JACOB SWAFFORD - my ggg grandfather
NOTES: Accepted date of relocation was 1810.
CHILDREN
Larkin SWAFFORD; Born: 1790 in Greenville County, South Carolina Died: 1839 in Stinesville/Bean Bloosom, Monroe Cty., Indiana - Wife: Nancy (?)
Alexander SWAFFORD; Born: 1791 in South Carolina Died: (?) aft. 1860 Bledsoe Cty., Tennessee - Wife: Susannah (?), Married: 1814 in (?)
Nancy SWAFFORD; Born: 1796 in Greenville County, South Carolina Died: 1870-1880 in Newton County, Arkansas - Husband: John TEDFORD, Married: 1814 in (?)
Elizabeth A. SWAFFORD; Born: 1802 in South Carolina Died: (?) in Tennessee - Husband: Samuel William CANNON, Married: 1819-1822 in Tennessee
John West SWAFFORD; Born: 1803 in South Carolina Died: (?) Tennessee - Wife: Sarah (?)
Peter James SWAFFORD; Born: Feb 28, 1805 in South Carolina Died: Feb 18, 1886 in Tennessee - Wives: Rebecca IGOU, Tennessee Annie CORBET
Charles SWAFFORD; Born: 1807 in South Carolina Died: (?) Tennessee - Wife: Mary POLLY (?)
Richard SWAFFORD; Born: 1808 in South Carolina Died: Apr 10, 1886 in McMinn County, Tennessee - Wife: Malinda C. SWAFFORD
Thomas M. SWAFFORD; Born: 1812 in Tennessee Died: (?) aft. 1880 Tennessee - Wife: Almira LINER
Alfred Annison SWAFFORD; (my gg grandfather) - Born: 1814 in Bledsoe County, Tenessee Died: 1895 in Izard County, Arkansas - Wives:Nancy AHL, Elizabeth M. COLE
John Jackson SWAFFORD; Born: 1814-16 in Bledsoe Cty., Tennessee Died: bef 1870 in Putnam Cty., Tennessee - Wife: WARNEY (?)
Jefferson Swafford: Born: 1820 Died: [?] Wife: Martha [?] Additional Info: I recently recieved a spread sheet that shows Jefferson as a son of Jacob Swaford.
ALFRED ANNISON SWAFFORD - my gg grandfather
NOTES:Chancery Court records in McMinn Co. and Madisonville from 1839 to 1841 reveal a complicated legal dispute which resulted from the sale of Andrew Bigham II's [(1760-1834) Revolutionary War Veteran] land by several heirs to James L. Senter, who died suddenly in 1839 after selling his interest in Andrew II's farm to Richard and Alfred Swafford. The legal problem resulted from the claim by Senter's heirs that the land had been deeded to them previously by their father.This Injunction Bill #153 prohibited those heirs from selling the tract of land until final resolution by the court. Andrew's exact date of death is uncertain, however the Court in McMinn Co. appointed Mr.John Camp as executor of his estate in early April of 1834. Andrew probably lies buried in an unmarked grave in the Richard Swafford cemetery on the farm he owned from 1823 to 1834 .
CHILDREN of Alfred Annison Swafford and Nancy Ahl
Larkin Franklin SWAFFORD; (my g grandfather) - Born: March 18, 1838 in McMinn County, Tenessee Died: January 16, 1931 in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma - Wife:Effie Neoma WILSON, Married: June 14, 1856 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee
Lucinda SWAFFORD; Born: February 16, 1834 in (?) Died: (?) in (?) - Husband: Hesekiah SMITH, Married: December 29, 1851 in McMinn County, TN.
Sarah Jane SWAFFORD; Born: May 4, 1836 Died: (?) in (?) - Husband: Andrew J. CLARK
Elizabeth M. SWAFFORD; Born: March 9, 1840 in McMinn County, Tenessee Died: (?) in (?) - Husband: Gabriel CLARK, Married: (?) in McMinn County, Tennessee
Benjamin J. SWAFFORD; Born: 1842 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: (?) in (?)
John L. McDowell SWAFFORD; Born: October 2, 1846 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: 1890 in (?) - Wife: Sarah SWAFFORD, Married: April 5, 1866 in McMinn County, Tennessee
William J. SWAFFORD; Born: October 2, 1846 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: Feduary 14, 1865 in (?)
Alfred Annison SWAFFORD Jr.; Born: August 6, 1848 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: November 16, 1922 in (?) - Wife: Mary Ann CARVER, Married: October 12, 1865
Daniel Washington SWAFFORD; Born: October 12, 1852 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: 1923 in (?) Wife: Catherine SWAFFORD, Married: January 4, 1869 in (?)
COLE, William Columbus [step-child William adpoted his step dad's name of SWAFFAR]
SWAFFAR, Nancy B., born 1862 in TN.
SWAFFAR, Ival? C., born 1864 in TN.
SWAFFAR, Thomas J., born 1867 in IN.
NOTES ON Alfred Annison Swafford:
1870 (AUG) U.S. census, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., IN, Mitchell P.O., pp. 420B/421A, Dwg. / Fam. 15, lines 36-40/1-2:
SWAFFAR, Alford, 55, M W, farmer, --/$300, TN
Elizabeth, 47, F W, keeps house, NC
William C., 13, M W, at home, TN
Nancy, 8, F W, at home, TN
Ival? C., 6, M W, at home, TN
Thomas J., 3, M W, IN
COLE, Ellen, 17, F W, housekeeper, NC
Alfred and Elizabeth "ran off" together from their McMinn Co., TN home. There were hints they lived for a time in Indiana but no one knew where. I recently discovered them in the 1870 census. William C. (William Columbus Cole) age 13 took on his stepfather's SWAFFAR surname; he appears in the 1880-1900-10-20 census.
