Life History

Notes

• For a long time I could find no information indicating that Sarah H McSwain ever married.  Finally in March 2008, I found one family genealogy, by Shane Hamrick, that reported the spouse of Susannah H McSwain.  She married James Louis Hamrick in 1872.  James was born in 1852 and died in 1907, according to Shane.
  
  In the 1850 census she is listed as 2 years old.  But family genealogies report her birth date as 24 December 1846.  This would mean that in August 1850, she would have been 3 and almost 4.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 17 August, Hse/Fam #295
  William McSwain 44 M Baptist Preacher $150 Real Estate born North Carolina
  Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina
  Sarah H McSwain 2 F born North Carolina
  
  The census age in 1860 matches the age reported in the 1850 census.  I wonder if along the way somewhere, the family mis-recorded the year of her birth.
  
  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
  Sarah H McSwain 12 F born North Carolina
  
  Sallie married James Louis Hamrick.
  
  North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
  J L Hamrick, Age 21, (born abt 1851)
  Sallie H McSwain, Age 22 (born abt 1850)
  License issued 22 November 1872 Cleveland County
  Ceremony 3 December 1872 by G H Rollins, Minister (location not reported)
  
  They are reported as the parents of Judie Veneisia Hamrick.
  
  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976
  Judie Veinisia Moore [Judie Veinisia Hamrick]
  Age 64 years, 11 months, 1 day
  Birth 9 October 1873 North Carolina, United States
  Widowed Domestic
  Residence Rt 4, Shelby (Cleveland County), North Carolina
  Father James L Hamrick, born North Carolina
  Mother Sellie McSwain, born North Carolina
  Informant Pink Lovelace, Rt 4, Shelby, NC
  Death 9 September 1938 Township 7, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
  Cause of Death carcinoma of Common duct, Gastric Ulcer
  Burial 13 September 1938 Beaverdam Cemetery, Shelby (Cleveland County), NC
  Certificate filed 13 October 1938
  
  I found her listed with these dates in the Beaverdam Cemetery Register compiled by W D Floyd.  This also informs us that she was the wife of J L Hamrick.
  
  Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Hamrick, Sallie McSwain December 24, 1846  September 13, 1933 w/o JLH
  Hamrick,  J L February 17, 1852   March 29, 1907
  --  W D Floyd, http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt
  
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  Sallie McSwain Hamrick
  BIRTH   24 Dec 1846
  DEATH   13 Sep 1933 (aged 86)
  BURIAL Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  
  Parents:
  William McSwain 1806-1881
  Judith Hamrick McSwain 1809-1894
  
  Spouse James Louis Hamrick 1852-1907
  
  Siblings:
  Mary McSwain Lovelace 1829-1920
  Elijah McSwain 1835-1913
  Berryman McSwain 1841-1924
  Margaret McSwain McSwain 1851-1879
  
  Children:
  Judia Vernishia Hamrick Moore 1873-1938
  Cora Effie Hamrick Lovelace 1876-1905
  
  Created by Elizabeth Olmstead 3 Mar 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 34386890, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34386890
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Sources

• 1. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Location: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. RootsWeb ID: I4751 -- Ensley (Aisley) McSwain
  • Name: Name: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4751;;
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 19 August, page 272  (scan page 137), Hse/Fam #295
• 5. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
• 6. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 13 August, page 132-3, Hse/Fam #955
• 8. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998