William Essex 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1816 - North Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: Abt 1859 - (Rhea Co., Tennessee)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: James Essex (Abt 1770-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth Charles (Abt 1783-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Long (Abt 1817 -       )
       Marriage: 4 Nov 1838 - Rhea Co., Tennessee 1 2
       Children:
                1. Elizabeth Essex (Abt 1838-      )
                2. Priscilla Essex (Abt 1839-      )
                3. John Essex (Abt 1841-      )
                4. James H. Essex (Abt 1844-      )
                5. William A. Essex (Abt 1846-      )
                6. George W. Essex (Abt 1848-      )
                7. Mary Jane Essex (Abt 1850-      )
                8. Ann Essex (Abt 1853-      )
                9. Cordelia Essex (Abt 1858-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Rhea Co., Tennessee
William Essex 00001 -- 20001; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
< 5 2
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40 </pre>

<pre>1850 Rhea Co., Tennessee, 4th District; Sept 27; pg 582
291/291
William Essex 34 M NC $-- None Convict
Mary " 33 F NC
Elizabeth " 12 F Tn
Priscilla " 11 F Tn
John " 9 M Tn
James " 8 M Tn
William " 4 M Tn
George W. " 2 M Tn </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His father James Essex lives at 267/267, his brother John Essex lives at 266/266, another brother Isaac Essex lives at 268/268 and his sister Sarah and her husband Yancy Loy live at 290/290. None of them owns a slave.

<pre>1860 Rhea Co., Tennessee, District No 4, p.o. Washington; July 9; pg 43
291/291
Mary Essex 40 FW NC --/$75
Pracilla " 21 FW Tn
John " 18 MW Tn
William A. " 13 MW Tn
George W. " 12 MW Tn
Mary " 10 FW Tn
Cordelea " 2 FW Tn </pre>

She is not in the Slave Schedule. Mary's widowed sister-in-law Louisa Essex lives at 277/277. Nancy Collins lives at 278/278. Mary's son James Essex (16, Tn) and her daughter Ann Essex (7, Tn) are in the household of Henry Miller (48, farmer) at 274/274. None of them own a slave.

<pre>1870 Rhea Co., Tennessee, 4th District, p.o. Sulphur Springs; July 2; pg 11
70/70
Mary Essick 47 FW NC Keeping House
James H. " 25 MW Tn $--/$300 Farmer
Cordela " 12 FW Tn Attending School </pre>

Mary's son John Essex lives at 115/115.
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Sources

1 Judith McGhan, Marriages of Rhea County, Tennessee 1808-1859, 1983, pg 33. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YH-4YM : 16 March 2020), William Esex, 1838; pg 1, image 40/611.

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