| Robert Coker S1, S4
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| male
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- Alt Name S3
- Cooker
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- Alt Name S6
- Coaker
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- Spouse of family
- Robert Coker and Elizabeth Unknown (1)
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- Birth S1, I1, I2
- about 1796
- South Carolina, United States
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- Death S2, I3
- after 1850
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- Census S1, N4, I1, I2
- 11 Sep 1850
- Murray, Georgia, United States
- dwelling #429, age 54, farmer, $500, SC
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- Census S3, N1
- 1820
- Walton, Georgia, United States
- line 5, Robert Cooker, age 16 < 26
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- Census S4, N2
- 1830
- Walton, Georgia, United States
- line 17, Robert Coker, age 30 < 40
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- Other S5
- 1827
- Troup, Georgia, United States
- Robert Coker fortunate drawer in 1827 Georgia Land Lottery; won 202.50 acres in Section 3, District 6, Lot #229 located in Troup County
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- Residence S5
- 1827
- Walton, Georgia, United States
- In Snow's district.
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- Census S6, N3
- 1840
- Murray, Georgia, United States
- line 17, Robert Coaker, age 40 < 50
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History
Robert Coker was possibly born in Laurens County, South Carolina. Several of the Cokers from Laurens County, South Carolina are named in the early records of Franklin and Jackson Counties, Georgia. A portion of Jackson County, Georgia was sectioned off to Walton County,Georgia. Robert Coker is said to have married Elizabeth Lake.
1820 census evaluation
There appears to be only one Robert Coker in the 1820 census in Georgia: Robert Cooker, Walton County, Georgia. James Coker, Pleasant Coker, and Solomon Coker are also enumerated in 1820 in Walton County, Georgia.
Robert Coker and family were enumerated in the 1820 U.S. census in Walton County, Georgia.
- One free white male 16 to 26 (Robert Coker, age 24)
- One free white male to 10 (Unknown Son #1, age 1 through 9)
- One free white female to 10 (Martha, age 1)
- One free white female 16 to 26 (Elizabeth, age 26)
- No slaves.
In the 1820 census the Elisha Lake household is on line 3; Elisha is 45 years of age or older. The Etheldred Austin household is on line 4; Etheldred is age 16 to 26; according to message #515 on the "Lake Family Genealogy Forum" [1] Etheldred Austin married Candis Lake and they came from Walton County, Georgia. The Robert Coker household is on line 5.
Land
In 1827 Robert Coker was a fortunate drawer in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery in Snows District in Walton County, Georgia. Robert won 1 lot in Troup County, Georgia. Other fortunate drawers of interest in Snows District were Daniel Lake, Elisha Lake, John Osborn, James Thompson, Sr., soldier, Appleton Wright, and William Wright.[1]
1830 census evaluation
Robert Coker and family were enumerated in the 1830 U.S. census in Walton County, Georgia on page 129 (stamped).
- One free white male 30 to 40 (Robert Coker, age 34)
- One free white male 20 to 30 (Unknown #1 not enumerated in the 1820 census)
- One free white male 15 to 20 (Unknown Son #1, age 15 through 19 or Unknown #2-was not enumerated in the 1820 census)
- One free white male 10 to 15 (Unknown Son #1, age 11 through 14 or Unknown #2-was not enumerated in the 1820 census)
- One free white male 5 to 10 (Mansel O. Coker)
- One free white male 5 to 10 (Leonard Thompson Coker, age 6)
- One free white male under 5 (Alfred A. Coker)
- One free white male under 5 (Robert C. Coker)
- One free white female 30 to 40 (Elizabeth, age 36)
- One free white female 10 to 15 (Martha, age 11)
- No slaves
Robert Coker is no longer enumerated on the same page in the 1830 census as Elisha Lake. Elisha Lake is on page 153 (stamped), line 10; he is age 60 to 70. It appears that Robert moved to another location in Walton County between 1820 and 1830.
