Life History

Notes

• 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 August, page132-3, Hse/Fam #955
  Wm McSwain 54 M Baptist Minister $300 Real Estate $1030 Personal  bornNorth Carolina
  Judith McSwain 41 F born North Carolina
  Judith M McSwain 8 F born North Carolina
  
  The Hamrick Data Pages report that Judith married Reuben McSwain about1865.  We find the young couple farming in 1870, with the help of ahired boy on the farm.  They have no children yet.  If the 1865 dateis right, Judith was only about 15 when they married.  In the 1870census she is called Julia.  This name Judith got entered in numerousways for every individual with that name.  Besides Julia, we find suchindividuals called Judah or Judea, with or without the final H.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 23 August,Township #7, PO Mooresboro, page 224, Hse #46, #50
  McSwain, Reubin 25 M W Farmer b NC [abt 1845]
  McSwain, Julia 20 F W Keeping House b NC [abt 1850]
  McSwain, Nash 10 M B Farm Labor b SC [abt 1860]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3 June,Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 5 (Scan 571A), Hse #46, Fam#47
  Reubin McSwain W M  34  Farmer NC NC NC [b abt 1846]
  J M McSwain W F 27 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC [b abt 1853]
  W E McSwain W M 9 Son NC NC NC [b abt 1871]
  P V McSwain W F 4 Dau NC NC NC [b abt 1876]
  E McSwain W M - born Nov 1879 NC NC NC
  
  There is a conflict in the record as I have understood it.  In theJune 1880 census for Reuben, his wife J M is enumerated with him.  Butthere is a record of death that also appears to be for Reuben's wifeJudith Margaret.  The age of J M in this death record, 27, matches theage in the family enumeration.
  
  The death record reports that J M McSwain died in November 1879.  Herdeath is recorded in the mortality tables of the 1880 census for NorthCarolina, but I have not seen an actual death certificate.
  
  The 1880 census reports one child who was born in November 1879, withthe initial E, matching the child Elijah reported by the Hamrick data. So it might be thought that Judith died in childbirth with Elijah.However, the Hamrick Data Pages report that an unnamed child of thefamily was born about 1880.  So I am uncertain how to reconcile thesereports, or what other J M McSwain the death record might refer to.But interestingly, the Hamrick data also reports that Judith MargaretMcSwain did die in 1879, despite their report that a child was bornabout 1880!  The Hamrick data includes no discussion or explanation.
  
  1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Cleveland County, NorthCarolina, August 7, Sandy Rim, Enumeration District 71, Line 4
  J M Mcswain
  White Female, Married
  Age 27, Est birth year 1853, Birthplace: North Carolina
  Death Nov 1879 Sandy Rim, Cleveland, NC
  Cause of Death: Uterus Hemorrhage
  Normal Occupation Keeping House
  

Sources

• 1. RootsWeb ID: I4751 -- Ensley (Aisley) McSwain
  • Name: Name:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4751;;
• 2. Rutherford/Cleveland County, NC, Burial Information
  • Name: Name: http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html;;
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 13 August, page 132-3, Hse/Fam #955
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 23 August, Township 7, PO Mooresboro, page 7, Hse #46Fam #50
• 5. Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery Register, Shelby, Cleveland County, NorthCarolina
  • Location:http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/cleveland/cemeteries/bdamclev.txt;
• 6. Hamrick Data Pages -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 7. 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Cleveland County, NorthCarolina
  • August 7, Sandy Rim, Enumeration District 71, Line 4
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 3 June, Township 7, Sandy Run, District 71, page 5 (Scan 571A), Hse