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Hamilton S. Sweatnam (Johnson County, physician and soldier)

b. 1818-06-01 d. 1893-09-20

Johnson County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Sweatnam. Father of Cordelia Sweatnam, John Sweatnam, Rosabell Sweatnam, Mary T. Swearnam, and William B. Sweatnam. School teacher in Morgan County in 1850. Physician in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in Johnson County as surgeon from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 2-3.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 894.
Find A Grave, "Dr Hamilton Steven ‘Uncle Doctor’ Swetnam (1818-1893)," Memorial #39609205, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39609205# (accessed October 9, 2018).

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Sweatnam, Hamilton S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211771 (November 12, 2026).

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