Colonel George Steuart and His Wife Margaret Harris

by Robert Stewart

1907

George Steuart (1736-1787) son of John Stuart (d. 1749) and his wife Ann Garland (b. 1716?). George married Margaret Harris (1737-1815) in 1758. When he reached the age of 13 his father died leaving him the only son of a widowed mother, with two sisters younger than himself naturally looking to him, as well as to their mother, for help. Several years later his mother remarried, a widower with 7 children himself. The family move about 4 miles away from the homestead. When George married he and his wife moved into the old homestead of 207 acres of land. George and Margaret had 6 children.

The Kennamer Family

by John Robert Kennamer, Lorrin Garfield Kennamer

1924

"After careful study of all sources for two years, the authors are of the opinion that [their Kennamer] forefathers were of High Dutch descent and lived in Holland near where that State borders with present-day Germany. ... They came to this country before the Revolutionary War and settled in the Carolinas."--Page 13. Some later went to Alabama. "Hans Kennamer, with a large family, and his eldest son, Jacob, who was married, came to the Cove and settled among the Indians in 1798, or not later than 1805. This place is now know as Kennamer Cove. ... The records of Madison County, Alabama, show that Samuel, Stephen and Jacob Kennamer bought land in that county in 1809. ... It is a well-known fact that the sons of Hans Kennamer settled ... in the western part of Jackson County, the eastern part of Madison County, and the northern part of Marshall County. David and Abram resided in Madison County, while John Kennamer lived at the place wher Paint Rock, Alabama, now is. ... Hans Kennamer died and was buried in Pisgah Cemetery, in Kennamer Cove, Alabama."--Page 14-15. Nothing is know of his wife. Son Jacob Kennemer (ca. 1776-1856) " ... moved from Alabama to Giles County, Tennessee where he acquired ... land of Sugar Creek. ... He was married twice, but the names of his wives could not be ascertained. He was buried on Anderson Creek, in Lauderdale County, Alabama, near Foster's Mill."--P. 17-18. Also includes Kennamer, Kennemore, Canamore, Kennemur, Kennemer, Kenimer families of Georgia. Descendants and relatives lived in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Missouri, Iowa, Georgia and elsewhere