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• 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 August, page 295, Hse/Fam #455
  David McSwain 40 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b NC [b abt 1810]
  Lucy McSwain 29 F NC [b abt 1821]
  James McSwain 11 M NC [b abt 1839]
  
  By 1860, James has recently married a woman names Eunice, enumerated as Unicy (Eunicy), a common nickname.  James' age varies a couple of years.  Some genealogies connect this to Eunice Jane McSwain, daughter of Thomas McSwain.  But Thomas' daughter is enumerated in Thomas' household, reported as 13 years old.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page 134, Hse/Fam #967
  David McSwain 49 M Farmer $850 Real Estate $1805 Personal  born North Carolina [b abt 1811]
  Lucy McSwain 54 F born North Carolina Cannot read or write
  James McSwain 19 M Farmer born North Carolina Married within the year [b abt 1841]
  Unicy J McSwain 15 F born North Carolina Married within the year
  
  One genealogy reports a birth date for James that is highly variant from the ages reported in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.  No source is given for this information, so it is not fully reliable and not at all verifiable.  This genealogy reports no wife for James for a cross-check on the identity.  In general the Hamricks of Ireland genealogy seems credible.  Another James may be involved.  On the outside it is possible the censuses have gotten so far off.  The difference in ages between 1944 and 1939 in 1850 would mean mistaking a 6-year-old for an 11-year-old!  Not a mistake most parents would make! So the middle name here may be an error for this James McSwain.
  
  James Elbert McSwain
  Birth 12 Nov 1844 in NC, Death 3 Mar 1862
  Parents David McSwain 1813 - 1886
  Lucindy A "Lucy" McSwain b 1818
  --  Hamricks of Ireland, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9887369/person/-728295958?ssrc=&ftm=1
  

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 27 August, page 295, Hse/Fam #455
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 134, Hse/Fam #967