Now, Samuel Stewart was the father of a John Stewart and grandson of a John Stewart, but if you're not paying attention, you get lost in the Samuels, Johns, and Williams in the family tree. You see, Samuel Stewart had a son named John Stewart born around 1733 but he also had a John born in 1744.
John Stewart (1733) was the third son of Samuel Stewart and Lydia Harris who married Sussannah (Fulkerson) Bledsoe, widow of Thomas Bledsoe. That's a totally different family. Then there's Samuel and Lydia's seventh son John Stewart born in 1744 who married a young woman named Hannah Boone. Hannah was the sister to none other than Daniel Boone.
Daniel and John were not just brothers-in-law, they were best friends. John and Daniel were known as what they called longhunters. Not everyone that hunted was a longhunter. These were professional hunters who went out for six months or more at a time and hunted for food, trade, and money. They often utilized every resource on the animals they hunted for shelter, clothing, food, weapons, tools, or anything else useful that came off of the critters, much like the Native Americans. They were masters of hunting, trapping, stalking, hiding, reading sign, and building shelters.
John Stewart was one of several men in the Yadkin, North Carolina area that picked up the trade of longhunter. One of their neighbors was a frontiersman named Daniel Boone. Christopher Gist, a close associate of George Washington, actually preceded Boone by nearly two decades as a frontiersman aiding the settlement of Kentucky, although Boone is more widely known for his adventurous part in it's foundation. A member of the Gist family moved in on one side of Daniel Boon's home at "The Forks" of the Yadkin River, and John Stewart on the other side. John and Daniel served together on a military expedition in Florida.
Daniel Boone, John Finley, John Stewart, Joseph Holden, James Moncey, and William Cool set out on May 1, 1769 to hunt game and explore Kentucky. They ran into a hunting party of Shawnee Indians who had taken their horses and gear on December 22 of that year. Daniel and John Stewart immediately set out in pursuit of the Shawnee on foot. That night, they crept in among the herd of horses and reclaimed theirs. They got them away from the Shawnee settlement, and rode away thinking all was good. The Shawnee caught up with them as they stopped to rest and tied Boone and Stewart together. For about a week, they made there way to Ohio where Boone and Stewart escaped.
Daniel and John were not just brothers-in-law, they were best friends. John and Daniel were known as what they called longhunters. Not everyone that hunted was a longhunter. These were professional hunters who went out for six months or more at a time and hunted for food, trade, and money. They often utilized every resource on the animals they hunted for shelter, clothing, food, weapons, tools, or anything else useful that came off of the critters, much like the Native Americans. They were masters of hunting, trapping, stalking, hiding, reading sign, and building shelters.
John Stewart was one of several men in the Yadkin, North Carolina area that picked up the trade of longhunter. One of their neighbors was a frontiersman named Daniel Boone. Christopher Gist, a close associate of George Washington, actually preceded Boone by nearly two decades as a frontiersman aiding the settlement of Kentucky, although Boone is more widely known for his adventurous part in it's foundation. A member of the Gist family moved in on one side of Daniel Boon's home at "The Forks" of the Yadkin River, and John Stewart on the other side. John and Daniel served together on a military expedition in Florida.
Daniel Boone, John Finley, John Stewart, Joseph Holden, James Moncey, and William Cool set out on May 1, 1769 to hunt game and explore Kentucky. They ran into a hunting party of Shawnee Indians who had taken their horses and gear on December 22 of that year. Daniel and John Stewart immediately set out in pursuit of the Shawnee on foot. That night, they crept in among the herd of horses and reclaimed theirs. They got them away from the Shawnee settlement, and rode away thinking all was good. The Shawnee caught up with them as they stopped to rest and tied Boone and Stewart together. For about a week, they made there way to Ohio where Boone and Stewart escaped.
They returned to the camp only to find the others had left and headed back home. They caught up with them but Daniel and Squire Boone, John Stewart, and a Alexander Neely returned to Kentucky for more hunting. In December of 1770, Boone and Stewart each took a side of the Kentucky river to check their trap lines. Boone made it back to camp but Stewart never returned. Daniel Boone crossed the river where he found remnants of a fire and John's initials carved into a tree but, no trace was to be seen of John Stewart.
In 1770, while on an expedition through what would be Wilderness Road, a skeleton was found in the hollow of a sycamore tree. With it was a powder horn with Stewart's initials on it. Hannah Boone Stewart later married Richard Pennington. She died in April of 1828. A memorial marker was placed at the Old Mulkey Meeting House in Kentucky where she is buried.
In 1770, while on an expedition through what would be Wilderness Road, a skeleton was found in the hollow of a sycamore tree. With it was a powder horn with Stewart's initials on it. Hannah Boone Stewart later married Richard Pennington. She died in April of 1828. A memorial marker was placed at the Old Mulkey Meeting House in Kentucky where she is buried.