From a contributor:
Nicholas Swearingen was born in Holland, but at the age of 10, he and his brother were kidnapped and brought to Maryland. Gradually he worked his way westward and settled in Cooper County, Missouri. Here he purchased land about February 1836. There he married Jane Mahan the daughter of James T Mahan who is believed to be the second white man to settle on the south side of the Missouri River. The couple had nine children: William, John, Samuel, Thomas Jefferson married Lucy Hughs, Bryan died in Colorado, Martha married Rev Williams a Baptist preacher, Lucy Catherine married George Lee Thomas, David and Berrie married Mr. Shelton.
The Ozark Region, Its History and Its People, A History of Lawrence County, Vol. II & rootweb
Another contributor tells me:
He was born in Maryland, son of Samuel E Swearingen and Martha Beall
1850 US Federal Census; Census Place: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 142a. Nicholas Swearingen, born abt 1793 in Maryland
Nicholas Swearingen was born in Holland, but at the age of 10, he and his brother were kidnapped and brought to Maryland. Gradually he worked his way westward and settled in Cooper County, Missouri. Here he purchased land about February 1836. There he married Jane Mahan the daughter of James T Mahan who is believed to be the second white man to settle on the south side of the Missouri River. The couple had nine children: William, John, Samuel, Thomas Jefferson married Lucy Hughs, Bryan died in Colorado, Martha married Rev Williams a Baptist preacher, Lucy Catherine married George Lee Thomas, David and Berrie married Mr. Shelton.
The Ozark Region, Its History and Its People, A History of Lawrence County, Vol. II & rootweb
Another contributor tells me:
He was born in Maryland, son of Samuel E Swearingen and Martha Beall
1850 US Federal Census; Census Place: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 142a. Nicholas Swearingen, born abt 1793 in Maryland
From a contributor:
Nicholas Swearingen was born in Holland, but at the age of 10, he and his brother were kidnapped and brought to Maryland. Gradually he worked his way westward and settled in Cooper County, Missouri. Here he purchased land about February 1836. There he married Jane Mahan the daughter of James T Mahan who is believed to be the second white man to settle on the south side of the Missouri River. The couple had nine children: William, John, Samuel, Thomas Jefferson married Lucy Hughs, Bryan died in Colorado, Martha married Rev Williams a Baptist preacher, Lucy Catherine married George Lee Thomas, David and Berrie married Mr. Shelton.
The Ozark Region, Its History and Its People, A History of Lawrence County, Vol. II & rootweb
Another contributor tells me:
He was born in Maryland, son of Samuel E Swearingen and Martha Beall
1850 US Federal Census; Census Place: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 142a. Nicholas Swearingen, born abt 1793 in Maryland
Nicholas Swearingen was born in Holland, but at the age of 10, he and his brother were kidnapped and brought to Maryland. Gradually he worked his way westward and settled in Cooper County, Missouri. Here he purchased land about February 1836. There he married Jane Mahan the daughter of James T Mahan who is believed to be the second white man to settle on the south side of the Missouri River. The couple had nine children: William, John, Samuel, Thomas Jefferson married Lucy Hughs, Bryan died in Colorado, Martha married Rev Williams a Baptist preacher, Lucy Catherine married George Lee Thomas, David and Berrie married Mr. Shelton.
The Ozark Region, Its History and Its People, A History of Lawrence County, Vol. II & rootweb
Another contributor tells me:
He was born in Maryland, son of Samuel E Swearingen and Martha Beall
1850 US Federal Census; Census Place: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 142a. Nicholas Swearingen, born abt 1793 in Maryland
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