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William Rivers (1776 - 1855)

William Rivers
Born in South Carolinamap
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Died at age 79 [location unknown]
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William Rivers was born in South Carolina.

William is found, at the age of 75 years, on the United States Census of 1850, living in Chester county, South Carolina. Four of William's children, plus Sarah Davis and her three young children are living in the household [1]

1850 Census

Name: William Rivers Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Chesterfield county, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States Event Place (Original): Chesterfield county, Chesterfield, South Carolina Gender: Male Age: 75 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1775 Birthplace: South Carolina Schedule Type: 1850 Population House Number: 1242

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Rivers M 75 South Carolina
Nancy Rivers F 26 South Carolina
William A Rivers M 22 South Carolina
Dempsey Rivers M 20 South Carolina
James Rivers M 15 South Carolina
Sarah Davis F 31 South Carolina
Frederick Davis M 9 South Carolina
Hannah Davis F 5 South Carolina
Elijah Davis M 1 South Carolina

Household ID: 1242 Line Number: 16 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 851 GS Film Number: 444814 Digital Folder Number: 004205404 Digital Folder Number: 004205404 Image Number: 00363 Image Number: 00363 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01156-8 Record Number: 14981

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QX-6JP : 4 April 2020), Elijah Davis in household of William Rivers, Chesterfield county, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1242, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158802303/william-rivers : accessed 28 June 2022), memorial page for William Rivers (25 Feb 1776–7 Jun 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 158802303, ; Maintained by W.Wm.McLeod (contributor 48215895) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a unknown at this time.

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There was a proposed matched with Rivers-2132 which was rejected in 2020. The profiles appear to represent the same person. What was the reason for the rejection?

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