Name Daniel Stewart Role Politician | Parents Susannah Bacon | |
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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 John Stewart IV
Mary Stewart
Daniel McLachlan Stewart
Sophia Stewart
Susannah Stewart
Joseph Oswald Stewart
Martha P. Stewart
Sarah Caroline Stewart
Georgia Drusilla Stewart Occupation Planter, soldier, legislator Died May 27, 1829, Riceboro, Georgia, United States | ||
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.
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Early life
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) and Susannah (born 1758). Daniel also had a younger half-sister, Elizabeth (born 1774), from John Jr.'s second marriage to Sarah Nickols.
Career
Stewart 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.
Personal life
On February 20, 1783, he married Martha Pender. She died giving birth to their son:
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:
On March 6, 1810, General Stewart married Sarah Hines, widow of Captain Elijah Lewis. They had two daughters:
He died in his winter home at Cedar Hill Plantation.
Eponymous places
Fort Stewart and Stewart County, Georgia, are named after Daniel Stewart.