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• 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 9, Hse/Family #92
  W A Padgett W M  34 Farmer NC Unknown Unknown [b abt 1846]
  J Padgett  W F 40 Wife Keeping House  NC NC NC [b abt 1840]
  L J Padgett W F 12  Dau NC NC NC [b abt 1868]
  
  Leumana [Lavinia] J. Padgett
  •Birth: ABT Sep 1867 in North Carolina
  •Death: AFT 1930
  Father: William A. Padgett b: 18 Nov 1845 in North Carolina
  Mother: Judith <Unknown> b: 10 Dec 1840 in North Carolina
  Marriage Samuel P. Hamrick b: 27 Jun 1861 in South Carolina
  •Married: 3 Aug 1885
  --  David Holden, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I3208
  
  Note the name of Leumana in Holden's transcription.  Holden does not give sources for his names and information, though he has done primary research and draws upon family information.  In the 1880 census above, her name is just the initials L J.  But in 1900 it is Levina.  This clarifies the name in light of names in the Padgett family.  This is clearly an attempt to spell the name Lavinia, which is William's mother's name.  It is spelled in sources Lavinia, Louvinia and other variations.
  
  Her nickname appears in some censuses and in William's death certificate as Viney, a common nickname for other women named Lavinia in the 1800s.  These indicators lead me to conclude that the daughter ws named after her grandmother, Lavinia Nancy McSwain.  Holden told me that while we knew her as Lavinia in the Arkansas family, in North Carolina she was known as Nancy.  This would also help explain his uncertainty about the form of the name of the daughter, not being familiar with the grandmother as Lavinia, and Leumana appears to be an attempt to transcribe a form of Lavinia.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 6 June, Polkville Precinct, District 59, page 8A, Hse/Fam #42
  Hamrick, Samuel Head  W M June 1861 38 Married 15 years  SC NC NC Farmer Owns
  Hamrick, Levina J Wife W F Sept 1867 32 Married 15 yrs 2 child/2 living NC NC NC
  Hamrick, William B Son W M May 1890  10 NC SC NC
  Hamrick, Ithiel V  Son W M Dec 1896  3 NC SC NC
  
  Next door to Lavinia and her family are her parents, William A and Judith.

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 9, Hse/Family #92
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 6 June, Polkville Precinct, District 59, page 8A, Hse/Fam #42
• 3. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • David Holden, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I3208