Notes for Absalom Caudle, Jr.

Notes for Absalom Caudle, Jr.

!US Census 1840 (??) Tennessee, Henderson Co., Western District, Roll M704_522, Sheet 75/102, Page 362, Identifier 13, Line 8 (26th line on page), Absalum Cordle (males: under 5-1; 5 & under 10-1;10 & under 15-1; 15 & under 20-2; 20 & under 30-0; 30 & under 40-0; 40 & under 50-1; 50 & under 60-0; 60 & under 70-0; 70 & under 80-0; 80 & under 90-0; 90 & under 100-0;100 & upwards-0 TOTAL MALES: 6 -- Females: under 5-3; 5 & under 10-2;10 & under 15-1; 15 & under 20-0; 20 & under 30-0; 30 & under 40-1; 40 & under 50-0; 50 & under 60-0; 60 & under 70-0; 70 & under 80-0; 80 & under 90-0; 90 & under 100-0;100 & upwards-0 TOTAL FEMALES: 7). ON SECOND PAGE IT LISTS SLAVES: 0 & Total Family Size: 13 & Employment in Agriculture: 4 & People in family over 20 who cannot read or write: ?.

***Absalom is dead by 1850 Census - Martha L. (sister) and Absolum W. (brother) are listed with Andrew J. son of Absalom***
!US Census 1850 (22 October) Tennessee, Decatur Co., 10th District, page 445B, House No., 27, lines 11-18: Andrew J. Caudle (b. 1822 - 28 - in NC - Occ: Laborer - Property Value $60) married to Ann (b. 1820 - 30 - in NC). Children listed (born in TN) are: Martha L. (sister b. 1840 - 10); Matilda J. (dau b. 1845 - 5); Martha N. (dau b. 1846 - 4); James F. (son b. 1847 - 3); and William H. (son b. 1848 - 2). ALSO Listed with them is: Absolum W. (brother b. 1842 - 8 - in TN)

***Malinda C. Caudle (b. 1839 - 11 - in TN) is listed on line 10 with her sister Frances C. Taylor is married to Benjamin***
!US Census 1850 (22 October) Tennessee, Decatur Co., 10th District, page 445B, House No. 26, lines 7-10: Benjamin Taylor (b. 1827 - 23 - in TN - Occ: Laborer - Property Value $125) married to Frances C. (b. 1829 - 21 - in NC). Child listed is: Mary A. (dau b. 1849 - 1 - in TN). ALSO LISTED is: Malinda C. Caudle (sister b. 1839 - 11 - in TN)

Absolom Caudle sold his farm in Anson Co. in Dec. 1830 and left Anson Co. for Tennessee sometime between 1830 and 1833. He and his family lived for a short time in Coffee Co. Tennessee. The 1840 census shows Absolom Caudle and family in Henderson Co. Tennessee, it also shows him as having 11 children at that time - 5 boys and 6 girls. Jesse Caudle remembers Martha as stating that the family moved to Decatur when she was 3 years old. (abt. 1841) Absoloms Children sold his land in 1853. It is noted by Dr. TC Moss in the Caudle Family History that when Decatur Co. was formed in 1845 the Henderson Co. line was moved 3 miles west of its former location and this put Scotts Hill (apparently home of Absolom Caudle) partly in Decatur Co. instead of Henderson Co.

After the deaths of Absalom and Mary the older married children took in most of the younger children to rear. However, Malakiah (Mack), then 14 years old, went to live with James Plunkett, who was 70 years old in 1850. Also living with James Plunket was Martha Plunket, aged 35: Ebenezer Lee and his wife Sarah, aged 28 and 25, took in Jesse and Tenessee Caudle, aged 7 and 5 in 1850.

(The ninth chile, GIRL CAUDLE b. Abt 1837 appears in the 1840 Decatur County census however there is no other reference to her found at this time. It is possible that either this is a reference to Martha A. Caudle that was a double entry, or that possibly she was a twin to Martha A. Caudle that did not survive past infancy/childhood.)