This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/7075.2 Message Board Post: I have no known connection with Swicegoods, but I have seen the name often. And I did some searching, "all states" via soundex in 1840, including with soundex for the 'schweissgot" spelling....... No luck with that one, by the way. The Swicegoods all appear in Davidson Co NC. And at least in 1840, the Swicegood spelling seems to have stabilized. There are a number of Swicegood families in the 1840 census. Well, one Swicegood I saw got married in Davies Co, but one of the couple may have got married at the other's home across the border. Davidson County was carved out of Rowan Co in about 1830, if I remember correctly. So anything after that date would have been Davidson, and before that, Rowan Co. I found one marriage bond between McBride and Swicegood. Not the one you're after, but many marriages were performed without going the bond route. This was only one legal mechanism. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868: Bride: Chynthy Swicegood Groom: Andrew J McBride Bond Date: 21 Aug 1856 County: Davidson Record #: 02 085 Bondsman: James F. Heartl Witness: Andrew Swicegood Bond #: 000038928 At least it shows that families of these names were associated. There may have been several intermarryings that do not show up in marriage bond lists. There are a number of Swicegoods in Davidson Co after 1830, and one head of household in Rowan Co before 1830. The families probably didn't move. The county lines did. In 1830, there is one Swicegood in Davidson Co. And also one Swazegut in Ohio. (Often, part of an early family moved west, and another part south.) Yet another possible early spelling variant. Sigh.... If you would like further info on the NC Swicegoods, let me know. I am searching other families in the Rowan/Davidson area, and have a lot of the census info. Would be glad to transcribe the Swicegood names for you both. Linda Schreiber