Genealogy Notes

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THE SWANSON FAMILY-

William SWANSON, was the son of Richard SWANSON of Wake County, North Carolina. He was married to Elizabeth Stalions on September 2, 1777. Whether he came from Virginia, we do not know. He was born about 1755/60, according to the Census and A.L. Poe, who is an authority on many family histories.
In the late 1780's they came to Wilkes County and lived many years.

William SWANSON and Elizabeth STALIONS son, Rev. William P. SWANSON was married to Milly Ward POOLE.
They later moved, between 1810 and 1820, to Burke County where Rev. William became pastor of Union Baptist Church (which was then in Burke County.) soon after its organization in June, 1814. Their family consisted of two sons, James and Richard, and a number of daughters probably about seven.
We only have the names of four: Ellenor, Lois, Frances, and Elizabeth.

JamesSWANSON, the eldest son of William and Milly P. SWANSON (b.1784,d.1861) married (1814) to Elizabeth FERGUSON, lived and died in the Beaver Creek section of Wilkes County. They had one son, Richard Calvin, and a number of daughters, three of whom were old maids and lived together at the old home place: Frances, Ellenor and Clarissa. One daughter, Mary Caroline, married Charles WALKER and lived in the Yadkin Valley section of Caldwell County. They are the ancestors of the numerous TURNMIRE family here.

The son, Richard Calvin Swanson, married(1855) Elmira TRIPPLET and left numerous descendants. They were the parents of Sidney Horton SWANSON of Boomer.

Sidney H. SWANSON married Julia SHERRILL, daughter of Milton SHERRILL, and reared three children:
Ralph married Venna CARLTON, daughter of Milton CARLTON.
Nell married Glenn CARLTON.
Jessie married _______SOWERS.

Richard SWANSON, the younger son of William and Milly P.SWANSON appears in the 1820 census of Wilkes County as a bachelor and we little of him

Ellenor SWANSON married (1796) James GRAY of Wilkes County.

Frances SWANSON married (1811) Samuel MONTGOMERY.

Elizabeth SWANSON married (1816) Samuel CLIFTON.

Lois SWANSON born 1781/82 in Wake County, came to Wilkes with her parents when a small child. She was the mother of Richard, (b.1805), Dicey,(b1807) and Emily.

There is no record of what became of Dicey.
Emily was the mother of:
Sampson N. SWANSON first married Rebecca FREEMAN.
Second, married Mary POWELL
Lawson C. SWANSON married first Eva Anna BEAN
Second, married Mary Anne FREEMAN
Richard SWANSON married first Isabelle SHERRILL and reared nine
children.
Second, married Elizabeth WALKER
Two Children, Martha Anne and Joseph

Lawson C. SWANSON (b. July 6,1827) married first, Eva Anna BEAN (b. 1838)
daughter of Bartlet and Mary Largent BEAN
Two children, Laura and John

Second married Mary Anne FREEMAN (b.1844) daughter of Reuben and Mary
FREEMAN and a grand daughter of Reddick and Rebecca Ellis FREEMAN and had ten
children.
John, James, Flora (CRUMP), Reuben, Mary Lou (CLARK), Emily (JENKINSs),
Lucy (DURMOND), and Anne (FIELDS), Twins, and Jeff and Jesse
SWANSON, twins.

Rev William SWANSON sold his property in this section of North Carolina and before the Civil War moved to Mississippi where he died. He had a younger brother, John Swanson (b.1761,d.1851), who also came to Wilkes County some years after William and died there at the age of 90. He was for many years a Revolutionary War pensioner; married twice and had two sons by each wife; Isaac and John who married (1819) Mary LANGFORD.

Emily SWANSON was the younger sister of Richard ("Dick" b. 1805) and Dicey (b. 1807) SWANSON whose mother was Lois SWANSON (b. 1781/82), and grand daughter of Rev. William ( and Milly Ward POOLE) SWANSON who became pastor of the Union Baptist Church soon after its organization in June, 1814, and who moved to Mississippi during the Civil War where he died.
Emily SWANSON was the mother of Sampson N. and Lawson C. SWANSON.

