert James Brown in 1899. They married three months later in January 1901. In May 1904 she had a daughter, Grace, by her second partner, William Histead. Robert James Brown married in November 1904 to his second wife, but did not begin having children with her until ten years later. | Worthington, Grace Ellen (I19956)
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| 2868 | Graduated as a nurse from Galt. She served as a missionary nurse in Hazelton, British Columbia. | Sherwood, Mary (I13558)
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| 2869 | Grain is described as a niece of the Great O'Neill of Ireland. | O'Neils, Grain Of The (I11681)
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| 2870 | Grandchildren: Alistair, Gillian, Karen, Claire, Magan, Miranda, Jessica, and Jordan. (Agnes' obit) I do not know which parents each is associated with. | Duncan, Agnes (I5213)
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| 2871 | Grandchildren: Alistair, Gillian, Karen, Claire, Magan, Miranda, Jessica, and Jordan. (Agnes' obit) I do not know which parents each is associated with. | McInally, Dominic (I10139)
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| 2872 | Grave stone spells the surname "Nichol". | Nicol, Norman G. (I11315)
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| 2873 | Gravestone has no dates. | Black, Elizabeth Jennie (I1051)
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| 2874 | Gravestone indicates he immigrated in 1831 -- same date as his father-in-law, Peter McNaughtan. "The first resident of Aberfoyle, and the man who really gave the name to the place, was John MacFarlane, who kept a small store there and gave it the name of the Clachan of Aberfoyle, a noted place in Perthshire." (Wellington County Historical Atlas, 1906) John McFarlane is found in the 1814 Drummond Moss Census residing at 29 Kirk Lane with his birth family. Kirk Lane No29 Former Possessor: Alexander McDermid Present Possessor: Alexander McFarlane, 60 yrs Christian McLean, 58 " Children Donald, 19 yrs Mary, 17 " Anne, 12 " John, 10 " Donald, 11 " Alexander, 7 " Duncan, 5 " Finlay, 3 " Persons deceased John McFarlane 2 yrs 1786 Croup Alexander 2 " 1796 Smallpox James 1/4 1784 Hives Isobel Wilson 55 " 1812 Consumption Years Settled on the Moss: 5 years Where they came from: Balquhidder Gravestone indicates he immigrated in 1831 -- same date as his father-in-law, Peter McNaughtan. MCFARLANE, JOHN At the homestead, lot 22, 2nd concession in Puslinch, on Thursday, 11th January 1894, in the 91st year of his age. Husband of Margaret McNaughton. Puslinch loses one of its oldest residents. Father of Mrs. Lt.-Col. Nicoll of Puslinch; Mrs. William Douglas and Mrs. David Gibb of Galt. --- Margaret McFarlane, who married David Gibb, died on Apr. 29, 1927. --- Information from the 1906 Atlas of Wellington County: John McFarlane (1803-1894) was born in Perthshire within sight of Stirling Castle. He was a tailor by trade. In 1831, he married Margaret, daughter of Peter McNaughton and came to Canada with the McNaughton family that year. Children were Alexander of Kent Co.; Mrs. William Douglas of Galt; Mrs. Andrew Stewart of Morriston; Peter; Mrs. James Patterson; John in Minnesota; Mrs. David Gibb of Galt; Mrs. William Sherman of Thamesville; Mrs. John Ballantyne of Bay City; Daniel; and Mrs. Lt-Col. William Nichol. | McFarlane, John (I9777)
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| 2875 | Gravestone inscription - Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont., Source Medium: Book . | Source (S471)
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| 2876 | Gravestone inscription indicates he immigrated to Canada in 1831 and was an elder at Duff's Presbyterian Church for 20 years. | McKenzie, Alexander (I9704)
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| 2877 | Gravestone Inscription, Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. | Source (S166)
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| 2878 | Gravestone inscription: Aged 28 yrs, 8 mos, 2 days | Stewart, Bethia Wotherspoon (I26587)
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| 2879 | Gravestone of William and Julia A. Brown. | Source (S188)
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| 2880 | Gravestone: In Memory of/ Isabell/ wife of/ Peter Cuthbert/ who died Oct 7 1847/ aged 57 years | Smith, Isabell (I13977)
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| 2881 | Greenwood Cemetery | Brown, John Stewart (I2080)
