Re: FW: 1790 Stokes county census

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:50:46 -0700

Some years ago I researched the names I found in common in Surry/Stokes
with Caroline County VA and came up with this:

http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/caroline2townfork.html

The names in blue are those people who show up in both places.

-Michael


> Sorry if this is a duplicate=2C trying to see if I can send again without
> t=
> he formatting getting lost :)
>
> I frequently stare at the Stokes 1790 census in disbelief at the sheer
> numb=
> er of familiar names. Although the one I'm not interested in is almost
> enti=
> rely absent (White). I can't for positively connect all of these folks -
> bu=
> t I find the following interesting:
> -Joseph Eason - George White named one of his children "Eason" which is a
> r=
> ather unusual first name=2C 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"
> E=
> lizabeth Cooley's husband=2C 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
> Mitch=
> ell)=20
> -William Holt and Ambrose Holt - my Lewis branch (MO) has some Holt's who
> a=
> re missing - haven't confirmed if these are related
> -John Davison and Richard Davison - are these relatives for William
> Davison=
> =2C presumed father of Jane Davison the second wife of George White? Are
> th=
> ese Davison's related to the Davison\Davidsons of Casey Co?
> -John Duggans and Sarah Duggans - there is a George White researcher who
> th=
> inks that George's first wife was a Eunice Dungan=2C so I am curious if
> thi=
> s is a different\misspelling
> -James Coffey - George White's son=2C Eason White=2C had a set of twin
> boys=
> =2C one was Christopher Coffey White. I've no other explanation for the
> Cof=
> fey middle name.
> -John Minor - another reoccurring name in my White line - from wills to
> mar=
> riages
> -Soooo very many Cooley's :)
> -So very many folks of the Casey=2C Co Davis family line
> When you look beyond just the page that John Cooley is on=2C you get even
> m=
> ore familiar names:=20
>
> -Hickman - this name reoccurs in my White line through KY=2C IL and KS
> -Hall - are these Hall's part of the Hallsville Hall's of DeWitt=2C IL?
> -Lewis - I know some of my Lewis family was in KY=2C I suspect some of
> them=
> also moved from VA to NC before coming to MO and IL
> -Webster - some of my White's were indentured to a younger John Webster in
> =
> Casey=2C Co
> -Willis=2C Hutchings=2C Hutcherson=2C Day.... I think you get the picture
> :=
> )
>
> =20
> It might seem all too coincidental=2C but when I look at the same index
> for=
> another of my Scots\Irish lines=2C 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.=20
> =20
> Now=2C if I could only sort out all of the threads in this spider web!
>
>> Date: Mon=2C 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
>>=20
>> It's possible. As we have seen=2C these families often moved with one
>> another from state to state. It's now looking=2C for example=2C that
>> Edmo=
> nd
>> Cooley=2C Luke Burnett=2C and possibly the Speaces moved to South
>> Carolin=
> a
>> just after 1800.
>>=20
>> -Michael
>>=20
>>> Michael=2C you have written a great report of what we know and what we
>>> d=
> on't
>>> know about John Cooley=2C Sr. I was very intereted in this census you
>>> se=
> nt
>>> of
>>> Stokes County=2C NC. One of John Cooley's(Joseph=2C John Sr.) sons=2C
>>> Wi=
> lliam
>>> Cooley married Elizabeth Fields in Mo. I see more than one Fields
>>> family
>>> living in Stokes County=2C NC in this census. Elizabeth Fields
>>> apparentl=
> y
>>> was
>>> born in Ky but came to Mo as an orphan=2C probably with Fields' uncles.
>>> These
>>> uncles served in the same Civil War unit as William Cooley and his son=
> =2C
>>> Joseph Cooley( William=2C John=2C Joseph=2C John Sr.). I have no idea
>>> wh=
> ere in
>>> Ky=2C Elizabeth Fields was born and have been unable to find her
>>> parenta=
> ge
>>> but
>>> this makes me wonder if the Fields and the Cooley's knew each other in
>>> N=
> C
>>> and Ky.before coming to Mo. You can find a lot of hints when you study
>>> t=
> he
>>> neighbors of our ancestors.
>>> Jane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I had never noticed how closely enumerated James Matthews is to the
>>>> Cooleys. He's next to Mordicai Ham=2C who was the half-brother of
>>>> Edwar=
> d
>>>> Cooley's mother-in-law. There's even a John Speace in the county.
>>>>
>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/1790/stokesnc.txt
>>>>
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