Genealogy Notes on Swanson
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DATE 20 JUL 1999
NAME George Frederick /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRTH DATE 25 FEB 1899
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
BIRTH PLAC Bk. #20, p. 455
DEATH: DATE 12 OCT 1964
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
NAME Nell Jay /Newman/
SEX F
BIRTH DATE 22 FEB 1899
PLAC Rutherford Co., NC
DEAT
DATE AUG
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
NAME Claudia /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT DATE 5 OCT 1922
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
DEAT
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
DEAT DATE 5 JUL 1992
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
BURI PLAC Old Collier's Methodist Church Cemetery
NAME George Frederick /Swanson/, Jr.
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 1 MAY 1924
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
DEAT DATE 25 MAY 1988
NAME Daniel Newman /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT DATE 18 DEC 1930
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
DEAT
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
NAME George Wister /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT DATE 11 AUG 1866
BIRT DATE 11 AUG 1866
PLAC Caldwell Co., NC
DEAT DATE 22 SEP 1936
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
NAME Mary Elizabeth /Smith/
SOUR @S4546@
DATA
TEXT Date of Import: Sep 30, 1998
SEX F
BIRT DATE 26 APR 1873
DEAT
DATE 13 JAN 1948
PLAC Caldwell County, Lenoir, NC
NAME Sampson Newland /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 28 DEC 1831
DEAT
DATE 9 JAN 1921
NAME James /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 10 DEC 1784
NAME Mary L. /Powell/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 10 NOV 1841
DEAT
DATE 15 JUN 1919
NAME Jerome /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 26 OCT 1868
NAME Sidney Powell /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 12 MAR 1871
NAME Addie Emma /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 5 SEP 1874
NAME Cordie Lee /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 19 MAY 1876
NAME John Newland /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 4 SEP 1878
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 10 FEB 1880
NAME Infant Girl /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 19 JUN 1882
NAME Rebecca /Freeman/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 1832
DEAT
DATE 1862
NAME William /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Mary /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Claudia Jerome /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE 18 NOV 1889
PLAC Caldwell Co., NC, Bk. #14,p. 270
NAME Edna /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Betsy /Clifton/
SEX F
NAME Elizabeth /Stalions/
SEX F
NAME Ellie /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Mary Ann /Freeman/
SEX F
NAME Anna /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Frances (Franky) /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Lois /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE ABT. 1781
PLAC Wake County, NC
NAME William /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE BET. 1755 - 1760
DEAT
PLAC Mississippi
CENS
DATE 1790
PLAC Living in Wilkes County, NC, one son under 16 and 5 daughters.
NOTE
William sold his property in this section and before the Civil War moved
to Mississippi where he died.
NAME Penina /Swanson/
SEX F
PLAC moved to Missouri
NAME Richard Calvin /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Lawson /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 1837
PLAC #9-43
BURI
PLAC Sardis Cemetery, Caldwell Co. NC
NAME /Olive/
SEX F
NAME John /Swanson/
SEX M
NOTE: 1819- An Isaac Swanson was a witness to marriage.
He probably was the son of William Swanson married Elizabeth Stalions in
Wake County, NC
NAME Leslie Clyde /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 10 MAR 1895
PLAC NC
NAME Alexander /Kyle/
SEX M
NAME Samuel /Clifton/
SEX M
NAME Richard /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
PLAC Viirginia
DEAT
PLAC Wake County, NC
NOTE: From "THE SWANSON HISTORY" by Pansy S. Stokes:
The Swanson History was compiled in 1953, and then revised in 1957. It
was not until 1960 that we had information from A. L. Poe of Lenoir, who
is an authority on many family histories, that he had found evidence that
"William Swanson married Elizabeth Stalions in 1777." Later also we
corresponded with some of the Swansons of Wake County, where our
ancestors originally come from, who sent us a photostatic copy of this
same marriage bond.
This then may be considered as a correction of t he 1957 record which has
been placed in the hands of others of the Swanson Family.