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| 2882 | Greenwood Tasker is shown in 1851 as a grandson of Ann Tasker. However it is not known exactly who is parents are. He is shown here tentatively as a son of Greenwood who is not found in 1851. | Tasker, Greenwood (I19033)
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| 2883 | Gregan, or Alan as he was also known, may have been one of the nobles who accompanied King David back to Scotland. | de Crawford, Gregan Alan (I4042)
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| 2884 | Gregor is described in Stewarts of the South as one of the two surviving sons of Alexander Stewart, son of James Stewart of Tar, in which Gregor is described as: "Gregor, a grocer in Glasgow." Gregor's wife and children, shown here, are found in only in the IGI (from OPR transcriptions and one LDS member entry). They are a perfect onomastic, geographic, and chronological match for the family of this Gregor, but they are not confirmed. | Stewart, Henry Gregor (I16083)
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| 2885 | Greyfriars Burials, Edinburgh (c/o Gordon MacGregor). | Source (S505)
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| 2886 | Groom from Balquhidder, bride from Comrie | Family F6165
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| 2887 | Gruagan = "The Hairy One" | O'Neill, Gruagan mac Connor (I11770)
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| 2888 | Gruffydd (pronounced "Griffith") began restoring the power of the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd after decades of strife and disputed succession. Gruffydd was later captured by the Normans and held prisoner for several years. He was later released and drove the Normans back over to Ireland. He also held his throne against King Henry I of England. | Cynan, Gruffydd ap (I3677)
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| 2889 | Gruffydd (pronounced: "Griffith") was a formidable ruler, who succeeded for some time in bringing most of Wales under his control, but pushed too hard. On his father's death, he did not succeed to his father's kingdom of Deheubarth, but he did manage to take Powys and Gwynedd. It was not until 1055 that, by conquest, he succeeded in regaining his father's kingdom. His three kingdoms made him a powerful opponent and for some time he terrorized the border of the Kingdom of Mercia Eventually Gruffydd was forced to do homage to King Edward "the Confessor". | Llewelyn, Gruffydd ap (I9084)
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| 2890 | Guillaume was a freeman merchant in Reims ("marchand bourgeois"). | Colbert, Guillaume (I2763)
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| 2891 | Gus worked for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, USA. | Steuart, Charles Augustus (I21794)
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| 2892 | Gwenneth was adopted. | Smith, Gwenneth (I13975)
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| 2893 | Had no children. | Reid, William John (I13009)
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| 2894 | Had rental of the Crown Lands of Lurg in Glenlednock in 1425. (MacGregor) | Gregorson, John MacGregor of Lurg (I7128)
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| 2895 | Had shoemaker's shop in Cairo, ON, Canada. On the 5 May 1880, a fire destroyed the family home and shop. Two daughters, Mary & Margaret, & a neighbour's child, Charlotte Wade, were burnt to death. 1881 Census for Euphemia, Bothwell Co., Ontario James A. GAGE M Male English 40 Ontario Farmer Methodist Canada Sarah GAGE M Female English 40 Ontario Methodist Canada George GAGE Male English 17 Ontario Methodist Canada Charles GAGE Male English 8 Ontario Methodist Canada Amanda GAGE Female English 3 Ontario Methodist Canada Eugene [sic] GAGE Female English 2 Ontario Methodist Canada James was of Irish descent. | Gage, James Asa (I6584)
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| 2896 | Hadassah is the Hebrew form of Esther. | Tasker, Hadassa (I19034)
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| 2897 | Haldane is described in Stewarts of the South as: "Haldane, [who] died in the East Indies and made a fortune there and left it [to his family]. He left two brothers in a great way there." | Stewart, Haldane (I15673)
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| 2898 | Halifax Real Estate Valuation, 1775. Commissioner of Public Records collection. Series: City of Halifax, 1749–1869. RG 1, vol. 411. Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. | Source (S396)
