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Note N5701850 Wilkes Co., N.C., Census, family # 411, 3 Aug 1850, page 275
Thornton Kilby, 50, m, w, farmer, $1000, Wilkes
Sarah, 30, f, w, Wilkes
Frances, 3, f, w, Wilkes
William, 7/12, m, w, Wilkes
Nancy, 72, f, w, Wilkes
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-ZJCK : 28 November 2018), Thornton Kilby and Lucy Shepherd, 10 Oct 1822; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-21C4 : 28 November 2018), Thornton Kilby and Betsy Colvert, 27 Nov 1829; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-48J4 : 28 November 2018), Thornton Kilby and Sarah Yeats, 19 Feb 1847; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-ZJCL : 28 November 2018), Thornton Kilby and Lucy Shepherd, 10 Oct 1822; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BL-GKT : 2 March 2020), Thornton Kilby, Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing family 411, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF9-NHJ : 11 September 2017), Thornton Kilby, Union, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 209, sheet 77B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,987.
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