Family:John Ross and Martha McIntosh (1)

It appears that Martha was not John's first wife. In the 1850 census, Martha's age is given as 20 (although she's 16 years older in the census ten years later). But the household also includes children that are 12, 10, and 8 (in addition to 2-year-old John Worth Ross). Presumably, John Senior was married to another woman who was mother of Jane, James, and Absalon; Martha, a later wife, appears to be mother of John Worth Ross and his younger brothers, Alexander and Anguish.--KF-in-Georgia 17:25, 3 May 2007 (MDT)

1.   Walton, Georgia, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   14 Aug 1850.

   Free Inhabitants in This Divison No. 60 in the County of Monroe State of Georgia enumerated...on the fourteenth day of August 1850.
   
   Household 131, family 131.
   
   41-John Ross. Age 30. Male. Farmer, $5000 in real estate owned (ditto'd from an earlier entry). Born in Georgia.
   
   42-Martha Ross. Age 20. Female.
   
   (continued on the next sheet)
   
   1-Jane Ross. Age 12. Female.
   
   2-Absalim Ross. Age 8. Male.
   
   3-James Ross. Age 10. Male. Attended school: 2 months.
   
   4-John Ross. Age 2. Male.

2.   1860 Census of Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
   3 Sep 1860.

   Free Inhabitants in Beat No. 14 in the County of Tallapoosa, State of Alabama enumerated by me, on the 3 day of September 1860. J. Crittenden, Ass't Marshal. Post Office Dadeville.
   
   Dwelling 1040, family 953.
   
   33-John Ross. Age 45. Male. Farmer. Personal estate valued at $200. Born in Georgia.
   
   34-Martha [Ross]. Age 36. Female. Born in South Carolina.
   
   35-James L. [Ross]. Age 19. Male. Born in Georgia.
   
   36-John W. [Ross]. Age 11. Male. Born in [Georgia].
   
   37-Alexander L. [Ross]. Age 8. Male. Born in [Georgia].
   
   38-Anguish L. [Ross]. Age 6. Male. Born in Alabama.