Captain Swan’s Company, circa 1805/1809

 

Robert C. Carpenter, Contributor

Kathy Gunter Sullivan, Transcriber, 2010

 

Robert C. Carpenter:

Swan’s Company was in current eastern Cleveland County. The eastern boundary of the company was the Carpenter Company and Capt Davis tax list. The northern boundary is difficult to determine but might be Capt Yoder's tax list company. The Swan tax list company included present eastern Cleveland County including Waco and Fallston, present extreme western Lincoln County and probably extreme western Catawba County. It included the Buffalo Creek watershed which flowed to the south.

 

This tax district had a mixture of German and English speaking peoples. I counted a total of 90 names on the tax list of which I counted 21 German names. Prominent among these names was pioneer John T. Beam, members of the Carpenter, Anthony, Warlick and Whisenant families. Many of these people were second generation Germans, their parents being immigrants or born outside of America. Most of these Germans had begun assimilation into American society.

 

This tax list was also not very affluent. One cotton gin existed, owned by John T. Beam. Only 4 black polls were taxed which is one of the smallest number seen during this period. A perusal of the list shows that only a few taxables owned considerable lands. Most owned 100 to 300 acres.

 

Swan’s Company covers most of the twelfth company of the 1790 Lincoln County census, but not all of it. A few of the residents are found on the fourth Company of the 1790 Lincoln County census like Nathanial Harris, and members of the Whitley, Wilson, and Queen families. A few families may have come from the sixth company of the 1790 Lincoln County census like John Horse and members of the Anthony family.

 

Kathy Gunter Sullivan:

Presumably the Captain is Moses Swan as he is the only Swan on the tax return. The date of this record appears to fall within 1805-1809 as county court minutes in that period reference Capt. Swan’s Company and identify the district’s Justices of the Peace as John Tucker, Samuel Wilson, and David Warlick. Swan’s successor may be Gladden, but there are anomalies between the two companies’ records.

 

Captain Swan’s Company, no date

Photocopy contributed by Robert C. Carpenter.

 

A List of the Taxabals of Captin Swans Company

 

[Names]	[Acres]	[W P]	[B P]
George Anthony	1036	1	2
Benjamin Anthony	542	1
William Boggs	487	1
Thoms Branton	200
David Beem	200	1
Hugh Brown		1
William Branton		1
Saml Bigham	300
Sarah Baxtor	300
William Baly	100
Robert Cherry	375	1
Robert Crow	156	1
Michal Carpender	1550	1
Jacob Carpender	1219	1
Thomas Connar		1
John Connar		[illeg.]
Anthony Clark	128
John Carlock	200
John Clark	135
James Carrol	250
Margret Connar	250
John Crago	80	1
James Clark	100	1
William Childers	100	1
Jacob Connar		1
Jacob Dellinger	957	1
Henry Dunlap	100	1
John Dunlap	200
John Endsly	623	1
Alexdr Endsly	200	1
Archld Endsly	200	1
Charles [blank]
John Foltinbury	200
Thomas Grehams	136	1
Richard Harman	140	1
John Henry		1
Nathanal Haris	564
Jacob Haines	240	1
John Horse	180	1
Conrod Heltebrand	100
Nicholas Hen[ry?]	350
Jinken Jinkens	80	1
William Love	180	1
Ruben Long		1
Lorance Linhart	258	1
Samel Lindsey	119	1
Robert Love		1
Henry Long	100	1
John Long		1
Stacy Lamons		1
Micajah McCurry	227		2
John McLemor	200	1
Samuel Mathis	316
Jacob Money	100	1
Adam Money	60	1
Elezabeth Murphy	400
Esther McCallon	275
John McCurry	425
Mary McCurry	180
Alexdr Mcentire	100
David Millar	150
Charles Hoans [meant as Owens?]	275	1
Asey Parker	300
Enoch Parker	180	1
John Peek	70	1
Richard Queen	151	1
Peregreen Randals		1
Frederick Slagel		1
John Spurling	692
Hugh Spurling		1
Samel Swarengame	100
Van Swarengame	137
David Short	270		[1 blurred]
Charles Shull	500	1
Moses Swan	300	1
Edward Sanders	150	1
Jaramiah Smith		1
John Tucker	637	1
Samel Tucker	200
Charles Thomson	300	1
John T Beem One Cotin Mesheen 22 saws	1300
George Whisenhunt	1500		1
Nicholas Whisenhunt [blank]
William Whitworth	625	1
Daniel Warlick	200	1
David Warlick	240	1
John Warlick	112	1
Archld Wood	395	1
William Wilson	180	1
Jonan Williams	200
Elizabeth Whitly	200

 

Land 24,581

White Polls 60

Black Polls 4

Cotton Gins 1 22 Saws

 

Duplicate made out

 

[A fragmentary personal note by John Tucker unrelated to the tax list:]

John Tucker his hand [&]

pen pleas to let the

Bearer