Charles McSwain
Birth 13 Aug 1786 in North Carolina
Death 19 Dec 1848
Burial Cedar Grove United Methodist Cemetery, Norwood, Stanly Co., NC
Father David McSwain b: 1 Mar 1734 in Maryland
Mother Priscilla
Marriage Lewraner Washburn b: 5 Dec 1794
Children:
William Adney McSwain b: 5 Nov 1814 in North Carolina
Margaret McSwain
Gabriel Washburn McSwain b: 25 Jan 1817 in North Carolina
Priscilla D. McSwain b: ABT 1818 in North Carolina
Eunice (Nicey) McSwain b: 12 Aug 1819 in North Carolina
Catherine McSwain b: ABT 1823 in North Carolina
Charles J. McSwain b: ABT 1824 in North Carolina
George A. McSwain b: ABT 1825 in North Carolina
Nancy McSwain b: 22 Aug 1828 in North Carolina
Martin Moore McSwain b: ABT 1829 in North Carolina
David K. McSwain b: ABT 1830 in North Carolina
Minor M. McSwain b: ABT 1832 in North Carolina
Sarah Ann McSwain b: 14 Sep 1834 in North Carolina
Marriage 2 Sarah Lucy Throckmorton
Children Thomas Asbury McSwain b: ABT 1849 in North Carolina
-- David Holden,
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I94548
"My great grandmother was Sarah Ann McSwain Callahan (1875-1961) born and died
in Cleveland Co., N.C. According to my research her father was Larkin
Arkansas McSwain (1849-1929); son of Wm. Berry McSwain (1822-1904: son of
David McSwain (1782-1860) who was married to Susanna Hamrick (1784-1894, which
would have made her 110 yrs old). Sarah and Berry are buried at Beaver Dam
Baptist Church west of Shelby, N.C. Larkin Arkansas McSwain is supposedly
buried at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Swainsville, N.C."
-- George Callahan, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 October
2018
North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994
Sarah Ann Callahan
Age 86, Birth 09 July 1875 North Carolina
Residence Rt 4, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, for 6 months
White, Widowed, Occupation Domestic
Father's Name Larkin Anses [Arkansas] McSwain
Mother's Name Louisa Lovelace
Spouse and Informant Charles W Callahan, Rt 4, Shelby, North Carolina
Death 02 October 1961 Shelby Road Hospital, Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North
Carolina
Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage for 2 days, due to Arteriosclerosis for 5
years
Burial 03 October 1961 Beaver Dam Baptist Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC, by
Palmer-McPhaul Funeral Home, Shelby
Filed 13 November 1961
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 August, page 294,
Hse/Fam #455
David McSwain 40 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b NC [b abt 1810]
Lucy McSwain 29 F NC [b abt 1821]
-- page 295 --
Sally McSwain 15 F NC [b abt 1835]
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 11 August, page 129
(scan 381), Hse/Fam # 922
John Green 28 M b NC $315 Real Estate $247 Personal
Sarah Green 25 F b NC Cannot read or write
Clemens Green 5 M b NC
L L Green 4 F b
NC
Sarah Elizabeth McSwain
Birth 1843, Death Unknown
Parents George Washington McSwain 1821 - 1909
Lucinda P Wright 1819 - 1897
-- Ancestry Trees, Blanton Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9854432/person/-729178200
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 August, page 294,
Hse/Fam #456
George McSwain 30 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b NC [b abt 1820]
Lucinda McSwain 32 F VA [b abt 1818]
Sarah E McSwain 7 F NC [b abt
1843]
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, page 157,
Hse/Fam #587
Richard McSwain 38 M Farmer born North Carolina
Polly McSwain 36 F NC
Elizabeth McSwain 15 NC
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 August, page 59-60,
Hse/Fam #425
Richard E McSwain 48 M Farmer born North Carolina (b abt 1812)
Mary McSwain 40 F NC (b abt 1820)
Sarah E McSwain 25 NC (b abt
1825)
For a long time I could find no information indicating that Sarah H McSwain
ever married. Finally in March 2008, I found one family genealogy, by Shane
Hamrick, that reported the spouse of Susannah H McSwain. She married James
Louis Hamrick in 1872. James was born in 1852 and died in 1907, according to
Shane.
