Life History

Notes

• I had found Mary McSwain with her children in the 1850 census, but her husband had already died at that time.  The Hamrick Data Pages connect Samuel to the McSwain and Hamrick line.  This enables me to connect them to persons already appearing in this genealogy.
  
  McSwain, Samuel O (1804 - 1838)
  b. 7 Jan 1804 in Rutherford, NC
  d. 22 May 1838
  father: McSwain, David (1782 - )
  mother: Hamrick, Susanna (~1788 - 1894)
  spouse: Lovelace, Mary (1813 - 1886)
  - m. 1830
  ----------child: McSwain, Asa A (1832 - 1885)
  ----------child: McSwain, Lucinda (~1835 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Samuel O (1839 - 1864)
  --  http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  Samuel married Mary Lovelace.  Among their children they also had a son named Samuel O McSwain.
  
  McSwain, Samuel O (1839 - 1864)
  b. 1839
  d. 1864
  father: McSwain, Samuel O (1804 - 1838)
  mother: Lovelace, Mary (1813 - 1886)
  spouse: Hopper, Nancy Ann (*1840 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Julius (*1866 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Monroe (*1866 - )
  --  http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  The Hamrick information reports on three children.  The 1850 census lists additionally Zechariah McSwain, age 22 in 1850.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 August, page 295 (scan p 148), Hse/Fam # 463
  Mary McSwain 37 F  $300 Real Estate b NC
  Asa A McSwain 18 M  Farmer b NC
  Lucinda McSwain 15 F  b NC
  Zechariah McSwain 22 M  Farmer b NC
  Samuel O McSwain 11 M  b NC
  
  The Hamrick information tells us that Lucinda married Zechariah R McKinney, and reports that their first child, Meldonia McKinney, was born n 1850.  This makes it appear suspiciously that the Zechariah in the McSwain household in 1850 was actually Lucinda's husband.  If the date of birth for Meldonia is correct, however, that would mean that Lucinda married when she was about 14 years old!
  
  McSwain, Lucinda (~1835 - )
  b. Est 1835
  father: McSwain, Samuel O(1804 - 1838)
  mother: Lovelace, Mary(1813 - 1886)
  spouse: McKinney, Zecheriah R (*1819 - )
  ----------child: McKinney, Meldonia (1850 - 1907)
  --  http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  Further there is an age discrepancy that adds mystery to this situation.  The Zechariah McSwain in the 1850 census is reported as 22 years old, meaning he would have been born in about 1828.  The Zechariah McKinney who married Lucinda McSwain is reported by the Hamrick Data Pages as born in about 1819!  If the Hamrick dates are all correct, this would mean that 14-year-old Lucinda married Zechariah when he was about 40 years old.  This seems somewhat unreasonable.
  
  The census seems to indicate that both Lucinda McSwain and Zechariah McSwain were married within the last year.  This probably means that Zechariah is Lucinda's husband.  Since the Hamrick pages give the name of Lucinda's husband as Zechariah McKinney, the enumerator probably erred in giving Zechariah and Lucinda the McSwain name of her mother and siblings.  But aside from the name problem, this probably means it is more likely that his age in the census is correct, making him closer to 15-year old Lucinda at age 22, and born in about 1828.  Their daughter Meldonia might also have been born later than the year given by Hamrick, since not only these but many other dates in that collection are wrong.
  
  On Sam's memorial on Find a Grave, his middle initial is transcribed as D rather than O.  No photo of the stone is provided.
  
  Samuel D. McSwain
  Birth 1804 North Carolina
  Death May 22, 1838, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Burial Lovelace McSwain Cemetery, Mooresboro, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Created by Jeff Lovelace Oct 01, 2013
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #117947667, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117947667&ref=acom&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 3. Hamrick Data Pages
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick/wga74.html
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 27 August, page 295 (scan p 148), Hse/Fam #463
• 5. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 August, Township 7, PO Mooresboro, page 7 (scan 72), Hse #52, Fam #56
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 10 June, Sandy Run, Township 7, District 71, page 15 (576), Hse #144, Fam #145
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v54t1137&id=I1543
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 10 June, Township 7, District 71, Sandy Run, page 15 (576), Hse #145, Fam #146
• 9. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 1311, Hse/Fam #966