George Hume Steuart (1700–1784) was an Edinburgh-educated physician, who settled in Annapolis in the Province of Maryland in c1721, where he established a medical practice.

In 1861, at the start of the Civil War, Steuart left his home state of Maryland, which stayed in the Union, and joined the Confederacy, though at 71 he was too old for active service.

During the American Civil War Maryland remained loyal to the Union, but the Steuarts were substantial slaveholders and supported the Confederate States of America.

On April 16, 1861 George H. "Maryland" Steuart, then an officer in the United States Army, resigned his commission as captain to join the Confederacy.

Old Steuart Hall was confiscated by the Union Army and Jarvis Hospital was erected on the estate, to care for Federal wounded.

[22] A stone obelisk at Dodon marks the burial place of Richard Sprigg Steuart and a number of other family members.