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Ensley MCSWAIN4,5,1,2

also known as Ainsley MCSWAIN2,3

17th May 18391,2,3 - 29th Jun 18624,5

Life History

17th May 1839

Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1,2,3

between 21st Nov 1861 and 29th Jun 1862

Military: Confederate States of America, Company I, 38th Infantry Regiment North Carolina.4

29th Jun 1862

Died in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.4,5

Civil War Battle Wounds

Other facts

 

CauseOfDeath: War Wounds.4

Notes

  • Some sources speak of Ensley's birth in Cleveland County, North Carolina.  The name of the area was actually Rutherford County in 1839 when he was born.  Celveland Cuonty was formed in 1841 out of Rutherford and Lincoln Counties.

    Paul Sarrett correctly reports the date and place name of Ensley's birth in his Sarrett genealogy which reprots on the McSwain line.  He reports no death information or further details.

    Ensley (Ainsley) MCSWAIN
    Birth 17 May 1839 in Rutherford Co., NC, no death info
    Father William Jr. MCSWAIN b 1793 in Rutherford Co., NC [This is his father's uncle]
    Mother Judith Hamrick b 1809 in Rutherford Co., NC [Judith's husband was born in 1806]
    no further details
    --  Paul Sarrett, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4751

    Ensley appears in two censues, 1850, wnen he is reported as Ainsley, and 1860, when his name is Ensley (Enzley).

    1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 19 August, page 272 (scan page 137), Hse/Fam #295
    William McSwain 44 M Baptist Clergyman $150 Real Estate born North Carolina
    Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina Cannot read or write
    Ainsley McSwain 10 M born North Carolina

    1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 August, page 132-3, Hse/Fam #955
    Wm McSwain 54 M Baptist Minister $300 Real Estate $1030 Personal  born North Carolina
    Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina
    Enzley McSwain 21 M  Farm Laborer born North Carolina

    For a long time I had no death information, but in September found further details in recent new postings of sources on Acnestry.com.  Ensley's death date had been reported in the Hamrick genealogy, but there was no location or explanation.  The Civil War records tell us he died of war wounds in Richmond, Virginia.

    Two different reports of Ensley's service in the Army of the Confederate States of America provide some helpful details I have not found in any family genealogy sources.  These, along with the 1860 census, which I found the same day as the Civil War records, indicates that the proper form of his name was likely Ensley.  His name was recorded as Ainsley in the 1850 census, which was the oly public record I initially could find for this person.

    U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
    Ensley McSwain
    Residence: Cleveland County, North Carolina
    Occupation: Farmer
    Age at Enlistment: 24
    Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1861
    Rank at enlistment: Private
    Enlistment Place: Cleveland County, NC
    State Served: North Carolina
    Survived the War?: No
    Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, North Carolina 38th Infantry Regiment on 31 Dec 1861.
    Mustered out [NO, he died of wounds] on 29 Jun 1862 at Richmond, VA.
    Birth Date: abt 1837
    Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

    American Civil War Soldiers
    Ensley McSwain
    Residence Cleveland County, North Carolina
    Occupation Farmer
    Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1861 Cleveland County, North Carolina
    For the Confederacy
    Enlisted as a Private on 21 November 1861 at the age of 24.
    Enlisted in Company I, 38th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 31 Dec 1861.
    Died from wounds Company I, 38th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 29 Jun 1862 at Richmond, VA.
    16 Sources

Sources

  • 1. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 13 August, page 132-3, Hse/Fam #955
  • 2. RootsWeb ID: I4751 -- Ensley (Aisley) McSwain
    • Name: Name: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4751;;
  • 3. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 19 August, page 272  (scan page 137), Hse/Fam #295
  • 4. American Civil War Soldiers
    • Name: Name: 16 Sources;;
  • 5. Hamrick Data Pages
    • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html

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