In the 1850 census she is listed as 2 years old. But family genealogies
report her birth date as 24 December 1846. This would mean that in August
1850, she would have been 3 and almost 4.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 17 August, Hse/Fam #295
William McSwain 44 M Baptist Preacher $150 Real Estate born North Carolina
Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina
Sarah H McSwain 2 F born North Carolina
The census age in 1860 matches the age reported in the 1850 census. I wonder
if along the way somewhere, the family mis-recorded the year of her birth.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 August, page 132-3,
Hse/Fam #955
Wm McSwain 54 M Baptist Minister $300 Real Estate $1030 Personal born North
Carolina
Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina
Sarah H McSwain 12 F born North Carolina
Sallie married James Louis Hamrick.
North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
J L Hamrick, Age 21, (born abt 1851)
Sallie H McSwain, Age 22 (born abt 1850)
License issued 22 November 1872 Cleveland County
Ceremony 3 December 1872 by G H Rollins, Minister (location not reported)
They are reported as the parents of Judie Veneisia Hamrick.
North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976
Judie Veinisia Moore [Judie Veinisia Hamrick]
Age 64 years, 11 months, 1 day
Birth 9 October 1873 North Carolina, United States
Widowed Domestic
Residence Rt 4, Shelby (Cleveland County), North Carolina
Father James L Hamrick, born North Carolina
Mother Sellie McSwain, born North Carolina
Informant Pink Lovelace, Rt 4, Shelby, NC
Death 9 September 1938 Township 7, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Cause of Death carcinoma of Common duct, Gastric Ulcer
Burial 13 September 1938 Beaverdam Cemetery, Shelby (Cleveland County), NC
Certificate filed 13 October 1938
I found her listed with these dates in the Beaverdam Cemetery Register
compiled by W D Floyd. This also informs us that she was the wife of J L
Hamrick.
Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Hamrick, Sallie McSwain December 24, 1846 September 13, 1933 w/o JLH
Hamrick, J L February 17, 1852 March 29, 1907
-- W D Floyd,
http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt
----------------------
Sallie McSwain Hamrick
BIRTH 24 Dec 1846
DEATH 13 Sep 1933 (aged 86)
BURIAL Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North
Carolina
Parents:
William McSwain 1806-1881
Judith Hamrick McSwain 1809-1894
Spouse James Louis Hamrick 1852-1907
Siblings:
Mary McSwain Lovelace 1829-1920
Elijah McSwain 1835-1913
Berryman McSwain 1841-1924
Margaret McSwain McSwain 1851-1879
Children:
Judia Vernishia Hamrick Moore 1873-1938
Cora Effie Hamrick Lovelace 1876-1905
Created by Elizabeth Olmstead 3 Mar 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial 34386890,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34386890
----------------------
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, p 31,
Hse/Fam #587
George McSwain 57 [b abt 1793, note differences in ages from census to
census] Farmer $600 Real Estate b NC
Catharine McSwain 34 b NC
Sally H McSwain 5 b NC
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 6 August, p 54, Hse/Fam
#385
George McSwain 61 [b abt 1799, note differences in ages from 1850, only 4
years] Farmer $100 Real Estate b NC
Catherine McSwain 40 b NC
Sallie H McSwain 15 b NC
1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 July, Prairie Township, PO
St Charles, page 15, Hse/Fam #117
Wethers, Virgil 30 M W Farmer $160 Personal Estate b SC (b abt 1840)
Wethers, Sarah 26 F W Keeping House b NC (b abt 1844)
Wethers, George W 4 M W b Tennessee (b abt 1866)
1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 1 June, St Charles, District
2, p 1, Hse/Fam #9
