Elias Swift (2 of them) The Elias Swift who was father of Sherman Swift that married Elizabeth Gragg was born about 1814 to Samuel Swift and Massy Isaacs. Elias Swift married Elizabeth Adams Sept 1833. Elizabeth Adams was d/o Squire Adams and Mary Greene and was born 30 April 1819 and died 3 Feb. 1897. Their Children: 1. Young Swift b 2 Dec. 1834 2. Dudley Swift b. 29 April 1837--d. 31 March 1863 married Nancy Caroline Wilson 3. Sherman Swift 14 Jun 1839-- married Elizabeth Gragg 4. Mary Swift b. 29 June 1842 married George Washington Thompson 5. Margaret Swift b. 21 Aug. 1845 6. John Swift b. 15 July 1948 7. Wellington Swift b. 15 Feb. 1851--d.25 Nov 1934 married Rebecca Jane Wilson 8. Nelson Swift b. @ 1853 9. Elizabeth Swift b. @ 1856 10. Matilda Swift b. @ 1859 ______________________________________________________- Elias Swift James Swift b. 1795 ---d 8 Jan 1858 s/o Elias Swift & _______ married about 1815 Lydia Eggers b. 14 Dec 1791--d. 26 Feb 1875 d/o Landrine Eggers & Joanna Greene Their Children: 1. Franklin Swift b. 11 Aug 1816 2. Elias Swift b. 5 Feb. 1818 married Mary Cable 26 Nov 1846 Johnson Co. TN 3. Morgan Swift b. 23 Oct 1819 married Sarah Cable 16 Oct 1845 Johnson Co. 4. James Swift b. 3 Dec 1821 married July 1848 Elizabeth Ann Wallace Ashe Co 5. Martha Swift b. 1 Jan 1824 6. Margaret Swift b. 26 Aug. 1826 married Dec. 1857 Henry M. Robinson Johnson Co. TN 7. Elizabeth Swift b. 20 June 1828 married Apr 1847 Alvin M. Isaacs Ashe Co 8. Wilburn Swift b. 7 Oct 1831 9. Mary Swift b. 16 Mar 1833 10. Rebecca Swift b. 5 Apr 1835--d. 5 Dec. 1912 married John Smith Oliver Ed Greene </HTML>