Hello: I am looking for a John and Isabel/Isabella Swain in KY and TN from 1800 to 1850. Isabel is in WHitley and Knox Co.s KY in 1850. Thanks, Steven C. Perkins Sonya Tilley wrote: > > William W. Swain had a daughter named Lucinda b: 1806 who married Absolam > Brown b: 1808. They are in the 1850 McNairy Co, TN census with the following > children: > > Matilda born 1830 (this could be Tilda) > Martha born 1832 > Crawford born 1834 > Franklin born 1835 > Adaline born 1837 > Satary born 1839 > William born 1840 > Quincy born 1845 > > I'm guessing Satary was Belle, and Jefferson Lafayette was born after > Quincy. > > Lucinda had 4 sisters: > Matilda who married N. S. Graves > Sylvania who married a Page > Elma Vernetta who married a Brown (this could be Nettie) > Elizabeth who married Caleb Wharton > Martha "Patsy" who married John M. Melton (Patsy was a common nickname > for Martha) > > She had 3 brothers: > William W. Junior > Edward C. > Reuben P. > > It looks to me like a match except for a few of the names. You might want to > take a look at Lucinda's father's will at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sonyadmt/LastWillandTestamentWWSwai > n.htm > > There is a typo I have yet to correct where Patsy Melton is shown as Patsy > Welton. > > Do you have any clue as to why Abner would be listed as Absolam in the 1850 > census? > > Sonya Sipes Tilley > > Hello List, > > I've been watching for a while just waiting to see if there were others out > there searching the same families. Finally, the William SWAIN search came > up and I thought it was time to put my query in. > > Are there multiple spellings for the SWAIN name in McNairy county? I have > an ancestor, Lucinda SWAYNE, who's name is spelled differently. I was > wondering if she is a member of the William SWAIN family. Here is what I > know about her: > > I have no dates for her birth or marriage. I am assuming that she was born > in the early part of the 1800's as her husband died in 1883 and with the > information I have, her first child was born in 1838. > > Married to Abner BROWN, who was born in McNairy co, near Purdy. > Two sisters, Nettie and Patsy. > Nettie married Abner's brother William (Billy) BROWN. > Patsy married a man named MILTON. > > Abner and Lucinda had ten children; five sons and five daughters: > Adeline > b. 3/31/1838 d. 9/18/1916; married William WRIGHT b. 10/8/1839 d.9/22/1902 > Sterling Quince > b. 1/10/1846 d. 6/1/1919; married Katie JOHNSON b. 10/7/1847 d. 10/24/1915, > one son, William (Bill) > Belle > b. 11/28/1852 d. 1/10/1928; married Haywood THOMPSON b. 12/30/1849 d. > 6/23/1923 > Bill > (no dates); who married Elizabeth WILSON, had two sons-Ben A. and James > Jefferson Lafayette b. 4/10/1848 d. 11/8/1938; married Ellen HALE, and > lather Talitha Ann LEWIS (MOORE) b.9/1/1846 d. 4/1928 (this is my line) > Crawford; > who was married in Mississippi and was lost in the Civil War in GA. > Frank; who married Manda WRIGHT, a sister to William WRIGHT. > Martha; > married Jarrity COOK > Tilda; > married Charles PARRISH > One daughter died in Tennessee. > > All children were born in McNairy county. Abner and Lucinda moved to > Randolph county, Arkansas in 1858. > > Family history says that Abner was a state representative and brother Billy > ran a store in Randolph Co, Ark. However, we have not found any records > that show Abner was a representative, but have found a William BROWN as > state rep. Haven't confirmed that this William BROWN is the brother of > Abner. > > Abner Brown moved to Washington Co, AR in 1876, with his son, Jeff, and > family and his daughter, Belle and husband Haywood THOMPSON. The WRIGHT's > had moved there in 1875. > > Abner BROWN died in 1883 and was buried in Son's Chapel Cemetery near > Fayetteville, AR. > > I am searching for the ancestors of Abner BROWN and hope that the connection > to Lucinda might help me. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > NaLisa Brown > Clarksville, AR > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > Do a good deed today. > Pat > pwjones@centurytel.net > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > Pat > pwjones@centurytel.net