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• 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 10 August, page 66, Hse/Fam #469
  John H Padgett 24 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $75 Personal born No Carolina [b abt 1836]
  Rachel Padgett 20 F born No Carolina [b abt 1840]
  Samantha J 8mos F born No Carolina [b abt Nov 1859]
  
  A genealogy or two tells us that Rachel is Rachel McSwain, daughter of Neill and Katherine McSwain.  Neill appears to be in a different line of McSwains, from Virginia.  The Puckett genealogy below, where I found Rachel McSwain's family, does not have a father for Neill.
  
  Rachel McSwain
  Birth 30 May 1840 in Robeson, North Carolina
  Death Jan 1888 in Ware, Georgia
  Father Neill McSwain
  Birth 1794 in Robeson, North Carolina
  Death 1860 in Montgomery, Georgia
  Mother Katherine McSwain
  Birth 1793 in Robenson, North Carolina
  Death 1860 in Montgomery, Georgia
  Marriage to John H Padgett 26 Aug 1858 - Age 18 North Carolina
  --  Puckett Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1903282/person/6025724370
  
  But this genealogy is suspicious, as she has the birth of Rachel in 1830 in Robeson County, North Carolina, even though she attaches the correct 1860 census above.  The census record shows Rachel was only 20 years old in 1860.  This genealogy also has some other anomalies.  Other than this 1860 census, this genealogy provides no documentation.
  
  Our Rachel is also mixed in some genealogies with another Rachel who married John McDaniel in Ware County, Georgia.  The above genealogy also has John McDaniel as a husband of Rachel, but the dates overlapped (actually enveloped) the dates for John Padgett.  The hodgepodge does not represent our Rachel's family and details.
  
  Another Rachel in the records that would fit is the daughter of Hugh Kerr McSwain.  Hugh Kerr was the son of James McSwain, son of William Dvid McSwain Jr.  This Rachel is reported as 11 years in the 1850 census, matching the 1860 census record for the wife of John H Padgett.
  
  It seems likely this would be the correct family, since they live in the area and have other connections and intermarriage with the other McSwain line and related clans in Cleveland County.  This is the only family I have found with a Rachel of the right age, and details fit exactly.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 5 September, page 319 (scan 160), Hse/Fam #620
  Hugh K McSwain 33 M Farmer $200 Real Estate b North Carolina
  Ulissa McSwain 32 F b North Carolina Cannot read or write
  Rachel McSwain 11 F b North Carolina
  William S McSwain 9 F b North Carolina
  Emily J McSwain 7 F b North Carolina
  John McSwain 4 F b North Carolina
  Luther C McSwain 8mos F b North Carolina
  
  In 1870, Rachel is alone at home with her two daughters, in a second family in the same household with her widowed father.  Her father's second wife Catherine Davis has died, since there are no children in the home that were previously and subsequently with Hugh.  They may be found distributed among nearby neighbors, but when entering the 1870 information after initially finding this situation (24 May 2013) I had not yet searched for them.  There is an unidentified 16-year-old Hannah L McSwain keeping house for Hugh.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 8 July, Township 3, P O Stices Shoals, page 7 (scan 112), Hse #45, Fam #51
  H K McSwain 33 M Farmer $200 Real Estate b North Carolina
  Hannah L McSwain 16 Keeps House F b North Carolina
  - Fam #52 -
  Rachel Paggett 28 Keeps House F b North Carolina Cannot write
  Cemantha Paggett 11 At Home F b North Carolina
  Susan P Paggett 8 At Home F b North Carolina
  
  Rachel McSwain Padgett
  Birth May 30, 1840 North Carolina, USA
  Death Jan 1888
  Parents:
  Hugh Kerr McSwain (1817 - 1899)
  Adlissa Hopper McSwain (1818 - 1857)
  Spouse John H Padgett 1838-1862
  Siblings:
  Luther Carson McSwain 1849-1913
  Adlissa McSwain 1851-1931
  George Davis McSwain 1854-1855
  Half Siblings:
  Leroy Wellington McSwain 1861-1935
  Lawson Mills McSwain 1866-1954
  Burial New Hope Baptist Church, Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina, Old Section, Middle
  Created by Elizabeth Dec 24, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #23546925, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23546925/rachel-padgett

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 8 July, Township 3, P O Stices Shoals, page 7 (scan 112), Hse #45, Fam #52
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 5 September, page 319 (scan 160), Hse/Fam #620
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 10 August, page 66, Hse/Fam #469