Mrs. Beatrice Ivaster of Kernersville, NC, and her sister, Mrs. Mary
Lynan (now deceased) of Greenland, New Hampshire, descendants of Calvin
Swanson of the Boomer section of Wilkes County, NC, advised:
Richard and Olive Swanson came from Virginia but they have never been
able to establish the time or place of their arrival into North Carolina;
and that Richard and Olive Swanson were the parents of William and John
and probably Phillip and Edward Swanson.
Mentioned in "HISTORY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST" BY G.W.Paachall
NAME William Isaac /Swanson/
SEX M
ORDN
DATE AFT. 1814
PLAC Became pastor of Union Baptist Church
RELI
DATE AUG 1839
PLAC William P. and Emily (Presumed to be same) joined Bear Creek Church by letter, and chosen pastor in Jan. 1837. He continued till March 1839. this church is in the Northwestern part of Davie County
, NC. Northwest of Cana, NC
NAME Mary /Swanson/
SEX F
NOTE: Settled in Fergerson, NC.
NAME Edward ? /Swanson/
SEX M
FAMC @F21@
NAME Phillip ? /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Emily /Swanson/
SEX F
BIRT
DATE ABT. 1800
NAME /Unknown/
SEX M
NAME John /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 14 APR 1761
PLAC Edgecombe County, NC
DEAT
DATE 1851
_MILT
PLAC A Revolutionary War Pensioner.He entered the Rev.War in Wake Co., under General Greene. He served with Dixon's Company and was mustered out in May, 1782 , and returned to Wake Co.
NOTE: A letter written to Clyde Swanson, in Virginia, February 8, l962 from
Greenland, New Hampshire:
Dear Clyde, I hop that this will not be too great a shock to you, but I
have intended to write you for sometime. Forrest sent me your address and
I am now in position to follow through by writing. I am working on a
genealogy of the descendants of John Swanson, and need your help.
It is a most interesting project and I hope it may result in a brief
account of John Swanson and his descendants in a small book or in
mimeographed form so that a number of copies may be available.
The information that I need from you is your father and mother's full
names, dates of birth, marriage, deaths. The names of their children
with the dates of birth and marriage, to whom married and the names of
the parents and then your children with the same dates, and so on to the
latest generation.
For instance, Mac and Eloise are now great grandparents and Lana's child
is the 8th generation from John Swanson. You are the fifth, the same
that I am. I am trying to complete the descendents of Richard Calvin as
rapidly as I can, and then we can begin the more difficult task of
finding the descendants of James Swanson's son Anderson, married to Sarah
Brown in Wilkes County in 1839, and of the sisters of Richard Calvin,
some of whom are Annie, Hiley, Polly, Frances and Clariaa. These last
two never married. If you have any help to offer with these I will
deeply appreciate it.
John Swanson was born in Edgecombe County, NC on April 14, 1761. When he
was 12 the family moved to Wake County, NC and it was from there that he
entered the Revolutionary army of General Greene and served with Dixon's
company being mustered out in May, 1782.. He returned to Wake county and
was married there on February 11, 1784 to Betsey Clifton. James Swanson,
our great grandfather, was born to them on December 10, 1784. They moved
to Lincoln County, NC and we find them there in 1790 with one boy and two
girls. Around 1806 okr '7 John Swanson moved to Wilkes County. We do
not know whether Betsey Clifton Swanson was still living or not at that
time. We do know that they had six children. The boys were James ,
John, Richard, and the girls were Nancym who married James McGhinnis and
their son Ephraim Brevard McGhinnis married Susannah Swanson, daughter of
James Swanson and become the mother of Thomas, Vance and a daughter at
least. The second girl, Disey married Peter Eddlman and the third,
Penina married William Walker and moved to Missouri.
We could use a lot of help on these. Young John Swanson was married to
Polly Lankford in 1819 in Wilkes County, and an Isaac Swanson was a
witness. This Isaac was in all probability the son of William Swanson
who married Elizabeth Stalions in Wake County in September, 1777. We
find him in Wilkes in 1790 with one son and six daughters. We know
nothing of Richard, John's third son.
Knowing that Uncle Fayett had both time and wide ranging interests, I
thought that possibly you might have some family records that could help
in unraveling some of this puzzle and fitting the bits and pieces
together. I will deeply appreciate your help. I have written to Nelson
Andrews, Ray Barlow, Nellie Carlton, and a number of others for
information and help in this. It is proving a rather large undertaking,
but one I feel is well worth doing, and which should be done as quickly
as possible.
