I see that Rutherford County NC is just across the state line from
Spartanburg, so this looks right to me.
-Michael
On Sun, December 21, 2014 14:34, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> It looks like a "C" to me, but I think there is only one "o" in Cooley
> because there is a loop on the end of the "C" - the problem is the ink was
> not coming out of the pen evenly. This is the 1870 census for widow,
> Elizabeth:
>
>
> 1870 United States Federal Census
> Name: Elizabeth Cooley
> Age in 1870: 60
> Birth Year: 1810
> Birthplace: South Carolina
> Home in 1870: Hickory Grub, Rutherford, North Carolina
> Race: White
> Gender: Female
> Post Office: Mooresboro
> Value of real estate:
> Household Members: Name Age
> Elizabeth Cooley 60
> Peggy Cooley 36
> Adaline Cooley 27
> Edward Cooley 25
> Jubilee Cooley 23
> Robert Cooley 21
> Tressa Cooley 17
> Joseph H Cooley 15
> ~~~~~
> then in 1880 in Texas:
>
> 1880 United States Federal Census
> Name: Elisabeth Cooley
> Age: 70
> Birth Year: abt 1810
> Birthplace: South Carolina
> Home in 1880: Precinct 2, Lamar, Texas
> Race: White
> Gender: Female
> Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
> Marital Status: Widowed
> Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
> Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
> Occupation: Keeping House
> Cannot read/write:
> Blind:
> Deaf and Dumb:
> Otherwise disabled:
> Idiotic or insane:
> Household Members: Name Age
> Elisabeth Cooley 70
> Jubiles Cooley 33
> Peggy Cooley 45
> Addy Cooley 38
> Tennissa Cooley 29
> Joel H. Cooley 27
> Doctor T. Cooley 40
> ~~~
> I have attached the 1870 & 1880 census - note that Robert is on the same
> page.
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 12:13 PM
> To: Mary Lou Cooley
> Subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District,
> Rutherford
> Co., S.C.
>
>
> It certainly doesn't look like Cooley. I'm not even confident that that's
> a C at the beginning.
>
> So, the family went back to NC? Are we sure we're not looking at two
> different families?
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Sat, December 20, 2014 21:40, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t know if you have this – but perhaps you can
>> decipher it better than I have.
>>
>> Mary C.
>>
>
>
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