Re: Others on the 1850 Spartanburg Co., SC census

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 10:12:00 -0700

Good job, Mary! But I'm missing something...How does this make it more
likely that Edmond was Rice?

-Michael


On Thu, May 22, 2014 9:40 am, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> Here is further evidence that this is our Edmond Cooley on the 1850
> census:
>
>
> Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
> 28 Sept 1850
> Line 18 - Jefferson Cooly
> Line 19 - Edward Mason
> Line 20 - G. Gilbert
> Line 21 - B. Gilbert
> Line 22 - G. Cannon
> Line 23 - Thomas Gregory
> Line 24 - Wm Rabb
> Line 25 - Perry Gilbert/Gibbert
> Line 26 - Jonas Gils
> Line 27 - Vincent Kimbrell
> ---Line 28 - ? McAllester
> ---Line 29 - Edmond Cooly [?Edward - but see line 31]
> ---Line 30 - P McMullen
> Line 31 - Lewis Powel/Pond?
> ---Line 32 - Edmd Cooly J (Jr) [?Edwd] [See line 28]
> Line 33 - Joseph Cooley
>
>
> It is difficult to read some of the first names/letters as the book is
> not fully open. But notice the order of the entries 28-30. We know from
> the 1850 census that Line 32 here was Edmond Cooley (Jr) on the census.
>
>
> I hope this is clearer than mud!
>
>
> This also makes Edmond Cooley Sr more likely to have been Rice Cooley
> listed on the 1800 census.
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Lou Cooley
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:38 AM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Others on the 1850 Spartanburg Co., SC census
>
>
> I believe this particular census taker had lots of problems with names or
> perhaps couldn't read his own writing when recopying it to the final
> census sheets!
>
> There is this entry:
>
>
> Family 1542:
> A. McAllister 50 m Farmer $700 Ireland
> Gency " 29 F SC
> J.W. McAllester 2 m SC
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Family 1543:
> Edmond 75 m Farmer $1000 SC
> Mary 14 f SC
> Caroline 12 f SC
> Sally 9 F SC
> Betsey Glenn 28 f SC
> (no last name given except for Betsey. One would assume last name would
> be McAllester as above family - however, why would Edmond 75 be born in SC
> and 50 y.o. A.McAllister be born in Ireland?)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Family 1544:
> Picnkey McAllister 25 m farmer $400 SC
> Adeline " 23 f SC
> Martha " 8 f SC
> Celia " 6 f SC
> Doctor " 4 m SC
> Wallis " 2 m SC
> (The last name is listed as McAllister - but this is remarkably similar to
> William Pinkney McMillin & Adeline Cooley McMillin)
>
>
> Now for the leap - Could this be Edmond Cooley? in Family 1543 whose
> birthdate would be 1775??? Edmond who married Charlotte Speace?
>
> Mary C.
>
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