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1790 Census, Burke County, North Carolina

(Note: there were supposed to be five columns of data for the 1790 census: 1) number of free white males age 16 or older, 2) number of free white males less than 16 years old, 3) number of free white females, 4) number of other free persons, and 5) number of slaves. However, the Burke County, North Carolina data seems to have only columns #1, #2, #3, and #5. I have indicated the absence of column #4 with an underscore.)

p.93, line 23, 4th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
William. England   123_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  1
     males  < 16  1775-1790  2
     females                 3
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

William England may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. Jacob was from Burke County.

p.98, line 17, 8th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Cox, Matthew   311_4

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  3    Matthew Cox
     males  < 16  1775-1790  1
     females                 1
     other free              _
     slaves                  4

I believe that this Matthew Cox may have been related to my fourth great grandfather Reuben Cox. A Matthew Cox moved from North Carolina to Greene County, Tennessee in 1793. Reuben Cox moved from North Carolina to Greene County, Tennessee between 1830 and 1840.

However, the situation is certainly unsettled. In the 1800 census, there was a Matthew Cox in both Burke County and in Wilkes County (Reuben was from Wilkes County). Additionally, there should have been a Matthew Cox in Greene County in the 1800 census. Unfortunately, the 1800 census for Greene County is no longer extant.

p.105, line 3, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Danl. England   326_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  3
     males  < 16  1775-1790  3
     females                 6
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

Daniel England may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. Jacob was from Burke County.

p.105, line 4, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Jo England   123_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  1
     males  < 16  1775-1790  2
     females                 3
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

Joseph England may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. Jacob was from Burke County.

p.105, line 4, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Jno England Sr.   227_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  2
     males  < 16  1775-1790  2
     females                 7
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

John England Sr. may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. Jacob was from Burke County.

p.106, line 5, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Thomas England   100_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  1
     males  < 16  1775-1790  0
     females                 0
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

Thomas England may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. Jacob was from Burke County.

p.106, line 28, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
John England  151_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  1
     males  < 16  1775-1790  5
     females                 1
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

This John England may have been related to my third great grandfather Jacob England. For example, he might have been Jacob's grandfather. I note that Christian Bortles is believed to have been one of Jacob's grandfathers, and Christian Bortles was living next door. So a son of John England may have married a daughter of Christian Bortles, and the couple could then have been the parents of Jacob England.

p.106, line 29, 13th Company, Burke County, North Carolina, 1790
Christn Bortles   111_0

     males >= 16  bef. 1774  1  Christian Bortles
     males  < 16  1775-1790  1  Frederick Bortles
     females                 1  Anna Catherine Anthony
     other free              _
     slaves                  0

I believe that Christian Bortles/Bottles was my fifth great grandfather. Which is to say, I believe that Christian was the grandfather of my third great grandfather Jacob England.

Christian's wife was Anna Catherine Anthony.

The will of Christian Bortles mentions a grandson named Jacob England. There was no other Jacob England in Burke County at the time. The best current speculation is that Jacob was born out wedlock, the son of an England woman and a Bortles man, where the Bortles man was the son of Christian Bortles.

I have listed the male under 16 as Frederick Bortles. There is some question if this is correct because Frederick may have been born shortly after 1790. In any case, Christian and Anna were probably married about 1788. Their oldest son was probably born just before the 1790 census, and all the other children were born after the 1790 census.

This page last edited on 28 Jan 2010.