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1870 Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee


Bristol, Dist.2, Sullivan County, Tennessee, 15 Aug 1870
page 389b, dwelling number 70, family number 70
Cross David A.    43 m w  farm labor     TN  cannot R/W
      Elizabethy  44 f w  keeping house  VA  cannot W
      Susan       12 f w                 TN  cannot R/W
      Robert L.    9 m w                 TN


1860 U.S. Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee, page 71a

1870, Sullivan County, Tennessee, page 447ba


Dist. 8, Sullivan County, Tennessee, 9 Aug 1870, Blountville PO
page 447b, dwelling number 60, family number 61
Cross  David L.  71  m w  farmer  $2000/$200  TN
       Mary      61  f w  keeping house       TN  cannot R/W
       Mary E.   40  f w                      TN
       Amanda    30  f w                      TN

David L. Cross age 71 was the son of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy. As such, David was the brother of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross. Alfred moved with his father to Anderson County at some point, probably in 1818. But David married Mary (Polly) Himes age 61 in 1816 and never left Sullivan County.


Dist. 8, Sullivan County, Tennessee, 9 Aug 1870, Blountville PO
page 447b, dwelling number 62, family number 63
Cross  Samuel R.  28 m w  farmer  /$150  TN
       Nancy A.   22 f w  keeping house  TN
       James D.    1 m w                 TN

Samuel Ray (Sam) Cross Sr. age 28 was the son of David L. Cross and Mary (Polly) Himes, and the grandson of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy.  As such, Sam was the nephew of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross and the first cousin of my second great grandmother Hulda Asberine (Asberine) Cross.

Nancy A. Glover age 22 was the daughter of James Glover and Elizabeth Berry.


Dist. 16, Sullivan County, Tennessee, 9 Aug 1870, Union Depot PO
page 530b, dwelling number 151, family number 151
Cross  Jessy P.    37 m w  farm laborer  /$138  TN  cannot R/W
       Esther E.   33 f w  keeping house        NC  cannot R/W
       John I.     13 m w                       TN  cannot R/W
       William S.  10 m w                       TN  cannot R/W
       Noah         5 m w                       TN

Jesse Powell Cross age 37 was the son of John Cross and Rachael Sampson, and the grandson of Abraham Cross and Elizabeth Ensor.  Abraham was the brother of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy.  So Jesse was William's grandnephew.


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