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Russell K. Sweazea was living with his brother, Mathias Sweazea, in 1850 in Jackson County, Tennessee, at seventeen years of age.
Court Record, Jackson County, Tennessee 1855 page 257
John M Clark vs P F Huddleston Admr. etc. Take depos Mathew Sweazea, Samuel Miller, Asa Lovelady, Henry Lovelady, Daniel Keith, Edwin Price, Russel K Sweazea .. continued.
Court Record, Jackson County, Tennessee. Feb 1857 page 55
Hardin L. Smith Admr of C A Smith vs James McDonald Exr of H L McDonald deceased. Parties have compromised .. depos. of J R Jones, R. Sweazea,
J A Huddleston, Mary A Coggins & Bird S Jones.
Russell Sweazea left Jackson County after 1857 and purchased land in Ripley County, [now Carter County,] Missouri
Ripley County, Missouri
32 Original Land Plat Book [ 1832 - 1858 ]
Copied from the original plat book in the Recorders office, County Courthouse, Doniphan, Missouri.
Russell K. Sweazea, residence, Ripley County, date purchased, 17 aug 1857,
Section 17 Township 27 range 3 E.
Russell K Sweazea, Residence, Ripley County, date purchased, 17 Aug., 1857
Section 20 Township 27, Range 3 E
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Russell K. Sweazea served in the civil war from Wayne County, Missouri.
From the records of the Adjutant General at Jefferson City, Missouri.
Union Army; Sweazea, Russell K., Pvt., Co. A, Wayne Co. Ind. Co. Six Months Mil. Reg't., E. M. M., Capt. Powers, enrolled Oct. 12, 1861, Arcadia, Mo. Ordered into active service Oct 12, 1861, Arcadia, Mo., Relieved from duty, Feb. 20, 1862 _________________________________________________________________ Russell may have died in the Civil War, as no more info has been found, about him. His land in 1860 was valued at $6,100.00 - personal Estate valued at $434.00. This was a lot of money in those days. His youngest child was born in 1863 during the Civil War. By 1870 his wife had married John Hoskins and had a son William age three. Living with this family was Tom Sweazea, age 12, Mary E. Sweazea, age 9, and Russell Sweazea, age 6. In the 1880 census of Carter County, Missouri, Mary Sweazea age 19 and Russell Sweazea age 17, are listed as step children to John Hoskins. Mary was listed as Missouri Hoskins
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