SWAPP FAMILY
RESEARCH NOTES
(Anyone who can volunteer to help organize parts of this information,
please contact Steve Swapp.)

Family mysteries

End-of-line ancestors

Unsorted notes

First, here is a list of intriguing mysteries about our ancestors.
Can you help solve them?

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Here is the list of our end-of-line ancestors and what we know about how they were found.
Can you help find their parents and other ancestors?

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Here are notes about all kinds of things that have not yet been organized.
Can you dedicate some time to preparing the for inclusion on our website?

Bain Swapp's wife in Hatch told me about:
Linda (& Joe) Collander visits the ranch at times

Garn Swapp (deceased) had a ranch near Alton on the other side 648-2356 Glendale
Richard Swapp is Garn's son 644-2918 Kanab
Richard built new cabin across from lake one mile from Hwy. 89.
Built where Swapp ranch houses were built sometime after 1910.

The Swapp Ranch in Sink Valley:
Adeline (Swapp) Johnson lives in Moccasin (her father) (520)643-7262.
Eileen (Swapp) Johnson lives in Kanab.
They were raised in Sink Valley in the Swapp ranchhouse!
Daughters of Ed & Winnie Swapp
Granddaughters of James, the son of William & Elizabeth
4 miles from Alton house on left side (thing over gate says "Swapp Ranch," but not very legible now), house is 1/4 mile off road with many trees, driveway covered in red shale.
Washboard road right now east of Glendale
James Swapp homesteaded further back, but they later decided to move the house closer to the road because it was often seasonally hard to get back to the original homestead because of springs between the two lots.

The Swapp ranchhouse appeared in the movie McKenna's Gold, with Gregory Peck.

Darlyn Sorenson in Orderville is the son of Earl Sorenson, the owner of the property behind the Swapp Ranch (where there is access to Thompson Creek and the 4-mile hike up the cliffs to Swapp Canyon at the end of Tropic Reservoir Road).

Will Swapp homesteaded near lakes.

Go down main road to the east side of main road as far north as you can in Kanab Cemetery.

Eldon, Deanne, Mick, and Florence below are all Neaf's children.
They descend from James who was possibly the descendant of James,
the brother of John Addison

Eldon & Paula 644-2902 Johnson Canyon descendant of James (the grandson of James?)
George Swapp Canyon
has (unofficial?) family crest and 
picture of John Addison's name on rock at Lee's Ferry (will send me copy)
Settled Thompson and Mill Creek around Glendale somewhere
Clark Swapp had Swapp Ranch 
daughter in Henderson/Boulder City has it now, Alisha Dame
Johnsons in Moccasin run it
10 miles from 89 is Swapp Canyon A frame "Eagle Nest" on gate.
Swapp Canyon just north
Lee's Ferry by P.T. Riley mentions John Addison

Eldon's sister Deanne (and Jim) Decker in Gilbert, AZ (480)813-5794
azjim_decker@msn.com or nutritionconsultant@hotmail.com
Florence Kofford in Hurricane 635-3485 has kgkofford@aol.com
First Swapp to marry a Johnson James William md Harriet Johnson (dau. Joel Hills Johnson)

Mick & Gina Swapp & wife in Page (520)645-5346

Maven in PHX

Location of John Addison Swapp's name on rock:
House Rock Springs or Mile and a Half Springs on this side of crossing
1.5 miles hike

FROM WILLIAM HILL SWAPP?:
Jay & Marina 635-8006 very friendly; getting e-mail soon

Jay's brother William "Bill" Hill Swapp Jr. (623)841-4690 Glendale, AZ

IN ST. GEORGE:
Danny & Neela? 673-3016

Max 673-2418
Max's cousin Morris Swapp was mayor in Bountiful, now in Green Valley
***CALL HIM!!!***

Max and Angus now passed away

Angus travelled to Scotland. His widow might have documents.
Eris Swapp (801)968-9714 ***CALL HER!!!***

Norman 879-2377 NW of Leeds
from William Hill
Cousin Sharon Swapp Jensen (in LV?) went to Scotland 2 years ago.
Nephew Terry Swapp, abt. 30, in Springville (801)489-3256

IN LUNA:
Dennis (505)547-2461 he is from Melvin
(his mother had a stroke and can't speak, but she wrote a history
of Luna -- he will try to send me a copy of a book about Luna history)
his gg grandfather William Hill Swapp came with John Addison herding cows 
to some place in New Mexico. When they came through Luna Valley, a forested 
valley at 6,000 feet in elevation just east of the Arizona border, they liked 
the place. They brought their mother, who was a widow, to live there, and the
house they built for her is still standing. Later, she returned to Glendale
with John Addison.

Feb. 28 1883 William, John, mother, unmarried son Melvin, and Watsons and Earls
only sheepherders there before
Bought the valley from two trappers for $400
200 people now in Luna Valley
Some Swapps moved to Farmington before the 1950s.
His Aunt Vergie died 4 years ago in Cortez, CO.

Dennis' father: (505)547-2171 (His wife was an avid genealogist, but a stroke
left her incapacitated and unable to speak.)

His sister Phyllis Morrison in Oregon (541)947-4708 has e-mail. pmorrison@triax.com
She also has a missionary son in Russia.

Phyllis Morrison's father's cousin:
Billy Swapp in Ohio

Temple in Snowflake, AZ will be about 80 miles. Mesa is 350 miles.

Clint and Shane and Dennis are his sons in the Phoenix area.

Reserve, NM is the high school

His brother Lance has e-mail (505)547-2585 

"We remember Luna" is the title of the book.

An excellent book written in 1821 explained the Scottish emigration to Canada: The Narrative of the Rise and the Progress of Emigration from the counties of Lanark and Renfrew, to the New Settlements in Upper Canada on Government Grant: Comprising the Proceedings of the Glasgow Committee for Directing the Affairs and Embarkation of the Societies, with a Map of the Townships, Designs for Cottages and a Plan of the Ship Earl of Buckingham, also Interesting Letters From the Settlements, by Robert LaMond, secretary and agent of the emigration societies.

