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	David Lowry Swain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Lowry Swain (4 January 1801 - 27 August 1868) was the Whig governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1832 to 1835.
		Swain was born in Buncombe County in western North Carolina; his father, George Swain, was a farmer and a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
		Swain resigned as a judge to accept the vote of the North Carolina General Assembly to serve as governor; at the time he was the youngest governor in state history, and the first to belong to the Whig Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Lowry_Swain (496 words)

	North Carolina - LoveToKnow 1911
		Talc also is widely distributed in the state; the most extensive beds are in the south-western counties, Swain and Cherokee.
		During the quarter of a century between 1880 and 1905 a great change was wrought in the industrial life of the state by a phenomenal growth of cotton manufacturing.
		Nearly onefourth of the Indians are Cherokees, who occupy, for the most part, the Qualla Reservation in Swain and Jackson counties, not far from the south-western extremity of the state.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /North_Carolina (9349 words)

	David Lowry Swain, 4 Jan. 1801-29 Aug. 1868 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		David Lowry Swain (4 Jan. 1801-29 Aug. 1868), lawyer, governor, and educator, was born in the Beaverdam area near Asheville in Buncombe County.
		Swain worked with advocates of constitutional reform from both parties and both sections to put together a compromise bill that would allay eastern fears while granting some of the western demands, and the bill calling for a constitutional convention was adopted.
		Swain and the other faculty members tendered their resignations to facilitate the new plan; the board adopted it, effective in the fall of 1868; and the faculty was asked to remain until replaced or reelected.
	docsouth.unc.edu /bios/pn0001638_bio.html (3582 words)

	Inventory of the David L. Swain Papers, 1807-1877
		David L. Swain was governor of North Carolina, president of the University of North Carolina, and a state legislator.
		David Lowry Swain, lawyer, governor, and educator, was born near Asheville, N.C., in Buncombe County.
		David Swain was an avid historian, concentrating on the study of North Carolina and the collection of source materials for the history of the state.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/00706.html (1491 words)

	David Lowry Swain
		Born in Buncombe County in January 4, 1801, David Lowry Swain was the youngest state governor at the time of his election.
		During Governor Swain's term in the governor's office, the foundation for the new Capitol was laid, the prior State House having being destroyed by fire.
		While a state legislator, he was influential in getting a bill passed to construct the French Broad Turnpike as a route to open western North Carolina to commerce.
	www.vergie.com /dlswain.html (256 words)

	Smoky Mountains Visitors Guide - History
		Swain County was formed in 1871 from Jackson (formed in 1851 from Haywood and Macon) and Macon Counties.
		The area covered by Swain County was once Macon County, formed in 1828 from Indian Lands.
		The county was named in honor of former governor and University of NC president David Lowry Swain.
	www.smokymountainsvisitorsguide.com /history.htm (2215 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Lowry
		Lowry, Levi — of Princeton, Mercer County, Mo. Republican.
		Lowry, Morrow B. — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Republican.
		Lowry, Robert — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Democrat.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/lowry.html (398 words)

	Carolina Performing Arts \| Carolina Performing Arts Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The David Lowry Swain society is the Carolina Performing Arts Societys most exclusive membership program, offering members first class benefits throughout the year.
		David Lowry Swain, a former governor of North Carolina, served as president of the University from 1835 to 1868.
		Memorial Hall was erected as a memorial to President Swain as well as to all others connected with the University, who, by honorable lives in civil or military service deserve commemoration.
	www.carolinaperformingarts.org /supportus (663 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He made repeated unsuccessful attempts to run for Governor, defeated in 1827 (by James Iredell, Jr.
		), 1828 (by John Owen), 1830, 1831 (by Montfort Stokes) and 1832 (by David Swain).
		Martin • Spaight • Ashe • Davie • Williams • Turner • Alexander • Williams • Stone • Smith • Hawkins • Miller • Branch • Franklin • Holmes • Burton • Iredell • Owen • Stokes • Swain •
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Dobbs_Spaight,_Jr. (362 words)

	Room to Grow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Almost all of the first schools built in Swain County were built by the families to whom the children belonged.
		Much of the information gathered in the process of this project was generously given by the following persons who grew up in the county and whose on-going interests continue to record the history of Swain County.
		David, with the companionship and assistance of his wife, Ellen, have spend the last decade or more of their life creating a living record of the people and places lost at the completion of Fontana Dam.
	aam.wcu.edu /jones/SCHistory.htm (5194 words)

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		Correspondents include Moses Ashley Curtis, Lyman Copeland Draper, Asa Gray, Elisha Mitchell, David Lowry Swain, Jarvis Van Buren, and Joseph Wilcox.
		Also included are the research notes and correspondence, 1959-1968, of geographer Gary S. Dunbar of UCLA, who wrote several articles on McDowell.
		Many of the letters were transcribed by Gary S. Dunbar of the Department of Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles in the course of his study of McDowell; these transcriptions are filed after the originals to which they correspond.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/m/McDowell,Silas (1035 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Suvacki to Swamp
		Swain, David Lowry (1801-1868) — also known as David L. Swain — of
		Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. Swain, George B. — of New Jersey.
		Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1937-38.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/suvacki-swampfox.html (621 words)

