Stewart Ellison

Stewart Ellison (March 8, 1834 – October 24, 1899) was an American building contractor and state legislator in North Carolina.

Biography Ellison was born enslaved on March 8, 1834 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. He was owned by Abner F. Neal. He took up a carpentry apprenticeship at thirteen years of age with Marrs Newton, a free mulatto mechanic in Washington, to serve for seven years. He learned to read and write in his free time.

Around July 1852 Ellison travelled to Raleigh, North Carolina to work on several construction projects. This included several buildings on Fayetteville Street and months of work on the North Carolina Hospital for the Insane. He returned to Washington in December 1854 where he lived until 1862 when he moved to Raleigh. In 1876 he had declined the nomination. He was a member of several committees during his service including the Education committee, the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind committee and the Public Buildings committee.