Charles Stewart (1729–1800)
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Charles Stewart (1729 – June 24, 1800) was an officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Continental Congressman.
Biography
Stewart was born in Gortlea in County Donegal, Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1750 and pursued a career in agriculture. Stewart was commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1771, and commissioned colonel of a battalion of Minutemen on February 15, 1776.
After the outbreak of war, he was appointed commissary general of issues by the Continental Congress on June 18, 1777. Stewart later became a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785.
Stewart died in Flemington, New Jersey. He is interred at Old Stone Church in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Gen. Farrand Stewart Stranahan was his great-grandson.
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- Continental Congressmen from New Jersey
- Continental Army staff officers
- 1729 births
- 1800 deaths
- People of New Jersey in the American Revolution
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