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DANIEL STEWART

General Daniel Stewart was born in Liberty county,
Georgia, 20th October, 1761.  He joined the army at
fifteen, and while standing sentinel on the St. Mary's,
one cold night, Colonel Baker, perceiving his youth,
wrapped him in his own cloak.  When Georgia had been
overrun by the British, he fled to South Carolina, and
joined a company under Captain Youngblood, was taken
prisoner by Captain Dogget, and wounded by a sabre.  On a
stormy night he made his escape from the prison-ship, in
Charleston Harbor, with eight others.  They crept through
the port-holes, and being a large man, as he was pulled
through by his companions, was much injured- his
shoulders wre excoriated.

Out on a scout, he discovered a man hide under some
shucks in an old house.  After feeling for him some time
he transfixed his foot with his sword; the man begged him
for Christ's sake to spare his life, which he did.

He served in our State Legislature twenty-one years. - He
was elected Brigadier General of cavalry, an office not
known now, and seems to have been created expressly for
him.

His ancestors were born in Dorchester, South Carolina;
joined the Presbyterian church at Midway, when near sixty
years of age.  Died in May, 1829.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, pp.
304-305.


STEWART COUNTY, GEORGIA

This division of the State was formed from Randolph in
1830, and named after General Daniel Steward, whose name
stand high upon the annals of Georgia.  The Chattahoochee
River forms the western boundary.

LUMPKIN is the county site, situated on the waters of the
Hodchodkee Creek, distant from Milledgeville 160 miles.

Among the early settlers of this county were:  N.
Clifton, M. Gresham, W. H. Dismukes, R. J. Snelling, S.
Luckey, James Greer, J. Talbot, L. Bryan, Captain Ball,
James E. Gachet, H. W. Jernigan, F. D. Wimberly.

The following are cases of longevity:  Wm. Elliott, 90;
Mrs. Elliott, 85; Mr. Bush and wife, 80; B. Smith, 88; R.
Melton, 82; Thomas Glenn, 81; L. Cox, over 80; Geo.
Osborn, 86; Mrs. L. M. Turner, 80.  A negro woman
belonging to Mr. John Glenn is over 100 years old.  A
free woman of colour died in April, 1852, said to have
been 137 years of age.  Thomas Williams is now living,
over 84 years.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 637-641.  [Reprinted 1968, Heritage Papers,
Danielsville, GA]


Note: Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, Washington City, Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp.
255-256. APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES "The author
conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named,
would furnish an instructive and pleasing appendage to
his topographical work... Acquainted with the intimate
friends of some of the 'venerable dead,' he has been
furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character... There are in the State ninety counties (book
printed in 1837, presently in 2001, there are 159
counties)..."


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