Return to Home PageSOUTHERNS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE 1800 FEDERAL CENSUS: STOKES COUNTY, N.C.
Index:
Boze, Stk 573
Reuben ("Latham"), Stk 589
John, Stk 589
Thomas, Stk 589
William, Stk 584
Old William died in 1794 and this is the first census without him. Sons Reuben, William II and Boaz appear again this year, and youngest son John appears for the first time. Curiously, Ford is missing from this census, though he is on all tax lists through 1801 and on the 1799 special property valuation list, and was certainly in the county in 1800. The mysterious "Thomas" in this census may actually be Ford (see below).
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All Reuben
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Boze
(Boaz)3 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - William (II) - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 John - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - Thomas 3 - - 1 - 1 - 1
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All Reuben
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This record for William's son Reuben was "lost" because he was indexed as "Latham." This year Reuben is about 45, with a growing family. The older son is likely Joshua; three of the others are Reuben Jr., Stephen, and Daniel. One of the daughters is likely Anny. Wife's name still not certain.
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All Boze
(Boaz)3 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - Boaz, still on Town Fork Creek, now probably in his 30s, his family growing. The daughter and son of 1790 are now over ten, and three more sons have been added. This is his last N.C. census; he sold his property in 1807 and is probably the Boaz Southern appearing in Warren County, Kentucky, in the 1810 federal census. He then moved to Tennessee before 1820.
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All William (II) - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 William (II) the veteran on Snow Creek, now 41 or 42, still with a slave and an apparent wife and daughter. No other males and one less female in the household than in 1790. We would expect at least one of the girls present in 1790 to be in the 10-16 column now; perhaps one or both daughters present in 1790 died or were married in their early teens. None of the women in this William's household has been identified.
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All John - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - John, son of William (I) and Magdalen, on the Hewins Creek farm inherited from his father. John is probably about 26 here. The women are probably sister Judith, about John's age, and mother Magdalen, since John didn't marry Elizabeth Duncan until 1804 or 1805; Judith married John L. Burch in 1802. This census indicates John is slightly older than Judith and conflicts with information provided from modern descendents of both John and Judith suggesting both were born in August, 1774, and thus must have been fraternal twins, or that John was born in 1776 and was the younger of the two.
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Slaves Name 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 Over 44 All Thomas 3 - - 1 - 1 - 1
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- - This Thomas Southern is a complete mystery. He is seen in no other census or tax records, and there are no deeds with that name. It seems likely this is actually Ford and Catherine Zimmerman; the family structure and ages would be right for the couple this year. But nowhere has Ford been seen to have a double name. If Thomas is a different person, he is possibly a relative from Virginia just passing through the county this year. Or he could be just a census taker's creative error and he is actually a person with another surname.