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Notes

• I am not listing all the Hamrick children in my database entries, butI am including here the list of children of Allen Dillard Hamrick andSusannah McSwain from the Hamrick Data Pages, page 75:
  
  McSwain, Susannah (1813 - 1879)
  b. Jun 1813 in Rutherford, NC
  d. 1 Dec 1879
  spouse: Hamrick, Allen Dillard (1808 - 1891)
  - m. 12 Jul 1835 in Rutherford, NC
  ----------child: Hamrick, Albert (~1834 - )
  ----------child: Hamrick, A Elphus (1836 - 1912)
  ----------child: Hamrick, Margaret (1839 - )
  ----------child: Hamrick, Hester (~1841 - )
  ----------child: Hamrick, Jane (1845 - 1878)
  ----------child: Hamrick, Hannah (~1847 - ~1876)
  ----------child: Hamrick, Susanna (~1849 - )
  ----------child: Hamrick, Allen Dillard (1852 - 1921)
  ----------child: Hamrick, William Thompson (~1856 - )
  -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  I am including information from another genealogy here.
  
  ID: I2435
  Allen Hamrick
  Father: James Hamrick
  Mother: Frankie Blanton
  --  Ancestry Trees, Donald W Beam,http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwbeam&id=I2435
  
  Allen Dillard Hamrick
  Birth 17 Jan 1808 in Rutherford, North Carolina
  Death 28 Sep 1891 in Rutherford, North Carolina
  Parents James Hamrick
  Birth 1778 in Transylvania, North Carolina
  Death 8 Dec 1859 in Cleveland, North Carolina
  Francis Blanton
  Birth 1775 in Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia
  Death 13 Jan 1849
  Marriage 12 Jul 1835 Rutherford, North Carolina, to Susanna McSwain
  Children:
  Albert HAMRICK 1835 - 1862
  Elphus Hamrick 1836 - 1912
  Margaret HAMRICK b 1839
  Hester HAMRICK 1841 - 1896
  Jane HAMRICK 1845 - 1878
  Hannah HAMRICK 1847 - 1876
  Susanna HAMRICK 1849 - 1879
  Allen Dillard Hamrick 1852 - 1921
  William Thompson HAMRICK 1856 - 1930
  --  Ballance and Webber,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11896024/person/-111037119?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Census entries give us the names of children and others.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 20 August,Township 9, p 27, Hse #186, Fam #192
  Hamrick, Allen  62 M W  Farmer $700 REal Estate $300 Personal born NC[b abt 1808]
  Hamrick, Susannah  57 F W  Kps Hse NC (b abt 1813)
  Hamrick, Marga.  31 F W  No Occupation NC (b abt 1839)
  Hamrick, Hester  27 F W  No Occupation NC (b abt 1843)
  Hamrick, Allen D  18 F W  Farm Laborer NC (b abt 1852)
  Hamrick, William T  13 F W  Farm Laborer NC (b abt 1857)
  McSwain, Monroe  20 M W Farm Laborer NC  Married July 1870 Cannot reador write (b abt 1850)
  McSwain, Hannah  25 F W  Keeps House  NC Married July 1870 (b abt1843)
  McComson, Manerva 27 F W Domestic Servant b NC Blind
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3 June, DoubleShoals (Township 9), District 73 (Ancestry.com transcribes as 72),page1A, Hse/Fam #1
  Hamrick, Allen W M 72 widowed Farmer NC NC NC
  Hamrick, Hester  W F 27 No Occupation NC NC NC (b abt 1843)
  --  Hse #1, Fam #2 --
  Hamrick, Thompson  W F  23 Farmer NC NC NC (b abt 1857)
  Hamrick, Martha W F 25 Keeps House NC NC NC (b abt 1855)
  Hamrick, Minnie E  F W  4mos NC NC NC (b Jan 1880)
  
  Thompson matches William T in 1870.  Next door are Monroe and HannahMcSwain who were living in Allen's Household in 1870.  His wifeappears to be a different person from the Hannah of 1870, since thename (Jane) and the age (27 instead of 35) are different.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 3 June, DoubleShoals (Township 9), District 73 (Ancestry.com transcribes as 72),page1A, Hse #2, Fam #3
  McSwain, Monroe  29 M W Farm Laborer NC  Married July 1870 Cannot reador write (b abt 1851)
  McSwain, Jane 27 F W  Keeps House  NC Married July 1870 (b abt 1843)
  
  We find out from the Hamrick Data Pages how this Monroe McSwain isrelated to Allen Dillard Hamrick and Susannah McSwain.  The followingfamily group is reported in the Hamrick information.  You will findThomas Bridges (b 1796) and his wife Salena Bridges in my database.Susannah is this Thomas' sister.  So she is the great-aunt of JamesMonroe McSwain, listed in the 1870 and 1880 census as Monroe.
  
  McSwain, Thomas (*1824 - )
  father: McSwain, Thomas(1796 - 1872)
  mother: Bridges, Salena W "Frankie"(1793 - 1862)
  spouse: Bridges, Mary (*1829 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Jane (*1859 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Allis (*1860 - )
  spouse: Byers, Nancy (*1822 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, James Monroe (1850 - 1924)
  ----------child: McSwain, Sarah (*1855 - )
  ----------child: McSwain, Susanna (*1856 - )
  --  Hamrick Data Pages,http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
  
  More information is added by the Ballance genealogy.
  

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Steve Gabany,
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 20 August, Township 9, PO Double Shoals, p 27, Hse #186, Fam #192
• 3. Hamrick Data Pages -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hamrick/wga75.html
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 3 June, Township 9, District 73 (Ancestry.com transcribes as 72),
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Ray,
• 6. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 20 January, Double Shoals, District 69, page 10A, Hse #158, Fam #164
• 8. 1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 19 April, Fallstone, District 28, page 3A, Hse/Fam #39
• 9. 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedules
  • Aug 7 1880, Enumeration District 73, page 1
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Ballance and Webber,
• 11. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  • Bond #: 000133904