The Division of Lands and Forests of the Ontario Provincial Archives confirmed that the Alexander Hill Family emigrated on the Earl of Bunkinghamshire. Probably sponsored by the Paisley Townhead Emigration Society, as that was their area of residence. Can they also tell us about the emigration of the Swaps?

One source said the Swaps emigrated with 1200 people on 3 ships: Commerce, Prompt, and Broke. It was probably in early 1820, because William Swapp was born in Montréal in August 1820 soon after his family arrived in Canada. The Hill Family history says that 4 ships carried 1900 people in 1821, including the Commerce, which departed 11 May 1821 with 422 people. The same history says the emigration to Lanark County in Upper Canada involved a total of about 2900 people (although it looks like it was more like 3100 people in these two years).

A letter written on 1 Aug 1821 by James Gilmour, who was a passenger of the Earl of Buckinghamshire with the Hills, described very well the experience of their emigration. This letter was quoted in the Hill Family in Scotland, Chapter 1. (By the way, a Janet Gilmour was the mother of William Swap. Perhaps James Gilmour was related to the Swaps somehow.)

The Provincial Archives of Ontario has a report from the provincial land surveyor dated 31 Dec 1834 which states that Alexander Hill's land had been rocky and unusable and that his family had abandoned the land and gone to live in Essa (Simcoe County, Home District).

There exists a manuscript copy of the minutes of the Essa and Tosorontio Branch, kept by John Richards. (Perhaps the Church has this?) This is mentioned in The Hill Family in Canada, Chapter 2.

James and Mary Hill Bullock (Elizabeth's sister) settled in SLC at 544 So. State St.

Alexander Hill, Jr. was the bishop of the Mill Creek Ward for 33 years.

Two of Daniel Hill's sons settled Wellsville and Mendon in Cache Valley beginning in 1855. In 1859, John and Agnes Hill Richards and some descendants of Alexander Hill, Jr. settled in Cache Valley. Father Alexander Hill, Sr. came to stay with his son John in Cache Valley in 1860. On 30 Aug 1863, John Hill was accidentally shot dead by men thinking they were shooting a bear. Alexander his father then made his home between his son Daniel at the millsite near Wellsville and his daughter Agnes Richards at Mendon.

The Hill Family history says that Elizabeth Hill Swapp died on 4 Jan 1891, but most of our records state 4 July 1891 with burial on 6 July 1891.

Bathhurst or Bathurst District in Upper Canada?

My records show that the John Addison Swapp Family moved from AZ back to UT in 1890, but Maureen's story of Ben Swapp says that John broke his leg in 1892 and therefore they decided to go back to UT.

William Swap's funeral was held at the Methodist Church on Liberty Street in Newburyport. He had worked at the Hartlet Steam Mills Corp.

In 1937, there was a street in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland named Swappe's Close. It had been named about 1800.

William Swap land grant: Lanark, Canada Military Settlement Records 1820-22, Manuscript Grp. #9-D8-16, Vol. 1, p. 27

Lanark County birth record for William Swapp.

Elizabeth Hill's family record says her son James was born at Salt Lake City, although my records show Mill Creek. (She does show Alexander born at Mill Creek.)

An article in Adeline Johnson's book says that William Hill Swapp left the Muddy Valley when the settlement there was abandoned in 1873. But his parents left there in 1871. Is it possible he stayed 2 years longer?

Ask the Luna relatives to confirm emigrations to Luna in 1882 and 1885 and the fact that Elizabeth (and others?) left in 1886 and the rest except Melvin left in 1890.

Arza Adams md. Ida Minnie Swapp on 4 Jan 1896. Wasn't that the day Utah became a state?

William Swap born in Busby, Renfrew according to docs in Adeline Johnson's book, but my records said Glasgow.

Adeline Johnson's book says that William & Elizabeth were married while still in Canada and then that William went to Nauvoo in late 1845 with the Hills. However, the Hills went to Nauvoo in 1842, before William was even baptized.

Sybill Swapp Cox (and her husband Elson?) buried in St. George. Died 3 Jan 1975.

Martha Cameron Swapp's history in Adeline Johnson's book says that Martha and Ben were baptized in the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry shortly after Stephen was born there, but they wouldn't have been old enough to be baptized there.

Places in the Lee's Ferry book (look up on map program):
Buckskin Mountain
House Rock Springs
Johnson Point
Ute Crossing
Navajo Well
Moenkopi
Moenave
Bitter Springs
Lee Hill
the Beale Road

22 June 1865 in Findlay, OH Charles E. Beardsley married Naomi Swapp. Who was she??

3 Dec 1909 Homer Swapp Jones born in Valparaiso, IN, son of Randall Lunt Jones and Lovinia Swapp. Who were they??

5 Dec 1907 Reva Swapp born in Tropic to Joseph Benjamin & Elizabeth Swapp. How long was that family in Tropic?

28 Feb 1910 Lorna Ellouise Swapp born in Overton to Joseph Benjamin & Elizabeth Swapp. She later married Charles Preston Shumway in 1929 in Kanab and might still be alive. How long was that family in Overton?

10 June 1898 Martha Huntsman born in Overton to James & Francis Huntsman. Did part of our family go back to Overton as early as 1898?? Then she married another Huntsman, Walter Huntsman, on 26 Aug 1916.

John H. Swapp was John Hatch Swapp, and his wife was Nevada Jean Perkins??