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| 2899 | HAMILTON (WILLIAM SUTHERLAND) PAPERS Mss. 3167 1766-1942 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Page 4 of 9 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE William S. (Sutherland, also spelled Southerland) Hamilton was born in Edenton, North Carolina in either 1787 or 1789. He was the son of John and Angel Hamilton, daughter of Jane Hamilton (née Peck). They most likely married in 1785. John was a lawyer who practiced in Maryland and then North Carolina. Angel died in North Carolina, most likely in January of 1790, after which John moved to Louisiana. John eventually remarried Ann Hamilton. He died in July of 1822. William was educated at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. He served as an officer (as a lieutenant and then a lieutenant colonel) in the United States Army (1808-1817). He married Eliza C. Stewart, daughter of Duncan Stewart and Penelope Jones. In Louisiana, William was a planter, slave owner, and politician. He cultivated cotton at Holly Grove Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, most likely near Laurel Hill. His involvement in state and local politics included membership on the first board of trustees for the College of Louisiana (1825) in Jackson and a term in the Louisiana Legislature (1828-1830). Before serving in the Louisiana Legislature, he unsuccessfully ran against Henry H. Gurley for United States representative for Louisiana. In 1830, he made an unsuccessful bid for governor of Louisiana as a Jacksonian Democrat, losing to Whig candidate Andre B. Roman. At some point in the late 1850s, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, most likely the Pennsylvania Asylum for the Insane. He died on December 24, 1862 in West Philadelphia. He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia ------------------ Col. William Sutherland Hamilton was the owner of Tanglewild Plantation in West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA. Unverified online genealogies claim that Col. William Southerland Hamilton was the first cousin (or first cousin once removed) of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Fathers of American Confederation, sharing a common grandfather (or great-grandfather) in Alexander Hamilton of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland. Tanglewild Plantation was established in the early 1800s by members of the Hamilton family, whose descendants still retain ownership of the extensive property. The original home on the plantation burned and was replaced in the early 1900s. Private. US Hwy 61, nine miles north of St. Francisville, near Laurel Hill. In 1798, at a time when Louisiana was under Spanish rule, a young officer of the newly established US Army was brought from North Carolina and commissioned by then president John Adams to help establish Fort Adams in southwest Mississippi. While serving his post, Col. Hamilton fell in love with the land and was given a Spanish land grant for a section of the Louisiana Territory just north of St. Francisville that was called Laurel Hill. After surveying his new wilderness home, Col. Hamilton aptly named his plantation Tanglewild and settled here with his new wife to raise a family. In 1830 Col William S. Hamilton was residing at West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA with his wife and four young sons, along with an unidentified male in their 20s. Serving this household of seven were 63 black slaves of whom 13 were under the age of 10. In 1860, Col. William S. Hamilton was residing at Ward 12, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA. He had 18 slaves on his plantation. --------------- From FindAGrave: "HAMILTON - On December 24., at West Philadelphia, aged 75, Colonel WILLIAM S. HAMILTON of Laurel Hill, West Feliciana, Louisiana" From the website http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hamilton,W.S.html. University of North Carolina Libraries collection: Collection Title: W. S. Hamilton Papers, 1770-1888; 1924. Papers of John Hamilton (1784-1822) and his son, W. S. Hamilton, pertaining to J. Hamilton's study of law in Scotland, his move to the United States, his life in Edenton and Elizabeth City, N.C., as a lawyer, state legislator, and active Baptist, and his move to Louisiana; and to W. S. Hamilton's study at Princeton College, his friendship and correspondence with Samuel Stanhope Smith, president of Princeton, his service as a United States Army officer, 1808-1817, chiefly in Louisiana under General Wade Hampton (1754-1835), and his