	Other Collections
		Following eighteen months in New York, where he gained a reputation as a skillful surgeon, he began to practice in Jefferson, a village in Jackson County, Georgia.
		In August 1842, Dr. Long married Caroline Swain, the niece of Governor David Lowry Swain of North Carolina.
		During the early 1840's laughing gas was the subject of much discussion and a number of demonstrations of its effects on volunteers.
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d9120.htm (741 words)

	Duke University
		The collection includes orders, reports on supplies and enemy troop movements, letters recommending Hill for promotion, and a letter, 1864, from a Louisiana planter to Admiral David Dixon Porter of the United States Navy seeking compensation for goods confiscated by Federal soldiers.
		Other correspondents include: David Thompson, Gamble's brother-in-law; Seth Hunt, a land agent; and Stephen Kemble, who wrote to Gamble about his English uncle, Thomas Gamble.
		Other topics concern the recovery of land in West Florida, a former British possession; family misfortunes; estates and land claims; and the embargo of 1807-1809.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/nc/ndd.htm (4210 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		The research is now on display as part of an on-campus exhibit -- "Slavery and the Making of the University: Celebrating Our Unsung Heroes, Bond and Free" -- that includes photographs, letters, bills of sale for slaves, and other documents.
		In one letter, the wife of the school's first law professor wrote her husband that university President David Lowry Swain wanted to hire "Harry" for work, pledging she would "hire Harry out whenever I can."
		Last April, the faculty senate at the University of Alabama apologized to the descendants of slaves who were owned by faculty members or who worked on campus in the years before the Civil War.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories/?ArID=105759 (810 words)

	Guide Introduction: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations–Series J:
		Some of the correspondents are John C. McLemore, Atlas Jones, David Jarrett, Thomas C. Jones, and Colonel Robert H. Dyer.
		Montezuma periodically mentioned "Gov Swain" in his letters, referring to the president of the University of North Carolina, David Lowry Swain, who apparently was the son of Calvin Jones's old friend, George Swain of Asheville.
		George W. House was born in 1811 in Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi.
	lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/southern_hist/plantations/plantj8.asp (19318 words)

	Camp (1963) David Lowry Swain, Governor and university president
		Camp (1963) David Lowry Swain, Governor and university president
		Governors; Biography; Juvenile literature; North Carolina; Swain, David L.; (David Lowry)
		To view the the latter's ratings, click on Chapters/Papers/Articles in the STATISTICS box, select a publication from the list that appears, and then click on either Quality or Interest in that publication's STATISTICS box.
	www.getcited.org /?PUB=101205631&showStat=Ratings (85 words)

	The Smoky Mountain News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He moved to Morganton, North Carolina, and worked as a tailor until 1826, when he again moved to Asheville.
		His mother-in-law was the half-sister of David Lowry Swain, a North Carolina governor (1832-35) and the first president of the University of North Carolina.
		McDowell moved his wife and young child to a farm in Macon County, North Carolina, which he had purchased in 1820.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/7_01/7_11_01/back_then.shtml (1674 words)

	Alibris: Browse Books by ISBN
		0289140928: David Potts, a soldier of the American Revolution from Loudoun County, Virginia, and his sons, James Potts of Ross County, Ohio, David Potts, Jr.
		028916486X: David Sander's one-table list of orchid hybrids : containing the names and parentage of all registered orchid hybrids from the 1st.
		0289166579: David Schirmer, a poet of the German baroque : an examination of Schirmer's lyric poetry and its relationship to the literature of the time
	www.alibris.com /books/isbns/3250 (690 words)

	Welcome to the
		In 1876, the Qualla Boundary Reservation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee was established, part of it being in Swain County.
		Photos of interest to folks with Swain County roots
		Politicians who were born and/or lived in Swain Co.
	www.swaings.com (296 words)

	BlackNews.com - University of North Carolina Details Links to Slavery
		Some of that research is on display in "Slavery and the Making of the University: Celebrating Our Unsung Heroes, Bond and Free." The on-campus exhibit includes photographs, letters and documents such as bills of sale for slaves.
		In one letter, the wife of the school's first law professor wrote her husband that university President David Lowry Swain wanted to hire "Harry" for work.
		She pledged she would "hire Harry out whenever I can."
	www.blacknews.com /pr/unc101.html (698 words)

	Index to Volume LXXVII--2001
		David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World: reviewed, 494-495
		Lost Colony: David Beers Quinn's explanation of its disappearance, 67-70; hostilities between Iroquois and Algonquian Leagues probably fatal for colonists, 73-83; Powhatan and followers probably not responsible for disappearance of, 71-73; probable destination of colonists upon leaving Roanoke Island, 70-71, 75.
		Smith, John: chronicles early history of Virginia settlement, 67-68, 75; first head of Jamestown colony, 67; recounts Powhatan's claim to have witnessed killing of Roanoke colonists, 71-73; 1624 map drawn by, 79
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/nchr/arch01/index01.htm (5361 words)

	MailList Digest - nccraven-digest V1 #24
		Lastly all the rest of my land I give to my son Joseph WEST agreeable the law directs.
		Whereupon David WEST one of the Executors therein named, qualified accordingly.
		We the heirs of John WEST, Sr., deceased, so jointly and severally agree to the within will to be good in law and we are therewith [illegible] and satisified.
	usgennet.org /usa/nc/county/craven/webbbs/surnames/index.cgi?read=310 (2986 words)

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