Posted on: Lincoln County, WV Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Lincoln/641 Surname: Tudor, Hollensworth, Purdy ------------------------- This is what the 1880 Lincoln Co. census shows: 1880 Lincoln Co., Carroll District, census page 35: W.C. Hollensworth WM 36 farmer he & parents b.VA Nancy R. WF 31 wife keeping house she & parents b.VA Beauregard WM 11 son b.VA James Wm WM 10 son b.VA Joicey F.A. WF 8 daughter b.WV Squire Lee WM 6 son b.WV Emma R. WF 1 daughter b.WV 1880 Lincoln Co., Jefferson District, census page 12: Joshua Purdy WM 31 farming he & parents b.VA Sarah A. WF 35 wife keeping house she & parents b.VA William J. WM 11 son b.VA Lourinda WF 10 daughter b.WV Joshua WM 6 son b.WV Joycy WF 4 daughter b.WV Thomas E. WM 2 son b.WV Mathew Adkins (m=married) WM 44 (does not show any relationship to Joshua Purdy, nor whether he is a boarder, farm help, or ??) farming he & parents b.VA America Adkins (m) wife keeping house she & parents b.VA Blackburn Adkins WM (s) 22 son works on farm b.VA James A. Adkins WM (s) 19 son works on farm b.VA (These are all the Tudor surnames in the 1880 census) 1880 Lincoln Co., Jefferson District, census page 6: William Tudor WM 59 farming he & parents b.VA Joycy WF 66 wife keeping house she & parents b.VA Martin M. (s) 21 son works on farm b.VA (this is propably a continuation on census page 7 but maybe not as there is no relationship to William Tudor shown nor is any occupation shown) William L. Tudor (s) WM 24 b.WV Source: "1880 Census of WV, Vol 11" compiled by William A. Marsh