Secondary sources give our subject's mother as Catherine CLARK, d/o Hiram CLARK & Mary STOKES, but Waightstill's death certificate says his mother is Catharine CRUMP (see Source No. 10 below).

1.  Betty Camin's North Carolina Bastardy Bonds by Counties:  Caldwell Co 1840 - 1879 (online at home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/)

Mother: Rebecca Crump

Date: Sep 1878

Bondsman: Wrightstill Prestwood

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Waightstill PRESTWOOD (æ 5) and Rebecca CRUMP (æ 5m) are living in Lenoir Twp., Caldwell Co., NC, with their parents (q.v.).

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Waightsdell PRESWOOD (æ 14) and Rebecca CRUMP (æ 9) are living in Lenoir Twp., Caldwell Co., NC, with their parents (q.v.).

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find our subject.  Rebecca CRUMP (æ 19) and her son, Waitstal CRUMP (æ 2), are living with her parents (q.v.).

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 53):  York Cotton Mill, York Twp., York Co., SC, Roll T623_1545, p. 181B, SN 3, SD 246, ED 97, enumerated 2 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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5

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7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

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19

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27

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36

Presswood Wiet

Head

W

M

Aug 1855

44

M

21

NC

NC

NC

Yarn Bailer Cotton Mill

0

Y

Y

Y

R

H

_________ Jane

Wife

W

F

Feb 1863

37

M

21

6

6

SC

NC

SC

0

N

N

Y

_________ Azila?

Dau

W

F

Sep 1880

19

S

SC

NC

SC

Spooler Cotton Mill

0

Y

Y

Y

_________ Walter

Son

W

M

Jul 1885

14

S

SC

NC

SC

Drawer Cotton Mill

0

0

Y

Y

Y

_________ Oce?/Ice?

Dau

W

F

Jan 1888

12

S

SC

NC

SC

Spinner Cotton Mill

0

N

N

Y

_________ James

Son

W

M

Jun 1890

9

S

SC

NC

SC

0

N

N

Y

_________ Ella

Dau

W

F

Sep 1893

6

S

SC

NC

SC

0

N

N

Y

_________ Mary

Dau

W

F

Oct 1896

3

S

SC

NC

SC

Y

Y

Y

7.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find our subject, not with certainty.  There is a widowed Waitsell PRESTWOOD (æ 65, b. NC/NC/NC; cotton mill inspector) living in a boarding house in Lenoir Twp., Caldwell Co., NC (p. 72A); it's not unusual for data to be in error for boarders because the informant is usually the landlord, so this may be our subject.  Walter PRESTWOOD (æ 24, b. SC/NC/SC) is living in Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC (p. 140A), with his wife, Eva (æ 27, b. NC/NC/NC), plus one son and two in-laws.

8.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find our subject.  Walter PRESTWOOD (æ 34, b. NC/NC/NC) is living in Granite Falls Town, Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC (p. 143A), with his wife, Eva (æ 37, b. NC/NC/NC), plus two sons.

9.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Walter H. PRESTWOOD (æ 44, b. SC/NC/SC) is living in Granite Falls, Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC (p. 161A), with his wife, Eva L. (æ 47, b. NC/NC/NC), plus one son.

10.  North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975.  North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	Waitsell Presswood
Date of Birth:	Aug 13 - 1856
Birthplace:	Caldwell Co
Date of Death:	June 8 1923
Place of Death:	Belmont, Gaston Co., NC
Cause of Death:	Carcinoma of Rectum
Marital Status:	Widowed
Name of Spouse:
Name of Father:	Robt F Pressley
Birthplace of Father:	Caldwell Co
Name of Mother:	Catherine Crump
Birthplace of Mother:	Caldwell Co
Name of Informant:	Ed C Carrell
Date of Burial:	6 / 9 1923
Place of Burial:	Calliers Cemetery, Belmont, NC

Is Catherine's surname informant error?  Or did she remarry to a CRUMP after the death of Waitsell's father?  Or is she really a CRUMP, meaning secondary sources have mis-identified her?

11.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

12.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).