Eli RUSSELL & Anna HOPKINS

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Eli RUSSELL
Anna HOPKINS

Husband: Eli RUSSELL
Birth: 1808/9, NC
Occupation: farmer

Marriage: 29 Feb 1832, Randolph Co., NC

Wife: Anna HOPKINS
Birth: 3 Sep 1814, NC
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Edward "Ned" HOPKINS
Mother: Hannah CROW

Children — born in Montgomery Co., NC:

1. Travis RUSSELL, b. 1832/3
2. E. Emaline RUSSELL, b. 1833/4
3. Lee RUSSELL [male], b. 1835/6
4. Laura Ann RUSSELL, b. 1837/8
5. Abigail RUSSELL, b. 1838/9
6. Julian B. RUSSELL, b. 1842/3

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Sources (n.b., Stanly Co. was formed in 1841 from Montgomery Co.; Montgomery Co. was from in 1779 from Anson Co.):

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

Groom Bride Bond Date County Bondsman Witness

Eli Russell Anna Hopkins 29 Feb 1832 Randolph John Hopkins Hugh McCain

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

Russell, Eli Hopkins, Anna 29 Feb 1832 Randolph Co. NC

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #71-72 of 74; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 NC Montgomery Co. East of P.D. [Pee Dee] and Yadkin Rivers Roll 365 pp. 239B-240A Ln. 5 Eli Russel 110 001 - 210 010 0300000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Lee (b. 1835/6)

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Travis (b. 1832/3)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Eli (b. 1808/9)

2 females 4 or under 1835-1840 = Abigail (b. 1838/9)
= Laura Ann (b. 1837/8)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Emaline (b. 1833/4)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Anna (b. 1814)

3 persons employed in agriculture

Listed next to John RUSSELL (Ln. 6, 111 200 100 - 201 001).

3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #113 of 125): Montgomery Co., NC, p. 157B, 815/817, enumerated 11 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Eli Russel 41 M Farmer 12,500 No Ca

Anna     " 36 F "

Travis    " 17 M Farmer "

E. Emaline " 16 F "

Lee        " 14 M "

Laura Ann " 12 F "

Abigail    " 11 F "

Julian ?   " 7 M "

4. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #21 of 22): Zion District [mis-indexed as "Beans" Dist.], Montgomery Co., NC, Roll 905 (Book 1), p. 501A/1001, PN 108, 814/814, enumerated 11 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Eli Russell 51 M Farmer 3000 9000 North Carolina

Anna Russell 48 F Do

Lee " 24 M Merchant 300 Do

Aby " 22 F Do

Julian B " 17 M Going to school Do

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #9 of 23): Wind Hill P.O., El Dorado Twp., Montgomery Co., NC, Roll M593_1149, p. 395A, PN 9, 68/68, enumerated 17 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Russell Eli 61 M W Farmer 2600 1000 Va

_______ Anny 55 F W Keeping house Va

_______ Lenorah 14 F W at home Va

_______ Robt 12 M W field Laborer Va

Lenora and Robert are our subjects' grandchildren, orphans of their late daughter, Laura Ann (RUSSELL) SMITH, so unless Eli & Annie legally adopted them, they should have been surnamed SMITH. Also, everyone was born in NC, not VA.

6. 1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 43): High Point Twp., Guilford Co., NC, Roll T9-0966, p. 330C, PN 19, SD 2, ED 126, enumerated 15 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 7 8 9 10 13 24 25 26

163 174 Russel Eli W M 71 / Farmer NC NC NC

______ Annie W F 66 Wife / Keeps House NC NC NC

Smith Robert W M 22 Grd Son / Farmer NC NC NC

_____ Alice W F 20 Grnd Daughter / Keeps House NC NC NC

164 175 Harris Gabriel W M 29 Grd Son / Farmer NC NC NC

______ Lenora W F 24 Grd Daughter / Keeps house NC NC NC

______ Alex W M 7 Son / NC NC NC

______ Eli W M 5 Son / NC NC NC

______ Mattie W F ¹/₁₂ May Daughter / NC NC NC

Robert and Lenora are our subjects' grandchildren, orphans of their late daughter, Laura Ann (RUSSELL) SMITH, so Alice SMITH is their granddaughter-in-law and Gabriel HARRIS is their grandson-in-law.

7. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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