Life History

Notes

• Lucindy A "Lucy" McSwain
  Birth 1818 in NC, Death Unknown
  Parents  James McSwain 1787 - 1854
  Sarah Bostic 1787 -
  Marriage 2 Feb 1833 in NC to David McSwain
  Children:
  Sarah Boswell "Sally" McSwain 1834 - 1880
  Jacinth C Susannah McSwain b 1837
  David Landrum McSwain 1842 - 1862
  Elizabeth McSwain b 1843
  James Elbert McSwain 1844 - 1862
  George Champion McSwain 1849 - 1890
  William Boswell McSwain 1853 - 1925
  --  Hamricks of Ireland,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9887369/person/-728279993
  
  North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  Record #01 207
  Bond #000135037
  David McSwain
  Bride: Lucy McSwain
  Bond_Date: 2 Feb 1833
  
  ImageNum: 005393
  County: Rutherford
  Bondsman: James Mswain (her father)
  Witness: D Hamrick
  
  Lucy's age varies wildly in the censuses.  She is reported to be 29 in1850, which would mean birth year was abotu 1821.  She is 11 yearsyounger than her husband David.  Then in 1860, she is 54, making herborn in 1806, and 5 years older than her husband.  Ages varyof some ofthe chidlren vary too.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 27 August, page294, Hse/Fam #457
  David McSwain 40 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b NC [b abt 1810]
  Lucy McSwain 29 F NC [b abt 1821]
  -- page 295 --
  Sally McSwain 15 F NC [b abt 1835]
  Jacinth S McSwain 13 F NC [b abt 1821]
  James McSwain 11 M NC [b abt 1839]
  David L McSwain 8 M NC [b abt 1842]
  George McSwain 7 M NC [b abt 1843]
  Elizabeth McSwain 7 F NC [b abt 1843]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 August, page134, Hse/Fam #967
  David McSwain 49 M Farmer $850 Real Estate $1805 Personal  born NorthCarolina [b abt 1811, noted that Sarah is his mother is his father]
  Lucy McSwain 54 F born North Carolina
  James McSwain 19 M Farmer born North Carolina
  Unecy [Eunicey] J McSwain 15 F born North Carolina
  Daniel L McSwain 17 M Laborer born North Carolina
  George C McSwain 12 M Laborer born North Carolina
  William P McSwain  M born North Carolina
  Sarah McSwain 73 F born North Carolina [b abt 1787]
  
  I cannot completely match up the children, which might lead us toconclude that this is a different David and Lucy.  David matchesDaniel, and David L seems to be the right name.  The Sarah here couldbe either Lucy's mother Sarah Bostic or David's mother (known in mostsources as Susanna Hamrick, but reported in Hamricks of Ireland asSarah Susanna Hamrick). I think it is Lucy's mother, since theHamrick's of Ireland is the only source I ahve seen that adds the nameSarah to Susannah Hamrick McSwain.

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 14 August, page 134, Hse/Fam #967
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 27 August, page 294, Hse/Fam #457
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamricks of Ireland,
• 4. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  • Record #01 207, Bond #000135037
• 5. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 27 August, page 295, Hse/Fam #455