John was born in Virginia in or before 1790. Between 1840 and 1870 John and his family are enumerated on the federal census in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. On the 1840 census, the household includes a young boy born between 1836 and 1840 who is not included subsequently. [1][2][3][4]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTX-587 : 8 December 2020), John Roach, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 272, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-V8R : 9 November 2014), John Roach, Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family 625, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF39-B59 : 17 October 2014), John Roach, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 65, family 488, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,253.
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