Thomas Swepson (c. 1760–1819)
Swepson was a Dismal Swamp Company agent for Bushrod Washington.
Thomas Swepson was born in Virginia around 1760. He worked as deputy clerk of Nansemond County (1781–83), surveyor and inspector of revenue for the port of Suffolk, and resident agent in Suffolk for the Dismal Swamp Company. Swepson married twice: first to Charlotte Driver (c. 1770–before 1804, married c. 1791) and then to Ann Riddick (c. 1785–1846, m. 1804). Between his two wives he had five children. Thomas Swepson died in Suffolk on 19 October 1819.
Sadie Greening Sparks, Records Pertaining to Thomas Swepson of Nansemond Co., Virginia.
Nomination of Thomas Swepson as Surveyor and Inspector of Revenue for the Port of Suffolk, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
Charles Royster, The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington’s Times (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999).
Thomas Swepson in Carleva's Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Swepson in Hendon and Bradley Family Trees (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Swepson in Milton-Flanigan Family Tree (Ancestry.com).