controversy with his father and stepmother over property due him from his mother's estate. Volumes, 1785- 1802, are irregular diaries and brief memoranda books of J. Hamilton. Also available are military papers and orderly books of W. S. Hamilton and his later papers as a planter and legislator in Louisiana; correspondence with his sons, especially Douglas M. and William B. Hamilton, students in Louisiana and at the University of Virginia and soldiers in the Confederate Army in Virginia; and a Louisiana cotton plantation journal, 1861-1862. Bio from http://www.lahistory.org/site25.php - HAMILTON, William Sutherland, planter, politician. Born, Edenton, N. C., April 3, 1789; son of John and Angel Hamilton. Educated at Princeton. Aide-de-camp to Gen. Wade Hampton (q.v.), 1812-1816, with rank of lieutenant colonel. Married Eliza Stewart, daughter of Duncan Stewart and Penelope Jones of Wilkinson County, Miss. Planter, West Feliciana Parish, La. Member first board of trustees, College of Louisiana, Jackson, 1825; served in Louisiana legislature, 1828-1830; unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate, 1830. Died prior to April 1867; interred Philadelphia, Pa. E.K.D. Sources: Hamilton Barrow Willis, St. Francisville, La.; House Journal; West Feliciana Parish Public Records. ----------------------- HAMILTON (WILLIAM SUTHERLAND) PAPERS Mss. 3167 1766-1942 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Page 5 of 9 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION While the following descriptions are not exhaustive, they do describe the majority of items in the collection. Most item descriptions include specific days and months, but some descriptions are more general and only list the year(s). Letter (typescript copy) from Alexander Hamilton, London, to his wife Elizabeth Hamilton, Philadelphia, telling her of his personal affairs in Scotland and England, also reporting on family members and acquaintances, July 19, 1766. Letter from Elizabeth Belhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, to her brother John Hamilton, Strawberry Hill near Edenton, North Carolina, reporting on family members, also discusses advantages of living in the United States, June 29, 1798. Membership certificate from the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for John Hamilton, stating that he is a member of the Masons of the states of North Carolina and Tennessee. Given at Raleigh, North Carolina, December 18, 1805. Letter from William S. Hamilton, a student at the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), to his father John Hamilton, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, regarding William’s education and expressing home sickness, regrets the separation between him and his father “from my infancy,” August 23, 1806. Handwritten dinner invitation on behalf of James Madison to Mr. Hamilton of North Carolina, March 26, 1808. Resolution by North Carolina Chowan Baptist Association, addressed to Thomas Jefferson, former President of the United States, signed Outlaw Moderator, J. (probably John) Hamilton, Clerk, May 6, 1809. Letter from Nathaniel Mason, Washington, to Colonel John Hamilton, St. Francisville, West Florida, regarding the promotion of his son William S. Hamilton and other young North Carolinians. Foresees war with England (War of 1812), March 18, 1812. Letters from John Little, Edenton, North Carolina, to William S. Hamilton, discussing financial and political aspects of plantation economy, old and new sources of trade between the North and South, prices for slaves and cotton, yellow fever, and the War of 1812, 1814-1821. Letters from J. G. Swift and Anderson Arnold to Lieutenant Colonel William S. Hamilton, 3rd United States Rifles, Washington City and Albany, discussing America’s military preparedness with regard to England, France, and Russia, March 20, 30, 1814. Two letters from Lieutenant William Alexander, 3rd Regiment Riflemen, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, mentioning difficulties in recruitment for United States Army, June 13, 1814. Letter from C. Edmunds, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to William S. Hamilton, informing him of dread disease raging among soldiers in the United State Army, taking the best soldiers, and there is no remedy available, March 22, 1815. Petition for pardon by nine United States Army prisoners addressed to Lieutenant Colonel William S. Hamilton, Commander of Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1815. Letters between Eliza C. Hamilton and her husband William