Life History
Dec 1862 |
Born in Cleveland County, North Carolina.1,2,3 |
1st Jun 1921 |
Death of Charity MCSWAINWIFE in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi.4,6 |
UNKNOWN |
Died.4 |
Other facts
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Married Charity MCSWAINWIFE |
Notes
- In 1870, George and his brothers and sister were with the widowed mother Hannah in the home of her widowed father Thomas.
1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 July, Township 3, PO Stices Shoals, page 15 (scan 116), Hse #109, Fam #115
McSwain, Thomas 74 M Farmer $200 Real Estate $100 Personal born North Carolina [b abt 1796]
McSwain, Hannah 45 F W Keeping House born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1825]
McSwain, Marion [Marcos?] L 20 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1850]
McSwain, Perry G 17 F W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1853]
McSwain, William K 14 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1856]
McSwain, Thos 14 M W Farm Laborer born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
McSwain, George A 8 M W At Home born North Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1862]
In 1900, George is unmarried and his mother is living with him. He is enumerated here as George S McSwain, where we first met him as George A in the 1870 census.
1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 26 June, Boiling Springs, District 49, page 15B, Hse #338, Fam #339
McSwain, George S Head W M Dec 1862 37 Single NC NC NC No Occupation Rptd Owns
McSwain, Hannah Mother W F Oct 1825 74 5 children/4 living Widow NC NC NC
Notice that George's middle initial varies in reports and genealogies. He appears as George A and George S. Vonnie Cantrell has full names for many of this family and reports George as George Wellington McSwain. But there is no documentation and I have not found any for this name. I have not found his death or burial information.
One undocumented genealogy reports his name as George Davis. this appears to be an error based on an 1880 census where George D is a child of Thomas and Hannah McSwain in Cleveland County. This is a confusion with another McSwain family in the area. The son in focus is George David McSwain, who also appears in our genealogy. The George McSwain we are discussion here was the son of George Washington McSwain, who died in 1864, and Hannah McSwain (maiden name).
1910 Federal Census, Jones County, Arkansas, 26 April, Laurel Ward 4, District 79, Sheet 12A, Hse #195, Fam #201
McSwain, George A Head M W -- Married 25 yrs [married abt 1885] NC NC NC Lumberer, Lumber Mill
McSwain, Charity R Wife F W 60 Married 25 yrs 2 children/2 living SC SC SC
Cheeks, Idabelle Granddau F W 17 Single MS SC SC
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989:
Laurel, Mississippi, City Directory, 1912, p 160
McSwain George A (Charity) wks Eastman-Grardiner Co h 1147 13th Av
1920 Federal Census, Jones County, Mississippi, 4 January, Laurel Ward 3, District 88, Page 5A, 1147 13th Avenue, Hse #83, Fam #88
McSwain, George A Head Owns M W 58 Married NC NC NC Mill Laborer
McSwain, Charity R Wife F W 70 Married SC SC SC
Sources
- 1. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 13 July, Township 3, PO Stices Shoals, page 15 (scan 116), Hse #109, Fam #115
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 26 June, Boiling Springs, District 49, page 15B, Hse #338, Fam #339
- 3. 1920 Federal Census, Jones County, Mississippi
- 4 January, Laurel Ward 3, District 88, Page 5A, 1147 13th Avenue, Hse #83, Fam #88
- 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Laurel, Mississippi, City Directory, 1912, p 160
- 5. 1910 Federal Census, Jones County, Arkansas
- 26 April, Laurel Ward 4, District 79, Sheet 12A, Hse #195, Fam #201
- 6. Obituary of Mrs C B McSwain, Laurel Mississippi, 2 June, 1921