Charles Stewart (1729–1800) was an officer during the
American Revolutionary War
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and a
Continental Congress
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man.
Early life
Charles Stewart was born in 1729 in Gortlea,
County Donegal, Ireland
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to Robert Stewart. His grandfather, Charles Stewart, was an officer of dragoons and fought for
William III of England
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at the
Battle of the Boyne
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. Gortlea was given to his grandfather by William III for his war service. He emigrated to the United States in 1750 and pursued a career in agriculture. After 1763, he lived at Lansdown, his mansion in Landsdown, New Jersey. With
Personal life
Stewart married Mary Oakley Johnston (d. 1771), daughter of Judge Samuel Johnston (1706–1785), who owned a large estate there.
General
Farrand Stewart Stranahan
Farrand Stewart Stranahan (February 2, 1842 – July 13, 1904) was an American Civil War veteran, a railroad executive, a banker, and a U.S. politician of the Republican Party.
Early life
F. Stewart Stranahan was born in Manhattan, New Yo ...
lieutenant colonel
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of militia in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
of a battalion of
Minutemen
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on February 15, 1776. He served in four sessions of the
Provincial Congress of New Jersey
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(1775–76).
After the outbreak of war, he was appointed commissary general of issues by the
Continental Congress
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on June 18, 1777. Stewart later became a New Jersey delegate to the
Second Continental Congress
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in 1784 and 1785.
Death
Stewart died June 24, 1800, at a farm he owned on Mt. Carmel (Coxe's Hill) in Flemington. He is interred at Old Stone Church in
Bethlehem Township, New Jersey
Bethlehem Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area.