James Marcum, age 40, was living in Owsley, Kentucky, with his wife, Betsey Marcum, age 36, and their children
Alferd Marcum, son, age 16
Polley Marcum, daughter, age 14
Richard Marcum, son, age 12
Hiram Marcum, son, age 4
Phillip Marcum, son, age 1
Dwelling #274 Family #274, race: white. All family members in Kentucky. James' occupation is Farmer. His real estate owned is valued at $400. James and Betsey cannot read and write and none of the children attended school during the year.
Sources
1850 US Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65J-5BG : 12 April 2016), James Marcum, Owsley county, part of, Owsley, Kentucky, United States; citing family 274, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly: