Swinney, Unknown (female) 
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Born: ca 1775
Died: 1810/20
Father
Mother
Biographical Sketch:
She may have been named Elizabeth (see note below). She married Samuel D. Pate. Their
son Thoroughgood
Pate married Frances
Bright. Their daughter Hester Pate
married Thomas Pate.
Other children:
Ann + ? Smith
Elias
(1776 - > 1850) + Nancy Elizabeth
Brown
(ca
1788 - >1850) = 8 children
Martha (June 17, 1790 – March
30, 1860) + Arthur
Bright (Nov. 4, 1788 – Dec.
31, 1829) = Anna
Eliza Bright +
Jackson
Stubbs; et al.
Samuel R. (1800 – 1854). See 1830a
and 1830b.
Census Data:
1790
1800
1810
1820
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Notes:
I just wanted to let you know that the photographs came yesterday and I
am very pleased to have them. Thank you for the trouble you went to on
my behalf.
I have some news from research I did today at State Archives in
Raleigh. I think I found the name of Samuel Pate's first
wife--i.e., her given name. Here is the record, taken from Civil Action
Papers C.R. 082.325.5 for Richmond Co., NC.
29 May 1797—William Hall, Elizabeth Pate, and William Cole summoned in
a case in which Rice Thomas was suing Peter Cole for calling him a
cattle thief.
Now, there were very few Pates in Richmond County at the time.
Stephen's wife was named Honor, Thoroughgood Sr. was still married to
Winnifred, and Col. Thoroughgood Pate, Jr., the youngest son, was
unmarried. Thomas and Willoughby were not yet in Richmond County and
would have been too young for marriage anyway. Although Stephen Pate
had a daughter named Elizabeth, she would have been too young to give
testimony in 1797. Unless Stephen, Samuel and Thoroughgood Pate,
Jr. had a previously unknown sister named Elizabeth, this is probably
Samuel's first wife and the daughter of Darby Sweeney. Thoroughgood,
son of Samuel, named daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Mary could have been
for his maternal grandmother, Mary Bright. Elizabeth could have been
named for Thoroughgood's mother. Elizabeth is a relatively
common name for descendants of Samuel.
One other thing must be explained. The will of Darby Swinney, who would
have been Elizabeth's father (1820) mentions Elizabeth Mattheson and
says that she should get an equal share of the residue of the estate
with Samuel Pate and others. Elizabeth Mattheson was not Darby's
daughter. She was the widow (remarried to John Mattheson) of John
Swinney, son of Darby. There is a deed in Marion District, SC, where
John Swinney (son of Darby) lived which proves this.
So I think we have Samuel's wife's given name at last.
Larry