Pleasant Coker is enumerated in the 1830 census in Randolph County, Georgia. Solomon Coker is enumerated in 1830 in Newton County, Georgia. Hardeman Coker and Hiram Coker are enumerated in the 1830 census in Walton County, Georgia. Insufficient information obtained to establish the location of the James Coker, from the 1820 census, in the 1830 census.
1840 census evaluation
By the time of the 1840 census Robert Coker and family were living in Murray County, Georgia. The enumeration is on page 260 on line 17. The household was enumerated in Georgia Militia District 872 by Absalom Holcombe.
- One free white male 40 to 50 (Robert Coker, age 44)
- One free white male 30 to 40 [The unknown #1 - 20 to 30 in the 1840 census]
- One free white male 15 to 20 [(Mansel O. Coker, age 18)
- One free white male 15 to 20 (Leonard Thompson Coker, age 16)]
- One free white male 15 to 20 (Alfred A. Coker, age 14)
- One free white male 10 to 15 (Robert C. Coker, age 12)
- One free white male 10 to 15 (Joel S. Coker, age 10)
- One free white male 5 to 10 (Peyton L. Coker, age 6)
- One free white female 40 to 50 (Elizabeth, age 46)
- One free white female 5 to 10 (Hannah E. Coker, age 8)
- One free white female 5 to 10 (Mary R. J. Coker, age 5)
- One free white female under 5 (Frances Coker, age 3)
- One free white female under 5 (Parthena Jane Coker, age 2]
- No slaves.
Unknown son #1, unknown #2 and Martha are no longer in the household.
Some neighbors of Robert Coker in 1840 were Joseph Holcombe age 20<30 (line 8); Samuel Hollaway age 40<50 (line 9); Wm. G. Angland age 30<40 (line 14); Cristopher Baker age 40<50 (line 15); James Eubanks age 30<40 (line 16); James Williams age 20<30 (line 18); Michael Redwine age 40<50 (line 19); and Lewis Williams age 30<40 (line 20).
Household members in the 1850 census
The most complete listing of the Robert Coker household is found in the 1850 U. S. census in Murray County, Georgia. Robert Coker is enumerated in the 1850 census in dwelling #429 [no family numbers are listed on this census image] on 11 September 1850. Relationships to the head of the household are not included in the 1850 census.
Page 177(B), (stamped)
- Robert Coker, 54, Farmer, $500, value of real estate, SC
- Elizabeth, 56, birth place (illegible)
- Lenard T., 26, Farming, $300, value of real estate, Ga
- Alfred A., 24, millwright, Ga.
- Robert C., 22, Labourer, Ga
- Charlotte, 20, Ga [wife of Leonard T.]
- Joel D., 19, Labourer, Ga
- Hannah E., 18, Ga
- Peyton L., 16, Ga
- Mary R. J., 15, Ga
- Francis, 13, Ga
Page 178 (stamped)
Mansel O. Coker is enumerated in the 1850 U. S. census on page 177 (a) in Murray County, Georgia. Martha (Coker ?) Jackson is enumerated on page 178 immediately following the household of Robert Coker. Martha is in the household of Claborn C. Jackson.
Lenard Coker & Charlotte Coker in the 1850 household of Robert Coker
The opinion of this researcher is that Charlotte Coker is not a daughter of Robert Coker, but Charlotta Wilson the wife of Lenard Coker. Charlotta Wilson married Leonard T. Coker in 1849 in Murray County, Georgia and she is enumerated in 1860 with Leonard Coker in the household of Charles Isham in Comanche County, Texas.
Death
Research to date has not revealed any information on the death of Robert Coker. There are no probate records on a Robert Coker in Murray County, Georgia.
Robert Coker was enumerated as head of the household in the 1850 census in Murray County. By 1860 Elizabeth Coker and children Parthena and Peyton L. Coker are enumerated in Franklin County, Alabama in the 1860 census; Robert Coker is not in the household.
