Heman Swift
Heman Swift (October 14, 1733 – November 12, 1814) was a hero of the American Revolutionary War, known as General Washington's Colonel. He was a Colonel in the Connecticut State Regiment from July to December 1776, and brevetted Brigadier-General on September 30, 1783, serving until December 1783. He was an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (now known as the Connecticut Supreme Court) from 1790 to 1802.