From the Social Security Death Index:

ALEXANDER SWAPP
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SSN
530-05-4273
Residence:
89040 Overton, Clark, NV

Born
5 Feb 1901
Last Benefit:


Died
Dec 1969
Issued:
NV (Before 1951)

ELIZABETH SWAPP
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SSN
563-66-8820
Residence:
33062 Pompano Beach, Broward, FL

Born
11 Mar 1880
Last Benefit:


Died
Nov 1979
Issued:
CA (1962)

FLORENCE SWAPP
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SSN
558-32-4811
Residence:
89445 Winnemucca, Humboldt, NV

Born
2 Sep 1905
Last Benefit:


Died
Apr 1994
Issued:
CA (Before 1951)

GERTRUDE SWAPP
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SSN
017-07-2052
Residence:
33908 Fort Myers, Lee, FL

Born
31 Mar 1897
Last Benefit:


Died
Dec 1983
Issued:
MA (Before 1951)

HARRIET SWAPP
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SSN
264-78-3993
Residence:
32207 Jacksonville, Duval, FL

Born
15 Aug 1896
Last Benefit:


Died
Jan 1975
Issued:
FL (1962)

JAMES SWAPP
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SSN
273-05-7767
Residence:
33595 Valrico, Hillsborough, FL

Born
19 Nov 1893
Last Benefit:


Died
May 1971
Issued:
OH (Before 1951)

JOHN SWAPP
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SSN
530-09-8574
Residence:
89040 Overton, Clark, NV

Born
21 Dec 1902
Last Benefit:


Died
Dec 1974
Issued:
NV (Before 1951)

L SWAPP
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SSN
529-06-0337
Residence:
94115 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Born
16 Oct 1967
Last Benefit:


Died
Nov 1994
Issued:
UT (1973)

LAURA SWAPP
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SSN
542-22-1519
Residence:
97213 Portland, Multnomah, OR

Born
27 Feb 1893
Last Benefit:


Died
Aug 1970
Issued:
OR (Before 1951)

LOIS SWAPP
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SSN
529-10-4810
Residence:
96762 Laie, Honolulu, HI

Born
28 Jan 1921
Last Benefit:


Died
15 Apr 1996
Issued:
UT (Before 1951)

LUCILE SWAPP
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SSN
266-41-7910
Residence:
33595 Valrico, Hillsborough, FL

Born
26 May 1894
Last Benefit:


Died
Nov 1985
Issued:
FL (1973)

ROSE SWAPP
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SSN
530-64-1410
Residence:
89040 Overton, Clark, NV

Born
17 Mar 1883
Last Benefit:


Died
Jun 1973
Issued:
NV (1973)

STEPHEN SWAPP
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SSN
565-30-4612
Residence:
92056 Oceanside, San Diego, CA

Born
25 Aug 1927
Last Benefit:


Died
23 Sep 1999
Issued:
CA (Before 1951)

Many of the North Dakota people are listed in Detroit Lakes, Becker, MN.

Swapps are listed in these books:

An Enduring Legacy
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Encyclopedic History of the LDS Church
Heart Throbs of the West
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia
Treasures of Pioneer History

Database: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Combined Matches: 1
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 59
page 126
Mrs. Sophia Loud Swapp.
DAR ID Number: 58363
Born in Lowell, Mass.
Wife of Andrew G. Swapp.
Descendant of Corp. Elisha Briggs.
Daughter of Samuel E. Raymond and Lucretia Bryant, his wife.
Granddaughter of Dion Bryant and Lucretia Hall briggs, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Elisha Briggs and Laurentia Hall, his wife.
Elisha Briggs (1750-1836) marched on the Rhode Island Alarm, 1776, in Capt. John Turner's company, Col.
John Cushing's regiment, and, 1778, served as corporal in same regiment. He was born and died in
Pembroke, Mass.

Daughters of Utah Pioneers, An Enduring Legacy, - Vol. I-XII (12). Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Printing
Company, 1978.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3242.htm

Database: Full Context of An Enduring Legacy
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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

Down in Sink Valley lived James Swapp and his large family, whom we seldom saw except when there was
a celebration or some special occasion.

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

Alton, Kane County, Utah, situated thirteen miles northeast of Glendale, Kane County, and three miles east of
Highway 89, lies in the source country of the east fork of the Virgin River. It is the only town remaining of
three small communities—Upper Kanab, Ranch and Alton—that graced this high mountain area during the
last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth.

The first arrivals were Latter-day Saints who came from different parts of the country seeking homes in
southern Utah. But if they had hoped to find a southern climate comparable to that in Utah's Dixie, their
neighbor to the southwest, they were sorely disappointed, for the area lies at an altitude of seven thousand
feet.

It was to this high valley that Lorenzo Wesley Roundy came in 1865, with other families from the north.
They did not stop at what would be the Alton site, but continued toward the northeast some three miles, to
settle on the waters of upper Kanab Creek. Upper Kanab was a term that would soon designate their
settlement.

But the settlers' stay in this valley was to be short. Word came in the spring of 1866 that all settlers who had
located at Upper Kanab were called by Apostle Erastus Snow to move to Berryville and Winsor (the present
communities of Glendale and Mount Carmel) to strengthen those settlements. Lorenzo never returned to
Upper Kanab, but made his home in Kanarraville.

Upper Kanab remained abandoned until May of 1872 when Lorenzo's nephew, Byron Roundy, his young
wife, Matilda Ann, and baby moved into one of the cabins. Unable to interest others in joining them, the little
family stayed throughout the winter as the sole inhabitants of this winter wonderland.

Graham Duncan Macdonald, sent to be bookkeeper for the mill, acquired land near it. In 1875 he
married Annie Gardner of St. George and they became pioneers of Ranch, Utah, some five or six miles
southwest of Alton.

All mail for Upper Kanab and Sink Valley was addressed to
Ranch, Utah, and held at Macdonald's until there was a chance to send it on, or until someone was sent to
pick it up and distribute it.

As time passed, a cattle company known as the Canaan Cooperative Stock Company, with headquarters in
St. George, moved into the valley and bought up most of the claims in Upper Kanab. Feeling that they were
permanently settled, the Roundy brothers refused to sell.

