Samuel Corn

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Snow Creek, Stokes Co., NC page 135A records Samuel (40-VA) and Mary (40-NC) Corn with children Frances (18-VA), Sally (16-VA) [Sarah Ann Corn], John (14), Mary (12-NC), Jesse (10-NC), Joshua (8-NC), Samuel (5-NC), James (3-NC). Nearby is the Perrin and Lettetia Joyce family: Perrin (45) and Lettetia (33) with children Caroline (17), John (13), Levisten (10), Oma (7), Tempy (5), and David (2) ... the above daughters of the 2 familes, Caroline Joyce and Sarah Corn, will become brides of Jeremiah B. Hodges.

The 1860 United States Federal Census for Stokes Co., North Carolina, Danbury P.O., page 179A records Samuel (50) and Mary (49) Corn with children John (24), Jesse (20), Joshua (18), Jackson (17), James (16), Sandford (8), and George (4). Next door is the Perrin Joyce family (see 1850 census notes above).

After the War, Samuel Corn and family moved to Russell Co., VA: 1870 United States Federal Census for Elk Garden, Russell Co., Virginia, page 356A records Samuel (60) and Mary (60) Corn with children Samuel (25), James (2), Sanford (23), and George (17).

By 1880 Samuel has died: 1870 United States Federal Census for Elk Garden, Russell Co., Virginia, District 71, page 142A records the widow Mary Corn (70) living with her son S. N. Corn (25).

Samuel married Mary. (Mary was born circa 1810 in Virginia and died after 1880 in Elk Garden, Russell Co., Virginia.)