1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #8 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1790

NC

Montgomery Co.

p. 417

Ln. 16

Young Stokes

2-3-1-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 free white males	16 or over	in or bef. 1774	= Young = son?
3 free white males	15 or under	1774-1790	= daughters?
1 free white females	all ages	in or bef. 1790	= wife? daughter?

This obviously is not our subject, but who is he?  Surely he is related to the Young STOKES in Montgomery Co., NC, in 1880.  List roughly alphabetized.

3a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).  Worse yet, the county should be Montgomery, not Mecklenburg. 

1800

Stokes, Young

NC

Mecklenburg Co.

p. 505

00100-1010000

3b.  1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #42 of 60; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800

NC

Montgomery Co.

Salisbury Dist.

p. 251/503/505

Ln. 4

Young Stokes

10100-00100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	9 or under	1790-1800	= John (b. 1797/8)
1 male	16-25	1774-1784	= Young (b. 1779/80)
1 female	16-25	1774-1784	= Sarah (b. 1780-84)

This, too, is not our subject, if the 1810 record is correct.  On the other hand, if the two girls in 1810 aren't their daughters, this could be our subjects.  List roughly alphabetized, and pages are out of order.

4a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched). 

1810

Stokes, Young

KY

Christian Co.

p. 77

12010-1101100

4b.  1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #26 of 66; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810

KY

Christian Co.

p. 77/554

Ln. 8

Young Stokes

11011-12010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	9 or under	1800-1810	= James (b. 1804)
1 male	10-15	1794-1800	= John (b. 1797/8)
1 male	26-44	1765-1784	= Young (b. 1772 or 1779/80)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= father? father-in-law?
1 female	9 or under	1800-1810	= Lucinda (b. 1809)
2 females	10-15	1794-1800	= Daughter B = Daughter A
1 female	26-44	1765-1784	= Sarah (b. 1780-84)

Other STOKES in county:  brothers John, Matthew, and Jones. 

5a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):

1820	Stokes, Young	IL	White Co.	Fox River Twp.	p. 177
1820 State Census	Stokes, Young	IL	White Co.		p. 352	22 Nov 1820	02-04-00-00

5b.  1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820

IL

White Co.

Fox River Twp.

p. 177

Ln. 8

Young Stokes

101201-01010-0-200

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	9 or under	1810-1820	= George?
1 male	16-18	1801-1804	= James (b. 1804)
2 males	19-25*	1794-1801	= John (b. 1797/8) = ?
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Young (b. 1772 or 1779/80)
1 female	10-15	1804-1810	= Lucinda (b. 1809)
1 female	26-44	1775-1794	= Sarah (b. 1780-84)
2	person engaged in agriculture
*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four.  By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

He is the only STOKES in the county.

.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29 of 74; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830

IL

White Co.

p. 16

Ln. 22

Young Stokes

001 000 010 - 000 010 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	10-14	1815-1820	= George?
1 male	50-59	1770-1780	= Young (b. 1772 or 1779/80)
1 female	20-29	1800-1810	= Lucinda (b. 1809)
1 female	40-49	1780-1790	= Sarah (b. 1780-84)

Listed one line above their son, John M. STOKES, who is one line above their son, James G. STOKES. 

.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11 of 84; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

IL

White Co.

p. 278

Ln. 2

Yong Stokes

000 000 001 - 000 000 010

0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	60-69	1770-1780	= Young (b. 1772 or 1779/80)
1 female	50-59	1780-1790	= Sarah (b. 1780-84)
1	person employed in agriculture

Listed two lines below son, John M. STOKES, and one line above son, James G. STOKES. 

.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11-12 of 76):  District 13, White Co., IL, pp. 271A-271B, 69/69, enumerated 19 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John M Stockes	52	M	Farmer	1000	NC
Mary     Do	42	F			Ky
[John & Mary's six children]
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Young Stokes	70	M	None	200	NC

Young should be 78 years old, but it's clearly "70."  John M. "STOCKES" is Young STOKES's son (for full record, see John's family group sheet).  They are living ten households from Young's son, James G. STOKES. 

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

.  Messages on the Christian County, Kentucky, Query Board (online at Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com).

.  Messages in the Stokes Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).  One message says Young's tombstone reads 1772-1856.