S. Hamilton, regarding their relationship, also family and plantation matters, 1818-1828. Letters from R. Davidson, New Orleans, to William S. Hamilton, describing in detail symptoms and deaths caused by the epidemic (yellow fever), September 20; mentions that city is healthy again and teases Hamilton about his impending marriage to Eliza C. Stewart, December 6, 1817. Letter from Duncan Stewart, Wilkinson County, mentioning cornerstone laying of Woodville Bank as a propitious event, March 9, 1818. Letter from R. Post Johnson, New Orleans, to William S. Hamilton, near St. Francisville, mentioning that he is sending, by way of Dr. Chinn, some garden seeds. Includes list of each seed by name and detailed instructions on their agricultural use and care, January 20, 1822. Several letters discussing the political and economic situation of Texas, 1840-1844. Letter from Colonel John Darrington, Brazoria, Texas, to William S. Hamilton, near Laurel Hill, St. Francisville, discussing imminent danger of an attack on Texas by Mexico, under General Santa Anna. Texans ready to defend their freedom, receive aid from the United States, April 5, 1842. Letter from Colonel John Darrington, New Orleans, to William S. Hamilton, Woodville, mentioning that the United States should prevent England from taking Texas and presidential possibilities of John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, Dec. 1, 1843. Letter from Catherine (Kitty) S. Hamilton to her father William S. Hamilton, mentioning illness and death. Compares Dr. Warren Stone’s treatments to those of Dr. Brown, September 15, 1844. Letter from Colonel John Darrington, Choctaw Bluff, to William S. Hamilton, Woodville, mentioning that he is in favor of annexation of Texas by the United States. Invites Hamilton to join him. There is good sugar land in Texas, October 9, 1844. Letter from William S. Hamilton to Franklin H. Hamilton, Blue Ball, Butler County, Ohio, admonishing him to spend the winter at home in Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, November 25, 1847. Letter from O. P. Irwin, Middletown, Ohio, to William S. Hamilton, Laurel Hill, describing the circumstances of his acquaintance with Franklin H. Hamilton and Franklin’s stay at Dr. Oliver’s farm, May 15, 1848. Letter from Penelope S. Hamilton, New Orleans, to her father William S. Hamilton, mentioning that she sent home some daguerreotypes of herself and brother John, October 15, 1852. Letter from William B. Hamilton, New Orleans, to his brother at school in Jackson, Louisiana, giving advice on study habits and education, warning about bad climate, and mentioning family news, April 20, 1854. Letter from Douglas M. Hamilton, Sharon Springs, to his father William S. Hamilton, mentioning that he is traveling as “an invalid” on his way to White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina. Compares medical and healing qualities of various springs (watering places or health resorts), August 3, 1856. Letter from Douglas M. Hamilton, Greenwood (possibly Mississippi), to William S. Hamilton, describing Mr. Barrow’s successful sugar business, experiments with Chinese sugar seeds, construction of sugar house, and use of machinery in making sugar. Advises on handling of corn crop. Mentions advantages of raising sugar over cotton, January 29, 1857. Handwritten poem titled “Those Dark Eyes,” March 15, 1873. Letter from Douglas M. Hamilton, near Laurel Hill, to his brother John A. Hamilton, giving description of condition of crops (cotton, corn peas, hay, potatoes, oats, and clover). Mentions drop in cotton price worldwide is not good but may force southern planters into needed agricultural diversification and use of scientific methods, October 3, 1879. Genealogical notes on the families of Benjamin Peck and John Hamilton, undated. | Hamilton, Col. William Sutherland of Tanglewild (Planter) (I7173)
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| 2900 | Hamilton, Jones Stewart, late adjutant-general of Mississippi, ex-lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the Confederate service, and formerly a member of the senate of the State of Mississippi, was born in Wilkinson county, this State, and is a son of Col. William S. and Eliza C. (Stewart) Hamilton. The former was a lieutenant-colonel of the United States army and while in active service he descended with his command down the Mississippi river from Fort Rock Island, Ill., in a flat boat and took part in the battle of New Orleans, at the time of the War of 1812. While returning North by an overland route he and his troops