Weathers, V M W M 37 Laborer SC NC SC (b abt 1843)
Weathers, S H W F 32 Wife House Keeper NC NC NC (b abt 1848)
Weathers, Geo W W M 12 Son At School SC SC NC (b abt 1868)
Weathers, T J W F 9 Dau At School Tenn SC NC (b abt 1871)
Weathers, Etta W F 7 Dau At School AR SC NC (b abt 1873)
Weathers, Charley W M 5 Son AR SC NC (b abt 1875)
Weathers, Infant W M 1mo Son AR SC NC (b abt April
1880)
1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Arkansas, 10 July, Talladega Township, p
4, PO Randall, Hse/Fam #34
McSwayne, M 68 (? should be abt 38) M W Miller $800 Real Estate $No Personal
Reported b North Carolina [born abt 1802 (1832-36]
McSwayne, Lucyann 43 F W K House North Carolina [born abt 1827]
McSwayne, Sarah I 6 F W North Carolina [born abt 1864]
1880 Federal Census, Dorsey County, Arkansas, [no date], Niven Township,
District 80, page 8, Hse/Fam #71
McSwain, Lucy W F 60 Widow Keeping House Ark -- --
McSwain, Lewis W M 26 Son Single Farmer NC NC NC
McSwain, Nancy W F 24 Dau At Home NC NC NC
McSwain, Elizabeth W F 18 Dau Single NC NC NC
McSwain, Sallie W F 15 Dau At Home Ark NC NC
1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, Arkansas, 1 June, White Oak Township,
District 42, page 1A, Hse #3, Fam #4
Hamilton, Robert M Head W M Aug 1864 45 Married 13 yrs GA GA GA Farmer Owns
Hamilton, Sarah I Wife W F Sept 1869 34 Married 13 yrs 6 child/4 living AR
SC NC
Hamilton, Gabriel M Son W M Apr 1889 11 Single AR GA AR Farmer
Hamilton, Artie E Dau W F Nov 1890 9 Single AR GA AR
Hamilton, Alonzo M Dau W F Apr 1896 4 Single AR GA AR
Hamilton, Hattie M Dau W F Mar 1899 1 Single AR GA AR
1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, Arkansas, 27 April, White Oak Township,
District 163, page 5B, Hse/Fam #50
Hamilton, Robert M Head M W 55 2nd marriage Married 22 years GA GA GA
Farmer Owns
Hamilton, Sarah I Wife F W 44 1st marriage Married 22 yrs 6 children/4 living
AR NC NC
Hamilton, Alonzo M Son M W 14 AR GA AR
Hamilton, Hattie M Dau F W 11 AR GA AR
1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, Arkansas, 14 January, White Oak
Township, District 24, page 3B, Hse #53, Fam #54
Hamilton, Robert Head Owns M W 65 GA GA GA Farmer
Hamilton, Sarah Wife F W 54 AR NC NC
-- page 3B --
Hamilton, Gabriel Son M W 30 AR GA AR Farmer At Home
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Sallie I McSwain Hamilton
Birth 1865 Cleveland County, Arkansas
Death Sep. 21, 1935 Cleveland County, Arkansas
Children with unknown or unconnected burials:
- Mrs. R.A. Word of Camden
- Mrs. A.A. Ryburn of Mt. Carmel
- G.M. Hamilton of Rison
- Lon Hamilton of the Mt. Carmel
Cleveland County Herald
September 25, 1935
-------------------
MRS. R.M. HAMILTON DIES AT HOME HERE
Mrs. Sallie I. Hamilton, aged 69 years, widow of the late R.M. Hamilton,
passed away at her home here at 8:45 Tuesday night [24 September 1935]. Mrs.
Hamilton had been in declining health for several months.
Mrs. Hamilton was before her marriage Miss Sallie I. McSwain and was born in
this county. Until a few years ago when she moved to Rison, Mrs. Hamilton had
made her home in the Mt. Carmel community. She was a member of the Methodist
church, holding membership in the Mt. Carmel church for a long time.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Mt. Carmel Methodist church this
(Wednesday) afternoon with interment in the church cemetery. Services will be
conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J.G. Gieck, with the Rev. M.E. Scott of this
city assisting.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R.A. Word of Camden and Mrs. A.A. Ryburn of
Mt. Carmel; two sons, G.M. Hamilton of Rison and Lon Hamilton of the Mt.
Carmel community, and 12 grandchildren.
Pallbearers are as follows: Craig Sadler, Dr. F.J. Robertson, George H.
