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.