The Sweatt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,703 people carried this name — #8,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,589 in 2000.

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In print

Sweatt in American newspapers,
1919–1926.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Sweatt
The Washington Times 1919-01-23
Newspaper page from The Chesterfield Advertiser carrying the name Sweatt
The Chesterfield Advertiser 1925-09-17
Newspaper page from The Chesterfield Advertiser carrying the name Sweatt
The Chesterfield Advertiser 1926-01-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,304 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sweatt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph S. G. Sweatt
    Joseph S. G. Sweatt 1843–1914
  • W. R. Sweatt
    W. R. Sweatt 1867–1937 · businessperson
  • Heman Marion Sweatt
    Heman Marion Sweatt 1912–1982 · civil rights advocate
  • John B. Sweatt 1846–1925 · architect
  • Heman Marion Sweatt 1912–1982 · civil rights advocate

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sweatt,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States188 records

188 records of the Sweatt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 130
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hardie D. Sweatt

    Born 1911 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; yardman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Edward Sweatt

    Born 1949; from Bowling Green, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John R. Sweatt

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1955; buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 188 records for Sweatt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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