Daniel Stewart (1761-1829) A brigadier general in the Georgia militia and the great-grandfather of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel Stewart distinguished himself in both the American Revolution (1775-83) and the War of 1812 (1812-15). Fort Stewart and Stewart County are Daniel Stewart was born to Susannah Bacon and John Stewart on December 20, 1761, at Tranquil Plantation in what is now Liberty County. His mother died, probably of malaria, when he was five years old, and his father married Sarah Nickols in 1769. His father, who was a militia officer, died in 1776. In the same year fifteen-year-old Stewart enlisted in the militia. Under the command of Colonel John Baker of Liberty County, for two years Stewart’s unit attempted unsuccessfully to rout the British from Florida. In 1778 Stewart was wounded and captured by the British near Charleston, South Carolina. He was placed aboard a British prisoner-of-war ship in Charleston Harbor but escaped with other prisoners of war and swam to shore. While in hiding with South Carolina relatives, he met his first wife, Martha Pender. She died in childbirth a year after their wedding, but their child, John, survived. Promoted to colonel, Stewart established a cavalry brigade and then served as the commander of the Minutemen of Georgia. After the war Stewart established Cedar Hill plantation in Liberty County near the home of his stepmother. In 1785 he married Sarah Susannah Oswald and sent for his son, who had been living with South Carolina relatives. This marriage produced two surviving children, Daniel McLachlan in 1791 and Martha in 1799. During these years Stewart was involved in resolving the Creek Indian wars. He served as a state representative from 1785 to 1787, Liberty County sheriff from 1795 to 1797, and state senator for three terms between 1802 and 1811. He was also instrumental in constructing the brick wall, which still stands today, around the Midway Church cemetery. Stewart’s second wife died in 1807, and in 1810 he married Sarah Hines Lewis. His third marriage produced two daughters. In 1809 Stewart was promoted to brigadier general in the Georgia Militia and commanded a cavalry brigade during the War of 1812. After the war he was involved in Masonic rites and in veterans’ meetings and affairs. He died at Cedar Hill on May 27, 1829, and is buried in the Midway Church cemetery. In 1915 the U.S. Congress erected a monument in the cemetery in honor of Generals Daniel Stewart and James Screven. SOURCE: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1333

The following is a “list of the Proprietors of the Town of Sunbury in Georgia,” and of the Lots owned by them or their representatives about the period of the war of the Revolution:

Lot Number 1: Mark Carr
Lot Number 2: Arthur Carnaby
Lot Number 3: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 4: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 5: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 6: William Graves
Lot Number 7: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 8: John Cubbidge
Lot Number 9: James Maxwell
Lot Number 10: Mary Spry
Lot Number 11: Samuel Bennerworth
Lot Number 12: Stephen Dickinson
Lot Number 13: James Fisher: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 14: James Fisher: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 15: Swinton & Co.
Lot Number 16: Darling & Munro
Lot Number 17: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 18: James Derwell
Lot Number 19: Swinton & Co.
Lot Number 20: Thomas Peacock
Lot Number 21: Andrew Darling
Lot Number 22: Thomas Young
Lot Number 23: Thomas Young
Lot Number 24: Roger Kelsall
Lot Number 25: John James
Lot Number 26: Joseph Bacon
Lot Number 27: John Stewart, Sen’r.
Lot Number 28: John Lupton
Lot Number 29: Dunbar, Young & Co.
Lot Number 30: Dunbar, Young & Co.
Lot Number 31: John Elliott
Lot Number 32: James Dunham
Lot Number 33: Lyman Hall
Lot Number 34: Lyman Hall
Lot Number 35: Samuel Miller
Lot Number 36: Kenneth Baillie, Sen’r.
Lot Number 37: Samuel Bennerworth
Lot Number 38: Samuel Bennerworth
Lot Number 39: William Sererson
Lot Number 40: William Sererson
Lot Number 41: Mark Carr
Lot Number 42: Tabitha Bacon
Lot Number 43: Tabitha Bacon
Lot Number 44: John Winn
Lot Number 45: David Jervey
Lot Number 46: David Jervey
Lot Number 47: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 48: Francis Lee Lot Number 49: John Quarterman, Jr.
Lot Number 50: James Dowell
Lot Number 51: John Irvine
Lot Number 52: Jeremiah Irvine
Lot Number 53: Darling & Co.
Lot Number 54: Matthew Smallwood
Lot Number 55: William Peacock
Lot Number 56: Isaac Lines
Lot Number 57: John Osgood
Lot Number 58: Rebecca Way
Lot Number 59: John Stewart, Sr.
Lot Number 60: John Lupton
Lot Number 61: James Dunham
Lot Number 62: John Shave
Lot Number 63: Jacob Lockerman
Lot Number 64: Paynter Dickinson
Lot Number 65: John Lawson
Lot Number 66: John Lawson
Lot Number 67: Thomas Ralph
Lot Number 68: John Quarterman, Sr.
Lot Number 69: Thomas Gouldsmith
Lot Number 70: James Houstoun
Lot Number 71: John Stevens
Lot Number 72: Mark Carr
Lot Number 73: Hugh Clark
Lot Number 74: Hugh Clark
Lot Number 75: Kenneth Baillie, Sr.
Lot Number 76: Kenneth Baillie, Sr.
Lot Number 77: Paris Way
Lot Number 78: Nathaniel Yates
Lot Number 79: William Dunham
Lot Number 80: Charles West
Lot Number 81: Daniel Slade
Lot Number 82: Jacob Lockerman
Lot Number 83: Samuel West
Lot Number 84: Thomas Carter, P. Schmidt
Lot Number 85: John Elliott
Lot Number 86: John Elliott
Lot Number 87: William Baker
Lot Number 88: William Baker
Lot Number 89: Audley Maxwell
Lot Number 90: Elizabeth Simmons
Lot Number 91: John Graves
Lot Number 92: John Graves
Lot Number 93: Robert Bolton
Lot Number 94: John Baker
Lot Number 95: John Humphreys
Lot Number 96: James Fisher, Francis Guilland

