William Stewart, (Planter)

1793 - 1835  (42 years)

• Name	William Stewart  [1]
  Suffix	(Planter)
  Born	1793	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	7 Aug 1820	Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Died	15 Sep 1835	Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Probate	15 Oct 1835	Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18038	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, in Red River (Planter),   b. 1763, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 8 Jul 1818, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catharine Knowlan,   b. Abt 1770, Unknown ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1791	North Carolina, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F4364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Matilda Smith,   b. 1798, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1877, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 May 1818	Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Catharine Jane Stewart,   b. 23 Jun 1819, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1857, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 38 years)  [natural]   2. Col. James Duncan Stewart, (Planter),   b. Aug 1824, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 27 Jun 1905, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   3. Lt. William Nolan D. Stewart, (Planter),   b. 29 Oct 1826, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1863  (Age 36 years)  [natural]   4. May Stewart,   b. Abt 1828, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Elizabeth S Stewart,   b. 6 May 1828, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1887, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA  (Age 59 years)  [natural]   6. Ellen McDougald Stewart,   b. 24 May 1832, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 11 Apr 1864, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 31 years)  [natural]   7. Caroline A Stewart,   b. 1835, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. Nov 1861  (Age 26 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F4877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Stewart is listed third among the children in his father's 1818 will: "I also give and bequeath unto my son William STEWART, fifty dollars."

  
  

• Sources

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