1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Samuel LIGHT Marriage: 26 Dec 1865, Hawkins, Tennessee Spouse: Elizabeth STROUPE Source: patron submission

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 11):  Fall Branch P.O., District No. 16, Hawkins Co., TN, Roll M593_1535, p. 202B, PN 4, 22/22, enumerated 20 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

Light Samuel	26	M	W	Farmer		185	Tennessee
_____ Eliza	32	F	W	Keeping House			Virginia
_____ John J	12	M	W	At Home			Tennessee
_____ William	10	M	W	Attending School			Tennessee
_____ Rhoda	4	F	W				Tennessee
_____ Frances	2	F	W				Tennessee

John and William are Eliza's children with her first husband, Jackson STROUP.  Listed next to Stacy LIGHT (æ 60, b. TN), who is probably Samuel's father.

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 36):  16th Civil District, Hawkins Co., TN, Roll T9_1261, p. 218B, PN 14, SD 1, ED 78, enumerated 1 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

9

10

13

20

22

23

24

25

26

113

114

Light Samuel

W

M

36

/

Farmer

/

/

/

TN

TN

TN

_____ Eliza

W

F

40

Wife

/

keeping house

/

/

VA

VA

VA

_____ Wm

W

M

21

Son

/

Farmer

/

TN

TN

VA

_____ Rhoda

W

F

14

Dau

/

At home

/

/

TN

TN

VA

_____ Annie

W

F

12

Dau

/

At home

/

/

TN

TN

VA

_____ Samuel

W

M

5

Son

Laborer on farm

TN

TN

VA

William is Eliza's son from her prior marriage; his father was born in VA, not TN.  (Eliza's son, John, is living with his paternal grandparents and is using surname STROUP.)