William Sweat (abt. 1732 - abt. 1778)

Born about 1732 in Prince Frederick, Craven, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Lucia (Turbeville) Sweat — married 1750 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1778 at about age 46 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

William was born in 1733 in Craven, South Carolina, USA. He was the son of William Sweat and Martha (Causey) Sweat.^[1]

• William served in the Revolutionary War.^[2]

Battle of Hunt's Bluff marker: Media; William Sweat fought in this battle; they hoodwinked the British into believing they had several cannons aimed in their direction. The 'cannons' were made of logs. It worked and the British were captured. This tactic stopped a British invasion. photos by By Paul Crumlish, May 7, 2010

Name: William Sweat Gender: Male Military Date: 9 Sep 1778 Military Place: North Carolina, USA State or Army Served: North Carolina Regiment: 2d Battalion

William died at the age of about 51 on 23 July 1783 in Hunts Bluff, SC.^[3][4]

Research Notes

• Alternate Birth #1: 1745, Location: ,Craven,South Carolina,USA
  • Peedee River, Cheraw District, South Carolina Colony now, United States

• Alternate Birth #2: 1733, Location: Craven, South Carolina, USA

Issues to be checked

• There is no source with source id 'S54'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.
• There is no source with source id 'S0'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.

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Research Notes

This pertains to William and his son William of St Peters;
Will:
"John Turbevil, his mark, Craven Co, planter. Wife: Elizabeth. Son: Charles. Daughters: Judith and Jemima. Lucy SWEAT. Grandsons: Morris and Matthew Murphy, George, under 21 years, and Solomon Turbivil; NATHAN SWEAT. Mentions: executors to sell estate as they see fit. Executors: Son-in-law, WILLIAM SWEAT; Thomas Burton. Wit: George Paul, Richard Herby. Written, 23 Jul 1763; Proven, 3 Aug 1763; Recorded (no date given), page 55."

From this will, we can surmise:

1. William Sweat was stated as the son-in-law of John Turbevil, apparently married to John's daughter, Lucy. Therefore William was a married adult in 1763. Assuming he was at least 20 years old when he married, he would have been born in the mid-1740's.

2. William Sweat and the former Lucy Turbeville had a son named NATHAN SWEAT, born before the will was written in 1763.

3. More than likely, William Sweat and Lucy Turbevil had other children. Several genealogies have been submitted and posted on the Internet suggesting that there were at least three other children: William, John, and James. The submitters suggest furthermore that these Sweat males in particular are related to the Turbeville family as children of William Sweat and Lucy. These Sweat males show up as family heads in the Beaufort District of SC in the 1790 census. However, there were others.

In the 1790 census, in the state of South Carolina, there were a total of 10 heads of household named Sweat or a spelling variation thereof. In addition to William SWEATT, there were: Benjamen SWEAT and Thomas SWEET in Orangeburg District, north part; James, John, Nathan, and William SWEAT, in Beauford District; Anthony SWEET, Orangeburg District, Prince Georges Parish; Bernard SWEATT in Camden District, Richland Co.; John SWEATT in Camden District, Fairfield County.

From "Free African Americans of NC" (June, 1992) by Paul Heinegg [available at McClung Library, Knoxville; also for sale at National Archives (NARA), in Washington, DC]:

There are more than a dozen Public Trees at Ancestry.com that mention a William Sweat from the Cheraw District of South Carolina. The consensus of opinion (there were no genealogical SOURCES or citations) is that this particular William Sweat was born in 1757 in Chesterfield, Cheraw District, South Carolina. One Tree indicated he was born at Hunt's Bluff, Cheraw District, SC. The Public Trees also agree that William died in 1790 at St. Peters, Beafort, South Carolina.

William was the son of a William Sweat (1732-1763) and Lucy Turbevil or Turbevillle (1738-1763). No wife has been indicated for the William Sweat, born in 1757.

Sources

1. ↑ Family Data Collection: Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
2. ↑ William Sweat, in the U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; View U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
3. ↑ Death: Missing source ID S54. Citing: Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Sweat (accessed before 4 December 2021)
4. ↑ Death: Missing source ID S0. Citing: Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Nathan Sweat (accessed before 4 December 2021)

See also:

• Gregg, Alexander, "Chapter V: Settlements on Lynche's Creek", History of the Old Cheraws, Richardson and Co.: New York, 1867, Page 101

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Paul Grieco for creating WikiTree profile Sweat-398 through the import of Johnson,Strickland,Bennett,Swe.ged on Jan 31, 2013.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.Sweat-644 was created by Jerry Barnard through the import of Master 8.0_2015-11-06.ged on Nov 22, 2015.

• Inferred and DNA matches
• U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783