Person:Walter Stewart (103)

Watchers
m. 1781
  1. William StewartAbt 1781 - Abt 1808
  2. Robert StewartAbt 1784 - Abt 1806
  3. Anna Mathilda StewartAbt 1786 - Abt 1865
  4. Walter StewartAbt 1787 - Abt 1807
  5. Henry StewartAbt 1788 - Abt 1823
  6. Mary Ann StewartAbt 1791 - Abt 1844
  7. Caroline StewartAbt 1793 -
  8. Washington Stewart1796 - Abt 1826
Facts and Events
Name Walter Stewart
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1756 County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Marriage 1781 to Deborah McClenachan
Military? PennsylvaniaRev War - Brigadier General
Death[1] 16 Jun 1796 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesdied of yellow fever
Reference Number? Q7966199?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Walter Stewart (general), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Mar 2017.

    Walter Stewart (1756 – 16 June 1796) was born in Ireland and began his military career as captain of a Pennsylvania infantry company at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. He served as an aide de camp to Horatio Gates for a year with the rank of major. Given command of the Pennsylvania State Regiment, which later became the 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, Stewart led his troops with distinction at Brandywine and Germantown in 1777. Again showing bravery, he was wounded while leading a detachment at the Battle of Monmouth in the summer of 1778. ...

  2.   A109675, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

    STEWART, WALTER
    Ancestor #: A109675
    Service: PENNSYLVANIA
    Rank: BRIGADIER GENERAL
    Birth: 1755
    Death: 6-14-1796 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT; ADC; MAJ; COL; BGEN. BY BREVET