SOUTHERNS IN THE 1790 FEDERAL CENSUS: STOKES COUNTY, N.C.
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| William | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Rubin | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| Ford | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Boas | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| William (II) | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 |
Descriptions:
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| William | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
William Southern, probably in his late 60s, and Magdalen on Hewins Creek with son John, daughter Judith, and
another woman (daughter?) who has not been identified. According to information from other sources,
John and Judith are both about 16 this year, and it is possible they were twins. This is William's last census;
he died in 1794. His will leaving his estate to wife Magdalen, daughter Judith, and son John (and
witnessed by Ford) is dated May 13, 1794.
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| Rubin | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
Reuben next to his father William on Hewin's Creek with wife (not identified, though other researchers have
suggested she was Polly Davis), three daughters, and
four sons under 16. The sons here are Joshua, Reuben Jr., Stephen, and perhaps Daniel, though Daniel
may have been born as late as 1792 and the fourth son here may be another who did not survive to
maturity. Reuben was bondsman for Anny Southern's 1807 marriage to John Brown and she may have
been one of the daughters here.
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| Ford | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Ford, age 25, known son of William (I) and Magdalen, with a woman, no children -- a first wife? This is
four years prior to his recorded marriage to Catherine Zimmerman. Ford first appears as a separate
householder in the 1789 tax list, with no land. William and Magdalen gave "their son" Ford 155 acres out
of William's 315 acre tract in 1790.
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| Boas | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
Boaz, likely in his mid to late 20s, probable son of William and Magdalen and perhaps one of the men in William's
1784-87 household, with wife, son, and daughter (none identified). Boaz first appears in the records with
the 1789 tax list. He entered two state grant tracts of 50 acres each on Town Fork, one in 1790 and one in
1796; both were issued in November 1797. He remained in the county on Town Fork Creek until 1807;
then apparently moved to Kentucky and later Tennessee.
| Name | White Males Over 16 | White Males Under 16 | All White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Total |
| William (II) | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 |
William (II) the veteran on Snow Creek, now 31 or 32, apparently with a wife and two daughters and one
slave.