Alsey HOPKINS & Mary CORLE & Elizabeth BOLTON & Amanda BOLTON

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Alsey HOPKINS
Mary CORLE
Elizabeth BOLTON
Amanda BOLTON

WARNING: there are some anomalies here with regard to the children that require further documentation to unravel.

Husband: Alsey HOPKINS
Birth: 1815/6, Montgomery [now Stanly] Co., NC
Death: 1887, presumably in Stanly Co., NC
Father: John Jackson HOPKINS
Mother: Mary CARTER

Marriage: 12 Dec 1840, Rowan Co., NC

Wife-1: Mary "Polly" CORL / CORLE / COIL
Birth: 1820/1, NC
Death presumably: 1850/1, Stanly Co., NC
Occupation: homemaker
Brother(?): David CORLE

Marriage-2: 31 Jul 1851, Stanly Co., NC

Wife-2: Elizabeth BOLTON
Birth: 1827/8, NC
Death presumably: 1870-76, Stanly Co., NY
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William BOLTON, b. 1795/6, NC
Mother: Nancy __?__, b. 1796/7, NC

Marriage-3: 4 Oct 1876, Stanly Co., NC

Wife-3: Amanda "Mandy" BOLTON
Birth: 1833/4, NC
Death: aft. 1880 census
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William BOLTON, b. 1795/6, NC
Mother: Nancy __?__, b. 1796/7, NC

Children with Polly COIL — born in NC, either Rowan Co., NC, or Stanly Co., NC:

1. Louisa HOPKINS, b. 1841
2. William H. H. HOPKINS, b. 1846/7

Children withe Elizabeth BOLTON:

WARNING: it's a stretch to make the children in the 1860 census into the children in the 1870 census. Given that the Civil War transpired during the interim, we can expect that the children in 1870 may be the orphans of other kin.
3. Mary R./B. HOPKINS, b. 1851/2 or Josephine HOPKINS, b. 1852/3
4. Allen HOPKINS, b. 1853/4 or Calvin HOPKINS, b. 1853/4

Children with Amanda BOLTON:

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Sources:

1a. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (online at Ancestry.com):

Groom Bride Bond Date County Bondsman Witness

Alsey Hopkins Polly Corl 12 Dec 1840 Rowan David Corle J L Beard

1b. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Hopkins, Alsey Corl, Polly 12 Dec 1840 Rowan Co. NC

1c. In a Post-em note by Lina Boyd on a file online at WorldConnect:

Stanly Co. NC marriages 1851-1904
Volume I, p. 2
BOLTON, Elizabeth to Alsy HOPKINS 31 Jul 1851 by R. C. Miller, JP
Volume II, p. 44
HOPKINS, Alsey age 63 son of John and Mary HOPKINS (both deceased) to Mandy BOLTON age 40 daughter of Wm (deceased) and Nancy BOLTON on 04 Oct 1876 by B. H. Carter, Minister

2a. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 18): Harris, District No 3, Stanly Co., NC, p. 17A, 247/248, enumerated 12 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alsy Hopkins 36 M Farmer 125 No Ca

Polly    " 29 F "

Louisa   " 9 F "

Wm H H   " 3 M "

Listed two households from Alsey's parents, John & Mary (CARTER) HOPKINS.

2b. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Elizabeth BALTTTON (æ 22, b. NC) and Amanda BALTTON (æ 16, b. NC) are living in Harris Twp., Stanly Co., NC (p. 15B), with their parents, William BALTTON (æ 56, b. NC) and Nancy (æ 53, b. NC).

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #97 of 166): Albemarle P.O., Stanly Co., NC, Roll M653_914, p. 49A, PN 97, 688/698, enumerated 6 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alsey Hopkins 43 M Miner NC

Elizabeth " 33 F "

Mary R/B " 8 M "

Allen " 6 F "

Mandy " 26 F "

Shouldn't Mandy be surnamed BOLTON?

4. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #21 of 24): Albemarle P.O., Harris Twp., Stanly Co., NC, Roll 1160 (Book 1), p. 81A, PN 21, 149/149, enumerated 10 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hopkins Alsey 54 M W Farmer 150 100 North Carolina

_______ Elizabeth 44 F W Keeping House "

_______ Josephine 17 F W At Home "

_______ Calvin 16 M W " "

Bolton Amanda 42 F W " "

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 24): Harris Twp., Stanly Co., NC, Roll T9_982, p. 334B, PN 22, SD 3, ED 207, enumerated 18 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

102 105 Hopkins Als W M 65 / farmer NC NC NC

_______ Amandia W F 50 Wife / Keeping house / / NC NC NC

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