In the spring of 1882, the David Seegmiller and Edwin D. Woolley families moved into the Upper Kanab area,
the latter having been called to take charge of the Church ranch. Edwin's daughter, Mary Woolley, has left a
description of their surroundings:

This lovely valley at the head of the Rio Virgin, with its two Levanger Lakes, its Macdonald Lake mirroring
the delightful scenery along their banks, was referred to as "over to the mill." Two public buildings were
eventually built there. One, a schoolhouse which also served as a church, was located at the forks of the
road. The other, somewhat larger, was the recreation hall and was located in a cove north of the Macdonald
Lake. Many a hoe-down took place there with Hyrum Roundy playing the violin, Rube Jolley second violin,
John Seaman the bass fiddle and Graham Macdonald the drums. Dances lasted until daylight. The children all
went along, being bundled onto the benches when they got sleepy.

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

Mary also recorded an amusing incident regarding her father's selection as president of the stake:

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

In 1884 Brother Woolley was called to attend the Kanab Stake conference held in Orderville. For three weeks
he had been out on the range, but Apostle Snow sent a runner to tell him to come in as he had a message for
him. Father had no idea of the nature of the message, but since Apostle Snow was his father-in-law, he
supposed it to be some personal matter. He had been away from home for three weeks and had no clothes
except those he had worn to mark and brand cattle; neither had he had a haircut or shave for all that time.
But he rede to the meetinghouse where the conference was being held, tied his horse and stepped inside.
Brother Snow called him to the stand and said to the people, "Here is your new stake president," and it is hard
to tell which was the more shocked, the congregation or the new president. President Woolley held this
office for twenty-six years.

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

In 1887 the stake presidency called a meeting of the people and presented the idea of forming a ward
comprised of the three communities: Ranch on the Rio Virgin, Upper Kanab at the head of Kanab Creek, and
Sink Valley. Graham Macdonald was chosen bishop, with Byron D. Roundy, Sr., and Franklin B. Woolley as
counselors. The new ward, an extension of the Glendale Ward, was known as the Graham Ward.

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

Emma Woolley and Artemisia Seegmiller served as counselors in the stake Relief Society while they were
living at Upper Kanab. Sister Bunting was president until 1893. When she passed away, "Aunt Mishie"
(Artemisia) was made president and Elizabeth Pugh of Kanab took her place as counselor. While serving in
the Relief Society, Emma Woolley and Ellen Broad-bent made the long journey to Lee's Ferry to help and
comfort the bereaved family of Warren Johnson. He had charge of the ferry and had lost several children
from diphtheria. Since no other family was at the ferry, they were compelled to prepare and bury their own
loved ones.

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Upper Kanab

Dan Seegmiller was a great horse fancier and the ranch was noted for its blooded horses. Horse racing was
the main sport of holidays. Horses were brought from far and near to join the competition and much money
spent on the training and care of the ranch horses. In her biography of her father, Elizabeth W. Jensen wrote
regarding these blooded animals: "The main progress of the country during the nineties and a few years into
the new century depended upon the maintenance and improvement of the rangelands. E. D. Woolley and
Daniel Seegmiller, partners in the Upper Kanab Ranch, were the first to import blooded horses and purebred
bulls for breeding."

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The Year 1882
Upper Kanab

President Woolley sold his interests in Upper Kanab to Brother Seegmiller in the fall of 1889 and moved his
family to Lower Kanab where it would be less difficult for him to carry on his Church duties. Mary states in
her journal: "We had all become very much attached to the ranch and were loath to leave it."

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Upper Kanab

In 1901 Jonathan Heaton purchased the Seegmiller estate for eight thousand dollars and brought his wife,
Amy Hoyt, and her fifteen children to the ranch. Two of his sons, William and Israel, came with their wives,
Persis Esplin and Charlotte Cox. Heaton had had experience in helping to found the town of Orderville. He
now owned the Seegmiller and Findlay property, as well as considerable acreage of wilderness land to the
west, called Oak Flat because of its dense groves of scrub oak. He had the land surveyed and a town laid out
into nine ten-acre blocks, each divided into four lots. The center block was reserved as a public square, one
for a school and one to be known as the tithing lot, where truck gardening could be carried on to help the
poor, and where provision could be made to care for "tithing-in-kind." The twelve inside lots were considered
choice, and commanded a little higher price. He also had some small farms surveyed in the lower fields,
which he offered at reasonable prices as an inducement to would-be settlers.

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Various names were suggested for this new town: Heaton-ville, Oaktown, Snowville, Klondyke. Charles R.
Pugh, who owned the Sink Valley ranch and came to Upper Kanab for church and entertainments during the
summer, had been reading about the Alton Fjord in Norway. The name seemed appropriate for the new
community, with its seventy-two hundred foot altitude, so at the "christening" party Charles put that name in
the hat. A two-year child, Gwen Heaton, was allowed to draw a name from the hat, and Alton was the name
drawn.


Viewing records 12853-12862 of 28493

Maps today do not show the tiny communities of Upper Kanab and Ranch—and haven't for many years.
Only Alton enjoys this distinction. Yet, as one reminisces over the story told on the foregoing pages, there is
a feeling that these two little towns are still a part of Alton, for when settlement was new and young in this
isolated valley, each person was a vital and important part of the whole; it was a necessary condition if they
were to survive. It is quite likely that this comradery still exists in the hearts and minds of the descendants

Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City,
UT: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2045.htm

Glendale, originally called Berryville, was first settled in the spring of 1864 by John Berry and family and
others. A townsite was surveyed on which the early settlers built several log cabins. A primitive water-power
mill was also erected. In 1865 other settlers arrived in Long Valley, most of them being called from other
places, by the Church Authorities, to strengthen Berryville and the lower settlement Winsor (now Mount
Carmel), the Indians, at that time, being on the warpath. In the fall of 1865 a stockade was built at Glendale
as a protection against the Indians.