Holmes, Jas. G. Mosley, R.M. Culpepper, Tollie Rhodes, Henry Randolph, and
"Red" O'Keiff of Pine Bluff. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Rufus T.
Buie.
-------------------
Father M. M. McSwain
Spouse Robert M. Hamilton (1854 - 1930)
Sibling Martha Elizabeth McSwain Kendall (1863 - 1928)
Burial Mount Carnal [Carmel] Cemetery, Cleveland County, Arkansas
Created by: Marilyn Connell Jun 03, 2010
-- Find A Grave Memorial #53205219,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53205219
------------------------------------------
The obituary above, dated 25 September (Wednesday) states that death occurred
on the previous Tuesday, which would be 24 September 1935. Yet the
Find-a-Grave memorial reporting this obituary gives the date of death as 21
September, which was the previous Saturday. I have not seen a photo of the
gravestone and can find no transcription of the cemetery. Could the grave
have a different date of death than that reported by the obituary?
1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 11 June, Township 2,
District 66, page 17 (scan 477), No Hse #159, Fam #165
McSwain, George W M 53 Laborer NC NC NC
McSwain, Malissa W F 47 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
McSwain, Sarah L W F 6 Dau NC NC
NC
In 1910 the census tells us that Stella was 2 years old. This matches the
birth date on her gravestone: 19 February 1908.
1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 20 April, District 18, Page
3A, Prairie Township, Hse/Fam #42
McSwain, James Head M W 25 Married 5 years AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Ruth Wife F W 23 Married 5 years bore 2 children, 2 living AR IN AR
McSwain, Bernetta Dau F W 4 AR AR AR
McSwain, Stella Dau F W 2 AR AR AR
Stella died 2 May 1914, and was buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Ethel,
Arkansas, near the family's home.
Stella D
Dau of J McSwain
Feb 19, 1908
May 2, 1914
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Photo by Orville Boyd Jenkins 13 May
2017
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Record #01 126, Bond #: 000133904
Groom Allen Hamrick
Bride Susannah McSwain
Bond 12 Jul 1835 Rutherford County
Bondsman Richard McSwain
Witness E Rippy, Justice of The Peace
Susannah Hamrick
Birth abt 1813 in North Carolina
Death Dec 1880 in Cleveland, North Carolina [census death mortality rpt says
1879]
Parents William McSwain 1792-1881
Mary Bridges 1789-1895 (Age 106)
-- Ancestry Trees, TG Davis Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6952036/person/-1194298703?ssrc=&ftm=1
Susanna McSwain
Birth Jun 1813 in Rutherford, North Carolina
Death 1 Dec 1879 in Cleveland, North Carolina
Marriage 12 Jul 1835 Rutherford, North Carolina, to Allen Dillard Hamrick
Children:
Albert HAMRICK 1835 - 1862
Elphus Hamrick 1836 - 1912
Margaret HAMRICK b 1839
Hester HAMRICK 1841 - 1896
Jane HAMRICK 1845 - 1878
Hannah HAMRICK 1847 - 1876
Susanna HAMRICK 1849 - 1879
Allen Dillard Hamrick 1852 - 1921
William Thompson HAMRICK 1856 - 1930
-- Ballance and Webber,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11896024/person/957780670
The following death information appears to be for Susannah (Susan) McSwain
Hamrick, daughter of Rev William McSwain and Mary Nancy Bridges and wife of
Allen Hamrick.
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Cleveland County, North Carolina,
August 7, Double Shoals, Enumeration District 73, page 1
Susan Hamrick
Female, White, Married
Birth North Carolina, Both Parents NC
Death Dec 1879 (only month, no dates, in the register) Double Shoals,
Cleveland, North Carolina
Age 66, est birth year 1814
Cause of Death Anemia
Normal Occupation Keeping
House
It is noted that with the dates from initial sources, Susannah was born in
1818, which would mean that her mother was over 50 years old when she was
born. The dates come from otherwise solid family sources. I later found
another very high-quality source, a compilation of several McSwain family
researchers, which does not have this person.
I have not been able to identify her with a next-generation or younger
same-generation set of parents. One source reported a birth year of 1788,
which seemed too early.
