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From: Gerald Daniel <>
Subject: Perthshire Stewarts
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:40:03 -0500


Bill,

I posted this to the list several months ago. There are a few people on the
list researching this particular line. If you have descendants in this line,
I'm sure some of us could fill in some of the details.

> For those who already have info on this line, you know that so far,
> there is no substantiating evidence linking Charles to the Rev. James
> Stewart of Wester Cluny, Perthshire, Scotland.
>
> I wrote the Church of Scotland about two years ago requesting any info
> on James and Charles. The Fasti and Sassines records indicate that
> James had sons named Charles and Alexander and they "left for NC."
>
> Oral history says that Charles arrived in Isle of Wight, VA abt. 1746-48
> and was already married to Johanna Kirk. Others have said they married
> in the colonies. Other sources say that Johanna's parents lived in
> present day Fayetteville,NC and had some financial wealth. They sent her
> back to Scotland because she was "mean" or brought reproach on the
> family. I searched the old records here in Fayetteville and never found
> any Kirks in the tax records.
>
> There is also a letter from Charles and Alexander's uncle inquiring as
> to Charles whereabouts and questioning his lack of communication.

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