NOTE: I suspect they took off shortly following the Civil War. This would be in keeping with my current research on the "House Divided," issue. You will note the name change. My g-grandfather Larkin Franklin Swafford spelled his name SWAFFAR as well [he also spelled it Swaffer according to the 1880 White Cty., AR. Census]. So did my grandfather James Monroe Swaffar and my mother Emma Neoma Swaffar. However I have photos of my uncle William Larkin Swaffar, that on the back of the photo has it spelled Swafford. I think it was in my grandmother's handwriting. I use the common spelling of Swafford most often because it appears to be the common North American spelling. Though my mother, my grandfather and g-grandfathers records show Swaffar, as does most of my g-grandfathers children and grandchildren.
LARKIN FRANKLIN SWAFFORD - my g grandfather
NOTES: on Larkin Franklin Swafford: 1880 census for Cadron Township, White County, Arkansas.
NOTES: On Effie Neoma Wilson nee: Swaffar
White County, Arkansas
Cadron Township
1880
L. F. SWAFFER Self M Male W 43 TN Laborer TN TN
E. N. SWAFFER Wife M Female W 39 TN Keeping House VA VA
A. A. SWAFFER Son S Male W 19 TN Laborer TN TN
L. F. SWAFFER Son S Male W 17 TN Laborer TN TN
M. C. SWAFFER Dau S Female W 13 TN Laborer TN TN
R. J. SWAFFER Son S Male W 11 IL Laborer TN TN
W. J. SWAFFER Son S Male W 7 AR TN TN
J. M. SWAFFER Son S Male W 5 AR TN TN
J. N. SWAFFER Son S Male W 1 AR TN TN
NOTES on Larkin Franklin Swaffar's service record:
5TH MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT, Company "A" [Union]
SWAFFAR, LARKIN F. Rank: Private
Age: 26
DOB: 1838
Enlisted: Oct 11 64
Mustered: Nov 24, 1864
Remarks: He sustained two bullet wounds; one to the back and one to the head. Was given laudenum for pain and mustered out. The death of his youngest child due to laudenum poison caused him to quit using the pain killer and he suffered with pain the rest of his life. He threw the bottle of laudenum away and never took any again. He lived to be 97 years and 3 months. The laudenum was in a green bottle. It came down through the years that no one should take medicine from a green bottle.
NOTES on SWAFFORD's during Indian land allotment: When the Indian Territory was broken-up during the Indian Land Allotment. Larkin and his son George Newton and his wife Anna drew allotment land.
CHILDREN Larkin Franklin Swaffar [Swafford] and Effie Neoma Wilson
James Monroe SWAFFAR; (my grandfather) Born: May 27, 1875 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas Died: May 1943, in Tupelo, Coal County, Oklahoma - Wives: Laura B. LANGLEY, Agness Anna Mae FORD, Iva Evelyn ANDERSON
William Lawrance SWAFFAR; Born: October 15, 1858 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee Died: February 5, 1930 in Tupelo, Coal County, Oklahoma - Wife: Arminda Magdeline YATES, Married: December 21, 1879 in White County, Arkansas
Mary Caroline SWAFFAR; Born: May 1, 1867 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tenessee Died: June 3, 1963 in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma - Husbands: John SCOTT, J.P. WELCH, Jesse Tiford LOWRY
Benjamin Luther SWAFFAR; Born: February 24, 1884 in Center Hill, White County, Arkansas Died: (?) in Center Hill, White County, Arkansas - Wife: Alice (?)
Larkin Franklin SWAFFAR Jr.; Born: June 8, 1863 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee Died: (?) in White County, Arkansas - Wife: Mary E. HUMBLE
John Washington SWAFFAR Born: October 26, 1872 in Center Hill, White County, Arkansas Died: March 25, 1968 in (?) - Wife: Etta BEAVER, Married: March 4, 1894
George Newton SWAFFAR Born: November 8, 1879 in Center Hill, White County, Arkansas Died: September 15, 1960 in (?) - Wife: Anna Itaska RAWLS
Richard Joseph SWAFFAR; Born: June 6, 1869 in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinos Died: June 1, 1908 in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma - Wife: Cynthia Alice HUMBLE, Married: December 7, 1890 in White County, Arkansas
Alfred Annison SWAFFAR II; Born: May 3, 1861 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee Died: January 26, 1946 in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma - Wives: Lula F. DUFFELL, Martha E. SPRINGER, Married: August 3, 1883 in (?)
Richard Marion SWAFFAR; Born: December 2, 1854 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: June 29, 1939 in (?) - Wife: Lucinda E. SWAFFORD, Married: June 26, 1939 in (?)
JAMES MONROE SWAFFAR - My grandfather
CHILDREN
Emma Neoma SWAFFAR; (my mother) Born: July 21, 1921 in Achille (Bryan County, Oklahoma Husbands: Prentis Melvin ROBINS (my father), Kenny Parnell, Grady Franklin MERCK
William Larkin SWAFFAR; Born: July 12, 1919 in Hendrix, Oklahoma Died: March 4, 1977 in Clinton, Oklahoma Wives: Lou ELLEN, LaVonia Cooke PERRY
Emma Neoma SWAFFAR, [my mother], married to Prentis Melvin ROBINS
Jimmie Lee ROBINS, b: Aug 30, 1941 at Ada, Pontotoc Cty., OK. Married to Marry Louise BRIDGEWATER
Bobbie Janell ROBINS - deceased
Billy Dean ROBINS
Charlotte Gayle ROBINS
Sharon Janette ROBINS
Pete Wesley ROBINS
Maria ROBINS, died at birth
Jennifer Masheli ROBINS, private. She has a son; James "Jay" Micheal ROBINS, private.
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