In July 2007, I found a genealogy that had an earlier birth date of 1793
instead of 1813. This is more reasonable and in line with the birth dates of
the other children of this family. However, the birth place reported by that
source is Orange County, sources report Rutherford County, and the new source
reported the other children as born in Rutherford County. That would put
Susannah as the odd one out with three after her born in Rutherford again. So
I am reporting Rutherford County as the place, but the date as about 1793.
In 1850, Susannah is already out of the home, and not listed in the 1850
census. She was almost 18 at the time of the census (birthday in October,
census in August).
The first public record for Thad McSwain is the 1920 census, where he was
enumerated at age 3 in the home of his parents in the rural community of
Ethel, Arkansas.
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 February, District 16, Page
7A, Ethel & Chute Rd, House #121
Fam #125, McSwain, James M Head M W 35 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Ruth L Wife F W 33 OK IN AR
McSwain, Ruth A Dau F W 9 AR AR OK
McSwain, Thad M Son F W 3yrs 2mos AR AR OK
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, District 25, page
6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #125, Fam #126
McSwain, James M Head M W 45 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Mattie A Wife F W 43 AR NC TN
McSwain, That M Son M W 13 AR AR OK
Thad married Mildred Juanita on Christmas Day 1939. Their license was issued
on 23 Dec 1939 in DeWitt, Arkansas. She always went by Juanita.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Mildred Juanita Rowland
Age 23, Birth Year abt 1916
Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Thad Mathew McSwain
Age 23
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 25 Dec 1939 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 23 Dec 1939
Arkansas County Marriage Book page 0835
They were enumerated in the 1940 census in Prairie Township, the Ethel area,
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 18 April, Prairie Township,
District 1-18, page 9B, Oak Flat Rd, Hse #145 Rents $400
McSwain, Thad Head M W 24 Grade 8 b Ark same place in 1935 Farmer
McSwain, Junita [sic, for Juanita] Wife F W 17 Grade 8 b Ark Rural Ark
County, Ark in 1935 Housekeeper
At some point after their son Jimmie's birth in 1940, Juanita and Thad
divorced. Then Thad married someone named Mildred. Her name on her
gravestone in Stuttgart Cemetery has the name as Mildred S McSwain. This
would be Mildred Sutton McSwain.
"[Cousin George McSwain and I] have a common uncle and cousin that we were
both close to. The cousin Sue, was a trademark attorney for TI in Dallas for
many years. Dad had a brother, Thad, who had a daughter Sue McSwain. Thad was
the inventor in the family and was always coming up with innovative ideas. He
was married twice and had two families. I can think of 4 of [the children]
offhand."
-- Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Thad's cousin, Facebook messaging to Orville Boyd
Jenkins, 16 June 2017
Before I got the above comments from Ken, I had no information on a second
marriage for Thad. Ken says Mildred was Thad's second wife, but he was not
aware that his first wife was also named Mildred, since she went by Juanita.
It seems ironic that they should both have the name Mildred.
With a few more details for Ken, enough new perspectives were gained to
produce productive new searches. This led to documentation of Thad's second
marriage to Mildred, whose full Social Security record reports her to be
Mildred Sutton, with earlier marriages that changed her name to Smith then
DeSpain. Their record of marriage in Arkansas County have her name as Mildred
S Despain.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Thad M McSwain
Age 30, Birth Year abt 1917
Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Mildred DeSpain
Spouse's Age 28
Spouse's Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 28 Jun 1947 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 28 Jun 1947
With a few clues at this point a Social Security record in the Applications
and Claims database provided details that Mildred was a Sutton, and was
married to a Smith and a DeSpain before marrying Thad McSwain. No dates of
marriage have been found so far for any of these. The search algorithm was
then able to find Thad and Mildred's marriage record, which had been hiding
previously.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Mildred Sutton Smith [Mildred Sutton Despain] [Mildred McSwain] [Mildred
Sutton Sutton]
Birth 27 Jan 1918 Nashville, Putnam County, Tennessee
Death Date 1 Sep 2003
Father William D Sutton
Mother Elizabeth Brown
SSN 546207558
Mar 1939 Name listed as MILDRED SUTTON SMITH; Oct 1946 Name listed as MILDRED
SUTTON DESPAIN; Jun 1966 Name listed as MILDRED SUT MCSWAIN; Aug 1966 Name
listed as MILDRED SUTTON MCSWAIN; 26 Sep 2003 Name listed as MILDRED S MCSWAIN
Mildred was in California as a young woman. I do not have details, but found
that her Social Security number had been issued in California "Before 1951."
