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Thomas Sweat (Sweatt)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
Death: November 28, 1871 (69)
Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Middendorf, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William T. Sweat and Unknown Sweat
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Sweatt and Annis P. Hunt Sweatt Floyd
Father of Leander Sweet; Louarkie Lougina Polson and Thomas W.H.A. Sweatt
Half brother of Samuel Sweat; Sarah Sweat; William T. Sweat, II; John Franklin Sweat, Sr.; Matthew Sweat and 9 others

Occupation: Shoemaker
Managed by: Linda (Carr) Buchholz, Kit # FW8...
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About Thomas Sweat

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104338511/thomas-sweat

From Find a Grave:

Listed as "mulatto" in the Federal Census.

Some of these SWEAT changed their spellings as generations progressed.

In the 1870 Federal Census, Thomas was a Shoe Maker. He was the son of William SWEAT born 1777 in Saint Peter's District, Beaufort District, South Carolina; died 1855 in Georgia. His mother is currently unknown.

I show Thomas & 1st wife with at least 6 living children:

1. Margaret E. "Peggy" SWEAT b.c1830

2. William W. SWEAT, Sr. b.c1832

3. Annie E. SWEAT b.c1834, marr. Samuel DIXON

4. Mary E. SWEAT b.c1837

5. John A. SWEET

6. Leander "Lee" SWEET

Thomas & 2nd wife Annis had two children:

1. Lourekey L. SWEATT, m. Niven POLSON

2. Thomas W.H.A. SWEATT

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Cemetery surveyed August 3, 2001.

Burial locations has been graciously donated by Norma Baugh, Chesterfield Co, SC Historian. E-Mail: private (January 2013) Additional info provided by yours truly.

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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QX-ZFH : 4 April 2020), Thomas Sweat, Chesterfield county, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; citing family 352, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Thomas is listed in Chesterfield County with wife Eliza and children: Margaret, William, Eliza A., Mary E., John A., and Leander. Noted as "Mulatto" but may have been Native or mixed race as the term was applied for most of Native, African, white mixtures.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTZ-JDF : 18 March 2020), Thos Swet, 1860.

Thomas is listed in Chesterfield County with wife Eliza and children William, Eliza, Mary, John, and Leander. Noted as "White" in this census.

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Thomas Sweat's Timeline

1802
February 2, 1802
Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
1842
June 28, 1842
Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States
1865
December 1865
Chesterfield County, SC, United States
1867
December 7, 1867
Chesterfield County, SC, United States
1871
November 28, 1871
Age 69
Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States
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Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Middendorf, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States