SOUTHERNS IN THE 1810 FEDERAL CENSUS: STOKES COUNTY, N.C.
Index:
Ford, Stk 525 (Double entry for Ford not found in microfilm)
Ford, Stk 589
John, Stk 593
Joshua, Stk 593
Reubin Stk 527
Reubin Stk 592? (Double entry for Reuben not found)
Stephen Stk 593
William Stk 559? (Not found)
Sothorn, William, Stk 505 (Not found)
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | Slaves |
| Name | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | All |
| Ford | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Reubin | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1- | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| John | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Joshua | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Stephen | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Special Note: William II appears to be missing from this census, though he was probably in the county this year.
Descriptions:
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | Slaves |
| Name | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | All |
| Ford | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Ford, son of William (I) and Magdalen, now forty-five, with wife since 1795, Catherine Zimmerman, and their
family of eight. At this point they are living on Blackeys Branch, Ford having sold his part of the Hewins Creek
homeplace in 1803 to John Burch. One of the sons 10-16 must be William who would marry Fanny Banks in 1815.
According to another researcher, other children were Reubin and Nancy.
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | Slaves |
| Name | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | All |
| Reubin | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1- | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Reubin, son of William (I), now in his 50s, wife's name not known though other researchers have suggested she was
Polly Davis. The youngest children could belong to an older son
with wife shown in the 16-26 group in both sexes, possibly Reubin Jr. or Daniel.
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | 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 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
John, son of William (I) and Magdalen, now about 35, married Elizabeth Duncan about 1804 (no marriage bond in N.C.). She
was born 1791 and in her early teens when married. They wasted no time; four daughters (the first of 15 children) came very
quickly. Judith married John Burch in 1804 and is now elsewhere; Magdalen may have died before 1810, but also need to
check the John Burch household. John is still on Hewins Creek, but he and Elizabeth sold the land inherited from
William (I) in 1817, and he is surely the John in Giles County, Va. in the 1820 census with ten children, four of them
daughters over 10 but under 16. Link to The Bible record of John and Elizabeth Duncan Southern
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | Slaves |
| Name | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | All |
| Joshua | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Joshua, son of Reubin, just starting out next to his father, having married Mary Carter the previous year; no children yet.
Later censuses give conflicting information about his age, but he is probably about 30 here, and perhaps even 36.
| White Males | | | | | White Females | | | | | Slaves |
| Name | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | 0-9 | 10-15 | 16-25 | 26-44 | Over 44 | All |
| Stephen | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Stephen is Reuben's son, starting out in his early twenties with a wife, probably Rachel, and a young daughter. Reubin
sold "his son" Stephen 150 acres of his Hewins Creek lands this year.