She was back in Stuttgart, Arkansas in later life. In the 1960s, I visited
Thad and Mildred with my wife-to-be Edith McSwain. I have not found details
confirming this, but I surmise she and Thad were in California during World
War II.
An earlier record for Thad at an address in Stuttgart matched another record
for Mildred
A transcription of gravestone information for Rutherford and Cleveland County
cemeteries (http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html) includes the information
for Thomas McSwain. His grave had no birth date, but did give the death date
and the age in days. This was transcribed in the online registry as:
"McSwain, Thomas 76 years, 8 [3?] mos, 14 days [= born 8 April 1796]
December 22, 1872 McSwain Cemetery, Cleveland Co, NC"
The date for Thomas' birth in other sources indicates they have read the
number of months as 3 instead of 8. This yields the date of birth 8 September
1796. Since this is the date used in other genealogies, I also am following
this interpretation of the grave information.
If it is actually 8 months, then the birth date would appear to be 8 April
1796.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, p 315
(scan 158), Hse/Fam #595
Thomas McSwain 54 F b NC (b abt 1796)
Francis [Frances] McSwain 57 F NC (b abt 1793)
Elizabeth McSwain 21 F b NC (b abt 1829)
George McSwain 23 M Farmer b NC (b abt 1827)
Rebecca McSwain 18 F b NC (b abt 1832)
Permelia McSwain 14 F b NC (b abt 1836)
Thomas McSwain 12 M b NC (b abt 1838)
David Holden, a researcher on the McSwains, whom I have found reliable and
careful, reports an earlier daughter Sarah, which matches reports in other
genealogies. This Sarah McSwain married William B McSwain, son of William
McSwain (b 1792) and Mary Nancy Bridges.
Holden reports another early child Mary born in 1820. Holden also reports the
first child found here, Elizabeth, but reports her birth year as 1821, and her
brother William's as 1822. Note that the enumerator listed Elizabeth first,
but her age is younger than the following brother George. Could the age be
wrong, intending 29 instead of 21 as written?
After Elizabeth, Holden then has daughter Judea (b 1823) and Hannah (b 1825)
before George, whom we find here in the 1850 census, born about 1827. Note
that in addition to this Elizabeth, Holden also reports another daughter, born
in 1829, named Eliza. This is the one child others report under the name
Eliza or Elizabeth, born in 1829.
Hannah, matching the age given by Holden, appears in the 1870 census in
Thomas' household, as a widow, keeping house for her widowed father, with a
large group of her own children. (See 1870 census below.) If Selena was
having children as early as Sarah in 1816, then the marriage date of 1823
reported in some sources is not correct.
But in this 1850 census, Elizabeth is only 21 years old, making her born in
1829. Holden, unfortunately, has not provided analysis or sources on this
section of his genealogy, so in this case, I am uncertain where to place
Sarah. With the birth dates I have, Sarah would be born in 1816 (1860 census
and genealogies) and then there is a gap of years to Elizabeth, born in 1829.
William could be in between, in 1822 as Holden proposes.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Thomas McSwain
Birth 1792 NC
Spouse Name Selena ??? [Bridges]
Spouse Birth 1793 SC
[no year of marriage in this text record]
A year of marriage is reported by David Holden in his profile for Frances
Bridges.
