William B MCSWAIN3

22nd Sep 17921,1,2 - UNKNOWN

Life History

22nd Sep 1792	Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1,1,2
16th Apr 1811	Married Mary Nancy BRIDGES in Rutherford County, North Carolina.32
1812	Birth of son Richard E MCSWAIN in North Carolina.4,5
24th May 1813	Birth of daughter Susanna MCSWAIN in North Carolina.8,7,5
about 1815	Birth of son William B MCSWAIN in North Carolina.1,9,10
15th Dec 1815	Birth of daughter Mary M MCSWAIN in Rutherford County, North Carolina.11,14,15,16,13,5
Mar 1819	Birth of daughter Lavinia Nancy MCSWAIN in Rutherford County, North Carolina.18,17,19,20,21
about 1827	Birth of son George Washington MCSWAIN in Rutherford County, North Carolina.5,22,24,25
15th Jul 1829	Birth of son Burwell Blanton MCSWAIN in Rutherford County, North Carolina.27,10,26,28,29,30,31
9th Jan 1864	Death of son George Washington MCSWAIN in Orange County, Virginia.22,23
23rd Apr 1875	Death of Mary Nancy BRIDGES.13
1st Dec 1879	Death of daughter Susanna MCSWAIN in Double Shoals, Cleveland, North Carolina.6,7
after 1880	Death of son William B MCSWAIN.1
2nd Nov 1889	Death of daughter Mary M MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.11,12,11,13
after 1900	Death of daughter Lavinia Nancy MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.17
13th Sep 1903	Death of son Burwell Blanton MCSWAIN in Cleveland County, North Carolina.26
UNKNOWN	Death of son Richard E MCSWAIN
UNKNOWN	Died in Cleveland County, North Carolina

Notes

This William McSwain was the husband of Nancy Bridges, marrying her in 1811. William McSwain is the son of William David (II) McSwain and Judith A Moore. William David is listed as only David in some sources.

Paul Sarrett estimates year of birth based on 1800 and 1810 census. He gives 1793 as year of birth, based on age 7 in 1800 census and age 17 in 1810 census. Other sources give 1792, a common figure. I am not sure how Sarrett gets such exact ages, since the ages of these early censuses are just in a range of years, under 5, 5-15, 16-25, etc.

Some genealogy compilations have confused this William McSwain with his nephew William, born in 1806, son of this William's brother David. For example, Sarrett's report for Ainsley (or Ensley), son of William (1806) and his wife Judith Hamrick, is reported with the correct mother, but the father William is reported as born in 1793.

Ensley (Ainsley) MCSWAIN
Birth 17 May 1839 in Rutherford Co., NC, no death info
Father William Jr. MCSWAIN b 1793 in Rutherford Co., NC
Mother Judith Hamrick b 1809 in Rutherford Co., NC
-- Paul Sarrett, Jr, RootsWeb ID: I4751, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4751

William married Mary Nancy Bridges

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, www.ancestry.com
William, Sr. McSwain
Spouse: Nancy Bridges
Marriage 16 Apr 1811, Rutherford County, North Carolina

David Holden is a competent McSwain researcher with whom I have consulted in our common research on the McSwains, Weathers and related families. I was tracing the connections from the Arkansas side while he had built them from the North Carolina side. Holden provides a good summary of this family.

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William McSwain
•Birth: 22 Sep 1792
Father: William McSwain b: 22 Jul 1762 in Orange Co., NC
Mother: Judith Moore b: 10 May 1758
Marriage 1 Mary Nancy Bridges b: 1789
•Married: 16 Apr 1811
Children
1. Richard E. McSwain b: ABT 1812 in North Carolina
2. Susanna McSwain b: 24 May 1813 in North Carolina
3. William B. McSwain b: ABT 1815 in North Carolina
4. Mary McSwain b: 15 Dec 1815 in North Carolina
5. Lavinia Nancy McSwain b: ABT Mar 1819 in North Carolina
6. James M. McSwain b: 1821 in North Carolina
7. George Washington McSwain b: ABT 1827 in North Carolina
8. Burwell Blanton McSwain b: 15 Jul 1829 in North Carolina
9. Elizabeth McSwain b: ABT Mar 1833 in North Carolina
10. Jane McSwain
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-- David Holden, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I100

Sources

1. RootsWeb Trees
2. 1800 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
3. Will of William David McSwain
- Rutherford County, NC, #489 written February 3, 1833
4. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, page 157, Hse/Fam #587
5. Email Sources
6. Ancestry Trees
- Ballance and Webber, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11896024/person/957780670
7. 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedules
- Aug 7 1880, Enumeration District 73, page 1
8. Ancestry Trees
- TG Davis Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6952036/person/-1194298703?ssrc=&ftm=1
9. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #515
10. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, page 315, Hse/Fam #573
11. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
12. Hamrick Data Pages
- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
13. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
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. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 19 August, page 272, Hse/Fam #297
16. Ancestry Trees
- Hamrick-McSwain2, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v59t0959&id=I592&ftm=1
17. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 13B, Hse #218, Fam #293
18. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
- 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #122, Fam #123
19. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 10 June, Prairie Township, p 16, Hse #106, Fam #109
20. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, p 316, Hse/Fam #597
21. 1860 Federal Census, Buncombe County, North Carolina
- 10 August, P O Fairview, page 10, Hse/Fam #110
22. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
23. The Hamrick Generations
- Name: Edwards and Broughton; Location: Raleigh; Date: 1920;
- pp 37-38
24. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 September, p 315, Hse/Fam #593
25. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 13 July, PO not named, page 73, Hse/Fam #48
26. Ancestry Trees
- Douglas McSwain, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4520040/person/-1590235388
27. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 13 July, Township 3, PO Stices Shoals, page 15 (scan 116), Hse #111, Fam #117
28. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 4 June, Township 2, District 66, page 6 (Scan 471B), Hse #49, Fam #52
29. Hamrick Data Pages
- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
30. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- 10 August, page 66, Hse/Fam #468
31. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
32. North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004