Life History

Notes

• Jane's gravestone is found in the Old McSwain Cemetery, south of Shelby, near the South Carolina state line.  It appears she had only one child, Thomas McSwain's first child Sarah, born about 1816.  Most genelaogies report only one wife for Thomas, his longtime second wife Selena Francis "Frankie" Bridges.
  
  Jane's date of death was Sept 1817, according to her gravestone.  Her memorial on Find a Grave reports the full date as 8 September 1817, from a RootsWeb source.  It appears Sarah was her only child.  The following grave transcription comes from the photo posted on FAG by MJ.
  
  It is not known if McSwain is Jane's maiden name also or only her married name.  There are numerous examples of McSwains marrying McSwains int his area heavily populated by McSwains for generations.  Some of Thomas's daughters married men named McSwain.
  
  In memory of
  Jane McSwain Consort
  of Thomas McSwain
  who died Sept 1817
  age 27 years
  
  Jane McSwain
  Birth 1790
  Death Sep. 18, 1817
  27 yrs.
  Spouse Thomas McSwain (1796 - 1872)
  Burial McSwain Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Created by Elizabeth Olmstead Jun 09, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #38139137, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38139137

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Gravestones of Old McSwain Cemetery, Cleveland Co NC
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 4 September, page 315, Hse/Fam #573
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 72, Hse/Fam #515
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 July, Rippys, District 67, page 32, Hse/Fam #285