I frequently stare at the Stokes 1790 census in disbelief at the sheer number of familiar names. Although the one I'm not interested in is almost entirely absent (White). I can't for positively connect all of these folks - but I find the following interesting:
Joseph Eason - George White named one of his children "Eason" which is a rather unusual first name, unless it is a surname of someone near-and-dear. The name was passed down and eventually became "Easton".James Moore and David Moore - I suspect these Moores are related to "my" Elizabeth Cooley's husband, who was probably a Henry Moore.Adam Mitchel - not sure if he is related to John Eli White's wife's line (Mary Annetta Mitchell) line or William White's wife's line (Katherine Mitchell) William Holt and Ambrose Holt - my Lewis branch (MO) has some Holt's who are missing - haven't confirmed if these are relatedJohn Davison and Richard Davison - are these relatives for William Davison, presumed father of Jane Davison the second wife of George White? Are these Davison's related to the Davison\Davidsons of Casey Co?John Duggans and Sarah Duggans - there is a George White researcher who thinks that George's first wife was a Eunice Dungan, so I am curious if this is a different\misspellingJames Coffey - George White's son, Eason White, had a set of twin boys, one was Christopher Coffey White. I've no other explanation for the Coffey middle name.John Minor - another reoccurring name in my White line - from wills to marriagesSoooo very many Cooley's :)So very many folks of the Casey, Co Davis family line
When you look beyond just the page that John Cooley is on, you get even more familiar names:
Hickman - this name reoccurs in my White line through KY, IL and KSHall - are these Hall's part of the Hallsville Hall's of DeWitt, IL?Lewis - I know some of my Lewis family was in KY, I suspect some of them also moved from VA to NC before coming to MO and ILWebster - some of my White's were indentured to a younger John Webster in Casey, CoWillis, Hutchings, Hutcherson, Day.... I think you get the picture :)
It might seem all too coincidental, but when I look at the same index for another of my Scots\Irish lines, I can only find one or maybe two names and they are very common ones (McClellan etc). Nothing of the same kind of repetition of highly recognizable names.
Now, if I could only sort out all of the threads in this spider web!
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:04:26 -0600
> From: ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com
> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
> Subject: Re: 1790 Stokes county census
>
> It's possible. As we have seen, these families often moved with one
> another from state to state. It's now looking, for example, that Edmond
> Cooley, Luke Burnett, and possibly the Speaces moved to South Carolina
> just after 1800.
>
> -Michael
>
> > Michael, you have written a great report of what we know and what we don't
> > know about John Cooley, Sr. I was very intereted in this census you sent
> > of
> > Stokes County, NC. One of John Cooley's(Joseph, John Sr.) sons, William
> > Cooley married Elizabeth Fields in Mo. I see more than one Fields family
> > living in Stokes County, NC in this census. Elizabeth Fields apparently
> > was
> > born in Ky but came to Mo as an orphan, probably with Fields' uncles.
> > These
> > uncles served in the same Civil War unit as William Cooley and his son,
> > Joseph Cooley( William, John, Joseph, John Sr.). I have no idea where in
> > Ky, Elizabeth Fields was born and have been unable to find her parentage
> > but
> > this makes me wonder if the Fields and the Cooley's knew each other in NC
> > and Ky.before coming to Mo. You can find a lot of hints when you study the
> > neighbors of our ancestors.
> > Jane
> >
> >
> >
> >>I had never noticed how closely enumerated James Matthews is to the
> >> Cooleys. He's next to Mordicai Ham, who was the half-brother of Edward
> >> Cooley's mother-in-law. There's even a John Speace in the county.
> >>
> >> http://ancestraldata.com/1790/stokesnc.txt
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