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• This David McSwain appears to be from a different line of McSwainsthan the main line of McSwains in this genealogy.  Genealogies havehim as the son of a David McSwain born in 1758, who was the son ofanother David McSwain born in 1732.  This set of McSwains seem to havecome form Baltimore directly to York District South Carolina, whichborder Rutherford (Cleveland) County, North Carolina, the home of ourMcSwain clan.
  
  Some of the Cleveland McSwains also lived in York District/County.That is where we find David J in the 18590 census (see below).  Thereare so many Davids in both these McSwain lineages, especially in theearly years of settlement in the colonies, that some people haveconfused or even tried to merge these lines.
  
  I am including here the family structure in other genealogies thatfollow the Baltimore McSwains.
  
  David J McSwain, Birth 1805 in Rutherford Co North Carolina, Death1850 in Rutherford, North Carolina;  Parents Jonathan McSwain 1758 -1835, Sarah Norwood b 1774;  Spouse Elizabeth Hamrick 1801 - 1849
  --  Darcey Slaughter,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10564809/person/-617918668
  
  Elizabeth Hamrick, Birth 1801 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina, Death1849 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina;  Parents Elijah M Hamrick 1774- 1873, Mary Margaret McSwain 1784 - 1833;  Marriage North Carolina toDavid J McSwain, b 1805 in Rutherford Co (now Cleveland), NorthCarolina, d 1850 in Rutherford, North Carolina
  --  Darcey Slaughter,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10564809/person/-617918661?ssrc=&ftm=1
  

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• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Darcey Slaughter,