Census Sunday~1860 Anson County, NC

The 1860 Census for Anson County, North Carolina enumerated 6 August 1860) is the earliest of three (3) Censuses that I have been able to locate my great great grandfather – William A. Purvis. 
  

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William A. Purvis, his wife Sarah Jane Graves Purvis.along with another Couple Joseph White and his wife Laura Brock White are enumerated in Dwelling 1238, Family 1188, Lines 34-37.



The extracted information for the family, with an enumeration date of 6 August 1860 by Wm. M. Hammond reads: 

*  William A. Purvis, age 34, Male, white, Shoe Maker, $150 in real property, $275 in personal property, born North Carolina.
*  Sarah Purvis, age 26, Female, white, born North Carolina, cannot read or write.
*  Joseph White, age 33, Male, white, Cooper, $0 in real property, $27 in personal property, born North Carolina.
*  Laura [Brock] White, age 30, Female, white, Domestic, born North Carolina, cannot read or write.


Extensive research of these two families has resulted in very little forward motion for almost thirty-seven years. There does not seem to be any connection between these families other than their presence here in this census.

The parents of William A. Purvis are still unknown and continue to be my major brick wall.

If you have any information that can move this line back another generation please contact me at this e-mail.


 




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[1] 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) No ED, page 300, line 34, Dwelling 1238, Family 1188, Household of William A. Purvis; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.