Martha Jane (Cole) Monroe (1824 - 1898)

Born 27 Jun 1824 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1898 at age 74 in Richmond County (Aft. 1899, Scotland County), North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Martha was born in 1824. Martha Cole She passed away in 1898, burial is in Smyrna Presbyterian Church Cemetery ,Scotland Co,NC^[1]

The 1870 census shows Martha and husband Peter Duncan Monroe residing in Adamsville, South Carolina, with children Mary, Richard, John, Thomas, Sallie, Jane, and Joseph. His brother Neil Monroe was also in the home.^[2]

The 1880 census shows Mary and Peter Duncan Monroe residing in Stewartsville, North Carolina, with daughter Mary.^[3]

Martha Jane Monroe died on Dec 11, 1898, in Scotland County, North Carolina.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by David Maples, Thursday, May 22, 2014.
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census. - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/23777858/person/362193197475/facts

   Martha Monroe, age in 1870, 45.

   Adamsville, Marlboro, South Carolina.

   Post office: Bennettsville.

   Occupation: Keeping House.,

   Inferred Spouse: P D Monroe.

   Household Members:

   P D Monroe, 60;

   Neil Monroe, 50 (born about 1820, so probably not his son Neill);

   Martha Monroe, 45;

   Mary Monroe,17;

   Richard Monroe,15;

   John Monroe, 14;

   Thomas Monroe, 11;

   Sallie Monroe, 8;

   Jane Monroe, 6;

   Joseph Monroe, 4.

3. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census. - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4243413-00268?pId=14908710&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Ffamily-tree%2Fperson%2Ftree%2F23777858%2Fperson%2F362193197475%2Ffacts%2Fcitation%2F1022268677083%2Fedit%2Frecord

   Martha J. Munroe, 55.

   Occupation: Keeping house.

   Stewartsville, Richmond, North Carolina, USA.

   Relation to Head of House: Wife.

   Spouse's Name: P. D. Munroe, 68.

   Occupation: Farmer.

   Daughter: Mary J Munroe, 20. Occupation: Keeping house.

4. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Martha Jane Monroe. Birth Date: 27 Jun 1824 at Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America. Death Date: 11 Dec 1898 at Scotland County, North Carolina, United States of America. Cemetery: Smyrna Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

   Spouse: Peter Duncan Monroe.

   Children:
   1. Richard Wright Monroe;
   2. John G. Monroe;
   3. Delilah Jane Lockey;
   4. Duncan Manley Monroe;
   5. Mary Ellen Maples;
   6. William Washington Monroe
   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/23777858/person/362193197475/facts

Geographical note:

Richmond county was formed in 1779 from Anson County. It was named for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox who was an Englishman and a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom who sided with the colonists in America during the American Revolution. Kader Keaton, a colonial American officer in the American Revolutionary War, was a founder of Anglo-American settlement in Richmond County.

During the 19th century, it became developed for plantation culture.

In 1899 the southeastern part of Richmond County was organized as Scotland County, which was divided to reduced the travel time for residents to the county seat of Rockingham. The county name documents the strong historic and cultural influence from the early settlers from Scotland.