> As regards the 1790 NC census that you mentioned, look again on the same > page as my John Osment (1763, MD - 1842+, TN) of Guilford County. You will > find our Richard, Sr. and his sons Richard, Jr., and our Samuel, but the > surname was spelled differently, something like Ogburn ... sort of like when > > the later census had it as Orsment (written with a drawl perhaps). Florence > Sullivan, Jr., and Joel Sullivan, etc., were right there, too. > > I think I remember Richard, Jr., was listed in the 1830 TN census. It may > have been there that a birth year of 1760 was inferred. But, I would take it > > to be late 1759. For, the 1778 Caroline Co., MD, census has Samuel and > Richard, Jr., as at least 18 years old by February of 1760, the time of that > > enumeration. > > So, in the birth order of the May 1817, Guilford Co., NC, will of Richard > Ozment, Sr., we would have: Samuel, 1757, Richard, Jr., 1759, daughter, > 1761, John, 1763, daughter, 1765, James, 1767 (83-1850, TN), daughter, > 1768/69, and Thomas, 1770 (79-10/1849). > > John was not on the 1815 NC state census, for he had bought land in Feb. > 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. James H. Ozment served in the War of 1812, beginning > > in 1812, from Tennessee, and was a bondsman for his sister’s wedding. > Jonathan, his nephew (son of Samuel), had no son named James H. John's > brother, James (1767), arrived with (prob.) Cameron (1811) by 1830. Perhaps > he was the same James who (re)married in 1820 Wilson Co., TN. > > I’m running out of time here at work, so I’ll have to break it off for now. > > You may share what I have shared with you, if you wish. > > We’ll talk again. Take care. > > Sincerely, > > John Alan Ozment >