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Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on October 14, 2009 at 10:22am: During recent correspondence with a relative, i was told that Dr. Henry Harrington Hill, born in Statesville, Iredell Co on 20 Sep 1894 is related to our Hill family but i have been unsuccessful so far in determining the link. I know that Henry H Hill was the son of J Henry Hill and Ann Harrington; somewhere along the way he is related one of the children of Robert Hill (d. 1800, Iredell Co NC) and either first wife Margaret Stephenson or second wife Mary Logan. I am wondering if anyone has been researching the Hill family of Iredell Co. Thanks

Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on September 30, 2009 at 12:34pm: sorry but my cursor jumped and struck the send button ...

The 1910 Census finds the family living in Coddle Creek, District 72 in Iredell County. The family name is still misspelled as Suygart. Mr Swygart is identified as Frederick, age 42 and born in Germany. Regina is now age 49. Only daughter Sadie Cashion, age 20 is living at home.

The odd thing about this is that Mr. Frederick Swygart and the family disappear from the 1920 and 1930 Censuses, but the spelling may have been altered or morphed into something else illegible. I have found no marriage record for Frederick and Regina Swygart in the North Carolina Marriages to date and would like to verify this union somehow. And lastly, Regina is buried in the Independence Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Croft, Mecklenburg Co NC next to husband Andrew Maxwell Cashion.

My question is what happened to Frederick Swygart; when did he die and where is he buried? I would love some help with this. Thanks.

Comment by Stephen Allan Patrick on September 30, 2009 at 12:27pm: Greetings ... I am trying to track down a mystery with one of my families.

I am researching members of the Burwell (1816-1905) and Catherine Deweese (1819-1885) Cashion family who lived in Mecklenburg County. One of their sons, Andrew Maxwell "Mack" Cashion (1851-1887) married Regina May Deaton (1858-1939) and had five children: Wilmer, Lillian, Mason, Everett and Sadie.

Following Mack's death in 1887, Regina married Frederick Swygart. According to the 1900 Census the family lived in Charlotte, Ward 1, District 44 with her parents, James and Sarah Deaton. The transcribers of the 1900 Census have the family listed as Sugycutt / Suggart, but is in fact Swygart. The 1900 census also indicates that the couple had been married for appx 20 years, but is not true since Mack Cashion did not die until 1887. The census transcribers couldn't determine Swygart's first initial and list it as E. Mr Swygart was presumably 40 in 1900 Census.

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Comment by Lawrence Warren Brooks Jr. on August 30, 2009 at 12:50pm: That's cause most everybody in North Carolina was illiterate.

Comment by Elva Juanita Powell Newcomb on August 30, 2009 at 12:17pm: I have Ragsdale in my family.
I have been looking up family history on these surname::
Powell,Guill,Childress,Holcomb,Davis,Crenshaw.
Any help will do.
Thank you,
Elva

Comment by Darlene Ford on August 30, 2009 at 9:48am: The Ragland family were in North Carolina prior to going to Virginia. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by Patty Wimpsett Killion on August 27, 2009 at 5:52pm: Mavis, I'm so happy that you have been able to locate your answers. I wish it were the same in my case. I'm just having no luck. However that won't stop me, I'll break through this brick wall some day.

Comment by Mavis Jones on August 26, 2009 at 6:08pm: Patty, Sorry I'm just getting back but yes I had africanamericancemeteries website bookmarked. Actually, thanks to GeneJ, I've been able to locate a couple of some much needed death certificates.

Were you able to get any information from the marriage or death certificates?

Comment by Patty Wimpsett Killion on August 24, 2009 at 11:03am: Hi Mavis, It's me again. I Googled and found something that might be of interest to you. You might have already seen this blog, but here it is: http://africanamericancemeteries.com/news/. It might send you in the direction that could tell you your answer. Is there anything else I can do for you?

Comment by Patty Wimpsett Killion on August 23, 2009 at 6:04pm: Mavis, On your question, did you Google African-American cemeteries in Martin County, North Carolina?