Francis Bridges
24 Dec 1794 in North Carolina
Death 8 Jan 1862
Burial McSwain Cemetery, Mt. Sinai Community, Cleveland Co., NC
Marriage Thomas McSwain b 8 Sep 1796 in North Carolina
Children
1. Sarah McSwain b: ABT 1816 in North Carolina
2. Mary McSwain b: 28 Jun 1820 in North Carolina
3. Elizabeth McSwain b: 21 Oct 1821 in North Carolina
4. William D McSwain b: ABT 1822 in North Carolina
5. Judea McSwain b: ABT 1823 in North Carolina
6. Hannah McSwain b: ABT Nov 1825 in North Carolina
7. George McSwain b: ABT 1827 in North Carolina
8. Rebecca McSwain b: ABT 1828 in North Carolina
9. Eliza McSwain b: ABT 1829 in North Carolina
10. Permelia McSwain b: ABT Oct 1835 in North Carolina
11. Thomas McSwain
-- David Holden,
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I126
Douglas McSwain clears up the conflict in his entry for Elizabeth, reporting
her husband as Burwell Blanton McSwain.
Elizabeth McSwain
Birth 1829 in NC, Death 1874 in Cleveland County, NC
Parents Thomas McSwain 1796 - 1872, Frances Bridges 1793 - 1862
Marriage 7 Oct 1855 Cleveland County, NC to Burwell Blanton McSwain
-- Douglas McSwain, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4520040/person/-1590235388
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #516
Thomas McSwain 64 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $1368 Personal Estate NC
Francis McSwain 66 F NC
Thomas McSwain Jr 22 M Common School Teacher NC
In the 1870 census, Thomas is a widower, still head of the household, living
with his daughter Hannah, age 45, who has also been widowed, and her children.
1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 July, Township 3, PO
Stices Shoals, page 15 (scan 116), Hse #109, Fam #115
McSwain, Thomas 74 M Farmer $200 Real Estate $100 Personal born North
Carolina [b abt 1796]
McSwain, Hannah 45 F W Keeping House born North Carolina Cannot read or write
[b abt 1825]
McSwain, Marion L 20 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write
[b abt 1850]
McSwain, Perry G 17 F W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write
[b abt 1853]
McSwain, William K 14 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or
write [b abt 1856]
McSwain, Thos 14 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b
abt 1860]
McSwain, George A 8 M W At Home born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b
abt 1862]
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Thomas McSwain
Birth Sep 8, 1796
Death Dec 22, 1872
Age 76 yrs, 8 mos, 14 days
DOB from rootsweb
Parents:
William David McSwain (1762 - 1838)
Judith A Moore McSwain (1757 - 1831)
Spouses:
Jane McSwain (1790 - 1817)
Frances Bridges McSwain (1794 - 1862)
Children Rebecca McSwain Ledbetter (1828 - 1854)
Siblings:
David McSwain (1782 - 1860)
Mary McSwain Hamrick (1784 - 1817)
Hannah McSwain Hamrick (1785 - 1875)
Sarah McSwain Hamrick (1786 - 1866)
Elizabeth Jane McSwain Moore (1791 - ____)
John McSwain (1794 - 1867)
Judith Moore McSwain Green (1798 - 1875)
William McSwain (1806 - 1881)
Burial McSwain Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Created by Elizabeth Olmstead Jun 09, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #38138440,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38138440
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The date of birth on the Hamrick Data Pages for Thomas McSwain Jr is not
consistent with the date based on age in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. The
Hamrick pages gives the following information:
"McSwain, Thomas (1796 - 1872)
b. 8 Sep 1796, d. 22 Dec 1872
spouse Bridges, Salena W "Frankie" (1793 - 1862)
child McSwain, Thomas (*1824 - )"
-- Hamrick Data Pages,
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
In the 1850 census, Thomas Jr is 12 years old; in the 1860 census he is 22.
These two ages are coherent. These yield a birth year of 1838, not 1824! I
wonder if the Hamrick data has confused the birth date with another Thomas
McSwain (Jr). There was a George Thomas McSwain who was born in December
1823. I have not been able to determine who his father was.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, p 315
(scan 158), Hse/Fam #595
Thomas McSwain 54 F b NC (b abt 1796)
Francis [Frances] McSwain 57 F NC (b abt 1793)
Elizabeth McSwain 21 F b NC (b abt 1829)
George McSwain 23 M Farmer b NC (b abt 1827)
Rebecca McSwain 18 F b NC (b abt 1832)
Permelia McSwain 14 F b NC (b abt 1836)
Thomas McSwain 12 M b NC (b abt 1838)
Further information is provided about Thomas (b 1824/1838).
