Person:William Anderson (296)

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William Anderson
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Name William Anderson
Gender Male
Birth? 18 Mar 1774 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Marriage 22 Dec 1797 Orange County, North Carolinato Amelia "Milly" Clinton
Death? Aft Oct 1850 Saline County, Illinois

Notes

Abraham Anderson did NOT name a son William in his will in Frederick County, Virginia, and Wilmer L. Kerns, author of Frederick County, Virginia 1730-1830, Settlement & First Families of Back Creek Valley, does NOT list William Anderson as one of his children.

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    William Anderson was born 18 Mar 1774 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA to parents Abraham Anderson and Sarah Pogue. - [Note: It does NOT appear that this William Anderson was a son of William Anderson. Sarah Pogue married Abraham Anderson several years AFTER William Anderson was born].

    He married Amelia Clinton 1797.

    Their children were: Abraham (1798-), Elizabeth D (1800-1862), Thornberry (1803-1865), Rachel Merodeth (1806-), Sarrah (1808-), Albert Alvis (1809-1882), John Paul (1811-1889), Voltire (1816-), William G (1816-), Amelia Jane (1817-).

    1840 census William was living in Cain Creek, Gallatin, Illinois with wife. [1]

    1850 Federal Census shows William as a farmer aged 74.[2]William Anderson -Saline Saline, Illinois

    William died AFTER this Census in September, 1850 on 9 Oct 1850 in Saline, Illinois.

    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Anderson-14940

  2.   United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

    Name: William Anderson
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Frederick, Virginia
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
    Number of Household Members: 5

  3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

    Name: William Anderson
    Age: 76
    Birth Year: abt 1774
    Birthplace: Maryland
    Home in 1850: Saline, Saline, Illinois, USA
    Gender: Male
    Family Number: 120
    Household Members: Name Age
    William Anderson 76
    Milly Anderson 73
    William G Anderson 34
    Mary Anderson 25
    Thornsberry Anderson 5
    Albert A Anderson 4
    John Anderson 2

  4.   Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880.

    Name: William Anderson
    Enumeration Date: 5 Oct 1850
    Place: Saline, Illinois, USA
    Schedule Type: Agriculture
    OS Page: 669
    Line Number: 24