Volume 60 Feb 2008 North Carolina in 1822 FFRU Volume 60 - Page 1 [left intentionally blank - back of cover - do not print] FFRU Volume 60 - Page 1 Cover Image: North Carolina in 1822. When the last North Carolina county was formed in 1911, this brought the total number of counties to 100. Obviously, in a state the size of North Carolina, many of these counties are quite small. In 1822, only about half of these 100 counties existed. So, the implications of this are that you must make sure that the county existed for the timeframe in question, and if it didn’t or if it was newly-formed, you might want to look into the history of the county to determine what county or counties it may have been formed from. While you’re doing this, you might want to check how close your ancestors lived to the county lines. This should not be a new concept to researchers - it is just a normal part of research. I live in North Carolina. Since moving here, I have been surprised to learn a number of interesting facts about this state. As everyone in the US learned in grade school history classes, North Carolina was a holdout in joining the Union and ratifying the Constitution. They would not sign the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added to it. What I hadn’t learned was why. During the time of the Regulators and such, prior to and during the Revolutionary War, each and every right that is listed in the Bill of Rights was violated in what was then Orange County, North Carolina. I always thought it was bizarre and very specific to mention the housing of troops in the Bill of Rights, but the reason is that this exact thing happened right here under the oppression of the colonial governor. North Carolinians wanted to be sure that this didn’t happen in their newly-formed country. The United States and the world in general is a very different place than it might have otherwise been because of the Bill of Rights, and North Carolina is in large measure to thank for it. A number of important Revolutionary War battles were fought here, including Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse. Franklins were involved in both of these battles. The state capital is now in Raleigh, but it wasn’t always. In fact, Raleigh became the capital in 1792 which seems like it was early in the history of the state, but was 130 years after the first colonists settled there. 1 The capital had previously been in Edenton and Hillsborough. The largest Confederate surrender was negotiated here, about 12 miles from my home. After Sherman’s sweep through the south, he headed north again. On 26 Apr 1865, Confederate General Joseph Johnston ne- gotiated the surrender of the armies 2 of Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, to Union General William T. Sher- man. This took place at a little farmhouse called “Bennitt Place” just outside of what is now Durham. http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/ 1. Naturally, Native Americans should have a different view of when North Carolina history began. - Ed. 2. 89,270 troops . FFRU Volume 60 - Page 2 Letter from the Editor Continuing the Census Series, this issue is devoted to North Carolina. As many of you know, I have called North Carolina my home for the past 26 years. They’ve been good years. All of my children were born here. Speaking of whom, we’ve added a new granddaughter to our family. However, because our family only has daughters, we won’t be adding any Franklins... This volume has taken a long, long time to produce. This is not because I have special access to records here (which I do), but rather because a lot of records are now available on the internet, and as you can see, in addition to the basic transcription work, I’ve written well over 300 footnotes. These add a tremendous amount of information to the census. I have not developed all of the implications of these footnotes as fully as they can be. There are dozens of FFRU articles that already cover these lineages, and there are dozens more articles that can and should be written using this information. In fact, one of the articles in the next volume does indeed document a North Carolina Franklin family. This is the official state toast: Here’s to the land of the long leaf pine, The summer land where the sun doth shine, Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here’s to “Down Home,” the Old North State! Ben Franklin, Editor FFRU 5847 Sandstone Drive Durham, NC 27713-1925 benz2@earthlink. net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ffru/ FFRU Volume 60 - Page 3 Table of Contents Cover Image: North Carolina in 1822. ............................................................................................2 Letter from the Editor ......................................................................................................................4 