When Mahala Godfrey was born on 14 August 1820, in Walton, Georgia, United States, her father, George Godfrey, was 43 and her mother, Mary Buchanan, was 29. She married William L Swint on 31 December 1840. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Meriwether, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1860. She died on 4 February 1884, in Douglassville, Cass, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Red Hill, Cass, Texas, United States.