The following is a copy of an old record found by some of the descendants of Lawson SWANSON:
"Sampson N. SWANSON b. December 28, l831
Elizabeth Elvira SWANSON b. April 13, 1835
Lawson C. SWANSON b. July 8, 1837
Cornelius B. SWANSON b. May 11, 1840
William N. SWANSON b. August 9, 1847"

We know nothing about any except Sampson N. and Lawson C. SWANSON which follows:

Sampson N. SWANSON (b. Dec.28,1831;d. Jan.9.1921 ) was married first to Rebecca FREEMAN (1856),daughter of Reddick and Rebecca Ellis FREEMAN, and had two children : William L. and Mary.
William L. married first, Mary PIERCY and had two children: Florence and Myrtle.

Married second time to Barbara EDWARDS. No children.
Mary married William DULA and had three children: Charlie, Nettie and Sally.

This would be my Great-great-grandfather:

Sampson N. SWANSON married second time to Mary L.POWELL, daughter of Smith POWELL and had eight children:

George W. SWANSON married Mary SMITH, daughter of Wesley SMITH. And had three children Claudia, Fred ( my Grandfather) and Edna.

Jerome C. SWANSON ("Coot"),a married Fannie POWELL, daughter of Jake POWELL, and had two children; Grace and Louise.

Sidney P. SWANSON never married.

Addie SWANSON married Osborn CLAPP and had three children: Sidney, Clara and Albert.

Cordie L. SWANSON never married.

John N. SWANSON married Ella FERGUSON and had two children: Howard and Sidney.

Hattie SWANSON died.

Infant died.

Lawson C.SWANSON (b. July 6,1837) married first, Eva Anne BEAN(b. 1838), daughter of Bartlet and Mary LARGENT BEAN, and had two children: Laura and John.

Second time married to Mary Anne FREEMAN (b. 1844), daughter of Reuben and Mary FREEMAN and a grand daughter of Reddick and Rebecca Ellis FREEMAN, and had ten children: John, James, Flora (CRUMP), Reuben, Mary Lou (CLARK), Emily (JENKINS), Lucy (DURMOND) and Anne (FIELDS) -twins, and Jeff and Jesse -twins.

There were two elder brothers, Luther and William R. SWANSON , married (1848) Margaret Adeline TRIBBLE, who moved West. The two younger sons remained in Wilkes County and left descendants in the Boomer section. The McGHINNIS family in that vicinity are also John SWANSON's descendants.

Richard SWANSON (b. August 3,1805) better known as Dick SWANSON, grandson of Rev. William SWANSON and whose mother was Lois SWANSON, was a gunsmith and maker of old-time mountain rifles. He owned the property at the head of Zack's Fork River, which is still known as "The Dick Place" and "Dick Mountain."
He married first Isabelle SHERRILL (b. Feb. 1808,d. 1845), daughter of Isaac SHERRILL, and reared nine children;

Second, to Elizabeth WALKER (b.___,d.1903), daughter of Merideth and Polly Barlow WALKER, and had two children, Martha Anne and Joseph. He later moved to Georgia where he died in 1885 and was buried at Old Union Church, Young Harris, Georgia.

The 1850 census of Caldwell County, North Carolina, gives the following:

Household #425 - -Richard SWANSON 45, born in Wilkes Co. Elizabeth 26 (2nd wife), Lsaac 32, Linville 18, Alexander 16, George 14, William 10, Bartlet 8, Mabel 7, Martha 5.
(*Note: there must be some mistakes in these ages, as we have the following dates as copied from the family Bible:
THURSA (b. July 8,1825) eldest of the nine children of Richard and Isabelle SHERRILL SWANSON, married Thompson (Thompa) KELLER and died young.
ISAAC B. (b.May23,1827) went to Georgia.
ELMIRA (b. June 14,1829) died young.
LINVILLE J. (b. Jan.23, 1832) See Further on.
ALEXANDER S. or SHUFORD (b. July 10,1834) went to Missouri.
GEORGE W. (b. Nov. 1,1838) died in the Civil War.
WILLIAM E. (b. July 11, 1839) died in the Civil War.
BARTLETTE T (b. Nov. 30,1841,d. July3,1920) went to Georgia.
MABEL (b. Apr.3,1844) went to Georgia.)

Direct Family Lineage:Page 2 along with some more of the family history.

Notes and names of some of the Swansons and other surnames of family. A lot of help is needed to find some of the missink links.

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