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:- John Stewart IV.
- Mary Stewart
- Daniel McLachlan Stewart
- Sophia Stewart
- Susannah Stewart
- Joseph Oswald Stewart
- Martha "Patsy" Stewart. She first married Senator John Elliott and later married Major James Stephens Bulloch. Patsy's children with Bulloch included:
- *Anna Louisa Bulloch
- *Martha "Mittie" Bulloch. She married Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt, Sr.. Thee and Mittie were the parents of Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt Cowles, President Theodore Roosevelt, Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt, and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Elliott and his wife, socialite Anna Rebecca Hall, were the parents of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
- *Charles Irvine Bulloch
- *Irvine Stephens Bulloch
- Sarah Caroline Stewart
- Georgia Drusilla Stewart