made encampment near the line between Louisiana and Mississippi, for the purpose of securing needed rest, and here he formed the acquaintance of Miss Eliza Stewart, daughter of Col. Duncan Stewart, at one time lieutenant-governor of Mississippi. After reaching the north with his command he set out as soon as possible for Mississippi, where he married Miss Stewart. He then resigned his office in the army and located in West Feliciana Parish, La., where later he took up his residence, in which State both he and his wife continued to reside until their death. Col. Jones Stewart Hamilton was afforded excellent educational advantages in his youth, having been graduated from Centenary college, at Jackson, La., as a member of the class of 1854. After leaving school he was for two years associated with his father in the work and management of the home plantation, and he then took up his residence in Woodville, Wilkinson county. In January, 1856, Colonel Hamilton was united in marriage to (his cousin) Miss Caroline Stewart, who died in November, 1861, leaving two children, both of whom are still living - William S., who is engaged in the mercantile business in Jackson, Miss., while his sister lives on his place in Rankin county, Miss. In 1858 Colonel Hamilton was elected sheriff of Wilkinson county, and was chosen as his own successor two years later. Early in 1861 he resigned the shrievalty in order to go forth in defense of the cause of the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil war. He enlisted as a member of the first company that left Wilkinson and went to Virginia and was made first lieutenant of this company, which became Company K, a part of the Sixteenth Mississippi regiment. In 1862 he was appointed adjutant-general of the State of Mississippi and was ordered back to Jackson to report to Gov. John J. Pettus and to take charge of the organizing and mustering in of the companies for the Confederate service. In the autumn of 1863 Colonel Hamilton was elected to the State senate from the district comprising the counties of Wilkinson, Adams and Amite, and in the same autumn, upon the inauguration of Governor Clark, he resigned his office of adjutant-general and resumed his place in the Confederate service, being made lieutenant-colonel in the cavalry arm of said service. He was in command of a battalion of cavalry which was later attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Frank Powers, in which regiment he remained until he was paroled, May 19, 1865. At the close of the war Colonel Hamilton returned to Jackson, and shortly afterward he was again elected a member of the State senate, representing the Hinds county district. He identified himself forthwith with the planting industry, putting forth earnest efforts during the trying period of recon struction and meeting with fair success during the re-adjustment of the prostrate fortunes of the fair Southland. He was appointed deputy auditor and served the State acceptably for nearly five years. With this line of enterprise he has ever since been concerned, being the owner of an attractive property in Hinds and also in Rankin county, and being one of the well known and highly honored citizens of Jackson, where he has maintained his home for many years. In 1877 the colonel consummated a second marriage, being united to Miss Fanny Buck, of Jackson, and they have four children - Robert B., Charles B. and Mary, having had the misfortune to lose their oldest boy, Jones S., by an accident in his splendid young manhood. In 1898, at the inception of the Spanish-American war, Colonel Hamilton's military experience and high standing led to the bringing of his services into requisition in behalf of his country, and he was appointed adjutant-general under Governor McLaurin, to take charge of the organization of the regiments sent forth by the State to take part in the war. He rendered most timely and efficient service, and since the discharge of the troops he has been engaged in collecting and pay ing over to the men for the State the amounts due them previous to their being mustered into the United States service. The colonel is a prominent figure in the ranks of the Democracy and has been an active worker in the cause for many years past. He is a member of the Episcopal church, a Knight Templar, Mason, and Knight of Honor. [Mississippi Biography Vol III 1907 -- Transcribed by Gene Phillips] Jones Stewart Hamilton was a Lt. Col. in the Confederate Army. | Hamilton, Lt. Col. Jones Stewart (I23124)
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