Dr. James Carraway, J.P. (Planter)
1761 - 1830 (69 years)
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Name James Carraway Title Dr. Suffix J.P. (Planter) Born 1761 Bladen County, North Carolina, USA 
Gender Male Residence 7 Aug 1820 Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA [1] Died 20 Nov 1830 Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA Person ID I2491 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father John Carraway, (Planter), b. 1731, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA , d. 1794, Cumberland, England (Age 63 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1734, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1808, USA (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Married Abt 1754 North Carolina, USA Family ID F716 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA , d. UNKNOWN Married Abt 1790 Children 1. Elizabeth Ann Carraway, b. Abt 1793, USA , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Jane McDougal Carraway, b. Abt 1790, USA , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F715 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James was the son of Margaret Stewart and John Carraway.This is the Dr. James Caraway who, in 1789, added to his grandfather Patrick Stewart's 1763 history of this family.
James Carraway served in the American Revolution, #3886 North Carolina Militia Wilmington District. He also served in the War of 1812. In 1814 he received a land grant on Pearl River.
In 26 Jun 1818 James was listed as Justice of peace in Wilkenson county, Mississippi. Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 lists James Carraway was living in Wilkenson county, Mississippi, with 1 son, 1 daughter in household. Wife not listed. Eliza Ann also not listed (as already married).
Stewart Clan Magazine says:
"After [Thomas Stewart's] death his widow [Margaret] married John Caraway, by whom she had four sons - James, Charles, Thomas and Robert Caraway." (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome C, June 1935, vol. xii, no. 12, pp.125-126)
Dr. James Carraway married in 1790 to his first-cousin-once-removed, Ann Stewart, b. 1767, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA, d. UNKNOWN. She was the daughter of James' great-uncle, William Stewart, younger brother of Patrick Stewart, of Brown's Marsh, formerly 5th of Ledcreich.
James passed away 20 Nov, 1830. (source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carraway-60 with multiple documented sources.)
- James was the son of Margaret Stewart and John Carraway.This is the Dr. James Caraway who, in 1789, added to his grandfather Patrick Stewart's 1763 history of this family.
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Sources - [S2420] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Page: 132; NARA Roll: M33_58; Image: 166.
- [S2420] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Page: 132; NARA Roll: M33_58; Image: 166.