Descendants of Isham Swan

A foundational family line connecting the Swan, Watkins, Darden, Finney, Redding, Grier, and Blalock families of Monroe County, Georgia.

Why Isham Swan Matters

Isham Swan and his wife Luvinia are the earliest known ancestors of the Swan line that intermarried with the Watkins, Darden, Finney, Redding, Grier, and Blalock families in Monroe County, Georgia, after emancipation. Their descendants provide a direct bridge between the pre-emancipation enslaved communities of Georgia and the post-emancipation communities of Juliette, Forsyth, and Atlanta.

Isham Swan Family Tree

First three generations. Names, birth years, and notes are taken from the Descendants of Isham Swan genealogy.

Isham Swan

m. Luvinia (unknown surname)

Died unknown

Laurainey Swan

m. Green Redding; Turner Finney

Emma Redding

Lettie Finney

Peter Finney

Jamima Finney

Turner Finney Jr.

Lettie Swan (January 1824, Georgia – Unknown, Juliette, GA)

m. Ethan Darden (b. 1815)

Amy Darden

Charity Darden

Temp Darden

Jane Darden (1847)

Robert Darden (March 1849)

Rachael Darden (March 1855, Georgia)

Ellen Darden

Warren Swan (1839)

m. Georgeann Walton

Mattie Lou Swan

Johnny Swan (1868)

Isom Swan (1870)

Mingo Swan (1872)

Augustus Swan (1874)

Frank Swan (1874)

Suzanna Swan (1887)

Wiley Swan Sr. (1840 – Unknown, Juliette, GA)

m. Martha Shannon (b. 1840, d. Sept 15, 1925, Juliette, GA)

Joe Swan

Killed after falling off a mule

Margaret Swan

Laura Swan (1870, Monroe Co., GA – Mar 18, 1946, Atlanta, GA)

John Swan (Nov 16, 1872, Monroe Co., GA – Feb 10, 1937, Atlanta, GA)

Wiley Swan Jr. (1874 – Jan 3, 1961, Atlanta, GA)

Lenora Katie Swan (1875)

Tabitha Vicey Swan (Dec 1877 – Milledgeville, GA)

George Swan (1879)

Carrie Swan (Apr 10, 1887, Monroe Co., GA – Dec 9, 1963, Juliette, GA)

Lucy Swan (1843, Georgia)

partner Jacob Grier

Lettie Grier

Sally Grier

Cary Grier

Charles Grier

Moses Swan (1843, Georgia)

m. Rosetta Redding (b. 1844, Georgia)

Cajer Swan

Rose Swan

Moved to Ohio

Micajah Swan (1864)

Isham B. Swan (1869)

Louisa Swan (1871)

Cora Swan (1875)

Mose Swan Jr. (1876)

Mattie Joe Swan (1879)

George Swan (1849)

m. Lucinda Wimbish (b. June 1855, Georgia); Sara Walker

Robert Swan (Mar 1876)

Amanda Swan (1865, Juliette, GA – 1917, Juliette, GA)

Mattie Swan (Oct 1886)

Ed Swan (June 1898)

Nancy Mae Swan

Key Family Branches

The seven children of Isham Swan and the communities they built.

Laurainey Swan

Spouses: Green Redding, Turner Finney

5 children documented in the first generation.

Lettie Swan

January 1824, Georgia

Spouse: Ethan Darden (b. 1815)

7 children documented in the first generation.

Warren Swan

1839

Spouse: Georgeann Walton

7 children documented in the first generation.

Wiley Swan Sr.

1840

Spouse: Martha Shannon (b. 1840, d. Sept 15, 1925, Juliette, GA)

9 children documented in the first generation.

Lucy Swan

1843, Georgia

Partner: Jacob Grier

4 children documented in the first generation.

Moses Swan

1843, Georgia

Spouse: Rosetta Redding (b. 1844, Georgia)

8 children documented in the first generation.

George Swan

1849

Spouses: Lucinda Wimbish (b. June 1855, Georgia), Sara Walker

5 children documented in the first generation.

Post-Emancipation Geography

Where Isham Swan's descendants lived, worked, and raised families.

Juliette, GA

Primary home of Wiley Swan Sr. and Martha Shannon; burial place of Carrie Swan.

Forsyth, GA

Location of marriages and some descendants' households.

Atlanta, GA

Laura, John, and Wiley Swan Jr. died here; migration destination for work.

Monroe County, GA

Birthplace of most documented children and grandchildren.

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