| 1. | Dorcas Shaw (daughter of Shaw). Other Events and Attributes:
- Property: Feb 1815, Lincoln Co, Tennessee
Notes:
Property:
mentioned as "my cousin Darkes Shaw" in will of Andrew Stewart (c1785-Feb 1815)
Andrew Stewart (c1785? ? February 1815) He wasn?t taxed in 1804 or 1806, so may have been born after 1785. On 28 March 1814 Andrew Stewart and his brother John enlisted at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Gunmen, Tennessee Volunteers. The Regiment helped capture the fort at Pensacola, Florida in early November 1814 and participated in the Battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815. Andrew Stewart died of disease on 2 February while the unit was still in New Orleans. The Regiment returned to Tennessee in March 1815, and several months later on 7 August 1815 two soldiers of the unit appeared in the Lincoln County court to testify to the nuncupative will of Andrew ?Steward?, who was ?late a Sergeant in Capt. John Dooks (sic) company of Tennessee Volunteers of Mounted gunmen, who was suddenly taken sick while at New Orleans performing a term of duty as a soldier and died between the 6th and 10th of February 1815.? 10
The will left everything to ?my brother Joseph Steward of Knox County, East Tennessee?except a silk dress which I leave to my cousin Darkes Shaw.? Dorcas Shaw was evidently the younger sister both Sarah Shaw Doaks, the widow of Captain John Doak who also died at New Orleans and of William Shaw who served in the same regiment. In what specific way the Shaws were related to the Stewarts is unknown. It also isn?t clear why Andrew Stewart owned a silk dress. (Had he planned on marrying Dorcas Shaw?)
http://www.genfiles.com/stewart/james-stewart-ca1755-1815/
Family/Spouse: Bachman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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