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Archibald Stuart came from the lowlands of Scotland to Pennsylvania about 1746. The Jacobite Rebellion was occurring in Scotland, when the Scots unsuccessfuly attempted to restore a Stuart to the British monarchy. The result was that the Scots were persecuted, so Archibald Stuart refugeed to Londonderry, Ireland with the other Scots escaping British reprisals where he aligned himself with others and sailed for Pennsylvania. They left Pennsylvania and settled in the Shenandoah Valley in Augusta County in 1738. While there, the family acquired large land tracts. Issue:
- Alexander Stuart, served as a Major during the Revolutionary War under Colonel Samuel McDowell and fought in the battle of Guilford Court House. During this battle, two horses were killed under him, and he was severely wounded, captured. Major Stuart was one of the founders of Washington College in Lexington. He died at the age of 90 years. Issue:
- Archibald Stuart served in the War of 1812, lawyer. He represented Campbell County in the Virginia Legislature, and later Patrick County. He was heard in the Constitutional Convention of 1829 and 1850.Wife, Elizabeth. Issue:
- Alexander Stuart went West; US Judge in Illinois and in Missouri; Speaker of the Missouri Legislature. He died in 1832.
- James Ewell Stuart, born 6 Feb 1833 in Patrick County. He attended West Point and later obtained active duty as a lieutenant in the second United States Cavalry and engaged in an expedition against the Indians of the southwest where he was wounded. In October 1859 he served as aide-de-camp to Colonel Robert E. Lee at Harpers Ferry; fought in the Battle of the First Manassas. He was mortally wounded on 20 May 1864.
The Stuart Monument erected in Richmond, Virginia 1907:
(East Side) Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Commanding Cavalry Corps,
Army of Nothern Virginia
This statue erected by his comrades and the City of Richmond A. D. 1907
(West Side)
Born in Patrick County, Virginia, February 6, 1833
Died in Richmond, Virginia, May 11, 1864
Aged 31 years
Mortally wounded in the Battle of Yellow Tavern
May 11, 1864
" He gave his life for his country and saved this city from capture."
General James Ewell Brown Stuart was born in Virginia on 6 February 1833. Early in his career he attended the military academy at West Point and was afterwards (1859) sent to suppress John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. During the War Between the States he was assigned to General Joseph Johnston's forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Battles: First and Second Bull Run; Manasses; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville.