J. W. Cross (age 39) was head of a household in the 1870 census for Cherokee Co., AL. Crosses also listed in the home were Edna (age 40), Alexander (age 15), Washington (age 13), Samuel L. (age 11), Margaret (age 9), and Francis E. (a female age 5). All members of the household were b. in GA.
He is buried at Rabbittown Baptist Church Cemetery in Rabbittown , Calhoun County, Alabama.
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 38, Hall, Georgia; Roll: 72; Page: 382b; Line Number: 17 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #18711107 (accessed 26 September 2023) J W Cross (20), Laborer, in District 38, Hall, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 562, Gwinnett, Georgia; Roll: M653_125; Page: 578; Family History Library Film: 803125 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #11191179 (accessed 26 September 2023) John W Cross (30), Farmer, in District 562, Gwinnett, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census" Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 11 Range 9, Cherokee, Alabama; Roll: M593_7; Page: 279A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #14215259 (accessed 26 September 2023) J W Cross (39), Farm Laborer, in Township 11 Range 9, Cherokee, Alabama. Born in Georgia.
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