Lot Number 97: John Lupton
Lot Number 98: John Lupton
Lot Number 99: Henry Saltus
Lot Number 100: Donald McKay
Lot Number 101: Stephen Dickinson
Lot Number 102: Stephen Dickinson
Lot Number 103: William Clark
Lot Number 104: Thomas Christie
Lot Number 105: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 106: Moses Way
Lot Number 107: William David
Lot Number 108: Paynter Dickinson
Lot Number 109: Francis Lee
Lot Number 110: Francis Lee
Lot Number 111: James Harley
Lot Number 112: Samuel Bacon
Lot Number 113: Tabitha Bacon
Lot Number 114: John Stewart, Snr.
Lot Number 115: John Stewart, Snr.
Lot Number 116: John Stewart, Snr.
Lot Number 117: Stephen Dickinson
Lot Number 118: John Stewart, Snr.
Lot Number 119: John Elliot
Lot Number 120: John Elliot
Lot Number 121: Benjamin Stevens
Lot Number 122: John Lynn
Lot Number 123: John Lynn
Lot Number 125: John Sutherland
Lot Number 126: John Sutherland
Lot Number 127: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 128: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 129: Joseph Tickener
Lot Number 130: William Miller
Lot Number 131: Richard Mills
Lot Number 132: Richard Mills
Lot Number 133: Peter McKay
Lot Number 134: James Miller
Lot Number 135: James Miller
Lot Number 136: David Jervey
Lot Number 137: William Davis
Lot Number 138: William Davis
Lot Number 139: Joseph Serjeant
Lot Number 140: John Jones
Lot Number 141: Strong Ashmore
Lot Number 142: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 143: Donald McKay
Lot Number 144: Donald McKay
Lot Number 145: Andrew Way
Lot Number 146: James Fisher
Lot Number 147: George Monis
Lot Number 148: Thomas Way Lot Number 149: James Hatcher
Lot Number 150: James Hatcher
Lot Number 151: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 152: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 153: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 154: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 155: John Perkins
Lot Number 156: John Perkins
Lot Number 157: William Lowe
Lot Number 158: William Lowe
Lot Number 159: Charles West: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 160: Charles West: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 161: Charles West: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 162: Charles West: Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 163: William Peacock
Lot Number 164: William Peacock
Lot Number 165: Charles West
Lot Number 166: Charles West
Lot Number 167: William Davis
Lot Number 168: William Davis
Lot Number 169: Francis Lee
Lot Number 170: Francis Lee
Lot Number 171: Thomas Vincent
Lot Number 172: Benjamin Baker
Lot Number 173: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 174: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 175: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 176: Grey Elliott
Lot Number 177: John Lupton
Lot Number 178: John Lupton
Lot Number 179: John Lupton
Lot Number 180: John Lupton
Lot Number 181: T: Quarterman
Lot Number 182: Joseph Bacon
Lot Number 185: Susannah Jones
Lot Number 186: Susannah Jones
Lot Number 189: Barnard Romans
Lot Number 190: Barnard Romans
Lot Number 191: Barnard Romans
Lot Number 192: Barnard Romans
Lot Number 200: John K: Zubley
Lot Number 205: Edward Way
Lot Number 206: Edward Way
Lot Number 207: James Fisher
Lot Number 208: James Fisher
Lot Number 209: Edward Maham
Lot Number 210: Edward Maham
Lot Number 211: Richard Spencer
Lot Number 212: Richard Spencer
Lot Number 213: William Swinton
Lot Number 214: William Swinton

