Life History

Notes

• The wife of Joseph Green in the 1860 census is reported as Sarah, age 24, and thus born about 1836.  This Sarah appears to be Sarah Hamrick, born about 1836.  I found this person in the Hamrick data pages.  There were many Sarah Hamricks, but this is the only Sarah Hamrick in that source to match a birth in that year.
  
  McSwain, Penina (*1811 - ~1900)
  b. in Rutherford, NC
  d. Abt 1900 in Jefferson, FL
  spouse: Hamrick, Samuel (~1803 - 1849)
  ----------child: Hamrick, Sarah (~1836 - )
  -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 160 (scan p 396), Hse/Fam #1155
  Joseph Green 26 M Farmer $600 Real Estate $303 Personal born North Carolina [b abt 1834]
  Sarah Green 24 F born North Carolina [b abt 1836]
  Patience Green 4 F born North Carolina [b abt 1856]
  Solan A Green 2 M born North Carolina [b abt 1858]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 9 September, Township 2, PO Mooresboro, page 7 (scan p 133), Hse/Fam #48
  Green, Sarah  29 F W Keeping House born North Carolina [b abt 1841]
  Green, Patience  15 F W Attending School born North Carolina [b abt 1855]
  Green, Solon  13 M W Attending School born North Carolina [b abt 1857]
  Green, Andrew  10 M W Attending School born North Carolina [b Abt August 1860]
  
  Note that Sarah has aged only 5 years since 1860.  The children's ages are as expected.
  
  In the 1880 census, we find that Sarah Green is the head of the household.  This tells us that her husband Joseph G Green died after the 1870 census.  Her daughter Patience is married to George G McSwain, but though they do not have a new family number, she is listed as George's wife, rather than Sarah's daughter.  Also in the same household is a 26-year old James Green with his wife Eunicy L, age 28.  I have no previous information on James Green as a son or Eunice as a daughter of Sarah and Joseph Green.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 June, Township 2, District 66, page 22B, Hse #206, Fam #213
  Green, Sarah  W F 43 [Head -- no occupation listed] NC NC NC
  Green, Solon A  W M 22 Son Farm Laborer NC NC NC
  Green, Andrew J  W M 19 Son Farm Laborer NC NC NC
  McSwain, George G  W M 34 [Head] Farm Laborer NC NC NC
  McSwain, Patience J  W F 23 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
  Hse #206, Fam #214
  Green, James  W M 26 [Head] Farm Laborer NC NC NC
  Green, Eunicy L  W F 28 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
  Green, Drury L W M 8 Son NC NC NC
  Green, William C  W M 6 Son NC NC NC
  Green, Theodocia  W F 4 Dau NC NC NC
  Green, Mary E  W F 2 Dau NC NC NC
  

Sources

• 1. Green-Hamrick-McSwain-Moore Genealogy, "DESCENDANTS of JOSEPH GREEN"
• 2. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 21 August, page 160 (scan p 396), Hse/Fam #1155
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 June, Township 2, District 66, page 22A, Hse #206, Fam #213
• 5. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 9 September, Township 2, PO Mooresboro, page 7 (scan p 133), Hse/Fam #48
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 June, Township 2, District 66, page 22B, Hse #206, Fam #213
• 7. Boiling Springs (Cleveland, NC) Cemetery Transcription, by W D Floyd
  • Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/boilsprg.txt;
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 9. Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina 1779-1868
  • Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1986;;
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