1790 Federal Census of North Carolina ..........................................................................................5 1800 Federal Census of North Carolina ..........................................................................................6 1810 Federal Census of North Carolina ..........................................................................................7 1820 Federal Census of North Carolina ..........................................................................................9 1830 Federal Census of North Carolina ........................................................................................11 1840 Federal Census of North Carolina ........................................................................................14 1850 Federal Census of North Carolina ........................................................................................18 1860 Federal Census of North Carolina ........................................................................................28 1870 Federal Census of North Carolina ........................................................................................43 Names Index ..................................................................................................................................65 Places Index ...................................................................................................................................77 FFRU Volume 60 - Page 4 1790 Federal Census of North Carolina Males over 16 Males under 16 Females Slaves Burke County Morgan District page 108 John Franklin, Jr. 1 1 3 page 108 Jno. Franklin, Sr. 2 l 6 Craven County Newbern District page 129 Joseph Franklin 2 l 2 19 slaves page 130 Peter Franklin 1 1 2 8 slaves, 3 other free persons. page 130 Thomas Franklin 1 4 4 Currituck County Edenton District page 20 Thomas Franklin 1 0 3 Fayette County Fayette District page 35 Esom Franklin 1 2 2 page 35 Lawrence Franklin, Jr. 1 0 1 page 35 Laurence Franklin, Sr. 1 0 2 Johnston County Newbern District page 142 William Franklin 1 5 3 Northhampton County Halifax District page 75 William Franklin l 0 4 Rutherford County Morgan District page 119 Jno. Franklin 1 4 2 page 119 Mary Franklin 4 l 3 FFRU Volume 60 - Page 5 Stokes County Salisbury District page 179 John Franklin 2 1 2 page 179 Malekiah Franklin 1 1 1 page 179 Owen Franklin 1 0 0 page 179 Walter Franklin 1 1 1 Surry County Salisbury District page 183 John Franklin 1 l 4 Wilkes County Morgan District page 124 Bernard Franklin 2 1 5 page 124 George Franklin 1 l 6 page 124 Jacob Franklin 1 3 2 page 124 Jesse Franklin 1 0 2 5 slaves page 124 Jno. Franklin 1 l 4 page 124 Shad Franklin 1 l 2 1800 Federal Census of North Carolina Anson County page 214 Betsy Franklin no males; 1f 45+ 2 slaves. page 226 Laurence Franklin 2m -10, 1m 26/45; 1f -10, 1f 26/45. Buncombe County page 168 Mary Franklin 1m -10; 1f -10, 1f 10/16, 1f 26/45. Burke County page 746 John Franklin 2m -10, 1m 26/45; 3f -10, 1f 26/45. page 746 John Franklin 1m 10/16, 1m 16/26, 1m 45+; 1f 16/26, 1f 45+. page 747 Jonathan Franklin 4m -10, 1m 26/45; 1f -10, 1f 16/26. page 747 Moses Franklin 4m -10, 1m 26/45; 1f -10, 1f 26/45. Gates County page 266 Jonas Franklin 1m 16/26; no females. FFRU Volume 60 - Page 6 Northampton County page 441 Margaret Franklin no males; 2f 16/26, 1f 45+. page 441 Noah Franklin 1m 16/26; 1f 16/26; 3 slaves. Randolph County page 313 Lewis Franklin 1m -10, 1m 16/26; 1f 16/26; 1 slave. Rutherford County page 110 Henry Franklin 3m -10, 1m 16/26; 1f -10, 1f 26/45. page 110 Mary Franklin 1m 26/45, 2m 45+; 2f 26/45, 1f 45+. page 111 John Franklin 3m -10, 2m 10/16, 1m 16/26, 1m 26/45; 3f -10, 1f 26/45. Surry County page 651 Jesse Franklin 3m -10, 1m 26/45; 4f -10, 1f 26/45; 9 slaves. page 653 Barnard Franklin 1m16/26, 1m 45+; 3f 26/45, 2f 45+; 9 slaves. page 653 James Franklin 2m -10, 2m 10/16, 1m 16/26, 1m 26/45; 3f -10, 1f 10/16, 1f 26/45. page 653 John Franklin 1m 16/26, 1m 45+; 5f -10, 2f l0/16, 1f 16/26, 1f 26/45, 1f 45+; 2 slaves. page 653 Mal Franklin 1m -10, 1m 10/16, 1m 26/45; 3f -;10, 1f 26/45; 1 slave. page 653 Shadrack Franklin 2m -10, 1m 10/16, 1m 26/45; 3f -10, 1f 10/16, 1f 26/45; 1 slave. page 653 Walter Franklin 2m -10, 1m 10/16, 1m 26/45; 2f -10, 1f 26/45; 2 slaves. Wake County page 730 William Franklin 1m -10, 3m 10/16, 1m 45+; 2f -10, 1f l0/16, 1f 45+. Wilkes County page 39 John Franklin 1m -10, 1m 45+, 1f 45+. 1810 Federal Census of North Carolina Burke County Moganton page 316 John Franklin 3m -10, 1m 10/16, 1m 45+; 1f -10, 1f 10/16, 2f 16/26, 1f 26/45. page 316 Jonathan Franklin 5m -10, 2m 10/16, 1m 16/26, 1m 26/45; 1f 10/16, 1f 26/45. page 316 John Franklin, Sr. 1m 45+; 1f 45+. page 316 Moses Franklin 3m -10, 2m 10/16, 1m 26/45; 1f -10, 1f 10/16, 1f 26/45.