Life History

Notes

• Jerry Gallagher's information on the Padgetts was one source for evaluating the link of the McSwains and Padgetts in Arkansas.  He follows the Sarrett date of 1840 for her birth, which the Hamricks suggest as abt 1841.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #511
  Lewis McSwain 46 M Farmer $500 real estate $3280 Personal NC
  Mary McSwain 44 F NC
  Judy N McSwain 26 F NC
  
  See later enumerations for Judith in Notes for W Edwin Padgett.
  
  Judith listed in the 1870 census as Juliah, age 36.  This matches the age reported in the 1880 census, age 46 to yield a birth year of 1834.  These ages indicate a birth year of 1834, so it seems best to follow this, though sources of allied families use a later date in their genealogies.
  
  I have followed specific birth information on Judy which I found in the LDS FamilySearch online information:
  JUDITH N. MCSWAIN
  Birth:14 JUL 1834, Rutherford, North Carolina
  Death: 28 AUG 1897
  
  In 1870 the family, along with Edwin's parents and family, are in Cocke County, Tennessee.  We know their first daughter was born in Arkansas in 1871.  It is not clear exactly when they left North Carolina and arrived in Tennessee.  Their second son John P, age 3, is reported as born in North Carolina.  So they were in Tennessee no earlier than 1867.
  
  In 1870, Edwin has moved west and is enumerated in Cocke County, Tennessee, in the mountains of East Tennessee, near the North Carolina border.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #123, Fam #124
  Padget, Edwin 32 M W Farmer NC  (b abt 1838)
  Padget, Juliah 36  F W Keeping House b North Carolina (b abt 1834)
  Padget, William C [E?] 5 F W b North Carolina (b abt 1865)
  Padget, John P 3 F W b North Carolina (b abt 1867)
  
  Incidentally, they are living in Cocke County, with a Newport (county seat) post office address.  This is the town where most of the children of Orville's great-grandfather Dock Patrick Gregory were born.  Dock and Julia Ann Clementine (Strange) Gregory lived just across the county line in Jefferson County, and perhaps in Cocke County part of the time, before they moved to Oklahoma about 1895.
  
  Edwin and Judith are enumerated in Arkansas County in 1880, along with a number of other Padgetts and McSwain of their family.  Edwin's parents are there, and Edwin's sister Martha Elizabeth is married to a distant cousin of Judith named Phillip K McSwain.  Edwin's mother is a McSwain, a relative of P K's father George McSwain.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 19 June, Prairie Township (Ethel), District 2, page 24A, Hse #171, Fam #182
  Edwin Padgett  Self M Male W 41 Farmer NC SC NC
  Judy Padgett   Wife M Female W 46 Housekeeping NC NC NC
  W E Padgett   Son S Male W 15 NC NC NC
  John Padgett  Son S Male W 13 Works On Farm NC NC NC
  Mary Padgett  Dau S Female W 9 AR NC NC
  Edna E Padgett  Dau S Female W 7 AR NC NC
  Minneola Padgett  Dau S Female W 5 AR NC NC
  
  We learn from the Holden Genealogy by David Holden that the full name of the son W E is William Ensley.
  
  In 1900 we find Edwin in Lonoke County.  He is now a widow, living with two single daughters, Mollie (Mary) age 29 and Minnie age 25.  We learn from other sources that his wife Judith died in August 1897.  They are living in the town of Austin Station in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas, 5 June. Caroline Township, District 77, page 2, Austin Station, Hse #36, Fam #37
  Padgett, Edwin Head W M Dec 1838  age 61 Widowed NC SC NC Farmer
  Padgett, Mollie Dau W F Oct 1870  29 Single AR NC NC
  Padgett, Minnie Dau W F Nov 1874  25 Single AR NC NC
  McSwain, Ida  Boarder  Sept 1895  4 AR AR AR
  
  There is an interesting record in Arkansas County marriages.  This matches very closely with Judith and her husband W Edwin Padgett, who married in 1862 in North Carolina, then moved with other Padgett and McSwain relatives to Arkansas.  This is a marriage record matching this couple dated 1888 in Arkansas County, where they moved.  And note that the spouse's name is Judie Padgett.  The name on these records should be the maiden name, but both are surnamed Padgett.
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  E Padgett
  Gender Male
  Age 49, Birth Year abt 1839
  Spouse's Name Judie Padgett
  Spouse's Gender Female
  Spouse's Age 54
  Marriage Date 24 Oct 1888 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 24 Oct 1888
  
  There is another marriage record reporting the marriage of Edwin Padgett to M G MSwayne (McSwain) in 1886.  M G matches the widow of John Franklin McSwain, of the same McSwain clan from North Carolina.  Without further info, it appears that Ediwin and Judith divorced, then he married Mary G McSwain, then after her death he and Judith (Judie) Padgett remarried.  I have not found any divorce record.
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  Edwin Padgett
  Age 48, Birth Year abt 1838
  Spouse's Name M G McSwayne
  Spouse's Gender Female
  Spouse's Age 43
  Marriage 12 Dec 1886 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 10 Dec 1886
  

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 4 September, p 315 (scan 158), Hse/Fam #596
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #511
• 3. FamilySearch Trees
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #123, Fam #124
• 5. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 19 June, Prairie Township (Ethel), District 2, page 24A, Hse #171, Fam #182
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • District 9, Post Office Newport, Hse #122, Fam #123
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Prairie Township, Family Search (LDS) elecronic transcription
• 9. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
• 10. RootsWeb ID: I6292 -- Judith McSwain
  • Name: Name: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I6292;;
• 11. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~Hamrick/wga81.html
• 12. 1900 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 13 June, Lamar, District 157, page 10B, Hse #166, Fam #168
• 13. 1920 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 3 January, Lamar Township, District 191, page 1A, Plainview town, N Main St, Hse/Fam #191
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 15 April, Lamar Township, District 168, page 2A, Plainview town, East Border Rd, Hse/Fam #25
• 15. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I2975
• 16. Salem Cemetery, Yell County, Arkansas, Register
• 17. 1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 5 June. Caroline Township, District 77, page 2B, Austin Station, Hse #36, Fam #37
• 18. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 19. 1910 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 3 May, Ward Township, District 137, page 15A-B, Hse #269, Fam #275
• 20. 1930 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 8 April, Ward Township, District 38, page 4A, Kuckelbur [sic] Rd, Hse/Fam #65