I don't know if this information will relate to the request for information on Pace census for Alamance Co. 1850 <old posting of mine> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:38:33 +0000 From: "Betty A. Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE-L] PACES OF GUILFORD CO., NC In an effort to locate the parents of my Abner Pace (orphaned and apprenticed at age 16 in Guilford Co., NC in 1837), we hired a professional genealogist in Guilford Co., NC. This is what she reports for the Guilford census Paces: 1800 - JOSEPH PACE - age probably over 45, and 3 sons born between 1774 and 1784. 1810 - no PACEs in Guilford Co. NC 1815 Tax List - no PACEs shown in Guilford 1820 WILLIAM PACE, age 45+ (b.abt 1775). In this household there are 3 sons, ages 26-25 (b.1794-1804) and 2 sons ages 0-9 (b.1810-1820). Also 5 young daughters. Census is alphabetical so cannot know the neighbors. William Pace is gone by 1830. 1830 PATSY PACE - age 50-59 (perhaps wife of above William Pace). Now shows 5 young females (probably the same females as the 5 in 1820 home of William Pace) There are younger male and females in this 1830 census (younger than 4) and Patsy is probably too old to be their mother. Probably one or two of the females in the 20-29 age bracket are the mothers of these young children. 1830 DAVID PACE - age 40-49 (b.1780-1790) - one son age 5-9 (1820-1825) and 2 other sons ages 0-4 (b.1820-1825) and 3 young daughters. Neighbors are Armfields. David Pace (b.1780-1790) is gone by 1840. The children would fit for my Abner Pace (b. 1821-22) 1830 ABSALOM PACE - age 40-49 (1780-1790) - one son age 0-4 (1825-1830) and one young daughter. Neighbors also Armfields in northwest Guilford Co., namely Oak Ridge Township, adjacent to Rockingham Co. NC Absalom Pace is gone by 1840. The conclusion drawn by the Guilford genealogist was that probably William, Absalom, and David Pace were the sons of Joseph Pace household in 1800. 1840 - no Paces shown in Guilford Co., NC 1850 - ZILTHA/ZELPHA PACE - age 50 (b.1800 in Chatham Co.) living with her "idiotic" son DAVID PACE, age 16 (b.1834). This is in the Southern Div. of Guilford Co., NC. Next door to Ziltha/Zelpha Pace is Isaac Armfield (cabinet maker) and his apprentice YOUNG PACE, age 15 (b.1835). This Young Pace, plus his apparent brother Needham Pace, will take Ziltha/Zelpha Pace and her son David with them to Mecklenburg Co., NC by 1860, and she lives with Young Pace there. Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA From: "Gordon W. Pace" <gordonwpace@peoplepc.com> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:11:04 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: Joseph B. Pace of Alamance Co, NC, ca 1850 I am trying to find the ancestry of a correspondent who is a descendant of a Joseph B. Pace , born 1804 in Alamance Co, NC, per the 1850 census of NC. I believe he was a son of a Joseph B. Pace, b. 7/28/1762 in Amelia Co, VA and Zilpha Woodward, b. ?, who married 9/23/1788 in Chowan Co, NC> The earlier Joseph B. Pace was on the 1850 census of Alamance Co, NC, age 46, wife Eliza 42. Alamance County was formed from Orange County in 1849. The only Pace in the 1820 census of Orange County NC was Zelpha (Woodward) Pace, who was a widow of the earlier Joseph B. Pace. But my record is only the index which does not show the info about the children. The 1810 census of Orange Co NC shows only one Pace: Joseph B. Pace, over 45 with one son under 10 and two females over 45. This is consistent with the later Joseph B. Pace as the son of the earlier one. An unknown source says that the earlier Joseph B. Pace may have also had a son named Thompson. The earlier Joseph B. Pace is believed to be a son of William Pace and Susannah West, known descendants of John Pace of Middlesex. So, my question is, does anyone have a transcription of the Paces in the Orange Co, NC censuses for 1820, 1830 or 1840? This could do a lot to establish whether this is a new major branch of the descendants of John Pace of Middlesex. Gordon W. Pace ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ______________________________