Daniel Stewart (Brigadier General)
| Daniel Stewart | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 20, 1761 Liberty County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died |
May 27, 1829 (aged 67) Cedar Hill plantation, in Barrow County, Georgia |
| Spouse(s) |
Martha Pender (m. 1783–1784; her death) Sarah Susannah Oswald (m. 1785–1807; her death) Sarah Hines (m. 1810–?) |
| Relations |
Martha Stewart Bulloch (granddaughter) Irvine Stephens Bulloch (grandson) Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (great-grandson) |
| Children |
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| Parents |
John Stewart, Jr. Susannah Bacon |
| Occupation | soldier, legislator |
Daniel Stewart (December 20, 1761 – May 27, 1829) was an American politician and brigadier general in the Georgia Militia. He joined the militia in 1776 and served during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
He was born in Liberty County, Georgia to military officer John Stewart, Jr. (died September 6, 1776) and Susannah Bacon (died 1766). Daniel's paternal grandparents John Stewart, Sr. (died c. 1763) and Jerusha (maiden name unknown) (died 1762) were English immigrants who settled in Dorchester, South Carolina. Daniel's siblings who died young were Ann (died 1759), Mary (died 1766), and John III (died 1767). He had two elder sisters who survived, Sarah (born 1750) Susannah (born 1758). Daniel also had a younger half-sister, Elizabeth (born 1774), from John Jr.'s second marriage to Sarah Nickols.
On February 20, 1783, he married Martha Pender. She died giving birth to their son, John Stewart IV (1784–?).
In 1785, Daniel married Sarah Susannah Oswald (November 2, 1770 – December 25, 1807), a daughter of Joseph Oswald, Jr. (1740–1785) and Ann Carter (1744–1809). Her brother Thomas Hepworth Oswald (1760 – November 26, 1790) was the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963). She bore Daniel six children:
- Mary Stewart (1788–?)
- Daniel McLachlan Stewart (1791–?)
- Sophia Stewart (1792–?)
- Susannah Stewart (1794–?)
- Joseph Oswald Stewart (1797–?)
- Martha P. "Patsy" Stewart (March 15, 1799 — October 30, 1864).
Patsy would go on to marry Senator John Elliott (1773—1827) and Major James Stephens Bulloch (1793—1849). Patsy's children with Bulloch included socialite Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch (1835—1884) and Civil War Confederate veteran Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842—1898). Mittie was the husband of businessman/philanthropist Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt, Sr. (1831—1878). Thee and Mittie were the parents of socialite Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt (1855—1931), President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858—1919), socialite Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860—1894), and writer Corinne Roosevelt (1861—1933). Elliott and socialite Anna Rebecca Hall (1863—1892) were the parents of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884—1962).
On March 6, 1810, General Stewart married Sarah Hines, widow of Captain Elijah Lewis. They had two daughters, Sarah Caroline Stewart (1813—1815) and Georgia Drusilla Stewart (1814—1820).
He died in his winter home at Cedar Hill Plantation.
Political career
He served as a state representative from 1785 to 1787, sheriff of Liberty County, Georgia from 1795 to 1797, and state senator for three terms between 1802 and 1811.
Eponymous places
Fort Stewart and Stewart County, Georgia, are named after Daniel Stewart.
Further reading
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Liberty County Historical Society - Stewart, Daniel (1761-1829)
- Stewart Cemeteries
- Gary L. McKay, Walter E. Wilson James D. Bulloch: Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc. (2012).
- Dictionary of Georgia Biography, ed. Kenneth Coleman and Charles S. Gurr (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983), s.v. "Stewart, Daniel."
- Genealogical Publishing Com Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 1 (2010).
- Martha Stewart
- Carter family Georgia
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