Capt. Van Swearingen
- Born: 3 Nov 1754, Haggerstown, Frederick, Maryland
- Marriage: Susanna Greathouse on 24 Feb 1780 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
- Died: 18 Jul 1839, Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky at age 84
 Notes:
In 1770 he moved to Fayette County, PA and during the Revolutionary
War rendered military service in several expeditions against the Indians
and British. He afterward lived in Shelby County, KY.
Will dated 1 Dec 1832 and was probated Sept 1839, Will Book 13:106-9, Shelby
Co., KY. Tombstone in the Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, KY.
In his pension application Van stated "I was born in the state (then colony) of Maryland about 10 miles from Hagerstown on the 3rd of November l754. I was
removed to the state (then colony) of Pennsylvania about 1770 to the part then known as Monongalea County, now Fayette County, at which place I resided until the hostilities commenced with Great Britain".
Was with George Rogers Clark at the surrender of Kaskaskia.
Details of his life include:
Fact 1: Fact 1, Grove Hill Cem. Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Van married Susanna Greathouse, daughter of Harmon Greathouse and Mary Magdalina Stull, on 24 Feb 1780 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. (Susanna Greathouse was born on 14 Jan 1759 in , Baltimore, Maryland and died on 8 Apr 1839 in , Shelby, Kentucky.)
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