You should remember that most people could not read or write even Marshals & Clerks. so why would you expect correct spelling from census takers.:):) Dwight Stipes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Newton Thurmond" <jannt@comcast.net> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [Coker] Hiram Coker, b. abt 1810; married Walton Co., GA 1829> Muscogee Co., GA 1840 > For many years I have wondered why the census taker did not enter birth > places for this family when he was so diligent in recording that of every > other person in Muscogee Co. (or so it seems!) I finally decided he did > not > actually visit that family! Maybe it was bad weather or they lived in an > isolated area or the creek was swollen....SOMETHING kept him away from > their > home! Perhaps a neighbor gave the info. The oldest daughter in the > family > was recorded as "Mary L." In the 1860 and 1870 censuses, her name was > recorded as "Masoura" and "Missouri." That reinforces my belief that the > census taker did not talk to a member of Hiram's family....and he spelled > Hiram's name "Hyram," as well. > > And since the census taker for the 1860 Chattahoochee Co. census wrote his > surname as "Koker," I have wondered if he were of German extraction > himself > or just misspelled it. It took me about 7 years to ever find the family > in > 1860 because I never, ever thought of any other spelling than "Coker." > > Thank you for your suggestions. > Janice > > > On 7/22/05 8:29 AM, "Dwight Stipes" <dwightstipes@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I ran into a dead end also. I was giving researchers anothe place to >> check. >> That family was the only one that did not have a place of birth???written >> in. That may be some clue?? There were several immigratons in the early >> 1800's from Russia, Germany, Ireland, Europe area. >> >> TTYL, >> Dwight Stipes >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Beth Gay" <bethg@integrity.com> >> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Coker] Hiram Coker, b. abt 1810; married Walton Co., GA >> 1829 > >> Muscogee Co., GA 1840 >> >> >>> Hi Dwight, >>> >>> What do you mean by see immigration? I researched Hiram Coker and came >>> to >>> a >>> dead-end. >>> >>> Beth G. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dwight Stipes" <dwightstipes@adelphia.net> >>> Subject: Re: [Coker] Hiram Coker, b. abt 1810; married Walton Co., GA >>> 1829 >>>> >>> Muscogee Co., GA 1840 >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <jannt@comcast.net> >>>> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> >>> >>>>> Message Board Post: >>>>> >>>>> Seeking information regarding Hiram Coker, born about 1829; married >>>>> Elizabeth Whitten 17 December 1829 Walton Co., GA. They were in 1830 >>>>> Walton Co., GA census; 1840 Muscogee Co., GA census [where his oldest >>> son, >>>>> Valentine Martin (or Marlin) had been born in 1832]; 1850 Muscogee >>>>> Co., >>>>> census; 1860 Chatthoochee Co., GA census (where the name was spelled >>>>> "Koker"). >>>>> >>>>> The children of Hiram and Elizabeth, as listed in the 1850 Muscogee >>>>> Co. >>>>> census were: >>>>> Valentine Martin Coker, b. 18 Aug 1832 Muscogee Co. >>>>> William Coker, b. abt 1834 >>>>> Seaborn Coker, b. abt 1836 >>>>> Duncan E. Coker, b. abt 1836 >>>>> Mary L. (Missouri) Coker , b. abt 1842 >>>>> Martha Coker, b. abt 1844 >>>>> Ludoskie (female), b. abt 1846 >>>>> (The census taker failed to record the birth place of anyone in this >>>>> family in that census!) >>>>> >>>>> Being descended from that oldest son, I have been able to follow >>> Valentine >>>>> Martin/Marlin Coker through 1850, 1860, the War Between the States, >>>>> and >>>>> 1870, until his death in 1872. >>>>> >>>>> What I wish to learn is: >>>>> Who were the parents of Hiram Coker? >>>>> WHAT happened to the other sons of Hiram? The 3 daughters and 1 other >>>>> son, Anderson Joseph, b. abt 1851, were with Hiram in the 1860 >>>>> Chatthoochee Co. census, but not one of the other sons can be found >>> after >>>>> 1850. >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== COKER Mailing List ==== >>> Coker Forum http://members.tripod.com/Coker_Forum/ >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. 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