Nancy (Ahl) Swafford (1813 - 1904)

Born 13 Sep 1813 in Virginia, United States

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Died 13 Apr 1904 at age 90 in Pearson, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Alfred Annison Swafford born in 1814 in Bledsoe County Tennessee. He first married Nancy Ahl She was born 9/13/1813 in Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin Ahl 3/15/1786 - 6/26/1866 and Lucy Sweeney 9/9/1788 - 3/4/1857. A widely spoken of family legend indicates that Nancy Ahl was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and Alfred married her off the Trail of Tears. History records indicate that the Cherokees were removed from southeastern Tennessee by the federal government in I836 to a reservation in Oklahoma. Alfred and Nancy apparently married about I833 because their first child was born in 1834. Alfred and Nancy were listed in the 1840-50-60 McMinn County, Tennessee census. Alfred's mother, Sarah age 78, and David Brown age 45, were listed at their home in the 1850 census.

Conflict

According to a narrative description of court cases copied from "Chancery Court Records of McMinn County, Tennessee by Reba Bayless Boyer, 1980; A.J. Standifer was cousin to Portman Swafford and brother-in-law to Alfred Swafford Senior. This would make their wives, Nancy Ahl Swafford and Mary Sweeney Swafford sisters. Notice as well that Nancy's mother, also has a middle name of Sweeney.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Swofford, Raymond Calvin, Author Swaffords of Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee (1990) page 254

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: MCDG-CV4 (accessed 5 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DC1N-Q8 Image number 00723
  Nancy Swofford (37) in McMinn, Tennessee, United States.

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 156; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1262; FHL microfilm: 805262; Record number: 11671;
  FamilySearch Record: M8T5-9WZ (accessed 5 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSF-9W2Q Image number 00292
  Nancy Swafford (47) at 17th Civil District, McMinn, Tennessee, United States. Born in Virginia.

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: MD75-DJG (accessed 5 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBK-96TK Image number 00372
  Nancy Swafford (64), married head of household in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. Born in Virginia, United States.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: M3XL-2VB (accessed 5 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-62Q7-NRG
  Nancy A Swaffar (86), widowed mother, in household of Alford A Swaffar (51) in Clayton Township, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States.

• Death of daughter Lucinda Smith: "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  citing FHL microfilm: 1299641; Record number: 634;
  FamilySearch Record: NSDL-2QW (accessed 5 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6MC3-TGK Image number 00659
  Nancy Alls in death record for daughter Lucinda Smith, 16 Jul 1915 in Calhoun, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.