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• 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 19 August, page 272 (scan page 137), Hse/Fam #295
  William McSwain 44 M Baptist Clergyman $150 Real Estate born North Carolina
  Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina Cannot read or write
  George McSwain 12 M born North Carolina
  
  North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
  George McSwain
  Hannah Hamrick
  Both residents of Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Marriage 27 January 1857 Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
  Ceremony by Lewis McSwain, Minister of the Baptist Denomination
  Recorded 7 May 1857 Cleveland County Marriage Book, 1856-1857, p 106
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 August, page 131 (scan 382), Hse/Fam #939
  George McSwain 24 M Farmer $184 Personal b NC (b abt 1836)
  Hannah McSwain 19 F NC (b abt 1841)
  Andrew McSwain 2 M NC (b abt 1858)
  Pinkney McSwain 9mos M NC (b abt Oct 1859)
  
  The Hamrick Data Pages report that George died in 1864 in Virginia, which makes me think the Hamrick data has confused this George with George Washington McSwain, son of William McSwain and Mary Nancy Bridges, and husband of a Hannah McSwain.  He was shot as a deserter in the Civil War, when he overstayed a furlough to help his starving family on the farm in Cleveland County.  Other information and reports by other genealogies points to the latter as the George Washington McSwain who was executed, rather than this George, husband of Hannah Hamrick.
  
  McSwain, George Washington (1836 - 1864)
  b. 19 Sep 1836
  d. 5 Jan 1864 in VA
  father: McSwain, William (1806 - 1881)
  mother: Hamrick, Judith (1809 - 1894)
  spouse: Hamrick, Hannah (~1841 - )
  --  Hamrick Data Pages, http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
  
  Without any further documentation to consier, it seemed that this George, born in 1827 the son of William and Judith Hamrick might also have been also killed in the war in Virginia.  But no futher evidence was found to support this.  The executed George Washington McSwain died by firing squad in Orange County, Virginia, on 9 January 1864.  The date of death reported here by Hamrick for this George is close, at 5 January 1864, so could be from another incident and cause.
  
  But an 1870 census entry was found in 2015 matching George, with a wife named Malissa, reported as age 32, so born about 1838.  He is reporting the matching age of 12 in the 1850 census among William and Judith's children.  These census ages reporting an approximate year only 2 years later than the reported date of birth by Hamrick is in the ballpark for census age matching, and does match the 1860 census.
  
  The main conflict is now the name of the wife Malissa, in contrast to the Hannah in the Hamrick pages.  Note that the Hamrick profile has no date of death for Hannah Hamrick McSwain.  Also Hamrick data has the worng wife in some cases too.
  
  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]
  
  George and Malissa's marriage record was found in Ancestry's library.  This clarifies that this George McSwain is a different perosn from the person the Hamrick Pages had in mind, but still may be the correct son of William McSwain and Judith Hamrick.  The details of the Hamrick pages on the wife Hannah and the chidlren found in the census of 1860 may not be the correct family members.
  
  Cleveland County, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1853
  George McSwain
  Malissa Gipson
  Marriage 13 Sep 1853 Cleveland, North Carolina
  Solemnized by H H Roberts, Justice of the Peace, Registered same date by S Williams, Clerk
  
  The marriage record does not have any information on fmaily members to assist us to firm up the identification of George and Malissa.

Sources

• 1. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 13 August, page 131 (scan 382), Hse/Fam #939
• 3. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 24 July, Township #3, PO Stices Shoals, page 7, Hse/Fam #57
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Renton Family Tree,   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10175659/person/-684084881/citation/-119770508?pg=32768&pgpl=pid
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 19 August, page 272  (scan page 137), Hse/Fam #295
• 8. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
• 9. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamricks of Ireland, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9887369/person/-728280223?ftm=1
• 11. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 June, Township 7, District 71, page 9, Hse/Family #86
• 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry