Daniel Stewart (December 20, 1761 – May 27, 1829) was an American politician and brigadier general in the Georgia Militia.

Daniel's paternal grandparents, John Stewart, Sr. (died c. 1763) and Jerusha (maiden name unknown; died 1762), were English immigrants who settled in Dorchester, South Carolina.

Daniel also had a younger half-sister, Elizabeth (born 1774), from John Jr.'s second marriage to Sarah Nickols.

She bore Daniel six children: On March 6, 1810, General Stewart married Sarah Hines, widow of Captain Elijah Lewis.

They had two daughters: He died in his winter home at Cedar Hill Plantation.