In the summer of 1866 all the settlements in Kane County, including Berryville, were vacated because of
Indian troubles, and the exiled saints made temporary homes in St. George and other places. During the
Indian troubles two men and one woman, namely, Robert Berry and his wife Isabella, and Joseph Berry, an
unmarried man, were killed by Indians, on Short Creek. Both Berryville and Winsor remained vacated, so far
as white settlers were concerned, till the spring of 1871, when the settlements on the Muddy, now in
Nevada, were broken up, and most of the people from that locality settled in Long Valley. Among these was
Royal James Cutler. A new meeting house was built in 1884.

The first settlers of Berryville arrived as an organization from Saint Thomas on the Muddy with James
Leithead as Bishop, and he took charge, together with his counselors, in Long Valley from the beginning in
1871. Brother Leithead was succeeded in 1874 by Warren M. Johnson (presiding Elder), who was
succeeded by George Baker. In 1877 the Glendale Ward was organized with James Leithead (serving a
second term) as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1879 by Royal James Cutler, who died Aug. 3, 1894, and was
succeeded by Moses David Harris, who moved away in 1900, and James W. Watson was then appointed
presiding Elder. Later in 1900 Elder Watson was succeeded by Royal J, Cutler, jun., who in 1908 was
succeeded by James S. Carpenter, who in 1913 was succeeded by Joseph H. Swapp, who in 1919 was
succeeded by Joseph Walter Hopkins, who died Jan. 22, 1926, and was succeeded by Charles C. Anderson,
who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the Glendale Ward had a membership of 246, including 53
children.

LUNA WARD, St. Johns Stake, Socorro Co., New Mexico, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in
Luna Valley. This valley is about 4 1/2 miles long from east to west with an average width of about two
miles. The face of the valley is partly covered with groves of trees and surrounded with timber-covered hills
and mountains. The village of Luna is located on the headwaters of the San Francisco River, on ground
sloping gently to the east, 14 miles southeast of Alpine and 65 miles by nearest road southeast of St. Johns,
the headquarters of the St. Johns Stake. A reservoir from which the Luna Valley people obtain water for
irrigation purposes is located in the lower end of Bush Valley, about eight miles northwest of Luna village.
Both dry farming and irrigated farming are carried on successfully in the Luna Ward.

Luna Valley was first settled in 1883 by Mormons, who bought out the claims of two non-Mormon
prospectors. On March 6, 1883, the saints in Luna Valley were organized into a branch of the Church with
Lorenzo Watson as presiding Elder. The following day a townsite was surveyed on which most of the
settlers in the valley subsequently built houses. A log fort, measuring 22x28 feet, was built in April, 1883. On
Nov. 15, 1883, the branch in Luna Valley was organized as a ward by Apostles Brigham Young, jun., and
Heber J. Grant, with George C. Williams as Bishop. Following is a list of the Bishops of the Luna Ward:
George C. Williams, 1883–1885; Lorenzo W. Watson, 1885–1886; William Swapp, 1886–1888; Willis
Copeland, 1888; Gilbert D. Greer, 1888–1895; William H. Reynolds, 1895–1903; Mansel H. Thompson,
1903–1912; William H. Reynolds (serving a second term), 1912–1919, and Amasa O. Reynolds, 1919–1930.
On Dec. 31, 1930, Luna Ward had 136 members, including 46 children.

In 1883, the Swapp Brothers (William, John and Melvin) with Lorenzo Watson and two or three other
brethren purchased a large land claim in Luna Valley, Socorro Co., N. M., and commenced farming. They
were bitterly opposed for a time by the cattle herders of the Luna Bros. Cattle Company, but they held on to
their rights, continued farming, and built a fort for their protection against Indians and the cattle men. A
townsite was surveyed and a branch organized which later became a bishop’s ward. Luna is now a part of
the St. Johns Stake of Zion.

A Call To Protect the Settlers Across the Colorado River

"The company halted at Buckskin and organized their march, having ten men on advance guard and ten men
on rear guard. There were six pack animals and three baggage wagons. Henry W. Esplin and James Maxwell
drove the baggage wagons. Two of the wagons were left at the ferry, only one being ferried across. Among
those who were called are the following: Thomas Chamberlain, Henry W. Esplin, Henry Blackburn, Isaac
Buchanan, Christopher Heaton, Aaron and Isaac Asay, James Maxwell, Brigham McMullin, Rueben Jolley, of
Mr. Carmel; Andrew S. Gibbons and son, William, and James Swapp, of Glendale; John R. Young, James
Little and Frank Hamblin, of Kanab. A man from Toquerville joined them. Jacob Hamblin also joined them on
the way. Many of the settlers had gone when the rescuing party arrived as the Navajoes were threatening to
attack them. The company left Kanab on April 15 and returned May 20. Jacob Hamblin returned with the
company back into Utah and left the place to the Indians. John L. Blythe and family returned to Salt Lake
City."

In 1874 the people of the Order received a call to send aid to the missionaries located in Moencopy. The
chief of the Indians had visited the leaders and made heavy demands upon the small company.

Moencopy had been settled about the year 1871 or '72, as a home for Indian missionaries. It lies across the
Colorado River in northern Arizona, about 75 miles southeast of Lee's Ferry on the Navajo Reservation.
There were about forty people, among whom were: John L. Blythe and wife Thales Haskel, Ira Hatch,
Ammon Tenny, Frederick Hamblin, James Pierce, and Samuel N. Adair.

Kate Carter, Heart Throbs of the West, - Vol. I-XII (12). Salt Lake City, UT: Daughters of Utah Pioneers,
1947.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3240.htm

Robert Henderson arrived in the State of Deseret, as it was then known, September 28, 1851. He was
without relative, home, with a slight amount of money and few extra clothes. He spoke a broad Scotch
language and it was difficult to make people understand him.