Back in 1958 I suffered a very slight stroke which with a number of
complications has confined me to the house since and mostly to my chair,
but I find that I can do a great many things which I can do sitting
down. The genealogy has interested me for a long time. I did some work
on it some 20 odd years ago, but I do not carry through with it at that
time. Now I should like to complete it as much as I possibly can and
make it available in a limited way to the family.
My husband is the minister of the Congregational Church here in Greenland
and we have lived here for the last twelve years, and shall probably be
here until we retire. He is interested in genealogy and local history
and helps me with the letter writing somewhat.
We do not know who John Swanson's father was. Do you? We also know that
he married the second time, Sary McScotister or McAlister, but Vance
McGhinnis wrote me in 1941 that John Swanson married his grandfather
James McGhinnis's sister Sallie. If you have any light to shed here
please do.
I should like Grace's address tool I have not heard from her or of her
for many years and I would like very much to write her.
I am aware that I am asking you for a good deal and that it will make
some work for you, but I will greatly appreciate your help. I am
inclosing a stamped and self-addressed envelope for your convenience and
I hope you will write me as early as possible. I want to complete the
Richard Calvin Swanson descendants quickly which is the easiest part, and
then I will have to move on to the other branches of the family. Any
helps or leads tht you may have in the suggested area will be most
helpful. by the second marriage John had two sons, Luther and William
Rufus. Luther did not marry, but Rufus did and had children who did
visit Vance and Thomas McGhinnis.
Looking forward to hearing from you and trusting that you and yours are
well, I am, with the very best wishes always,
Sincerely yours,
Mary Swanson Lynam
P.S. When Forrest looked up your address in the telephone directory he
also sent the addresses of other Swansons in Roanoke. Do you know them
and can you tell us about them? It may be that some of them are of the
Virginia branch, descendants of a William Swanson who was at age 57 and
with a John Swanson Age 20 swearing allegiance to Virginia in 1777. They
were not our William and john, but were in all likel9ihood ancestors of
Claude Augustus.
NAME Alisa Carole /Taylor/
SEX F
NAME John M. /Swanson/
SEX M
BIRT
DATE 26 MAY 1931
PLAC Boomer, Wilkes Co., NC
NAME James Lafayette /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Richard /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Nancy /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Disey /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME James /McGhinnis/
SEX M
NAME Ephraim Brevard /McGhinnis/
SEX M
NAME Susannah /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Thomas /McGhinnis/
SEX M
NAME Vance /McGhinnis/
SEX M
NAME Daughter /McGhinnis/
SEX F
NAME Peter /Eddlman/
SEX M
NAME William /Walker/
SEX M
EMIG
PLAC Moved to Missouri
NAME Polly /Lankford/
SEX F
NAME Sary McScotister /(McAlister?)/
SEX F
NAME Luther /Swanson/
SEX M
Did not marry.
NAME William Rufus /Swanson/
SEX M
married and had two children.
NAME Anderson /Swanson/
SEX M
NAME Sarah /Brown/
SEX F
NAME Annie /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Hiley /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Polly /Swanson/
SEX F
NAME Frances /Swanson/
SEX F
Never Married
NAME Clarissa /Swanson/
SEX F
Never married.
MARR NOTE
[Swanson.FTW]
DATE 15 DEC 1945
PLAC Collier's Methodist Church
A new Collier's Methodist Church had just been constructed. Claudia and
Punk (C.P.) were the first to be married there. The night after their
wedding there was a fire which destroyed the church. When it was
rebuilt, it was called the Old Collier's Methodist Church which it has
remained throughout the years.
After attending Applachain State Teacher's College, Boone, NC - which is
now Applachain State University - There was a fire in the Administration
Building which destroyed her college records along with many others.
Claudia taught High School English for many years at Hudson High School.
She taught her brothers , Gordon and Dan, who were twelve and eight
years younger, respectively. After leaving the high school she began
working with Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute as it
first began in the County. She remained with CCC&TI until she retired
shortly before her death.
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