Lot Number 215: William Swinton
Lot Number 216: William Swinton
Lot Number 217: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 218: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 219: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 220: Henry Saltus
Lot Number 221: James Read
Lot Number 222: James Read
Lot Number 223: Charles West
Lot Number 224: Charles West
Lot Number 225: John Shave
Lot Number 226: John Shave
Lot Number 227: Richard Baker
Lot Number 228: Richard Baker
Lot Number 229: Marn’k Perry
Lot Number 230: Marn’k Perry
Lot Number 231: Thomas Dunbar
Lot Number 232: Joshua Snowden
Lot Number 233: Samuel Burnley,
Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 234: Samuel Burnley,
Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 235: Samuel Burnley,
Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 236: Samuel Burnley,
Schmidt & Mölich
Lot Number 237: John Milchett
Lot Number 238: John Milchett
Lot Number 239: James Andrew
Lot Number 240: John Milchett
Lot Number 241: William Dunham
Lot Number 242: William Dunham
Lot Number 243: Samuel Jeanes
Lot Number 244: Winw’d McIntosh
Lot Number 245: David Jervey
Lot Number 246: David Jervey
Lot Number 247: Francis Lee
Lot Number 248: Samuel Morecock
Lot Number 249: Mark Carr
Lot Number 250: Mark Carr
Lot Number 251: George Bodington
Lot Number 252: Mary Bateman
Lot Number 253: John Goff
Lot Number 257: Robert Bolton
Lot Number 258: Robert Bolton
Lot Number 265: Mark Carr
Lot Number 266: Mark Carr
Lot Number 267: John Bryan
Lot Number 268: John Bryan
Lot Number 269: Patrick M: Kay
Lot Number 270: Patrick M: Kay
Lot Number 271: Benjamin Andrew
Lot Number 272: Benjamin Andrew Lot Number 273: Morgan Tabb
Lot Number 274: Morgan Tabb
Lot Number 275: Morgan Tabb
Lot Number 276: Morgan Tabb
Lot Number 277: James Watcher
Lot Number 278: James Watcher
Lot Number 279: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 280: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 281: John Bryan
Lot Number 282: Samuel Richardson
Lot Number 283: John Gaspar Stirkey
Lot Number 284: John Gaspar Stirkey
Lot Number 285: John Jones (mulatto)
Lot Number 289: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 290: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 305: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 306: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 307: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 308: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 309: Thomas Carter
Lot Number 313: Samuel Tomlinson
Lot Number 314: Samuel Tomlinson
Lot Number 315: Samuel Tomlinson
Lot Number 317: William Swinton
Lot Number 318: William Swinton
Lot Number 319: William Swinton
Lot Number 320: William Swinton
Lot Number 340: Peter McKay
Lot Number 341: Peter McKay
Lot Number 342: Peter McKay
Lot Number 343: Peter McKay
Lot Number 344: Peter McKay
Lot Number 345: Peter McKay
Lot Number 346: Peter McKay
Lot Number 347: Peter McKay
Lot Number 348: Peter McKay
Lot Number 349: Peter McKay
Lot Number 350: Peter McKay
Lot Number 351: Peter McKay
Lot Number 352: Thomas Quarterman
Lot Number 353: Barrack Norman
Lot Number 354: Barrack Norman
Lot Number 355: Barrack Norman
Lot Number 356: Tarah, Senior
Lot Number 357: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 358: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 359: Frederick Hobrendorff
Lot Number 360: Frederick Hobrendorff
Lot Number 361: Joseph Richardson
Lot Number 362: Joseph Richardson
Lot Number 373: John Ford
Lot Number 403: Thomas Christie
Lot Number 404: Thomas Christie

Lot Number 431: Marmaduke Gerry
Lot Number 432: Marmaduke Gerry
Lot Number 433: Marmaduke Gerry
Lot Number 434: Robert Smallwood
Lot Number 435: Robert Smallwood
Lot Number 436: John Winn
Lot Number 437: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 438: Francis Arthur Lot Number 473: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 474: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 475: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 476: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 477: Francis Arthur
Lot Number 478: Samuel Bacon
Lot Number 479: Francis Lee
Lot Number 480: John Tutes

Source:
The Dead Towns of Georgia. Charles C. Jones, Jr., Morning News Steam Printing House, Savannah, Georgia, 1878