1850 Hugh Cockerham (age 53, born in North Carolina) lived in Marshes, Surry County, North Carolina, in a household with Nancy Cockerham (age 48), Plesant Cockerham (age 21), Mary Cockerham (age 22), Jerry Cockerham (age 18), William Cockerham (age 16), Huldah Cockerham (age 11), Mary Ann Cockerham (age 9), Nancy J Cockerham (age 6), and John H Cockerham (age 4). Hugh Cockerham was a farmer. [1]
1860 Hughs Cockerham (age 62, born in North Carolina) lived in Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, in a household with Nancy Cockerham (age 57), J W Cockerham (age 27), Wm Cockerham (age 24), Huldah Cockerham (age 21), M A Cockerham (age 19), N J Cockerham (age 16), and J H Cockerham (age 14). Hughs Cockerham was a farmer. [2]
1870 Hugh Cockerham (age 70, born in North Carolina) lived in Marsh, Surry County, North Carolina, in a household with Nancy Cockerham (age 65), Mary Cockerham (age 25), Jane Cockerham (age 23), Lucinda Cockerham (age 40), and Richard Cockerham (age 14). Hugh Cockerham was a farmer. [3]
1875 J. J. Schliff, justice of the peace, met at the late residence of Hughs Cockerham deceased in September and made an allotment to Nancy Cockerham, widow. [4]
Research Notes:
Death records for several of the children listed in the cesnsus records name their mother as Nancy Roberts.
The following records might be for Hugh Cockerham or a different person named Hughs Cockerham:
1821 Henry Cockerham and Nancy Fulks were married on December 29 in Surry County, North Carolina. [5] [6]
1840 Hugh Cockerham lived in Spicers District, Wilkes County, North Carolina in a household with males: 1 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), and 1 (30 thru 39); and females: 2 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (30 thru 39). [7]
1880 Hugh Cockerham (age 73, born in North Carolina, married) lived in Trap Hill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, in a household with Nancy Cockerham (age 79), Sarah Cockerham (age 39), Martha M. Cockerham (age 17), and Nancy J. Cockerham (age 15). Hugh Cockerham's father was born in North Carolina and his mother was born in Virginia. Hugh Cockerham was a farmer. Date June 10. [8]
1877 Henry Hughs Cockerham was buried at Hughs Cockerham Family Cemetery, Mulberry, Surry County, North Carolina. Henry Hughs Cockerham was born in 1797. [9] [10]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].
[4] North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, [AncestryRecord].
[5] North Carolina Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].
[6] North Carolina Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial 85621491, [FindAGrave].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].