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Leonard Covington Sweat

8 December 1812–after 1872 (Age 59)
Texas, United States

The Life of Leonard Covington

When Leonard Covington Sweat was born on 8 December 1812, his father, Gideon Sweat, was 30 and his mother, Lettita Johnson, was 17. He married Elizabeth Burgess on 22 December 1828, in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died after 1872, in Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Leonard Covington Sweat

1812–1872

Elizabeth Burgess

1813–

Marriage: 22 December 1828

Mary E. Sweat

1832–

Mary Sweat

1832–

Matilda Sweat

1847–1898

Sylvester Curtis Sweat

1850–

Leonard Covington Sweat Jr

1835–1931

Henry Sweat

1837–

Elizabeth Sweat

1839–1918

Missouri " Dora Marie Martha" Sweat

1843–

Lauida Sweat

1848–

Lauida Sweat

1848–

Nancy " Nan" Sweat

1850–1900

Sarah Sweat

1851–1888

William Leonard Levi Sweat

1853–1925

Gadi Sweat

1858–

Spouse and Children

Leonard Covington Sweat

Male1812–1872Male

Elizabeth Burgess

Female1813–Female

MARRIAGE
22 December 1828
St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

children

(14)

Mary E. Sweat

Female1832–Female

Mary Sweat

Female1832–Female

Leonard Covington Sweat Jr

Male1835–1931Male

Henry Sweat

Male1837–Male

Elizabeth Sweat

Female1839–1918Female

+9 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Gideon Sweat

Male1782–1860Male

Lettita Johnson

Female1795–1860Female

siblings

(8)

Charlotte Lottie Sweatt

Female1811–1888Female

Matilda Sweat

Female1812–Female

Robert Sweat

Male1812–Male

Leonard Covington Sweat

Male1812–1872Male

Harriet Mary Sweat

Female1813–1876Female

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 7

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 8

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 18

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Sweat

Leonard

Covington

Probably a variant of English Sweet .

Possible Related Names

Sweet

Story Highlight

Leonard Sweat

Found on Ancestry: Submitted by Cheryl Tilley Perkins, Great, Great, Great Granddaughter of Leonard Covington Sweat I. It has bothered me for some time that people are mistakenly perpetuating infor …

Sources (3)

Lemuel Swett, "United States Census, 1850"
Leonard Sweat, "United States Census, 1870"
Leonard Covington, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

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