George MCSWAIN Mary G MCSWAIN Phillip K MCSWAIN Sarah H MCSWAIN Francis M MCSWAIN Julius Logan MCSWAIN George B MCSWAIN Nancy C MCSWAIN Edna Earl MCSWAIN Albert MCSWAIN George Burton MCSWAIN Belle MCSWAIN Bertha M MCSWAIN William W MCSWAIN Sarah Ann Isabella LOWE James L MCSWAIN Catherine WEATHERS Mini tree diagram
William W MCSWAIN

William W MCSWAIN5,6,1,2,7,3,4

about 18561,2,3,4 - 18955

Life History

about 1856

Born in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,2,3,4

31st Dec 1876

Married Sarah Ann Isabella LOWE in Arkansas County, Arkansas.22,4

Oct 1877

Birth of daughter Edna Earl MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.8

Nov 1879

Birth of son Albert MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.9,4,8

26th Aug 1884

Birth of son George Burton MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.8,10,11,6,12,7,13,14,15

7th Jun 1889

Birth of daughter Belle MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.16,17,8,18,4,19,6

17th Jun 1893

Birth of daughter Bertha M MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.8,12,20,6

1895

Died in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.5

1895

Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.5

30th May 1897

Birth of son William W MCSWAIN in St Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas.21,11,20

Notes

  • 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 August 1860, p 54, Hse/Fam #385
    George McSwain Sr   61 M Farmer $100 Personal Estate b NC
    Catherine McSwain 40  F b NC
    William W McSwain   5  M b NC

    William W McSwain, born in North Carolina, is found in Tennessee in the 1870 census.

    1870 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 15 August, Pulaski, Civil District 4, Enumeration District page 41, Hse/Fam #306
    McSwain, Phelp 21 M W Farmer NC
    McSwain, Catheron 52 F W Keep House  NC
    McSwain, Login 18 M W Farm Labor NC
    McSwain, George 17 M W Farm Labor NC
    McSwain, Nancy 15 F W NC
    McSwain, William 12 M W Farm Labor NC
    McSwain, James 10 M W Farm Labor NC

    He is in Tennessee with his widowed mother and other brothers, except Francis, who has already moved on with some other McSwains from North Carolina to Ethel, Arkansas, where we will find William and his mother and brothers in 1880.  They got to Ethel, Arkansas, on the White River, before December 1876, because William married in Arkansas County in December 1876.  It was enough prior to that date that he coudl meet get acquainted with Sarah Ann, who is reported born in Arkansas.

    Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
    Sarah Lowe
    Wm W Mc Swain
    Bond 29 Dec 1876 for $100 by W W McSwain & Jesse Benthall
    Marriage 31 Dec 1876 Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States
    Solemized by J A Moore, Minister of the Gospel
    Age 19, Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
    Spouse's Name Sarah Lowe
    Spouse's Age 20, Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1856
    Filed 12 January 1877

    William W McSwain is reported as simply William in the 1880 Arkansas County, Arkansas, census.

    1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 10 June, Prairie Township, District ?, page 16, Hse #109, Family #112
    William McSwain W  M  23  Head-Farmer  NC NC NC
    Sarah McSwain  W  F  23  Wife Hsekeep Ark Tenn Tenn
    Albert McSwain W M 7mos born Nov 1879 Son Ark NC Ark

    His gravestone has only the initials W W.  In Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, there is one gravestone for three people, WW, Sarah and their son Albert.  There is a range of dates, rather than discrete information on each person.  The second date is faded.  It seems to read "1895 to 1904."

    The date 1895 must be the date Albert died, since William and Sarah's second son was born in 1896.  Neither Sarah nor William show up in the 1900 census.  Since the range of dates ends in 1904, at least one of the parents lived till then.  It is likely that William died before the census, since his household is not reported in the census.

    Jerry Gallagher provides information on this family.  Researcher Paul Sarrett has information on earlier generations of McSwains in North Carolina, where William and his family came from.  I reference them in some information.

    Before making a connection with any McSwains in North Carolina, I had determined that William was a brother of the other two McSwains that show up for the first time in the 1880 Arkansas County census.  Katy, a window age 60, seemed to be the mother of three young men who apparently moved with her to Arkansas.  These were William, Phillip K, George and J L, later determined to be Julus L[ogan] reported in earlier North Carolina censuses.

    When I found the Cleveland County, North Carolina, censuses or 1850 and 1860, this was confirmed.  I also found later about the young brother Francis moving early to Arkansas.  He is already in Prairie Township, Arkansas County, near Ethel, which becomes the new home of the McSwain clan.

    A Judith N McSwain also moved to Arkansas, with her husband Edwin Padgett, to Ethel, and in later life to Ward in Lonoke County, over a hundred miles to the northwest.  I suspected Judith's family were kin to this Arkansas family of McSwain pioneers, but could not confirm it till months later I had finally located Katy and her husband George quite some time later in the NC census.  Judith was a second cousin of George and Catherine's children.

    A grandson of Phillip named Lester was also reported in 1900, and I later made contact with Lester's grandson, who indicated that Lester's mother was a daughter of Philip who died in childbirth, of whom we have no clear record.  (See discussion on Cyrus Lester and Phillip's daughter Maggie E.)

Sources

Page created using GEDmill 1.11.0