In the spring of 1851 Alexander Hill‘s family started westward for the mecca of the Mormons in the Rocky
Mountains, taking the lad Samuel along with them as their teamster. They left Kanesville on April 22nd with
Captain John G. Smith’s company of one hundred and fifty wagons. Enroute they divided it into three
divisions. Samuel traveled with the second division, known as the Abraham Day‘s Company. In order to
avoid crossing the larger streams, which were swollen at this time of the year, the companies took a new
route, following the divide between the Missouri and Elkhorn Rivers, which they bridged and crossed. They
finally reached Loop Fork, which they forded on June 14th, being then six weeks out of Kanesville. From
Loop Fork they traveled over hundreds of sand hills, numerous creeks and sloughs, which they bridged with
brush and grass.

There the three companies parted. Captain Stevens’ continued westward and Captains Day and Shurtliff
turned southwest. Seventeen wagons with California emigrants, who were traveling with them, took a
southerly course. After nine days of travel, the companies led by Day and Shurtliff met with the California
wagons and on the 12th day of July arrived at the Platte bottoms. Strange to say, no deaths or serious
accident had occurred in this tedious, wearisome journey and only four head of cattle had been lost.

Traveling with the company in which Samuel was teamster, was a cousin, Elizabeth Richards, who was just
sixteen years of age. While going up Loop Fork, Samuel attempted to get on the tongue of his grandfather‘s
wagon to ride. He missed his leap and fell behind the oxen’s heels and the front wheel of the wagon ran over
his leg. Had it not been for the quick action of Elizabeth, the wagon would have crushed him.
Great-Grandfather Hill, then in his seventy-second year, with a loud sailor-like voice cried, ”Captain
Wadsworth! Captain Wadsworth!“ Wadsworth was the Captain of the ten wagons. A halt was made and the
boy‘s leg doctored in a primitive way and the train went on.

Another event that took place on the prairie was the birth of a son to Samuel’s aunt, Elizabeth Hill Swapp,
June 25th, 1851. This son was given the name of Archibald.

The company encountered large herds of buffalo and it was difficult to keep the animals from stampeding.
This caused the party no little inconvenience. They were fortunate in their relations with the Indians, who
usually caused so much trouble and were so dangerous to the emigrants. Although they once passed through
a village in which there were said to be ten thousand warriors, they were not molested nor interfered with in
any way the entire journey.

They reached Salt Lake Valley on September 9, 1851

Pioneers of 1851:
Swapp, Archibald June 25, 1851 Nebraska
Swapp, Elizabeth Hill Nov. 17, 1818 Scotland Abraham Day
Swapp, Hannah Hill 1843
Swapp, William Jr. June 17, 1849 Abraham Day
Swapp, William Aug. 30, 1820 Canada Abraham Day

Jenson, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent
Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT: Andrew Jenson
History Co., 1901.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2028.htm

Swapp, Joseph Henry, Bishop of Glendale Ward (Kanab Stake), Kane county, Utah, was born July 20,
1884, near Luna, New Mexico, the son of Archibald Swapp and Sarepta Leuticia Jolley. He was
baptized Sept. 5, 1895, by Edwin Cutler; ordained an Elder Sept. 29, 1908, by John S. Carpenter,
and filled a mission to the Eastern States in 1908-09, laboring in the Southwest Virginia conference. He
married Edith Farnsworth Oct. 9, 1908, just before starting on his mission, which marriage has been
blessed with three children, namely, Farris, Maurice and Frank Farnsworth. Bishop Swapp has
followed farming and sheep-raising principally for a living; he has held several political positions, been
connected taking an active part in building up the country in Southern Utah. He was ordained a High
Priest in December, 1912, by Wm. W. Seegmiller, and ordained a Bishop and set apart to preside
over the Glendale Ward, Kanab Stake, Sept. 8, 1913, by Apostle Rudger Clawson.

Swapp, William, Bishop of the Luna Ward, St. Johns Stake, Arizona, from 1886 to 1888, was born
Oct. 28, 1892, a son of Melvin Swapp and Margaret A. Mortensen. He was ordained a High Priest
and Bishop July 7, 1886, by Jesse N. Smith.

Kate Carter, Treasures of Pioneer History - Vol. I-VI (6), Salt Lake City, UT: Daughters of Utah Pioneers,
1952.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3241.htm

Some very good dairy cattle came into this locality and many ranches were used for taking care of the
cheese and butter making industry. Hundreds of pounds of butter were packed in large cans [p.411]or
wooden containers and freighted to Salt Lake City. The Church financed some of these activities and Nathan
and Mary Adams, Elizabeth Hamblin and family, William Swapp and boys ran the church herd near the Sink
Valley ranch in Kane County. It was here that Mr. Swapp was killed by one of the bulls belonging to the
church herd in 1873.

Farming was the first industry in Kanab. The crude hand cradle wielded by the farmer's strong arms, cut the
grain. At first he used a flail to pound out the grain. The flail was made of a strong oak stick, three feet in
length, with another stick one and a half feet attached to one end by a strong rawhide thong that let the piece
hang loose to hit the heads of grain as it lay in the bundles on the threshing floor. Edward Pugh owned the
first thresher and Zudok Judd and Guernsey Brown followed. The wheat was cleaned [p.410]and made into
flour at a grist mill built three and a half miles north of town by Reuben Broadbent, and James Leithead. The
millers were William Black and John Rider. This mill was run by water power which came through a sand
ditch for a distance of four or five miles from a place called the "Old Rock Dam." This was the first dam
built by the settlers. It was made of rocks, trees and sand. Later, a high flood came and washed out the dam
and all the cultivated land for a distance of seven and a half miles. The machinery from the flour mill was
then moved to the town of Glendale, another settlement in Kane County. It was here the wheat and corn
were made into flour and meal. Several families had hand-mills that ground corn, Guernsey Brown and others
bought a corn sheller, which saved many hours from the hand method of shelling.

