Census Study - Edwards, White, Burgess, Cox

Census Study - Edwards, White, Burgess, Cox - in the area of Cornersville, Giles county (later Marshall county) Tennessee

1840 Census of Giles county Tennessee, page 129

JK White; 2 m 0-5; 1m 5-10; 1m 40-50; 1f 5-10; 1f 10-15; 1f 20-30 (married to Judith Virginia Burch)
H Burgis; 1m 50-60 and family (possibly the father of Thomas T Burgess)
-moving down the page
John Edwards; 1m 40-50; 2f 10-15; 1f 15-20; 1f 30-40 (married to Mary C Burch)
-moving down the page
TT Burges; 4 men in household ages 15-30; no females

1850 Census of Giles County Tennessee; District 17

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John Edwards; 53, Virginia; physician; $2700
Mary C Edwards; 46, Virginia; (Mary Burch Edwards)
Sarah A Edwards; 20, Tennessee

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John Cox; 56, North Carolina; farmer $15000
Almyra Cox; 43, Georgia
Angenold Cox; 25, Georgia; trader; (marries Sarah A Edwards)
Prissly J Cox; 17, Tennessee; farmer
Georgia A Cox; 14, Tennessee
Edwin J Cox; 12, Tennessee
Jesse W Cox; 10, Tennessee
Adelia Cox; 8, Tennessee
Alice Cox; 5, Tennessee
Zachary T Cox; 2, Tennessee

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Thomas T Burgess; 33, Maryland; merchant
Mary J Burgess; 23, Tennessee (Mary Edwards)
John W Burgess; 6, Tennessee
Walter T Burgess; 4, Tennessee
Kate Burgess; 1, Tennessee

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James K White; 52 (1798) Virginia; school teacher
Virginia White; 39 (1811) Virginia; (Judith Virginia Burch)
Leonidus White; 19 (1831) Tennessee; tailor
Mary White; 16 (1834) Tennessee
John White; 13 (1837) Tennessee
Thomas White; 10 (1840) Tennessee
Sarah White; 8 (1842) Tennessee
Marion White (m); 6 (1844) Tennessee
Bernard White; 3 (1847) Tennessee

1860 Census of Giles county Tennessee; town of Cornersville

household 1215
Virginia C White; 48 (1812) Virginia; $400; milliner
Sarah R White; 18 (1842) Tennessee
Marion A White (f); 16 (1844) Tennessee
Bernet A White; 13 (1847) Tennessee
next door-
LC White; 29 (1831) Tennessee; $2500; tailor
Sarah J White; 22 (1838) Tennessee
Babe White; 3.12 (1860) Tennessee

household 1221
TT Burgess; 43; merchant; (Thomas T Burgess)
Mary I Burgess; 33 (1827); (Mary Edwards Burgess)
John W Burgess; 16
Waffen T Burgess (m); 13; (Walter Burgess)
Kate V Burgess; 11
Ada Burgess; 4
Anna Edwards; 15 (1845) Virginia; domestic
Mary Edwards; 55 (1805) Virginia; domestic; $6000
[pam garrett's comment] The identity of Mary Edwards is not certain.

household 1255
A Cox; 34 (1826) Georgia; methodist minister
Sarah A Cox; 30 (1830) Tennessee
Lula E Cox; 9 (1851)
Elmina M Cox; 7 (1853)
Mary E Cox; 5 (1855)
Nannie Cox; 3 (1857)
John Cox; 1 (1859)
note: Sarah A Cox is daughter of John Edwards and Mary Burch.

Do you want to know more?
Link to Mary C Burch
Link to Mary J Edwards
Link to Sarah E Edwards
Link to Judith V Burch

Census Study - Edwards, White, Burgess, Cox; compiled by Pamela Hutchison Garrett for John Markham of Chesterfield website; 2015.