A Brief History of the Atkins, Stewart, and Smith Families - New Page 1

1850
The remainder of this report on the Stewart family will be based on US census data. Ordinarily, I
would compute the birth year by subtracting the age from the census year, but since we have
such good birth and death data from various states’ vital records, the Social Security Death
Index, and researcher Joe Goss, I have included the actual dates in the following tables.
James Franklin Stewart (see last entry in the above table) was born on 24 November 1826 in
Greenville County, South Carolina. On 28 August 1848, a marriage license was issued in Carroll
Co, TN, and he married Cornelia Ann Blow on 3 September 1848. Cornelia Ann was born on 14
May 1830 in South Hampton County, Virginia. Her parents were William T. and Lucy G. Blow.
Here is a chart of this family in 1850 when the 1850 census was taken:
1850
Name Age Born In Died In
James
Franklin
Stewart
21 11/24/1826 Greenville Co, SC 9/21/1885 Saltillo,
Faulkner
AR
Cornelia Ann 20 5/14/1830 South Hampton Co, 12/23/1903 Saltillo,
Blow
VA
Faulkner
AR
Mary J 1 TN
Co,
Co,
James Franklin Stewart was a farmer in Carroll Co, TN in 1850 and valued his real estate at $60.
One source states that he was about 6’2” tall while his wife Cornelia was less than 5’.
Photographs of James Franklin Stewart and Cornelia Blow Stewart exist and are shown at the
end of this report.
1860
Curiously, this family could not be found in the 1860 census. The reason is unknown at this time.
Usually, when someone is not found in a census, it is due to a major name spelling error or lost
census pages.
1870
By 1870, the James Franklin Stewart family had grown to 12 members, one short of the complete
family of 13. By 1870, the family had moved from Tennessee and was now living in Des Arc
Township of White County, Arkansas. Based on the birth locations of the children, the family
probably moved to Arkansas around 1860. The following table lists the family as found in the
1870 census documents:
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