The STUART Family
John L. STUART was the son of Col. Louis STUART and Mariah Holt CLARK. Louis was born Feb. 19, 1782, and married Mariah Holt CLARK, who was born in Virginia September 27, 1800, on October 3, 1815. To this union was born: Arrington, October 16, 1816; Lucy Ann, August 29, 1818; Mary Sue, April 25, 1820; William Wiley, January 16, 1823; John Louis, December 25, 1825; Martha Mariah, August 3, 1827; Sally Margaret, February 25, 1829; Benjamin Clark, May 10, 1833; Adelia Louvenia, May 29, 1835; and Alberta Helen, January 4, 1837.
Col. Louis STUART was a tailor by trade and traveled from place to place in his work. He was taken ill in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died November 14, 1837. He served in the War of 1812 as an ensign in Capt. Wm. Parson's Company.
John Louis STUART came to Tennessee when a young man with his sister, Lucy Ann, and her husband, David HOWSE, and all located in Haywood County. After one year John Louis went back to Virginia by boat up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to Pittsburg, and by stage to Virginia. After about one year, in which time he settled his family's business, he bought all the STUART family by covered wagon to Haywood County.
STUART Family Bible Records
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