1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 35; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

NC

Cherokee Co.

Roll 357

p. 245A

Ln. 19

Noah RAPER

000 100 - 000 100

no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= Noah (b. 1821/2)
1 female	15-19	1820-1825	= Minerva (b. 1822/3)
1	person employed in agriculture

Listed two lines below William RAPER (æ 40-50).  Our subject is the only Noah RAPER in the entire census and the first Noah RAPER to appear in any census.

3.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #67 of 170):  85th Dist., Union Co., GA, Roll M432_84, p. 234A, 445/445, enumerated 12 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Noah Raper	28	M		Farmer		NC
Minerva  "	27	F				Va
??? Avaline "	8	F				Ga
Louesa      "	6	F				"
Lucy        "	4	F				"
Sofrona     "	3	F				"
Amanda      "	2/12	F				"

The enumerator had started to write a name for the eldest child, then scratched it out and wrote "Avaline."  Our subject is the only Noah RAPER in the entire census.