Peter Swart (July 5, 1752 – November 3, 1829) was a

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from

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. Born in Schoharie, he attended the common schools, studied law, was

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in New York and commenced the

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in Schoharie. He was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Schoharie County in 1795, and was a member of the

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in 1798 and 1799. Swart was elected as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809. He was

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of Schoharie County in 1810 and 1813, and served in the

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from 1817 to 1820. He resumed the practice of his profession in Schoharie and died there in 1829; interment was in the Old Stone Fort Cemetery.

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