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Migration to/from Overton County

Contributed by William Nash

Left North Carolina in 1818 or 1819 to arrive in Overton County

Descendants of Andrew Swallows of Overton County

Research of Richard McCormick:  This page is archived, so e-mail links are likely dead.  However, the Internet Archive will take you to linked pages.  Click here.

Research of William Nash: Andrew Swallows came from North Carolina (he was serving in the Revolutionary War). His birthplace was Pennsylvania. After his service in the Revolutionary War, Andrew Swallows moved to Overton County in 1818 or 1819.
Andrew Swallows lived the rest of his live in Overton County. He died in 1843. Members of his family line continue to live in Overton County today.

Swallows Research of Trish Carden

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Andrew Swallow(s) in the Revolutionary War

Andrew Swallow(s) was born in 1760 in Pennsylvania.  He settled in Overton County about 1818 or 1819.  He began drawing a Revolutionary War pension in 1831.  He died in 1843.  Andrew married Catherine Kinder about 1785.

Andrew Swallow’s Pension Application was filed in the September Term, 1832, of Overton County Circuit Court.  The document contains a history of his life and military service.

Click here to visit the archived page containing Trish Carden’s research and documents pertaining to Andrew Swallow(s).

Obituary of Amanda Byers Swallows

Overton County News, 1932 or 1933

Mrs. Amanda Byers Swallows died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Issac Buckner, at Monterey, on Wednesday, December 28, 1932 at age 87. Her activities and memory up until the day of her death were remarkable. She and her husband were married in 1864 and lived together for 68 years. To this union were born nine children, eight of whom survive. The pallbearers were her grandsons.