Notes for John Pounds: SOURCE: Kennedy, Clarence Odell. Memphis, TN [deceased] "John Pound, born about 1772 Anson County, North Carolina, occupation: Farmer. He married Lavinia Rorie [Rorey], born Anson County, North Carolina. John died about 1852, Bedford County, Tennessee. Old letters written by John Pound to his son in Perry County, Alabama and John's son, William Pound, from Bedford County Tennessee to his brothers, Reuben and Isham Pounds, in Perry County, Alabama were placed in the Tennessee State Archives by Lillian Vaught of Houston, Texas and found by C. O. Kennedy. In 1830, there were 6 sons and 1 daughter in the household. In 1850, John [aged 78] and Lavinia were in Bedford County, Tennessee." [Note: It is more likely that the Lavinia in the 1850 census, who was 42 years old and therefore b. ca. 1808, was his daughter rather than his wife.
SOURCE: Anson Co., NC Land Records Land records dated 14 Nov 1807; 18 Jan 1809;14 Oct 1814; and 2 Dec 1821 record sales of land between/among several members of the Pounds family. The land transaction of 1821 would appear to indicate that John and Lavinia migrated westward to Bedford Co., TN after that transaction; however, Clarence O. Kennedy placed the births of their sons William Marion, Reuben, and Isham Zachariah as 1810, 1812, and 1814, respectively, in TN.
SOURCE: Maurene Wahlquist, 6700 S. 1495 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84121, 801-943-6794
CENSUS: 1830 Federal Census, Bedford Co., TN This census lists John and his wife, Lavinia, as having a household of 6 sons and 1 daughter.
CENSUS: 1850 and 1860 Federal Census, Bedford Co., TN
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharolyn McCoy" > To: "Milbrey BURGETT" > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 23:43 > Subject: Re: Pounds - Rorie > > >Thank you. Wondered if you could help me figure something out about this family? > > > >In the 1850 household, it's Levinia Pounds 42, b. NC; William T. Foster 22, b. TN & John Pounds 72, >>b. NC. > > > >In 1860 AR, household shows Levinia Pounds 52, b. NC, Widow farming; William Pounds 32, b. TN & >>Celia Blevins 40, Serving. > > > >My question is: Is this William a part of the family? First he is a "Foster" then he is listed as a >>Pounds! Do you know who Celia Blevins is? > > > >And, thank you for the attachment. I wish I could document my own family as well. Mine seemed >>avoid census takers, revenuers, filing any legal documents, making sure they didn't leave a paper >>trail! LOL
> > Sharolyn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Milbrey BURGETT" To: "Sharolyn McCoy" Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 12:51 Subject: Re: Pounds - Rorie
> Sharolyn: > > The William enumerated in the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census records was NOT my ancestor, William >Marion Pounds, who was b. in TN in 1810. By 1850, he and his wife, Nancy Jane Hairgrove, had >migrated to Shelby Co., TX. > > I had never seen the details for the 1850 and 1860 census before; and the information is most >interesting. My information came from Pounds researcher, C. O. Kennedy of Memphis, TN and I am >inclined to disagree with his conclusions. The Levinia Pounds enumerated in those census records >was b. about 1808; therefore, she was probably an older sister of my William Marion Pounds, who >was b. in TN about 1810. She was probably named for her mother, Lavinia, who may have been Lavinia >Rorie, a dau. of Reuben Rorie and Sarah [MNU]. > >The Levinia in those census records was undoubtedly NOT the wife of John Pounds, who at 72 in 1850 >would have been b. about 1788. I have information about John and his wife, Lavinia, selling real estate >in NC about 1810. This information gives a clue that John and his family must have migrated from > Anson Co., NC to TN about 1808-1810; since the Levinia in the census was b. in NC ca. 1808, and >William Marion was b. in TN ca. 1810. > >Therefore, the best guess about the William T. Foster, age 22 in the 1850 census [b. ca. 1828] was that >he might have been a son of the 42 year old Levinia living in the household of John Pounds--OR >perhaps it was her household and 72 year old John Pounds was living with her. Do you have >information about who was the Head of Household in those two censuses? The way that you have the >information recorded would tend to indicate that she was the Head of Household for those two >censuses. > > How do you fit into the Pounds family? > > Otto Burgett > Fort Lauderdale, FL
More About John Pounds: Census 1: 1800, Anson Co., NC. Census 2: 1820, Bedford Co., TN. Census 3: 1830, Bedford Co., TN. Census 4: 1840, Bedford Co., TN. Census 5: 1850, Bedford Co., TN.
More About John Pounds and Lavinia Rorie: Marriage: NC.
Children of John Pounds and Lavinia Rorie are:
+William Marion Pounds, b. 04 September 1810, Maury Co., TN, d. 03 July 1851, Buena Vista, Shelby, TX.
John Pounds (b. Bet. 1775 - 1794, d. Abt. 1852)
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