To Do List
1) Search for acquisition of land by Robert Coker; search Murray County tax lists and wills, search deeds and tax lists in Cherokee County, search Walton County wills and search Whitfield County.
2) I received this helpful information from Teresa. I believe that I forgot to check the reverse index for Deed Book I so I need to check that on my next trip to Georgia.
. . . Anyway my sister lives in Ga. and I asked her to see if she could find any land information about Robert in Murray Co. here is what she found. It doesn't exactly make sense. On 23 May 1840 he sold land (It was recorded on 21 Sep 1842) to Jacob Stover, approx. 168 acres for $200. Land lot 201, 13th district, 2nd section. I guess maybe he bought something after this and is why he was on the 1850 census.
Footnotes
- ↑ Donna Eldridge,compiler, "1827 Georgia Land Lottery, Walton County Residents, sorted by last name,", USGenWeb Archives:Georgia, Walton County, source cited; Martha Lou Houston, compiler, Reprint of Official Register of Land Lottery of Georgia 1827 (Columbus, Georgia: Walton-Forbes Company, 1918).
| S1. | Robert Coker, dwelling 429, family [blank], in United States, Georgia, Murray. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule, NARA M432, roll 78, p. 177 (back) (stamped), p. 178 (front) (stamped), 11 Sep 1850, Secondary quality
Robert Coker, age 54, male, farmer, $500, SC / www.ancestry.com, I1, I2
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| S2. | L. L. Coker, dwelling 658, family 659, Eastern Subdivision, Mountain Spring P. O., in United States, Alabama, Franklin. 1860 Census Population Schedule, NARA M653, roll 10, p. 629 (stamped), Sep 1860, Secondary quality
Robert Coker not in household with wife Elizabeth / www.ancestry.com, I3
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| S3. | Robert Cooker, line 5, in United States, Georgia, Walton. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule, NARA M33, roll 10, page 218, 219,, 1820, Secondary quality
Robert Cooker, age 16 and under 26 / www.ancestry.com
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| S4. | Robert Coker, line 17, in United States, Georgia, Walton. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule, NARA M19, roll 21, page 129 (stamped), 1830, Secondary quality
Robert Coker, age 30 and under 40 / www.ancestry.com
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| S5. | Houston, Martha Lou. Reprint of official register of land lottery of Georgia, 1827, p. 186, 188, 15 May 1827, Secondary quality
60th Day's Drawing on 15 May 1827 (p. 186); Fortunate Drawer, Robert Coker, Snows District, Walton County in Lot 229, District 6, Section 3 [Troup] (p. 188)/viewed at http://books.google.com/.
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| S6. | Robert Coaker, Georgia Militia District 872, line 17, in United States, Georgia, Murray. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule, NARA M704, roll 47, page 260 (stamped), 1840, Secondary quality
Robert Coaker, age 40 and under 50 / www.ancestry.com, N3
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 I1. 1850 U. S. census, population schedule, Murray County, Georgia, part 1  I2. 1850 U. S. census, population schedule, Murray County, Georgia, part 2  I3. 1860 U. S. census, population schedule, Franklin County, Alabama
| N1. | "The 1820 census was begun on 7 August 1820. The count was due within six months but was extended by law to allow completion within thirteen months." Source: Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records", The Source A Guidebook of American Genealogy, page 112.
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| N2. | "The 1830 census was begun on 1 June 1830. The enumeration was to be completed within six months but was extended to allow completion within twelve months." Source: Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records", The Source A Guidebook of American Genealogy, page 113
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| N3. | "The 1840 census was begun on 1 June 1840. The enumeration was to be completed within nine months but was extended to eighteen months." Source: Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records", The Source A Guidebook of American Genealogy, page 113
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| N4. | "The 1850 census was begun on 1 June 1850. The enumeration was to be completed within five months. . . . The census was to show the names of persons who died after 1 June of the census year and to omit children born after that date." Source: Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records", The Source A Guidebook of American Genealogy, page 114
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