Daniel Stewart (Brigadier General)


Daniel Stewart 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.

Early life

He was born in Liberty County, Georgia, to military officer John Stewart, Jr. and Susannah Bacon. Daniel's paternal grandparents, John Stewart, Sr. and Jerusha, were English immigrants who settled in Dorchester, South Carolina. Daniel's siblings who died young were Ann, Mary, and John III. He had two elder sisters who survived, Sarah and Susannah. Daniel also had a younger half-sister, Elizabeth, 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, a daughter of Joseph Oswald, Jr. and Ann Carter. Her brother Thomas Hepworth Oswald was the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. 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

and Stewart County, Georgia, are named after Daniel Stewart.