Taylor Crosby, a convert from the southern states, built a sawmill on what is known as Mill Creek Canyon
under the pink cliffs forty miles northeast of Kanab.

James & William H. Swapp both served in the Indian Wars as noted at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?srvr=search&DatabaseId=4654&db=civilwarpension&GSI=94060508&PROX=1&GSFN=&GSLN=SWAPP&GSPL=1,ANY+LOCALITY&SUBMIT=SEARCH&GS=SWAPP

Alexander Swapp (b. 1877) is listed in the World War I Civilian Draft Registrations for Clark County, Nevada at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?DatabaseId=3172&db=draft&GSI=94060508&PROX=1&GSFN=&GSLN=SWAPP&GSPL=1,ANY+LOCALITY&SUBMIT=SEARCH&GS=SWAPP
11 of his cousins in Kane County, Utah also registered.

In the 1990 Census, Swapp was the 32734th most common surname in the United States, and Swap wasn't listed (not possible)!

Internation Society, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Our Pioneer Heritage, (28). Salt Lake City: Infobases, Inc.,
1996. Published under license. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3239.htm

We arrived at Woodruff, Apache County, Arizona, on the first day of May [1886]. Here we met Apostle Erastus
Snow, who informed me that things were unsettled in Mexico, as our purchase of land had been attended
with fraud on the part of the other party, as the other party laid claim to the water. He advised us to lay over
till he returned to Utah, which would be in about one month, which I did by going up to the timber of the
Macion Mountains, 20 miles from Snowflake City, where grass was plentiful.

...next morning we proceeded to Lunes Valley in New Mexico. Our road ran through heavy
timber and was considerably broken up. We got on to the summit, then a steep descent of about six miles, till
we got to the settlement. This is a small valley, probably two miles long, water scarce and thinly studded
with large pine trees.

[This paragraph appears to be a continuation of the above story.] We put up with Alma Lee, the son of John D. Lee, who treated us very fine. We held meeting next day at 10
o'clock, when an opportunity was given for the people to present their grievances against the Bishop if they
had any. Several responded, and it was evident that considerable enmity and jealousy existed. He made a
short defense but it thoroughly demonstrated how fickle and uncertain is popular influence. It caused me to
say to President Smith at dinner that of all positions a man could attain, that of a Bishop was the least
desirable. Meeting was held again at two o'clock, when the Bishop was released and a brother by the name of
Swapp was appointed to fill the vacancy.

Article about Melvin Swapp:
Periodical Title: New Mexico Genealogist
Vol. 20 -- Issue 4 -- December 1981
Issues per Year: 4
Notes: index v.1-33 1962-94
Repositories holding this title include:
Los Angeles Public Library
Dallas Public Library
New York Public Library
Family History Library (partial holdings)
Library of Congress (partial holdings)
Publisher: New Mexico Genealogical Society
Publisher Address: PO Box 8283 :Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283

David G. Swapp, a carpenter, was listed at 2417 W. 7th in Duluth, MN in 1890 and 1891.

Andrew G. Swapp, who worked for Lawrence Manufacturing Company as a clerk, lived at 187 Pawtucket in Lowell, MA in 1889 and 1890.

PLACES ON FAMILYTREEMAKER.COM WHERE SWAPP IS MENTIONED:

Record of the Descendants of James Ensign and His
Wife Sarah Elson
Author: Martha Ensign Nelson
Call Number: CS71.E568

Starts from the early 1634 to 1960, this book is filled with vital information of
James Ensign and his wife Sarah Elson and their descendants. Filled with over
7500 names, it is agreat way to find out about this family for generations and
generations.

2:
Ensigns in America
Author: Martha Ensign Nelson
Call Number: CS71.E568

Great accounts of the descendants of the early Ensigns in America. Shows many
lines that break into the Ensign line, thus giving many names other than Ensign.
Thousands of names included.

3:
Farnsworth Memorial II Second Edition of the
Farnsworth Memorial
Author: Moses F. Farnsworth
Call Number: CS71.F237

Includes Farnsworth's: Matthias, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Jonathan and Samuel. Has
over 7000 names in indexes and gives very detailed descriptions of each.
Military records included.

4:
Biography of SWAPP, William Hill
Biography of William Hill Swapp, family stories and heirlooms.

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Found at http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/susz.htm
SWAPP, Elizabeth b 1849 Scotland or Durham Co, Sis Margaret, bro James, Parents James &
Elizabeth; m Lionel Winship c1870, migrated Lancaster Co, PA late 1850s, several chn, et al,
Lionel, Isabella, Cyril, Fred, Sydney; d 1918 Leighhl@aol.com 0799

When Melvin Swapp married his wife Margaret in the St. George Temple, his residence was listed as Heber, Socorro, NM.

Washington County was established as a county in territorial Utah on March 3, 1852. The only
community in the county at the time was located at Harmony, in the northern part of the county. Prior
to that period the Paiute Indians were the only occupants of the area, though various explorations by
whites had penetrated the region.

Between 1852 and 1862 other small settlements were established by members of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) including: Santa Clara, Tonaquint, Pinto, Pine Valley,
Washington, Gunlock, Virgin City, Toquerville, Heberville, Grafton, Harrisburg, Adventure
(Rockville), Duncan's Retreat and Mountain Dell.

In late 1861 and into early 1862 a major colonizing effort was initiated by Brigham Young which
resulted in 309 heads of families being "called" from Northern Utah to settle at what became St.
George, which also became the county seat for the county.

