Hi, all, I was unsatisfied with the research I had gathered for the family of Obediah Harris Sr. (1741-1830) in Guilford Co. in 1790, so went back in search of more of his family, carefully reviewing each page of the 1790 census. I still don't know where Obediah & Rebecca's eldest son was at that time, but I do know that their son, Benjamin 1764-1850) was not in either Surry Co. or Guilford Co., NC. However, I did find two of Obediah's daughters' families, and have put the additional information into the family records. I realize that few persons on this list may be interested in the Mendenhall lineage coming into this Harris line, so I will just state that there is clear proof that Mordecai & Charity Mendenhall, a newly-married couple, moved from Pennsylvania to the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia in 1736, and were granted a certificate with their family to North Carolina in 1756. Their oldest child was Richard Mendenhall, b. 1737, and who was "LOST" in 1773, whose wife was Jane. A younger son of Mordecai & Charity was Stephen, the father of Maris Mendenhall, who was the first wife of Obediah Harris Jr./II. So here is the corrected rendition of the 1790 census of Guilford Co., NC. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================== Extracted from: National Archives Microfilm #M637_7 1790 Federal Census Guilford Co., NC - Key: Free white males 16 & up; Free white males under 16; Free white females; All other free persons; Slaves; Total in Household - Enumerated by Thos. Henderson, Asst Marshal [IMPORTANT NOTE: These pages were arranged in 3 columns, and hand-numbered after the fact by splitting each page in half, with the totals at the bottom of each long page. So, Col. 1, Line 22 of page 507, the household of "Mordica Mendingall", was separated by only one household from that of Richard "Mendingall", whose household was listed at the top of Col. 2 on page 506.] Handwritten p. 501: . [Col. 1, L19] Obediah Harris 2 - 1 - 5; 0; 0; 8 [2 males 16+; 1 male under 16; 5 females; No other free persons; No slaves; Total Household of 8] [Obediah Sr., 49; Unknown; Obediah Jr./II, 15; Rebecca, 47; Rachel, 19; Judith, 16; Rebecca, 10; Elizabeth, 5] . ===== Handwritten p. 502: . [Col. 2, L17] John Chipman 1 - 3 - 2; 0; 0; 6 [1 male 16+; 3 males under 16; 2 females; No other free persons; No slaves; Total Household of 6] [John, 29; 3 small sons; Mary "Molly" Harris, 23; 1 small daughter] [John Chipman, reportedly b. 1761, Delaware, husband of Mary "Molly" Harris, b. 1766, daughter of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris] . ===== Handwritten p. 507 . [Col. 1, L22] Mordica Mendingall 1 - 0 - 2; 0; 0; 3 [Mordecai Mendenhall; wife Charity] [Col. 1, L23] Joseph Hoggat 3 - 2 - 3; 0; 0; 8 ===== Handwritten p. 506: [Page has 3 columns] [Col. 2, L1] Richd Mendingall 1 - 2 - 1 ; 0; 0; 4 [Richard, 29; Benjamin, 3; Obediah, 2; Sarah, 27] [Richard, b. 1761, husband of Sarah, b. 1762, daughter of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris; son of Richard, b. 1737, decd. & wife, Jane; grandson of Mordecai & Charity Mendenhall] . [Col. 2, L13] Stephen Mendingall 3 - 4 - 6; 0; 0; 13 [Stephen, son of Mordecai & Charity, father of Maris Mendenhall Harris, 1st wife of Obediah Harris Jr./II; brother of Richard, decd.; and uncle of Richard Jr./II, husband of Sarah Harris] . ==================================