Duncan STEWART

General Notes

m. NC? 12 Dec 1803? to Catherine WRIGHT
residing in NC about 1810-1815 (birth of dtr Christine)
residing in AL about 1820 (birth of dtr Mary)
residing in TN about 1825 (birth of son Duncan Jr)
purchases land patent in Lauderdale, AL 2 Oct 1826
residing in Lauderdale, AL in Jun 1830
residing in Lauderdale, AL in Jun 1840, owned 1 slave
not mentioned in brother-in-law Philip's will signed 1841 probated 1847
d. Lauderdale, AL? > Jun 1840 and < 21 Nov 1850 (wife Catherine appears single in 1850)

1860 Slave Schedules for District 1, Lauderdale, AL show Catharine STEWART with one slave, age 40, female, black. Martha STEWART in same district and James W. STEWART in District 2 are also slaveowners.

1860 US Census (6 Aug), residing in District 1, Lauderdale, AL, post office Greenhill, dw/fam 591/591, head of h/hold is Duncan SEWART [sic] 40 farmer real/pers 1900/1610 b TN, Catherine STEWART [sic] 83 Scotland (b est 1777), Christian [sic] female 45 NC, Mary 35 AL, Abigail 30 AL.

1850 Slave Schedules for Lauderdale, AL show Catharin [sic] STEWART with one slave, age 34 (1816), female, black. Also in Lauderdale, James W. STEWART is a slaveowner.

1850 US Census (21 Nov), residing in 2d Div E of Mil Rd, Lauderdale, AL, head of h/hold is Catherine STEWART 70 Scotland, Christine 40 NC, Mary 30 AL, Aggie 28 F AL, Duncan 25 TN overseer.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of The Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 350; Image: 696.

Lauderdale Alabama will probated 12 Apr 1847 [sic] Philip WRIGHT: To Nicholas WRIGHT, to wife Bosburo [sic] WRIGHT 40 acres. Livestock and other personal property to William GRAY. To Catherine STEWART, 12 1/2 cents. To heirs of John WRIGHT, 12 1/2 cents. Signed 17 Jan 1841, witnesses Drury JOINER, Alexander FIELD.

1840 US Census (Jun), Lauderdale, AL, D. STEWART 00100000101-00012001:
1m 80-90 (1750-1760) (unknown)
1m 60-70 (1770-1780) (Duncan)
1f 50-60 (1780-1790) (Catherine 1780 Scot)
2f 20-30 (1810-1820) (Christine 1810 NC, Mary 1820 AL)
1f 15-20 (1820-1825) (Aggie 1822 AL))
1m 10-15 (1825-1830) (Duncan 1825 AL)
next page: 1 slave (female age 10-24), 8 persons total, 2 persons engaged in agriculture

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 7; Page: 123.

1830 US Census (Jun), residing in Lauderdale, AL, head of h/hold is Duncan STEWART, 10th from bottom of page, 00210001-0202301; next page: no slaves indicated, 12 persons total.
1m 50-60 (1770-1780) (Duncan)
1f 40-50 (1780-1790) (Catherine 1780 Scot)
3f 20-30 (1800-1810) (Christine 1810 NC)
1m 15-20 (1810-1815)
2f 15-20 (1810-1815)
2m 10-15 (1815-1820) (Duncan Jr 1825 TN??)
2f 5-10 (1820-1825) (Mary 1820 AL, Aggie 1822 AL)
On same page are Nicholas WRIGHT and John WRIGHT.

Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 198.

BLM land patent hits for Lauderdale:
STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 8/10/1850 Huntsville 14723 AL3670__.038
STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 8/10/1850 Huntsville 14724 AL3670__.039
STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 11/15/1852 Huntsville 16129 AL3700__.084
STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 3/1/1858 Huntsville 18546A AL3770__.142
STEWART, DUNCAN AL Lauderdale 10/2/1826 Huntsville 2058 AL1190__.024

uncertain match:
1820 Duncan Steward St Bartholomews Parish,Colleton,SC
1820 Duncan Stewart Not Stated,Iredell,NC 020001-00001-02
1m >45 (<1775)
1f >45 (<1775)
2m 10-16 (1804-1810)
2 persons engaged in agriculture

(online record, unsourced, claims m. date of 12 Dec 1803 in Cumberland, NC)

Click here for details of Duncan's family with Catherine (Katie) WRIGHT

¹ census 1840