Life History
about 1814 |
Born in North Carolina.1,2 (most likely) |
1820 |
Born in Cleveland County, North Carolina.4,5 (less likely) |
about 1835 |
Birth of daughter Sarah Elizabeth MCSWAIN in North Carolina.2,7 |
about 1837 |
Birth of son Burton MCSWAIN in North Carolina.2,7 |
about 1839 |
Birth of son Jefferson MCSWAIN in North Carolina.2 |
1841 |
Birth of son John Franklin MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.2,8,1 |
about 1845 |
Birth of son George Washington MCSWAIN in North Carolina.2 |
about 1847 |
Birth of son Wallace MCSWAIN in North Carolina.2 |
about 1852 |
Birth of daughter Mary J MCSWAIN in North Carolina.7 |
before May 1868 |
Died in Cleveland County, North Carolina.3 |
Other facts
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Married Richard E MCSWAIN |
Notes
- Sources usually refer to haer as Mary Polly, but I note that Polly was a comon nickname for the given name Mary. Polly was probably her nickname and somewhere along the way genealogies and/or family sources conflated the two as separate names of this perosn.
Sources
- 1. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh951&id=I20552
- 2. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, page 157, Hse/Fam #587
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Ed Ellis, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24895727/person/1576558479
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Dr Ed Ellis, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edhellis&id=I11933
- 5. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 7 August, page 59 (scan 434), Hse/Fam #425
- 6. Email Sources
- 7. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 7 August, page 59-60, Hse/Fam #425
- 8. Ancestry Trees
- Dr Ed Ellis, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edhellis&id=I11947