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Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift 1821–1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 May 1821

Birth Location: Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 21 Apr 1875

Death Location: Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA

Father: William Swift

Mother: Rachel (Swift)

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Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift was born in 1821 in Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA, the child of William Thomas Swift And Rachel Boone Walker Swift. Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift passed away in 1875 in Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA.

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Biography

  • Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift was born in 1821 in Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA, the child of William Thomas Swift And Rachel Boone Walker Swift.
  • Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift passed away in 1875 in Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA.

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Granville Swift's Ancestors

Self
Granville Swift
1821–1875
Birth Place: Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA
Parents
William Thomas Swift
1798–1853
Old Town, Grayson, Virginia, USA
Rachel (Boone Walker) (Swift)
1794–1835
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Renalder Walker
1748–1825
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Mary Wilcoxson
1756–1855
Lancaster, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
John* Wilcoxson
1720–1782
Sarah Boone
1724–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Wilcockson
1695–1739
Elizabeth Powell
1695–1740
Squire Sr.
1696–1765
Sarah Morgan
1700–1777

Granville Swift's Timeline

2 Records

1821
1 May 1821
Birth of Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift in Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA
Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA
1875
21 Apr 1875
Age 54
Death of Granville "Commodore" Perry Swift in Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA
Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 May 1821
    Event Place: Whitley Co., Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1875
    Event Place: Zem Zem, Monticello, Napa Co., CA

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