Col. George Stewart, IV

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• STEWART, GEORGE Ancestor #: A109488
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: COLONEL
• Birth: CIRCA 1739 IRELAND
• Death: 9-9-1801 BROOKE CO VIRGINIA
• Pension Number: *W4595
• Service Source: *W4595
• Service Description: 1) ALSO MAJ, LCOL, LANCASTER CO, MILITIA

LT Col PA Militia Revolutionary War

Children listed in DAR record:

Children with Sarah Whitehill;

John 1763-1815, m. Elizabeth McCarty
Robert 1769-1837, m. Rosanna Skiles

Children with Susanna Wilson;

James, m. Catharine Fibb
Samuel b.1780, m. Rebecca Cochran
Mary 1784-1828, m. John Work
William 1782-1858, m. Elizabeth ________

No stone.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2018, 6:56:14 UTC

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Col. George's home during the American Revolutionary War was at his Leacock, Lancaster, PA property.

He married first Sarah Whitehill at the St. James Church of Lancaster nearby in 1760. Upon Sarah's death during the war in 1778, he married Susanna Wilson in his home in Leacock on April 22, 1779. She was only 18 then and she outlived George by 42 years d. April 4, 1843.

Much of the records for this family are taken from the application for pension by widow Susanna Stewart upon her husband's war service. She made the application in Washington, Washington Co, PA. This implies that the widow may have moved over to Washington Co. or even Allegheny County closer to Pittsburgh.

The brothers of Col. George Stewart named David and Joseph had been deeded property apparently while in Robison or Robeson Twp. March 9,1789 when it was in Washington Co. But their newly deeded property was back in Lancaster Co. So David at least moved back to Lancaster, then a bit in Weatherly, Carbon Co., and also Berks. Co. in the Reading area. His descendants then established residency in Quakake, Rush Twp, Schuylkill, PA for many generations. They sometimes were interred in the closest cemeteries to Quakake, but usually they chose to be buried in the old Reed Cemetery on a private farm between Beaver Meadows and Weatherly of Carbon County, their previous homestead.

George Stewart started his 1776 War military service in the 7th Battalion Lancaster Associators. In 1780 his battalion was sent with probably the 10th Regiment which was from Pennsylvania on a "Tour" of duty. By the late summer of 1781 it looked like they were headed for New York City. But after British General Cornwallis' hollow victory in Greensboro, NC at Guilford Courthouse against General Nathanael Greene's Continental troops, Cornwallis led his army to Virginia to attempt to connect with his means of supply or possible escape.

So the American and French commanders saw the opportunity to challenge Cornwallis at the newly made port of Yorktown. The 10th Regiment formed part of the massing of the Continentals, Militias, and French army meeting first at Williamsburg, VA with about twice as strong of a force as the British. They slowly made headway to Yorktown and forced Cornwallis into surrender after taking several of the main defensive redoubts of the British. So they must say now in Greensboro, NC: "Who won the battle at our courthouse, Greene or Cornwallis? Is this place now called Cornwallisville or GREENS-BORO?" As for Col. George Stewart of the Lancaster Pennsylvania Battalion, he was there at the end in the Battle of Yorktown.

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Col. George Stewart, IV is our 10th cousin 7 times removed.
Janet ilburn