McSwain, Thomas (*1824 - )
father McSwain, Thomas(1796 - 1872)
mother Bridges, Salena W "Frankie"(1793 - 1862)
spouse Bridges, Mary (*1829 - )
----------child: McSwain, Jane (*1859 - )
----------child: McSwain, Allis (*1860 - )
spouse: Byers, Nancy (*1822 - )
----------child: McSwain, James Monroe (1850 - 1924)
----------child: McSwain, Sarah (*1855 - )
----------child: McSwain, Susanna (*1856 - )
-- Hamrick Data Pages,
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72,
Hse/Fam #516
Thomas McSwain 64 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $1368 Personal Estate NC
Francis McSwain 66 F NC
Thomas McSwain Jr 22 M Common School Teacher NC
It appears to be this Thomas McSwain who is enumerated in Stices Shoals in the
1870 census as George McSwain with his wife Malissa. His age of 32 years and
location in Stices Shoals where his family lived in previous censuses support
this. There are no clear secondary facts to make this identification
definitive. Thomas McSwain Sr and his wife Frankie Bridges are enumerated on
two census pages earlier than this George. But no comparable entry has been
found in the 1870 census for a Thomas McSwain to fit his description.
Note that the name George Thomas in the Hamrick files may indicate his full
name, and provide a link to this George on 1870. But the uncertainty of his
birth date in the Hamrick files weakens that source.
A serious factor that makes the identification of our Thomas with this George
doubtful is that the oldest child here is reported as 15 years old, so should
be about 5 in the 1860 census. But in the 1860 census, Thomas was reported
with no wife, still in the home of his father. This George McSwain seems to
be George Washington McSwain, son of another William McSwain and his wife
Judith Hamrick. His birth was likely as reported by the Hamrick Pages in
1836, which matches the 1860 census for that George. Two other census ages,
including 1870, make it 1838, which is not unusual for census ages in that
era. just for reference, here is the 1870 census for George McSwain, who
appears to be that son George of William and Judith Hamrick McSwain.
1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 24 July, Township #3,
PO Stices Shoals, page 7, Hse/Fam #57
McSwain, George 32 M W Farm Laborer Real Estate or Personal Not Rptd born NC
[b abt 1838]
McSwain, Malissa 32 F W Keeps House b NC [b abt 1838]
McSwain, Martha 15 F W Domestic born NC [b abt 1845]
McSwain, William 10 M W Farm Laborer born NC [b 1860]
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, pages 71-72,
Hse/Fam #577
W D McSwain 35 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $1368 Personal born North Carolina [b
abt 1825]
-- page 72 --
Arelia McSwain 30 M born North Carolina [b abt 1830]
Issabella McSwain 14 F born North Carolina [b abt 1846]
Thomas McSwain 12 M born North Carolina [b abt 1848]
Vina C McSwain 10 F born North Carolina [b abt 1850]
William H McSwain 8 M born North Carolina [b abt 1852]
Anonymous McSwain 6 M born North Carolina [b abt 1856]
Francis McSwain 3 F born North Carolina [b abt 1857]
Salena McSwain 2 F born North Carolina [b abt 1858]
The Hamrick pages had a list of all the children, but some seem to be first
and lmiddle for the same child, like WIlliam Henry and Vianna (Vina in the
census) Selena, for middle initial C (Celina?) in the 1860 census.
McSwain, William (*1826 - )
father: McSwain, Thomas (1796 - 1872)
mother: Bridges, Salena W "Frankie" (1793 - 1862)
spouse: Gipson, Malissa (*1830 - )
spouse: Ledbetter, Arrienia (*1829 - )
----------child: McSwain, Thomas (*1846 - )
----------child: McSwain, William Anonymus (*1853 - )
----------child: McSwain, Salena (*1860 - )
----------child: McSwain, Vianna (*1860 - )
----------child: McSwain, Henry (*1861 - )
----------child: McSwain, Frankie (*1861 - )
----------child: McSwain, Isabell (*1861 - )
----------child: McSwain, Josina (*1861 -
)