Goods in Rockingham Co., VA: 1810 US Census

Donald I Good
2001 Apr 16; 2009 Aug 26

This note lists all of the Goods enumerated in the 1810 US Census for Rockingham Co. VA.  It also argues that our ancestor Joseph Good is entry #224.

Census Excerpt

This information is taken from [USGenWeb Archives1810 US Census Transcription] which is a transcription of the actual census data.  Details about US census returns, beginning with the first one in 1790, can be found in [VG 1990, p181ff].

        Free 
White
Males
        Free 
White
Females
           
PAGE # Head
Household
  under 
10
10-15 16-25 26-44 45 and under 
10
10-15 16-25 26-44 45 and All
others
Slaves
    Last 
Name
First 
Name
1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 17
130 1 Pence John     1 3     1   1 1   5
131 70 Hawkins ................                        
  128 Good Henry (sen)     1   1   1   1 1    
  129 Good Jacob 2 2     1 2 1 1 1      
  130 Good Henry (jr)       1         1      
132 162 Airbough Jacob   2 1   1 2 1 1   1    
  224 Good Joseph 2     1   1   1 1      
  248 Good John 2     1   1   1 1 1    
133 257 Bierer Joseph   1 2   1 7 1   1      
  262 Good Samuel 2   1     1   1        
137 610 Snell Jacob 4 1   1   1   1 1    
  622 Good Joseph       1   3 1 1        
138 700 Coffman Andrew 1     1         1      
  739 Good Peter   1 1   1   2     1    

Joseph Good

This census has two "Joseph Good" entries, #224 and #622.  Entry #224 conforms well with the dates of birth of the Joseph C. Good family.  Subtracting the year of birth of each family member from 1810 gives the following correspondence.  That leaves us with one unknown female aged 26-44.  Perhaps she was wife Magdalene's mother.  Magdalene was 25 in 1810.  If Magdalene was born when her mother was 19, her mother would be 44 in 1810.     The unknown female could not have been Joseph's mother Frances Groh because she would have been 55 in 1810.

The The Phyllis Fulk Collection (pDanG-039) contains another discussion of the two Joseph Goods that appear in this census.

        Free
White
Males
        Free
White
Females
           
PAGE # Head
Household
  under
10
10-15 16-25 26-44 45 and under
10
10-15 16-25 26-44 45 and All
others
Slaves
    Last
Name
First
Name
                       
132 224 Good Joseph 2
Sons
David
Henry
    1
Joseph
 
  1
Daughter
Esther
  1
Wife
Magdalene
1
Unknown
 
     

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