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Charles Sweazea was probably born in Rutherford County, North carolina about 1783. So he would have been only 3-4 years old when he went to Georgia to live with his Grandfather Richard Coulter.
Land records in Wayne County, Missouri. MISSOURI LAND PATENTS
SWEAZEA, CHARLES 12/30/1835 40 acres < 35-28-3 > location
SWEAZEA, CHARLES 07/01/1841 40 acres 35-28-3
For more about this Family, see, John Gilbert Swezea notes.
Charles Sweazea was married in 1807 in Roane County, Tennessee and came to Missouri about 1821 according to the History book of Southeast Missouri.
Roane County, TENNESSEE MARRIAGE BOND 1807
Marriage Bond of Charles Sweazea and Elizabeth Jones
We, ______Charles Sweazea______ &_______ Richard Sweazea__ are bound unto the State of Tennessee in the penalty of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
Witness our hands, this____ 9 ____day of ___Feb.___ 1807.
The Condition of this Obligation is Such, That, whereas the above-bound ____ Charles Sweazea, _____address, Roane County, _____has obtained license from the Clerk of the County Court of Roane County, Tennessee, to marry Elizabeth Jones,___________ address, ____Roane County: ________________ Now, if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage for which said license is obtained, this obligation shall be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Charles Sweazea
Richard Sweazea
Charles and Elizabeth Sweazea left Roane County, Tennessee sometime about 1815 and lived in Hickman County for a while. In 1821 they moved on to Wayne County, Missouri. Charles was a Justice of the Peace in 1822 in Wayne County.
United States Census, 1830, Wayne County, Missouri Page 41;
Line 1. Charles Swezea; [ son of Mathias Sweesy?]
Free white males 5 to 10 yrs - 2
Free white males 15 to 20 yrs - 2 > one of these would be James b. 1817
Free white males 20 to 30 yrs - 1 > T. J. b. abt 1809
Free white males 40 to 50 yrs - 1 > Charles b. 1780 - 1790
Free white females 10 to 15 yrs - 3
Free white females 30 to 40 yrs - 1 > Elizabeth Jones wife of Charles Sweazea
Charles Sweazea, son of Charles and Elizabeth Jones Sweazea stated in the 1880 census record of Wayne County, Missouri, that his father was born in North Carolina.
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