Life History

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Notes

• Sources indicate that the parents of Elijah Matterson Hamrick were Samuel I Hamrick and Mary Hamrick.  Birth dates vary.  Paul Sarrett, who has clear and credible research on Hamricks, McSwains and related families, has the date of 1786 for Elijah's M's birth, but does not give a source.  Through another Hamrick researcher I found that a birth record for what appears to be this Elijah Hamrick reports his birth to parents of these same names in 1774.
  
  Elijah Sr HAMRICK
  Birth 1786 in Lower, Rutherford Co., NC
  Death in Southern, Cleveland Co., NC
  Father Samuel Sr. HAMRICK, b: 1760 in Unknown
  Mother Mary HAMRICK b: 1760
  Marriage Mary MCSWAIN b: 1784 in Rutherford Co., NC
  Married 1806 in Rutherford Co., NC
  --  Paul Sarrett, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4708
  
  Family Data Collection - Births
  Elijah Hamrick
  Father Samuel Hamrick
  Mother Mary Hamrick
  Birth 1774 Rutherford County, NC
  
  This is a 14-year gap, and makes it appear these are two different persons.  But I do not have another Hamrick in this tree born in or near 1786.  There are so many Hamricks of the same name in every generation it is easy to confuse them.  Records of the era also unhelpfully have incomplete names to distinguish individuals, like this record with no middle initials.  Other sources report this Elijah Hamrick with these parents as born in 1774.
  
  Elijah was born in Tryon County.  in 1779, Tryon was cut into smaller counties, initially Rutherford and Lincoln counties
  
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  The original area of Tryon County encompassed the following modern day areas:
  
  The entire areas of:
  Cleveland County, North Carolina, including Kings Mountain
  Gaston County, North Carolina
  Lincoln County, including Ramsour's Mill
  Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Chester County, South Carolina
  Laurens County, South Carolina
  Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  Union County, South Carolina
  York County, South Carolina
  
  ...and parts of:
  Burke County, North Carolina
  McDowell County, North Carolina
  Greenville County, South Carolina
  Newberry County, South Carolina
  The Catawba Indian Reservation
  
  In 1779, Tryon County was divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties in North Carolina, and ceased to exist.
  --  "Tryon County, North Carolina," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryon_County,_North_Carolina
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  Elijah Matterson Hamrick, Sr
  BIRTH 1774 Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina, USA
  DEATH 1835 (aged 60-61) Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
  BURIAL Elijah Hamrick Old Cemetery, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  
  Parents:
  Samuel Hamrick 1748-1835
  Mary Hamrick 1753-1859
  
  First Wife Mary McSwain 1784-1823 [gravestone has 1784-1817]
  Children:
  Samuel, Elizabeth, David, William
  Judith Hamrick McSwain 1809-1894
  James Hamrick 1810-1895
  Elijah Matterson Hamrick 1815-1862
  
  Second Wife Margaret McSwain 1792-1872
  Children:
  Catherine
  Sarah Hamrick 1825-1905
  George R, Jonathan, Rebecca
  Nancy Hamrick Jones 1825-1887
  Reuben, John
  Eliza Jane Hamrick Harrill 1835-1913
  
  Created by Carolyn Hamrick 1 Nov 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 60983374, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60983374/elijah-matterson-hamrick
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Sources

• 1. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 2. FamilySearch Trees
• 3. Family Data Collection - Births
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. RootsWeb ID: I4707 -- Mary McSwain
  • Name: Name: http:/worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4707;;
• 6. James Hamrick Genealogy
  • http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=jimjan&lang=en&m=N&v=McSwain
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • Davis Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/23944576/person/12469957830?ssrc=&ftm=
• 8. Ancestry Trees
  • Darcey Slaughter, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10564809/person/-617918661?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 9. Rutherford/Cleveland County, NC, Burial Information
  • Name: Name: http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html;;
• 10. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • p 132, Hse/Fam #295, as tanscribed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~judytalk/1850.htm
• 11. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 6, Hse #57, Fam #60
• 12. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 13 August, page 132-3, Hse/Fam #955
• 13. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
• 14. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 1 (Scan 569A), Hse #56, Fam #59
• 15. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
• 16. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamrick-McSwain2, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v59t0959&id=I592&ftm=1
• 17. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 19 August, page 272, Hse/Fam #297
• 18. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 19. One World Tree (sm)
• 20. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 28 August, page 298, Hse/Fam #483
• 21. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 28 August, page 298, Hse/Fam #484