Birth date information taken from old family Bible owned by Mrs. D.L. Burrus, Monroe, LA. This Bible was originally owned by John Bass
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP7-8T4 : accessed 20 May 2016), James M Sweatt in entry for Isaac Sweat, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87J-WRK : accessed 20 May 2016), James Sweat in household of Isaac Sweat, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 175, family 1497, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,027.
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