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• 1850 and 1870 censuses spell Wiley's name Wyly.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4 September, p316, Hse/Fam #597
  Wyly Padgett 45 M Farmer NC
  Lavinia Padgett 31 F  NC
  John H Padgett 15 M NC
  Edwin Padgett 12 M NC
  Mary K Padgett 7 F NC
  Barbara E Padgett 6 F NC
  William Padgett 4 M NC
  Elizabeth Padgett 3 F NC
  Nancy J Padgett 2 F NC
  Caroline Padgett 1month  F NC
  
  The family are living in Cocke County, Tennessee in 1870, apparentlyon their way to their final destination, Ethel, Arkansas County,Arkansas, where we find them enumerated in 1880, along with their sonEdwin and his wife Judith N McSwain and their family.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 23 August, District 9,page 18, Hse #122, Fam #123
  Padget, Wily 60 M W Farmer NC  (b abt 1810)
  Padget, Levina 52 F W Keeping House (b abt 1818)
  Padget, Martha E 20 F W (b abt 1850)
  Padget, Nancy J 18 F W (b abt 1852)
  Padget, Susan C 17 F W (b abt 1852)
  Padget, Burl W  16 F W (b abt 1854)
  Padget, Levina 14 F W (b abt 1856)
  Padget, Harriet L  12 F W (b abt 1858)
  Padget, Juliah N  8 F W (b abt 1862)
  
  Martha E marries Phillip K McSwain about 5 years after the census,when both families have moved are are moving to Arkansas, where theyare all enumerated in 1880 in Prairie Township of Arkansas County.Nancy J is the Jane of later censuses, who apparently never marries.She is living with Phillip and Martha in 1900, and is later withMaggie, Philip's oldest daughter and her family.
  
  In 1880, the family are in Prairie Township (Ethel area) of ArkansasCounty.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, Prairie Township, page16, Hse #106, Fam #109
  Wiley Padgett W M 72  Self Farmer SC SC SC
  Lovinia [Lavinia] Padgett W F 62 Wife Housekeeping NC NC NC
  Jane Padgett W F 26 Dau Single NC SC NC
  Jas. Sanders W M 17 Other Single Farm Laborer AR AR Unknown
  
  In the 1900 census, Lavinia is living in the household of Phillip KMcSwain in Ethel.  They lived nearby in the 1880 census.  A womannamed Jane McSwain, age 52, is also living with him, but is called hissister.  It initially seemed likely that the Jane was Wiley andLavinia's daughter Jane, but there was some confusion due to thelisting of Jane as Phillip's sister, and Lavinia as his mother.  Iknew from other information that Lavinia was not his mother.  Piece bypiece their relationship was clarified.  The closest relationship Icould find was that Lavinia was the mother-in-law of Judith N McSwain,a cousin of Phillip.
  
  The final piece came in October 2007, when David Holden, researchingthe line from the North Carolina side, informed me that Phillip's wifewas Lavinia's daughter.  This clarified that the enumerator shouldhave listed Lavinia as mother-in-law and Jane as sister-in-law.

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 10 June, Prairie Township, p 16, Hse #106, Fam #109
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #122, Fam #123
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 4 September, p 316, Hse/Fam #597
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Prairie Township, Family Search (LDS) elecronic transcription, p 16,
• 5. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I20588
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 5 June. Caroline Township, District 77, page 2B, Austin Station, Hse
• 7. Hamrick Data Pages -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~Hamrick/wga81.html
• 8. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • Hse/Fam #597
• 9. FamilySearch IGI Individual Record
  • http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid
• 10. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Household #221
• 11. Gravestone of Martha McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
• 12. RootsWeb -- McSwain-Padgett-Moore-Green
  • David Holden,
• 13. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
• 14. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 13B, Hse #218, Fam #293
• 15. 1870 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 23 August, District 9, page 18, Hse #123, Fam #124
• 16. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 5 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 11A, Hse #183, Fam #188
• 17. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 12 June, Prairie Township, p 16, Hse #131, Fam #136
• 18. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 10 June, Prairie Township, page 16, Hse #110, Fam #113
• 19. Gravestone of George B and Harriet McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery,Ethel, Arkansas
• 20. Bobby Butler, McSwain family notes on census, compiled 1995
• 21. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • Prairie Township, page 16, Hse #52