Person:Edward Swanson (2)

Edward Swanson was an early pioneer who helped aquire land for the site that is now Nashville, Tn.

Captain James Robertson and his band of eight men, which included Edward Swanson, left the Watauga settlement and travelled through the Cumberland Gap in the southern part of Kentucky arrived at thier destination, which they called Fort Nashborough, the present site of Nashville, Tn, about February , 1779.

The land grant for Edward Swanson, which Gerenal Robertson obtained for him, was one of the original seventy honor roll pioneers. Edward was the first sellter on record in Williamson County. He established his home in March 1780 and moved from Fort Nashborough.

He lived the rest of his life in Williamson County which later became Chapel Hill, Tn. The Swanson Cemetery is located in Chapel Hill on what was once his property. The Swanson's owned most of that area in Tennessee and although he was a farmer--he was quite wealthy.

Life and Times of Edward Swanson: One of the Original Pioneers Who with General James Robertson Founded Nashville, Tennessee, 1779 by William H. McRaven

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Name: Edward Swansan [Edward Swanson]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Williamson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1 [b. bet. 1741-1750]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 5
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 2
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 18
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 22

Probably in the early fall of 1780, Edward Swanson was married to Ned Carvin's widow, Mrs. Mary Luny Carvin, for it is said that after Colonel Robertson married Capt. Leiper and his wife, "other Judges or Triers at various stations deemed it suitable, right and needful to unite other parties as man and wife."

Mr. James Shaw, one of the trustees, and "Chairman of the Committee" of the Provisional Government, performed the pleasant ceremony, by which Edward Swanson was made "the lawful husband, and widow Carvin the truly wedded wife, and "enjoined to live together as such lovingly."

Mr. Shaw is also said to have married James Freeland to Mrs. Maxwell, Cornelius Riddle to Jane Mulherrin and John Tucker to Jenny Herod, the same day he married Edward Swanson to Mrs. Carvin. These are generally agreed to be the next marriages succeeding that of Captain Leiper and his wife.