Elizabeth Hill married William Swapp and settled in on the southwest corner of the intersection of 2nd South and 1st East in St. George in 1863?
Archibald Hill (Elizabeth's brother or uncle?) had the lot just south of them.
Hannah Hood Hill (the niece of Elizabeth that Elizabeth cared for after her mother died at Winter Quarters) married Miles P. Romney (the father of the governor of Michigan?) and settled in St. George around 1865-68.
Mary Brice Hill (Elizabeth's sister or cousin?) married Daniel D. McArthur (a prominent leader of the Dixie colony) as his 4th or 5th wife (on the same day he married one other) and settled in St. George in December 1861.

Archibald Hill & Sarepta Luticia Swapp were in Luna, NM sometime between the time Luna was settled (in late Fall 1882 or 1883) and the Spring of 1886 maximum. William Hill & Mary Ann Swapp's time in Luna was sometime between early 1883 and Spring 1895. James Hill & Margaret Swapp apparently spent their whole married life in Kane County, Utah and so probably never lived in Luna. John Addison & Martha Swapp's time in Luna must have been sometime between early 1883 and late 1889. They definitely had children born in Luna in 1884 and 1887. And last but certainly not least, Melvin & Margaret Swapp were married in Alpine, AZ (only 16 miles from Luna) in October 1887, and all of their children were born in Luna.

As to whether Luna was settled in November 1882 or November 1883, we know that John Addison's daughter Nellie was born in Kane County, Utah in November 1882 or 1883. That makes it likely that she was born on 24 November 1882 and they reached Luna Valley in November 1883 (because it would.have taken them many weeks to travel there). Also, James Hill's twin daughters Luvina and Lovina were born in Glendale, UT on 3 November 1882.

Ground was broken for the Winter Quarters Temple on November 28, 1999. The 20,000
square foot, two-story Temple will be built adjacent to the historic Winter Quarters
Pioneer Cemetery at 34th and State Streets.

William SWAP (AFN: 1LWD-DGN)
b. 1684
Submitter:
VERDA M FOUTZ
Microfilm:
NONE
C/O RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Submission:
PO BOX 11903
SALT LAKE CITY UT
USA 84147

Swapp mailing list at FamilySearch.Org:
swapp@familysearch.org

It was a Scottish custom to give a child as middle name the maiden name of his or her maternal grandmother.

L.G. Brebner of the Lanark & District Museum
P.O. Box 110
Lanark, Ontario K0G 1K0
CANADA
sent the following information:

The Alexander Hill Family emigrated with the Paisley Townhead Society.

The Lanark Society Settlers, by Carol Bennett, is available from the Lanark and District Museum for $25+shipping.

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation, by Donald Whyte. Published by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto, 1995.

Vol. 2, p. 364: Swape, William. To Quebec on the Commerce. From Greenock, Renfrewshire (RFW). Arrived August 1820. Wife and one child with him. [Is that John or William?] This info is listed in The Archives of Ontario, 77 Grenville St., Queen's Park, Toronto, Ont. M7A 2K9, CANADA.

Vol. 1, p. 137: Hill, Alexander, b. 1779. From Skipness. Accompanied by his wife Elizabeth Currie or Curry, and all 7 children. It record Mary's birth as 16 Aug 1812, while our records state she was born in July. It also says our Elizabeth was born 17 Nov 1818, while we show her birth in September. (A different record below shows September.) From Greenock, RFW. To Canada about 1820. (We show 1821. See next paragraph.)

Vol. 2, p. 404: Another record for Alexander Hill, b. 1 Aug 1779, d. 16 May 1876 (we show 1867). This time it says he is from Johnstone, RFW and born in Skipness, ABL. It says here his family left Greenock on 28 April 1821 with the Paisley Townhead Emigration Society. This time, it only mentions 5 children with them, without stating their names. Settled in Lanark. Moved later to Tosorontio Township in Simcoe County, purchasing land there, in 1835. Says they joined the Mormon Church and went to Nauvoo in 1840. (We show baptized in 1840, but moved to Nauvoo in1842.)

Vol. 2, p. 404: Alexander Hill, Jr. Confirms his birth, death, and 5 marriages.

Vol. 2 (Vol. 1 written down), p. 404: Archibald Newall Hill. Confirmed his death and his 5 marriages.

Vol. 2, p. 125: Confirms Agnes Hill information (daughter of Alexander Hill).

Vol. 2, p. 125: Confirms Daniel Currie Hill's birth and death. Information about his 2nd and 3rd wives.

Vol. 2, p. 125: Hill, Elizabeth. Birth 17 Sept 1818 (contradicts record mentioned above). Says she married William Swape or Swapp, Jr. in 1845.

Vol. 2, pp. 125-126: Hill, John. Confirms his birth and death and 2 of his 3 marriages.

Vol. 2, p. 126: Hill, Mary. Confirms her death and her 2 marriages.

Vol. 2, p. 125: Hill, Isobel. Confirms birth and death and parents. Says she went to Ontario in 1827 and settled in Darling Township, Lanark County. Confirms marriage. The Boyle descendants (incl. Boyles, Rintouls, and Warks) still are found in the Lanark area. Did she die there? Did she not join the LDS Church? Were there other family members who did not join the Church and who stayed in Canada?

Vol. 2, p. 23 lists children of Isobel Hill and David Boyle and their data.

Vol. 2, p. 67 Curry, David. Traveled with his wife and son on the same voyage and ship with the Alexander Hill Family to Canada. He settled on 100 acres at Lot 27, Commission 2 of the Lanark Township. Was he perhaps Elizabeth Currie's brother or cousin? Did he join the Church and come West?

The Lanark Society Settlers, by Carol Bennett. 1991.

p. 162: Currie, Daniel (Elizabeth Currie's brother?) Emigrated with the Hill Family in 1821. He located on Lot 27 of Commission 2 in Lanark Township (the same place as David Currie?) He had a wife, Jean, and a young son who may have been Daniel, Jr. A Daniel Currie appear in later census records for Dalhousie Township. A daughter Agnes was born to the couple in 1821.